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milestogo

(21,827 posts)
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:55 PM Jun 2025

Is there an actor/actress you like so much that you will always watch a movie if they are in it?

Diane Keaton
Jodie Foster

Jeremy Irons
Daniel Day Lewis

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Is there an actor/actress you like so much that you will always watch a movie if they are in it? (Original Post) milestogo Jun 2025 OP
Jamie Lee Curtis Permanut Jun 2025 #1
Morgan Freeman anciano Jun 2025 #2
Lacy Chabert, LOL. I'm guaranteed to escape reality for a few hours. dem4decades Jun 2025 #3
Good gawd, how many Xmas movies can you watch? Iggo Jun 2025 #48
To avoid seeing Trump's face? As many as I can. dem4decades Jun 2025 #50
Point. Iggo Jun 2025 #53
Tom Hanks. Omnipresent Jun 2025 #4
Jury duty? True Dough Jun 2025 #13
Nope. Omnipresent Jun 2025 #35
Robert Downey Jr happy feet Jun 2025 #5
Paul Newman BOSSHOG Jun 2025 #6
Yes. cachukis Jun 2025 #7
Tom Hanks Stanley Tucci, Paul Newman yellowdogintexas Jun 2025 #8
Stanley Tucci is pretty amazing. milestogo Jun 2025 #21
Our first exposure to Stanley Tucci was in "Undercover Blues" yellowdogintexas Jun 2025 #31
I think he's also doing tours of Italy for National Geographic. Its on You Tube. milestogo Jun 2025 #33
Thanks! We will enjoy that immensely nt yellowdogintexas Jun 2025 #43
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy milestogo Jun 2025 #45
Benedict Cumberbatch, Maggie Smith, Matthew Goode Ocelot II Jun 2025 #9
Meryl Streep and Bobbie DeNiro FalloutShelter Jun 2025 #10
Paul Newman, the Great Kate, Humphrey Bogart, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington... brush Jun 2025 #11
Denzel Washington ScoutHikerDad Jun 2025 #12
Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, James Garner, Jack Lemmon, and Randolph Scott, for the actors. House of Roberts Jun 2025 #14
Actor, no. Director, yes. Towlie Jun 2025 #15
I'll never watch a Quentin Tarantino movie. milestogo Jun 2025 #16
But you must have watched at least one to reach that conclusion. Towlie Jun 2025 #68
After many years of hearing how great it is milestogo Jun 2025 #69
I'm watching Pulp Fiction now... Upthevibe Jun 2025 #63
Jimmy Stewart! 3catwoman3 Jun 2025 #17
Used to be Al Pacino, but these days, not so much. MIButterfly Jun 2025 #18
Mathew McCaughey Figarosmom Jun 2025 #19
Julianne Moore. Mad_Dem_X Jun 2025 #20
tina louise and marylin monroe. AllaN01Bear Jun 2025 #22
Way too many to list! Paladin Jun 2025 #23
Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stuart and Bogie! Dorothy V Jun 2025 #24
Jason Stathem, Jodie Foster and Morgan Freeman TommieMommy Jun 2025 #25
Meryl Streep Pisces Jun 2025 #26
Holly Hunter, Tracy Ullman for starters.. yorkster Jun 2025 #27
Holly Hunter! milestogo Jun 2025 #37
Jackie Chan. Midnight Writer Jun 2025 #28
Tom Hanks yourout Jun 2025 #29
My favorite is..... FarPoint Jun 2025 #30
Pedro Pascal!!! EarthAbides Jun 2025 #32
Pedro is really having his moment TexasBushwhacker Jun 2025 #64
Nope. CrispyQ Jun 2025 #34
Tom Hanks... NewDayOranges Jun 2025 #36
Sally Field Mad_Dem_X Jun 2025 #38
Keanu Reeves catbyte Jun 2025 #39
Irene Dunne, Naomi Watts and Judi Dench on one hand Torchlight Jun 2025 #40
Long winded answer here....brace yourselves... Niagara Jun 2025 #41
Damn. I could only pick nine of them out of a lineup, Niagara. Harker Jun 2025 #47
Do you need help identifying anyone, Harker? Niagara Jun 2025 #56
The others - I'll look them up. I might recognize some faces. Harker Jun 2025 #57
I was curious if you had questions about any of my favorites Niagara Jun 2025 #58
Tilda Swinton... skypilot Jun 2025 #42
Robert DeNiro, Paul Dano, Idris Alba Skittles Jun 2025 #44
MERYL STREEP! I will pay to watch her read the proverbial phone book! CTyankee Jun 2025 #46
Jeff Bridges Borogove Jun 2025 #49
Yup. In anything, anytime, anywhere nt TexasBushwhacker Jun 2025 #65
No ZDU Jun 2025 #51
oh yes choie Jun 2025 #52
Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton some_of_us_are_sane Jun 2025 #54
Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner, Johnny Quest Tetrachloride Jun 2025 #55
Patrick McGoohan nt justaprogressive Jun 2025 #59
Possibly, Gary Oldman. Iggo Jun 2025 #60
BIG fan of Hector Elizondo. Morbius Jun 2025 #61
Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Brad Pitt Dulcinea Jun 2025 #62
Susan Oliver Doc_Technical Jun 2025 #66
Sidney Poitier Pharlo Jun 2025 #67
She's gone now, but.... Laffy Kat Jun 2025 #70
Holly Hunter, Helen Mirren, Parker Posey, Tilda Swinton, Peter Sellers,... snot Jun 2025 #71

