best 3-5 year/movie period of any actor

Bowlardo

Rented out "Oblivion" which was poor. I rememered I rented "Jack reacher" which was even worse. It got me think who the hell is Tom Cruises agent and how come all his films are ****e in recent years. This in turn lead me in to think who had the best agent for a set period of time. That is to say who had a consistent (1 turkey allowed) run of films that were good films/successful.

I Looked up pacino, De Niro and Jack and none of them had an uninterupted run of very good films. I have so far only came up with two that match my criteria.

Can you think of anyone that comes near the run of films ED and Harrison had earlier in their careers?

ed norton
1999 Fight Club
1998 American History X
1998 Rounders
1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996 Primal Fear
harrison ford
1985 Witness
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1983 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1982 Blade Runner
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

lahalane

All I can think of is John Cazale...two of the Godfather films, Deer Hunter and Dog Day Afternoon. Haven't seen the Conversation though. Might be six years as well.

FearDark

De Niro four year period...


1976 The Godfather Part II
1977 Taxi Driver
1979 The Deer Hunter
1980 Raging Bull

Himself and Al Pacino are the greatest of all time.

Bowlardo

FearDark wrote: »

Himself and Al Pacino are the greatest of all time.

not about the greatest. it's about the great 4/5 year period.
see de niro below

1980 Raging Bull
1978 The Deer Hunter
1977 New York, New York
1976 The Last Tycoon
1976 1900
1976 Taxi Driver
1974 The Godfather: Part II

ManOnFire

FearDark wrote: »

De Niro four year period...


1976 The Godfather Part II
1977 Taxi Driver
1979 The Deer Hunter
1980 Raging Bull

Himself and Al Pacino are the greatest of all time.

cannot argue with them four, incredible!

dodderangler

Jim carrey
1994 - ace Ventura pet detective
The mask
Dumb and dumber
1995 - ace Ventura when nature calls
Batman forever
1997 -liar liar

Some don't like him but I seen all these when I was a kid and thought he was halarious
Still do

lahalane

Daniel Day Lewis. 1998 - 2002. Gangs of New York. Does that count?

Jim Carrey had a decent mid 90s run save a Batman film.

But really, DiCaprio had a good run with Catch me if you Can, Gangs of New York, the Aviator, the Departed & Blood Diamond from 2002 to 2006.

FearDark

Bowlardo wrote: »

not about the greatest. it's about the great 4/5 year period.
see de niro below

1980 Raging Bull
1978 The Deer Hunter
1977 New York, New York
1976 The Last Tycoon
1976 1900
1976 Taxi Driver
1974 The Godfather: Part II

Jesus, I'm sorry I replied to your thread now.

Femme_Fatale

Sean Penn 1999 to 2004: Sweet And Lowdown, I Am Sam, Mystic River, 21 Grams, The Assassination of Richard Nixon.

Clint Eastwood 1966 to 1971: (the Spaghettis and Misty and Dirty Harry).

lahalane wrote: »

Haven't seen the Conversation though.

Brilliant film. Love all that paranoia stuff from the early 70s.

Burky126

Gary Oldman

1991-JFK
1992-Dracula
1993-True Romance
1994-Leon:The Professional

dirtyden

I was about to say Dicaprio Lahalane, good call.

He really has been in consistently watchable films for years now.

dark crystal

Robert Redford:

1973: The Way We Were, The Sting

1974: The Great Gatsby

1975: Three Days of the Condor

1976: All the Presidents Men

1977: A Bridge Too Far

Bowlardo

FearDark wrote: »

Jesus, I'm sorry I replied to your thread now.

Sorry for being finicky feardark.

BOHtox

lahalane wrote: »

All I can think of is John Cazale...two of the Godfather films, Deer Hunter and Dog Day Afternoon. Haven't seen the Conversation though. Might be six years as well.

Top call! What an actor too. Taken way before his time. He never starred in a movie that wasn't amazing!

lahalane

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Sean Penn 1999 to 2004: Sweet And Lowdown, I Am Sam, Mystic River, 21 Grams, The Assassination of Richard Nixon.

Clint Eastwood 1966 to 1971: (the Spaghettis and Misty and Dirty Harry).

Brilliant film. Love all that paranoia stuff from the early 70s.

Good stuff. May check it out...illegally online. Kind of gutted I didn't think of Clint Eastwood since I have a man crush on him and the Good, the Bad and the Ugly is my favourite filum ever but well picked, fair play.

lahalane

dirtyden wrote: »

I was about to say Dicaprio Lahalane, good call.

He really has been in consistently watchable films for years now.

Even his first few films were very good. I made a point of watching some this summer. Quality actor even from a young age.

