Movie connections for
On the Waterfront (1954)

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Remade as

Ghulam (1998)
On the Waterfront (2001) (TV)
 -  Spoof/homage to film

Edited into

Visions of Light (1992)

Referenced in

Chicago Syndicate (1955)
 -  On a movie marquee as Barry is shopping.
Meet Marlon Brando (1966)
"Cinéastes de notre temps: Le dinosaure et le bébé, dialogue en huit parties entre Fritz Lang et Jean-Luc Godard" (1967)
 -  mentionned once
"Saturday Night Live: Peter Boyle/Al Jarreau (#1.13)" (1976)
 -  Quoted during 'Dueling Brando's'
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
 -  During the drive-in scene, Walter Paisley mimics Marlon Brando's line "I coulda been a contender" from On the Waterfront.
Bugsy Malone (1976)
Rocky (1976)
"Saturday Night Live: Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin (#2.16)" (1977)
 -  Muhammad Ali claims to be doing a remake of this on Weekend Update
Raging Bull (1980)
"Police Squad!: Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) (#1.2)" (1982)
 -  A boxer is told he could've been a contender
"Police Squad!: Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi) (#1.4)" (1982)
 -  A stripper tells Drebin she saw this film with a suspect.
Night of the Comet (1984)
Labyrinth (1986)
Howard the Duck (1986)
The Morning After (1986)
 -  Alex describes her acting career by saying she "could've been a contender".
Stakeout (1987)
Splendor (1989)
 -  Movieposter can be seen
The Abyss (1989)
Wired (1989)
Blobermouth (1990)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
 -  mentioned once
Queens Logic (1991)
Malcolm X (1992)
 -  quote, "He doesn't need a doctor, he needs a priest"
Down on the Waterfront (1993)
"The Day Today: Big Report (#1.2)" (1994)
 -  The actor Marlon Brando is being auctioned, some of his films are mentioned including this.
Sunny Side Up (1994)
Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
 -  Draws influence on Butch's washed up boxer character. Also, the fighter Butch is supposed to take a dive against is named Wilson, the same name as the fighter Terry Malloy actually does dive against.
Before the Rain (1994)
Jailbreakers (1994) (TV)
Quiz Show (1994)
The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995) (TV)
Caught (1996)
"NewsRadio: In Through the Out Door (#2.13)" (1996)
 -  Joe: "I could have been a contender"
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Trees Lounge (1996)
Career Girls (1997)
Boogie Nights (1997)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV)
Wrongfully Accused (1998)
Rushmore (1998)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"The Directors: The Films of Martin Scorsese (#1.6)" (2000)
"Even Stevens: Louis in the Middle (#1.6)" (2000)
 -  Louis impersonates another character made famous by Marlon Brando -- Terry Malloy.
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties (2001) (TV)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
"Alias: Mea Culpa (#1.9)" (2001)
 -  Alternate candidate than "His Girl Friday" for best film ever, suggested by Francie
Kuutamolla (2002)
 -  seen in tv
Who Is Alan Smithee? (2002) (TV)
New York at the Movies (2002) (TV)
The Real Thing (2002)
Daredevil (2003)
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? (2003) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge (2003) (TV)
 -  Alan mentions seeing pictures of an actor taken from this movie.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)
Scarface: Acting (2003) (V)
Sin (2003/I)
 -  Ca. 12 minutes into the film Bella calls her porn movie a remake of the older film.
Hellboy (2004)
 -  scene with Hellboy and small child on the roof of the apartment complex features caged pigeons, which get considerable screentime. this is clearly a reference to On the Waterfront, where Brando spends many important scenes on the roof with his pigeons.
Facing the Past (2005) (V)
 -  mentioned once
AFI's 100 Years, 100 'Movie Quotes': The Greatest Lines from American Film (2005) (TV)
Destroy All Humans! (2005) (VG)
 -  One character mentions this movie when comparing Marlon Brando to Montgomery Clift.
Gettin' It (2006)
 -  "I coulda been a contender."
The Rise of Two Legends (2006) (V)
 -  referenced in film
Crossing Criminal Cultures (2007) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Control (2007)
 -  The line "We are gonna be contenders. We are gonna be somebodies." is similar to the famous line "I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody."
"Rescue Me: Seven (#4.7)" (2007)
 -  Johnny's "ghost" quotes Brando from this movie.
The Curse of Steptoe (2008) (TV)
 -  One of the characters performs a scene from On the Waterfront

Featured in

Precious Images (1986)
"Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Amerikai filmtípusok - Egyén és társadalom (#1.7)" (1989)
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992) (V)
Hexed (1993)
Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music (1993) (TV)
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
A Century of Cinema (1994)
Circle of Friends (1995)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (TV)
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey (1995)
 -  scenes shown/discussed
Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1996) (TV)
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997) (TV)
The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: Against the Grain (1998) (TV)
 -  Cited as one of best 100 movies in last 100 years
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999) (TV)
 -  Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 features many clips and references from movie and television history.
The Lady with the Torch (1999)
The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV)
Contender: Mastering the Method (2001) (V)
 -  Many clips from "On the Waterfront" are included in this documentary 'making-of' featurette.
Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men (2002) (TV)
The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004) (TV)
 -  Clips featured during Karl Malden's Life Achievement Award presentation.
The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)
 -  Memorial Tribute: Elia Kazan
The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years, 100 'Movie Quotes': The Greatest Lines from American Film (2005) (TV)
Bullets Over Hollywood (2005) (TV)
 -  clips
The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006) (TV)
 -  clips shown
Gridiron Gang (2006)
Brando (2007) (TV)
 -  clips
"20 to 1: 50 to 01: Great Movie One Liners (#4.10)" (2007)
 -  Some clips from this movie are shown in a segment on the line "I could have been a contender, I could have been somebody."
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Greatest Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)
 -  #19 film
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-02-20)" (2008)
 -  A scene from this film is show when talking about Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando.
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
 -  Featured in Best Picture montage.
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-03-28)" (2008)
 -  Clips of this film are featured during a repeat of a 'Great American Culture Quiz' segment.

Spoofed in

Take Off (1978)
 -  "You could have been somebody." "I was. I was a contender. It sucked." "So instead you're a bum."
Knightriders (1981)
 -  Bors spoofs Brando's taxi scene.
Howard the Duck (1986)
The Freshman (1990)
 -  At the end, when Carmine and Clark are walking through the field, Carmine tells the Komodo dragon, "You turned out to be a bum. ... You coulda been a handbag."
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
 -  The line "I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody" is taken from On the Waterfront
The Godson (1998)
Robots (2005)
 -  "I want to be an inventor...I wanna be somebody"

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