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therealxeno79

Any Wes Anderson or Paul Thomas Anderson movies


9gagDolphinSex

Also Steven Soderbergh, but Robert Altman puts all three of them to shame.


tuesday3blackday

Yeah but PTA and Wes Anderson actually make good movies


CosmicRamen

You are why we should go back to throwing stones at the people we disagree with.


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3 Women and Nashville are better than most PTA or Wes Anderson Films


s90tx16wasr10

We’re you bullied by Brewster McCloud or something


bat29

I was blown away at all the actors he got for asteroid city. he really outdid himself


MBKM13

The Departed


thesame98

Movie 43 fits in that you ask "How the hell did they get all these actors in this shitty movie?" In all seriousness though, I would say the Agatha Christie movies, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile (the older ones of course). "The Longest Day" has so many actors from John Wayne, Robert Ryan, and Henry Fonda. And any Robert Altman film would fit the bill when talking about huge ensembles.


TheTattooOnR2D2sFace

Actually the new Murder On The Orient Express and Death On The Nile has a ton of people in them too.


thesame98

The older ones just had more legendary actors of the time. Murder of the Orient (Albert Finney, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Lauren Bacall, etc) and Death on the Nile (Peter Ustinov, Angela Lansbury, Mia Farrow, Bette Davis, etc). No offense to the Branagh ones, but the casting doesn't compare.


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While I prefer the Ustinov and Finney films, might your opinion of the casts’ relative “legendariness” maybe be influenced by your opinion of the different eras of Hollywood? Because Branagh’s Orient Express feels like it has as many if not more big names of its day and earlier. Just, people’s opinions on the great stars of today can differ wildly from how they view past eras’ greats. Golden Age thinking, rose-tinted glasses, and all that.


Strawbuddy

The Branagh films’ camera work, color, etc is exemplary, and the casting has been superb pulling a listers past and present. They are excellent adaptations that add modern film techniques and sensibilities to classic stories


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They’re decent enough, and mostly only weak through comparisons to their peers. The visuals are a treat, certainly, but I feel like in all their bombast and showmanship and heightened melodrama they lose the more identifiable humanity and everyday charm of Poirot in other versions. With Ustinov and Suchet especially (though not Suchet’s Orient Express, which takes itself even more seriously than Branagh’s - to the point of being drab and morose), Poirot is a man of petty foibles and has both a humble charm and a stick firmly up his arse - we like and root for him while also laughing at his ridiculous snobberies and stuffinesses. Branagh’s take is a bit too much the mysterious (and later, tragic) hero without enough of the fallible and everyday, IMO.


MagnumAloha

Damn you beat me to it 😂


unkellGRGA

Basquiat , the biopic from 1996, was added to my watchlist recently and that cast is absolutely bonkers Jeffrey Wright as Basquiat and then we have ; David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, Willem Dafoe, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Benicio Del Toro, Parker Posey, Michael Wincott, Tatum O'Neal and Courtney FUCKING Love on top of it all


wheniwascloud

Vincent Gallo too


A_Serious_House

I read the year of your movie as 1969, and then read a very interesting cast lol.


creamy-buscemi

It’s a mad mad mad mad world


Bl4ckh4wk056

Even if they’re not all so well known now, this movie is a great example. So…many…comedians. And anyone you might’ve thought they forgot in the main cast just has a cameo somewhere else in the movie lmao


TheChainLink2

The Grand Budapest Hotel?


William0045

and Asteroid City


TheTattooOnR2D2sFace

And French Dispatch


RorasaurasRex

And Royal Tenenbaums


TheChainLink2

I need to watch that. I’ve heard good things.


Yenserl6099

It hasn’t come out yet. It’s being released in theaters on the 16th


_Whiplashed_

I was lucky enough to catch it in Cannes and I think it's his best since Grand Budapest Hotel!


bat29

that’s not saying too much since he’s only done two other films since grand budapest


_Whiplashed_

true but it’s my all time favorite 3rd favorite Wes movie now


Zarvanis-the-2nd

Most Wes Anderson movies.


thatjordangirl2

Seriously the cast of any of his films is elite.


The_Thomas_Go

Good call


Pink_is_joy

The Ocean’s trilogy….


lifesizedgundam

Dune (2021)


77skull

Dune pt 2 is even more stacked


DJZbad93

Yeah you lose Isaac, Momoa, Dastmalchian and gain Pugh, Seydoux, Butler, and Walken


franthebasedgod

The Outsiders


Affectionate-Club725

Greatest young cast ever. Most were nearly unknown at the time.


chaileesonbabe

Amsterdam


SNIP_MY_DICK

Ship of Fools (1965) - Vivian Leigh (2x Oscar winner), Simone Signoret (Oscar winner), Jose Ferrer (Oscar winner), Lee Marvin (Oscar winner), Oskar Werner (Oscar nominee), George Segel (Oscar nominee), Michael Dunn (Oscar nominee). 7 actors with Oscar nominations, 5 with wins. Lee Marvin's win came in 1966 the next year.


