Best Movies of 1953

RTITLELL%Lists By Year
1From Here to Eternity27483%1953 (274)
2Shane22668%1953 (226)
3The Robe21063%1953 (210)
4Roman Holiday20261%1953 (202)
5Lili18957%1953 (189)
6Stalag 1715246%1953 (152)
7The Moon is Blue12939%1953 (129)
8Little Boy Lost8927%1953 (89)
9The Cruel Sea8726%1953 (87)
10Call Me Madam8425%1953 (84)
11Hondo7421%1953 (48) | 1954 (26)
12The Captain's Paradise6118%1953 (61)
13Man on a Tightrope5416%1953 (54)
14How to Marry a Millionaire5316%1953 (53)
15Kiss Me Kate5015%1953 (50)
16Titanic (1953)4413%1953 (44)
17A Queen is Crowded4213%1953 (42)
18Mogambo3811%1953 (38)
19Young Bess3711%1953 (37)
20So Big (1953)3210%1953 (32)
20Above and Beyond3210%1953 (32)
22Gentlemen Prefer Blondes319%1953 (31)
22The Actress (1953)319%1953 (31)
24Peter Pan (1953)309%1953 (30)
25The Bandwagon288%1953 (28)
26The Story of Three Loves258%1953 (25)
27I Confess237%1953 (23)
28Julius Caesar227%1953 (22)
29The War of the Worlds216%1953 (21)
30The Sea Around Us206%1953 (20)
31Knights of the Round Table205%1954 (20)
32Calamity Jane165%1953 (16)
33Apache174%1954 (17)
34House of Wax134%1953 (13)
35Gilbert & Sullivan124%1953 (12)

Lists Included 331

L Total number of lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
L%
Percentage of total lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
Lists By Year
Number of votes in annual Film Daily poll

The Results of this poll are directly from The Film Daily annual poll that asked newspapers around the nation to submit a top 10 list.  Films have been recategorized to U.S. release dates, as the poll often took place prior to year-end.