Omnipresent

(7,212 posts)
4. Tom Hanks.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:59 PM
Jun 2025

Where i live, his movies play in a loop, when you are waiting for jury duty selection.

yellowdogintexas

(23,475 posts)
31. Our first exposure to Stanley Tucci was in "Undercover Blues"
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 01:32 PM
Jun 2025

a hilarious romp with Kathleen Turner, the handsome Quaig brother and Stanley Tucci - who plays a grade Z hood who is trying to make a big score. His name is "Muerte" and every time he encounters the Blues (Turner/Quaig) mayhem ensues.

It is set in New Orleans; our good guys are named Blue and NO is famous for The Blues

All the ancillary characters are hilarious as well, even the smallest part but Muerte steals the entire movie.

milestogo

(21,827 posts)
45. Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:07 AM
Jun 2025

Its also on Hulu and Amazon Prime - there are 2 seasons.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
11. Paul Newman, the Great Kate, Humphrey Bogart, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington...
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 09:09 PM
Jun 2025

Robert DeNiro, Marlon Brando, Robert Mitchum, Julia Louie Dreyfus, William Powell.

House of Roberts

(6,244 posts)
14. Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, James Garner, Jack Lemmon, and Randolph Scott, for the actors.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 09:19 PM
Jun 2025

Doris Day, Sally Field, Katherine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, Shirley MacLaine, Maureen O'Hara, and Audrey Hepburn, for the actresses.

Towlie

(5,550 posts)
15. Actor, no. Director, yes.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 09:29 PM
Jun 2025

I'll never miss a Quentin Tarantino movie, even if it got bad reviews.

milestogo

(21,827 posts)
69. After many years of hearing how great it is
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:34 PM
Jun 2025

I finally watched Pulp Fiction all the way through.
I had previously bailed on it at least twice.

I have bailed on several of his other movies shortly after I started them.

Pulp Fiction did not change my mind.

Upthevibe

(9,813 posts)
63. I'm watching Pulp Fiction now...
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:39 AM
Jun 2025

It's on my DVR. I also will watch any of his films. He's only going to do one more .

I watch Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown on a regular basis or at least have them on in the background.

MIButterfly

(1,317 posts)
18. Used to be Al Pacino, but these days, not so much.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 10:14 PM
Jun 2025

He's really gone downhill. I will re-watch his old films so I guess that counts.

Paladin

(31,626 posts)
23. Way too many to list!
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 11:26 AM
Jun 2025

Everybody from William Holden and Bette Davis, to Gary Oldman and Frances McDormand.

CrispyQ

(40,245 posts)
34. Nope.
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 01:43 PM
Jun 2025

There are lots of actors I like, but there are genres I'm just not interested in. Antonio Banderas for example, I like him in a ton of movies but I would never watch Spy Kids. (He was scorchin' hot in Desperado. 🔥🔥🔥 )

catbyte

(37,835 posts)
39. Keanu Reeves
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 02:44 PM
Jun 2025

Just because he's about the most perfect being to ever walk the planet. (I admit I'm blinded by his looks.)

