best 3-5 year/movie period of any actor

ArnoldJRimmer · 13-09-2013 01:58AM

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 · 13-09-2013 02:05AM

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 · 13-09-2013 02:07AM

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

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

don't forget Buddy Holly in Pulp Fiction

longshanks · 13-09-2013 02:11AM

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 · 13-09-2013 02:14AM

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 · 13-09-2013 02:16AM

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

mystic86 · 13-09-2013 02:28AM

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...

13-09-2013 02:31AM

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)

13-09-2013 02:37AM

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 · 13-09-2013 08:58AM

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 · 13-09-2013 09:03AM

Tom Cruise

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

Yamanoto · 13-09-2013 11:02AM

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 · 13-09-2013 11:13AM

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 · 13-09-2013 11:15AM

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

The_Valeyard · 13-09-2013 11:46AM

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 · 13-09-2013 11:55AM

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 · 13-09-2013 11:57AM

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 · 13-09-2013 12:11PM

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 · 13-09-2013 12:13PM

Wait, you rented?

PyeContinental · 13-09-2013 12:17PM

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.

Wacker The Attacker · 13-09-2013 12:30PM

I cant name five films by any actor of any era.

bullvine · 13-09-2013 12:35PM

Big Arnie's runs from Predator in 87 to True Lies in 94 was brilliant, even Last Action Hero is now regarded as a bit of classic

leonidas83 · 13-09-2013 12:35PM

DE NIRO (‘91-’96)

91 GOODFELLAS
91 CAPE FEAR
93 MAD DOG & GLORY
94 THIS BOYS LIFE
95 CASINO
95 HEAT
96 SLEEPERS

Smart Bug · 13-09-2013 12:36PM

I think Christian Bale deserves a mention here:
American Pyscho (00)
Shaft (00) - caricature character but still good
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (01)
Reign of Fire (02)
Equilibrium (02)
The Machinist (04)
Batman Begins, Harsh Times, The New World (05)
Rescue Dawn, The Prestige (06)
3:20 To Yuma (07)
etc, ok I've stretched the timeline and excluded a few later films.

Jeff Bridges? Worth it for 'The Dude' alone, never mind Rooster.

dark crystal · 13-09-2013 12:47PM

How about Ralph Fiennes:

1993: Schindler's List

1994: Quiz Show

1995: Strange Days

1996: The English Patient

Three out of those four films nominated for Best Picture (2 won) and I think Strange Days is really underrated too.

He was also nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for three of those films and inexplicably lost out each time, the most galling being losing out to Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive the year he was nominated for the role of Amon Goeth in Schindler's List. I'll never understand that decision.

PyeContinental · 13-09-2013 12:50PM

Michael J. Fox

1985 Teen Wolf
1985 Back to the Future
1987 The Secret of My Success
1989 Back to the Future Part II
1990 Back to the Future Part III

Irish Guitarist · 13-09-2013 01:03PM

Not a popular opinion but I think Elvis Presleys first four films (Love Me Tender, Loving You, Jailhouse Rock and King Creole) are great. From G.I. Blues on every film he made was vacuous nonsense (although I'd still watch anything with Elvis in it). He was at least as good an actor an James Dean, it's just that he appeared in loads of rubbish films.

Footoo · 13-09-2013 01:06PM

Philip Seymour Hoffman 1997-2002

Boogie Nights
The Big Lebowski
Happiness
Magnolia
The Talented Mr Ripley
Almost Famous
Punch Drunk Love

Frankie Lee · 13-09-2013 01:27PM

Footoo wrote: »

Philip Seymour Hoffman 1997-2002

Boogie Nights
The Big Lebowski
Happiness
Magnolia
The Talented Mr Ripley
Almost Famous
Punch Drunk Love

25th Hour too

I was trying to pick out a golden period for Jack Nicholson but generally his great films come once every 3 to 5 years.

Thundercats Ho · 13-09-2013 01:48PM

Judge Reinhold 84-88
Gremlins
Beverly Hills Cop
Ruthless People
Beverly Hills Cop 2
Vice Versa

John Cusack has had some turkeys too but 98-03 was decent
Thin Red line
Being John Malkovich
High Fidelity
Identity
Runaway Jury

best 3-5 year/movie period of any actor

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