# Top Five Movies by \_\_\_\_\_; Who's next?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526
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**Created:** [July 18, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526 "2015-07-18T16:15:00Z")
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/1 "2015-07-18T16:15:00Z")
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> **[What are your Top Five Paul Newman Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762446)**
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> Refer (if you need to) to Highest Rated Feature Film Actor Titles With Paul Newman and select (and post) your favorite Newman acting job. For me they would have to be: Cool Hand Luke (1967) The Hustler (1961) The Long, Hot Summer (1958) Butch...
What are your Top Five Paul Newman Movies?
07-16-2015, 07:41 AM
> **[What are your Top Five Steve McQueen Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762588)**
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> We had enough fun (IMHO) with What are your Top Five Paul Newman Movies? that it seems worth the trouble to ask the same thing about Steve McQueen. See Highest Rated Feature Film Actor Titles With Steve McQueen for the full list from which I...
What are your Top Five Steve McQueen Movies?
07-17-2015, 03:32 PM
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Who else should we examine?
Possibilities:
Clint Eastwood
John Wayne
Humphrey Bogart
Jane Russell
Meryl Streep
Marilyn Monroe
Who else?
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/2 "2015-07-18T16:47:33Z")
Henry Fonda
Jimmy Stewart
James Cagney
Alec Guiness
Peter O’Toole
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/3 "2015-07-18T17:10:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Henry Fonda
> Jimmy Stewart
> James Cagney
> Alec Guiness
> Peter O’Toole
Good ones! I’ll do a Jimmy Stewart asap!
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/4 "2015-07-18T17:20:13Z")
Here we go:
> **[What are your Top Five James Stewart Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762675)**
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> See Highest Rated Feature Film Titles With James Stewart for a complete listing of his movies, But I have selected these for this thread. =========================================== It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Rear Window (1954) Vertigo (1958)...
What are your Top Five James Stewart Movies?
07-18-2015, 12:16 PM
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/5 "2015-07-18T17:51:50Z")
Katherine Hepburn
Burt Lancaster
Michael Caine
Robert DeNiro
Tom Hanks
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### Author:  [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/6 "2015-07-18T17:57:40Z")
As a tangent, how about top 5 movies a character actor like John Ratzenberger has appeared in, instead of the main star?
For Ratzenberger, some Pixar flicks, _The Empire Strikes Back_, and _Ghandi_ are candidates.
Harry Dean Stanton might be another to consider.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/7 "2015-07-18T18:01:31Z")
Dustin Hoffman.
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### Author:  [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/8 "2015-07-18T18:15:21Z")
Jane Russell made more than two movies? (IMDBing) Okay, but barely more than five that anybody has seen since they finished their second runs.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/9 "2015-07-18T18:35:59Z")
> [@dropzone](#):
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> Jane Russell made more than two movies? (IMDBing) Okay, but barely more than five that anybody has seen since they finished their second runs.
Okay. So NOT Jane Russell. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/10 "2015-07-18T18:49:45Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> Katherine Hepburn
> Burt Lancaster
> Michael Caine
> Robert DeNiro
> Tom Hanks
I think I’ll go for Michael Caine next.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/11 "2015-07-18T19:11:48Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> I think I’ll go for Michael Caine next.
It’s up at:
> **[What are your Top Five Michael Caine Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762681)**
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> See Highest Rated Feature Film Actor Titles With Michael Cainefor a complete listing of his movies. Or pick five from this selected list and post them here. ==================================== The Dark Knight (2008) Inception (2010) Interstellar...
What are your Top Five Michael Caine Movies?
07-18-2015, 02:08 PM
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/12 "2015-07-18T19:15:36Z")
I think we can safely skip James Dean.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/13 "2015-07-18T19:19:11Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> I think we can safely skip James Dean.
Too sad it is. He did more than three but they were really weak.
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### Author:  [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/14 "2015-07-18T19:19:33Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> I think we can safely skip James Dean.
Can probably skip John Cazale as well.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/15 "2015-07-18T19:21:17Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> Dustin Hoffman.
Good choice. I’ll get that one up tomorrow, so as not to overdo things! 😃
Of course anybody could be doing some of their own. It’s not my property after all.
Have at! 🙂
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/16 "2015-07-18T19:24:33Z")
Just actors? How about directors?
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/17 "2015-07-18T19:28:06Z")
> [@blondebear](#):
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> Just actors? How about directors?
Sure. That ought to be fun.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/18 "2015-07-18T19:56:36Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#):
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> As a tangent, how about top 5 movies a character actor like John Ratzenberger has appeared in, instead of the main star?
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> For Ratzenberger, some Pixar flicks, _The Empire Strikes Back_, and _Ghandi_ are candidates.
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> Harry Dean Stanton might be another to consider.
Great ideas! Especially the Harry Dean Stanton one. There must be at least a dozen “supporting role” actors (both genders) whose appearance saved some not-so-hot-otherwise movies.
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### Author:  [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/19 "2015-07-18T19:57:53Z")
Are we just doing actors? If directors are OK, how about Woody Allen?
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-movies-by-_____-whos-next/725526/20 "2015-07-18T19:59:58Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> Are we just doing actors? If directors are OK, how about Woody Allen?
Okay! I’ll shoot for him tomorrow. Name other qualified directors, too.
Scorsese
Coppola
Eastwood (when he’s not also acting in the film)
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