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On the Waterfront 1954

Directed by Elia Kazan

All-time standing

#61 of 4,399

In the top 1% of movies

By scope

1950s #14 of 316 Top 4% 1954 #2 of 28 Top 5%

Ballots (53)

All time 49

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2006
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  • Ranked #18
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
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  • Ranked #19
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American Film Institute

American Film Institute

  • Published 2007
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  • Ranked #19
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Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America

  • Published 2016
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  • Ranked #21
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #36
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Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

  • Published 1999
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  • Ranked #38
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TV Guide

TV Guide

  • Published 1998
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  • Ranked #40
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
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  • Ranked #44
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Radio Times

Radio Times

  • Published 2006
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  • Ranked #44
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Revista Bula

Revista Bula

  • Published 2023
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  • Ranked #49
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Esquire

  • Published 2020
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  • Ranked #55
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #62
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AlloCiné

AlloCiné

  • Published 2017
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  • Ranked #71
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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2014
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  • Ranked #80
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2025
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2024
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2022
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2019
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
The Quietus

The Quietus

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
USC School of Cinematic Arts

USC School of Cinematic Arts

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
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Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins

  • Published 2011
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  • Included, unranked
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El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
Film-Magazine (Iran)

Film-Magazine (Iran)

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
Kinema Junpo

Kinema Junpo

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked

Esquire

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked
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Time

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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National Society of Film Critics

National Society of Film Critics

  • Published 2002
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  • Included, unranked
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Barry Norman

Barry Norman

  • Published 1998
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  • Included, unranked
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BBC

BBC

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
Télérama

Télérama

  • Published 1995
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Peter von Bagh

Peter von Bagh

  • Published 1989
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  • Included, unranked
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Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
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  • Included, unranked
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Edições Cinematógrafo

Edições Cinematógrafo

  • Published 1982
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  • Included, unranked
R.A.E. Pickard

R.A.E. Pickard

  • Published 1971
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  • Included, unranked
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Decade 4

1950s

Forbes

Forbes

  • Published 1959
  • Decade list · 1950s
  • Ranked #15
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Paste Magazine

  • Published 1959
  • Decade list · 1950s
  • Ranked #18
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Time

  • Published 1959
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  • Included, unranked
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1900-1999

Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

  • Published 2000
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  • Included, unranked
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