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1. The Wages of Fear (1953)
Not Rated | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli
Votes: 66,564
2. The Bullocks (1953)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi, Leopoldo Trieste
Votes: 19,906 | Gross: $0.10M
3. Terminal Station (1953)
Not Rated | 63 min | Drama, Romance
Prior to leaving by train for Paris, a married American woman tries to break off her affair with a young Italian in Rome's Stazione Termini.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Gino Cervi, Richard Beymer
Votes: 3,167
4. Beat the Devil (1953)
Approved | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
On their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple. They meet and things happen...
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley
Votes: 10,405
5. The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 11,106
6. The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
A new starlet is discovered and has ups and downs in Italian films.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Gino Cervi, Andrea Checchi, Ivan Desny
Votes: 2,258
7. Love in the City (1953)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
Six separate episodes: would-be suicides discuss their despair. A provincial dance hall. An investigative reporter posing as a husband-to-be. A young unwed mother. Girl-watching techniques of Italian men. A glimpse into prostitution.
Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli, Dino Risi, Cesare Zavattini | Stars: Rita Josa, Rosanna Carta, Enrico Pelliccia, Donatella Marrosu
Votes: 1,463
8. The Vanquished (1953)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A trilogy of stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode, a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for his money. In the Italian episode, a ... See full summary »
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Etchika Choureau, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Jacques Sempey, Henri Poirier
Votes: 1,130
9. Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Merlini, Virgilio Riento
Votes: 2,183
10. Aida (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Musical
Aida, featuring the actress Sophia Loren, is a film adaptation of a theatre performance written by Verdi. The plot revolves around the character Radames who falls in love with what he ... See full summary »
Director: Clemente Fracassi | Stars: Renata Tebaldi, Ebe Stignani, Gino Bechi, Giuseppe Campora
Votes: 265
11. Spartaco (1953)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, History
74 B.C. Somewhere in the Roman Empire, Spartacus, a young officer, is condemned to be a slave because he hit a superior. Brought back to Roma in a gladiators' school, he escapes and stirs ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Ludmilla Tchérina, Yves Vincent, Gianna Maria Canale
Votes: 165
12. We, the Women (1953)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.
Directors: Gianni Franciolini, Alfredo Guarini, Roberto Rossellini, Luchino Visconti, Luigi Zampa | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Isa Miranda, Alida Valli
Votes: 488
13. The Adultress (1953)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A truck driver kills the husband of the woman he loves, and becomes the object of blackmail.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Maria Pia Casilio
Votes: 1,893
14. Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Drama, History
In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrètè. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister's husband ... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Martine Carol, Pedro Armendáriz, Valentine Tessier, Arnoldo Foà
Votes: 205
15. When You Read This Letter (1953)
104 min | Drama
Therese is a nun-in-training who returns to "civilian" life to care for her young sister Denise.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Juliette Gréco, Philippe Lemaire, Yvonne Sanson, Irene Galter
Votes: 736 | Gross: $0.02M
16. The Wayward Wife (1953)
91 min | Drama
Gemma, daughter of a lodger, is in love with her half-brother, but since she cannot marry him she ends up marrying a teacher. She doesn't love him and betrays him but is blackmailed by a ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Interlenghi, Nanda Primavera
Votes: 330
17. The Ship of Damned Women (1953)
101 min | Adventure, Drama
Isabella's family is noble but half-ruined, so her intended marriage with a dignitary of the kingdom appears as a godsend for all its members. But Isabella finds herself accused of ... See full summary »
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Kerima, May Britt, Ettore Manni, Tania Weber
Votes: 153
18. The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
115 min | Comedy
Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Arturo Bragaglia, Édouard Delmont
Votes: 2,668
19. Africa sotto i mari (1953)
90 min | Adventure
The troublesome daughter of an American millionaire accompanies him aboard his yacht on a deep sea diving expedition in the Red Sea and falls in love with the captain.
