Movie Talk: Thespians
 

Part 5 of 6

I'll admit, this isn't scientific. I believe it's entirely impossible to create a top five list from these categories given the wide array of nominees to choose from. However, this isn't a test, so post away.

Actors

5. Denzel Washington
Glory
Malcolm X
Philadelphia
Training Day
Antwone Fisher

4. Carey Grant
North by Northwest
Bringing up Baby
Notorious
Philadelphia Story
Arsenic and Old Lace
His Girl Friday

3. Marlon Brando
Apocalypse Now
Godfather
Streetcar named desire
Julius Caesar
On the Waterfront

2. Tom Hanks

Turner and Hooch
Sleepless in Seattle
Philadelphia
Forrest Gump
Apollo 13
Toy Story 1 & 2
Saving Private Ryan
Road to Perdition

1. Humphrey Bogart
Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
African Queen
The Big Sleep
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Caine Mutiny

Honorable (Couldn't fit in) Mentions:
Jack Nicholson
Gary Cooper
John Wayne
Kevin Spacey
Alec Guinness

Actresses

5. Nicole Kidman
The Hours
Moulin Rouge
The Others
Eyes Wide Shut
Dead Calm

4. Audrey Hepburn
My Fair Lady
Charade
Roman Holiday
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Sabrina

3. Ingrid Bergman
Casablanca
Notorious
A Woman Called Golda
Anastasia
Gaslight

2. Elizabeth Taylor
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
A Place in the Sun
Cleopatra
National Velvet
Life with Father

1. Katherine Hepburn
Philadelphia Story
Bringing Up Baby
African Queen
Lion in Winter
Holiday

Honorable (Couldn't fit in) Mentions:
Greta Garbo
Sissy Spacek
Jodie Foster
Meryl Streep
Marilyn Monroe

Don't get me wrong, I do think some of the more contemporary actresses do fine work, it's just that I believe they'll be given their fair share by some of the younger crowd here.

good list

Thank you... post your own. You don't have to go into detail or anything, just a top five or something similar. Due to your string of avatars, I have an inkling as to who is going to be number one.

;)

I remember reading that people used to compared Natalie to a young Audrey Hepburn, they do have similar looks

i'll make a list eventually, i'm gonna think about it

Yeah I do agree, they are both classic beauties!:D

Damn, but I missed you Jango! I'm composing my list and will be back soon....

Glad to be of assistance... :)

hmm... I´d add Robert de Niro, Al Pacino and Mel Gibson to your list... oh, and Edward Norton too...

for actress, I´d add Reese Whiterspoon, Sarah M. Geller, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox Arquette ... ok, ok... I´ll think seriously later! :)

Yes!! GO ED!!!! Woo hoo!! I think I might go find an Ed Norton avatar now..... ;)

Actors
John Cusack
Better Off Dead
Serendipity
One Crazy Summer
Grosse Pointe Blank
High Fidelity
Sixteen Candles

John Wayne
Sands of Iwo Jima
Flying Leathernecks
Donovan's Reef
The Quiet Man
They Were Expendable
The Green Berets

Harrison Ford
Witness
Star Wars IV, V & VI
Indiana Jones I, II & III
The Fugitive
Air Force One
Patriot Games
The Devils Own

Jimmy Stewart
Vertigo
It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Philadelphia Story
The Greatest Show on Earth
Harvey
The Glenn Miller Story
Rear Window
The Spirit of St. Louis
Bell, Book & Candle
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Paul Newman
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Sting
Cool Hand Luke
The Young Philadelphians
Slapshot
Ft. Apache The Bronx
The Towering Inferno
The Hustler


Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump
Big
Saving Private Ryan
forget it, see all on Jango's list. Too many to list.....




Actresses
Lana Turner
Imitation of Life
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Merry Widow
Peyton Place



Ingrid Bergman
Casablanca
The Bells of St. Mary's
Notorious
Anastasia
Murder on the Orient Express


Susan Hayward
I Want to Live
I'll Cry Tomorrow
With a Song in My Heart
Valley of the Dolls
David and Bathsheba

Sally Field
Places in the Heart
Not Without My Daughter
Forrest Gump
Steel Magnolias
Punchline
Absence of Malice
Norma Rae
Sybil


Katherine Hepburn
The Philadelphia Story
Pat & Mike
Bringing Up Baby
The African Queen
On Golden Pond
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
The Lion in Winter
Desk Set


Maureen O'Hara
The Quiet Man
McClintock
Miracle on 34th St.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
How Green Was My Valley
Wings of Eagles
Rio Grande

yeah I caught part of her in Sabrina and noticed it

HEY!!!!

i love thespians, thats why i got high speed internet in the first place!!!! WOOO!!








;)

Actors
In no particular order

Daniel Day-Lewis
In the Name of the Father
My Left Foot
Last of the Mohicans
The Crucible
The Age of Innocence

Paul Newman
Nobody's Fool
Slapshot
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Sting
Cool Hand Luke
And many more

Al Pacino
Serpico
The Godfather
Sea of Love
Looking for Richard
Dog Day Afternoon
Heat

Denzel Washington
Malcolm X
Glory
Philadelphia
Hurricane
Training Day
Courage Under Fire

Robert De Niro
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
The Deer Hunter
Heat
Godfather part II
The Untouchables
Midnight Run (a fun one)

Honorable mention:
Jack Nicholson
Tom Hanks
Jimmy Stewart
Harrison Ford
John Cusack
Kevin Spacey
Gabriel Byrne

Actresses

Nicole Kidman
To Die For
Eyes Wide Shut
Moulin Rouge
Dead Calm
(Haven't seen The Hours, but it's on my list)

Julianne Moore
Myth of Fingerprints
The Big Lebowski
Magnolia
Short Cuts
Boogie Nights
Cookie's Fortune

Katharine Hepburn
Philadelphia Story
African Queen
On Golden Pond
Holiday

Audrey Hepburn
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Roman Holiday
Sabrina
My Fair Lady

Emma Thompson
In the Name of the Father
Sense and Sensibility
Much Ado About Nothing
Carrington
Remains of the Day
Howard's End
Dead Again


Honorable mentionL
Jodie Foster
Meryl Streep
Sissy Spacek
Winona Ryder
Lili Taylor

See, I knew I'd forget somebody... I love Jimmy Stewart's movies.

If DD-L doesn't win an oscar, the Academy will be a farce... well, moreso than they already are.