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1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
directed by Francis Ford Coppola
featuring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Dennis HopperOne of a cluster of late-1970s films about the Vietnam War, Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now adapts the Joseph Conrad novella Heart of Darkness ... More
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2. Guys and Dolls (1955)
directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
featuring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert KeithThis 1955 film began life as two Runyon short stories, the most prominent of which was "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown." This material was fleshed out ... More
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3. Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
directed by Francis Ford Coppola
featuring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert HallFrancis Coppola had more than his share of production difficulties while shooting his epic-scale Vietnam War drama Apocalypse Now, including ... More
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4. Don Juan DeMarco (1995)
directed by Jeremy Leven
featuring Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Géraldine Pailhas, Bob DishyA psychiatrist treats a most unusual patient, only to find that the doctor is the one who gains the most from their sessions in this philosophical ... More
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5. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
directed by Lewis Milestone
featuring Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard HaydnThis colorful remake of the 1935 version again concerns the crew and treatment of the HMS Bounty by a cold hearted sadistic captain. Captain Bligh ... More
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6. One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
directed by Marlon Brando
featuring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Pina Pellicer, Katy Jurado, Ben JohnsonWestern bandit Kid Rio (Marlon Brando) is betrayed by his partner, Dad Longworth (Karl Malden). Escaping from prison, Rio learns that Longworth has ... More
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7. The Fugitive Kind (1960)
directed by Sidney Lumet
featuring Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Maureen Stapleton, Victor JoryFugitive Kind began life as Battle of Angels, a never-produced 1939 play by a young Tennessee Williams. Nearly 20 years later, Williams refined this ... More
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8. The Ugly American (1963)
directed by George Englund
featuring Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Arthur Hill, Pat HingleTaken from a best-selling book, this is an uneven, politically tinged drama by George Englund that does not really follow the book that closely. ... More
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9. Bedtime Story (1963)
directed by Ralph Levy
featuring Marlon Brando, David Niven, Shirley Jones, Dody Goodman, Aram StephanAn exercise in "black humor" bordering on the tasteless, Bedtime Story stars Marlon Brando and David Niven as a pair of womanizing confidence ... More
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10. The Night of the Following Day (1969)
directed by Hubert Cornfield
featuring Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Rita Moreno, Pamela Franklin, Jess HahnA pair of desperate men plan to kidnap a wealthy heiress upon her arrival in France. Bud (Marlon Brando) and Leer (Richard Boone) grab the gorgeous ... More
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11. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
directed by Charles Chaplin
featuring Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Patrick CargillList of all editionsCharles Chaplin wrote, directed, and scored this old-fashioned romantic comedy, which proved to be his last film. Wealthy American diplomat Ogden ... More
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12. The Missouri Breaks (1976)
directed by Arthur Penn
featuring Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Lloyd, Randy Quaid, Frederic ForrestList of all editionsA rancher, a rustler, and a regulator face off in Arthur Penn's eccentric western. As a cover for their horse thievery, a gang of Montana rustlers, ... More
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13. Morituri (1965)
directed by Bernhard Wicki
featuring Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard, Marlin BeneathList of all editionsBernhard Wicki directed this hard-hitting World War II espionage drama. Marlon Brando plays Robert Crain, a German deserter who is coerced by British ... More
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14. The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
directed by Daniel Mann
featuring Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo, Eddie Albert, Paul FordList of all editionsMarlon Brando went out on yet another creative limb when he insisted upon playing sly, philosophical Okinawan interpreter Sakima in the 1956 ... More
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15. Queimada! (1969)
directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
featuring Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez, Renato Salvatori, Norman Hill, Tom LyonsList of all editionsSir William Walker (Marlon Brando) is the aristocratic secret agent sent by Britain to secure a profitable Portuguese sugar cane plantation for the ... More
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16. The Godfather (1972)
directed by Francis Ford Coppola
featuring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, John Cazale, Robert Duvall, Diane KeatonList of all editionsPopularly viewed as one of the best American films ever made, the multi-generational crime saga The Godfather is a touchstone of cinema: one of the ... More
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17. Viva Zapata! (1952)
directed by Elia Kazan
featuring Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman, Arnold MossList of all editionsProduced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Elia Kazan, this film follows the life of Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando) ... More
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18. The Men (1950)
directed by Fred Zinnemann
featuring Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb, Richard ErdmanList of all editionsFred Zinnemann's sensitive film on the plight of paraplegic WWII veterans features Marlon Brando in his superbly moving screen debut. He plays Lt. ... More
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19. Candy (1968)
directed by Christian Marquand
featuring Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, John HustonList of all editionsIn this big-budget adaptation of Terry Southern's satiric sex farce (the sort of project that could get an immediate green light in the late 1960's ... More
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20. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
directed by Elia Kazan
featuring Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Rudy BondList of all editionsIn the classic play by Tennessee Williams, brought to the screen by Elia Kazan, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) comes to visit her ... More
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21. The Brave (1997)
directed by Johnny Depp
featuring Cody Lightning, Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Nicole ManceraList of all editionsJohnny Depp made his debut as a director and screenwriter with this allegorical tale of the plight of Native Americans. Raphael (Depp) is an ... More
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22. Desiree (1954)
directed by Henry Koster
featuring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie, Cameron MitchellList of all editionsDirector Henry Koster and writer Daniel Taradash speculate mightily in this historical tableau charting the rise and fall of Napoleon (Marlon Brando) ... More
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23. The Appaloosa (1966)
directed by Sidney J. Furie
featuring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon, Emilio Fernández, Alex MontoyaList of all editionsThe Appaloosa is one of the more tolerable Marlon Brando westerns, if only because Brando seems to be aspiring to merely entertain rather than offer ... More
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24. Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
directed by John Huston
featuring Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris, Robert ForsterThis dreary story of the latent desires of the sexually repressed and psychologically tormented is taken from the 1944 novel by Carson McCullers. ... More
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25. Superman: The Movie (1978)
directed by Richard Donner
featuring Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Jackie CooperList of all editionsRichard Donner's big-budget blockbuster Superman: The Movie is an immensely entertaining recounting of the origin of the famous comic book character. ... More