Director: Giovanni Roccardi | Stars: Sophia Loren, Steve Barclay, Umberto Melnati, Alessandro Fersen
Votes: 92
20. The Most Wanted Man (1953)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
Joe Calvert (Fernandel) is a nearsighted, friendly man who works as a clerk in a large department store, who gets into embarrassing situations when he isn't wearing his glasses. Since Joe ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Louis Seigner, David Opatoshu
Votes: 305
21. The Three Musketeers (1953)
116 min | Adventure
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Georges Marchal, Yvonne Sanson, Gino Cervi, Bourvil
Votes: 418
22. Il tesoro del Bengala (1953)
90 min | Adventure
A fun fantasy classic for the entire family. In this exotic adventure, young hero Sabu is living in a remote Hindu village. There he must protect the town treasure, the world's largest ruby, from being stolen.
Director: Gianni Vernuccio | Stars: Sabu, Luisella Boni, Luigi Tosi, Carla Calò
Votes: 41
23. La domenica della buona gente (1953)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
In the background of the football match Roma - Napoli different stories intertwine.
Director: Anton Giulio Majano | Stars: Maria Fiore, Sophia Loren, Vittorio Sanipoli, Renato Salvatori
Votes: 188
24. L'amour d'une femme (1953)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Marie Prieur, a young doctor, decides to settle down on Ushant, a remote island belonging to Brittany. Little by little she manages to be accepted by the population. One day she meets André... See full summary »
Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Gaby Morlay, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 301
25. It Happened in the Park (1953)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed.
Directors: Gianni Franciolini, Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Eduardo De Filippo, Vittorio De Sica, Anna Maria Ferrero, François Périer
Votes: 211
26. Voice of Silence (1953)
110 min | Drama
A group of men of differing circumstances and personalities gather at a monastery to undergo a course of spiritual reappraisal. They comprise of a candle-maker, a politician, an ex-prisoner... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Jean Marais, Daniel Gélin, Cosetta Greco
Votes: 97
27. Puccini (1953)
119 min | Biography, Drama, Music
This biographical story of Puccini (Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madame Butterfly and his incomplete... See full summary »
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Märta Torén, Nadia Gray, Myriam Bru
Votes: 76
28. The Devil Is a Woman (1953)
93 min | Drama
A woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the same young soldier. Mother sacrifices herself for Maricchia's marriage, but ultimately falls... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Kerima, Ettore Manni, May Britt, Mario Passante
Votes: 78
29. Ci troviamo in galleria (1953)
91 min | Musical, Comedy
Ignazio Panizza goes from one failure to the other until he meets a singer, Caterina, provided with an exceptional voice.
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Carlo Dapporto, Nilla Pizzi, Mario Carotenuto, Gianni Cavalieri
Votes: 182
30. A Lady with Camelias (1953)
111 min | Drama
Young and handsome Armand Duval falls in love with Marguerite Gautier, a 'demi-mondaine'. He manages to persuade her to give up her life as a courtesan and they both settle down in the ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi, Roland Alexandre, Alba Arnova
Votes: 32
31. Il sole negli occhi (1953)
98 min | Drama
A young and shy girl Celestina arrives from her small home village to Rome to become a housemaid. Her inexperience and naivety causes her to change her employers quite frequently. As she is... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Irene Galter, Pina Bottin, Maria Pia Trepaoli
Votes: 223
32. The Unfaithfuls (1953)
99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An industrialist has his wife tailed because he secretly hopes she is betraying him so that he can ask for a divorce and marry the model he's fallen in love with. This leads to a series of thefts, blackmail and a suicide as well.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, May Britt, Pierre Cressoy, Tina Lattanzi
Votes: 239
33. Fatal Desire (1953)
80 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In Pietro Mascagni's tragic opera, a soldier returns home from war to reclaim his former fiancée, only to find that she's married someone else in his absence, leading to jealousy, betrayal, and murder.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: May Britt, Ettore Manni, Kerima, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 95
34. The Man from Cairo (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
An American tourist, who served in Algeria during WW2, is mistaken for an American agent hired by the French government to recover its gold reserves that went missing in the Algerian desert during the war.
Directors: Ray Enright, Edoardo Anton | Stars: George Raft, Gianna Maria Canale, Massimo Serato, Guido Celano
Votes: 199
35. The Lovers of Toledo (1953)
82 min | Drama
To save her fiance who is opponent to regime, the beautiful Ines agrees to marry the chief of Toledo police.
