10 Best Performances of Marlon Brando

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Widely considered to be one of the greatest actors of all time, #MarlonBrando transformed #Hollywood with his innovative method acting. With a career spanning more than 6 decades and 50 films, Brando left a lasting impact on cinema. He is a singular figure in cinema history, whose disdain for ‘stardom’ ironically redefined what it means to be one. With such a broad and varied career to celebrate, we've ranked his top 10 performances from his remarkable and diversified filmography.
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@romanclay1913 11 ай бұрын

Marlon Brando is the greatest actor because of his unmatched acting range. From 1950-60 he played a paraplegic in THE MEN, Stanley Kowalski in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, a Mexican revolutionary in VIVA ZAPATA, Mark Anthony, a Hell's Angel in THE WILD ONE. Terry Malloy in ON THE WATERFRONT, Napoleon in DESIREE, sang and danced in GUYS AND DOLLS, a Japanese man in TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, a contrite nazi in YOUNG LIONS then directed ONE EYED JACKS.

@piranha5506 2 жыл бұрын

He remains the most influential actor of cinema. Thank you for the recommendation. I’m glad you guys included Last Tango. The controversies aside, everybody does a great job in that movie.

@morgantylerv9406 Жыл бұрын

Marlon Brando is the Most Gorgeous Guy💞💞 Ever & The Greatest Actor In Film/Cinema History. Brando Can & Will Never Be Replaced. He's One of a Kind! RIP Marlon Brando 🙏💔

@antoniosilvestro9045 Ай бұрын

I agree and he would have been 100 tomorrow

@DavyDredd14 Жыл бұрын

Top 5 Marlon Brando : 5. Apocalypse Now (1979) 4. The Godfather (1972) 3. Last Tango In Paris (1972) 2. On The Waterfront (1954) 1. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

@rogerzotti1 Ай бұрын

I'd go with On the Waterfront ...

@jackilynpyzocha662 6 күн бұрын

Guys and Dolls (1955) He is Sky Masterson, he was in the thearical production, first.

@HitchcockBrunette Жыл бұрын

YES!!! His portrayal as Paul in Last Tango deserves that number 1 spot! The most raw and visceral screen performance I’ve ever seen. He was one of a kind. We were all so lucky to have him ❤

@Aswin76541 3 ай бұрын

I don't know

@Aswin76541 3 ай бұрын

There will be blood is best

@erictalbert4633 Жыл бұрын

Street car should’ve been number 1 not an honorable mention

@robertodell3056 11 ай бұрын

I was a wee lad the first time i seen Brando on HBO in a film called The Nightcomers. A movie a wee lad shouldn't be watching. Aaaahhhhh, the good old days

@grouchbugs Жыл бұрын

I think his performance in the first half of Mutiny on the Bounty is stunning, and like Harc Antony marvelously nuanced.

@gonogazz Жыл бұрын

I say the hole picture..See how he uses props..The movie slows way down after the mutiny..A great Movie..For the records..Mr Brando has never looked better..!

@booshist 6 ай бұрын

While I agree with your choice of No 1 (Scorsese remarked that “Brando has once again flown close to the Sun”) to say that his Stanley in Streetcar isn’t one of his top 10 performances is just baffling. I was expecting it to be easily in the top 3 as it’s not only superb it’s also one of the most explosive and groundbreaking turns an actor ever gave and far better than either his Napoleon or his Zapata. Yet I do agree with no 1, it’s a staggering performance that is obviously his most personal of his amazing career and just jaw dropping with power. For me he will always be the man. There are a few who get close to him such as Philip Seymour Hoffman Daniel Day Lewis and of course DeNiro but for me Brando is still the no 1

@bobypestano 3 ай бұрын

Totally and perfectly mesmerizing actor that touches and provokes every possible emotion and mental range of the human heart and mind…

@charlescachia4645 4 ай бұрын

GREATEST ACTOR EVER.

@antoniosilvestro9045 Ай бұрын

By a mile

@PeterSimmonsonline 29 күн бұрын

His autobiography encapsulates his characters and depth of understanding of human nature.

@user-qp6or8xl4g 9 ай бұрын

his best performance can quite simply be summed up by all of them.

@romanclay1913 11 ай бұрын

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE has the two greatest film performances ever: Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando.

