On the Waterfront (1954)

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A story as warm and moving as GOING MY WAY...but with brass knuckles!

Directed By Elia Kazan Starring Marlon Brando • Karl Malden • Lee J. Cobb • Rod Steiger • Eva Marie Saint Genres Crime Drama • Crime • Drama • Message Movie • Urban Drama Studios &
Franchises Academy Award Nominated • Academy Award Best Picture Winning • The Criterion Collection • National Film Registry • AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers • Academy Award Best Picture Nominated • They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? • 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die • Roger Ebert's Great Movies • Academy Award Best Cinematography Winning • AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies 10th Anniversary Edition • Quentin Tarantino's Cinematic Influences • Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated • Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Winning • Spike Lee's Essential Film List • BAFTA Award for Best Film Nominated • Academy Award Best Cinematography Nominated • Academy Award for Best Production Design Winning • Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Drama Winning • National Board of Review Award for Best Film Winning • Time Out: New York's 100 Best Movies of All Time • New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film Winning • Writers Guild of America's 101 Greatest Screenplays Release Info 1954-06-24T00:00:00Z June 24, 1954
B&W • 108 minutes NR Rated NR see more films from 1954 ► see more about this film on our blog ►

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On the Waterfront vs. Raging Bull

Godfella1994 said on May 14

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Caesar on 4/16/2013 Reply · Like · (2 likes)

Marlon Brando gives a good performance in this film, but it's Karl Malden that steals the show.

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CTR479 on 9/15/2013 Reply · Like · (2 likes)

Marlon Brando gives one of the greatest acting performances in the history of film. The "I could have been a contender" scene always gives me chills. This is cinema at it's finest.

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athos on 12/22/2014 Reply · Like · (2 likes)

the best American film Brando gives a performance for the ages

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LittleSocrates on 7/4/2015 Reply · Like · (2 likes)

Inspires me to collect "Films From The Pulpit," or films that place ethical questions in a public setting in an almost metaphysical level of philosophical scale. M and 12 Angry Men would be included.

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Crapbaskets123 on 9/4/2022 Reply · Like · (0 likes)

Likely Brando's best performance. Brilliant film

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