List of the best Marlon Brando movies: Apocalypse Now(1979), Apocalypse Now Redux(1979), On the Waterfront(1954), A Streetcar Named Desire(1951), Viva Zapata!(1952), Julius Caesar(1953), Mutiny on the Bounty(1962), Burn!(1969), The Fugitive Kind(1960), The Chase(1966), The Young Lions(1958), One-Eyed Jacks(1961) ... ...
War, Drama
USA
1979
153 Minutes
Colonel Kurtz
Marlon Brando Martin Sheen Robert Duvall Frederic Forrest Albert Hall Sam Bottoms Laurence Fishburne Dennis Hopper G.D. Spradlin Harrison Ford Jerry Ziesmer
military officer soldier lunatic bleak brooding intense disturbing vietnam cambodia river patrol boat river military base vietnam war horrors of war assassination mental illness quest wretched excess 1970s
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
War, Drama
USA
1979
195 Minutes
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
Marlon Brando Robert Duvall Martin Sheen Frederic Forrest Albert Hall Sam Bottoms Laurence Fishburne Dennis Hopper G.D. Spradlin Harrison Ford Jerry Ziesmer
assassin captain tribal leader military officer engaging dense powerful jungle cambodia boat river vietnam war animal cruelty insanity imperialism rebellion pursuit rivalry revenge 1960s
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
Drama
USA
1954
108 Minutes
Terry Malloy
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.
Drama
USA
1951
122 Minutes
Stanley Kowalski
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.
Biography
USA
1952
113 Minutes
Emiliano Zapata
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.
Drama, History
USA
1953
121 Minutes
Marlon Brando James Mason John Gielgud Louis Calhern Edmond O'Brien Greer Garson Deborah Kerr George Macready Michael Pate Richard Hale Alan Napier
brutus mark antony julius caesar assassin emotional fiery passionate patriotic ancient rome assassination politics war fall revenge ancient rome
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
Adventure
USA
1962
179 Minutes
1st Lt. Fletcher Christian
Marlon Brando Carol Reed Trevor Howard Richard Harris Hugh Griffith Richard Haydn Tim Seely Percy Herbert Tarita Gordon Jackson
ship captain sailor islander thrilling tense ship tahiti england pitcairn island william bligh fletcher christian class distinctions mutiny underdog adventure escape 1780s
In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.
Adventure
Italy|France
1969
112 Minutes
Sir William Walker
Marlon Brando Evaristo Marquez Renato Salvatori Norman Hill Tom Lyons Joseph P. Persaud Dana Ghia Giampiero Albertini Carlo Palmucci
secret agent general plantation owner dockworker slave engaging powerful intense caribbean island portugal london queimada colonialism greed freedom revolution rise fall quest
During a slave revolt in 1844, a British mercenary aids an Antilles island-colony gain its independence from Portugal but years later he returns there to manhunt a local rebel army leader and former friend.
Drama
USA
1960
119 Minutes
Marlon Brando Anna Magnani Joanne Woodward Maureen Stapleton Victor Jory R. G. Armstrong Emory Richardson Sally Gracie Lucille Benson John Baragrey Ben Yaffee
drifter sick person alcoholic housewife bleak emotional uneasy deep south general store small town new life adultery love triangle lust xenophobia forbidden love discovery rivalry 20th century
Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.
Drama
USA
1966
135 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jane Fonda Robert Redford E.G. Marshall Angie Dickinson Janice Rule Miriam Hopkins Martha Hyer Richard Bradford Robert Duvall James Fox
sheriff businessman fugitive wife lackey son tense dark brutal striking thrilling melodramatic texas small town prison swamp on the run home american south prison break
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Drama
USA
1958
167 Minutes
Lt. Christian Diestl
Marlon Brando Montgomery Clift Dean Martin Hope Lange Barbara Rush Maximilian Schell May Britt Lee Van Cleef
ski instructor singer nazi socialite clerk brooding uneasy sad boot camp paris africa london concentration camp battlefield world war ii anti-semitism horrors of war rivalry transformation 1940s
WW2 drama that follows the lives of three young men, one German and two Americans, during wartime.
Western, Drama
USA
1961
141 Minutes
Director
Marlon Brando Karl Malden Katy Jurado Pina Pellicer Slim Pickens Ben Johnson Sam Gilman Larry Duran Timothy Agoglia Carey Miriam Colon Elisha Cook Jr.
outlaw bandit partner sheriff stepdaughter deputy gritty quirky tense mexico bank desert prison monterey, calif. betrayal bank heist imprisonment showdown prison break romance
After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
150 Minutes
Sky Masterson
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Frank Sinatra Vivian Blaine Robert Keith Stubby Kaye B.S. Pully Sheldon Leonard Regis Toomey Johnny Silver Dan Dayton
gambler fiancée sister friend intricate amusing lighthearted new york city mission street wager dating love daunting task quest transformation 1940s
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
Drama
USA
1957
147 Minutes
Maj. Gruver
Marlon Brando Red Buttons Miiko Taka Miyoshi Umeki Ricardo Montalban Martha Scott James Garner
pilot military officer soldier wife girlfriend emotional melodramatic japan military base interracial romance love korean war military forbidden love sacrifice 1950s
A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.
War, Drama, Action
USA
1965
123 Minutes
Robert Crain
Marlon Brando Yul Brynner Janet Margolin Trevor Howard Martin Benrath Hans Christian Blech Wally Cox Max Haufler Rainer Penkert William Redfield
deserter government official ship captain nazi british intelligence agent sailor tense suspenseful thrilling ship india japan ocean working undercover moral dilemma world war ii espionage mutiny blackmail quest
A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.
Drama
France|Italy
1972
130 Minutes
Paul
Marlon Brando Maria Schneider Jean-Pierre Léaud Darling Legitimus Catherine Sola Mauro Marchetti Dan Diament Giovanna Galletti
man woman lover fiancé dark hedonistic paris apartment church nightclub sex abandonment suicide marriage anonymity wretched excess transformation fall 1970s
A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.
Comedy
USA
1956
123 Minutes
Sakini
Marlon Brando Glenn Ford Machiko Ky? Eddie Albert Paul Ford Harry Morgan
military officer interpreter native villager geisha amusing lighthearted playful madcap winsome japan army base island culture clash world war ii discovery 1940s
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
Drama
USA
1954
79 Minutes
Johnny Strabler, Narrator
Marlon Brando Mary Murphy Robert Keith Lee Marvin Jay C. Flippen Peggy Maley
biker sheriff waitress gang member brooding tense cool california town jail restaurant rebellion biker gang aimless youth bad behavior adventure underdog wretched excess 1950s
Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.
Romance
USA
1995
90 Minutes
Dr. Jack Mickler
Marlon Brando Johnny Depp Faye Dunaway Géraldine Pailhas Bob Dishy Rachel Ticotin Talisa Soto Stephen Singer
psychiatrist johnny depp amusing passionate united states mexico deception seduction rekindled romance love 1990s
A psychiatrist must cure a young patient that presents himself as Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world.
Adventure, Drama
USA
1963
120 Minutes
Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite
Marlon Brando Eiji Okada Sandra Church Pat Hingle Arthur Hill Jocelyn Brando
ambassador government official rebel leader communist powerful bleak intricate fascinating southeast asia senate city office communism american foreign policy imperialism civil wars political unrest diplomacy discovery
An ambitious scholar becomes the ambassador of Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war is brewing.
Western, Drama
USA
1976
125 Minutes
Lee Clayton
Marlon Brando Jack Nicholson Randy Quaid Kathleen Lloyd Frederic Forrest Harry Dean Stanton John McLiam John P. Ryan Sam Gilman Steve Franken Richard Bradford
thief land baron daughter bounty hunter farmer gritty offbeat tense railway ranch camp forest montana horse thieves farming old west train robbery love revenge escape
Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
Comedy
USA
1990
102 Minutes
Carmine Sabatini aka Jimmy The Tucan
Marlon Brando Matthew Broderick Bruno Kirby Penelope Ann Miller Frank Whaley Jon Polito Paul Benedict Richard Gant Kenneth Welsh Pamela Payton-Wright BD Wong
mafia boss student thief mobster amusing madcap outlandish witty new york city organized crime endangered species corruption discovery growing up 1980s
An N.Y.C. film school student accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.
Drama, History
USA
1954
110 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Merle Oberon Michael Rennie Cameron Mitchell Elizabeth Sellars Charlotte Austin Cathleen Nesbitt Evelyn Varden Isobel Elsom John Hoyt
napoleon bonaparte mistress military officer melodramatic passionate france paris palace forbidden love romance military life napoleonic wars forbidden love wretched excess 18th century
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
Western
USA
1966
98 Minutes
Marlon Brando Anjanette Comer John Saxon Emilio Fernández Alex Montoya Miriam Colon Rafael Campos Frank Silvera Larry D. Mann Argentina Brunetti
horse bandit buffalo hunter beautiful woman friend gritty fiery ojo prieto, mexico border new life theft farming gunfight horses rivalry revenge rescue 19th century
Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.
