100 English films of 1953 ranked by box office. #1: Peter Pan ($87.4 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Pan | Clyde Geronimi | $4 million | $87.4 million | 21.85x | |
| 2 | The Robe | Henry Koster | $5 million | $36 million | 7.20x | |
| 3 | From Here to Eternity | Fred Zinnemann | $1.7 million | $30.5 million | 17.94x | |
| 4 | House of Wax | André de Toth | $1 million | $23.8 million | 23.75x | |
| 5 | Roman Holiday | William Wyler | $1.5 million | $12 million | 8.00x | |
| 6 | Stalag 17 | Billy Wilder | $1.7 million | $10 million | 6.02x | |
| 7 | Shane | George Stevens | $1.5 million | $9 million | 6.00x | |
| 8 | Mogambo | John Ford | $3.1 million | $8.3 million | 2.68x | |
| 9 | Knights of the Round Table | Richard Thorpe | $2.6 million | $8.1 million | 3.12x | |
| 10 | How to Marry a Millionaire | Jean Negulesco | $1.9 million | $8 million | 4.21x | |
| 10 | The Red Beret | Terence Young | $700,000 | $8 million | 11.43x | |
| 12 | Lili | Charles Walters | $1.4 million | $5.4 million | 3.99x | |
| 13 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Howard Hawks | $2.3 million | $5.3 million | 2.30x | |
| 14 | The Mississippi Gambler | Rudolph Maté | $5 million | |||
| 14 | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | Eugène Lourié | $200,000 | $5 million | 25.00x | |
| 16 | Salome | William Dieterle | $4.8 million | |||
| 17 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Richard Thorpe | $1.8 million | $4.6 million | 2.55x | |
| 18 | Hondo | John Farrow | $3 million | $4.1 million | 1.37x | |
| 19 | Young Bess | George Sidney | $2.4 million | $4.1 million | 1.69x | |
| 20 | Julius Caesar | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $2.1 million | $3.9 million | 1.88x | |
| 21 | The Naked Spur | Anthony Mann | $1.3 million | $3.9 million | 3.05x | |
| 22 | Easy to Love | Charles Walters | $1.8 million | $3.8 million | 2.07x | |
| 23 | The Charge at Feather River | Gordon Douglas | $3.6 million | |||
| 24 | The Moon Is Blue | Otto Preminger | $400,000 | $3.5 million | 8.75x | |
| 24 | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Robert D. Webb | $1.6 million | $3.5 million | 2.24x | |
| 24 | Money from Home | George Marshall | $2 million | $3.5 million | 1.75x | |
| 24 | The Band Wagon | Vincente Minnelli | $2.9 million | $3.5 million | 1.21x | |
| 24 | The Caddy | Norman Taurog | $1.9 million | $3.5 million | 1.88x | |
| 24 | Scared Stiff | George Marshall | $3.5 million | |||
| 24 | King of the Khyber Rifles | Henry King | $2.2 million | $3.5 million | 1.60x | |
| 31 | Ride, Vaquero! | John Farrow | $1.1 million | $3.4 million | 3.04x | |
| 32 | Dangerous When Wet | Charles Walters | $1.5 million | $3.3 million | 2.22x | |
| 33 | The Story of Three Loves | Vincente Minnelli | $2.5 million | $3.2 million | 1.27x | |
| 34 | Escape from Fort Bravo | John Sturges | $1.5 million | $3.2 million | 2.08x | |
| 35 | Kiss Me Kate | George Sidney | $2 million | $3.1 million | 1.57x | |
| 36 | Martin Luther | Irving Pichel | $350,000 | $3 million | 8.57x | |
| 36 | Little Boy Lost | George Seaton | $3 million | |||
| 38 | Miss Sadie Thompson | Curtis Bernhardt | $2.9 million | |||
| 38 | The French Line | Lloyd Bacon | $2.9 million | |||
| 40 | Take the High Ground! | Richard Brooks | $1.2 million | $2.9 million | 2.45x | |
| 41 | Call Me Madam | Walter Lang | $2.5 million | $2.9 million | 1.16x | |
| 42 | Island in the Sky | William A. Wellman | $967,000 | $2.8 million | 2.84x | |
| 43 | Fort Ti | William Castle | $2.6 million | |||
| 43 | The Living Desert | James Algar | $300,000 | $2.6 million | 8.67x | |
| 45 | White Witch Doctor | Henry Hathaway | $2 million | $2.5 million | 1.24x | |
| 45 | Off Limits | George Marshall | $2.5 million | |||
