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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

NR ★ 8.0/10 126 min Adventure, Drama, Western United States English
Director: John Huston
Novel: B. Traven
Screenplay by: John Huston
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The nearer they get to their treasure, the farther they get from the law.

Description

Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.

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Top Cast

Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart Fred C. Dobbs
Walter Huston
Walter Huston Howard
Tim Holt
Tim Holt Bob Curtin
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett James Cody
Barton MacLane
Barton MacLane Pat McCormick
Alfonso Bedoya
Alfonso Bedoya Gold Hat
Arturo Soto Rangel
Arturo Soto Rangel El Presidente
Manuel Dondé
Manuel Dondé El Jefe

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Appears on 28 Curated Movie Lists

Awards

Academy Awards: Best Director
Academy Awards #22
Golden Globe Award For Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Golden Globe Awards #78

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #792
AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
American Film Institute #38
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #177
IMDb Top 250
IMDb #154
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #042
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #16
Movies Approved By The Church Of Satan
Church of Satan #90
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #780
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #762

Critic Curated

Alltime Chicago Tribune Top 100
Chicago Tribune #16
Indiewire's 100 Greatest Westerns of All Time
IndieWire #36
Paste Magazines 50 Best Films Of The 1940s
Paste Magazine #11
Paste Magazines The 100 Best Western Movies
Paste Magazine #62
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #338
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #76
The 100 Best Movies Of All Time By Esquire
Esquire #62
The Telegraph - 100 Greatest Films Of All Time
The Telegraph #79

Filmmaker Curation

Bill Hader's Favorite Movies
Collider #207
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #119
John Woo's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #20
Martin Scorsese's Alternative List of Favorite Films
LaCinetek #89
Pete Docter's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #22
Robert Eggers Favorite Movies
Various #06
William Friedkin's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #06

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1940-1949 Films
Letterboxd #08

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #07

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