74 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | On the Waterfront (1954)

Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars · Sep 24, 2026 · 1h 10m

We are 74 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we go back to a city we've been in a few times before, New York. But this time, we're bound for a more working class lifestyle by hitting the docks. On the Waterfront is Elia Kazan's story about a man who has to make the hard choices when faced with his work versus his morals.

Terry Malloy works, appropriately, on the waterfront as a longshoreman. He lives what he thinks is a good life until a traumatic event shakes him to his core and forces him to confront a world of corruption and making the choice to stand up for what is right…