1953 in film
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Events
- September 16 - The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.
Top grossing films
- North America
- The Robe, starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature
- From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra and Deborah Kerr
- Shane, starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon de Wilde and Jack Palance
- How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and William Powell
- Peter Pan (Disney), voices Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont and Hans Conried
- tie Mogambo and House of Wax, the first 3-d movie to ever make the box office top ten, with Vincent Price
- Best Picture: From Here to Eternity - Columbia
- Best Actor: William Holden - Stalag 17
- Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday
Births
- February 8 - Mary Steenburgen, actress
- February 11 - Philip Anglim, actor
- February 19 - Massimo Troisi, actor (d. 1994)
- May 24 - Alfred Molina, actor
- September 10 - Amy Irving, actress
- October 9 - Tony Shalhoub, actor
- October 22 - Jeff Goldblum, actor
- October 26 - Maureen Teefy,actress
- October 31 - Michael J. Anderson, actor
- November 3 - Kate Capshaw, actress
- December 6 - Tom Hulce, actor
- December 8 - Kim Basinger, actress
- December 17 - Bill Pullman, actor
Deaths
- November 29 - Sam De Grasse, pioneer Hollywood actor
Other movies released
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Julius Caesar
- Robot Monster
- The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
- The War of the Worlds
- The Moon is Blue, first U.S. movie to use the words "pregnant" and virgin
- Kiss Me Kate, released in 2-d and 3-d
- It Came From Outer Space
- The Wages of Fear
- Ugetsu
- I Vitelloni
- Moulin Rouge
- Roman Holiday
- Stalag 17
- Pickup on South Street
- Julius Caesar starring John Gielgud and Marlon Brando
- Genevieve