Directors: Henri Decoin, Fernando Palacios | Stars: Alida Valli, Pedro Armendáriz, Françoise Arnoul, Gérard Landry
Votes: 55
36. The Pagans (1953)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, History
Rome, 1527. Massimo Colonna is in love with Angela, a member of the Orsinis, the Colonnas'arch enemies. As she is officially engaged to Tancredi Serra, the latter, a faithless individual, ... See full summary »
Director: Ferruccio Cerio | Stars: Pierre Cressoy, Hélène Rémy, Vittorio Sanipoli, Luigi Tosi
Votes: 41
37. Febbre di vivere (1953)
88 min | Drama
The crisis of conscience among the youth of post World War II Italy, with their new moral and cultural values, in opposition to the traditional spiritual values of a previous generation.
Director: Claudio Gora | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Serato, Marina Berti, Anna Maria Ferrero
Votes: 66
38. A Husband for Anna (1953)
95 min | Drama
Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a young sailor Andrea one day and gets ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Silvana Pampanini, Amedeo Nazzari, Massimo Girotti, Umberto Spadaro
Votes: 148
39. Too Young for Love (1953)
85 min | Comedy
Andrea and Annetta are two fifteen year olds from very different families. They love each other and find in their love a refuge from the evils and problems of the world. However, the real troubles begin when the girl becomes pregnant.
Director: Lionello De Felice | Stars: Marina Vlady, Pierre-Michel Beck, Aldo Fabrizi, Fernand Gravey
Votes: 37
40. Hell Raiders of the Deep (1953)
93 min | Drama, War
A team of Italian divers plan to attach high explosives to the hulls of Royal Navy ships at anchor in Gibraltar harbour.
Director: Duilio Coletti | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pierre Cressoy, Girolamo Manisco, Giovanni Tadini
Votes: 42
41. L'uomo la bestia e la virtù (1953)
87 min | Comedy
Paolino, a teacher at an elementary school near Naples, appears nervous for a few days and his friends do not know why. The man is the lover of Assunta, the mother of one of his pupils, and he discovers that she has become pregnant.
Director: Steno | Stars: Totò, Orson Welles, Viviane Romance, Franca Faldini
Votes: 157
42. Il viale della speranza (1953)
86 min | Comedy
Joys and disappointments of three young girls who dreaming of making a career in film: Luisa has talent and triumphs; Franca tries to seduce a producer, however no artistic skills, Giuditta... See full summary »
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Cosetta Greco, Marcello Mastroianni, Liliana Bonfatti, Piera Simoni
Votes: 117
43. Funniest Show on Earth (1953)
70 min | Comedy
A clown named Tottons of the Togni circus, obliged to never take off his clown makeup or reveal his identity, is continually persecuted by the jealousy of three women and even by a policeman.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, May Britt, Franca Faldini, Tania Weber
Votes: 85
44. Un turco napoletano (1953)
90 min | Comedy
A petty criminal poses as a Turkish eunuch hired by a wealthy merchant to guard the women of his house.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, Ignazio Balsamo, Isa Barzizza, Primarosa Battistella
Votes: 654
45. Saluti e baci (1953)
92 min | Musical
Carlo Mastelli, the young radio presenter of "New Voices" has run short of ideas and his program is likely to be suspended from the radio schedule if he does not find any new ones. He is ... See full summary »
Directors: Maurice Labro, Giorgio Simonelli | Stars: Philippe Lemaire, Catherine Erard, Clément Duhour, Christian Duvaleix
Votes: 25
46. La valigia dei sogni (1953)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Umberto Melnati, Maria Pia Casilio, Roberto Risso, Ludmilla Dudarova
Votes: 114
47. Gelosia (1953)
86 min | Drama
A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is accused. He is however tormented by his conscience.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Erno Crisa, Marisa Belli, Vincenzo Musolino, Liliana Gerace
Votes: 184
48. Ai margini della metropoli (1953)
96 min | Crime, Drama
In Rome a young man is falsely accused of killing his girlfriend.
