Oscar Nominations and Winners (1953)

Best Picture

• From Here to Eternity
• Julius Caesar
• The Robe
• Roman Holiday
• Shane

Best Director

• George Stevens (Shane)
• Charles Walters (Lili)
• Billy Wilder (Stalag 17)
• William Wyler (Roman Holiday)
• Fred Zinnemann (From Here to Eternity)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Marlon Brando (Julius Caesar)
• Richard Burton (The Robe)
• Montgomery Clift (From Here to Eternity)
• William Holden (Stalag 17)
• Burt Lancaster (From Here to Eternity)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Eddie Albert (Roman Holiday)
• Brandon de Wilde (Shane)
• Jack Palance (Shane)
• Frank Sinatra (From Here to Eternity)
• Robert Strauss (Stalag 17)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Leslie Caron (Lili)
• Ava Gardner (Mogambo)
• Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday)
• Deborah Kerr (From Here to Eternity)
• Maggie McNamara (The Moon Is Blue)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Grace Kelly (Mogambo)
• Geraldine Page (Hondo)
• Marjorie Rambeau (Torch Song)
• Donna Reed (From Here to Eternity)
• Thelma Ritter (Pickup on South Street)

Best Story

• Above and Beyond (Beirne Lay, Jr.)
• The Captain's Paradise (Alec Coppel)
• Little Fugitive (Ray Ashley, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin)
• Roman Holiday (Dalton Trumbo)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Cruel Sea (Eric Ambler)
• From Here to Eternity (Daniel Taradash)
• Lili (Helen Deutsch)
• Roman Holiday (Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton)
• Shane (A. B. Guthrie, Jr.)

Best Original Story and Screenplay

• The Band Wagon (Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
• The Desert Rats (Richard Murphy)
• The Naked Spur (Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom)
• Take the High Ground (Millard Kaufman)
• Titanic (Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard Breen)

Art Direction - Black and White

• Julius Caesar
• Martin Luther
• The President's Lady
• Roman Holiday
• Titanic

Art Direction - Color

• Knights of the Round Table
• Lili
• The Robe
• The Story of Three Loves
• Young Bess

Cinematography - Black and White

• The Four Poster
• From Here to Eternity
• Julius Caesar
• Martin Luther
• Roman Holiday

Cinematography - Color

• All the Brothers Were Valiant
• Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
• Lili
• The Robe
• Shane

Costume Design - Black and White

• The Actress
• Dream Wife
• From Here to Eternity
• The President's Lady
• Roman Holiday

Costume Design - Color

• The Band Wagon
• Call Me Madam
• How to Marry a Millionaire
• The Robe
• Young Bess

Documentary Feature

• The Conquest of Everest
• The Living Desert
• A Queen Is Crowned

Documentary Short Subject

• The Alaskan Eskimo
• The Living City
• Operation Blue Jay
• They Planted a Stone
• The Word

Film Editing

• Crazylegs
• From Here to Eternity
• The Moon Is Blue
• Roman Holiday
• The War of the Worlds

Original Score For Drama or Comedy

• Above and Beyond (Hugo Friedhofer)
• From Here to Eternity (Morris Stoloff and George Duning)
• Julius Caesar (Miklos Rozsa)
• Lili (Bronislau Kaper)
• This Is Cinerama (Louis Forbes)

Original Score For Musical

• The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff)
• The Band Wagon (Adolph Deutsch)
• Calamity Jane (Ray Heindorf)
• Call Me Madam (Alfred Newman)
• Kiss Me Kate (Andr� Previn and Saul Chaplin)

Original Song

• "The Moon Is Blue" (The Moon Is Blue) Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert. Lyrics by Sylvia Fine.
• "My Flaming Heart" (Small Town Girl) Music by Nicholas Brodszky. Lyrics by Leo Robin.
• "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)" (Miss Sadie Thompson) Music by Lester Lee. Lyrics by Ned Washington.
• "Secret Love" (Calamity Jane) Music by Sammy Fain. Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.
• "That's Amore" (The Caddy) Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Jack Brooks.

Animated Short Film (Cartoons)

• Christopher Crumpet
• From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
• Rugged Bear
• The Tell Tale Heart
• Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

Live Action Short Film - One Reel

• Christ Among the Primitives
• Herring Hunt
• Joy of Living
• The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
• Wee Water Wonders

Live Action Short Film - Two Reels

• Bear Country
• Ben and Me
• Return to Glennascaul
• Vesuvius Express
• Winter Paradise

Sound

• Calamity Jane
• From Here to Eternity
• Knights of the Round Table
• The Mississippi Gambler
• The War of the Worlds

Special Effects

• The War of the Worlds