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Warning: consider this your spoiler alert to end all spoiler alerts. Read on at your own peril. (But seriously, if you haven't seen any one of these movies, just shame on you. Honestly now...)
- The shower scene. Done aaaaaand done. -Psycho
- Fredo breaks Michael's heart; pays dearly -The Godfather II
- Tony Montana introduces Sosa's men to his little friend; meets a few dozen of their own -Scarface (1983)
- The wood chipper.... -Fargo
- Daniel Plainview drinks Eli's milkshake; bludgeons him to death with a bowling pin -There Will Be Blood
- Cereal bank robbers discover that karma is a bitch -Bonnie and Clyde
- David Mills "becomes wrath" -Se7en
- After futile attempts to hang, rack, and dismember the Scottish warrior, William Wallace finally finds freeeeedooommm!!!! -Braveheart
- Hannibal Lector escapes his cell; borrows a face for the ride -Silence of the Lambs
- And you will know my name is the LORD when I lay my vengeance upon thee" -Pulp Fiction
- Travis Bickle reaches his breaking point; murders Sport and his two bodyguards in the bloodbath of a finale -Taxi Driver
- Willard terminates Kurtz with extreme prejudice (ie. a machete); gives him a true taste of "the horror..." -Apocalypse Now
- Bambi's mother gets capped by "man" -Bambi
- Scorpio asks himself one question; finds his luck to be lacking -Dirty Harry
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid finally reach the end of the line; go out guns a blazing -Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Smiegol strangles Diegol; gives himself the worst birthday present ever -Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Tommy and Jimmy go to town on Billy Batts; load him into Henry's trunk for eventual disposal -Goodfellas
- "...Howard Beale, the first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings" -Network
- Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes -The Godfather
- A raincoat-donning Patrick Bateman axe-murders his colleague to the "clear, crisp sound" of Huey Lewis and The News -American Psycho
- Drago breaks Apollo-Rocky IV
- Holly Martins shoots his old mate Lime; puts an end to a truly epic sewer chase -The Third Man
- Mola Ram rips out his sacrificial victim's beating heart; lowers the poor bastard into lava pit. Kali maaaaa..... -Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Kaizer Soze cleans house. And like that, he's gone... -The Usual Suspects
- "Put your mouth on the curb..." -American History X
- Bill killed... -Kill Bill 2
- Raymond shakes his mother's spell; commits matri, step-patricide -The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- The Joker makes a pencil "disappear" -The Dark Knight
- Dugan is crushed to death by a load of whiskey at the behest of union boss Johnny Friendly -On The Waterfront
- McClane wishes Hans happy trails. Yippie-ki-yay indeed... -Die Hard
- Leonard gets sniped; plunges off Mount Rushmore -North By Northwest
- Carla Jean Moss (presumably) finds out just how much one can lose on a coin toss -No Country For Old Men
- Death by paint... -Goldfinger
- The Moe Greene special -The Godfather
- Hal opts not to open the pod bay doors after all -2001: A Space Odyssey
- The McManus brothers dispose of nine Russian crime bosses in Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti -The Boondock Saints
- Leonard Shelby murders in reverse -Memento
- Vizzini pulls the old switcheroo, dies anyway -The Princess Bride
- Warden Norton takes out Tommy; temporarily postpones Andy's trip to Zihuatanejo -The Shawshank Redemption
- William Munny goes postal on Little Bill, henchmen; respectfully declines his offer for a rendezvous in hell -Unforgiven
The Wire (2002-2008) HBO David Simon The Wire is television perfection, and if it's not the greatest series of all time it certainly is the most under-appreciated. How this never was even nominated for an Emmy is beyond all rationale. The Wire takes a brutal look at various aspects of life in Baltimore, exploring with harsh realism the interweaving worlds of street life, politics, education, poverty, law enforcement, and the media. What emerges is the sobering realization that from the drug cartels to the fractured bureaucracy tasked with combating them, all are players in the same game, mirrors of one another in a vicious cycle of ambition, dysfunction, and moral compromise. 
The Sopranos (1999-2007) HBO David Chase Long before The Jersey Shore was offending the sensibilities of Italians and Jerseyans everywhere, it was the Soprano family representing the Garden State. The Sopranos demonstrated what was truly possible for the television medium, raising production up to an almost cinematic level that single-handedly ushered in the era of premium television. Making that HBO subscription all but mandatory, it stands as the most financially successful program in cable history. Compiling 21 Emmys over six seasons, the Sopranos finally signed off in 2007 in a finale that can only be described as .
Law and Order (1990-2010) NBC Dick Wolf The show that inspired a million law degrees and almost as many spinoffs. The first half police investigation, second half trial format was originally conceived to increase the show's chances at syndication by giving broadcasters the option of splitting the episodes into half-hour airings. Fortunately, winning syndication was never a problem for this mega franchise, and it's probably not far off to say that at any one moment, an episode of Law and Order is airing somewhere. 
The West Wing (1999-2006) NBC Aaron Sorkin Just where do you think Charlie got that Adonis DNA from anyway? Papa Sheen is brilliant as Commander-in-Chief Josiah Bartlet, presiding over a series that would collect an astounding four consecutive best drama Emmys in its heyday. Taking on an array of real world issues, from the Israeli conflict to DOMA to North Korean nuclear ambitions, the West Wing is as relevant today as it was over a decade ago.
Mad Men (2007-Present) AMC Matthew Weiner Mad Men is like watching literature in hourly installments, replete with incisive symbolism and complex subtleties. It follows Don Draper, ad man extraordinaire inhabiting the world of 1960's Madison Avenue, a world of rampant smoking, drinking, and philandering. However, Mad Men is not so much a period piece as it is a series of character studies. Weiner seems to intimate that we all are searching for something to fill the void, whether it be that new car seen in a magazine, the next promotion, or woman at the end of the bar. Ultimately, when we run from ourselves we just end up out of breath. 
Breaking Bad (2008-Present) AMC Vince Gilligan Walter White is a high school chemistry teacher turned meth cook, and if that sounds weird just consider that this is also the guy who played the dad in Malcolm in the Middle. Breaking Bad sets its self apart from any other show in that it introduces a hero and slowly transforms him in a villain, who in the process brings down every person around him. Whether or not there is anything left in the character of Walter White to root for may be forever up for debate. The quality of Bryan Cranston's depiction of him is not, as the guy who once asked for a "shtickle of fluoride" is now turning in some of the best acting on television. 
Lost (2004-2010) ABC JJ Abrams 
NYPD Blue (1993-2005) ABC Steven Bochco and David Milch
24 (2001-2010) FOX Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran The way 24 plummeted after Season 5, it's hard to remember just how riveting those early seasons really were. There was always a certain degree of suspension of disbelief necessary with 24, but a guy can only go rogue, do the "there's no time to explain" routine, and end up saving the world so many times before things just descend into the ridiculous. Still, Jack Bauer was a hero for the new millennium, and just think, would we have ever had Barack if not for David Palmer paving the way?-
ER (1994-2009) NBC Michael Crighton Did for doctors what Law and Order did for lawyers. Its 124 Emmy nominations are the most in television history and its introduction of George Clooney into the public consciousness (notwithstanding the cinematic masterpiece Return of the Killer Tomatoes) is something we can surely all be thankful for. 
