Best cast of All-time?

[Drex]

So, what movie do you guys think it has the best cast of actors? Maybe one of the Godfather movies? For the younger ones, Ocean's Eleven? Pulp Fiction? Glengarry Glen Ross?

[Jackal]

The Godfather Part II.

If only Brando could've been it for even a flashback.

[J@3]

It depends what you mean by "best"... as far as most popular/most star appeal one of the new Oceans movies for sure... at least in my lifetime anyway. I think the cast of Stand By Me were brilliant, especially considering the main guys were all kids.

River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, John Cusack, Richard Dreyfus... written by Stephen King and directed by Rob Reiner (This Is Spinal Tap, Misery, A Few Good Men, Sleepless In Seattle, When Harry Met Sally etc)

[el badman]

The Thin Red Line for me, beautifully crafted movie.

[Joe']

I agree with Jae, Stand by Me had one of the most amazing casts ever. Although my personal choice's got to be Apocalypse Now (Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Larry Fishburne)

[Mikki]

The one that comes to mind is Black Hawk Down but yeah the Ocean movies.

[Sauru]

i agree with everything mentioned already and would like to throw in the cast for crash. a good side question to this topic would be, what do you consider the worst movie with the most talent to work with? for me you can pretty much go with any of the batmans, well not any exclude the original and the bale one). also would throw in "the quick and the dead"

[Jackal]

I thought that the cast of The Usual Suspects was also supremely cast.

The cast of Sin City also comes to mind. Pitt & Norton in Fight Club is also a favorite.

Basquiat, Traffic.

[Sauru]

usual suspects is a great movie, it should be mandatory viewing.

[Jackal]

Jackal's Mandatory Viewing List: (Movies from my own collection)

Godfather
A Clockwork Orange
Dog Day Afternoon
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Gandhi
Once Upon A Time In America
The Untouchables
Die Hard Series
Goodfellas
King of New York
Silence of the Lambs
Reservoir Dogs
A Bronx Tale
Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump
Leon
The Shawshank Redemption (Second best movie ever)
Casino
Heat
Se7en
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
American History X
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Saving Private Ryan
Fight Club
The Insider
American Beauty
Memento
Snatch
Requiem For A Dream
Lord of the Rings
Gangs of New York
Bournes
City of God
The Machinist
Crash
Layer Cake
Batman Begins
Cinderella Man
History of Violence
V for Vendetta
Thank You For Smoking
Running Scared (cult classic!!)
Inside Man
Prestige
Casino Royale
Pursuit of Happyness
Blood Diamond
Last King of Scotland
The Fountain (what a trip)
Pan's Labyrinth
300

Just went off my movie list (which is sorted by year)...haven't seen a movie on that list? Have a look and see...if you like the ones around it, you might just like it.

[Lamrock]

Good list Jackal, I've heard of all those movies, but have only seen about 50% of them. Only film on there I disapprove of is "Crash". I never understood why people like that movie, or why it won Best Picture.

[Oznogrd]

i agree with everything mentioned already and would like to throw in the cast for crash. a good side question to this topic would be, what do you consider the worst movie with the most talent to work with? for me you can pretty much go with any of the batmans, well not any exclude the original and the bale one). also would throw in "the quick and the dead"

I <3 the new quick and the dead: it had great talent and was terrible on purpose. It was so overdone and so epic and so bad you have to love it...

anyway: Worst movie with best talent for me would be either Grindhouse or Sin City, I like rodriguez' Mariachi Trilogy, but i just cant handle those 2 flicks

Best cast of all time: The Godfather I and II are tied for me because you trade De Niro and Brando...Also, I would like to second the Stand By Me and add one of my one: American Grafitti, all the stars, but youngins...its fantastic.

[Sauru]

ok lets see here, from jackels list i have seen......

ok this is gonna be alot quicker to list what i have not seen so....


Ghandi
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (just added it to my blockbust Q)
the insider
Requiem For A Dream
city of god (already in my Q they jsut gotta send the damn movie)
layer cake (never even heard of this)
thank you for not smoking

thats it the rest i have seen or own, great list overall. seems you and me have the same taste in movies. from the movies on your list, and the ones i have seen, the only movie i didnt like was the fountain, and i actually bought that the day it came out

[cyanide]

I love you Jackal.

That's basically the exact same list I'd recommend and rank among my favorites. I'd add Irreversible, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and maybe Garden State.

[benji]

And American Psycho right...you're all just leaving it off because it's obvious right?

Oh, and Demolition Man, but that's even more obvious.

[Joe']

Great list, Jackal. I've seen most of those movies. I find it to be a little obvious, though, and it's missing some movies I find to be amazing.

Here's my list (complementary to Jackal's):

- Hondo
- The Searchers
- Twelve Angry Men
- Lawrence of Arabia
- The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
- The Graduate
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Midnight Cowboy
- Butch Cassidy
- Little Big Man
- Papillon
- One Flew over The Cuckoo's Nest
- Apocalypse Now
- Elephant Man
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Blade Runner
- Scarface
- The Terminator
- Amadeus
- Back to the Future
- Stand by Me
- Full Metal Jacket
- Good Morning Vietnam
- Rain Man
- Schindler's List
- Philadelphia
- Don Juan De Marco
- Braveheart
- Life is Beautiful
- Chasing Amy
- Deconstructing Harry
- Good Will Hunting
- Apt Pupil
- The Truman Show
- The Big Lebowski
- The Sixth Sense
- The Green Mile
- American Beauty
- Dogma
- Man on the Moon
- American Psycho
- Donnie Darko
- The Majestic
- Heart in Atlantis
- In America
- The Pianist
- Equilibrium
- Catch Me if You Can
- Secondhand Lions
- Spanglish
- Ray
- Big Nothing
- Children of Men
- The Departed

[shadowgrin]

Demolition Man, but that's even more obvious.

Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man is amazing. He's badass and funny. Even if you combine Snipe's characters from other movies like Blade, Undefeated, White Men Can't Jump, US Marshals, Money Train, etc. Those combined characters can't still be funny and badass at the same time as Simon Phoenix.

[Jackal]

And American Psycho right...you're all just leaving it off because it's obvious right?

Movie sucked major compared to the book. I own the DVD, but can't say I enjoyed it as much as the book. Christian Bale makes it worthwhile, but the others just ham through the movie.

[peaches]

departed.. damon, di caprio, nicholson...

[Drex]

Fuck yeah, Peachy, I was about to post this one but the forum was down.

[BIG GREEN]

The cast of boys n the hood.

[Jackal]

Godfather still stands tall. I see I + II like one long ass movie, so Brando, Pacino, Duvall, Caan, Pacino & Keaton. Gotta love it.



And maybe not the best movie/cast ever...but as a guy, you can't not love it:

[Drex]

Godfather still stands tall. I see I + II like one long ass movie, so Brando, Pacino, Duvall, Caan, Pacino & Keaton.

Liking Pacino much? Where's the love for Bobby?

[Glen]

mars attacks! is right up there in terms of star appeal/power on its cast, couldn't say the same for the plot though against other timeless movies that were already posted above...

[Jackal]

Hahaha, sorry Drex, the second Pacino was supposed to be DeNiro.