Best award winning movies with taut directing from 1953

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with taut directing from 1953! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with taut directing from 1953, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 From Here to Eternity (1953)

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

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1953-08-28 | War / Romance

Cast

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift

Rating

rating icon 7.306
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #14 for
    dialed down acting
  2. Ranked #17 for
    critically acclaimed
  3. Ranked #22 for
    deservedly won awards

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2 Roman Holiday (1953)

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

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1953-08-26 | Romance / Comedy

Cast

Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck

Rating

rating icon 7.885
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #120 for
    Oscar nomination deserving
  2. Ranked #148 for
    deservedly won awards
  3. Ranked #149 for
    romantically involved

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3 Shane (1953)

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

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1953-04-23 | Drama / Western

Cast

Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur

Rating

rating icon 7.407
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #11 for
    gun-for-hire
  2. Ranked #44 for
    horse opera
  3. Ranked #48 for
    lumberjack

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4 Stalag 17 (1953)

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.

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1953-05-29 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

William Holden, Don Taylor

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #169 for
    gung-ho
  2. Ranked #196 for
    vaudevillian
  3. Ranked #211 for
    third wheel

Trailer

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5 The Band Wagon (1953)

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

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1953-08-07 | Music / Comedy

Cast

Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse

Rating

rating icon 7.119
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #36 for
    vaudevillian
  2. Ranked #74 for
    jukebox musical
  3. Ranked #87 for
    tuneful

Trailer

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6 The Wages of Fear (1953)

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.

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1953-04-22 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Yves Montand, Charles Vanel

Rating

rating icon 8.036
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #86 for
    machismo
  2. Ranked #130 for
    most thrilling
  3. Ranked #133 for
    grease monkey

Trailer

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7 Pickup on South Street (1953)

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

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1953-05-27 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Richard Widmark, Jean Peters

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #16 for
    hard-nosed
  2. Ranked #29 for
    hardboiled style
  3. Ranked #33 for
    pulpy

Trailer

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8 Julius Caesar (1953)

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.

Info

1953-06-04 | Drama / History

Cast

Marlon Brando, James Mason

Rating

rating icon 7.021
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #199 for
    dishonorable character
  2. Ranked #212 for
    odd casting
  3. Ranked #225 for
    acting of welcoming presence

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9 The War of the Worlds (1953)

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

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1953-08-13 | Science Fiction / Action

Cast

Gene Barry, Ann Robinson

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #50 for
    Alien Invasion
  2. Ranked #52 for
    matte shot
  3. Ranked #87 for
    antiquated

Trailer

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10 The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.

Info

1953-03-30 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #38 for
    hardboiled style
  2. Ranked #49 for
    like Cape Fear
  3. Ranked #66 for
    neo-noir

Trailer

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