Torchlight

(5,696 posts)
40. Irene Dunne, Naomi Watts and Judi Dench on one hand
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 03:36 PM
Jun 2025

Carey Grant, Tom Hanks and Jimmy Stewart on the other hand.



(Jenna Coleman could begin ranking soon, I'm halfway through the series, Victoria, and that young woman has some serious acting chops)

Niagara

(10,817 posts)
41. Long winded answer here....brace yourselves...
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 05:05 PM
Jun 2025

My lady folk: Mary Steenburgen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Angela Bassett, Kim Dickens, Rachelle Lefevre, Eva Longoria, Clea DuVall, Vera Farmiga, Amirah Vann, Frances Conroy, Milla Jovovich, Alfre Woodward, and Judy Norton.


My gentlemen folk: Nester Carbonell (no, he doesn't wear eyeliner), Brett Cullen, Joseph Morgan, Frank Dillane, Christopher Atkins, Jamie Foxx, Evan Peters, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sam Elliott, and my crush Zahn McClarnon.


Deceased favorites: Brittany Murphy (RIP),Charles Bronson (RIP), and Dennis Weaver (RIP).


I'm certain that I forgot a few.

Harker

(16,886 posts)
47. Damn. I could only pick nine of them out of a lineup, Niagara.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:41 PM
Jun 2025

I need to get out more.

Niagara

(10,817 posts)
56. Do you need help identifying anyone, Harker?
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 07:44 AM
Jun 2025

I'll help you if you need the help.

My preference of books, television and movie genre(s) is most likely considerably different than yours.

It sounds like you need to stay in more!

P.S. I forgot to add Bill Bixby and Dan Haggerty to my deceased favorites too!

Harker

(16,886 posts)
57. The others - I'll look them up. I might recognize some faces.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 09:40 AM
Jun 2025

My wife gets swoony for Sam Elliott. I can do a passable impersonation of his voice, but I refuse to let my moustache get long enough that I have to keep pulling it out while I'm drinking beer.🍺

I'll bet we overlap a fair bit... I'm reading the correspondence of Hermann Hesse and Thomas Mann, watching the 1965 and '66 seasons of "The Avengers", and the last movie I watched was "Five Easy Pieces."

Yep, always on the cutting edge of culture!

Niagara

(10,817 posts)
58. I was curious if you had questions about any of my favorites
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 08:18 PM
Jun 2025

Most women do get swoony for Sam Elliott. Come on, you got to get that moustache long enough so it dips into your beer!

I have yet to watch "Five Easy Pieces" but it's on my bucket list.

I'm currently re-reading "The Killers of the Flower Moon" and I watched the movie.

At home I'm currently watching MASH (on season 7), and my last two movies were Grindstone Road and The Prowler.

At my clients home I've recently watched the movies Out to Sea, The Eagle Has Landed, and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.

So there's a mixed variety for sure!

CTyankee

(67,089 posts)
46. MERYL STREEP! I will pay to watch her read the proverbial phone book!
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 12:08 PM
Jun 2025

She actually did something similar on Ellen's show a few years back:

Iggo

(49,205 posts)
60. Possibly, Gary Oldman.
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 01:19 PM
Jun 2025

Lately, though, not so much, since I’m not really interested in biopics. But barring those, I seem to enjoy anything he’s in (even that weird britcop spy show…lol.)

Morbius

(671 posts)
61. BIG fan of Hector Elizondo.
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 08:50 PM
Jun 2025

Best thing about both Princess Diaries movies and Pretty Woman.

Dulcinea

(9,157 posts)
62. Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Brad Pitt
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 11:19 PM
Jun 2025

to name a few. De Niro has been great in everything I've ever seen him in.

snot

(11,300 posts)
71. Holly Hunter, Helen Mirren, Parker Posey, Tilda Swinton, Peter Sellers,...
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 05:53 PM
Jun 2025

Angelica Huston, Uma Thurman, Wallace Shawn, Humphrey Bogart, & many more.

Maybe Marlon Brando, Jack Black, Bob Hope, David Niven, Richard Burton, Julia Roberts, Katherine Hepburn?

Others I like though they've made a dud or two are Will Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Jim Carrey.

Following great actors has brought me to many great, lesser-known movies; it seems the actor saw things in the script that the critics weren't quite sharp enough to pick up on.

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