Dexter (2006-Present) Showtime Based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay and developed by James Manos, Jr. When Dexter hit TV screens in 2006, all the world needed was another show about a crime scene forensic. However, when that forensic just happens to moonlight as a sociopathic killer of bad guys, things start to diverge from your average episode of CSI. Think Robin Hood as a hopeless kleptomaniac, channeling his uncontrollable inner demons into a public good. Fun fact: Michael C. Hall met his now ex-wife Jennifer Carpenter (Deb) on the set of Dexter, effectively marrying his sister. 
Six Feet Under (2001-2005) HBO Alan Ball Ironic that a show that revolves around death can penetrate with such poignancy what it means to be alive. This time Michael C. Hall plays a gay funeral director, running the Fisher and Sons funeral home in Los Angeles (what creator Alan Ball calls "the world capital of the denial of death") with brother Nate and partner Rico. Also in the picture are sister Claire, mother Ruth, and a host of significant others. All are eccentric, often demented, and always real, sometimes painfully so. Dealing with death on a daily basis is no easy gig. Dealing with life might very well be harder. 
The X-Files (1993-2002) FOX Chris Carter
Oz (1997-2003) HBO Tom Fontana HBO's first ever one-hour drama illustrated just how "not just TV" HBO truly was, presenting prison life with gritty, often cringe-worthy realism that spoke to themes all-to-relatable to us civilians. Thirteen actors that originally appeared in Oz went on to appear in The Wire, so it goes without saying how I feel about this one. 
Friday Night Lights (2006-2011) NBC/The 101 Network Peter Berg, Brian Grazer, and David Nevins
Signature sketches: Celebrity Jeopardy, More Cowbell, W. Bush, James Lipton, Harry Carry, Robert Goulet, The Lovers. SNL Rating: 10
Extracurriculars: Anchorman, Old School, Funny or Die. Post SNL Rating: 9.5
Total Score: 19.5
Signature sketches: Samurai Futaba, Blues Brothers, Olympia Restaurant. SNL Rating: 9.2
Extracurriculars: Animal House, Blues Brothers. Post SNL Rating: 7.2
Total Score: 16.4
4) Phil Hartman (1986 - 1994)
Signature sketches: Bill Clinton, The Anal Retentive Chef, The Sinatra Group, Ronald Reagan, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer. SNL Rating: 9.7
Extracurriculars: NewsRadio, The Simpsons. Post SNL Rating: 6.6
Total Score: 16.3
5) Adam Sandler (1991 - 1995)
Signature sketches: Opera Man, The Hanukkah Song, Canteen Boy, Schmitts Gay Beer. SNL Rating: 7.5
Extracurriculars: Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Happy Madison Films. Post SNL Rating: 8.7
Total Score: 16.2
6) Chris Rock (1990 - 1993)
Signature sketches: The Dark Side With Nat X, I'm Chillin'. SNL Rating: 7
Extracurriculars: Stand-up, Everybody Hates Chris, The Chris Rock Show. Post SNL Rating: 9.1
Total Score: 16.1
7) Bill Murray (1977 - 1980)
Signature sketches: Weekend Update, Nick the Lounge Singer. SNL Rating: 7.4
Extracurriculars: Caddyshack, Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation. Post SNL Rating: 8.5
Total Score: 15.9
8) Chris Farley (1990 - 1995)
Signature sketches: The Chris Farley Show, Matt Foley Motivational Speaker, The Chippendales Audition, Bill Swerkski's Super Fans, Bennett Brauer, El Niño, Schmitts Gay Beer. SNL Rating: 9.6
Extracurriculars: Tommy Boy, Black Sheep. Post SNL Rating: 6.2
Total Score: 15.8
Signature sketches: Blues Brothers, Irwin Mainway, Beldar Conehead, Fred Garvin, and One Wild and Crazy Guy. SNL Rating: 8.3
Extracurriculars: Ghostbusters, Coneheads, Blues Brothers. Post SNL Rating: 7.3
Total Score: 15.6
10) Chevy Chase (1975 - 1976) Also a 9-time host, the most of any former cast member.
Signature sketches: Weekend Update, Land Shark. SNL Rating: 7
Extracurriculars: National Lampoon, Caddyshack, Fletch, Community. Post SNL Rating: 8
Total Score: 15
11) Tina Fey (2000 - 2006)
Signature sketches: Head Writer, Sarah Palin, Weekend Update. SNL Rating: 7
Extracurriculars: 30 Rock, Mean Girls. Post SNL Rating: 7.7
Total Score: 14.7
12) Dana Carvey (1986 - 1993)
Signature sketches: Church Lady, Garth Alger, Hanz, The Grumpy Old Man, Chopping Broccili, Bush I. SNL Rating: 8.3
Extracurriculars: The Dana Carvey Show, Wayne's World. Post SNL Rating: 5.8
Total Score: 14.1
13) Mike Myers (1989 - 1995)
Signature sketches: Wayne Campbell, Sprockets, Coffee Talk. SNL Rating: 6
Extracurriculars: Austin Powers Trilogy, Shrek Quadrilogy, Wayne's World. Post SNL Rating: 7.7
Total Score: 13.7
14) Kristen Wiig (2005-Present)
Signature sketches: The Target Lady, Kat, Penelope, Michele Bachmann. SNL Rating: 8
Extracurriculars: Bridesmaids, MacGruber. Post SNL Rating: 5.6
Total Score: 13.6
15) Al Franken (1977 - 1980, 1985 – 1986, 1988 – 1995)
Signature sketches: Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley, Prolific writer. SNL Rating: 6
Extracurriculars: US Senator, Author, Radio commentator. Post SNL Rating: 7.5
Total Score: 13.5
16) Jane Curtin (1975 - 1980)
Signature sketches: Weekend Update, Pymaat Conehead. SNL Rating: 6.7
Extracurriculars: Kate & Alley, 3rd Rock From the Sun, The Coneheads. Post SNL Rating: 6.6
Total Score: 13.3
17) Amy Poehler (2001 - 2008)
Signature sketches: Weekend Update. SNL Rating: 6.8
Extracurriculars: Parks and Rec, Baby Mama. Post SNL Rating: 6.2
Total Score: 13
18) Tracy Morgan (1996 - 2003)
Signature sketches: Brian Fellow's Safari Planet, Uncle Jemima, Star Jones, Woodrow the Homeless Man. SNL Rating: 6.6
Extracurriculars: 30 Rock, Stand-up, The Tracy Morgan Show. Post SNL Rating: 5.5
Total Score: 12.1
Signature sketches: Weekend Update, Burt Reynolds, Bob Dole, Stan Hooper. SNL Rating: 6.7
Extracurriculars: Stand-up, Dirty Work, The Norm Show. Post SNL Rating: 5
Total Score: 11.7
20) Darrell Hammond (1995 - 2009) His fourteen seasons is by far the longest running tenure in the history of the show.
