1951 • Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh
Directed by Elia Kazan
Based on Tennessee Williams’ play, A Streetcar Named Desire stars Marlon Brando as
the brutish Stanley Kowalski and Vivien Leigh as the fragile Blanche DuBois. The film’s
intense performances and powerful themes of desire, mental illness, and social class
make it one of the most acclaimed dramas in film history.