The Backwards Man

James Dean

East Of Eden
Rebel
Giant

SouthTippBass

Schwarzenegger's run in the late 80's/ early 90s was pretty good.

1987: Predator
1987: The running man
1990: Total Recall
1991: Terminator 2

ziedth

Brad Pitt had a great run 99-'03

Fight Club
Snatch
Spy Game
Oceans 11

Actually if you take out one or two dodgy ones he had a very impressive from 95

Richard Hillman

Tom Hanks

93-95
Philadelphia
Forrest Gump
Apollo 13
Toy Story

98-2004
Saving private Ryan
You got mail (A slight blemish )
Toy Story 2
The green mile
Castaway
Road to perdition (have not seen it)
Catch me if you can
The terminal

The_Valeyard

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Tom Hanks

93-95
Philadelphia
Forrest Gump
Apollo 13
Toy Story

98-2004
Saving private Ryan
You got mail (A slight blemish )
Toy Story 2
The green mile
Castaway
Road to perdition (have not seen it)
Catch me if you can
The terminal

Edit your list a tad
Tom Hanks

1993 - Philadelphia
1994 - Forrest Gump
1995 - Toy Story & Apollo 13
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 -Green mile (Toy Story 2)
2000 - Cast Away
2002 - Road to Perdition
2004 - The Terminal

Dies that year with 'The Ladykillers' ?

ziedth

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Tom Hanks

98-2004
Saving private Ryan
You got mail (A slight blemish )
Toy Story 2
The green mile
Castaway
Road to perdition (have not seen it)
Catch me if you can
The terminal

Think we might have a winner, fair enough You got mail and the terminal weren't great but hardly poor

Jimoslimos

Will Smith: 95 to 2000 or so. Bad Boys, Independence Day, Wild Wild West, Enemy of the State, Men in Black. All major box office hits

Burky126

Steve Buscemi

1990-Miller's Crossing
1991-Barton Fink
1992-Resevoir Dogs
1994-Hudsucker Proxy/Pulp Fiction
1995-Desperado
1996-Fargo
1998-The Big Lebowski

dark crystal

Kevin Costner:

1987: The Untouchables, No Way Out

1988: Bull Durham

1989: Field of Dreams

1990: Dances With Wolves

1991: JFK

The_Valeyard

Wallis Clark

It Happened One Night -1934
Mutiny on the Bounty -1935
The Great Ziegfeld -1936
You Can't Take It With You -1938
Gone with the Wind -1939

dark crystal

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Wallis Clark

It Happened One Night -1934
Mutiny on the Bounty -1935
The Great Ziegfeld -1936
You Can't Take It With You -1938
Gone with the Wind -1939

I must have seen that film 20 times and I can't for the life of me remember him in it anywhere!

Great selection of movies there, though.

mystic86

What about DiCaprio 2006-2010 inclusive?

The Departed
Blood Diamond
Shutter Island
Inception

The Backwards Man

Steve Guttenberg

Police Academy 1984
Cocoon 1985
Short Circuit 1986
Three Men And A Baby 1987

Ignore the crap he made in between these classics.:)

mr big boy

Matt Damon late 90's he did a few great movies one after the other

Dogma
Saving private Ryan
Good Will Hunting
Rounders
Talented Mr Ripley

Yamanoto

Diane Keaton...

1972 The Godfather
1972 Play It Again, Sam
1973 Sleeper
1974 The Godfather Part II
1975 Love and Death

ArnoldJRimmer

Burky126 wrote: »

Steve Buscemi

1990-Miller's Crossing
1991-Barton Fink
1992-Resevoir Dogs
1994-Hudsucker Proxy/Pulp Fiction
1995-Desperado
1996-Fargo
1998-The Big Lebowski

You left out another classic, Con Air in 96 or so

Hannibal

Russell Crowe:
The Insider
Gladiator
Proof of Life
A Beautiful Mind
Master and Commander
Cinderalla Man

Josh Brolin:
No Country For Old Men
American Gangster
W.
Milk

Di Caprio:
Catch Me If You Can
Gangs of New York
The Aviator
The Departed
Blood Diamond
Body of Lies
Revolutionary Road
Shutter Island
Inception

Steven Seagal:
Under Siege
On Deadly Ground
Under Siege 2
Executive Decision
The Glimmer Man
Fire Down Below

Hannibal

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

You left out another classic, Con Air in 96 or so

don't forget Buddy Holly in Pulp Fiction

longshanks

Meryl Streep
Juliet Binoche
Vincent Cassell

You can dip into the cv of any of those and pull out a consitent run without too much trouble.

grohlisagod

Pacino had a great run right at the start of his career before he got all shouty.

