List actually gets pretty hard to pick the last 5-6.
Name your pick and list their top movies.
Hate to do it, but he kind of blows everyone away. The MI series and Top Gun. But his catalogue is as diverse as any. A Few Good Men. He rarely, if ever, misses. Just too many to list. I feel like one of his underrated ones is Edge of Tomorrow. You probably forgot about Rain Man, and I love War of the Worlds
Gotta go with Cruise but I’m not a movie expert at all.
Top Gun
The Firm
Rain Man
Risky Business
A Few Good Men was perfect IMO and Cruise was 💯
I voted for Mel Gibson. He's done so many movies, I can't list them all. But I voted for him because his resume is so diverse. He isn't typecast or stuck doing mostly one genre of movies like Tom Cruise or Keanu Reeves.
posted by CenterBHSFanI voted for Mel Gibson. He's done so many movies, I can't list them all. But I voted for him because his resume is so diverse. He isn't typecast or stuck doing mostly one genre of movies like Tom Cruise or Keanu Reeves.
Tom Cruise is the antithesis of typecast, tf? Action, romance, comedy, drama, etc.
He would also be my pick without thinking. Though DeNiro, Ford, and Pitt are right there. I’ll have to revisit after the holiday.
I don't know about catalog, but Tom Cruise is absolutely the best actor of the bunch. His acting in Jerry Maguire was so great, he made me think I actually wanted to fuck Renee Zellweger.
Tom Hanks.
Look at his run in the 90s into the 2000s
All in a row: League of their own, sleepless in Seattle, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Toy Story, That think you do, Saving Private Ryan, You've got Mail, Toy Story 2, the Green Mile, Cast Away, Road to Perdition, Catch me if you can.
Thats untouchable.
I'd say Denzel is up there too.
If anyone listens to the Rewatchables, there is a whole category on Cruise v. Hanks.
I like Brad Pitt’s catelog. He’s been in so many types of films, played all kind of characters.
My favorite actor on the list is Denzel.
The list is too tough for me to choose a best.
I guess my top 4 would be Cruise, Pitt, Hanks and Washington.
It’s too tough for me to pick a “best” from this list.
I guess my top 4 would be Cruise, Pitt, Washington and Hanks in no particular order.
Kevin Costner should probably be on the list
For sheer numbers you have to add Nick Cage
posted by ptown_trojans_1Tom Hanks.
Look at his run in the 90s into the 2000s
All in a row: League of their own, sleepless in Seattle, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Toy Story, That think you do, Saving Private Ryan, You've got Mail, Toy Story 2, the Green Mile, Cast Away, Road to Perdition, Catch me if you can.
Thats untouchable.
I'd say Denzel is up there too.
If anyone listens to the Rewatchables, there is a whole category on Cruise v. Hanks.
Cruise has a run as good if not better. Plus, he is still making good movies.
Actually think it is him or Pitt as I am going thru this more intently -- though Pitt has infinitely more misses than a lot of this list, but he also hits the top more often like DeNiro. The wide range of topics and genres they both have would give you tons of variety for almost any mood.
Also depends on what "overall best catalogue" means. Like, DeNiro arguably has the best 4-5 movies if you took all the movies from the actors listed. But, I wouldnt take his overall catalogue to only watch the rest of my life, if that makes sense.
As far as Brad Pitt goes, people always forget about Cool World, which was my first introduction to him.
When I think of Tim Cruise I think of action movies first and foremost. Same with Keanu Reeves.
posted by geeblockKevin Costner should probably be on the list
And Bruce Willis. Samuel Jackson.
Like I said, outside the 4-5 most seem to agree on, it gets really hard.
If we are nominating people who could be on the list, I would throw Christopher Walken and Willem DaFoe in there as sneaky good catalogues. Walken in a ton, rarely a lead. And in the future I'm taking all the Chalamet stock.
Cruise or Hanks. I like Hanks better so I’ll pick him.