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On the Waterfront
1954
· Movie
· 108 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #174
- IMDb #240
- Google retired #908
- Rotten Tomatoes #19
- Metacritic #112
- Letterboxd #294
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #63
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #88
- Metacritic Critics #165
- Metacritic Audience #190
- Criticker #151
- Douban #860
- Kinopoisk #1085
- AlloCiné #277
- Trakt #882
Every rating
72–99
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 99. Critics average 95, everyone else 82.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A former prizefighter now works as a longshoreman on the corrupt docks of Hoboken, New Jersey. He is content to follow the code of the mob-run union until he meets the sister of a man whose murder he was involved in. Guilt-ridden and encouraged by a local priest, he must decide whether to remain silent or to testify against the union bosses.
Details
- Director
- Elia Kazan
- Writer
- Budd Schulberg
- Based on
- news article
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures
- Released
- 22 June 1954
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Latin
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $910.0K
- Box office
- $9.6M
- Awards
- 29 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (28) →
Awards & nominations
See all 38 →14 major awards won · 29 wins from 38 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1954 | Best Motion Picture | Sam Spiegel | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1954 | Best Director | Elia Kazan | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1954 | Best Actor | Marlon Brando | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1954 | Best Supporting Actress | Eva Marie Saint | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1954 | Best Story and Screenplay | Budd Schulberg | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1954 | Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | Richard Day | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1954 | Best Cinematography – Black-and-White | Boris Kaufman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1954 | Best Film Editing | Gene Milford | Winner |
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Academy Awards
12 nominations, 8 won
| Best Actor | Marlon Brando | Winner |
| Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | Richard Day | Winner |
| Best Cinematography – Black-and-White | Boris Kaufman | Winner |
| Best Director | Elia Kazan | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Gene Milford | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture | Sam Spiegel | Winner |
| Best Story and Screenplay | Budd Schulberg | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Eva Marie Saint | Winner |
| Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Leonard Bernstein | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Lee J. Cobb | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Karl Malden | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Rod Steiger | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Marlon Brando | Winner |
| Best Cinematography – Black and White | Boris Kaufman | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Elia Kazan | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Elia Kazan | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Written American Drama | Budd Schulberg | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Marlon Brando | Winner |
| Best Director | Elia Kazan | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Actress | Eva Marie Saint | Nominee |
Venice International Film Festival
4 nominations, 3 won
| OCIC Award | Elia Kazan | Winner |
| Pasinetti Award | Elia Kazan | Winner |
| Silver Lion | Elia Kazan | Winner |
| Golden Lion | Elia Kazan | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Marlon Brando | Winner |
| Best Film from any Source | Nominee | |
| Most Promising Newcomer to Film | Eva Marie Saint | Nominee |
Bambi Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film – International | Winner | |
| Best Actor – International | Marlon Brando | Nominee |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best American Film | Winner |
International Film Music Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Archival Release of an Existing Score – Re-Release or Re-Recording | Leonard Bernstein, Douglass Fake, Frank K. DeWald, and Joe Sikoryak | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Elia Kazan | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner |