Your 10 Favorite Films From Your Favorite Actresses and Actors

[OutOfBoose]

I think I found another actor where I like more than 10 movies to make top 10. Ranking in terms of my enjoyment and rewatchability, not performance.
10 favorites with Al:

1. Scarface

2. Heat

3. Glengarry Glen Ross

4. Serpico

5. The Godfather

6. Carlito's Way

7. The Godfather Part II

8. Dog Day Afternoon

9. Devil's Advocate

10. The Godfather Part III

 

[Batmannerism]

I think I found another actor where I like more than 10 movies to make top 10. Ranking in terms of my enjoyment and rewatchability, not performance.
10 favorites with Al:

1. Scarface

2. Heat

3. Glengarry Glen Ross

4. Serpico

5. The Godfather

6. Carlito's Way

7. The Godfather Part II

8. Dog Day Afternoon

9. Devil's Advocate

10. The Godfather Part III

Pacino has done some epic stuff- personally I'd put Godfather 1 and 2 above everything else he's done. I didn't think his performance in Godfather 3 was anywhere near as good - Michael Corleone is a scary guy, because he's quiet and is very calm and rational when he's having people murdered- kind of the opposite of his Scarface character.

I see you've left out Scent of a Woman, any reason why ?

Carlito's way is a very underrated film IMO.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Pacino has done some epic stuff- personally I'd put Godfather 1 and 2 above everything else he's done. I didn't think his performance in Godfather 3 was anywhere near as good - Michael Corleone is a scary guy, because he's quiet and is very calm and rational when he's having people murdered- kind of the opposite of his Scarface character.

I see you've left out Scent of a Woman, any reason why ?

Carlito's way is a very underrated film IMO.

I had to leave something out. I like the films above more than Scent of a Woman and a few other films. I put them in order of most watched, not their place in cinema history or Al's performance, as I mentioned in the previous post.

 

[StarLord]

@OutOfBoose Can't believe you left out Jack and Jill

 

[OutOfBoose]

@OutOfBoose Can't believe you left out Jack and Jill

Can't believe that either.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

For me Leonardo DiCaprio is truly one of the greatest modern actors working today. It's funny too because I can still remember when people were only looking at him as the hearthrob/pretty boy from Titanic and didn't take his acting seriously at all until he starting working with Scorsese. I always really liked him as an actor though even in his earlier years, but he has definitely become an immensely better actor as he has gotten older.

Sorry about the lack of Gifs guys.

Leonardo DiCaprio

1. Inception
2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
3. Django Unchained
4. The Departed
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
6. Catch Me If You Can
7. The Aviator
8. Shutter Island
9. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
10. The Basketball Diaries

 

[Batmannerism]

Okay, time for a prolific American actor who's had quite an impact on cinema in the last 25 years Matt Damon

1. The Bourne film series (imo Bourne Ultimatum is far and away the best)

2. The Talented Mr Ripley

3. Good Will Hunting

4. The Martian


5. Elysium


6.Invictus



7. The Informant



8. The Adjustment Bureau


9. The Departed


10. The Good Shepherd

 

[The Batman]

AL PACINO

1. Dog Day Afternoon
2. The Godfather
3. The Panic In Needle Park
4. The Godfather Part 2
5. Scarecrow
6. Heat
7. Glengarry Glen Ross
8. Scarface
9. Scent Of A Woman
10. Carlito's Way

TOM CRUISE

1. Born On the Fourth of July
2. Risky Business
3. Rain Man
4. Collateral
5. A Few Good Men
6. Mission Impossible: Fallout
7. Edge of Tommorow
8. Minority Report
9. Magnolia
10. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

 

[Schlosser85]

Matt Damon

Good Will Hunting (some called The Martian his career-best performance, to me it's still easily this)

The Martian

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Saving Private Ryan

Courage Under Fire

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Supremacy

Invictus

 

[Schlosser85]

I don't have ten movies for her, but Jessica Chastain

Zero Dark Thirty

Molly's Game

Lawless

The Help

Dark Phoenix (no, I didn't think it was bad and I dug Chastain going all Sith Lord)

 

[Batmannerism]

Matt Damon

Good Will Hunting (some called The Martian his career-best performance, to me it's still easily this)

The Martian

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Saving Private Ryan

Courage Under Fire

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Supremacy

Invictus

Performance wise I feel like Mr Ripley is his high point - and the Martian is essentially a one man show, which is almost more impressive. GWH is a great film, and a strong performance but I feel it's not as nuanced as Ripley- who's sometimes both sympathetic and repellent at the same time.

As for the Bourne movies, I feel safe putting them as a single entry. Damon does a great job of taking the audience through Bourne's evolution, but I kind of see them as almost a single film - which is the best way to watch them ( might go away and do that now......) Bourne Ultimatum is probably my favourite action/thriller ( Inception is number 2).

In Invictus, he does a decent SA accent (his rugby is pretty average though)- but Morgan Freeman really carries the film.

I forgot about Courage Under Fire - didn't he lose a ton of weight for that film ?

Why no " The Departed " ? A lot of strong performances in that film, very tightly written story, the suspense gets pretty intense in some bits.

Cheers.

