25. udeľovanie cien sa konalo 19.03.1953 v divadle RKO Pantages v Los Angeles a v NBC International Theatrev v New Yorku
Hostiteľ: Conrad Nagel, moderátori: Bob Hope v LA a Fredric March v NY.
Šlo o prvý ročník s televíznym prenosom a preto boli ceremónie dve - v Hollywoode a v New Yorku.
(V zátvorkách sú uvedené slovenské, prípadne české distribučné názvy. Ak sa názvy v slovenskej a českej distribúcii úplne líšia, sú uvedená oba.)

Outstanding Picture

* The Greatest Show on Earth - Cecil B. DeMille
High Noon - (Na pravé poludnie) - Stanley Kramer
Ivanhoe - Pandro S. Berman
Moulin Rouge - (Moulin Rouge) - Romulus Films
The Quiet Man - (Tichý muž) - John Ford a Merian C. Cooper

Directing
* John Ford - The Quiet Man - (Tichý muž)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 5 Fingers
Cecil B. DeMille - The Greatest Show on Earth
Fred Zinnemann - High Noon - (Na pravé poludnie)
John Huston - Moulin Rouge - (Moulin Rouge)

Actor

* Gary Cooper {“Will Kane”} - High Noon - (Na pravé poludnie)
Marlon Brando {“Emiliano Zapata”} - Viva Zapata! - (Viva Zapata!)
Kirk Douglas {“Jonathan Shields”} - The Bad and the Beautiful - (Město iluzí)
José Ferrer {“Toulouse-Lautrec”} - Moulin Rouge - (Moulin Rouge)
Alec Guinness {“Holland”} - The Lavender Hill Mob - (Zlaté veže)

Actress

* Shirley Booth {“Lola Delaney”} - Come Back, Little Sheba - (Vrať se, Sábinko)
Joan Crawford {“Myra Hudson”} - Sudden Fear
Bette Davis {“Margaret Elliot”} - The Star
Julie Harris {“Frankie Addams”} - The Member of the Wedding
Susan Hayward {“Jane Froman”} - With a Song in My Heart

Actor in a supporting role

* Anthony Quinn {“Eufemio Zapata”} - Viva Zapata! - (Viva Zapata!)
Richard Burton {“Philip Ashley”} - My Cousin Rachel - (Moje sestřenice Rachel)
Arthur Hunnicutt {“Zeb Callaway”} - The Big Sky - (Vysoké nebe)
Victor McLaglen {“Red Will Danaher”} - The Quiet Man - (Tichý muž)
Jack Palance {“Lester Blaine”} - Sudden Fear

Actress in a supporting role

* Gloria Grahame {“Rosemary Bartlow”} - The Bad and the Beautiful - (Město iluzí)
Jean Hagen {“Lina Lamont”} - Singin' in the Rain - (Spievanie v daždi)
Colette Marchand {“Marie Charlet”} - Moulin Rouge - (Moulin Rouge)
Terry Moore - Come Back, Little Sheba - (Vrať se, Sábinko)
Thelma Ritter {“Clancy”} - With a Song in My Heart

Writing (Screenplay)

* The Bad and the Beautiful - (Město iluzí) - Charles Schnee
5 Fingers - Michael Wilson
High Noon - (Na pravé poludnie) - Carl Foreman
The Man in the White Suit - (Muž v bílém obleku) - Roger MacDougall, John Dighton, Alexander Mackendrick
The Quiet Man - (Tichý muž) - Frank S. Nugent

Writing (Story and Screenplay)

* The Lavender Hill Mob - (Zlaté veže) - T. E. B. Clarke
The Atomic City - (Atomové město) - Sydney Boehm
The Sound Barrier - (Zvuková bariéra) - Terence Rattigan
Pat and Mike - (Pat a Mike) - Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Viva Zapata! - (Viva Zapata!) - John Steinbeck

Writing (Motion Picture Story)

* The Greatest Show on Earth - Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett
My Son John - Leo McCarey
The Narrow Margin - Martin Goldsmith, Jack Leonard
The Pride of St. Louis - Guy Trosper
The Sniper - Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt

Music - (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

* High Noon - (Na pravé poludnie) - Dimitri Tiomkin
Ivanhoe - Miklos Rozsa
Miracle of Fatima - Max Steiner
The Thief - Herschel Burke Gilbert
Viva Zapata! - (Viva Zapata!) - Alex North

Music - (Scoring of a Musical Picture)

* With a Song in My Heart - Alfred Newman
Hans Christian Andersen - Walter Scharf
The Jazz Singer - Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
The Medium - Gian-Carlo Menotti
Singin' in the Rain - (Spievanie v daždi) - Lennie Hayton

Music - Song

* “High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')” z filmu High Noon - (Na pravé poludnie) - Hudba Dimitri Tiomkin; Texty Ned Washington
“Am I in Love” z filmu Son of Paleface - Hudba a texty Jack Brooks
“Because You're Mine” z filmu Because You're Mine - Hudba Nicholas Brodszky; Texty Sammy Cahn
“Thumbelina” z filmu Hans Christian Andersen - Hudba a texty Frank Loesser
“Zing a Little Zong” z filmu Just for You - Hudba Harry Warren; Texty Leo Robin

Cinematography (Black-and-White)

* The Bad and the Beautiful - (Město iluzí) - Robert Surtees
The Big Sky - (Vysoké nebe) - Russell Harlan
My Cousin Rachel - (Moje sestřenice Rachel) - Joseph LaShelle
Navajo - Virgil E. Miller
Sudden Fear - Charles B. Lang, Jr.

