harvcey keitel is like almost 71 years old! let hi m rest!

What about Robin Williams in One Hour Photo?



I never would've thought he could be so damn creepy.

I want to see that one flick Buscemi directed. Where he kills his mom or something. I can't even think of the title right now.

Fred's Mom is Dead (I know that isn't it) or something like that.

I guess he didn't direct it after all...

ned beatty is HILARIOUS in that

I saw this thread title, thought, "How silly," then took a shower and couldn't stop thinking about it.

Jack in Chinatown- Even though Jake Gittes is wrong about almost everything, he's cool and sardonic at first until things spiral out of control. Then he becomes desperate until he's finally crushed at the end. Amazing.

Keanu in My Own Private Idaho- IF Keanu is doing some theatrical/minimalist thing (which I'll admit is an "if"), then he's generally underrated. From insouciant tramp to hard-ass ("I don't know you, old man"), the transformation is complete.

Rod Steiger in Pawnbroker

Peter Lorre in damn near everything

Jennifer Carpenter in Quarantine- Not a great flick, but she's fantastic. Best known as the sister in Dexter. After watching the movie the first time, I went back to the first DVD chapter, then skipped to the last. I fully bought that she was scared shitless.

Daniel Craig in Casino Royale- He found dark, dark layers to Bond that no previous actor had ever found, stuff I'm sure Ian Fleming wasn't aware of. Plus, an utterly fascinating face.

Catherine Deneuve in Belle de Jour. Or maybe Repulsion.

Mia Farrow in Purple Rose of Ciaro

Leo in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

Martin Sheen in Apocolypse Now- Especially that meltdown at the beginning. I guess this is a cheat, since from what I understand, he wasn't really acting.

Laurence Olivier- Just to be pretentious. No, he really is rather good. I'll pick, I dunno, Richard III.

Ian McKellen- Richard III

Gary Oldman- Bram Stoker's Dracula. Hey, you try to act under 50 lbs. of makeup.

John Hurt- Elephant Man- Same thing

Buster Keaton- Everything. My favorite actor of all time. The great "stoneface" does very little emoting, yet manages to get across every human emotion with authenticity. A minimalist master.

been thinkin bout it

non comedy personal favorites


Humphrey Bogart - The Treasure of The Sierra Madre
Alec Guiness - The Bridge on The River Kwai
Frank Sinatra - The Manchurian Candidate
Forrest Whitaker - Bird
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky
Mickey Rourke - Angel Heart
Orson Wells - Touch of Evil
Martin Sheen - Apocalypse Now
Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven

Yeah I have trouble believing Jack Gittes was based on Phillip Marlowe, Marlowe was never that clueless. "Chinatown" is one of the most perfect films ever, deserves all the praise it gets.

Gary Oldman was fucking weak as Dracula.

Leo went full retahd in "Gilbert Grape", disqualified.

Forrest Whitaker is always amazing. "The Last King of Scotland" was one of the few films that deservedly got its Best Actor Oscar. He was the most sadistic sociopathic charachter I've ever seen. James McAvoy should have one best supporting actor.

yeah for some reason this thread has made me want to see Chinatown again. LA Confidential is such a good noir too. hard to believe it was made in the 90s

Sweet. I get one more.

How's this: Tony Perkins in The Trial. K?

Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon
Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
Dustin Hoffmann - Midnight Cowboy
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues
Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski
Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Volume 2
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Alec Guinness - Star Wars
Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
Johnny Depp - Ed Wood
Robert Downey Jr - Chaplin

The Trial is a good one.

Ed Wood is by far the best flick Tim Burton and Depp ever did. And Landau as Bela Lugosi was fucking amazing. "Eddie, help me."

word. love that film. all the characters were amazing. Bill Murray as Bunny breckinridge = amazing casting. landau and depp were so good too, as you mentioned

i crack up everytime i watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdSFP9nu1R8

This is a hard one.

Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet
Robert DeNiro - Taxi Driver
Isabelle Adjani - Possession
Harry Dean Stanton - Paris, Texas
Naomi Watts - Mulholland Drive
Jason Schwartzman - Rushmore
Anna Karina - Vivre Sa Vie
Bruno Ganz - Der Himmel über Berlin
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Catherine Deneuve - Belle de Jour
Laura Dern - Inland Empire
Allan Edwall - Fanny & Alexander
Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski
Takashi Shimura - Ikiru
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

My favorite actors are probably Jack Nicholson and Harry Dean Stanton.

Ed Wood and Batman are the only Burton films i like.

Great list, DanielCarlson... a LOT of my favorites in there... nice to see a Paris Texas and Belle de Jour fan...

Yes, those are two fantastic movies... especially Paris, Texas. Harry Dean Stanton might be my favorite actor. He doesn't always have the big parts, but whatever role he plays, he plays it perfectly.

wtf, keep hearing about possession today, not only from this thread...

guess its an omen. killer trailer too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVdtYAs8-w

It's one of the best movies ever. I'd place it at my top 10.

there's too many movies

yeah, possession's in my top 5.