Best Cast In Movie History

AZ Native · Nov 21, 2020

Brian in Mesa said:
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Spencer Tracy
Milton Berle
Sid Caesar
Buddy Hackett
Ethel Merman
Mickey Rooney
Phil Silvers
Jonathan Winters
Edie Adams
Jim Backus
Jimmy Durante
Peter Falk
Norman Fell
Stan Freburg
Buster Keaton
Don Knotts
Carl Reiner
The Three Stooges
Jack Benny
Jerry Lewis

Those are just the best known cast members. It's full of many more old time actors and comedians that you might not recognize by their names but you'd definitely recognize from other films or TV shows.

i posted this earlier but it is gone. For those of use who grew up during this time, we get it.

AZCrazy · Nov 21, 2020

He just sailed, right out there....

WaywardFan · Nov 21, 2020

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Brian in Mesa · Nov 22, 2020

Chaplin said:
I disagree, I think it’s fantastic.

I agree. I read the serial novels as they were released and thought they did a terrific job of bringing the story to the big screen. Personally, I feel Michael Clarke Duncan was robbed of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar that year.

Devilmaycare · Nov 23, 2020

I'm going to throw out there Glengarry Glen Ross. It's a small setting so not a lot of people but everyone in it is top notch. It really had a fantastic cast:
Al Pacino
Jack Lemmon
Alec Baldwin
Alan Arkin
Ed Harris
Kevin Spacey
Jonathan Price

MigratingOsprey · Nov 23, 2020

Brian in Mesa said:
I agree. I read the serial novels as they were released and thought they did a terrific job of bringing the story to the big screen. Personally, I feel Michael Clarke Duncan was robbed of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar that year.

I also really liked the movie, although when we rented it in college we rented on VHS - this was a 2 tape movie

When we went to watch tape 2, it contained home movies from a family of Indian descent - we did a quick fast forward to see if there was hidden open (nope) and then had to wait to exchange for another set with both movies, so it made watching a bit disjointed

MigratingOsprey · Nov 23, 2020

I tend to like the Cohen casts - good actors out in roles they can pull a lot out of

I'm a biased lebowski fan but will take most movies with Bridges, Goodman, Buscemi, Turturro, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott

Even guys like Daniel Huddleston have had a fantastic career. Flea and Dom Irrera with quick spots as well

Chaplin · Nov 23, 2020

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

ASUCHRIS · Nov 23, 2020

Road to Perdition:

Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan
Tyler Hoechlin as Michael Sullivan Jr.
Paul Newman as John Rooney
Jude Law as Harlen Maguire
Daniel Craig as Connor Rooney
Stanley Tucci as Frank Nitti
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Annie Sullivan
Liam Aiken as Peter Sullivan
Dylan Baker as Alexander Rance
Ciarán Hinds as Finn McGovern
David Darlow as Jack Kelly
Kerry Rossall as Rooney's Henchman (uncredited)

Shane · Nov 24, 2020

I was at the gym watching beetle juice. This cast was very good and IMO perfect in their roles. Def some star power too.

Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse (pronounced Beetlejuice)
Alec Baldwin as Adam Maitland
Geena Davis as Barbara Maitland
Jeffrey Jones as Charles Deetz
Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz
Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz
Sylvia Sidney as Juno
Robert Goulet as Maxie Dean
Dick Cavett as Bernard
Glenn Shadix as Otho
Annie McEnroe as Jane Butterfield
Tony Cox as Preacher

puckhead · Nov 24, 2020

Red on White said:
The Blues Brothers

John Belushi
Dan Ackroyd
Carrie Fisher
Ray Charles
James Brown
Aretha Franklin
John Candy
John Lee Hooker...

Good one!

Made me think of this one:

Woodstock (film) 1970

Beaver · Nov 24, 2020

Heat
Ocean’s Eleven

Dr. Jones · Nov 27, 2020

Devilmaycare said:
I'm going to throw out there Glengarry Glen Ross. It's a small setting so not a lot of people but everyone in it is top notch. It really had a fantastic cast:
Al Pacino
Jack Lemmon
Alec Baldwin
Alan Arkin
Ed Harris
Kevin Spacey
Jonathan Price

This was one of my two.

The other is The Great Escape.

Steve McQueen
James Garner
Richard Attenborough
Charles Bronson
James Coburn
And many more.

