any of the remaining posters movie buffs?

heres an interesting topic i overheard: what actor had the best decade of movies?

a few that instantly come to mind:

bogart in the 1940's
brando in the 50s
newman in the 60s
pacino in the 70s
nicholson in the 70s
tom cruise in the 80s
deniro in the 80s
hanks in the 90s
dicaprio in the 00's

I might take Deniro's 70's over 80's but you can't go wrong either way. Raging Bull being exactly in'80 and Goodfellas exactly in '90 kind of skews things.

his 70's were pretty good. i need to see deer hunter again. i saw it when i was too young. i think the next time i see it i'll appreciate it much more.

im huge on the godfathers, but not crazy about what he brought to 2. and i still havent seen mean streats.

he had some high points in the 90's (i like casino much better than goodfellas) but the decade also saw his career kind of take a big downswing.

i feel like you could have a serious argument just about deniro's best decade. i'd personally go 80's, 70's, 90's. but its close.

also, charlton heston killed it in the 50s. 10 commandments (56), touch of evil (58), and ben hur (59) has to be up there with the best 4 year stretches.

also, charlton heston killed it in the 50s. 10 commandments (56), touch of evil (58), and ben hur (59) has to be up there with the best 4 year stretches.
I've gotta watch all 3 of those again, it's been too long. I love the sci-fi Heston, Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, Omega Man....that's a niche of mine though...

You should check out Deer Hunter again, it's a bit slow but it's really good. I can't bring myself to love it but I like it alot if that makes sense....

Deniro's career is greatly influenced by his relationship with Scorsese (i know, Captain Obvious...) and vice versa. Scorsese just kills it and Deniro has been in pretty much all the best ones....The King of Comedy is great, check it out if you haven't.

Here's another interesting one...Deniro or Pacino? I take Deniro hands down but a lot of that's from the annoying whiny Pacino of the last several years. Also, I just watched "Simone" so that certainly doesn't help...

I admit that Hanks was very successful in the 90s but I really don't like his acting at all.

When I think of the best actor of the 90s I generally think of Kevin Spacey. Dude's been kind of a tool since then, but what a decade for that guy. Seven, Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Glengarry, The Ref, A Time To Kill, LA Confidential...if you could give 7 excellent performances in 10 years, you could do a lot worse than those.

^ COGENT

Vinny, count me as a fan of Omega Man, Soylent Green and Apes era Heston, as much as I dislike the man, personally.

Harrison Ford had a nice run in the 80s with Solo, Deckard and Indy.

Ford is one that comes to mind for sure. I've never been disappointed with his acting. Certainly I haven't seen all of his films and I am sure there are bad ones (but probably due to script and not him).

The 80's were damn good for him. Star Wars V and VI, all three Indiana Jones. 90's were good too with the Jack Ryan movies and the fugitive.

I hate to bring him up because he's turned into a giant douche, but Mel Gibson has always been one of my favorite actors (ignoring off stage BS). In the 90's you had 2 Lethal Weapons, Braveheart, Ransom, Maverick, Man without a Face, Conspiracy Theory and Payback. (Patriot was in 2000). That's a damn good decade.

Hanks certainly has a great resume, but there aren't a lot of his films that I think are outstanding performances and his good movies are spread out over many decades. I like Saving Private Ryan, Green Mile, Toy Story series (but it is just voices), Catch me if you Can (that was more Dicaprio though), and league of their own. I haven't seen the Dan Brown movies (I saw a history channel show that disproved a lot of that stuff so I haven't really been interested in them). He has a lot of chick flicks that bring him down.

< -- is a big Tom Hanks fan. Dude was '90s film industry.

Kevin Spacey, talk about a guy who could have been a godfather and then he seemed to hit a wall or something. American Beauty and then nothing good.

If you give him a baker's decade, Denzel Washington had a solid stretch from Glory (89) to Training Day (01) with a lot of high points in there.

I remember seeing Tom Hanks catch a 9" b&w TV by its handle after it was thrown to him on "Bosom Buddies".

That's talent.

And it snagged him Donna Dixon, IIRC. Meow.

Did Hanks do anything after Bachelor Party? I can't remember.

Dan Akroyd's wife.

Dan Akroyd's wife.

Buzzkill.

It was a reply to gee.

