Francis Ford Coppola co-wrote the script with Mario Puzo for The Godfather, a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same name. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane Keaton are among the cast members.

The Godfather follows Don Vito Corleone (Brando), the elderly leader of a criminal family who is forced to hand over authority to his hesitant son, Michael (Al Pacino). Michael's wide-eyed optimism is steadily eaten away as he discovers the actual thickness of blood, culminating in a terrible climax. To portray the Don, Brando famously altered himself using make-up and method acting, creating a widely copied persona who lives on in the thoughts of spectators even when he's not onscreen. Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando), and Best Adapted Screenplay were all awarded to the box office hit (Coppola and Mario Puzo). Due to the persecution of Native Americans in movies, Brando famously declined his statuette and had actress Sacheen Littlefeather receive it on his behalf.

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Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola

Release dates: March 14, 1972

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646

On the Waterfront, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg, is a 1954 American crime drama film. It stars Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, and Eva Marie Saint, who makes her film debut in this picture. Leonard Bernstein wrote the musical composition.

It's difficult to see On the Waterfront without thinking about the circumstances surrounding its production. Elia Kazan directed this film about an ex-prizefighter turned longshoreman (Brando) who testifies against his corrupt union bosses as justification for his own decision to name fellow filmmakers to the House Un-American Activities Committee, a decision that tarnished his reputation for the rest of his life. The influence of Kazan's picture, in which Brando's Method-inspired performance drove cinematic acting towards a more naturalistic style, remains undiminished by Kazan's background.

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Directed by: Elia Kazan

Release date: July 28, 1954

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047296

Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire was made into a 1951 American Southern Gothic drama film. It stars Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden and is directed by Elia Kazan. Blanche DuBois, a southern beauty, flees her aristocratic upbringing after suffering a series of personal losses and seeks sanctuary with her sister and brother-in-law in a decaying New Orleans apartment building. The original Broadway show and cast were adapted for the screen, however with a few adjustments.

By recreating his stage performance, Brando catapulted to stardom, ushering in a new generation of Method-inspired leading men. Despite the film's critical praise, he was the only cast member to leave Oscar night empty-handed, losing Best Actor to Humphrey Bogart.

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Directed by: Elia Kazan

Release date: September 19, 1951

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044081

Bernardo Bertolucci directed the sensual drama film Last Tango in Paris in 1972. Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, and Jean-Pierre Léaud feature in the picture, which tells the story of a newly bereaved American who initiates an anonymous sexual connection with a young Parisian lady.

Marlon Brando plays Paul, a middle-aged American hotel owner who is mourning the death of his wife Rosa. At an apartment that both of them are interested in renting, Paul meets a young, engaged Parisian lady called Jeanne. After they begin an anonymous sexual connection in the flat, Paul steals it. To Jeanne's dismay, he demands that neither of them reveals any personal information, including given names. The affair lasts for a while until Paul chooses to leave Jeanne, at which point she returns to the flat to discover that he has packed his belongings and departed without warning.

Later, Paul runs into Jeanne on the street and expresses his desire to restart their relationship. He informs her about his wife's recent tragedy. They stroll into a tango club as he tells her his life narrative, where he proceeds to tell her about himself. Jeanne feels disillusioned about their connection as a result of the loss of anonymity. She informs Paul that she will not be seeing him again. Paul, unable to let Jeanne go, pursues her through the streets of Paris, chasing her all the way back to her flat, where he declares his love for her and asks for her name.

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Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci

Release dates: 14 October 1972

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070849

Francis Ford Coppola directed and produced Apocalypse Now, a 1979 American epic psychological war film. Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, and Dennis Hopper are among the cast members. The script, co-written by Coppola and John Milius, and narrated by Michael Herr, is partly based on Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, with the setting shifted from late-nineteenth-century Congo to the Vietnam War.

Colonel Walter Kurtz, a highly decorated US Army Special Forces officer of the 5th Special Forces Group, turns rogue, is played by Marlon Brando. He commands his own military force in Cambodia, and the US military, as well as the North Vietnamese, Viet Cong, and Khmer Rouge dread him.

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Directed by: Francis Coppola

Release dates: May 19, 1979

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788

László Benedek directed and Stanley Kramer produced The Wild One, a 1953 American crime film. It is well known for Marlon Brando's portrayal as Johnny Strabler, whose persona became a cultural icon in the 1950s. The Wild One is regarded as the first outlaw biker film and the first to investigate outlaw motorcycle gang violence in the United States.

The Wild One, Brando's first motorbike film, solidified his reputation as a bad guy with a tender side. He plays Johnny Strabler, the head of a motorcycle gang that falls upon a tiny California community, in a performance that has spawned a slew of imitators. His desire for destruction is quelled when he falls in love with Kathie (Mary Murphy), the sweet-natured daughter of the local police chief (Robert Keith). The advent of a rival gang boss (Lee Marvin), who adds further mayhem, complicates going straight.