Signature sketches: Sean Connery, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Al Gore, John McCain, Dick Cheney. SNL Rating: 9
Extracurriculars: Assorted bit roles Post SNL Rating: 1
Total Score: 10
21) Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1982 - 1985)
Signature sketches: Televangelist April May June, Consuela, Weather Woman. SNL Rating: 1.5
Extracurriculars: Seinfeld, The Old Adventure of New Christine. Post SNL Rating: 8.2
Total Score: 9.7
22) Molly Shannon (1995 - 2001)
Signature sketches: Mary Katherine Gallagher, Schweddy Balls, Sally O'Malley. SNL Rating: 6.9
Extracurriculars: Superstar!, Assorted bit roles. Post SNL Rating: 2.2
Total Score: 9.1
23) Jimmy Fallon (1998 - 2004)
Signature sketches: Weekend Update, Barry Gibb, Sully and Denise. SNL Rating: 4.6
Extracurriculars: The Jimmy Fallon Show. Post SNL Rating: 4.3
Total Score: 8.9
24) Seth Meyers (2001 - present)
Signature sketches: Weekend Update, Head Writer. SNL Rating: 7.8
Extracurriculars: Assorted bit roles. Post SNL Rating: 1
Total Score: 8.8
25) Andy Samberg (2005 - present)
Signature sketches: Lazy Sunday, Dick in a Box, Mother Lover, I'm On a Boat, Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals. SNL Rating: 7.6
Extracurriculars: Assorted bit roles. Post SNL Rating: 1
Total Score: 8.6
26) Kevin Nealon (1986 - 1995)
Signature sketches: Weekend Update, Franz, Mr. Subliminal. SNL Rating: 6.2
Extracurriculars: Weeds, Adam Sandler movies. Post SNL Rating: 2.3
Total Score: 8.5
27) Jon Lovitz (1985 - 1990)
Signature sketches: Tommy Flanagan the Pathological Liar, Harvey Fierstein, Master Thespian, Hanukkah Harry. SNL Rating: 4.7
Extracurriculars: The Client, Newsradio, The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club. Post SNL Rating: 3.7
Total Score: 8.4
28) David Spade (1990 - 1996)
Signature sketches: Hollywood Minute, Buh-bye guy. SNL Rating: 4
Extracurriculars: Just Shoot Me!, Tommy Boy, Rules of Engagement. Post SNL Rating: 4.3
Total Score: 8.3
29) Gilda Radner (1975 - 1980)
Signature sketches: Roseanne Rosannadanna, Emily Litella, Baba Wawa. SNL Rating: 6.3
Extracurriculars: Gilda Radner - Live From New York. Post SNL Rating: 1.5
Total Score: 7.8
30) Garrett Morris (1975 - 1980)
Signature sketches: Chico Escuela, News For the Hard of Hearing Translator. SNL Rating: 4.5
Extracurriculars: The Jamie Foxx Show, 2 Broke Girls, The Downtown Comedy Club. Post SNL Rating: 2.8
Total Score: 7.3
Honorable Mentions: Tim Meadows (1991 - 2000), Ana Gasteyer (1996 - 2002), Jim Breuer (1995 - 1998), Chris Kattan (1996 - 2003), Joe Piscopo (1980 - 1984), Jason Sudeikis (2005 - present), Martin Short (1984 - 1985), Fred Armisen (2002 - present), Harry Shearer (1979 - 1980, 1984 - 1985), Chris Parnell (1998 - 2006), Rachel Dratch (1999 - 2006), Cheri Oteri (1995 - 2000), Dennis Miller (1985 - 1991), Horatio Sanz (1998 - 2006), Will Forte (2002 - 2010), Bill Hader (2005 - present), Jan Hooks (1986 - 1991), and Kenan Thompson (2003 - present).
Host Hall of Fame: Steve Martin (15 appearances), Alec Baldwin (16), John Goodman (12), Buck Henry (10), Tom Hanks (8), Christopher Walken (7) and Justin Timberlake (4).
Flashes in the Pan Who Went On To Bigger Things: Conan O'Brien (writer, 1987-1991), Robert Downey Jr (1985–1986), Billy Crystal (1984-1985), Steven Colbert (writer, voice in Ace in the Ambiguously Gay Duo), Steve Carell (voice of Gary in The Ambiguously Gay Duo), Christopher Guest (1984-1985), Michael McKean (1994-1995), Sarah Silverman (1993-1994), Chris Elliott (1994-1995), Joan Cusack (1985-1986), Gilbert Gottfried (1980-1981), Randy Quaid (1985-1986).
- Louis CK
- Jon Stewart
- Larry David
- Zach Galifianakis
- Will Ferrell
- Steven Colbert
- Seth MacFarlane
- Matt Stone and Trey Parker
- Conan O'Brien
- Ricky Gervais
- Nick Offerman
- Alec Baldwin
- Chris Rock
- Dave Chappelle
- Ty Burrell
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Kristen Wiig
- Daniel Tosh
- Amy Poehler
- Brian Regan
- David Letterman
- Tina Fey
- Rob McElhenney
- Melissa McCarthy
- Steve Carell
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Andy Samberg
- Seth Meyers
- Jeff Ross
- Aziz Ansari
Bubble: Jane Lynch, Bill Maher, Danny McBride, Jim Parsons, JB Smoove, Charlie Day, Anthony Jeselnik, Wyatt Cenac, Charles Barkley, Justin Timberlake, Bill Burr, Jason Sudeikis, Jim Gaffigan, Eric Stonestreet, Paul Rudd, Ed O'Neil, Tracy Morgan.
15 seasons after Cartmen, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny first entered our living rooms, South Park continues to be one of the most brilliant, provocative, and downright hilarious shows on tv. After sifting through 216 episodes, here are Definitive Dose's picks for the 30 most awesomely hilarious moments thus far.
- $3.50--Watch Clip
- Dey Tuk er Jobs! -- Watch Clip
- Stupid Mongorians! -- Watch Clip
- Scott Tennerman Eats Cartman's Chili con Carne -- Watch Clip
- "People Who Annoy You" -- Watch Clip
- Kyle's Mom's A Bitch--Watch Clip
- Trapped in the Closet -- Watch Clip
- Tacos and Burritos -- Watch Clip
- A Lonely Jew On Christmas-- Watch Clip
- Lemiwinks -- Watch Clip
- Kanye is a Gay Fish, Yo-- Watch Clip
- "Whateva, I Do What I Want!"-- Watch Clip
- Mr. Jefferson's Slumber Party -- Watch Clip
- "Towelie, You're The Worst Character Ever" -- Watch Clip
- Chocolate Salty Balls -- Watch Clip
- Cartman's Dry Balls Dream -- Watch Clip
- Montage! -- Watch Clip
- Cartman Takes The Passion Too Far- Watch Clip
- Professor Chaos Goes Anime- Watch Clip
- Randy Chases The Dragon -- Watch Clip
- "They Put A Little Suit On Him!"--Watch Clip
- "Stick Your Finger In My Thresher"- Watch Clip
- Cripple Fight!! -- Watch Clip
- Cartmen Sings Poker Face- Watch Clip
- World of Warcraft- Watch Clip
- "No Kitty This Is My Pot Pie!"- Watch Clip
- Jew Gold- Watch Clip
- Chef Returns- Watch Clip
- Butt Faces -- Watch Clip
- Douche and a Turd Sandwich-- Watch Clip
Marlin Brando once said "To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication." Just a short generation later, Jim Carrey would observe "Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass." Yes, there is no recipe for what makes great acting and no surefire way to distinguish it from the talking asses of the world, perhaps in no small part because when it's at it's best, it doesn't seem like acting at all. Ranking artistry is never easy, if not downright impossible. It's undeniably subjective, contentious, and almost sure to offend. Of course, that's never stopped us before.