AZCrazy · Nov 27, 2020

You guess 'em:

Sean Penn
Eric Stolz
Anthony Edwards
Judge Reinhold
Forrest Whitaker
Phoebe Cates
Ray Walston
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Nicholas Cage

at least 3 best actor oscar winners here

How about:
Scott Glenn
Robert DeNiro
Donald Sutherland
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Kurt Russell
Stephen Baldwin
Rebecca DeMornay
JT Walsh

there was :
Patrick Swayze
Matt Dillon
Leif Garrett
Diane Lane
C Thomas Howell
Ralph Macchio
Rob Lowe
Emilio Estevez
Tom Cruise

or more obviously,

Elijah Wood
Sean Astin
Dominic Monaghan
Sean Bean
Orlando Bloom
Viggo Mortenson
John Rhys Davies
Ian McKellen
Liv Tyler
Ian Holm
Hugo Weaving
Christopher Lee
Miranda Otto
Cate Blanchett
Billy Boyd

Chaplin · Nov 27, 2020

AZCrazy said:
You guess 'em:

Sean Penn
Eric Stolz
Anthony Edwards
Judge Reinhold
Forrest Whitaker
Phoebe Cates
Ray Walston
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Nicholas Cage

at least 3 best actor oscar winners here

How about:
Scott Glenn
Robert DeNiro
Donald Sutherland
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Kurt Russell
Stephen Baldwin
Rebecca DeMornay
JT Walsh

there was :
Patrick Swayze
Matt Dillon
Leif Garrett
Diane Lane
C Thomas Howell
Ralph Macchio
Rob Lowe
Emilio Estevez
Tom Cruise

or more obviously,

Elijah Wood
Sean Astin
Dominic Monaghan
Sean Bean
Orlando Bloom
Viggo Mortenson
John Rhys Davies
Ian McKellen
Liv Tyler
Ian Holm
Hugo Weaving
Christopher Lee
Miranda Otto
Cate Blanchett
Billy Boyd

Fast Times
Backdraft -- but it was WILLIAM Baldwin, not Stephen.
The outsiders
LOTR

How about:
Sylvester Stallone
Harvey Keitel
Ray Liotta
Robert Patrick
Peter Berg
Michael Rapaport
Janine Garafolo
Robert De Niro
Edie Falco
Debbie Harry

Cheesebeef · Nov 27, 2020

AZCrazy said:
You guess 'em:

Sean Penn
Eric Stolz
Anthony Edwards
Judge Reinhold
Forrest Whitaker
Phoebe Cates
Ray Walston
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Nicholas Cage

at least 3 best actor oscar winners here

How about:
Scott Glenn
Robert DeNiro
Donald Sutherland
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Kurt Russell
Stephen Baldwin
Rebecca DeMornay
JT Walsh

there was :
Patrick Swayze
Matt Dillon
Leif Garrett
Diane Lane
C Thomas Howell
Ralph Macchio
Rob Lowe
Emilio Estevez
Tom Cruise

or more obviously,

Elijah Wood
Sean Astin
Dominic Monaghan
Sean Bean
Orlando Bloom
Viggo Mortenson
John Rhys Davies
Ian McKellen
Liv Tyler
Ian Holm
Hugo Weaving
Christopher Lee
Miranda Otto
Cate Blanchett
Billy Boyd

Fast Times
Backdraft
The Outsiders
LOTR

Cheesebeef · Nov 27, 2020

Chaplin said:
Fast Times
Backdraft -- but it was WILLIAM Baldwin, not Stephen.
The outsiders
LOTR

How about:
Sylvester Stallone
Harvey Keitel
Ray Liotta
Robert Patrick
Peter Berg
Michael Rapaport
Janine Garafolo
Robert De Niro
Edie Falco
Debbie Harry

Copland

Chaplin · Nov 27, 2020

cheesebeef said:
Copland

Damn fine movie.

Cheesebeef · Nov 27, 2020

Chaplin said:
Damn fine movie.

yup. Classic Ray Liotta coked out of his mind performance too.

Cheesebeef · Nov 28, 2020

Guess this one:

Lawrence Fishburne
Kate Winslet
John Hawkes
Gwenyth Paltrow
Bryan Cranston
Matt Damon
Jude Law
Marion Cottiard
Elliot Gould
Sanaa Latham

Cheesebeef · Nov 28, 2020

Another:

Jeff Daniels
Kate Mara
Jessica Chastain
Donald Glover
Matt Damon
Sean Bean
Sebastian Stan
Mackenzie Davis
Michael Pena
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Benedict Wong

carrrnuttt · Nov 28, 2020

Knives Out: