best movie i've ever seen.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

This movie is excellent all the way through: with the cinematography to the acting. This film won best picture in 1954, which isn't surprising when you have Marlon Brando as the main star; he's best known decades later in The Godfather(1972). My only nitpicks with this film is that occasionally the music can be overly obnoxious and could be a struggle to hear what the people are saying. But, in a lot of cases the use of overly dramatic sounds can be in the movie's favor. This could be in the scene where Terry runs to see Edie; it's revealing something in the priest's point of view and you could hardly hear what they say at parts. That may be one of my favorite parts! Also, the end is well done and perfectly shot. Plus it has a lot of quotable lines like: "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it." When this personally isn't one of my all time favorite classics, it still is a masterpiece. I give this movie a: 9.6/10=10/10 overall

This is a crime thriller that stuns me from the first minute to the last minute. You never know what Terry will do and what will happen to him. The performance of Marlon Brando is his career- best, even better than that in "The Godfather", and one of the best in the cinematic history. Moreover, the movie is still relevant even today. The "conscience vs. ego" and "loyalty vs. betrayal" debates never end.

One of Marlon Brando's most well-known film and the first one to give him an Academy Award - the second one being The Godfather. A story about an ex-prizefighter who has turned into a longshoreman in New Jersey. Things start to heat up as his gangster of a union boss (Lee J. Cobb) axes off one of the workers for reasons of being a police informant.It's a working crime thriller. Brando is known for his method acting and it shows in the film being ahead of its time. Often films in the 50s still showed clear signs of theatre. Small, closed sets, a bit overplayed acting and the flow of the story is pretty episodic. Whereas I could easily imagine seeing a film such as this one in the decades to come. Brando's Terry is a man of few words, but you can still clearly tell what he's feeling from scene to scene.Another showstealer is Karl Malden's Father Barry, a local preacher that takes it as his task to oppose Mr. Friendly, the union boss. It's refreshing to see a man of faith represented like this. As a man willing to mix with the people and call things as they are, without in any way taking away from his religiousness. In fact he gives one of the best talks about Christian faith I've seen on film.But to be completely honest, I didn't find the story that captivating. It's done well enough, certainly, and the characters are fantastic, but the plot itself is predictable and nothing I haven't seen in newer films. Full points for this film for novelty, but that only counts for so much.Still, for fans of crime films, it's definitely worth a watch. It's a contender.

The movie is rich with awards and recognition. The movie was nominated for 12 Oscars and won 8. Exceptional and outstanding in all the ways, the actor's performance, direction, cinematography, music etc. The first movie of Eva Marie Saint. She won Oscar for the best supporting actress. Her chemistry with Marlon Brando was amazing. The dock is ruled by a corrupt man called Johnny Friendly. The protagonist, Terry Malloy works for Johnny. Johny kills a man who stands against him. Terry is the only person who knew what happened. To add to the situation Terry falls in love with the sister of the victim.A definitely must watch movie. Do not miss this.#KiduMovie