List of the best Elia Kazan movies: On the Waterfront(1954), A Streetcar Named Desire(1951), East of Eden(1955), Splendor in the Grass(1961), Wild River(1960), Viva Zapata!(1952), Baby Doll(1956), Panic in the Streets(1950), Man on a Tightrope(1953), The Visitors(1972), The Sea of Grass(1947), Blues in the Night(1941) ... ...
8.1/10
Drama
USA
1954
108 Minutes
Director
Marlon Brando Eva Marie Saint Karl Malden Lee J. Cobb Rod Steiger Leif Erickson Pat Henning James Westerfield Tony Galento Tami Mauriello John Hamilton
dockworker mobster lawyer priest sister brooding gritty powerful port hoboken, n.j. organized crime corruption justice transformation underdog rivalry 1950s
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1951
122 Minutes
Director
Marlon Brando Vivien Leigh Kim Hunter Karl Malden Rudy Bond Nick Dennis Peg Hillias Wright King Richard Garrick Mickey Kuhn Charles Wagenheim
sister husband wife emotional tense sultry new orleans city apartment abuse disillusionment family marriage mental illness fall rivalry 1950s
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
7.9/10
Drama
USA
1955
115 Minutes
Director
James Dean Julie Harris Raymond Massey Jo Van Fleet Burl Ives Richard Davalos Albert Van Dekker Lois Smith Harold Gordon Nick Dennis Rose Plumer
son brother father mother girlfriend emotional intense california farm carnival brothel jealousy family farming world war i love triangle relationships rivalry quest love
Two brothers struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1961
124 Minutes
Director
Natalie Wood Warren Beatty Pat Hingle Audrey Christie Barbara Loden Zohra Lampert Fred Stewart Joanna Roos Jan Norris Gary Lockwood Sandy Dennis
father high-school sweetheart teenager mother sister emotional melodramatic tender kansas small town heartbreak love manic-depression family coming of age love growing up temptation 1920s
A fragile Kansas girl's love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
7.6/10
Drama
USA
1960
110 Minutes
Director
Montgomery Clift Lee Remick Jo Van Fleet Albert Salmi Jay C. Flippen James Westerfield Jeff Bess Robert Earl Jones Frank Overton Barbara Loden Malcolm Atterbury
matriarch grandchild administrator townspeople gripping passionate river tennessee farmhouse activism environment greed discovery transformation 1930s
A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.
7.4/10
Biography
USA
1952
113 Minutes
Director
Marlon Brando Jean Peters Anthony Quinn Joseph Wiseman Arnold Moss Alan Reed Margo Harold Gordon Lou Gilbert Frank Silvera Florenz Ames
emiliano zapata pancho villa porfirio diaz military officer peasant brother brash confident gripping mexico small town palace family home countryside politics poverty revolution revenge rise underdog
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1956
114 Minutes
Director
Karl Malden Carroll Baker Eli Wallach Mildred Dunnock Lonny Chapman Eades Hogue Noah Williamson
businessman rival wife dark unrestrained mississippi delta mansion arson marital problems revenge vulnerability competition revenge rivalry 1950s
A child bride holds her husband at bay while flirting with a sexy Italian farmer.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Director
Richard Widmark Paul Douglas Barbara Bel Geddes Jack Palance Zero Mostel Dan Riss Tommy Cook Edward Kennedy
dockworker doctor criminal police officer wife mayor brooding frenetic suspenseful melodramatic new orleans louisiana crime plagues media health mystery transformation pursuit quest
A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.
7.1/10
Drama
USA|West Germany
1953
105 Minutes
Director
Fredric March Terry Moore Gloria Grahame Cameron Mitchell Adolphe Menjou Robert Beatty Alex D'Arcy Richard Boone
circus performer businessperson wife communist emotional engaging melodramatic czechoslovakia circus circus communism marriage social change escape love transformation underdog 1950s
Czech circus owner-Clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1972
88 Minutes
Director
Patrick McVey James Woods Patricia Joyce Chico Martinez Steve Railsback
Bill, Martha and their little child Hal are spending a quiet winter Sunday in their house when they get an unexpected visit from Mike Nickerson and Tony Rodriguez.
6.3/10
Western
USA
1947
122 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn Melvyn Douglas Robert Walker Phyllis Thaxter Edgar Buchanan Harry Carey Ruth Nelson Wm. "Bill" Phillips Robert Armstrong James Bell
rancher wife lawyer homesteader melodramatic fiery new mexico territory colorado cattle marital problems infidelity forbidden love sacrifice 1860s
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
6.8/10
Musical
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Nickie Haroyen
Priscilla Lane Betty Field Richard Whorf Lloyd Nolan Jack Carson Wallace Ford Howard da Silva Elia Kazan
convict jazz musician jazz singer femme fatale pianist dark quirky amusing st. louis new orleans new jersey roadhouse stage jazz ambition touring friendship scam crime rise
"Jigger' Lane forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit ... See full summary »
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