If you had to pick one actor/actress and from now on could only watch movies with them in it...

[Binkie The Clown]

... who would you pick?

I'm still trying to figure out my pick, but it would probably be a younger actor so that I could watch new movies as they came out in the future. Picking an actor from the past would limit your movie choice to those that have already been released.

Tentatively, my top candidate is Jennifer Lawrence.

[INdemo]

1. That would be my pick

[Sherman A1]

2. Alejandra Onieva

Watching her in the series High Seas on Netflix and very impressed with her work.

[Leghorn21]

3. Hamish Linklater!

His turns in "Tell Me Your Secrets" and "Midnight Mass" were magnifico!

Runner up: his partner, Lily Rabe! Also quirky and mesmerizing!!

[Shermann]

10. I like Lily Rabe in American Horror Story nt

[Harker]

4. James Hong.

Over 600 films.

Correction... 142 films, many TV appearances.

[Croney]

5. Tom Hanks.

[hlthe2b]

8. +1 Definitely Tom Hanks

[wryter2000]

12. That's my vote:

A huge body of work. Many different types of stories. Fine actor. Bonus: he's a sweet person from Oakland.

[sarge43]

6. Eva Green n/t

[Glorfindel]

7. Just offhand...Timothee Chalamet

I think he's headed for greatness, plus he's young enough that I can enjoy his new movies for whatever length of time I have left. Close runner-up: Emma Watson

Thanks for a very thought-provoking question, Binkie!

[dixiechiken1]

9. Tough choice, but it'd be between Meryl Streep or Sandra Bullock...

There are so many movies with both of them that I have never seen so that would keep me busy for awhile. Plus, they're both still making movies, so I'd be set going forward.

[mockmonkey]

11. I picked a male and a female actor for Movies and TV

Yes, I'm cheating.

Movies

Cary Grant. I can and do watch his movies over and over.

Frances McDormand. Mostly because I like a lot of the Coen Brothers movies.


TV

Olivia Colman. I haven't seen most of her TV shows so I would have plenty to watch if I had access to them. I enjoyed her in "Flowers", "Peep Show" and "Green Wing".

Mark Heap. He is so funny in "Green Wing" and "Friday Night Dinner". Why isn't he more well known?

[Sneederbunk]

13. Judy Davis.

[badhair77]

14. Jimmy Stewart.

Lots of movie version comfort food.

[Aristus]

15. Helen Mirren.

Because no matter what movie ("Caligula" excepted for obvious reasons) she's in, or at what age she appeared in it, I just love watching her...

[mentalsolstice]

44. For the love of all things good don't watch....

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, Her Lover! Just don’t!

[Aristus]

45. As long as they keep publishing pics of her on the red carpet...

[Polly Hennessey]

16. Two: Brad Pitt, I can't help myself,

and Nicola Walker, a great British actress.

[Kablooie]

17. James Hong

He has the most credits of any actor in Hollywood so I would have the largest selection of movies available.

[LakeArenal]

18. Bette Davis

Allan Rickman.

[happybird]

19. We are debating the merits of various actors

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and their movies.

So far, Gary Oldman is winning.

Edit to add:

My other contenders: Daniel Day Lewis and Leo DiCaprio

Coworker 1: Tom Cruise and Tom Hardy

Coworker 2: is Schwarzenegger all the way


Edit 2: Kevin Costner has entered the debate. Oldman is still winning. Harrison Ford gets a mention.

Edit 3: Samuel L. Mutherfuckin’ Jackson. For both the huge number of movies he’s in and because he’s Samuel L. MF’n Jackson.

[Doc_Technical]

20. Martin Balsam

[marble falls]

21. Jimmy Steward, Val Kilmer, Myrna Loy, Kim Novak, Melissa McCarthy: Only one?

[VarryOn]

22. Dame Maggie Smith

One of the beat

[Binkie The Clown]

24. Good choice. Don't forget Emma Thompson too. nt

[Skittles]

23. Paul Dano

there's just something about him.....he directs, too

[a kennedy]

25. Yup, Cary Grant for me as well.......and woman?? Hmmmmm Charlize Theron I think....

Then there’s always, George Clooney, and Brad Pitt……?️ ?️ ?️

[tanyev]

26. Bill Nighy.

Makes everything he’s in better.

[Totally Tunsie]

27. Michael Caine would be top of my list.

He's the lead in most of my favorite movies.

For female choice, it would be Cher b/c she acts as well as she sings.

[Binkie The Clown]

28. I think I'd pick Streisand over Cher.

Such a fantastic catalog of great movies.

[Totally Tunsie]

29. Their filmography is actually pretty similar

at around 18-20 films each, and Cher has certainly done more TV work. Moonstruck is my favorite of Cher's films. Compared to BS, I also prefer her singing.

But then, that's why we have opinions! There's no right answer.

[First Speaker]

30. Morgan Freeman and Olivia de Havilland

[OilemFirchen]

31. No matter the question,

I'm going with Amy Adams every time.

[Binkie The Clown]

34. Another great choice.

Loved her in Julie and Julia, Enchanted, and that one where she was driving across Ireland (don't remember the title). I also remember her as cousin Beth on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[tanyev]

35. Leap Year?

Amy’s great, but I mostly remember that movie for Matthew Goode.

[OilemFirchen]

36. I believe the Ireland one was "Leap Year".

"Arrival" was marvelous as well.

[CTyankee]

32. Meryl Streep, of course! She has the capacity to excel in ANYONE she plays

She's Margaret Thatcher. She's doing a song and dance in Mamma Mia, she's that witch in the Sondheim musical, she's a conniving nun in Doubt, a holocaust survivor in Sophie's Choice, etc.

If I were a drama teacher I would assign scenes from those movies to be shown to my students. Here's how it is done by the best. Learn from her.

[Binkie The Clown]

33. O geeze yes! Can't forget _her_. nt

[Duppers]

41. Plus some scenes from "Out of Africa" and...

"Bridges of Madison County." Powerful roles she played so well, in addition to her more famous ones. Emotion just pours out of her.

[CTyankee]

42. She tore out Clint Eastwood's heart in "Bridges." That scene where she is in agony wanting to jump

out of that car is one of the most heart wrenching moments on screen that I have ever seen.

[Duppers]

43. I wholeheartedly agree.

It was so powerful.

[LeftInTX]

37. John Abraham for obvious reasons

[Binkie The Clown]

38. I don't get the appeal of guys who can't afford a razor.

But then, I'm a clean-shaven dude, so what do I know?

[LeftInTX]

39. Acne...my sons ditched their razors due to acne

I know John had acne as a teen and I think he still had it as an adult. Also John is Indian and has alot of facial hair. My dad was Armenian and he would shave twice a day.

I spend too much time getting rid of my facial hair and I'm a 65 year old she.

[Duppers]

40. Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale...And Meryl.

"You decide," Christian's famous line from Ford vs Ferrari.

Tom always makes me happy.
Brad is The Best Eye-Candy.
And Christian is just one of the best actors ever.

And female? I agree with Yankee above: Meryl Streep. Hands down, Meryl's the best ever!

Worthy mention is Matt Damon because he's just a cutie & he's funny.

[catbyte]

46. Keanu Reeves

I think he's seriously underrated as an actor, plus eye candy, even at 57.