1953 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees

The AwardWentTo archive contains 124 Academy Award records for the 1953 film year, covering 66 films and including 26 wins.

Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.

1954 → ← 1952

Best Picture result

5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history

Acting category results

Leading winning films

Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.

  1. From Here to Eternity

    8 wins from 13 award records

  2. Roman Holiday

    3 wins from 10 award records

  3. The Robe

    2 wins from 5 award records

  4. Lili

    1 win from 6 award records

  5. Shane

    1 win from 6 award records

  6. Julius Caesar

    1 win from 5 award records

Category winners

Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.

Nominations and award records by category

Showing 124 of 124 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.

Best Picture

Best Actor

Best Supporting Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actress

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

Art Direction (Color)

  • ★ The Robe IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
  • Knights of the Round Table IMDB — Art Direction: Alfred Junge, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: John Jarvis
  • Lili IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
  • The Story of Three Loves IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edward Carfagno, Gabriel Scognamillo; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason, Arthur Krams, Jack D. Moore
  • Young Bess IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Cinematography (Color)

Costume Design (Black-and-White)

Costume Design (Color)

Best Director

Documentary Feature

Documentary Short Subject

Film Editing

Original Score

Original Song

Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)

Animated Short Film

Short Subject (One-Reel)

Short Subject (Two-Reel)

Sound Recording

Visual Effects

Adapted Screenplay

Original Screenplay

Writing (Original Story)

  • ★ Roman Holiday IMDB — Dalton Trumbo
    Source context

    NOTE: The screen credit and award were originally credited to Ian McLellan Hunter, who was a \"front\" for Dalton Trumbo. On December 15, 1992, the Academy's Board of Governors voted to change the records and award Mr. Trumbo with the achievement. Ian McLellan Hunter's name was removed from the Motion Picture Story category. The Oscar was posthumously presented to Trumbo's widow on May 10, 1993.

  • Above and Beyond IMDB — Beirne Lay, Jr.
  • The Captain's Paradise IMDB — Alec Coppel
  • Hondo IMDB — Louis L'Amour
    Source context

    NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Originally announced on February 15, 1954 as a nominee in this category. On February 17, 1954, letters from the producer and the nominee questioned its inclusion in the (original) motion picture story category, as it was based on the short story, \"The Gift of Cochise,\" by the nominee, published in Collier's magazine on July 5, 1952. By waiver, the title of the short story was not included in the film's credits. The nomination was withdrawn, and only four titles were included on the final ballot.

  • Little Fugitive IMDB — Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin

Nominated films and other recorded entries

66 films represented in the 1953 archive selection.

About these award records

This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.

Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.

Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.

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