Best Cast In Movie History

[AZ Native]

I know most here don't like old movies but...

Touch of Evil
Charlton Heston
Janet Leigh
Marlene Dietrich
Orson Welles

The Longest Day
John Wayne
Henry Fonda
Sean Connery
Richard Burton
Robert Mitchum
Robert Ryan
Rod Steiger
Sal Mineo
Roddy McDowall
Robert Wagner

American Grafitti
Ron Howard
Harrison Ford
Richard Dreyfuss
Charles Martin Smith
Cindy Williams
Suzanne Somers
Kathleen Quinlan

The Big Chill
Tom Berenger
Kevin Kline
Meg Tilly
Glenn Close
Jeff Goldblum
Mary Kay Place
William Hurt
Kevin Costner

Dazed and Confused
The Outsiders
Lord of the Rings movies
The Departed
Pulp Fiction
Boogie Nights
Network
JFK

I was going to say American Graffiti because when I first saw it when it came out in 1973 I think the only actor I knew was Ron Howard. It helped launch quite a few careers.

 

[PDXChris]

Breakfast Club

Emilio Estevez
Paul Gleason
Anthony Michael Hall
Judd Nelson
Molly Ringwald
Ally Sheedy

 

[Shane]

Colors:

• Sean Penn as Police Officer II Danny "Pac-Man" McGavin, Los Angeles Police Department
• Robert Duvall as Police Officer III Bob Hodges, Los Angeles Police Department
• María Conchita Alonso as Louisa Gomez
• Randy Brooks as Ron Delaney
• Don Cheadle as Rocket
• Glenn Plummer as Clarence "High Top" Brown
• Trinidad Silva as Leo "Frog" Lopez
• Grand L. Bush as Larry "Looney Tunes" Sylvester
• Damon Wayans as T-Bone

 

[jf-08]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Cannonball Run yet:

From Burt Reynolds to Farrah, to Peter Fonda, Joe Klecko, Mel Tillis, Jamie Farr, Bert Convy, Jackie Chan, Terry Bradshaw, Sammy Davis, Jr and the list goes on and on.

 

[puckhead]

Decent cast, but I like the 'guess movie by cast' game.

George C Scott
Timothy Hutton
Ronny Cox
Sean Penn
Tom Cruise
John P Navin Jr.
Giancarlo Esposito

 

[puckhead]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Cannonball Run yet:

From Burt Reynolds to Farrah, to Peter Fonda, Joe Klecko, Mel Tillis, Jamie Farr, Bert Convy, Jackie Chan, Terry Bradshaw, Sammy Davis, Jr and the list goes on and on.

Chap mentioned Can Run II early on. LOVED those movies.

 

[Chaplin]

Decent cast, but I like the 'guess movie by cast' game.

George C Scott
Timothy Hutton
Ronny Cox
Sean Penn
Tom Cruise
John P Navin Jr.
Giancarlo Esposito

Good one but hard. I had to look it up.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Decent cast, but I like the 'guess movie by cast' game.

George C Scott
Timothy Hutton
Ronny Cox
Sean Penn
Tom Cruise
John P Navin Jr.
Giancarlo Esposito

Reds?

 

[AZCrazy]

Up above was Gosford Park. I think there was also Ronin in there. The last one might be Taps.

 

[AZCrazy]

How about

Scott Glenn
Richard Jordan
Sam Neill
Tim Curry
Alec Baldwin
Stellan Skarsgard
James Earl Jones
Joss Ackland
Sean Connery
Courtney Vance

 

[Cheesebeef]

Up above was Gosford Park. I think there was also Ronin in there. The last one might be Taps.

taps! That what I meant.

 

[Cheesebeef]

How about

Scott Glenn
Richard Jordan
Sam Neill
Tim Curry
Alec Baldwin
Stellan Skarsgard
James Earl Jones
Joss Ackland
Sean Connery
Courtney Vance

red October. Just watched this last week for the first time in forever. Great movie.

 

[AzStevenCal]

How about an easy one:

Sam Shepard
Scott Glenn
Ed Harris
Dennis Quaid
Fred Ward
Barbara Hershey
Veronica Cartwright
Pamela Reed
Lance Henriksen
Donald Moffat
Levon Helm
Mary Jo Deschanel
Scott Wilson
Scott Paulin
Royal Dano
Jeff Goldblum
Harry Shearer
John P Ryan
William Russ
John Dehner
O-Lan Jones

 

[PDXChris]

One to guess

Johnny Depp
Charlie Sheen
Tom Berenger
Willem Dafoe
Forest Whitaker
Kevin Dillon
John C. McGinley
Corey Glover
Dale Dye
Keith David

 

[AzStevenCal]

One to guess

Johnny Depp
Charlie Sheen
Tom Berenger
Willem Dafoe
Forest Whitaker
Kevin Dillon
John C. McGinley
Corey Glover
Dale Dye
Keith David

Platoon.