Directors: Carlo Lizzani, Massimo Mida | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti, Giulietta Masina, Michel Jourdan
Votes: 130
49. Ieri, oggi, domani (1953)
Drama
Director: Silvio Laurenti Rosa | Stars: Ava Falcon, Renzo Borelli, Mario Carotenuto, Aldo Ronconi
50. Via Padova 46 (1953)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A bored civil servant accepts an invitation to visit a glamorous young woman. When she doesn't answer her door, and is later found murdered - he panics.
Director: Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Giulietta Masina, Arlette Poirier, Leopoldo Trieste
Votes: 115
51. Frine, cortigiana d'Oriente (1953)
101 min | Drama, History
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Elena Kleus, Pierre Cressoy, Tamara Lees, John Kitzmiller
Votes: 33
52. The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi (1953)
G | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of his successful and turbulent life, with more than 20 excerpts from his acclaimed operas.
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Pierre Cressoy, Anna Maria Ferrero, Gaby André, Sandro Ruffini
Votes: 124
53. The World Condemns Them (1953)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Forced by her lover to sell her body, Renata is saved from a suicide attempt by Paolo Martelli, an engineer. She asks him to help her find a job. When Paolo's wife humiliates her, Renata gains revenge by seducing the woman's husband.
Director: Gianni Franciolini | Stars: Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari, Serge Reggiani, Claude Nollier
Votes: 47
54. The Slave (1953)
99 min | Drama
A young composer is forced to work as a bar pianist. One night he gets hit by a car and is brought to a hospital. Severely injured, he is injected with morphine. He becomes addicted.
Director: Yves Ciampi | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Barbara Laage, Gérard Landry
Votes: 21
55. The Wild Oat (1953)
103 min | Comedy
After his son leaves to join the army, a temperamental French baker learns a villager's new baby is his grandson.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Fernandel, Madeleine Sylvain, Georges Chamarat, Pierrette Bruno
Votes: 286
56. Carne de horca (1953)
93 min | Adventure, Western
In the nineteenth century, in Sierra Morena and in the Serranía de Ronda, a lot of bandoleros proliferated, who, alone or gathered in parties, sowed panic by assaulting and murdering ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Emma Penella, Fosco Giachetti, José Nieto
Votes: 116
57. La cieca di Sorrento (1953)
93 min | Crime, Drama
A small girl goes blind when her Mother is murdered.
Director: Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Antonella Lualdi, Paul Campbell, Vera Carmi, Paul Muller
Votes: 46
58. ...e Napoli canta! (1953)
90 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Armando Grottini | Stars: Giacomo Rondinella, Virna Lisi, Beniamino Maggio, Germana Paolieri
Votes: 20
59. Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero (1953)
95 min | Adventure
Collected at the age of two, under extreme conditions, by a company of Gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her.
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: May Britt, Marc Lawrence, Renato Salvatori, Barbara Florian
Votes: 77
60. Noi cannibali (1953)
90 min | Drama
A chorus line girl, Virginia and a small time smuggler, Aldo try to be together and change their lives. He cannot find a job however while she has to bear lots of men making passes at her.
Director: Antonio Leonviola | Stars: Folco Lulli, Silvana Pampanini, Vincenzo Musolino, Giuseppe Porelli
Votes: 12
61. Captain Phantom (1953)
Approved | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the early 1800's the Spanish regiments are celebrating their victory over the French Legions of Bonaparte. In the midst of the celebration, Miguel, Duke of Canabil, is summoned to his ... See full summary »
Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Frank Latimore, Anna Maria Sandri, Maxwell Reed, Paola Barbara
Votes: 31
62. Anni facili (1953)
98 min | Comedy
A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Nino Taranto, Alda Mangini, Gino Buzzanca, Clelia Matania
Votes: 50
63. L'incantevole nemica (1953)
89 min | Comedy
The owner of a cheese factory fears communists and mistakes a meek youth who works for him for one of them. He invites him to his house to win his confidence and the youth falls in love with his daughter.
