1 Ugetsu (1953) ❧ Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi 96· Japan· Fantasy, Drama, Mystery,· NR A- 90/100 Director Kenji Mizoguchi Writer Yoshikata Yoda D.O.P. Kazuo Miyagawa Composer Tamekichi Mochizuki, Ichirō Saitō, Fumio Hayasaka Editor Mitsuzō Miyata Language Japanese Country Japan Runtime 96′ Percentile 90th
2 Gate of Hell (1953) ❧ Dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa 86· Japan· Drama, History, Romance,· NR A- 90/100 Director Teinosuke Kinugasa Writer Teinosuke Kinugasa, Masaichi Nagata D.O.P. Kōhei Sugiyama Composer Yasushi Akutagawa Editor Shigeo Nishida Language Japanese Country Japan Runtime 86′ Percentile 90th
3 Shane (1953) ❧ Dir. George Stevens 118· USA· Drama, Western,· NR B- 79/100 Director George Stevens Writer A.B. Guthrie Jr. D.O.P. Loyal Griggs Composer Victor Young Editor Tom McAdoo, William Hornbeck Language English Country USA Runtime 118′ Percentile 67th
4 Stalag 17 (1953) ❧ Dir. Billy Wilder 120· USA· Comedy, Drama, War,· NR B- 79/100 Director Billy Wilder Writer Edwin Blum, Billy Wilder D.O.P. Ernest Laszlo Composer Franz Waxman Editor George Tomasini Language English Country USA Runtime 120′ Percentile 67th
5 Houdini (1953) ❧ Dir. George Marshall 106· USA· Drama, Romance, History,· NR C+ 73/100 Director George Marshall Writer Philip Yordan D.O.P. Ernest Laszlo Composer Roy Webb Editor George Tomasini Language English Country USA Runtime 106′ Percentile 54th
6 I Confess (1953) ❧ Dir. Alfred Hitchcock 95· USA· Drama, Thriller, Crime,· NR C 67/100 Director Alfred Hitchcock Writer William Archibald, George Tabori D.O.P. Robert Burks Composer Dimitri Tiomkin Editor Rudi Fehr Language English Country USA Runtime 95′ Percentile 40th
7 Peter Pan (1953) ❧ Dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske 77· USA· Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy,· G C- 64/100 Director Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske Writer Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Bill Peet, Joe Rinaldi, Ralph Wright, Milt Banta, Erdman Penner, William Cottrell D.O.P. Null Composer Oliver Wallace Editor Donald Halliday Language English Country USA Runtime 77′ Percentile 35th Viewings 2
8 The Caddy (1953) ❧ Dir. Norman Taurog 95· USA· Comedy, Music,· NR C- 63/100 Director Norman Taurog Writer Edmund L. Hartmann, Danny Arnold D.O.P. Daniel L. Fapp Composer Joseph J. Lilley Editor Warren Low Language English Country USA Runtime 95′ Percentile 32nd
9 Fear and Desire (1953) ❧ Dir. Stanley Kubrick 62· USA· Drama, War, Thriller,· NR C- 62/100 Director Stanley Kubrick Writer Howard Sackler D.O.P. Stanley Kubrick Composer Gerald Fried Editor Stanley Kubrick Language English Country USA Runtime 62′ Percentile 31st
10 Man on a Tightrope (1953) ❧ Dir. Elia Kazan 105· USA· Drama, Thriller,· NR C- 62/100 Director Elia Kazan Writer Robert E. Sherwood, Neil Paterson D.O.P. Georg Krause Composer Franz Waxman Editor Dorothy Spencer Language English Country USA, Germany Runtime 105′ Percentile 31st