15 Actors Greatest Movies, Your Opinion

I think Good Fellas was DeNiro's, Pesci's, AND Liotta's best movie.

 

1. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull/Ronin
2. Tom Hanks - Splash
3. Johnny Depp -
4. Jack Nicholson - As Good As It Gets
5. Sylvester Stallone -
6. Morgan Freeman - Se7en
7. Harrison Ford - Raiders Of The Lost Ark/The Fugitive
8. Brad Pitt -
9. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
10. Russell Crowe - LA Confidential
11. Clint Eastwood - Absolute Power
12. Jim Carrey -
13. Bruce Willis - The Sixth Sense
14. Kurt Russell - The Thing
15. Kevin Costner - The Untouchables
16. Kevin Spacey - LA Confidential
17. Edward Norton - American History X
18. Denzel Washington - Fallen
19. Adam Sandler - The Wedding Singer (actually it's the only good movie he's done)
20. Val Kilmer - Thunderheart
21. Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon

Why is there Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt and Jim Carrey yet no Dustin Hoffman, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Richard Dreyfuss, Harvey Keitel, Gene Hackman, Daniel Day Lewis or William Hurt?

So to add to a very incomplete list

Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie/Midnight Cowboy
Paul Newman - The Sting
Robert Redford - All The President's Men
Richard Dreyfuss - Moon Over Parador
Harvey Keitel - Reservoir Dogs
Gene Hackman - The Quick and The Dead
Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs Of New York
William Hurt - Body Heat/Broadcast News

 

1. Robert De Niro - Ronin - Maybe not as many people have seen this one.. and of course The Untouchables
2. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump - Sorry, one of he greatest movies ever, and won an Oscar, so this is it for him
3. Johnny Depp - Captain Jack Sparrow - Iconic. Made Depp the star he is. Nuff said.
4. Jack Nicholson - As Good as it Gets - he actually became human here
5. Sylvester Stallone - Meh. Demolition Man maybe? Snipes made it fun
6. Morgan Freeman - shrug.. he just plays Morgan Freeman, which is fine, but nothing stands out
7. Harrison Ford - You cannot separate the Holy Trinity of Indy, Han Solo, and Deckard
8. Brad Pitt - Nothing stands out. Not my cup of tea I guess.
9. Leonardo DiCaprio - He has grown on me, I used to not like the guy. His most recent is also my favorite - Inception
10. Russell Crowe - Yes, Gladiator, for sure
11. Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven is a great great movie, but I actually like In the Line of Fire better, as far as just a 'fun to watch' Eastwood movie
12. Jim Carrey - How did he make this list? Truman though, no question
13. Bruce Willis - 6th Sense, easy. But he has been a busy busy man.
14. Kurt Russell - Big Trouble in Little China
15. Kevin Costner - as much as people rag on Waterworld, it's still fun

And the others left off this list, some mentioned below..

How do you leave off:

Tom Cruise - A Few Good Men .. just a great great movie
Eddie Murphy - Arguably the biggest star of the 80's and into the 90's.. Trading Places is always the most fun to watch for me
Kevin Spacey - As others have remembered. But for me, it is definitely The Ref .. so much so, it is an annual Christmas tradition at my house lol
Robert Downey Jr - Can't leave him off. And among all the fun things he has done, the recent Sherlock Holmes is just so re-watchable, he is just magnificent fun in that role
Richard Dreyfus - So many brilliant things, Jaws, Close Encounters, but I may actually have to say Krippendorf's Tribe.. that movie is a riot
Dustin Hoffman - maybe I am just showing my age.. but you can't leave him out either The Graduate? Marathon Man? Kung Fu Panda? (lol)
Al Pacino - Nobody did Satan better

Soo many more.. Sam Jackson, Bill Murray, Liam Neeson, Ben Stiller, Tommy Lee Jones, Christian Bale, Jeff Bridges, Sean Connery, Will Smith, Jamie Fox, George Clooney, etc etc etc... lots of big-time guys out there, all of whom arguably could be on that top list.. ah well, fun to talk about