Director: Claudio Gora | Stars: Silvana Pampanini, Robert Lamoureux, Carlo Campanini, Ugo Tognazzi
Votes: 27
64. Nerone e Messalina (1953)
97 min | Drama
Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Gino Cervi, Paola Barbara, Yvonne Sanson, Milly Vitale
Votes: 10
65. La passeggiata (1953)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the boot from school. He tries to have her change her way of living but she is very hard to ... See full summary »
Director: Renato Rascel | Stars: Renato Rascel, Valentina Cortese, Paolo Stoppa, Giuseppe De Martino
Votes: 43
66. Die Tochter der Kompanie (1953)
83 min | Comedy, Musical
Directors: Géza von Bolváry, Goffredo Alessandrini, Tullio Covaz | Stars: Antonella Lualdi, Hannelore Schroth, Isa Barzizza, Michel Auclair
67. Bufere (1953)
74 min | Drama
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Jean Gabin, Silvana Pampanini, Carla Del Poggio, Serge Reggiani
Votes: 54
68. Ti ho sempre amato! (1953)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Mario Costa | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Myriam Bru, Jacques Sernas, Adriano Rimoldi
Votes: 20
69. Canzone appassionata (1953)
Drama, Musical
Director: Giorgio Simonelli | Stars: Nilla Pizzi, Gérard Landry, Vira Silenti, Cesare Fantoni
Votes: 18
70. What Scoundrels Men Are! (1953)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Glauco Pellegrini | Stars: Walter Chiari, Antonella Lualdi, Myriam Bru, Julien Carette
Votes: 8
71. Napoletani a Milano (1953)
98 min | Comedy
After 5 die in crumbling Naples housing run by Northerners, the Southern relatives trek to Milan to sue for damages.
Director: Eduardo De Filippo | Stars: Anna Maria Ferrero, Francesco Penza, Pietro d'Addio, Guido Zacchetti
Votes: 101
72. Cavalcade of Song (1953)
90 min | Musical
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Silvana Pampanini, Antonella Lualdi, Franco Interlenghi
Votes: 16
73. Lulù (1953)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Fernando Cerchio | Stars: Valentina Cortese, Jacques Sernas, Luigi Pavese, Marcello Mastroianni
Votes: 43
74. Fermi tutti... arrivo io! (1953)
95 min | Comedy, Musical
Mr. Brown, a wealthy industrial man, is killed in a hotel with a dagger in the back. The police start the investigation.
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Tino Scotti, Franca Marzi, Carlo Romano, Galeazzo Benti
Votes: 13
75. Sul ponte dei sospiri (1953)
88 min | Adventure, Drama
Coming of age, a girl is told the truth about her dead father: he is alive, but imprisoned for several crimes he did not commit... With the help of an old noble lady and a young count (who ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Leonviola | Stars: Maria Frau, Frank Latimore, Françoise Rosay, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 11
76. Jeunes mariés (1953)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Jacques and Gisèle, who are just married, are starting their honeymoon. But at nightfall, on their way to marital bliss, their car chooses to break down and the lovebirds find themselves ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: François Périer, Anne Vernon, Henri Génès, Folco Lulli
Votes: 10
77. Anna perdonami (1953)
75 min | Drama
Director: Tanio Boccia | Stars: Maria Frau, Aldo Fiorelli, Marisa Merlini, Bruna Corrà
Votes: 9
78. Perdonami! (1953)
95 min | Drama
Director: Mario Costa | Stars: Raf Vallone, Antonella Lualdi, Tamara Lees, Aldo Bufi Landi
Votes: 25
79. Café chantant (1953)
84 min | Comedy, Musical
Sor Clemente escapes the surveillance of his wife and goes to attend a variety show.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Elena Giusti, Virgilio Riento, Alberto Talegalli
Votes: 58
80. Scampolo 53 (1953)
98 min | Comedy
Director: Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Maria Fiore, Henri Vidal, Cosetta Greco, Paolo Stoppa
81. One of Those (1953)
89 min | Drama
Rocco and his brother Martino are two rich country-estate owners who descend upon the city in search of adventure.
Director: Aldo Fabrizi | Stars: Totò, Lea Padovani, Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi
Votes: 108
82. Koenigsmark (1953)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
A young French,Vignerte, is hired in the court of Lautenberg ,an imaginary land,as the young Prince's private teacher and as the Grand Duchess' reader.
