1953

Best Picture

From Here to Eternity
-Wages of Fear
-Stalag 17
-The Wild One
-Indiscretion of an American Wife

Best Director

"You certainly chose a lovely spot for our meeting. I've had three chances to be picked up in the last five minutes."
Fred Zinnemann for From Here to Eternity
-Henry-Georges Clouzot for Wages of Fear
-Billy Wilder for Stalag 17
-Vittorio de Sica for Indiscretion of an American Wife
-Luis Bunuel for El

Best Actor

"I'll let you go, I'll never see you again, I want you to be happy."
Montgomery Clift as Giovanni Doria in Indiscretion of an American Wife
-William Holden as Sgt. J.J. Sefton in Stalag 17
-Marlon Brando as Johnny Strabler in The Wild One
-Marlon Brando as Marc Antony in Julius Caesar
-Burt Lancaster as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden in From Here to Eternity

Best Actress

"The sound of your heart says together."
Jennifer Jones as Mary Forbes in Indiscretion of an American Wife
-Deborah Kerr as Karen Holmes in From Here to Eternity
-Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann in Roman Holiday
-Marylin Monroe as Lorelei Lee in Gentleman Prefer Blondes
-Ava Gardner as Honey Bear Kelly in Mogambo

Best Supporting Actor

"Well, what am I? I'm a private no-class dogface. The way most civilians look at that, that's two steps up from nothin'."
Montgomery Clift as Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt in From Here to Eternity
-Frank Sinatra as Pvt. Angelo Maggio in From Here to Eternity
-Jack Palance as Jack Wilson in Shane
-Robert Strauss as Stanislas Kasava in Stalag 17
-Lee Marvin as Chino in The Wild One

Best Supporting Actress

"And I'll be HAPPY because when you're PROPER you're SAFE!"
Donna Reed as Alma Lorene Burke in From Here to Eternity
-Thelma Ritter as Moe Williams in Pick Up On South Street
-Greer Garson as Calpurnia in Julius Caesar
-Grace Kelly as Linda Nordly in Mogambo
-Geraldine Page as Angie Lowe in Hondo

Best Screenplay

"Only my friends can call me a little wop!"
From Here To Eternity
-Stalag 17
-The Wild One
-Indiscretion of an American Wife
-The Naked Spur
-Roman Holiday