Rankings were made taking into account overall ability and range, strength of the roles taken, longevity, influence, and awards won. Listed alongside are each actor's best works, also loosely ranked according to how each exemplifies their talents.
Actors must have appeared in at least one 21st century feature film for consideration as "modern."
- Robert De Niro: The Godfather II, The Deer Hunter, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Once Upon a Time in America, Mean Streets, Heat, Cape Fear, Casino, The King of Comedy, Brazil, The Mission, Meet the Parents, Awakenings.
- Al Pacino: The Godfather II, The Godfather, Scarface, Heat, Scent of a Woman, Carlito's Way, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, Donnie Brasco, The Insider.
- Paul Newman (D): Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cool Hand Luke, Hud, The Sting, The Hustler, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Color of Money, Road To Perdition, The Verdict, Nobody's Fool.
- Jack Nicholson: The Departed, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, Easy Rider, Chinatown, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good As It Gets, Terms of Endearment, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Pledge.
- Peter O'Toole: Lawrence of Arabia, Beckett, The Ruling Class, Goodbye Mr. Chips, The Stunt Man.
- Daniel Day-Lewis: There Will Be Blood, Gangs of New York, My Left Foot, The Last of the Mohicans, In the Name of the Father, The Age of Innocence, The Crucible, The Boxer, Nine, A Room With a View.
- Tom Hanks: Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, Road to Perdition, Cast Away, A League of Their Own, Big, Philadelphia, Apollo 13, Catch Me if You Can.
- Dustin Hoffman: Rain Man, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, Lenny, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, Papillon, Sleepers.
- Clint Eastwood: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Dirty Harry, Gran Torino, Escape from Alcatraz, In the Line of Fire, The Bridges of Madison Country, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Hang Em High.
- Robert Duvall: The Godfather, The Apostle, Apocalypse Now, Network, Tender Mercies, The Great Santini, Get Low, To Kill a Mockingbird, M*A*S*H, The Natural.
- Anthony Hopkins: Silence of the Lambs, The Remains of the Day, Shadowlands, Nixon, Amistad.
- Denzel Washington: Malcolm X, Training Day, Glory, American Gangster, Inside Man, Remember The Titans, Courage Under Fire, Philadelphia, The Hurricane, Crimson Tide, The Bone Collector, The Manchurian Candidate, The Siege, Antwone Fisher, He Got Game.
- Gene Hackman: The French Connection, Bonnie and Clyde, Unforgiven, The Conversation, Mississippi Burning, Hoosiers, Superman, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Poseidon Adventure, Get Shorty.
- Morgan Freeman: The Shawshank Redemption, Unforgiven, Se7en, Million Dollar Baby, Glory, The Dark Knight, Gone Baby Gone, Driving Miss Daisy, Street Smart, The Sum of All Fears, Batman Begins, Outbreak, Amistad, Along Came a Spider, High Crimes.
- Robert Redford: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Jeremiah Johnson, Out of Africa, The Natural, All the President's Men.
- Sean Penn: Mystic River, 21 Grams, Milk, Dead Man Walking, Carlito's Way, The Thin Red Line, I Am Sam, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Colors, Sweet and Lowdown.
- Michael Caine: Sleuth, Alfie, The Dark Knight, The Cider House Rules, Educating Rita, Hannah and Her Sisters, Little Voice, The Quiet American, The Italian Job, Harry Brown.
- Ben Kingsley: Gandhi, Schindler's List, House of Sand and Fog, Sexy Beast, Shutter Island.
- Harrison Ford: Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Fugitive, Blade Runner, Witness.
- Sean Connery: James Bond films, The Untouchables, The Hunt For Red October, Murder on the Orient Express, The Rock.
- Leonardo DiCaprio: Blood Diamond, The Departed, The Basketball Diaries, Shutter Island, Inception, Gangs of New York, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Aviator, Catch Me If You Can, Titanic, Revolutionary Road, The Man in the Iron Mask.
- Geoffrey Rush: Shine, The King's Speech, Quills, Pirates of the Caribbean.
- Kevin Spacey: Se7en, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, LA Confidential, The Negotiator, A Time to Kill, Glengarry Glen Ross, Outbreak, Superman Returns, The United States of Leland.
- Russell Crowe: LA Confidential, Gladiator, The Insider, Cinderella Man, A Beautiful Mind, Romper Stomper, 3:10 to Yuma, American Gangster, Master and Commander, Blood Oath.
- Willem Defoe: Platoon, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Boondock Saints, Shadow of the Vampire, To Live and Die in L.A.
- Ralph Fiennes: Schindler's List, Harry Potter Franchise, The English Patient, The Constant Gardener, Bernard and Doris.
- Dennis Hopper (D): Easy Rider, Blue Velvet, Hoosiers, Speed, Apocalypse Now.
- Jon Voight: Coming Home, Midnight Cowboy, Deliverance, Runaway Train, Ali.
- Martin Sheen: Apocalypse Now, The Departed, Badlands, The American President, Wall Street.
- Ed Harris: Pollock, Apollo 13, The Truman Show, A Beautiful Mind, The Hours, Gone Baby Gone, A History of Violence, Empire Falls, The Rock, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Abyss.
- Warren Beatty: Bonnie and Clyde, Heaven Can Wait, Reds, Bugsy, Bulworth.
- Richard Dreyfus: Jaws, American Graffiti, The Goodbye Girl, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Holland's Opus.
- Matt Damon: Good Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan, The Departed, Rounders, The Bourne Identity, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ocean's 11, Syriana, School Ties, Dogma.
- Brad Pitt: Se7en, Fight Club, The Assassination of Jessie James, Twelve Monkeys, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, Sleepers, Ocean's Eleven, Babel, Inglourious Basterds, Snatch, True Romance, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Legends of the Fall, Interview with the Vampire.
- Christian Bale: The Machinist, The Prestige, The Fighter, The Dark Knight, American Psycho, Batman Begins, 3:10 to Yuma, Empire of the Sun, Rescue Dawn, I'm Not There.