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Directed by: László Benedek

Release date: December 30, 1953

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047677

Marlon Brando directed and starred in One-Eyed Jacks, a 1961 American Technicolor Western film. It was Brando's sole feature. It was initially set to be directed by Stanley Kubrick from a script by Sam Peckinpah, but studio disagreements forced Brando and Guy Trosper to take their place. Rio is played by Brando, and his partner, "Dad" Longworth, is played by Karl Malden. Pina Pellicer, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson, and Slim Pickens round out the supporting cast. The Library of Congress chose the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 2018.

Brando's lone directorial outing lingered in cheaply-produced home video versions when it became public domain before Criterion stepped in and released it on Blu-ray. It's a suitable display for a long-forgotten treasure that was derided as a self-indulgent vanity project at the time. But that's an incorrect assessment of this strange western about a bandit (Brando) seeking vengeance on a former companion (Karl Malden) who abandoned him after a bank heist. Charles Lang was nominated for an Oscar for his Technicolor cinematography, and Brando was nominated for a DGA for Best Director; however, the Academy wasn't as keen on recognizing actor-directors back then as they are now.

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Directed by: Marlon Brando

Release date: March 30, 1961

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055257

Viva Zapata! is a biographical film starring Marlon Brando and directed by Elia Kazan in 1952. John Steinbeck wrote the screenplay based on Edgcomb Pinchon's 1941 novel Zapata the Unconquerable. Jean Peters and Anthony Quinn, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal, are among the cast members. From his peasant origins through his rise to prominence in the early 1900s and his death in 1919, the film is a dramatized version of Mexican rebel Emiliano Zapata's life.

Brando adopting heavy makeup and a thick accent to play Mexican rebel Emiliano Zapata in this epic drama is admittedly unsettling. Despite this, Elia Kazan's Viva Zapata! is a thrilling account of his life, from his peasant background through his uprising against President Porfirio Diaz's cruel regime. For his role as Zapata's hard-drinking, skirt-chasing brother, Eufemio, Anthony Quinn earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. And, despite his dubious make-up, Brando captures the essence of the enigmatic Zapata, a guy propelled into leadership practically by accident. He was nominated for Best Actor but lost to Gregory Peck, but he did win the BAFTA for Best Foreign Actor, so at least he got some recognition for his work.

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Directed by: Elia Kazan

Release date: February 7, 1952

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045296

Donald Sutherland, Jürgen Prochnow, Marlon Brando, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, and Susan Sarandon feature in A Dry White Season, a 1989 American drama film directed by Euzhan Palcy and starring Donald Sutherland, Jürgen Prochnow, Marlon Brando, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, and Susan Sarandon. Colin Welland and Palcy wrote it, based on André Brink's novel A Dry White Season. Robert Bolt also made uncredited screenplay edits. It takes place in 1976 in South Africa and deals with the issue of apartheid. Brando was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards.

Following the failure of his Razzie-nominated performance in "The Formula", Brando took a nine-year hiatus from performing (1980). He stepped out of retirement to star in A Dry White Season, a film about social justice and civil rights that reflected his own lifetime dedication. It is set in apartheid-era South Africa and follows a schoolteacher who stays out of local politics until his black gardener is racially violent assault. He enlists the support of a well-known lawyer (Brando) to take the case to trial, provoking the wrath of white cops. In only a few scenes, Brando steals the show as a smart lawyer who enjoys making large, dramatic gestures.

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Directed by: Euzhan Palcy

Release date: September 22, 1989

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097243

The Fugitive Kind is a 1960 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, and Joanne Woodward. Meade Roberts and Tennessee Williams collaborated on the script, which was based on Williams' 1957 drama Orpheus Descending, which was a rewrite of his 1940 play Battle of Angels, which closed after a Boston test. The costumes for the film were designed by Frank Thompson.

Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, played by Marlon Brando, is a guitar-playing wanderer who gets his moniker from his clothing. To escape being imprisoned, he flees New Orleans to a rural village. He intends to alter his drifting "party guy" life on his 30th birthday. He gets work in a small-town mercantile business run by Lady Torrance, an enraged elderly woman whose ruthless husband Jabe is sick in their flat above the store. The community is dominated by an undertone of past and contemporary violence.

Carol Cutrere, a regularly intoxicated libertine, and Vee Talbott, a plain housewife, all have their eyes on the newcomer, but Snakeskin is drawn to Lady, who has ambitious ideas to turn the run-down store into a tastefully designed "women confectionary" wing. Sheriff Talbott, Jabe's buddy, and Vee's husband threaten to murder Snakeskin if he stays in town, but when he learns Lady is pregnant, he decides to stay. It ignites Jabe's final acts of wrath, with disastrous results.

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Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Release date: April 14, 1960
Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052832