@museumofdave Жыл бұрын

I agree with another viewer that Streetcar deserves first or second place, and would jettison the show-off silliness of Missouri Breaks in favor of his rarely considered Godfather parody, The Freshman, with Matthew Broderick. Congratulations on well-chosen visuals and an intelligent guide to a distinctive actor!

@michelleladd7394 3 ай бұрын

The Freshmen was hilarious.

@8lata 4 ай бұрын

After 20 years after his passing I am so obsessed so intrigued so attracted so dr rawn to every word he speaks edvery action he executes every silence he expresses that it drives me nuts. How is he possible. How is such magnificence possible. He has spoilt ne for all movies alll actors. No one comes anywhere near him. But no one.

@paulsage6849 27 күн бұрын

Wow

@donna25871 7 ай бұрын

If Scorsese and Spielberg love a film (One Eyed Jacks) then that is good enough for me.

@user-hm9hp1et7k 8 ай бұрын

I liked him in Mutiny on the Bounty as Fletcher Christian.

@antoniosilvestro9045 Ай бұрын

Me too. Not keen on Mafia films but he played Don Corleone brilliantly

@funshine817 5 ай бұрын

The ONLY reason Brando did not get the Oscar for Stanley in Streetcar, is because he was a newbie, and back then who got the Oscar was political, sentimental(Humphrey Bogart), most known/loved...not just based on talent. Brando deserved that Oscar, but I don't mind Bogart won it.

@Taiyou536 Ай бұрын

Same happened to Leonardo di Caprio : it's politics nothing more .

@slc2466 4 ай бұрын

Love "Guys and Dolls" up there on the list, and would place "Last Tango" as High on Films does. "Reflections in a Golden Eye" is another Brando portrayal well worth catching. I have a tribute video to Marlon's career on my channel if anyone wants to check it out.

@jaciowen1107 11 күн бұрын

I simply loved Last Tango. His portrayal of grief moves me every time I watch it. He is mesmerizing.

@LeeCameron 3 күн бұрын

completely agree. great great film just so hard to watch

@ShikharVerma 2 жыл бұрын

This is an excellent list and an equally well crafted video to accompany it. Good job guys.

@seanjohn7802 Жыл бұрын

Great list but definitely missing Apocalypse Now.

@SkankHunt3000 Жыл бұрын

Hardly .. great film but at the bottom of brando’s incredible early work

@marlonlo9661 3 ай бұрын

The horror! The horror!

@MaryBain-dj3nk 15 күн бұрын

Major Pemberton Reflections of a Golden Eye one of his best !!!

@jmdi2703 Жыл бұрын

Vito Carleone always his best performance

@seanohare5488 24 күн бұрын

Maybe on the waterfront it's neck and neck

@jmdi2703 24 күн бұрын

@@seanohare5488 Vito is another level

@brigittecastrucci6541 4 ай бұрын

How can Brando’s searing performance in A StreetcarNamed Desire be left out !?! It’s often cited as the standard of Method acting.

@richardbrowning8221 Ай бұрын

Amazing actor never be another like him.!

@schannstewart9385 4 ай бұрын

He also was great in The Men

@seanohare5488 24 күн бұрын

True underrated

@alanFconrad 7 ай бұрын

greatness

@gnewt75 Жыл бұрын

Brando would've told you his favorite and best performance was in Burn! He also has a few other honorable mentions out there in less than memorable movies.

@carlosandre1992 Жыл бұрын

Burn 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 yes

@americangirl- 9 ай бұрын

Love that movie & every movie he ever was in!!!!

@peakexperiencelifestyle 4 ай бұрын

I’m surprised Don Juan Demarco wasn’t mentioned that was one of my favorite films of all time and he is phenomenal in it.

@aureliomunoz7164 5 күн бұрын

The best actor ever. A genius.An absolut genius.

@barryedwardchadwick8162 Ай бұрын

I have always been a big western fan,having watched hundreds of films spanning 5 decades,I now believe Marlon Brando,s only directed movie starring himself and a truly star studded cast, that one eyed jacks,is the daddy of them all the best western ever

@highonfilms Ай бұрын

Truly the one and only! Brando.