- Ian McKellan: Gods and Monsters, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Richard III, X-Men, Apt Pupil.
- Johnny Depp: Edward Scissorhands, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Blow, Finding Neverland, Donnie Brasco, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Platoon, Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood.
- Edward Norton: Fight Club, American History X, Rounders, The Illusionist, 25th Hour, Primal Fear, Keeping the Faith, The Italian Job, Red Dragon, The People vs. Larry Flynt.
- Phillip Seymour Hoffman: Capote, Magnolia, Doubt, Almost Famous, Boogie Nights, The Big Lebowski, Charlie Wilson's War, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Flawless, Punch-Drunk Love.
- Liam Neeson: Schindler's List, Kinsey, Batman Begins, Taken, Michael Collins.
- Tom Cruise: Rain Man, Magnolia, A Few Good Men, Born on the Fourth of July, Minority Report, Risky Business, The Color of Money, Jerry Maguire, The Last Samurai, The Firm, Mission Impossible, Tropic Thunder, Top Gun, Vanilla Sky, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicle.
- Christopher Walken: The Deer Hunter, Catch Me If You Can, A View to Kill, The Dead Zone, At Close Range.
- Tommy Lee Jones: The Fugitive, JFK, No Country For Old Men, In the Valley of Elah, Men in Black.
- Harvey Keitel: Mean Streets, Bugsy, Reservoir Dogs, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction.
- Samuel L. Jackson: Pulp Fiction, A Time to Kill, Jackie Brown, The Negotiator, Against the Wall.
- John Malkovich: Places in the Heart, The Killing Fields, In the Line of Fire, Of Mice and Men, Being John Malkovich.
- James Earl Jones: The Great White Hope, Field of Dreams, Jack Ryan Franchise, Coming to America, Star Wars.
- Jeff Bridges: The Big Lebowski, Crazy Heart, True Grit, Starman, The Fabulous Baker Boys.
- William Hurt: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Children of a Lesser God, Broadcast News, A History of Violence, Too Big to Fail.
- Gary Oldman: JFK, The Dark Knight, Leon, Harry Potter, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
- Benicio Del Toro: The Usual Suspects, Traffic, 21 Grams, Che, Sin City, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Snatch, Guerrilla, The Argentine, The Pledge, The Way of the Gun.
- Javier Bardem: No Country For Old Men, Biutiful, Before Night Falls, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Mondays in the Sun.
- James Caan: The Godfather, Misery, Thief, A Bridge Too Far, Brian's Song.
- Alan Arkin: Wait Until Dark, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, Little Miss Sunshine, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.
- Mel Gibson: Braveheart, The Patriot, Lethal Weapon, Ransom, Mad Max.
- Christopher Plummer: The Sound of Music, The Insider, Malcolm X, Beginners, The Last Station.
- Will Smith: The Pursuit Of Happiness, Ali, Six Degrees of Separation.
- Robin Williams: Good Will Hunting, Good Morning Vietnam, One Hour Photo, Dead Poets Society, Mrs. Doubtfire.
- Don Cheadle: Hotel Rwanda, Traffic, Crash, Devil in a Blue Dress, Ocean's Eleven.
- Kevin Costner: Dances with Wolves, Field of Dreams, JFK, The Untouchables, Bull Durham.
- Michael Douglas: Wall Street, Traffic, Wonder Boys, The American President, Basic Instinct.
- John Hurt: The Elephant Man, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Alien, Scandal, The Hit.
- Bruce Willis: The Sixth Sense, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, Sin City.
- Kevin Bacon: Animal House, The Woodsman, Sleepers, Apollo 13, Mystic River.
- Robert Downey Jr.: Chaplin, Tropic Thunder, Less than Zero, Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes.
- Nicholas Cage: Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation, The Rock, Raising Arizona, Face/Off.
- Max von Sydow: The Seventh Seal, The Exorcist, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Three Days of the Condor, Never Say Never Again.
- Paul Giamatti: Sideways, Cinderella Man, American Splendor, The Illusionist, Cold Souls.
- Billy Bob Thorton: Monster's Ball, Sling Blade, A Simple Plan, The Man Who Wasn't There, Friday Night Lights.
- George Clooney: O Brother Where Art Thou?, Syriana, Good Night and Good Luck, Michael Clayton, Up in the Air.
- James Woods: Salvador, Once Upon a Time in America, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, Contact.
- Bill Murray: Lost in Translation, Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, Rushmore, Ghostbusters.
- Joe Pesci: Goodfellas, Raging Bull, My Cousin Vinny, Casino, Lethal Weapon, Home Alone.
- Kenneth Branagh: Henry V, My Week with Marilyn, Hamlet, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing.
- Heath Ledger: (D) The Dark Knight, Brokeback Mountain, The Patriot, 10 Things I Hate About You, Candy
- Woody Allen: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Deconstructing Harry.
- Josh Brolin: No Country for Old Men, W., Milk, True Grit, Goonies.
- Tim Robbins: The Shawshank Redemption, Mystic River, The Player, Bull Durham, Bob Roberts.
- Joaquin Pheonix: Gladiator, Walk the Line, Quills, The Yards, Ladder 49.
- Jim Carrey: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Man on the Moon, The Truman Show, Ace Venture, Dumb and Dumber.
- Forest Whitaker: The Last King of Scotland, Good Morning Vietnam, Bird, Panic Room, American Gun.
- John Travolta: Pulp Fiction, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Primary Colors, A Civil Action.
- Donald Sutherland: M*A*S*H, JFK, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Ordinary People, The Dirty Dozen.
- Colin Firth: The King's Speech, A Single Man, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
- Mickey Rourke: The Wrestler, Sin City, Diner, Barfly, Angel Heart.
- Martin Landau: Ed Wood, North By Northwest, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Rounders.
- Viggo Mortenson: Lord of the Rings, A History of Violence, The Road, Eastern Promises.
- Steve Buschemi: Fargo, Reservoir Dogs, Ghost World, Living in Oblivion, The Big Lebowski.
- Albert Finney: Murder on the Orient Express, Tom Jones, The Dresser, Under the Volcano, Erin Brockovich.
- Gary Sinise: Forrest Gump, Of Mice and Men, Ransom.
- Laurence Fishbourne: The Matrix, Apocalypse Now, What's Love Got to Do with It.
- Nick Nolte: Affliction, The Thin Red Line, The Prince of Tides, Cape Fear.
- Ryan Gosling: Half-Nelson, Lars and the Real Girl, Blue Valentine, Drive, The Ides of March.
- John Turturro: Barton Fink, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Quiz Show, The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing.
- Roy Scheider (D): Jaws, The French Connection, All That Jazz, Klute, Sorcerer.
- William H. Macy: Fargo, Seabiscuit, Boogie Nights.
- Daniel Craig: Casino Royale, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Road to Perdition, Defiance, Munich.
- Casey Affleck: Gone Baby Gone, The Assassination of Jesse James, Good Will Hunting, Ocean's Eleven, Chasing Amy.
