In Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston has turned out the best picture that has come from Warner Brothers' studios since the war.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 12, 2023

That gold changes the character of men who are fortunate enough to find it is the central thesis of this curiously powerful production.

| Jan 12, 2023

Unlike most studio releases of the era, the film's depiction of wretched moral depravity is not sweetened by a studio ending, where, say, the ugly impulses of greed are suppressed by a higher moral calling.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 14, 2022

Wildly unconventional for its time, it makes its A-list star a villain, there's no romantic subplot, and it's far grimmer than most movies of the age.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 30, 2021

The film is about the power of human greed. From the moment Dobbs sees that first seam of pyrite, he is obsessed...

| Apr 1, 2021

This attraction, produced by Henry Blanke, is never pretty, but it has guts and substance. And also Bogart.

| Nov 18, 2020

Aside from a dark lesson in moral corruption, the film serves as a monumental achievement in storytelling and balanced entertainment.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Aug 15, 2020

What an incredible film.

| Aug 4, 2020

It's a passionate minor movie where the image is the simple support of a powerful story. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jun 25, 2020

John Huston directed and wrote a true masterpiece.

| Original Score: A+ | Apr 16, 2019

Treasure of Sierra Madre is a film which successfully restores one's flagging faith in the cinema industry.

| Jun 13, 2018

Classic '40s tale of greed, betrayal, and murder.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 1, 2016

[UPDATED 2025 REVIEW] One of the best movies ever made.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 18, 2014

an unconventional western and a serious drama

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 18, 2014

This is one of the most visually alive and beautiful movies I have ever seen; there is a wonderful flow of fresh air, light, vigor, and liberty through every shot.

| Aug 30, 2012

A finely-crafted western-style character drama where greed and paranoia drive desperate men over the edge.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 9, 2011

Transcends the medium to become a mandatory viewing experience for anyone that identifies themselves as a human being, period.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 20, 2011

Humphrey Bogart gives one of his best performances in John Huston's chronicle of greed and crime, for which Walter Huston (John's son) won the Supporting Oscar; years later Jonn's daughter won the Oscar.

| Original Score: A- | Mar 26, 2011

an all-time masterpiece of characterization, structure, pacing and storytelling in general

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 15, 2011

Humphrey Bogart's maniacal Fred Dobbs is one of moviedom's great characterizations, a conglomeration of cunning, greed and paranoia.

| Original Score: 90/100 | Jul 22, 2010