@janekelman9302 Ай бұрын

i loved his performance in Don Juan DeMarco

@cameronpickard7456 Ай бұрын

good list indeed paul was his best and THE best of all time

@highonfilms Ай бұрын

Yes indeed! It was an emotionally charged, yet provocative performance.

@federicoTM 10 ай бұрын

You missed certanly Mutinity of the bounty , great movie : Brando in a amazing perfect role and acting in a militar official changing his place to a free rebel against the cruelty discipline and dishuman rules ( good suggestion for everybody in today 's society ) It reflecetd well his life and personality and soul ! Plus the masterpiece of Queimada by Gillo Pontecorvo forgot by too much people .

@lauracoultas6784 4 ай бұрын

Totalmente de acuerdo, Motín a bordo y ¡Queimada! son otras dos joyas de Marlon que faltan en esta lista. La cacería (The chase) también podría formar parte. Siempre sienta bien ver a Marlon actuando.

@stevekatz4372 Жыл бұрын

He Should have had at least 6 Academy Awards but we all know about the Politics that go on in Hollywood! He was not very Popular with the Money Grubbers!

@funshine817 5 ай бұрын

Agreed

@yankee2666 3 ай бұрын

You know nothing.

@antoniosilvestro9045 Ай бұрын

He would have been 100 tomorrow. My favourite actor

@michaellazzeri2069 4 ай бұрын

I was never a fan of Brondo , not ever. But I will admit he had real screen charisma.

@Marita940 4 ай бұрын

So so handsome just brilliant had a sad life 😢

@yankee2666 3 ай бұрын

He was also a degenerate who made his own bed.

@SageDellAltare Ай бұрын

IMO 1) The Godfather 2) Apocalypse Now 3) A Streetcar Named Desire 4) The fugitive kind 5) Ultimo tango a Parigi 6) Sayonara 7) On the Waterfront 8) One-Eyed Jacks 9) Julius Caesar 10) Missouri breaks

@highonfilms Ай бұрын

Those are good selections and great order.

@aiellocarmela7818 8 ай бұрын

Grandissimo attore,da ragazza avevo il poster di Marlon Brando ,ne ero innamorata❤

@johangaudissabois8668 Жыл бұрын

Perhaps i would have put STREETCAR up there first. But no matter what : Brando is the greatest actor ever. Very much liked your inclusion of his portrayal of VAL XAVIER in THE FUGITIVE KIND. An underestimated play by the great TENNESSEE WILLIAMS.

@romanclay1913 11 ай бұрын

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE has the two greatest film performances ever: Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando.

@jakevendrotti1496 9 ай бұрын

Came here to hear Brando's performances, not a narrator who doesn't take a breath

@RobinHood-fi4vp Ай бұрын

The GOAT❤❤THE GREATEST ACTOR EVER

@frankbartolini5867 8 ай бұрын

Was Brando ever acting or just playing Brando?

@yankee2666 3 ай бұрын

Dumb assessment - dumber question.

@PramitChatterjee1993 2 жыл бұрын

Most of these films are on my watchlist, lekin time kahan hai? 😭

@AmritRukhaiyaar1110 2 жыл бұрын

Can't Wait !!!

@mja91352 Күн бұрын

Brando had teo outstanding film roles, in "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather." If only he had devoted himself to where he belonged, the stage ...

@carlosandre1992 Жыл бұрын

Marlon Brando actor lrgendary best 🎭 Theatre 🎭 🕯

@donaldschmidt2990 10 ай бұрын

Sean John7802 is absolutely correct. Apocalypse Now is absolutely mesmerizing due to the incredible performance of Brando as Colonel Kurtz. Especially, the part in which Brando speaks of the Vietnamese amputating their arms rather than being vaccinated by foreigners. "That's when I knew they were stronger than we were," Kurtz lamented. ABSOLUTELY HAUNTING!! Picking the finest Brando performance was like choosing between Emeralds and Rubies. If not the greatest actor of all time, certainly the most influential. "Nothing human was foreign to him," his Acting Coach Stella Adler once said of him. Watching Marlon Brando act was to view a performer that never made a mistake. His interpretation of every character he portrayed was flawless. His actual flaws were all off camera. There he was a caricature of a man that trumpeted about everyones sins, but his own. Brilliant Actor. Garbage Human Being.