You are so egotistical.

< -- is a big Tom Hanks fan. Dude was '90s film industry.

Kevin Spacey, talk about a guy who could have been a godfather and then he seemed to hit a wall or something. American Beauty and then nothing good.

A guy can do a string of shit movies (KPAX, Pay It Forward) and survive it and still be awesome. But a guy cannot do a string of shit movies, then pour his personal fortune into a terrible Bobby Darin biopic, and then disappear into British theater for 10 years, and survive.


If you give him a baker's decade, Denzel Washington had a solid stretch from Glory (89) to Training Day (01) with a lot of high points in there.

I really should have thought about Denzel. That's a really good mention, although he is pretty much the same guy in every movie. "I'm Denzel, and I'm nice, but I'm about to blow up, and I'm gonna stick my finger in the face of anyone who doesn't like it!"

Off topic: could we as a society maybe have come up with someone better to make the Malcolm X movie than Spike Lee? Spike Lee movies don't hold up well outside of the era of leather Africa medallions and DAS EFX LPs.

duvall's 70's were great. godfather I and II, mash, the network, apocalypse now. 5 indisputably great movies.

kevin costner had a good ten year run, but it was mid 80s to mid 90s (untouchables to tin cup).

same deal with dustin hoffman, the graduate to marathon man.

also, joe pesci in the 90's had a great run. the scorsese movies, home alone, the lethal weapons, my cousin vinny (mcv), jfk, a bronx tale.

In the same way that I give Ford credit for a great decade in the 80s for playing Han Solo, Han Solo in a trenchcoat and Han Solo with a hat, Schwarzenegger had a similarly iconic 80s playing Conan, Robot Conan and Conan vs Predator.

Is this actors only or actress too?

Not the biggest fan of her but Julia Roberts has had a lot of hits too (not sure if there has been a dominant decade).

I guess the 90's maybe.

Steel Magnolias (1989), Pretty Woman, Pelican Brief, Michael Collins, Best Friends Wedding, Conspiracy Theory, Stepmom, Runaway Bride, Notting Hill, Erin Brockovich are all ones I recognize as being main stream movies.

She's not my cup of tea, but certainly had some hits.

In the same way that I give Ford credit for a great decade in the 80s for playing Han Solo, Han Solo in a trenchcoat and Han Solo with a hat, Schwarzenegger had a similarly iconic 80s playing Conan, Robot Conan and Conan vs Predator.

Eddie Murphy in the 80s - Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, 48 Hours, and Coming To America and was the star of SNL during his run

if patton were released a few months earliers, george c scott's 60's work would be right up (the hustler, dr strangelove).

peter sellers had a great 60's as well.

kevin bacon in the 90s wasnt bad: tremors, jfk, a few good men, apollo 13, sleepers, wild things, and then a few other popcorn flicks as well.

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My brain isn't working here but does John Travolta even make a honorable mention?

I'd have to go with Newman as the best.

Deniro has had some great roles thanks to Martin Scoreswayzee.

Travolta did Face Off, Broken Arrow, Phenomenon, Pulp Fiction, General's Daughter, Micheal (lol), and the look who's talking movies (lol).

Pretty good job in 90s I would say. Some suspect ones but everyone has those.

Haven't seen anything good from him since the 90s (wild hogs was not very good).

Bill Murray 80s:

Caddyshack
Stripes
Tootsie
Ghostbusters
Scrooged
Ghostbusters 2

Steve McQueen 63-73:

THe Great Escape
The Cincinnati Kid
Nevada Smith
The Thomas Crown Affair
Bullit
The Getaway
Papillon

Ghostbusters 2 is a pro?

Ghostbusters 2 is a pro?
Hater.

Steve McQueen 63-73:

THe Great Escape
The Cincinnati Kid
Nevada Smith
The Thomas Crown Affair
Bullit
The Getaway
Papillon

Great movies.

From a comedy standpoint...Adam Sandler did pretty well for a while and Will Ferrell did better than ok too.

Streep has had one of the best 2000's I can think of (Dicaprio has to be in there too):

Doubt, Mama Mia (lol), Julia and Julia, Devil Wears Prada, Mancurian Candidate (never saw, any good?), It's complicated.

From a comedy standpoint...Adam Sandler did pretty well for a while and Will Ferrell did better than ok too.

