| TOKYOSTORY | 1953 film directed by Yasujiro Ozu (5,5) |
| FEARANDDESIRE | 1953 film directed by Stanley Kubrick (4,3,6) |
| OZU | Yasujiro ?, Japanese director of film dramas Tokyo Story and Early Spring |
| KISSMEKATE | An often-revived 1948 musical inspired by Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew; it became a 1953 film (3,2,4) |
| ALLIDESIRE | 1953 film starring Barbara Stanwyck (3,1,6) |
| EASYTOLOVE | 1953 film musical starring Esther Williams and Van Johnson |
| FROMHERETO | 1953 film drama starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Deborah Kerr (4,4,2,8) |
| THEWILDONE | 1953 film drama starring Marlon Brando as Johnny Strabler and featuring Lee Marvin as Chino (3,4,3) |
| REDSKELTON | Actor who played the title role in 1953 film drama The Clown |
| THEBIGHEAT | 1953 film noir starring Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame (3,3,4) |
| KAYKENDALL | Actress who played Kenneth More's girlfriend in the 1953 film Genevieve (3,7) |
| LORELEILEE | Marilyn Monroe's role in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (7,3) |
| GLENOR | and 16 1953 film written, directed by and featuring Edward D Wood Jr in the title roles (4,2,6) |
| GLENORGLENDA | 1953 film drama written, directed by and featuring Edward D Wood Jr in the title roles (4,2,6) |
| SILVERY | "By the Light of the ___ Moon" (1953 film) |
| BIGHEAT | 'The ---', 1953 film by Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford (3,4) |
| CALIGULA | Emperor played by Jay Robinson in "The Robe" (1953 film) |
| MARKANTONY | Role played by 1 Across in the 1953 film Julius Caesar (4,6) |
| CALAMITYJANE | "Secret Love", sung by Doris Day, won an Oscar for which 1953 film? (8,4) |
| AIDA | Opera variously adapted into a 1953 film starring Sophia Loren and a musical by Tim Rice and Elton John (4) |