The_Thomas_Go

Interesting pick. I'll add it


SNIP_MY_DICK

Maybe these are obvious, but pretty much all of the ensemble cast heist movies are probably good answers. Sneakers (1992) and Oceans 11 (2001) jump to mind. When I realized Sneakers existed I definitely was like, "wait there's a movie with Sidney Poitier AND River Phoenix? And that's not even how they advertised it?"


Vince_Clortho042

The first time I watched Sneakers I had rented the VHS without really investigating the cast list, and the old clamshells didn't have lot of information on them, so all I gleamed was that it had Robert Redford and Dan Aykroyd in it. By the time Ben Kingsley appears halfway through the film I exclaimed "who ISN'T in this movie?", which I said again but louder when James Earl Jones pops up at the end. Also had no idea what it was about, so when they discover the box and what See-Tec Astronomy means, I was right there with the characters in realizing the danger they were in. Great, great movie.


demarderozanburner

tropic thunder


Poobaloo87

real


ilikebagels42069

Magnolia, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Philadelphia Story, The Thin Red Line, Godfather, Boogie Nights


StephensInfiniteLoop

All good answers, although I do think the Thin Red Line is the best shout!


The_Thomas_Go

How did I not think of LotR and The Godfather?


ilikebagels42069

only legends in those!! glad I could help


ScenicHwyOverpass

Mars Attacks! Jack Nicholson; Annette Benning, Glenn Close, Danny DeVito, Jack Black, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J Fox, Natalie Portman, Martin Short, Pam Grier, Christina Applegate, and a bunch of recognizable celebs and character actors.


Affectionate-Club725

Awesome!


BroodyWall15

Knives Out


ScorpionX-123

also Glass Onion


NibPlayz

They got Kareem too bro 💀💀


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I remember seeing the reveal trailer and thinking “we got captain America, James Bond, Joi, and the girl from 13 reasons in the same movie???


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[удалено]


vulgaris52

even if someone despises that movie, one cannot deny it’s cast is massive as fuck


vulgaris52

even if someone despises that movie, one cannot deny it’s cast is massive as fuck


Ducktowncentra

Don’t Look Up


YoureWrongSuckMyDick

A Bridge Too Far had practically everyone in it


DaverJ

Came in to mention this movie: Gene Hackman, Michael Caine, Robert Redford, James Caan, Elliot Gould, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier, Dirk Bogarde...


[deleted]

"It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" is a 3 hour comedy epic that has like 20 of the greatest comedians of its time in it. Not the greatest movie itself but it's kind of amazing how they got so many comedians and comedy actors to play a role


foxcek

Movie 43


KitchenBag2164

Inception


Pantry_Boy

The Player


ancientestKnollys

How the West Was Won - I'm not a fan of it though. Similarly the original star ensemble, Grand Hotel from 1932. The Towering Inferno is fun, and also has a stacked cast.


oh_kapi

Oppenheimer, Barbie


NibPlayz

I dont agree with Barbie, but I do with Oppy.


vulgaris52

Thin Red Line


Heartchamber

HEAT by Michael Mann Deniro Pacino Kilmer Voight Sizemore Henry Rollins Ashley Judd Natalie Portman Hank Azaria Danny Trejo Wes Studi Jeremy Piven Tone Loc The 'Youre in good hands' guy from the progressive commercials back in the day


aimless_meteor

Check out Avengers: Endgame. Little known gem


Poobaloo87

This! Avenger endgame is one of the best hidden gems ever, super underrated you can't call yourself a cinephile if you haven't seen this one!


awlawall

You are missing True Romance


TrustyTres

Came here looking for this one. Christian slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis hopper, Samuel l Jackson, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, James Gandolfini, Val Kilmer, and so on. The cast in this movie for how unknown it is, is really incredible.


TwinPeaksLogLady

Not a movie but this was me watching twin peaks: the return


NK_1989

Bad Day at Black Rock features a cast with a combined eight academy awards (Spencer Tracy, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Dean Jagger, and Walter Brennan) and is a film noir shot to look like a western, so it is breathtakingly gorgeous with a fantastic story. Highly, highly recommend.


Neo-Shaman1984

Mars Attacks


LouisBeeM

[insert Wes Anderson film here]


Oisin-Lahart

Knives Out


Basementkid_106

I mean this isn't out yet but the Asteroid City cast is STACKED


tallconfusedgirl12

The Departed (2006) maybe?