I agree. Sandler had a great 90's and a couple good ones since. Ferrell has been good in the 2000's for the most part.

Streep has had one of the best 2000's I can think of (Dicaprio has to be in there too):

Doubt, Mama Mia (lol), Julia and Julia, Devil Wears Prada, Mancurian Candidate (never saw, any good?), It's complicated.
Dude.

Hey, I'm just saying they were hits. I'm not saying I enjoy them.

Apparently people do because she's won the most Oscars I think (tied with Nicholson maybe?).

Does best mean who I'd want to watch or does best mean who America wants to watch?

What'd Sandler do in the 90s that was funny besides Gilmore and Billy Madison?

Serious question. I'm drawing a blank.

It's okay Chris, there's nothing wrong with loving Meryl Streep movies, like you do.

What'd Sandler do in the 90s that was funny besides Gilmore and Billy Madison?

Serious question. I'm drawing a blank.
Yeah, he sold out pretty quick. Some of his other stuff's watchable but not exactly great.....Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, etc...

Hey, I'm just saying they were hits. I'm not saying I enjoy them.

Apparently people do because she's won the most Oscars I think (tied with Nicholson maybe?).

Does best mean who I'd want to watch or does best mean who America wants to watch?

I hope we aren't going to start relying on the liberal Oscar Committe to tell us which movies are good movies.

justhavingsomefun

Can we get a commission from IMDB for all the traffic this thread must be giving them? Maybe use it for the Database Relief Fun?

im surprised that some of the most respected actors, peter o'toole, lawrence olivier, alec guiness, you couldnt even really make an argument for them.

anthony hopkins had a very debatable 90's. silence of the lambs is great, but then you have a bunch of stuff like legends of the fall, dracula, the edge, nixon, amistad, meet joe black where i could see some people thinking atleast some of those movies were awful.

elizabeth taylor had a good stretch from 56 to 66, giant, cat on a hot tin roof, cleopatra, who's afraid of virginia wolf.

^ They might not have dominated a decade, but great actors nonetheless.

When I watch a movie, I watch it about 10 times...weird. I've been watching Lawarence of Arabia. It moved into my top 5. A really great movie.

When I think Alec Guiness, I think Bridge on the river Kwai.

There's a strong "before my time" factor going on with a lot of those actors.

Putting aside the lifts wearing, couch jumping caricature he's become now, gotta give a nod to Tom Cruise in the 80s. Maverick in military school, Pimp Maverick in his underwear, Maverick bartender, Maverick playing pool, Maverick with an autistic brother, War vet Maverick in a wheelchair and of course Top Gun Maverick.

cruise in the 80's was great. his 90's were pretty awesome as well. i just watched "eyes wide shut" again, and if you get past the weirdness of him and his wife doing that movie together (awkward), the movie is actually pretty awesome. then again i love kubrik.

lawrence of arabia is top 5 for me as well. guiness is so good in it if your not looking for him in the movie you probably wont spot it.

There's a strong "before my time" factor going on with a lot of those actors.

I agree. Plus people like Nicholson were great for a long time but I can't think of a dominant decade like someone mentioned.

There are still a lot of classics I haven't seen for some of those older actors.

cruise in the 80's was great. his 90's were pretty awesome as well. i just watched "eyes wide shut" again, and if you get past the weirdness of him and his wife doing that movie together (awkward), the movie is actually pretty awesome. then again i love kubrik.

I don't think there are many good Cruise movies though. Top Gun of course. Days of Thunder was decent. Mission impossible was solid. What else am I missing (haven't looked them up)? I can think of a lot of shitty ones he's had in the last 20 years but not any good ones.

^ I'm hoping 'Born on the fourth of July' was mentioned. I didn't think much of it, but it's considered a success.

I don't think there are many good Cruise movies though. Top Gun of course. Days of Thunder was decent. Mission impossible was solid. What else am I missing (haven't looked them up)? I can think of a lot of shitty ones he's had in the last 20 years but not any good ones.
Rain Man, Color Of Money, Cocktail, All the right moves, Risky business...few more I think....

80's: all the right moves, risky business, top gun, rain man, cocktail, color of money were all really good.
90's: a few good men, the firm, interview with the vampire (questionable), mission impossible, jerry mcguire, and eyes wide shut.

i would certainly think of all those movies as well above shitty, but thats just one guy's opinion.