Director: Solange Térac | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Silvana Pampanini, Renée Faure, Louis Seigner
Votes: 13
83. Traviata '53 (1953)
95 min | Drama
Updated version of the Camille melodrama: An engineer has a romance with the mistress of a rich banker but she sacrifices herself,returning to the rich man, for the best interests of the lover and his family.
Director: Vittorio Cottafavi | Stars: Barbara Laage, Armando Francioli, Eduardo De Filippo, Marcello Giorda
Votes: 121
84. Carmen proibita (1953)
82 min | Drama
Director: Giuseppe Maria Scotese | Stars: Ana Esmeralda, Fausto Tozzi, Mariella Lotti, Umberto Spadaro
85. Siamo tutti inquilini (1953)
98 min | Comedy
Anna was the maid of a lady who inherited an apartment in a building in the center of Rome.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Maria Ferrero, Enrico Viarisio, Tania Weber
Votes: 71
86. Noi peccatori (1953)
91 min | Drama
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Yvonne Sanson, Steve Barclay, Tamara Lees, Carlo Sposito
Votes: 12
87. Vortice (1953)
108 min | Drama
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Silvana Pampanini, Massimo Girotti, Gianni Santuccio, Irene Papas
Votes: 47
88. Canzoni a due voci (1953)
Director: Gianni Vernuccio | Stars: Tito Gobbi, Gino Bechi, Isa Barzizza, Franca Marzi
89. Alerte au sud (1953)
110 min | Drama
When 1 of 2 Foreign Legion officers is killed after witnessing a secret experiment on a death ray (capable of shooting down aircraft) in southern Morocco, the other gets vengeance by infiltrating the organization responsible.
Director: Jean Devaivre | Stars: Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Erich von Stroheim, Jean Tissier
Votes: 41
90. Martin Toccaferro (1953)
100 min
Director: Leonardo De Mitri | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Titina De Filippo, Vanda Osiris, Umberto Spadaro
91. See Naples and Die (1953)
80 min | Drama
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Gianna Maria Canale, Renato Baldini, Vittorio Sanipoli, Carlo Sposito
Votes: 35
92. Non è mai troppo tardi (1953)
86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol set in 1950s Italy.
Director: Filippo Walter Ratti | Stars: Paolo Stoppa, Isa Barzizza, Marcello Mastroianni, Giulio Donnini
Votes: 38
93. Era lei che lo voleva! (1953)
89 min | Comedy
Directors: Marino Girolami, Giorgio Simonelli | Stars: Walter Chiari, Lucia Bosè, Carlo Campanini, Jone Morino
Votes: 22
94. Cronaca di un delitto (1953)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a factory worker is killed, Sergio Bruni is placed on remand for two years before being released for lack of evidence. Shunned by his wife and his colleagues, he must now discover the true culprit.
Director: Mario Sequi | Stars: Gianni Santuccio, Linda Sini, Saro Urzì, Lola Braccini
95. Musoduro (1953)
86 min | Drama
Director: Giuseppe Bennati | Stars: Fausto Tozzi, Marina Vlady, Cosetta Greco, Gérard Landry
Votes: 12
96. Siamo ricchi e poveri (1953)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Directors: Roberto Amoroso, Siro Marcellini | Stars: Hélène Rémy, Giacomo Rondinella, Gaby André, Nino Marchesini
97. 10 canzoni d'amore da salvare (1962)
91 min | Musical, Romance
Director: Flavio Calzavara | Stars: Jacques Sernas, Brunella Bovo, Franca Tamantini, Enrico Viarisio
98. Madonna delle rose (1953)
94 min | Drama
Renato and Maria Venturi find themselves in a difficult economic situation. Renato works hard to get financial help from an uncle, while Maria sings in a nightclub: their daughter, little Pia, is put in boarding school.
Director: Enzo Di Gianni | Stars: Marco Vicario, Eva Nova, Guglielmo Inglese, Ave Ninchi
99. Agenzia matrimoniale (1953)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Giorgio Pastina | Stars: Delia Scala, Aroldo Tieri, Erminio Macario, Pina Renzi
Votes: 16
100. Riscatto (1953)
100 min | Drama
Director: Marino Girolami | Stars: Folco Lulli, Franca Marzi, Franco Interlenghi, Piero Lulli
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