Romance
UK
1967
108 Minutes
Ogden Mears
Marlon Brando Sophia Loren Tippi Hedren Sydney Chaplin Patrick Cargill Michael Medwin Oliver Johnston John Paul Angela Scoular Margaret Rutherford Peter Bartlett
In Hong Kong, the ambassador returning to America meets the Russian countess, a refugee without a passport, who decides to hide in his cabin.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1972
96 Minutes
Marlon Brando Stephanie Beacham Thora Hird Harry Andrews Verna Harvey Christopher Ellis Anna Palk
gardener nurse housekeeper young boy sister dark passionate creepy disturbing england country house bedroom sexual taboo loss of innocence imagination idolization tragic death fall growing up 1890s
Prequel to Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw", focusing on groundskeeper Peter Quint's slow corruption of the virtuous governess Miss Jessel and the children she looks after.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1998
94 Minutes
Warden Sven "The Swede" Sorenson
Marlon Brando Charlie Sheen Thomas Haden Church Donald Sutherland Mira Sorvino Jean-Pierre Bergeron Frank Fontaine Rémy Girard Roc Lafortune
warden son-in-law best friend fbi agent judge daughter dark offbeat amusing small town jail house bathroom train pregnancy marriage corruption train robbery father/daughter relationship investigation
A prison warden, with a nasty habit of killing escapees, has teen twin daughters claiming to be pregnant. Their boyfriends marry them. The husbands' only way out of hell is to rob the money train.
Biography
UK|USA|Spain
1992
120 Minutes
Marlon Brando Tom Selleck George Corraface Rachel Ward Robert Davi Catherine Zeta-Jones Oliver Cotton Benicio Del Toro Mathieu Carrière Manuel de Blas Glyn Grain
explorer queen catholic king wife native american spirited amusing spain west indies boat atlantic ocean expedition evangelism mutiny spanish inquisition christopher columbus discovery quest 15th century
Genoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the East Indies.
Mystery & Thriller
1969
93 Minutes
Bud
Marlon Brando Richard Boone Rita Moreno Pamela Franklin Jess Hahn Gérard Buhr Jacques Marin Hughes Wanner Al Lettieri
Two men (Marlon Brando, Richard Boone), a drug addict (Rita Moreno) and her brother kidnap a young woman for ransom in France.
Documentary
UK
2015
102 Minutes
Voice
Michael Borne Marlon Brando
actor director powerful unrestrained striking united states recordings transformation 20th century
A documentary that utilizes hundreds of hours of audio that Marlon Brando recorded over the course of his life to tell the screen legend's story.
Documentary
USA
1991
96 Minutes
Sam Bottoms Fax Bahr Marlon Brando Colleen Camp Eleanor Coppola Francis Ford Coppola Gia Coppola Roman Coppola Sofia Coppola Robert De Niro
Documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1967
109 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Marlon Brando Brian Keith Julie Harris Zorro David Gordon Mitchell Irvin Dugan Fay Sparks Robert Forster Douglas Stark Al Mulock
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1980
117 Minutes
George C. Scott Marlon Brando Marthe Keller John Van Dreelen Calvin Jung John Gielgud Beatrice Straight Richard Lynch Robin Clarke Iake Eissinmann Alan North
lieutenant oil baron scientist spy police officer suspenseful intricate los angeles berlin apartment oil business espionage murder investigation secret conspiracy quest pursuit underdog 1980s
An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.
Comedy
Italy|France|USA
1968
123 Minutes
Grindl
Ewa Aulin Marlon Brando Richard Burton Charles Aznavour James Coburn John Huston Walter Matthau Ringo Starr John Astin Elsa Martinelli Sugar Ray Robinson
Candy Christian, an innocent high-schooler, encounters numerous colorful characters and humorous sexual situations while attempting to find meaning in life.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK|Canada|Switzerland|Panama
1978
143 Minutes
Jor-El
Christopher Reeve Gene Hackman Marlon Brando Margot Kidder Ned Beatty Jackie Cooper Marc McClure Glenn Ford Valerie Perrine Phyllis Thaxter Jeff East
superman father mother reporter villain superhero confident spectacular metropolis smallville krypton newsroom family home fortress of solitude superhuman abilities secret daunting task adventure discovery 1970s
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
Mystery & Thriller
Germany|Canada|USA
2001
123 Minutes
Max Baron
Robert De Niro Edward Norton Angela Bassett Marlon Brando Gary Farmer Paul Soles Cassandra Wilson Mose Allison
thief partner guard detective love interest safecracker thrilling suspenseful tense gripping montreal compound mansion sewer basement vault heist art betrayal deception
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Australia
2006
154 Minutes
Brandon Routh Kate Bosworth James Marsden Frank Langella Eva Marie Saint Parker Posey Kal Penn Sam Huntington Kevin Spacey Tristan Lake Leabu James Karen
superhero love interest villain mastermind thrilling suspenseful new york city newsroom hideout rescue love deception superheroes quest future
Superman returns to Earth after spending five years in space examining his homeworld Krypton. But he finds things have changed while he was gone, and he must once again prove himself important to the world.