| 45 | Niagara | Henry Hathaway | $1.6 million | $2.5 million | 1.56x | |
| 48 | Sombrero | Norman Foster | $1.8 million | $2.5 million | 1.35x | |
| 49 | Trouble Along the Way | Michael Curtiz | $2.5 million | |||
| 50 | Never Let Me Go | Delmer Daves | $1.6 million | $2.4 million | 1.52x | |
| 50 | Thunder Bay | Anthony Mann | $2.4 million | |||
| 52 | Battle Circus | Richard Brooks | $1.2 million | $2.4 million | 1.97x | |
| 53 | The Eddie Cantor Story | Alfred Edward Green | $2.3 million | |||
| 54 | Titanic | Jean Negulesco | $1.8 million | $2.2 million | 1.25x | |
| 55 | Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation | Charles Lamont | $2.2 million | |||
| 56 | Small Town Girl | László Kardos | $1.4 million | $2.1 million | 1.48x | |
| 57 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | David Butler | $2.1 million | |||
| 58 | The Clown | Robert Z. Leonard | $887,000 | $2.1 million | 2.37x | |
| 59 | Latin Lovers | Mervyn LeRoy | $1.8 million | $2.1 million | 1.18x | |
| 60 | I Confess | Alfred Hitchcock | $2 million | |||
| 60 | The Desert Song | H. Bruce Humberstone | $2 million | |||
| 60 | The Master of Ballantrae | William Keighley | $2 million | |||
| 60 | The War of the Worlds | Byron Haskin | $2 million | $2 million | 1.00x | |
| 60 | Blowing Wild | Hugo Fregonese | $2 million | |||
| 60 | Second Chance | Rudolph Maté | $2 million | |||
| 60 | South Sea Woman | Arthur Lubin | $2 million | $2 million | 1.00x | |
| 60 | Here Come the Girls | Claude Binyon | $2 million | |||
| 60 | So Big | Robert Wise | $2 million | |||
| 60 | The Man Behind the Gun | Felix E. Feist | $2 million | |||
| 70 | Pickup on South Street | Samuel Fuller | $780,000 | $1.9 million | 2.44x | |
| 70 | I Love Melvin | Don Weis | $1.3 million | $1.9 million | 1.46x | |
| 70 | Botany Bay | John Farrow | $1.9 million | |||
| 70 | She's Back on Broadway | Gordon Douglas | $1.9 million | |||
| 70 | Three Sailors and a Girl | Roy Del Ruth | $1.9 million | |||
| 75 | Dream Wife | Sidney Sheldon | $1.6 million | $1.9 million | 1.20x | |
| 76 | Houdini | George Marshall | $1.8 million | |||
| 76 | Return to Paradise | Mark Robson | $1.8 million | |||
| 76 | Walking My Baby Back Home | Lloyd Bacon | $1.8 million | |||
| 76 | Francis Covers the Big Town | Arthur Lubin | $1.8 million | |||
| 76 | Sangaree | Edward Ludwig | $1.8 million | |||
| 81 | So This Is Love | Gordon Douglas | $1.8 million | |||
| 82 | Torch Song | Charles Walters | $1 million | $1.7 million | 1.70x | |
| 83 | Desert Legion | Joseph Pevney | $1.6 million | |||
| 84 | Scandal at Scourie | Jean Negulesco | $1.1 million | $1.6 million | 1.42x | |
| 85 | Jeopardy | John Sturges | $589,000 | $1.6 million | 2.74x | |
| 86 | Mister Scoutmaster | Henry Levin | $795,000 | $1.6 million | 2.01x | |
| 86 | Never Wave at a WAC | Norman Z. McLeod | $1.6 million | |||
| 86 | Thunder Over the Plains | André de Toth | $1.6 million | |||
| 86 | It Came from Outer Space | Jack Arnold | $800,000 | $1.6 million | 2.00x | |
| 90 | Man in the Dark | Lew Landers | $1.4 million | |||
| 91 | Seminole | Budd Boetticher | $1.4 million | |||
| 91 | Pony Express | Jerry Hopper | $1.4 million | |||
| 91 | War Arrow | George Sherman | $1.4 million | |||
| 91 | I, the Jury | Harry Essex | $1.4 million | |||
| 95 | Saadia | Albert Lewin | $1 million | $1.4 million | 1.32x | |
| 96 | The Great Sioux Uprising | Lloyd Bacon | $1.4 million | |||
| 96 | The President's Lady | Henry Levin | $1.5 million | $1.4 million | 0.92x | |
| 98 | Meet Me at the Fair | Douglas Sirk | $1.3 million | |||
| 98 | The Lawless Breed | Raoul Walsh | $1.3 million | |||
| 98 | Give a Girl a Break | Stanley Donen | $1.7 million | $1.3 million | 0.76x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.