<p>My vote goes to Love Actually…
Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Laura Linney,Alan Rickman, Billy Bob Thornton, Claudia Schiffer, Denise Richards, Bill Nighy, and I might be missing a couple. And the soundtrack is great too.</p>
<p>Both the original and remake of Oceans 11 I thought was pretty good.</p>
<p>I don’t see a lot of movies but
The Grifters come to mind- directed by Stephen Frears and starring Annette Bening, John Cusack and Anjelica Huston
Enemies a Love Story was pretty great too, also starring Anjelica, and Paul Mazursky ( who directed the story by Issace Bashvic Singer), Alan King, Lena Olin
& speaking of Lena Olin a great movie is “unbearable lightness of being” from the book by Milan Kundera and also starring Judith Binoche and Daniel Day Lewis who is pretty great whatever he is in</p>
<p>“Dude, where’s my car?,” both the original, and whenever they film the remake.</p>
<p>Two of my favorite films come to mind – both have great casts:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Pulp Fiction - John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Tim Roth, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Uma Thurman</p></li>
<li><p>Seven - Kevin Spacy, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Pitt, Lee Ermey</p></li>
</ol>
<p>howabout “singles” ( tonight we open in Portland!)
Kyra Sedgewick, Matt Dillion,bill Pullman,Campbell Scott, Bridget Fonda,Eric Stolz, Jeremy Piven,Tom Skerrit, Peter Horton, Pearl Jam minus Mike Mccready, Tim Burton, Xaiver McDaniel and Evans dad from preschool
If you are a Matt Dillion fan ( and I think he is way underappreciated) it is a must see-</p>
<p>This is a little over the 15 year cutoff- but since Halloween will be right around the corner
Ghost story
has Fred Astaire, John Houseman, Patrica Neal,Melvyn Douglas, Douglas fairbanks jr, Alice Krige, Tim Wasson</p>
<p>Thanks for the reminder about “Ghost Story,” emerald - it’s a terrifically creepy film and I love those four senior actors. The flashback sequences showing their younger selves are great fun to watch.</p>
<p>I’d vote for “L.A. Confidential” for casting. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce (why are Australian actors so good at doing American accents when American actors are usually so poor at doing Australian accents?), Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell, etc. One of the very best films of the 90s and criminally overlooked at Oscar time (except for Kim Basinger - “Titanic” took most of the awards that year).</p>
<p>“The Ref” - Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis, Denis Leary, Glynis Johns, Christine Baranski, a whole bunch of actors you’ve seen but don’t know their names. My favorite Kevin Spacey movie.</p>
<p>The first full-length feature of Wallace and Gromit! H and I attended a preview showing last night after which there was Q&A with Nick Park, the creator and director. He also brought a couple of Plasticine models from the film. If you get a chance to catch “The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” do go! There are some noticeable additions by Dreamworks, but the original appeal of W&G is still there, thankfully.</p>
<p>Chocolat, Ocean’s 11, The Mummy/Mummy Returns (yeah, yeah I know what you’re saying, but the movies are great fun, and one reason is the carefully chosen type casting, each person is perfect for his or her part)
Love Actually has a great cast, great soundtrack, dud movie</p>
<p>In Love Actually, who plays the character that likes Laura Linney’s character?</p>
<p>Alright, so I’m more into plays than movies…</p>
<p>It’s not out yet, but RENT has a very proven cast…Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse R Martin, Rosario Dawson, Tracie Toms – and they can all sing!</p>
<p>Parenthood. Jason Robards, Thomas Hulce in the same movie with Steve Martin and Rick Moranis. Throw in Keanu Reeves and Joaquin Phoenix. Best Ron Howard movie ever.</p>
<p>Great thread!
Although, which guy was Billy Bob in Love Actually? Holy cow, anything with Colin Firth ;)</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I agree about Singles (just bought it on DVD a few months ago!) and I also loved Parenthood. I had to quit watching the latter as I’d always want to have another baby :eek: …jk.</p>
<p>As far as eye candy I’d have to go with Oceans 11 & 12, but for great characters my vote is for Crimes and Misdemeanors</p>
<p>DrDrewsmom, Crimes and Misdemeanors is one of my all-time favorite movies.
It’s 16 years-old. :(</p>
<p>If you like Kevin Spacey I assume you have also seen “the usual suspects”?
Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palmenteri,Stephen Baldwin, Benicio del Toro,Kevin Pollack, Suzy Amis,Pete Postelthwaite, Dan Hedaya - he is especially great ( Carlas husband in Cheers)</p>
<p>I don’t think I saw Love Actually but I will have to rent it- I just signed up for netflicks- guess I will have to stay up later.</p>
<p>I love Bill Nighy- just saw him in “the constant gardener”
imdb says Billy Bob was the US President-</p>
<p>
OMG, me too. I watch it at least 3 or 4 times a year (along w/ when harry met sally, hannah and her sisters, manhattan…)</p>
<p>If it bends, it’s funny; if it breaks, it’s not funny. 
I don’t want to admit how many times I say that around my house :o</p>
<p>Wow, 16 years already…scary.</p>
<p>Billy Bob as the prez. Oh yeah!</p>
<p>Another good Bill Nighy movie - “Blow Dry” with Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Josh Hartnett, Rachel Leigh Cook, Heidi Klum. It’s worth it just to see the outrageous hairstyles.</p>
<p>And I never pass up the chance to see “The Usual Suspects”. I nearly fell out of my chair when I took my kids to see Eddie Murphy’s “Dr. Doolittle” - there was a scene where he visited the dog pound and one of the dogs said, “My name is Keyser Soze”.</p>
<p>DrDrewsmom, you and I like the same movies. Everyone of those mentioned is in my top 20. I can’t count how many times I have watched the movies you listed.</p>
<p>Woody Allen movies have great casts.</p>
<p>Everyone Says I love You: Woody Allen, Goldie Hawn, Alan Alda, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Edward Norton, Tim Roth, Natalie Portman, Lukas Haas, Itzhak Perlman, David Ogden Stiers, Don Correia, and the Groucho party dancers.</p>
<p>Hannah and Her Sisters has an awesome cast, but it is too old.
Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Maureen O’Sullivan, Llyod Nolan, Max Von Sydow, Woody Allen, Daniel Stern, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, JT Walsh, John Turturro, Bobby Short,
Tony Roberts, Sam Waterston. “Life is made up of the horrible and the miserable”.</p>