1972 - The Godfather
1973 - Serpico
1973 - Scarecrow (Haven't seen it but 7.2 on Imdb)
1974 - The Godfather Part II
1975 - Dog Day Afternoon

Four great films in 3 years.

flas

leonardo dicaprio,best actor of this generation(I'm 25),the man is amazing...

mystic86

Burky126 wrote: »

Steve Buscemi

1990-Miller's Crossing
1991-Barton Fink
1992-Resevoir Dogs
1994-Hudsucker Proxy/Pulp Fiction
1995-Desperado
1996-Fargo
1998-The Big Lebowski

Wait, I thought it had to be a 3-5 year period?

That's a 9 year period!

And others are picking actors movies from much more than a 3-5 year time span as well...

Marlon Brando

The Godfather (1972)
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
The Missouri breaks (1976)
Superman (1978)
Apocalypse Now (1979)


Kevin Spacey

The usual suspects (1995)
Outbreak (1995)
Se7en (1995)
A time to kill (1996)
LA confidential (1997)
American Beauty (1999)

Tom Hanks as previously mentioned is the one that immediately came to mind in his period around The Green Mile.

Another not mentioned is Denzel.

98-07

The Great Debaters
American Gangster
Deja Vu
Inside Man
The Manchurian Candidate
Man on Fire
Out of Time
Antwone Fisher
John Q
Training Day
Remember the Titans
The Hurricane
The Bone Collector
The Siege
He Got Game


All very much watchable and a massive chunk of them are in my personal collection, some might not have seen a few as very few were box office smash hits(ala Great Debaters/Remember the Titans, both exceptional true stories).

Bowlardo

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Tom Hanks

93-95
Philadelphia
Forrest Gump
Apollo 13
Toy Story

98-2004
Saving private Ryan
You got mail (A slight blemish )
Toy Story 2
The green mile
Castaway
Road to perdition (have not seen it)
Catch me if you can
The terminal

Looks like the winner to me

saintsaltynuts

Tom Cruise

Top Gun,Rain Man,Born On The Fourth Of July.

Yamanoto

Hannibal wrote: »

Steven Seagal:
Under Siege
On Deadly Ground
Under Siege 2
Executive Decision
The Glimmer Man
Fire Down Below

The OP said 1 Turkey allowed.

I think Bernard Matthews should buy up Seagal's back catalogue tbh.

timthumbni

Burky126 wrote: »

Steve Buscemi

1990-Miller's Crossing
1991-Barton Fink
1992-Resevoir Dogs
1994-Hudsucker Proxy/Pulp Fiction
1995-Desperado
1996-Fargo
1998-The Big Lebowski

Would you like to explain the omission of Con Air (1997) from this list. One of the best popcorn action movies of all time. ;-)

Ps. I was about to be a smart arse and correct you on pulp fiction and then googled and discovered he was the buddy holly waiter. You learn something every day.

timthumbni

Ignore my post above. Both points have already been brought up earlier. Me bad.

The_Valeyard

dark crystal wrote: »

I must have seen that film 20 times and I can't for the life of me remember him in it anywhere!

Great selection of movies there, though.

Well, taking liberties with Gone With The Wind

He has one scene as the Yankee poker-playing Captain


Me thinks you will be watching that film again to confirm?

dark crystal

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Well, taking liberties with Gone With The Wind

He has one scene as the Yankee poker-playing Captain

Aah, that must be the scene in the 'horse' jail with Rhett and Scarlett.

Me thinks you will be watching that film again to confirm?

Although it's my favourite film of all time, I rarely get four free hours to indulge myself any more

The_Valeyard

dark crystal wrote: »

Aah, that must be the scene in the 'horse' jail with Rhett and Scarlett.




Although it's my favourite film of all time, I rarely get four free hours to indulge myself any more

Cheer up its Friday

Frank Black

Tim Robbins had a pretty good run in the 1990's
Jacob's Ladder
Jungle Fever
The Player
Bob Roberts
Short Cuts
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Shawshank Redemption
Pret a Porter
Nothing to Lose
Arlinton Road

Not all classics but some really good movies in there.

He also directed Dead Man Walking in the middle of that decade - so the guy was on fire.
He then balls it all up completely with Mission to Mars in 2000

yermandan

Wait, you rented?

PyeContinental

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Well, taking liberties with Gone With The Wind
He has one scene as the Yankee poker-playing Captain

What you have here is a technicality: OP never said the actor had to be in a starring role...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_Clark

Clark holds the record for the most appearances in films that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He appeared in supporting roles in 136 films between 1931 and 1954. Five of these films won Best Picture: It Happened One Night (1934), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), You Can't Take It with You (1938), and Gone with the Wind (1939). In four of these five films, Clark was uncredited. In Mutiny on the Bounty, he is credited in the role of Morrison.