The man lived by the jungle law of the docks!
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A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
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On the Waterfront (1954)
NR
★ 7.9/10 108 min
Crime, Drama, Romance
United States
English
Director:
Elia Kazan
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On the Waterfront Appears on 27 Curated Movie Lists
Awards
Canon Institutions
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Criterion Collection
IMDb Top 250
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Film Registry
The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)
The Vatican's 45 Great Films
Critic Curated
Filmmaker Curation
Letterboxd Lists
Temporal Era Sets
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