# I've Seen -- And Liked -- Nearly All Of HIS/HER Movies?!?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385 "2009-08-23T15:08:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clovernook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Clovernook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clovernook)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/1 "2009-08-23T15:08:35Z")
Do you ever discover that, without ever having made it a point to do so, you’ve seen nearly every one of a certain Hollywood star’s movies? And that, sometimes to your dismay, you actually like most of them? My star? Tom Cruise. Looking at his [IMDB biography](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000129/), I have seen most, if not all, of his movies and loved them. Whether it’s Top Gun, Tropic Thunder, Cocktail, The Firm, or The Last Samurai, I’ve enjoyed them and I’ve enjoyed Crazy Tom Cruise in them. Do you have any stars that fit this bill? ---
**Author:** ![bleu\_ewe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@bleu\_ewe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleu_ewe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/2 "2009-08-23T16:56:25Z")
Harrison Ford. Cary Grant. Gregpry Peck. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/3 "2009-08-23T19:06:29Z")
Clint Eastwood Eddie Murphy ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/4 "2009-08-23T20:39:19Z")
Matthew Lillard, even if he’s in a turd (and he often is) he steals every scene he’s in and makes the flick watchable for me. Though now that I’ve gone through his Bio I see I have some catching up to do. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/5 "2009-08-23T21:47:08Z")
Robert Duvall. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/6 "2009-08-24T18:50:55Z")
Seka ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/7 "2009-08-24T19:23:41Z")
You’d think most of these will be leading men, but for me it’s… John C. Reilly. He’s got a ton of diversity, from moronic comedies to action to musicals to drama. And 95% of it is great. I even loved moments of Step Brothers. He’s got impeccible taste and he’s a great actor. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/8 "2009-08-24T19:59:30Z")
Gene Hackman Robert Duvall Robert Shaw They can even make stinkers watchable. I’d add Sean Connery, but he will do such utter schlock for a paycheck that sometimes even he can save it. For example, the move that was between Highlander and Highlander III that doesn’t exist. Zardoz. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. Stinkers all, even with Connery. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/9 "2009-08-24T20:21:03Z")
Jack Lemmon Anthony Hopkins ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/10 "2009-08-24T20:22:54Z")
Chris Cooper ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/11 "2009-08-24T20:27:59Z")
I remember one day, looking at my DVD collection, when this thought hit me: “Holy crap, I have a _lot_ of movies with Jonathan Pryce in them!” It wasn’t at all on purpose, he just pops up a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/12 "2009-08-24T20:41:03Z")
> [@NicePete](#): > > Seka Who can argue with that? !! ---
**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/13 "2009-08-24T20:42:48Z")
Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Tommy Lee Jones, and Robert DeNiro. Pros, one and all. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/14 "2009-08-24T20:48:51Z")
> [@Loisseau](#): > > Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Tommy Lee Jones, and Robert DeNiro. > > Pros, one and all. Tommy Lee Jones, Yeah! Gotta go with you on that…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/15 "2009-08-24T21:13:31Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > You’d think most of these will be leading men, but for me it’s… John C. Reilly. > > He’s got a ton of diversity, from moronic comedies to action to musicals to drama. And 95% of it is great. I even loved moments of Step Brothers. > > He’s got impeccible taste and he’s a great actor. I second John C. Reilly. He’s got an incredible filmography: Boogie Nights, Chicago, Magnolia, Gangs of New York, The Good Girl. He’s one of the few actors who’s very presence makes me want to give a movie that I might not otherwise be interested in seeing, like Walk Hard and Talladega Nights, a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/16 "2009-08-24T21:38:46Z")
You liked _Cocktail_?! Kris Kristofferson has a habit of turning up in movies I like, even though I can’t stand his acting. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/17 "2009-08-24T23:59:14Z")
Woody Harrelson - I generally find him repugnant as a human being, but he works a LOT and is in a surprising number of quality films that I am appreciative of. The situation kinda reminds me of when one of your good friends is married to an a\*hole. They always show up at parties you are at, you don’t want to have to deal with them, but there they are! ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/18 "2009-08-25T09:26:31Z")
> [@Jake](#): > > Eddie Murphy Uh, really? The Nutty Professor 1 and 2? Holy Man? Dr Doolittle 1 and 2? ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/19 "2009-08-25T09:35:18Z")
I don’t like Gwyneth Paltrow, for reasons I can’t quite articulate. But I do enjoy almost everything she’s been in. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385/20 "2009-08-25T09:40:30Z")
Woody Allen. I was suprised at this a few months ago when I realized it. I didn’t purposefully set out to view all of his films, but I’ll be damned if I haven’t seen almost all of them, and I liked them! I guess that makes me a Woody fan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-and-liked-nearly-all-of-his-her-movies/507385.md?page=2)