- Guy Pierce: Memento, LA Confidential, The King's Men.
- Jeremy Renner: The Hurt Locker, The Town, Dahmer.
*Best Actor/Supporting Actor Academy Award winning performances appear in italics
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine. The terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, and pushes its hero Batman to breaking point and beyond. (Trailer)
Skyfall (2012) Starring Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, and Javier Bardem. James Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. (Trailer)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Directed by Peter Jackson. Written by Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labrynth). Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, journeys to the Lonely Mountain accompanied by a group of dwarves to reclaim a treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug. (Trailer)
Lincoln (2012) Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Tommy Lee Jones. Based on the book by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The sixteenth President of the United States guides the North to victory during the Civil War.
The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2013) Thorin and Company have reached Lake-town and it is time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. The party must complete the journey to Lonely Mountain and burglar Baggins must seek out the Secret Door that will give them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. If Bilbo and the others are able to gain the treasure, will they be able to keep it? And will they discover what has become of the wizard Gandalf?
Total Recall (2012) Starring Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale, and Ethan Hawke. As the nation stations Euromerica and New Shanghai vie for supremacy, a factory worker begins to suspect that he's a spy, though he is unaware which side of the fight he is on.
Man of Steel (2013) Starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, and Diane Lane with writing contributions by Christopher Nolan. (Trailer)
Human Nature (???) Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring George Clooney. A man who is cryogenically frozen for years awakens to a world where humans are no longer the dominant species.
Django Unchained (2012) Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, and Christoph Waltz. A slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from the brutal Calvin Candie, a Mississippi plantation owner. (Trailer)
The Dictator (2012) Directed by Larry Charles, written by Sacha Baron Cohen and starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Megan Fox, Ben Kingsley, JB Smoove, John C. Reily, and Anna Faris. The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. (Trailer)
Anchorman 2 (2013) Directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrell, Steve Carrell, and Paul Rudd. The continuing adventures of San Diego news anchor Ron Burgundy (The Announcement)
The Master (2012) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Amy Adams. A 1950's-set drama centered on the relationship between a charismatic intellectual known as "the Master" whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter who becomes his right-hand man.
Hitchcock (2013) Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock.
Kill Bill Volume 3 (???) Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Uma Thurman.
The Comedian (2012) Directed by Sean Penn. Starring Robert De Niro and Kristen Wiig. A look at the life of an aging insult comic.
Sinatra (2013) Directed by Martin Scorsese. The life story of legendary singer and actor Franck Sinatra.
Pablo Escobar (2012) Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and written by David McKenna (American History X).
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2013) Written and directed by Frank Miller and starring Mickey Rourke, and Rosario Dawson. In the dark bowels of Sin City, Dwight plans to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him, Ava Lord, while Nancy is trying to cope with Hartigan's death.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Starring Leonardo Dicaprio. Based on the autobiography of Jordan Belfort. A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.
The Dark Tower (???) Directed by Ron Howard, written by Stephen King and starring Javier Bardem. Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of a dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world
Last Vegas (2012) Starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and Michael Douglas. Four best friends in their late-60's decide to escape retirement and throw a Las Vegas bachelor party for the only one of them who has remained single.
American Bullshit (???) Directed by David O. Russell and starring Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper. An FBI sting operation in the 1970s called Abscam leads to the conviction of United States Congressmen.
Lombardi (???) Starring Robert De Niro and written by Eric Roth (Forrest Gump). The story of Green Bay Packers coach Vinco Lombardi and how he led his team to victory during the 1967 NFL Championship.
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Written and directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel, Frances McDormand, and Jason Schwartzman. A pair of lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them. (Trailer)
Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father (2012) Directed by Barry Levinson. Starring Al Pacino and John Travolta. The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son.
Savages (2012) Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring John Travolta, Taylor Kitsch and Uma Thurman. Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Leningrad (2012) Written by Sergio Leone and starring Al Pacino. The historical epic depicts the siege of Leningrad by the German army during World War II. The Russians suffered terrible losses but the the Communists would not give up the birthplace of the Russian revolution.
The Wizard of Lies (2012 on HBO) Starring Robert De Nero as Bernie Madoff.
Untitled Whitey Bulger Project (2014) Directed by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck. The story of notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger
The Trade (2012) Written by Ben and Casey Affleck. A chronicle of the 1970s scandal caused by New York Yankees Fritz Petterson and Mike Kekich, who admitted to swapping wives with one another.
Twelve Years A Slave (2013) Starring Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. A man living in New York during the mid-1800s is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the deep south.
The Lone Ranger (2013) Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer.
Noah (2014) Directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Russell Crowe. The epic, biblical tale of Noah and the ark.
Hemingway and Fuentes (2012) Starring Anthony Hopkins, Annette Benning, and Andy Garcia. Directed and written by Andy Garcia. Ernest Hemingway befriends boat captain, Gregorio Fuentes, who inspires him to pen the famous tale "The Old Man and the Sea."
The Campaign (2012) Starring Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, and Jason Sudeikas. Two rival North Carolina politicians with presidential aspirations tangle with one another.
Interstellar (2014) Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Jonathan Nolan. An exploration of physicist Kip Thorne's theories of gravity fields, wormholes and several hypotheses that Albert Einstein was never able to prove.
The Gangster Squad (2012) Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, and Emma Stone. A chronicle of the LAPD's fight to keep East Coast Mafia types out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 50s
Silence (2013) Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro. In the 17th century, two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread the gospel of Christianity.
Rush (2013) Directed by Ron Howard and written by Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland). Starring Chris Hemsworth, Russell Crowe and Olivia Wilde. A biography of Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life. Mere weeks after the accident, he got behind the wheel to challenge his rival, James Hunt.
Gambit (2013) Written by the Coen brothers and starring Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz. An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.
Lovelace (2012) Starring Amanda Seyfried, Wes Bentley, James Franco and Sharon Stone. The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband before taking control of her life.
The Mission (2013) Directed by David O. Russell and starring Brad Pitt (rumored). An action thriller about the 2008 rescue of 15 hostages from a guerrilla group in the Colombian jungle.
The Great Gatsby (2012) Starry Leonardo Dicaprio and Tobey Maguire. An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
The Humbling (2012) Directed by Barry Levinson, written by Buck Henry (The Graduate), and starring Al Pacino. A story set on a farm in upstate New York and centered on the sexual (and otherwise) relationship between aged, suicidal actor and a younger woman.
The Odyssey (???) Directed by George Miller. Odysseus and his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War, during which he is confronted by natural and supernatural threats including shipwrecks, battles, monsters, and the sea god Poseidon. Tale is told through Odysseus' son Telemachus.
On the Road (2012) Based on the novel by Jack Kerouac. Directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) Starring Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen, and Steve Buscemi. Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation living in the here and now during the Fifties. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S. (Trailer)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Written and directed by the Coen brothers. Starring Carey Mulligan, John Goodman and Justin Timberlake. A singer-songwriter navigates New York's folk music scene in the 1960's.