@bekagoderdzishvili7185 Жыл бұрын

Strange list. Without Stanley Kowalski and colonel Kurtz it's incomplete

@robertodell3056 11 ай бұрын

That's what I said

@teresavandyck784 Ай бұрын

I believe it’s difficult to cut Brando down to just 10 most memorable performances, when we could easily fill a 3-4 hour video with Brando’s most memorable performances. My favorite movies by Him ate Viva Zapata and. One Eyed Jacks, and I wish I had paid mote attention to all of his movies. I do remember a movie directed by Charlie Chaplin with He & Sophia Loren doing slapstick scenes that I thought were outrageous, called The Countess from Hong Kong. Look that one up and tell me what you think.❤😂

@highonfilms Ай бұрын

I am yet to see that Chaplin movie, but thanks for a reminder. :)

@bonanzajoe 2 ай бұрын

Marlon Brando wasn't one of the greats - He was the great! No actor has ever surpassed him. Although many have tried to imitate and emulate him.

@MomchilApostolovKaramitev Ай бұрын

Paul in "The Last Tango in Paris"

@gutbucket279 Жыл бұрын

I loved Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Johnny Depp, etc., but Brando will ALWAYS be in a category of one. Also, a truly interesting human being. Even today, hardly anyone has the ability to stand up for personal beliefs, no matter what the cost. John.

@wyman1776 11 ай бұрын

Brando changes movie acting forever in Streetcar and it doesn't make the Top 10? Come on now.

@user-gg3ks4yb5w Жыл бұрын

1. On the Waterfront 2. The Godfather 3. Last Tango in Paris 4. The Wild One 5. Streetcar Named Desire

@user-jq8me7ny5n 2 ай бұрын

The Men was actually his first film, not Streetcar..

@glenschunk3995 4 ай бұрын

Though the film Reflections in a Golden Eye is not great , it is a curiosity piece. The scene where Brando`s ( Major Penderton)whips Liz Taylor`s ( Leonora`s)horse "Firebird" because he cannot handle the horse properly & realizes he is gay. His gestures & screeched voice & tears is terrifyng. His quiet resignation in scenes after show a man with false hope.

@ralphcate 29 күн бұрын

Nice list but Kid Rio from One Eyed Jacks number 8? Top 3 for me.

@michelleladd7394 3 ай бұрын

Apocalypse Now. He was great in that movie

@jimiweezer 11 ай бұрын

🙄Left out my favorite, The Freshman🤓

@KennySchwickrath 5 ай бұрын

Apocalypse Now!?!?

@Kendrix1 2 ай бұрын

I can think of only one actor close to Brando.. Daniel Day Lewis.....

@monnezzapromizoulin5169 Ай бұрын

You forgot Queimada

@billbraun6239 5 күн бұрын

This is not a widely accepted ranking. I would certainly have included Streetcar very high, and also Reflections In A Golden Eye in the Top 10.

@highonfilms 4 күн бұрын

of course! Ultimately, we let our individual authors choose the films and the rankings.

@wladymirociaccia9201 11 ай бұрын

Brando meraviglioso

@vladimirgoloschokin6587 2 ай бұрын

Why doesn't the great movie The Chase with amazing cast ever mentoin? So unfair

@kbrai5636 Жыл бұрын

Good effort - buy Burn ApocNow Freshman should have been here -

@Arashkaman128 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@mickeyjhorner 11 ай бұрын

He wasn’t a method actor! He studied with Stella Adler.

@yankee2666 3 ай бұрын

He was a member of The Actors Studio (as was I). Brando was pure Method. Stella Adler was a Stanislavski student and aficionado. Stanislavski originated 'the method', a technique markedly different and markedly superior to Strasberg's method.

@richardschulman8821 6 ай бұрын

1. WATERFRONT 2. STREETCAR 3.MUTINY 4. GODFATHER 5. APOCALYPSE NOW (not even an honorable mention) LAST TANGO WAY DOWN THERE

@didovici86 8 ай бұрын

Apocalypse now?????

@ricogomez4020 3 ай бұрын

You left out SUPERMAN and DRY WHITE SEASON. This list was bogus.

@computerjantje 9 ай бұрын

Do you remember the line: "they talk when they should listen" ?? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ip2qp6t4l9u3qo0.html That is what exactly happens in this video. You show all these great Marlon Brando scenes but we hear you talking.