 

[PhasedPlasma101]

Philip Seymour Hoffman:

1. The Master
2. Scent of a Woman
3. The Talented Mr. Ripley
4. 25th Hour
5. Magnolia
6. Capote
7. Along Came Polly
8. Punch Drunk Love
9. Doubt
10. Boogie Nights

Brad Pitt:

1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. Inglorious Basterds
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
5. Sleepers
6. Seven
7. Fight Club
8. Burn After Reading
9. Ad Astra
10. Babel

Robert De Niro:

1. Godfather Part 2
2. Taxi Driver
3. Heat
4. A Bronx Tale
5. Goodfellas
6. Raging Bull
7. This Boy's Life
8. Meet the Parents
9. Once Upon a Time in America
10. Casino

 

[PhasedPlasma101]

Cate Blanchett:

1. The Talented Mr. Ripley
2. Blue Jasmine
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Notes on a Scandal
5. I'm Not There
6. Babel
7. Thor: Ragnarok
8. Hanna
9. Lord of the Rings
10. The Aviator

Kate Winslet:

1. Little Children
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Finding Neverland
4. Revolutionary Road
5. Titanic
6. The Reader
7. The Life of David Gale
8. Contagion

Amy Adams:

1. Arrival
2. The Master
3. Doubt
4. Catch Me if You Can
5. Nocturnal Animals
6. Big Eyes
7. American Hustle
8. Man of Steel
9. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
10. Talladega Nights

 

[-JKR-]

Even though he's been mostly phoning it in lately -- which makes me sad, because when he was good, he was REALLY GOOD!

1. Die Hard

2. Pulp Fiction

3. 12 Monkeys

4. Die Hard with a Vengeance

5. The Last Boy Scout

6. Death Becomes Her

7. The Sixth Sense

8. Unbreakable

9. Looper

10. Sin City

 

[Dark Raven]

Lily James

1. Cinderella

2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

3. Yesterday

4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

5. Baby Driver

6. Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again

7. Fast Girls

8. Darkest Hour

9. The Exception

10. Little Woods

 

[Dark Raven]

Any gal who could intimidate a bully with clout like Hitchcock was obviously a force to be reckoned with. Based on what I've read, it seems like that's why they became such good friends - she wouldn't take his **** and treated him like a kid brother, lol.

Speaking of which, when is your next Hitchcock review? There's plenty of time for that now that you're in self isolation.

 

[Dark Raven]

Clint Eastwood

1. A Fistful of Dollars - still my favourite of the dollar westerns

2. For A Few Dollars More

3. Dirty Harry

4. High Plains Drifter

5. Where Eagles Dare

6. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

7. Magnum Force

8. Firefox

9. Escape from Alcatraz

10. Space Cowboys

It was difficult to pick a top 10 list. Honorable mentions go to Coogan's Bluff, Hang 'em High, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, The Enforcer, Joe Kidd, Pale Rider, In the Line of Fire, Million Dollar Baby, Play Misty for Me and Absolute Power.

 

[flickchick85]

Speaking of which, when is your next Hitchcock review? There's plenty of time for that now that you're in self isolation.

Too true, I’ve had it mostly written for almost 2 weeks now, just gotta get around to writing a conclusion. Guess I’ll get on that, lol.

 

[Dark Raven]

Too true, I’ve had it mostly written for almost 2 weeks now, just gotta get around to writing a conclusion. Guess I’ll get on that, lol.

You don't have to release them all at once though. We might be in lockdown a while, so best to stagger the content.

 

[flickchick85]

You don't have to release them all at once though. We might be in lockdown a while, so best to stagger the content.

I only have 3 left, but duly noted.

 

[CJ]

Clint Eastwood

1. A Fistful of Dollars - still my favourite of the dollar westerns

2. For A Few Dollars More

3. Dirty Harry

4. High Plains Drifter

5. Where Eagles Dare

6. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

7. Magnum Force

8. Firefox

9. Escape from Alcatraz

10. Space Cowboys

It was difficult to pick a top 10 list. Honorable mentions go to Coogan's Bluff, Hang 'em High, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, The Enforcer, Joe Kidd, Pale Rider, In the Line of Fire, Million Dollar Baby, Play Misty for Me and Absolute Power.

Nice list. Gran Torino is my favorite.

 

[Babillygunn]

@Dark Raven I’m amazed. I love your Eastwood list, but I love your honorable mentions much more. Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven and Pale Rider are three of my all time favorite movies.

 

[Babillygunn]

I’m sure most people wouldn’t agree with a lot of my selections (no Tarrantino or Big Trouble) but here are my top 10 favorite Kurt Russell:

1. Tombstone



2. The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes



3. The Thing



4. Backdraft



5. Dark Blue



6. Captain Ron



7. Escape from New York



8. Unlawful Entry



9. Executive Decision



10. Miracle

 

[Dark Raven]

Sean Connery

1. From Russia With Love

2. Goldfinger

3. Dr No

4. Thunderball

5. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

6. The Rock

7. You Only Live Twice

8. The Untouchables

9. Marnie

10. First Knight

 

[DACrowe]

I don't have ten movies for her, but Jessica Chastain

Zero Dark Thirty

Molly's Game

Lawless

The Help

Dark Phoenix (no, I didn't think it was bad and I dug Chastain going all Sith Lord)

Just because I think I can get to 10 with her, I might add to this one like this...

1. Interstellar

2. Molly's Game

3. Zero Dark Thirty

4. The Martian

5. A Most Violent Year

6. Take Shelter

7. The Debt

8. The Tree of Life

9. Crimson Peak

10. Woman Walks Ahead