Brave New World (???) Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio (rumored)
The Bourne Legacy (2012) Directed by Tony Gilroy and starring Jeremy Renner and Edward Norton. (Trailer)
World War Z (2012) Starring Brad Pitt and Brian Cranston. A UN representative, writing a report on the great zombie war, interviews survivors in the wake of World War Z. (Trailer)
Flight (2012) Directed by Robert Zemekis. Starring Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo and John Goodman. An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling.
Broken City (2013) Directed by Allan Hughes and starring Russell Crowe, Mark Wahlberg, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. A neo-noir about a New York City private eye who gets pulled into a shady mayoral election.
The Irishman (??) Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert Deniro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. A mob hit man recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Liberace (2013 on HBO) Starring Matt Damon and Michael Douglas. The life of celebrated pianist Liberace.
Yellow Submarine (2014) Directed by Robert Zemeckis. A 3-D adaptation of the classic Beatles animated feature.
Hamdam v. Rumsfeld (???) Produced by George Clooney and written by Aaron Sorkin. A thriller set against the backdrop of the war on terror, The Challenge tells the inside story of a historic Supreme Court showdown. At its center are a Navy JAG and a young constitutional law professor who, in the aftermath of 9/11, find themselves defending their nation in the unlikeliest of ways: by suing the president of the United States on behalf of an accused terrorist in order to prevent the American government from breaking the law and violating the Constitution.
One Shot (2012) Directed and co-written by Christopher McQuarrie (Usual Suspects) Starring Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, and Rosamund Pike. A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. Based on a book in Lee Child's crime series.
The Counselor (2013) Directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men) Starring Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Javier Bardem. A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.
Dumb and Dumber 2 (2014) Directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.
Citizen Hughes: The Power, the Money and the Madness (2014) Written by Christopher Nolan. A look at the life of billionaire aviator, Howard Hughes, based on his own handwritten memoir.
Zoolander 2 (2014) Starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Jonah Hill
Trouble with the Curve (2012) Starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, and John Goodman. An ailing baseball scout in his twilight years takes his daughter along for one last recruiting trip.
Untitled Sherlock Holmes Project (???) Starring Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen and produced by Judd Apatow. A humorous take on Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) Directed by RZA. Written by RZA and Eli Roth. Starring Russell Crowe, Jamie Chung and Lucy Lui. In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he has to depend himself and his fellow villagers.
The Revenant (2013) Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Sean Penn and Leonardo DiCaprio. Centering on 1820's story of a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Top Gun 2 (???) Directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise.
The General (???) Directed by Darren Aronofsky. A gritty look at the story of George Washington.
Arrested Development (???) Starring Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi, David Cross, Michael Cera, and Jeffery Tambor. Presented by Ron Howard (executive producer). A big screen adaptation of the critically-acclaimed television series centering on the adventures of the dysfunctional Bluth family.
Prometheus (2012) Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Guy Pierce. A team of scientists journey through the universe on the spaceship "Prometheus" on a voyage to investigate Alien life forms. The team of scientists becomes stranded on an Alien world, and as they struggle to survive it becomes clear that the horrors they experience are not just a threat to themselves, but to all of mankind. (Trailer)
- Reparations
- Tyrone Biggums Classroom Visit
- The N*ggar Family
- Jury Selection
- Rick James: Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories
- HBO: Real Sex Street Interview
- R. Kelly's "Piss On You" music videos
- Wayne Brady's Show
- The Mad Real World
- Samuel Jackson beer
- Clayton Bigsbey, Black White Supremacist
- Zapped
- Wrap It Up
- Fisticuffs: Turn My Headphones Up
- Dave on MTV Cribs
- Black Bush
- Trading Spouses
- Wu-Tang Financial
- Prince: Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories
- When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong
Here are the 100 most memorable, well-crafted, mesmerizing, hilarious, or just plain bad-ass characters of the past 50 years.
- Vito Corleone-The Godfather
- The Joker- The Dark Knight
- Hannibal Lector- Silence of the Lambs
- James Bond- Goldfinger
- Jules Winnfield- Pulp Fiction
- Gollum- Lord of the Rings
- Daniel Plainview- There Will Be Blood
- The Dude- The Big Lebowski
- John Doe- Se7en
- Luke- Cool Hand Luke
- Darth Vader- Star Wars
- Rocky- Rocky
- The Man With No Name- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Michael Corleone- The Godfather
- Forrest Gump- Forest Gump
- Indiana Jones- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Tony Montana- Scarface
- Marty McFly- Back to the Future
- Keyser Soze/Verbal Kint- The Usual Suspects
- Anton Chigurh- No Country For Old Men
- Travis Bickle- Taxi Driver
- Han Solo- Star Wars
- Wooderson- Dazed and Confused
- Hal 9000- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Ron Burgundy- Anchorman
- Frank Booth- Blue Velvet
- Beatlejuice- Beatlejuice
- Dr. Strangelove- Dr. Strangelove
- Frank Costello- The Departed
- Jake LaMotta- Raging Bull
- Tyler Durden- Fight Club
- Hans Landa- Inglourious Bastards
- The Terminator- The Terminator
- Harry Callahan- Dirty Harry
- Ellen Ripley-Alien
- Edward Scissorhands- Edward Scissorhands
- RP McMurphy- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Detective Alonzo Harris- Training Day
- Butch Cassidy- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Jack Torrence- The Shining
- Carl Spackler- Caddyshack
- Mr. Miyagi- The Karate Kid
- Mr. Blonde- Reservoir Dogs
- Walter E. Kurtz- Apocalypse Now
- Ferris Bueller- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Derek Zoolander- Zoolander
- Bluto- Animal House
- Tommy DeVito- Goodfellas
- Vinny Gambini- My Cousin Vinny
- Max Cady- Cape Fear
- Lee Grossman-Tropic Thunder
- Shaft- Shaft
- Kevin McCallister- Home Alone
- William Wallace- Braveheart
- Spicoli- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- John McClain- Die Hard
- Oskar Schindler-Schindler's List
- Marge Gunderson- Fargo
- Alex Forrest- Fatal Attraction
- E.T.- E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
- Red Redding- The Shawshank Redemption
- Howard Beale- Network
- Amelie- Amelie
- Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting- Gangs of New York
- Axel Foley- Beverly Hills Cop
- Michael- The Deer Hunter
- Alan- The Hangover
- Patrick Bateman- American Psycho
- Frank Serpico- Serpico
- Ace Ventura- Ace Venture: Pet Detective
- Raymond Babbitt- Rain Man
- Wall-E- Wall-E
- Phil Conners- Grounydhog Day
- Freddy Krueger- A Knightmare on Elm Street
- Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade- Scent of a Woman
- Rooster Cogburn- True Grit
- Erin Brockovich- Erin Brockovich
- Ratso Rizzo- Midnight Cowboy
- Stifler- American Pie
- Austin Powers- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
- William 'Bill' Munny- Unforgiven
- General George S. Patton- Patton
- The Bride- Kill Bill
- Quint- Jaws
- Alex Delarge- A Clockwork Orange
- Ben Braddock- The Graduate
- Napoleon Dynamite- Napoleon Dynamite
- Leonard Shelby- Memento
- Sgt. Elias Grodin- Platoon
- Raoul Duke- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- FBI Special Agent Paul Smecker- The Boondock Saints
- Jake Gittes- Chinatown
- Mad Max- Mad Max
- V- V for Vendetta
- George Hanson- Easy Rider
- Peter Venkman- Ghostbusters
- Dicky Eklund- The Fighter
- Derek Vinyard- American History X
- Lil Dice- City of God
- Annie Wilkes- Misery
Definitive Dose presents the 40 best directors working in Hollywood today. - Martin Scorsese: Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, The Departed, Raging Bull, Gangs of New York, Casino, Shutter Island, The Last Waltz, Cape Fear, The Color of Money, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Aviator, The Age of Innocence, Mean Streets, Kundun.
