# Actors Feud
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207
**Category:** Thread Games
**Tags:** movies
**Created:** [July 23, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207 "2025-07-23T00:32:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/1 "2025-07-23T00:32:30Z")
DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS
We haven’t done one of these in a while.
Object of the game:
Give the most popular answer for each category. You want to match the other people in the game.
Rules:
As stated above, do not read the other posts in this thread until after you have posted.
Pick and answer for each category.
Number them one to ten.
You get one point for every other person who posts the same answer. So you are trying to guess the most popular answer, not your persaonal favorite or the answer you feel is “best”.
The contest ends on Tuesday, July 29, at noon CST.
The category is “Living actors”. For each actor, pick a movie they have appearred in.
1. Tom Cruise
2. Robert De Niro
3. Leonardo DiCaprio
4. Harrison Ford
5. Tom Hanks
6. Dustin Hoffman
7. Anthony Hopkins
8. Jack Nicholson
9. Al Pacino
10. Brad Pitt
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/2 "2025-07-23T00:32:46Z")
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/3 "2025-07-23T00:33:00Z")
1. Top Gun
2. Taxi Driver
3. Titanic
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Forrest Gump
6. Rain Man
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. The Shining
9. The Godfather
10. Fight Club
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/4 "2025-07-23T00:54:56Z")
1. Top Gun
2. Taxi Driver
3. Titanic
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Graduate
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. The Shining
9. Scent of a Woman
10. Oceans 11
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/5 "2025-07-23T01:41:04Z")
1. Top Gun
2. Taxi Driver
3. Titanic
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Big (hey, this is the SDMB, right?)
6. Rain Man
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. A Few Good Men
9. The Devil’s Advocate
10. 12 Monkeys
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### Author:  [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/6 "2025-07-23T01:44:07Z")
1. Tom Cruise – Top Gun
2. Robert De Niro – Taxi Driver
3. Leonardo DiCaprio – Wolf of Wallstreet
4. Harrison Ford – Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump
6. Dustin Hoffman – Rainman
7. Anthony Hopkins – Silence of the Lambs
8. Jack Nicholson – The Shining
9. Al Pacino – Scarface
10. Brad Pitt – Inglourious Basterds
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/7 "2025-07-23T01:47:18Z")
1. Top Gun
2. The Godfather
3. The Titanic
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Big
6. The Graduate
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. The Shining
9. The Godfather
10. A River Runs Through It
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### Author:  [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/8 "2025-07-23T02:06:24Z")
1.Top Gun
2. Goidfellas
3. Titanic
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Forest Gump
6. Rainman
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. The shining
9. Scarface
10. Fight Club
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### Author:  [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/9 "2025-07-23T06:01:07Z")
1. Top Gun
2. Taxi Driver
3. Wolf of Wall Street
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. Rain Man
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. The Shining
9. The Godfather
10. Fight Club
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### Author:  [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/10 "2025-07-23T10:53:02Z")
1. Top Gun
2. Taxi Driver
3. The Aviator
4. Indiana Jones
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. Rainman
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. The Shining
9. Godfather
10. Inglorious Basterds
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### Author:  [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/11 "2025-07-23T10:59:10Z")
1. Top Gun
2. Godfather part 2
3. Titanic
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Graduate
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. The Shining
9. The Godfather
10. Snatch
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### Author:  [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/12 "2025-07-23T11:44:31Z")
1. Top Gun
2. Taxi Driver
3. Titanic
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Graduate
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. A Few Good Men
9. Scarface
10. Fight Club
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### Author:  [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/13 "2025-07-23T11:58:05Z")
1. Mission Impossible
2. Taxi Driver
3. Titanic
4. Indiana Jones
5. Castaway
6. The Graduate
7. Silence of the lambs
8. The Shining
9. Dog Day Afternoon
10. Legends of the Fall
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### Author:  [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/14 "2025-07-23T12:17:09Z")
1. Top Gun
2. Taxi Driver
3. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
4. Star Wars
5. Big
6. Tootsie
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. The Shining
9. Scarface
10. Twelve Monkeys
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### Author:  [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/15 "2025-07-23T12:28:09Z")
1. Mission Impossible
2. Goodfellas
3. The Revenant
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Graduate
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. The Shining
9. The Godfather
10. Fight Club
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### Author:  [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/16 "2025-07-23T12:50:31Z")
1. Top Gun
2. Taxi Driver
3. Titanic
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. The Graduate
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. The Shining
9. Godfather
10. Fight Club
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/17 "2025-07-23T13:10:55Z")
1. Top Gun
2. Taxi Driver
3. Titanic
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Big
6. Rain Man
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. The Shining
9. The Godfather
10. Meet Joe Black
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/18 "2025-07-23T14:06:22Z")
1. Rain Man
2. Meet the Parents
3. Titanic
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. Tootsie
7. Silence of the Lambs
8. The Shining
9. The Godfather
10. Se7en
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/19 "2025-07-23T14:21:37Z")
1. Top Gun
2. Taxi Driver
3. Titanic
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Graduate
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
9. The Godfather
10. Ocean’s Eleven
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### Author:  [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-feud/1021207/20 "2025-07-23T16:50:40Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
>
> - Tom Cruise
> - Robert De Niro
> - Leonardo DiCaprio
> - Harrison Ford
> - Tom Hanks
> - Dustin Hoffman
> - Anthony Hopkins
> - Jack Nicholson
> - Al Pacino
> - Brad Pitt
Mission impossible
Goodfellas (low confidence)
Titanic
Indiana Jones
Forest Gump
The Graduate (low confidence)
The Silence of the Lambs
The Shining (though I feel like there are better films to showcase Nicholson - he’s just a background villain in this one)
The Godfather
Fight Club
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