best 3-5 year/movie period of any actor

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

I've thought for a long time now that if John Cusack is in a film, it's always worth a watch, and is almost always very good. It's a pity Grosse Pointe Blank from 1997 and Pushing Tin from 1999 could not have been included in your list.

I have to be honest and say that I don't really remember The Thin Red Line or Runaway Jury. I'm not certain I've seen both, I must put them on the list to watch soon.
Identity I went to see in the cinema, purely because it was a Cusack film. I thought it was a great story.

I have to be even more honest and say that on the whole, I think High Fidelity is over rated. I saw it when it came out, and I thought it was pretty good, but I suspect that it receives unanimous praise now purely because it would be going against the grain too much to be in any way critical of it.

PyeContinental wrote: »

I've thought for a long time now that if John Cusack is in a film, it's always worth a watch, and is almost always very good. It's a pity Grosse Pointe Blank from 1997 and Pushing Tin from 1999 could not have been included in your list.

I have to be honest and say that I don't really remember The Thin Red Line or Runaway Jury. I'm not certain I've seen both, I must put them on the list to watch soon.
Identity I went to see in the cinema, purely because it was a Cusack film. I thought it was a great story.

I have to be even more honest and say that on the whole, I think High Fidelity is over rated. I saw it when it came out, and I thought it was pretty good, but I suspect that it receives unanimous praise now purely because it would be going against the grain too much to be in any way critical of it.

Yea, i'd have put in grosse point blank alright, but i'd be stretching the timeline a little i thought? and i wasn't mad about pushing tin.
Like yourself i'd always said if john cusack is in a movie it's worth a look.
I think runaway jury is an adaptation of a john grisham book. Rachael Weiss and Gene Hackman are in it too.

Frank Black wrote: »

There's some good movies in the 98-03 Cusack list, but you've been over-kind in leaving out America's Sweethearts, Serendipity and Max, which came out during this period one after the other.

My memory of America's Sweethearts was that it was enjoyable, and had a valuable message that commented on the priorities of contemporary society.

My memory of Serendipity was that it had a fresh idea for a premise and was better in its genre than, say, You've got mail or Sleepless in Seattle, or One Fine Day, and doubtless several others that were all variations on a theme.

dark crystal wrote: »

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.

That just shows that oscars are in no shape or form a reflection of best actor etc . That is a joke that tommy lee jones beat Fiennes to the Oscar that year. IMO in the history of film few performances by an actor beat Fiennes playing that nazi ba&tard. He genuinely made you hate the character.

bullvine wrote: »

even Last Action Hero is now regarded as a bit of classic

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Christoph Waltz

2009- Inglorious Basterds
2011 - Water for Elephants
2012 - Django Unchained


Still ongoing.....??

Haven't saw water for elephants but if his performances in the other 2 are anything to go by then he won't be too bad.

SweepTheLeg wrote: »

Christian Bale had a great run 06-10

The Prestige - '06
3:10 to Yuma - '07
The Dark Knight - '08
Public Enemies - '09
The Fighter - '10

I'd say that's one of the best. Topped off with an Oscar for his performance in the Fighter.

I'd have went for Bale myself and added The Machinist in 2004 and Batman Begins and Harsh Times in 2005, but the likes of The New World, Rescue Dawn, I'm Not There and Terminator Salvation are scattered in this period which detracts it a little.

Michael Douglas had a good run between 1987 - 1993
Fatal Attraction - '87
Wall Street - '87
War of The Roses - '89
Basic Instinct - '92
Falling Down - '93

Cate Blanchett, unfortunately the 2 Elizabeth films fall outside of the range

2004 The Aviator
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 Veronica Guerin
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001 Charlotte Gray
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 Bandits

SouthTippBass wrote: »

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

Oof. Gotta take issue with you on Arnie here - you've forgotten the abominations that were Twins and Kindergarten Cop. Both very firmly in that era.

mystic86 wrote: »

What about DiCaprio 2006-2010 inclusive?

The Departed
Blood Diamond
Shutter Island
Inception

And Django Unchained.

mrsdewinter wrote: »

Oof. Gotta take issue with you on Arnie here - you've forgotten the abominations that were Twins and Kindergarten Cop. Both very firmly in that era.

Twins is not a bad movie by any stretch, not in the same league as the others mentioned though. As for KC? Well, nobody's perfect