- Steven Spielberg: Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E:T: The Extra Terestrial, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jurassic Park, Poltergeist, Catch Me if You Can, Minority Report, The Color Purple, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Amistad, Munich, War of the Worlds.
- Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather, The Godfather II, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, You're A Big Boy Now.
- Christopher Nolan: Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Prestige, Batman Begins, Insomnia, Following.
- Joel/Ethan Cohen: No Country For Old Men, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, True Grit, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, The Man Who Wasn't There, Blood Simple, A Serious Man, The Hudsucker Proxy.
- James Cameron: Terminator 2, Avatar, Titanic, Aliens, The Abyss.
- Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, Jackie Brown.
- David Fincher: Se7en, Fight Club, The Social Network, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Zodiac.
- Darren Aronofsky: Requiem For a Dream, The Wrestler, Black Swan, Pi, Below.
- P.T. Anderson: There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Hard Eight, Punch-Drunk Love.
- Oliver Stone: Platoon, Wall Street, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Natural Born Killers.
- Clint Eastwood: Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Mystic River, The Bridges of Madison County.
- Roman Polanski: Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist, Tess, Pirates.
- Brian De Palma: Scarface, Carlito's Way, Mission: Impossible, The Untouchables, Carrie.
- Robert Zemeckis: Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Cast Away, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Romancing the Stone.
- Ridley Scott: Alien, Gladiator, Blade Runner, Black Hawk Down, Thelma and Louise, American Gangster.
- Woody Allen: Annie Hall, Bullets Over Broadway, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Purple Rose of Cairo.
- Peter Jackson: The Return of the King, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, King Kong, The Lovely Bones.
- David Lynch: Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man, Wild at Heart, The Straight Story.
- Milos Forman: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Ragtime, Man on the Moon.
- Ron Howard: A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon, Cocoon, Apollo 13.
- Steven Soderbergh: Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Ocean's Eleven, Che, Out of Sight.
- Tim Burton: Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Ed Wood, Batman, Big Fish.
- Terry Giliam: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Brazil, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
- Ang Lee: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, Sense and Sensibility, Life of Pi, The Ice Storm.
- Michael Mann: Heat, The Insider, The Last of the Mohicans, Collateral, Ali.
- Mel Brooks: History of the World Part I, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Young Frankenstein.
- Rob Reiner: A Few Good Men, This is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, Misery.
- Gus Van Sant: Goodwill Hunting, Milk, Finding Forrester, Drugstore Cowboy, Elephant.
- Edward Zwick: Glory, Blood Diamond, Courage Under Fire, The Last Samurai, The Siege.
- Sam Mendes: American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Revolutionary Road, Jarhead, Away We Go.
- John Carpenter: Halloween, The Thing, Assault on Precinct 13, The Fog, Big Trouble in Little China.
- Kevin Smith: Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
- Wes Anderson: The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Darjeeling Limited.
- Alejandro González Iñárritu: 21 Grams, Amores Perros, Babel, Biutiful.
- Barry Levinson: Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam, The Natural, Sleepers, Bugsy.
- Spike Lee: Malcolm X, Clockers, Do the Right Thing, Inside Man, 25th Hour.
- Terrance Malick: The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life, Days of Heaven.
- Danny Boyle: Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, 127 Hours, 28 Weeks Later, The Beach.
- Guillermo Del Toro: Pan's Labrynth, Hellboy, Cronos.
*Best Director Academy Award winners in italics
1) Biff Tannen Back to the Future
2) Shooter McGavin
Happy Gilmore
---"Damn you people. Go back to your shanties."
3) Sensei John Kreese
The Karate Kid
---"Sweep the Leg"
4) Walter Peck
Ghostbusters
---"Frankly there have been a lot of wild stories in the media and we want to assess any possible environmental impact from your operation like the presence of noxious, possibly hazardous waste chemicals in your basement. Now either you show me what is down there or I come back with a court order."
5) Fred O'Bannion
Dazed and Confused
---"Y'all ready to bust some ass?"
6) Clark
Good Will Hunting
---"I was just hoping you might give me some insight into the evolution of the market economy in the southern colonies. My contention is that prior to the Revolutionary War, the economic modalities, especially in the southern colonies, could most aptly be characterized as agrarian precapitalism..."
7) Bill Lumbergh
Office Space
---"Oh, oh, and I almost forgot. Ahh, I'm also gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday, too..."
8) Percy
The Green Mile
---"I didn't know the sponge was supposed to be wet."
9) Ernie McCracken
Kingpin
---"Do me a favor, will you? Would you mind washing off that perfume before you come back to our table?
"10) Eric Gordon
Billy Madison
---"Well, 'sorry' doesn't put the Triscuit crackers in my stomach now, does it Carl?"
11) Caledon Hockley
Titanic
---"Where are you going? To him? To be a whore to a gutter rat?"
12) Charlie Dillon
School Ties
13) Harry Ellis
Die Hard
---"Hey babe, I negotiate million dollar deals for breakfast. I think I can handle this Eurotrash. "
14) Derek
Step Brothers
---"I am the VP of the biggest executive helicopter leasing company on the western seaboard. I haven't had a carb since 2004. Check these out."
The Princess Bride
---"Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work, but I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it; I'm swamped."
16) Sack Lodge
Wedding Crashers
"I hunt quail, Jeremy. They're overpopulated in this region and they're decimating the grubworm population. You got a fucking problem with that?"
17) Principal Ed Rooney
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
---"I did not achieve this position in life by having some snot-nosed punk leave my cheese out in the wind."
18) Judge Smails
Caddyshack
---"Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too."
19) Dean Gordon 'Cheese' Pritchard
Old School
---"This is me leaving."
20) White Goodman
Honorable Mentions:
Carter Burke- Aliens, Douglas C. Neidermeyer- Animal House, Buzz McCallister- Home Alone, Mike Damone- Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Richard- Van Wilder, Stifler- American Pie, Ace Merrill- Stand By Me, Pat Healy- There's Something About Mary, Tony Perkis- Heavyweights, Stan Gable- Revenge of the Nerds, Col. William Tavington- The Patriot, Dave Harken- Horrible Bosses.
