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A couple of people have taken the time to do this for my list, so I'll return the favour quickly. No promises about having time for this in future rounds though. Shrykespeare 60. Batman Begins 9/10 59. Enemy Mine 7/10 58. Men in Black 10/10 57. Charlie Wilson's War 9/10 56. Matchstick Men 7/10 55. L...

Stephen King The Shining Misery The Shawshank Redemption The Dead Zone Christine x: Sleepwalkers Honorable mentions to Carrie, Salem's Lot (TV version from the 70's) and Stand By Me, which I haven't seen in ages but might have made my list if I'd watched it recently. And on a related note, Dynamic R...

Sean Penn

The Falcon And The Snowman
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Dead Man Walking
Milk
The Interpreter

x: Shanghai Surprise

Ben Kingsley

Searching For Bobby Fischer
Bugsy
Schindler's List
Without A Clue
Gandhi

X: Suspect Zero

Will Smith 1. Men In Black 2. Men In Black 3. Men In Black 4. Men In Black 5. I, Robot/I Am Legend/Hancock Men In Black is infinitely better than anything else Will Smith has ever done and deserves at least 14 of my fifteen points. The other three can split my final point. x: Bad Boys XX: Bad Boys ...

Stanley Kubrick The Shining 2001: A Space Odyssey Full Metal Jacket A Clockwork Orange Dr. Strangelove x: Barry Lyndon I know The Shining isn't his most important film, but it's one I've loved sine I was a kid and can watch over and over again. If I could cut the 10 minute acid trip through space f...

Actor Clint Unforgiven Dirty Harry The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Magnum Force A Fistful Of Dollars X: Pink Cadillac Director Clint Unforgiven A Perfect World Changeling Gran Torino Invictus x: Sudden Impact (Apart from that one, memorable line, this is a dreadful piece of crap) It's been ages sinc...

Alfred Hitchcock 1. North By Northwest 2. Frenzy 3. Psycho 4. Rear Window 5. Vertigo x: The Trouble With Harry And honorable mentions to Strangers On A Train, The Birds, Dial M For Murder, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and To Catch A Thief. Coulda done a top 10 for Hitch. And I'll add Steve Martin to t...

Jack Nicholson 1. The Shining 2. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 3. Chinatown 4. As Good As It Gets 5. Terms Of Endearment I'm not a fan, but I'm still ashamed to admit I've never seen Easy Rider or Five Easy Pieces. And I'll add Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock to the list of people who should...

Here's the tally so far: Coen Brothers Fargo (30) The Big Lebowski (29) No Country For Old Men (13) Barton Fink (12) Miller's Crossing (12) Raising Arizona (11) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (11) Burn After Reading (4) Blood Simple (3) The Hudsucker Proxy (1) A Serious Man (1) The Man Who Wasn't There ...

I'm home sick, so I'll chime in. Daniel Day Lewis 1 In The Name Of The Father 2The Unbearable Lightness Of Being 3 My Left Foot 4 The Age Of Innocence 5 There Will Be Blood I'll even tabulate this one after a few days: The Coen Brothers 1. Fargo 2. Raising Arizona 3. Barton Fink 4. O Brother, Where ...

Jennifer Connelly The Hot Spot Dark Water The Rocketeer Blood Diamond Little Children x: Requiem For a Dream (It's not that bad, but vastly overrated on the internet, and here too apparently, so I'm grading on the curve.) And I thought Dark Water was terrific. Not particularly scary, but wonderfully...

And one more I can't pass up:

Martin Scorsese
1. Goodfellas
2. Raging Bull
3. The King Of Comedy
4. Taxi Driver
5. After Hours

I love both these ladies, so I'll bite. Jodie Foster 1. Silence Of The Lambs 2. Taxi Driver 3. Contact 4. Panic Room 5. The Accused (haven't seen this in ages, might deserve to be higher, but I'll leave it at #5) Kate Winslet 1. Sense & Sensibility 2. Finding Neverland 3. Heavenly Creatures 4. Enigm...