 

[Chaplin]

How about an easy one:

Sam Shepard
Scott Glenn
Ed Harris
Dennis Quaid
Fred Ward
Barbara Hershey
Veronica Cartwright
Pamela Reed
Lance Henriksen
Donald Moffat
Levon Helm
Mary Jo Deschanel
Scott Wilson
Scott Paulin
Royal Dano
Jeff Goldblum
Harry Shearer
John P Ryan
William Russ
John Dehner
O-Lan Jones

The Right Stuff

 

[Cheesebeef]

How about an easy one:

Sam Shepard
Scott Glenn
Ed Harris
Dennis Quaid
Fred Ward
Barbara Hershey
Veronica Cartwright
Pamela Reed
Lance Henriksen
Donald Moffat
Levon Helm
Mary Jo Deschanel
Scott Wilson
Scott Paulin
Royal Dano
Jeff Goldblum
Harry Shearer
John P Ryan
William Russ
John Dehner
O-Lan Jones

the right stuff?

 

[Jersey Girl]

Bringing a Chick Flick into the mix...

Steel Magnolias

Sally Field ... M'Lynn Eatenton

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Dolly Parton ... Truvy Jones

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Shirley MacLaine ... Ouiser Boudreaux

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Daryl Hannah ... Annelle Dupuy Desoto

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Olympia Dukakis ... Clairee Belcher

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Julia Roberts ... Shelby Eatenton Latcherie

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Tom Skerritt ... Drum Eatenton

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Sam Shepard ... Spud Jones

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Dylan McDermott

 

[puckhead]

Up above was Gosford Park. I think there was also Ronin in there. The last one might be Taps.

taps! That what I meant.

Correct!

 

[AZCrazy]

Here's a little more obscure one that had a huge cast of names.

Tim Robbins
Matthew Modine
Andie McDowell
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jack Lemmon
Robert Downey jr
Peter Gallagher
Madeline Stowe
Tom Waits
Chris Penn
Ann Archer
Fred Ward
Francis McDormand
Lori Singer
Lyle Lovett
Julianne Moore
Lili Taylor
Lily Tomlin
Huey Lewis

 

[Cheesebeef]

Here's a little more obscure one that had a huge cast of names.

Tim Robbins
Matthew Modine
Andie McDowell
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jack Lemmon
Robert Downey jr
Peter Gallagher
Madeline Stowe
Tom Waits
Chris Penn
Ann Archer
Fred Ward
Francis McDormand
Lori Singer
Lyle Lovett
Julianne Moore
Lili Taylor
Lily Tomlin
Huey Lewis

Was going to say The Player but there’s obvious omissions if that was it, then remembered another Altman film:

short cuts?

 

[AZCrazy]

Yupp.

 

[Cheesewater]

Danny Aiello
Jace Alexander
Robert DeNiro
Tuesday Knight
Martin Landau
Laurie Metcalf
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Jean Smart
Eli Wallach
Christopher Walken
Robert Wuhl

 

[Covert Rain]

Tom Cruise
Melora Walters
Julianne Moore
Philip Seymour Hoffman
John C. Reilly
William H. Macy
Orlando Jones
Melinda Dillon
Patton Oswalt
Jason Robards
Philip Baker Hall
Luis Guzman
Alfred Molina
Thomas Jane
Clark Gregg
Neil Flynn
William Mapother
Henry Gibson

 

[Cheesebeef]

Tom Cruise
Melora Walters
Julianne Moore
Philip Seymour Hoffman
John C. Reilly
William H. Macy
Orlando Jones
Melinda Dillon
Patton Oswalt
Jason Robards
Philip Baker Hall
Luis Guzman
Alfred Molina
Thomas Jane
Clark Gregg
Neil Flynn
William Mapother
Henry Gibson

magnolia. One of my favorite movies ever.

who was Thomas Jane/Patton Oswald in that movie?

what I love most about Anderson’s ensemble flicks is that the cast isn’t just huge, but each member of the cast gets their own moment in the sun to shine no matter how big or small their part is. Alfred Molina gets one scene and it’s not like some set piece in the movie like Boogie Nights, but it’s my favorite scene in the movie.