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Elia Kazan Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
Elia Kazan directed 15 films in our catalog, from 1945 to 1976. Top of the list is On the Waterfront ('1954), at 8.1 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.5. Biggest split between audiences and critics: A Streetcar Named Desire, 7.9 on IMDb against 97 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On the Waterfront '1954 | Crime / Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 99% | 91 | 7.8 | Elia Kazan |
| 2 | A Streetcar Named Desire '1951 | Drama / Thriller | 7.9 | 97% | 97 | 7.6 | Elia Kazan |
| 3 | A Face in the Crowd '1957 | Drama | 8.1 | 95% | 72 | 7.6 | Elia Kazan |
| 4 | East of Eden '1955 | Drama | 7.8 | 86% | 72 | 7.5 | Elia Kazan |
| 5 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn '1945 | Drama | 8.0 | 94% | - | 7.5 | Elia Kazan |
| 6 | Splendor in the Grass '1961 | Drama / Romance | 7.7 | 75% | 74 | 7.5 | Elia Kazan |
| 7 | America America '1963 | Drama | 7.7 | 67% | 72 | 7.0 | Elia Kazan |
| 8 | Wild River '1960 | Drama / Romance | 7.5 | 92% | - | 7.2 | Elia Kazan |
| 9 | Viva Zapata! '1952 | Drama / Western | 7.3 | 53% | - | 6.8 | Elia Kazan |
| 10 | Panic in the Streets '1950 | Thriller / Crime | 7.2 | 97% | - | 6.9 | Elia Kazan |
| 11 | Gentleman's Agreement '1947 | Drama | 7.2 | 82% | - | 7.0 | Elia Kazan |
| 12 | Boomerang! '1947 | Drama / Mystery | 7.2 | 75% | - | 7.0 | Elia Kazan |
| 13 | Pinky '1949 | Drama | 7.2 | 67% | - | 7.1 | Elia Kazan |
| 14 | Baby Doll '1956 | Drama | 7.2 | 83% | 83 | 7.0 | Elia Kazan |
| 15 | The Last Tycoon '1976 | Drama / Romance | 6.2 | 33% | 57 | 6.3 | Elia Kazan |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.