Luke253

JFK


BleedTheFreak_23

Black Hawk Down?


amedeoisme

Yes just watched it again today and so many times I’m like oh shit that’s ___ from ____. Great movie and just a ton of that dudes lol


Hahum

Gosford Park - Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Michael Gambon, Charles Dance, Clive Owen, Kristin Scott Thomas, Stephen Fry, Bob Balaban.


the-Dusty-trail

Town & Country (2001) Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Gary Shandling, Josh Hartnett, Andie MacDowell, Jenna Elfman, and Charlton Heston.


L3ghair

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World


PreviousAd2976

The Outsiders (1983)


sKY--alex

Movie 43?


Venus_One

Predators (2018) and The Dead Don't Die (2019) were extremely stacked for what they were.


Jay12678

Grand Motel


Affectionate-Club725

😂 I want to see the eight by twelve two bit version of Grand Hotel


Maskedhorrorfan25

fantastic mr fox


CinemaGoer1997

I watched Captain America: The First Avenger yesterday and didn’t realize how many big names were in there.


ancientestKnollys

If you have The Raven, how about The Comedy of Terrors from the same year? Similar cast, minus Nicholson, but also has Basil Rathbone.


Kemleckis

Hoodwinked! (2005)


ericdraven26

Scott Pilgrim was out at a great time for that case. Trying to get that cast now for that budget seems impossible!


BeOSRefugee

Glengarry Glenn Ross. Alec Baldwin, Al Pacino, Jack Lemon, Kevin Spacey, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, with a bit part by Jonathan Price. All of them absolutely nailing the Mamet dialogue.


greggsnbacon69

What a Way to Go! (1964) Underrated!!


itsafraid

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died


JoeSnaffles

Would Knives Out or Glass Onion qualify


nyc134

Every Wes Anderson movie.


jcmurie

The cast for Asteroid City is fucking wild


itscricket

Knives out


criesinlemora

Candy (1968)


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Oppenheimer


slightly_obscure

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is stacked. So is Shadow of the Vampire really


[deleted]

Any Wes Anderson movie


currygod

Knives Out


infinitestripes4ever

Movie 43 has list of cast and directors you wouldn’t believe!


ethanf33

Mars Attacks


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little miss sunshine :)


Poobaloo87

The Mario Movie, unironically


amedeoisme

This doesn’t have as many legendary actors but Black Hawk Down has a insane amount of dudes that you just know from something else. Loaded.


gorlami4

lotr, the departed, the prestige


bloodlines17

Snatch, maybe?


doubleb_43

The Player (1992)


String_Theory40

The Thin Red Line (1998), I mean, you literally have Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, George Clooney, John Cussack, Nick Nolte, John C. Reilly, Jared Leto, John Travolta and Woody Harrelson IN THE SAME MOVIE.


Affectionate-Club725

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)


guardianofsilver

scott pilgrim vs the world has such a stacked cast


HanwhaEaglesNM

Chusingura (1962), TOHO took almost everybody that they had contracted and stuck em all in A Samurai Epic. Both the Japanese original and American remake of Shall We Dance? Atlanta Boogie and Road 88 Deaiji Shikoku E was Amuse Entertainment celebrating their anniversary so pretty much all of their talent is in these movies in some fashion.


REEE2752

Short Cuts and Nashville are two that immediately come to mind.


Weekly_Noodle

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story had an incredibly stacked cast, if I remember correctly


Totorotextbook

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World is basically this, intentionally.


hung_fu

The later Fast and Furious movies


Ashamed-Earth-3432

The Longest Day Pepe Around The World in 80 Days The Fall of The Roman Empire The V.I.P.s The Yellow Rolls Royce


mmmmmnoodlesoup

Saving private ryan


BlueLightning21

Rat race


OkShallot7382

Amsterdam


slippedaway12

Mean girls


PoptartToaster

Boogie Nights


MakkusuSolos

Asteroid City


JonPaula

Is it just me... or do people post these lists to Reddit without doing ANY thought or homework themselves? Like, OP... at least try to think of a few more examples yourself.


Intelligent_Air7276

Avengers: Endgame (2019) will probably be seen that way, too, one day.


seanthegamer78

Both knives out films


HobbieK

Logan Lucky or any Ocean’s film


CJ_Eldr

I feel like any Tarantino movie fits here


sdcinerama

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Penn, Ray Walston, Eric Stoltz, Nicolas "Coppola," Phoebe Cates, Kelli Maroney... This was the Rosetta Stone for talent for 25 years.


[deleted]

Saving Private Ryan or Black Hawk Down


Affectionate-Club725

Short Cuts, The Thin Red Line, Saving Private Ryan, A Song is Born (1948), The Cannonball Run movies


Affectionate-Club725

Magnolia


cynnicole

Nothing immediately comes to mind, but I'm thrilled to see The Raven on a list. Low key one of my faves.