Not bad for a midget.

That's what Glan's wife said

^ oh man...

*sad trombone*

classic.

What, no love for Taps and The Outsiders?

80's: all the right moves, risky business, top gun, rain man, cocktail, color of money were all really good.
90's: a few good men, the firm, interview with the vampire (questionable), mission impossible, jerry mcguire, and eyes wide shut.

i would certainly think of all those movies as well above shitty, but thats just one guy's opinion.

Liked rain man and few good men (forgot both of those). Jerry mcquire too. The others were meh or I haven't seen them.

Liked rain man and few good men (forgot both of those). Jerry mcquire too. The others were meh or I haven't seen them.
You should go see them, those are all pretty much classics.

As someone else mentioned, Arnie did have a damn entertaining decade:

If you go 83-92 you get Conans, Predator, Commando, Running Man, Total Recall and T2.

Not an Oscar candidate in the bunch but some silly, fun flicks.

As someone else mentioned, Arnie did have a damn entertaining decade:

If you go 83-92 you get Conans, Predator, Commando, Running Man, Total Recall and T2.

Not an Oscar candidate in the bunch but some silly, fun flicks.

It's not a tooomah.

Kang! What is best in life?

I still think you peeps aren't giving enough love to Eddie Murphy. I think he owned the 80s from beginning to end in a way that neither Ahnold, Sly, or Tommy Cwuise did. He was the king of entertainment -- straight from TV to hit movies, and even a hit pop single. His standup comedy routines were box office hits, even.

I think his string of crappy movies since might have something to do with that.

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but no, he was awesome in the 80's. trading places, beverly hills cops 1 & 2 were awesome, and the other stuff was solid too. but not sure he had the best 80's of even just snl alums.

akroyd had blues brothers, ghost busters, spies like us, trading places.

chase had caddyshack, familly vacation, fletch, three amigos, and christmas vacation.

murray had stripes, caddyshack, tootsie, ghost busters, scrooged.

Spies Like Us?

I'm done with this.

Ackroyd, Chase, and Murray weren't solo leads in most of their 80s big movies (excepting Vacation). I liked Scrooged and Fletch, but neither were as big as any of those Eddie Murphy films of the '80s IIRC (excepting Best Defense, where his footage was spliced into an already-shot movie because it sucked so bad and the studio was desperate).

Spies Like Us?

I'm done with this.

the last time i saw spies like us i was young enough to think it was really great that they showed the girl in her bra (for like 2 seconds). i might not be the best judge of that movie. but i liked it when i was a kid, anyway.

I still think you peeps aren't giving enough love to Eddie Murphy. I think he owned the 80s from beginning to end in a way that neither Ahnold, Sly, or Tommy Cwuise did. He was the king of entertainment -- straight from TV to hit movies, and even a hit pop single. His standup comedy routines were box office hits, even.

I was restricting myself to acting roles, where he still had a solid decade. If you add in the concert films, SNL and music then he definitely had an epic decade.

I still think you peeps aren't giving enough love to Eddie Murphy.
What would you have us do?

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What would you have us do?

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Put on a dress? (http://blacknewsmagazine.wordpress.com/2007/08/10/the-transvestite-prostituteeddie-murphy-was-stoped-with/)

I'm done with this. How come no love for my boy?

Ben Stiller 1998-2007

Something About Mary
Mystery Men
Meet The Parents
Zoolander
Royal Tennenbaums
Starsky and Hutch
Dodgeball
Anchorman
Meet the Fockers
Night at the Museum...

What more do you need!!

Christian fucking Bale people. Christian fucking Bale owns the 00's:

2010 The Fighter
2009 Public Enemies
2009 Terminator Salvation
2008 The Dark Knight
2007 I'm Not There
2007 3:10 to Yuma
2006 The Prestige
2006 Rescue Dawn
2005 The New World
2005 Harsh Times
2005 Batman Begins
2004 Howl's Moving Castle (voice in the English version)
2004 The Machinist
2002 Equilibrium
2002 Reign of Fire
2002 Laurel Canyon
2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2000 Shaft
2000 American Psycho

Give the man some credit...

^^i think he has a point.

