Most Viewed Year 1953

Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Bobby Driscoll

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...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Audrey Hepburn

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yves Montand

Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Montgomery Clift

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marilyn Monroe

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.

Genre: War

Cast: Burt Lancaster

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...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Edmond O'Brien

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

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...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Richard Widmark

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Alan Ladd

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jacques Tati

Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Richard Burton

Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Bing Crosby

The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marlon Brando

Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marilyn Monroe

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jack Hawkins

Monika from Stockholm falls in love with Harry, a young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are forced into a marriage, which begins to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Harriet Andersson

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

Genre: Western

Cast: William Holden

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...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Gene Barry

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Humphrey Bogart

Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.

Genre: Documentary

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Crime drama starring Rod Cameron as 43-year-old Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police lieutenant.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rod Cameron

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: William Bendix

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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You Are There is an American historical educational television and radio series broadcast over the CBS Radio and CBS Television networks.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Walter Cronkite

The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963. The television series and the...

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Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Danny Thomas

The Man Behind the Badge is the title of a half-hour American television police drama series which aired on the CBS from 1953-1955 starring and...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Charles Bickford

I Led Three Lives is an American drama series which was syndicated by Ziv Television Programs from October 1, 1953 to January 1, 1956. The series...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Richard Carlson

Private Secretary is an American sitcom that aired from February 1, 1953 to September 10, 1957 on CBS, alternating with The Jack Benny Program on...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ann Sothern

Series of television plays.

Genre: Drama

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The Pride of the Family was a half-hour situation comedy starring Paul Hartman, Fay Wray, Natalie Wood, and Robert Hyatt, which aired for forty...

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Cast: Paul Hartman

Topper is an American fantasy sitcom based on the 1937 film of the same name. The series was broadcast on CBS from October 9, 1953 to July 15, 1955,...

Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Cast: Robert Sterling

I'm the Law is the title of a 30-minute syndicated American television police drama series which aired in 1953 starring George Raft as Lt. George...

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Cast: George Raft

Valiant Lady is an American soap opera which ran daily on CBS radio and television from October 12, 1953 to August 16, 1957 at 12:00 PM. The show's...

Genre: Soap

Cast: Sue Randall

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Polly Bergen

Ramar of the Jungle was a syndicated American television series that starred Jon Hall as Dr. Tom Reynolds and Ray Montgomery as his associate....

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Cast: Jon Hall

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents, is a 1950s syndicated anthology series hosted and occasionally starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. The series offered...

Genre: Drama

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Robin Hood was produced in 1953 by the BBC, during which time these episodes were transmitted live and then re-acted the following Saturday or Sunday...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Kossoff

The story of the first manned flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group. When the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Reginald Tate