@highonfilms 9 ай бұрын

Haha! Thanks for this comment. Unfortunately, KZfaq doesn't like using many of these original film sounds and puts a copyright claim to it. So, we try to put out as much as we can. Appreciate your feedback though :)

@chainyrabbit Жыл бұрын

Playing different races should be admired when done well, as bad as most of them were it's still a hard task. Accents are hard enough and acting is meant to be acting. I can imagine one day people being angry with Christian Bale for playing Batman because he wasn't really American...... or a bat

@chaibmourad2252 7 ай бұрын

👍

@teresavandyck784 2 ай бұрын

Why didnt to let us see the scenes and stop talking about it. U wasted time we could have watched and listened to Brando.

@carfonju1018 2 ай бұрын

AND, MORITURI, BEDTIME STORY, SAYONARA??? NOT ARE VERY GOOD PERFORMANCES????

@CharlesMatheny Жыл бұрын

"The Wild One" is ruined by his stupid motorcycle gang.

@seansmith180 Жыл бұрын

Too many factual errors.

@yankee2666 3 ай бұрын

Name one.

@jeremygreen2198 9 ай бұрын

U got Number 10 wrong even Brando considered it among hhis worst ever films!

@bradcobb3418 4 ай бұрын

what is it with these nobodies who compile lists of incredibly talented actors and talk over their fantastic orations, when all we want is to enjoy their delivery, pathetic 🤮🤬

@sheilamacdougal4874 11 ай бұрын

Absurd ranking.

@highonfilms 10 ай бұрын

Okay. Let me know how you would rank his films. :)

@sheilamacdougal4874 10 ай бұрын

In the first place, it's absurd to assume that his greatest performances CAN be ranked against each other, as if there has to be a best, 2nd best, 3rd best etc. It's known as the fallacy of single-peakedness: the assumption that there is always a single peak - a one best - among any group. But it serves well the attention-seeking priority of social media. Secondly, The Missouri Breaks and The Last Tango in Paris are such awful films that it's difficult to separate the performances from the inferior quality of the movie. Nevertheless, in Missouri, Brando plays some kind of ridiculous caricature of himself that is close to unwatchable, and in Tango there is little of his great performances to merit inclusion on a list of ten best or 20 best, let alone very best. Then there are tremendous performances that are entirely omitted, including Mutiny on the Bounty, The Young Lions (played with a German accent), Sayonara, The Ugly American, and of course Streetcar (weirdly given here a mere "honourable mention").

@yankee2666 3 ай бұрын

Infantile comment.

@sheilamacdougal4874 3 ай бұрын

@@yankee2666 I agree yours is. But nice try, bully.

@yankee2666 3 ай бұрын

@@sheilamacdougal4874 Not too myopically opinionated, are we Sheila.

@afzaalahmad547 3 ай бұрын

Why do you have to talk so much

@deborahcurtis1385 Ай бұрын

Awful, flowery language in thee narration, telling instead of showing this has all the hallmarks of AI-generated rubbish. It could be great. Instead it's amateurish and clinging to the back of a genius. The result is not without merit, but it's horrible and sanitised and lacking in humanity. This is the AI-generated future. AVOID!

@highonfilms Ай бұрын

I appreciate your feedback but it's narrated by a human nonetheless :)

@petervonberg2711 11 ай бұрын

He was terrible as Napoleon.

@petervonberg2711 11 ай бұрын

He was terrible in Apocalypse now.. Many RSC actors could do Antony better.

@yankee2666 3 ай бұрын

If you say so, Mister Strasberg.

@giorgioromano898 4 күн бұрын

Grandissimo eccezionale magnifico attore un vero mito del cinema mondiale uno dei più grandi attori di ogni epoca insieme ai grandissimi eccezionali bravissimi Robert de niro dustin hoffman al pacino Jack nicholson paul newman ecc però non aveva una bellissima voce era nasale troppo alta è stato giustamente e stupendamente doppiato soprattutto dal grandissimo bravissimo eccezionale grandissimo Giuseppe rinaldi ❤❤❤❤

@JesusMagicPanties Ай бұрын

Honestly 80% of Brando's success was his look, that 'unrealistically' charismatic and perfect face of the archetypal masculine man. His very appearance has most of the work done by itself, already.