
10 Best Movies Like On the Waterfront
If you loved On the Waterfront, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

A Streetcar Named Desire
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Waterfront for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral....

Marty
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Waterfront for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but...

Julius Caesar
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Waterfront for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
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 both have ...

The Big Sleep
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Waterfront for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees m...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Waterfront for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle politica...

Shane
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Waterfront for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act....