 

Sylvester Stallone - Cop Land

 

1. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
2. Tom Hanks - Gump
3. Johnny Depp - Donnie Brasco/Blow
4. Jack Nicholson - The Shinning
5. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky I (is this a question?) although I love Copland
6. Morgan Freeman - Glory
7. Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones I
8. Brad Pitt - Fight Club
9. Leonardo DiCaprio - Catch Me if You Can/Blood Diamond
10. Russell Crowe - Beautiful Mind
11. Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
12. Jim Carrey - Truman Show/The Majestic
13. Bruce Willis - Die Hard
14. Kurt Russell - Big Trouble in Little China
15. Kevin Costner - Bull Durham

 

underrated performance, I didn't see your post when mentioning it. good movie also

 

great death for spacey, I love this movie. spacey is so cool

 

Yep. I thought he was excellent in a very subdued role for him. I also enjoy this movie.

 

I took all of the Actors listed from this Thread. This is my Personal opinion and can be argued.


1. Robert De Niro - Casino
2. Tom Hanks - The 'Burbs / Apollo 13
3. Johnny Depp - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
4. Jack Nicholson - The Shining
5. Sylvester Stallone - Cliffhanger
6. Morgan Freeman - DreamCatcher /Shawshank Redemption
7. Harrison Ford - Air Force One
8. Brad Pitt - Legends of the Fall
9. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Beach
10. Russell Crowe - Gladiator
11. Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
12. Jim Carrey - The Truman Show
13. Bruce Willis - The Fifth Element
14. Kurt Russell - Escape From L.A.
15. Kevin Costner -WaterWorld
16. Kevin Spacey - K-pax(J/K) Really liked him in Se7ev
17. Edward Norton - Being John Malkovich
18. Denzel Washington - Remember the Titans
19. Adam Sandler - I'm gonna have to go with Billy Madison
20. Val Kilmer - Tombstone
21. Al Pacino - The Devils Advocate
22. Will Smith - Independence Day / Enemy of the State
23. Joe Pesci - Gone Fishin' (J/K) He was Awesome in Goodfellas
24. Arnold Schwarzenegger -End of Days / Total Recall
25. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
26. Paul Newman - The Sting
27. Robert Redford - Indecent Proposal
28. Richard Dreyfuss - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
29. Harvey Keitel - Pulp Fiction
30. Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenebaums
31. Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of NewYork
32. William Hurt - Dark City

I'm going to add 3 to round this list out

33. Woody Harrelson - Natural Born Killers
34. Mel Gibson - The Patriot
35. John Travolta - Face Off

 

I change freeman to Driving Mrs Daisy, Freeman does tend to be one dimensional, but he stepped out a little on this

 

Wow, I think a Lot of these folks are highly one-dimensional..but here it goes

1. Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter
2. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
3. Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands/Ed Wood
4. Jack Nicholson - The Shining/One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
5. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky
6. Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption
7. Harrison Ford - American Graffiti
8. Brad Pitt - Snatch
9. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
10. Russell Crowe - Cinderlla Man
11. Clint Eastwood - The Outlaw Josey Wales
12. Jim Carrey - The Truman Show
13. Bruce Willis - The Sixth Sense
14. Kurt Russell - Silkwood
15. Kevin Costner - The Untouchables

 

michael keaton - my life.

 

Not to beat a dead horse, but....

Good LORD, man! You need to go rent Taxi Driver like.....right now! That's like saying Hakeem's best game was that preseason game against the Clippers back in 1992.

One role De Niro doesn't get a lot of mention for is This Boy's Life. Creepiest stepfather ever.

 

Great movie but I don't think it was keaton that stared in it.

 

I just think Kevin Spacey is a trying hard actor.

 

He may not have stared in it, but he definitely starred in it.

 

It never fails. LOL

 

LOL @ people giving the OP a hard time because of his favorites... :grin:

"Got into it with my girlfriend" should have been a clue to let the man have his favorites, y'all...

NERO: how could I have forgotten that guy...

Eddie Murphy -

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