Cinematography (Color)

* The Quiet Man - (Tichý muž) - Winton C. Hoch, Archie Stout
Hans Christian Andersen - Harry Stradling
Ivanhoe - F. A. Young
Million Dollar Mermaid - George J. Folsey
The Snows of Kilimanjaro - (Sněhy Kilimandžára) - Leon Shamroy

Art Direction (Black-and-White)

* The Bad and the Beautiful - (Město iluzí) - Výprava: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Dekorácie: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason
Carrie - (Carrie) - Výprava: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Dekorácie: Emile Kuri
My Cousin Rachel - (Moje sestřenice Rachel) - Výprava: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Dekorácie: Walter M. Scott
Rashomon - (Rašómon) - Výprava: Matsuyama; Dekorácie: H. Motsumoto
Viva Zapata! - (Viva Zapata!) - Výprava: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Dekorácie: Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter

Art Direction (Color)

* Moulin Rouge - (Moulin Rouge) - Výprava: Paul Sheriff; Dekorácie: Marcel Vertes
Hans Christian Andersen - Výprava: Richard Day, Clave; Dekorácie: Howard Bristol
The Merry Widow - Výprava: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Dekorácie: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
The Quiet Man - (Tichý muž) - Výprava: Frank Hotaling; Dekorácie: John McCarthy, Jr., Charles Thompson
The Snows of Kilimanjaro - (Sněhy Kilimandžára) - Výprava: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Dekorácie: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

Costume Design (Black-and-White)

* The Bad and the Beautiful - (Město iluzí) - Helen Rose
Affair in Trinidad - Jean Louis
Carrie - (Carrie) - Edith Head
My Cousin Rachel - (Moje sestřenice Rachel) - Charles LeMaire, Dorothy Jeakins
Sudden Fear - Sheila O'Brien

Costume Design (Color)

* Moulin Rouge - (Moulin Rouge) - Marcel Vertes
The Greatest Show on Earth - Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White
Hans Christian Andersen - Clave, Mary Wills, Madame Karinska
The Merry Widow - Helen Rose, Gile Steele
With a Song in My Heart - Charles LeMaire

Sound Recording - (Zvukové štúdio a riaditeľ zvukového štúdia)

* The Sound Barrier - (Zvuková bariéra) - London Film Sound Department
Hans Christian Andersen - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer
The Promoter - Pinewood Studios Sound Department
The Quiet Man - (Tichý muž) - Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg
With a Song in My Heart - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director

Film Editing

* High Noon - (Na pravé poludnie) - Elmo Williams, Harry Gerstad
Come Back, Little Sheba - (Vrať se, Sábinko) - Warren Low
Flat Top - William Austin
The Greatest Show on Earth - Anne Bauchens
Moulin Rouge - (Moulin Rouge) - Ralph Kemplen

Special Effects

* Plymouth Adventure - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Documentary (Feature)

* The Sea around Us - Irwin Allen
The Hoaxters - Dore Schary
Navajo - Hall Bartlett

Documentary (Short Subject)

* Neighbours - Norman McLaren
Devil Take Us - Herbert Morgan
The Garden Spider (Epeira Diadema) - Alberto Ancilotto
Man Alive! - Vedúci výroby Stephen Bosustow

Short subject (Cartoon)

* Johann Mouse - (O myši Johannovi) - Fred Quimby
Little Johnny Jet - Fred Quimby
Madeline - Vedúci výroby Stephen Bosustow
Pink and Blue Blues - Vedúci výroby Stephen Bosustow
Romance of Transportation - Tom Daly

Short subject (One-reel)

* Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer - Boris Vermont
Athletes of the Saddle - Jack Eaton
Desert Killer - Gordon Hollingshead
Neighbours - Norman McLaren
Royal Scotland - Crown Film Unit

Short subject (Two-reel)

* Water Birds - Walt Disney
Bridge of Time - London Film Production
Devil Take Us - Herbert Morgan
Thar She Blows! - Gordon Hollingshead

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

* Cecil B. DeMille

Special Foreign Language Film Award

* Film Zakázané hry (Jeux interdits, angl. Forbidden Games) (Francúzsko)

Special Award

* George Alfred Mitchell (pre jeho návrh a vývoj kamery, ktorá je po ňom pomenovaná, a pre jeho prínos v oblasti kamery.)
* Joseph M. Schenck (pre jeho dlhodobý a významný prínos filmovému priemyslu.)
* Merian C. Cooper (pre jeho mnohé inovácie a prínos do umeleckého sveta filmového priemyslu.)
* Harold Lloyd (veľký komik a dobrý príslušník filmovej branže.)
* Bob Hope (pre jeho prínos v podobe humoru a za jeho služby pre film.)

V tomto zozname nie sú zohľadnené krátke filmy.