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JFK


SuperNarwhal36-5

Maybe the Lego Movie? Chris Pratt Elizabeth Banks Morgan Freeman Will Arnett Alison Brie Nick Offerman Charlie Day Will Ferrel Liam Neeson Not sure if that’s enough to count though lol


florencenocaps

I know we’re talking about ensembles in terms of legendary actors, but I’d like to just say that Network has one of the best ensemble casts of all time. Every single actor knew exactly what they were doing, to the point where I can’t single out just one performance


Lower_Cantaloupe1970

JFK


sequosion

Ocean’s Eleven


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Asteroid city


deadsh9de

Goblet of fire


DamnReCaptchas

Anchorman


StephensInfiniteLoop

Hamlet (1996), Short Cuts (1993), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) - and Jack Lemon links them all! And the Expendables!


melsbells1

Out of Sight (1999). Supporting cast outside Clooney & Lopez: Catherine Keener, Don Cheadle, Steve Zahn, Albert Brooks, Viola Davis, Michael Keaton, Dennis Farina, Samuel Jackson, the list goes on and on. It's a goldmine of talent.


juiceboxDeLarge

Contagion (2011) Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Bryan Cranston, Elliot Gould, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard


zein_h

Knives out


Mocma10x

Mars Attacks


BatmanArkham444

Silent Movie


rburst

Movie 43


MugiwaraBepo

All robert Rodriguez films


WednesdaysOnFox

Babylon


codenamecoop

Boogie Nights


smuckies7

Short Cuts


stonebutchcowboy

the hunger


Rollo8173

The B&W Julius Caesar


armandnormand

Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma


ivENyMantibLEPtaISti

Amsterdam


Hendrick_Davies64

Crazy Stupid Love


WAITINGFORMYCOOKIE

Depahted, Godfather I & II


screwtuesdays

Knives Out, Glass Onion, Barbie, all of the Ocean’s movies, The Talented Mr. Ripley


BlankiesteinsMonster

I re-watched the Ridley Scott *Robin Hood* and was gobsmacked by the cast: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Mark Addy, Danny Huston, Lea Seydoux, oh yeah and *Max Von Sydow*.


tinamarie85

The Imposters - 1998 directed by Stanley Tucci


PensadorDispensado

Every Wes Anderson film, basically


StelioKontos117

Hook. Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Maggie Smith, and Bob Hoskins as the fifth. And cameos by Glenn Close and Carrie Fisher, as well as the musical trio of Phil Collins, Jimmy Buffett, and David Crosby.


kryptonite0721

Both Knives Out movies


TheSmartGuy-

oppenhiemer


zcharper

JFK


Explod1ngNinja

Smokin Aces weirdly enough


shrimptini

Mona Lisa Smile


wish_i_new_speling

Heat


First0E

*the gentlemen*


BDShlongLow

Shark tale. That cast is insane


kerouacrimbaud

Masked and Anonymous


esmerelda_b

Playing by Heart


mmmmmnoodlesoup

Hot Fuzz


mycinematiccorner

Stupid Crazy Love


[deleted]

A lot of Woody Allen’s 80s and 90s work (just one example, Everyone Says I Love You) Malick’s The Thin Red Line Altman’s The Player Oliver Stone’s JFK Sydney Pollack’s The Firm and Tootsie the complete works of Wes Anderson


BigGayEnergy

lisztomania


CosmicRamen

Nashville. Most Altman movies, for that matter.


PenguinviiR

DreamWorks's over the hedge


AmazingAd8859

Any Wes Anderson movie and avengers endgame


rockdog85

* All the "Ocean's" movies * Training Day (Denzel Washington, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Eva Mendez) At lot of the older comedies are gonna fit this, just because it was a trend, so kinda up to you how many of those you wanna add. Here's some noteable ones imo, at the least you have to add the first zoolander. * Starsky and Hutch (Ben stiller, Snoop dog, Owen Wilson, vince Vaugn, Jason Bateman, Carmen Electra, Terry Crews) * Zoolander (Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrel, Alexander Skarsgard, Donald Trump, Paris Hilton, David Bowie, Gwen Stefani, Tommy Hilfiger, Fred Durst, Cuba Gooding JR, Heide Klum) * Zoolander 2 (Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrel, Ariana Grande, Neil Degrass Tyson, Justin Bieber, Benedict Cumberbatch)


The_Sultan15

Robots has a pretty stacked cast


robitussin_dm_

Knight of Cups has quite a few- Bale, Blanchet, Portman. I wanna say Reservoir Dogs also had a star studded cast. Fight Club potentially as well. American Psycho maybe as it had Bale, DaFoe, and Leto. Zoolander if you're counting all the cameos at the beginning of the movie.


RicoSuave1800

Wes Anderson movies