# Which Actor(s) and/or Director(s) do we need polls for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562 "2015-07-19T01:28:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/21 "2015-07-21T00:02:51Z")
A new thread in this series is now up: > **[What are your Top Five Robert De Niro Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762887)** > > Refer to Highest Rated Feature Film Actor Titles With Robert De Niro for his complete list (more than one page!) of which these are the first 50: ===================================== 1 to 50 of 101 titles The Godfather: Part II (1974) Goodfellas... What are your Top Five Robert De Niro Movies? 07-20-2015, 06:58 PM ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/22 "2015-07-21T03:10:50Z")
And here’s another one: > **[What are your Top Five Tom Hanks Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762899)** > > Refer to Highest Rated Feature Film Actor Titles With Tom Hanks for a listing of some of Hanks’s movies. These are some of them: =========================== Forrest Gump (1994) Saving Private Ryan (1998) The Green Mile (1999) Toy Story 3 (2010)... What are your Top Five Tom Hanks Movies? 07-20-2015, 10:07 PM ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/23 "2015-07-21T05:05:11Z")
Another in the series: > **[What are your Top Five Meryl Streep Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762903)** > > For a complete listing of her movies see Highest Rated Feature Film Actress Titles With Meryl Streep The first 50 of them are listed here: =============================== The Deer Hunter (1978) Sky Island (2010) Manhattan (1979) Fantastic Mr. Fox... What are your Top Five Meryl Streep Movies? 07-21-2015, 12:02 AM ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/24 "2015-07-21T14:00:05Z")
Another thread to consider: > **[What are your Top Five John Wayne Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762921)** > > See Highest Rated Feature Film Actor Titles With John Wayne for the first 1 to 50 of 167 titles, which I have copied here: ============================ Brown of Harvard (1926) Rio Bravo (1959) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Bardelys the... What are your Top Five John Wayne Movies? 07-21-2015, 08:56 AM ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/25 "2015-07-21T15:24:10Z")
Do you not think 40 or so “what’s your favorite” themed threads in the past month is maybe enough for a while? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/26 "2015-07-21T16:11:48Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Do you not think 40 or so “what’s your favorite” themed threads in the past month is maybe enough for a while? Not until we get the “top 5 Jaye Davidson films” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/27 "2015-07-21T16:16:04Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Not until we get the “top 5 Jaye Davidson films” thread. That may be a tough one! [Jaye Davidson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001109/?ref_=nv_sr_1) only has four at the moment unless non-acting tasks should be counted. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/28 "2015-07-21T16:21:43Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > That may be a tough one! [Jaye Davidson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001109/?ref_=nv_sr_1) only has four at the moment unless non-acting tasks should be counted. Well then you can just have a “Top 2 Jaye Davidson films” poll. Problem solved ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/29 "2015-07-21T17:41:32Z")
Why don’t you try not spamming the board with these incessant polls? ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/30 "2015-07-21T19:10:12Z")
Potential others: Jack Nicholson Gene Hackman Bette Davis Maria Falconetti (kidding) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/31 "2015-07-21T19:15:45Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Potential others: > > Jack Nicholson > Gene Hackman > Bette Davis > Maria Falconetti (kidding) Thanks. It may be a while. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/32 "2015-07-21T20:20:34Z")
You know, it’s one thing to create a thread that I don’t want to open. But your “top 5” threads are taking over the Café Society forum. So call this thread-shitting if you like, but I wish you’d stop, or at least pace it out a little bit. Thanks for your consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/33 "2015-07-21T20:21:48Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > You know, it’s one thing to create a thread that I don’t want to open. But your “top 5” threads are taking over the Café Society forum. So call this thread-shitting if you like, but I wish you’d stop, or at least pace it out a little bit. Thanks for your consideration. Okay. No new ones from me for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/34 "2015-07-21T21:29:45Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Okay. No new ones from me for a while. I’m curious what your motive is? I would have figured that you were an overly-active newbie, but supposedly you’ve been here for 12 years. Recently unemployed? New job at a movie research firm? You’ve just discovered the wonderful world of cinema? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/35 "2015-07-21T21:38:11Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I’m curious what your motive is? I would have figured that you were an overly-active newbie, but supposedly you’ve been here for 12 years. Recently unemployed? New job at a movie research firm? You’ve just discovered the wonderful world of cinema? Just one of those impulsive things that got me carried away. Had no idea it would bother anybody. I’m backing off now. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/36 "2015-07-22T03:08:16Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Just one of those impulsive things that got me carried away. Had no idea it would bother anybody. I’m backing off now. I just wanted to thank you. The poll threads were obviously hours and hours of work for you. I enjoyed them. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/37 "2015-07-22T04:19:12Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I just wanted to thank you. The poll threads were obviously hours and hours of work for you. I enjoyed them. Thank you. That’s kind to say. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562/38 "2015-07-22T04:31:32Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > That may be a tough one! [Jaye Davidson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001109/?ref_=nv_sr_1) only has four at the moment unless non-acting tasks should be counted. Highly renowned stage actress [Uta Hagen](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353467/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) starred in only three feature films, though she also did some TV work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-and-or-director-s-do-we-need-polls-for/725562.md?page=1)