1Ugetsu (1953) ❧Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi96· Japan· Fantasy, Drama, Mystery,· NRA- 90/100Director Kenji MizoguchiWriter Yoshikata YodaD.O.P. Kazuo MiyagawaComposer Tamekichi Mochizuki, Ichirō Saitō, Fumio HayasakaEditor Mitsuzō MiyataLanguage JapaneseCountry JapanRuntime 96′Percentile 90th
2Gate of Hell (1953) ❧Dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa86· Japan· Drama, History, Romance,· NRA- 90/100Director Teinosuke KinugasaWriter Teinosuke Kinugasa, Masaichi NagataD.O.P. Kōhei SugiyamaComposer Yasushi AkutagawaEditor Shigeo NishidaLanguage JapaneseCountry JapanRuntime 86′Percentile 90th
3Shane (1953) ❧Dir. George Stevens118· USA· Drama, Western,· NRB- 79/100Director George StevensWriter A.B. Guthrie Jr.D.O.P. Loyal GriggsComposer Victor YoungEditor Tom McAdoo, William HornbeckLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 118′Percentile 67th
4Stalag 17 (1953) ❧Dir. Billy Wilder120· USA· Comedy, Drama, War,· NRB- 79/100Director Billy WilderWriter Edwin Blum, Billy WilderD.O.P. Ernest LaszloComposer Franz WaxmanEditor George TomasiniLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 120′Percentile 67th
5Houdini (1953) ❧Dir. George Marshall106· USA· Drama, Romance, History,· NRC+ 73/100Director George MarshallWriter Philip YordanD.O.P. Ernest LaszloComposer Roy WebbEditor George TomasiniLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 106′Percentile 54th
6I Confess (1953) ❧Dir. Alfred Hitchcock95· USA· Drama, Thriller, Crime,· NRC 67/100Director Alfred HitchcockWriter William Archibald, George TaboriD.O.P. Robert BurksComposer Dimitri TiomkinEditor Rudi FehrLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 95′Percentile 40th
7Peter Pan (1953) ❧Dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske77· USA· Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy,· GC- 64/100Director Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton LuskeWriter Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Bill Peet, Joe Rinaldi, Ralph Wright, Milt Banta, Erdman Penner, William CottrellD.O.P. NullComposer Oliver WallaceEditor Donald HallidayLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 77′Percentile 35thViewings 2
8The Caddy (1953) ❧Dir. Norman Taurog95· USA· Comedy, Music,· NRC- 63/100Director Norman TaurogWriter Edmund L. Hartmann, Danny ArnoldD.O.P. Daniel L. FappComposer Joseph J. LilleyEditor Warren LowLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 95′Percentile 32nd
9Fear and Desire (1953) ❧Dir. Stanley Kubrick62· USA· Drama, War, Thriller,· NRC- 62/100Director Stanley KubrickWriter Howard SacklerD.O.P. Stanley KubrickComposer Gerald FriedEditor Stanley KubrickLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 62′Percentile 31st
10Man on a Tightrope (1953) ❧Dir. Elia Kazan105· USA· Drama, Thriller,· NRC- 62/100Director Elia KazanWriter Robert E. Sherwood, Neil PatersonD.O.P. Georg KrauseComposer Franz WaxmanEditor Dorothy SpencerLanguage EnglishCountry USA, GermanyRuntime 105′Percentile 31st