This thread seems to have moved from naming an actor's good movies to just listing all their movies.

This thread seems to have moved from naming an actor's good movies to just listing all their movies.

Yes.

This thread seems to have moved from naming an actor's good movies to just listing all their movies.



2008 The Dark Knight
2007 3:10 to Yuma
2005 Batman Begins
2002 Equilibrium


Fixed.

How does:
2004 Howl's Moving Castle (voice in the English version)
not make that list?

Correction: Vin fucking Diesel owns the 00s, bitches!

The Fast and the Furious? xXx? The Pacifier? The Chroncles of Riddick? Fast and Furious?

Shit, I forgot Pitch Black and Boiler Room.

How does:
2004 Howl's Moving Castle (voice in the English version)
not make that list?

Because I hadn't even heard of it until it was mentioned in this thread.

Because I hadn't even heard of it until it was mentioned in this thread.
Good point. Neither had I.

Christian fucking Bale people. Christian fucking Bale owns the 00's:

2010 The Fighter
2009 Public Enemies
2009 Terminator Salvation
2008 The Dark Knight
2007 I'm Not There
2007 3:10 to Yuma
2006 The Prestige
2006 Rescue Dawn
2005 The New World
2005 Harsh Times
2005 Batman Begins
2004 Howl's Moving Castle (voice in the English version)
2004 The Machinist
2002 Equilibrium
2002 Reign of Fire
2002 Laurel Canyon
2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2000 Shaft
2000 American Psycho

Give the man some credit...

cant stand him and almost all of those movies are horrible, ITGO.

This thread jumped the shark at "Ghostbusters 2". Became basically unreadable at "Spies Like Us".

I didn't save it with my Vin Diesel mention?

http://img.youtube.com/vi/9Lge2_H_8IQ/0.jpg

This thread jumped the shark at "Ghostbusters 2". Became basically unreadable at "Spies Like Us".
Glan is banned from this thread. We'll start a snooty foreign films thread for him.

b-diddy - you can't stand Christian Bale? Really? Why?

And I listed all his movies because the guy has done a lot of flicks in the 00's - with very few poor performances...

All his movies might not be great but every actor stars in some poor films. Do you blame the actor, the writers or the director?

I remember watching Caveman's Valentine with Samuel L Jackson - movie was shit but SLJ delivered in it. He did everything in his power to make it watchable.

And for me that's the key to a great actor - the movie might be shit, poor production, poor script, poor direction but if the actor is working their ass off to try and save the piece of shit then you've got to give credit where it's due.

i find his performances joyless/humorless/soulless/charismaless/sterile etc. i get he likes to do the serious macho stuff, but you just get the sense watching him act that neither he nor anyone else had any fun making the movie. the new bonds are sort of the same way, but daniel craig atleast injected some life into the role.

i just get the senese bale thinks his acting when he's dressed as batman (in the super deep, almost cartoonish voice) is what acting is all about. if you've seen empire of the sun, this was true even then, and he was like 10 in that movie.

its not like i only like comedies, either. i much prefer the serious drama. i just think theres something missing in bale to make him an enjoyable actor.

Oh I agree he lacks that certain charisma that some other actors have. Cruise, Pitt, even Matt Damon has more of the "it" factor. Shit, even Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has "it".

But I think Bale is one of those bullshit "method" actors... like Daniel Day Lewis. The dude might be a great actor but sometimes it's fucking hard to watch his flicks.

Same with Bale - some of his roles are just so fucking hard to watch. Even as Bruce Wayne he can't act like the "playboy" because it's just not him - he lacks that certain something to act it well...

But I wouldn't call his performancs "souless" - I think he believes that his character (in whatever flick) has suffered. Is dark. Is deep. Has serious emotional issues. Look at his choices since 2000. Not a funy flick to be seen.

Maybe the dude has his own emotional issues and can't do anything really light, fun and happy?

But that doesn't stop me from watching The Machinist and then Batman Begins and going "Wow - is this the same actor?". I think the guy has always put his all into every flick and if we're talking about great actors at the moment the guy has to rate a mention.

Not saying he's the best of the 00's or anything like that - just that he's a contender.

State your case for Pauly Shore here, Glan.

The lack of Bruce Campbell in this thread is a travesty.

^ this

This thread has taken a turn for the gay.