Films Where the Entire Cast Deserved an Oscar

Xanadu

Chinatown

All the actors nail their roles, big or small. Rare in a period piece.

So ties would be allowed in this scenario, OP?

I’d go with Tootsie.

Rosemary’s Baby. Everyone in the cast was perfect.

Pulp Fiction.

Wizard of Oz.

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Hairspray (2007 version)

Nashville

Truth be told, in All About Eve the women and George Sanders were extraordinary. Gary Merrill and the nobody who was the playwright were the weak links. Imagine Cary Grant and William Holden instead of those two.

North by Northwest -- even the ticket clerk at Grand Central makes the most of his short time on screen.

Young Frankenstein. An absolutely perfect cast, executing that comedy flawlessly.

Perfection

“Who’s afraid of Virginia Wolfe”, with only 4 characters, plus 1 if you include Sonny-boy.

Boogie Nights

The Color Purple

[quote]Hairspray (2007 version]

I love this movie, but Sonny Bono and Debbie Harry are amateurish and would be embarrassing if it weren’t a John Water’s movie.

But I agree, Divine, Stiller, and the entire youth contingency all gave great performances.

R15....2007.

If everyone in the cast deserves an Oscar then the Director earned one.

Sunset Blvd

Some like it Hot

12 Angry Men

The Women

All About Eve

Dr. Strangelove. Sellers amazing in three roles, plus Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens, George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn, all unforgettable. My favourite scene stealer was Peter Bull as the Russian Ambassador.

The Shawshank Redemption

Stand By Me - Great performances by such a young & mostly, at the time, unknown cast.

R17 Not to mention the casting director.

[quote][R15]....2007

Oh, sorry.

Then I have to point out the black hole that is Travolta’s performance in that otherwise decent film.

HAIRSPRAY (2007)??? Divine upstaged by Ricki Lake. Not even interesting enough to be a "bad" performance. Hated it. (And I'm from Baltimore motherfucker!)

GWTW

The Shawshank Redemption, Dolores Clayborn, the Green Mile, and Stand By Me are all movies I can just tune into at any point and enjoy watching again and again. I just like the way the stories are told. All by Stephen King, too!

[quote]HAIRSPRAY (2007)??? Divine upstaged by Ricki Lake. Not even interesting enough to be a "bad" performance. Hated it. (And I'm from Baltimore motherfucker!)

Okay, I’m not the only one who mixes up dates.

Hairspray 2007??? Divine upstaged by Ricki Lake. Hated that flick (and I'm from Baltimore motherfucker)

This is Spinal Tap

No one was even nominated for anything, of course... .

Ordinary People

Halloween 2018

[quote]HAIRSPRAY (2007)??? Divine upstaged by Ricki Lake. Not even interesting enough to be a "bad" performance. Hated it. (And I'm from Baltimore motherfucker!)

[quote]HAIRSPRAY (2007)??? Divine upstaged by Ricki Lake. Not even interesting enough to be a "bad" performance. Hated it. (And I'm from Baltimore motherfucker!)

At least I’m not repetitive.

Sixteen Candles

Howards End

The King of Comedy

Now, Voyager. Bette, Paul Henried, Mary Wickes, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville. The kid was iffy.

A lot of Mike Leigh films belong here. He workshops his films with his actors who have a meaningful contribution to the stories he tells.

* make a contribution

Well, “Rocky Horror Picture Show” obviously. Tim Curry FTW.

Another vote for Boogie Nights and Tootsie

Midnight Cowboy

Muriel's Wedding

The Emigrants/The New Land: an epic with a huge cast and a remarkable range of great roles and performances.

Casablanca?

Rickkkklkkkk, hide me Rickkkkk...!

I’d add “Empire of the Sun”, “the Last Emperor”, “The Way Back”., and “Its a Wonderful Life”.

The discrete charm of the bourgeoisie

A Streetcar Named Desire

Goodfellas

How To Marry a Millionaire - Still holds up, laugh out loud funny - Monroe, Grable, Bacall, David Wayne, Cameron Mitchell, Rory Calhoun, William Powell, etc.

R4, Totally agree.

The Graduate, Bonnie and Clyde, What's Up Doc?, The Way We Were.

Porky's

Maltese Falcon

Flirting with Disaster

Spotlight

An Unmarried Woman

R52 I would agree, except that the psychiatrist (Mazursky's own analyst) and the daughter were not worthy of any award except a Razzie.

Running on Empty

"Caged"

r53, yes, Lisa Lucas was flawed. I thought Penelope Russianoff was fun, though.

R56 I thought Penelope seemed over-medicated; if I had an analyst who spoke that s-l-o-w-l-y I would demand a lower hourly rate.

All About Eve is an awful example. Anne Baxter is over the top (as is the girl who plays Phoebe), and most of the men are forgettable.

There are fine performances in the film from Bette Davis, Celeste Holm, George Sanders, and Marilyn Monroe. And the guy who plays the fat producer. That's it.

R58, fuck you!

Casablanca

LA Confidential

Young Frankenstein

The Talented Mr Ripley

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The Sting

Frances

Blue Jasmine

Another vote for Goodfellas

I liked “lifeboat”, 1945. I know a movie is good if the story takes me away and I found I’m engrossed in it.

Hitchcock directed. One of the actors almost drown in one scene where they were striving for accuracy in rough weather, despite being in a studio pool. Tallulah Bankhead got pneumonia twice, and Hume Cronyn cracked his ribs.

One actor was insulted that the director was racist and rude to the black actor in the lifeboat. This was when I learned that Black porters at the time could all be called “George”, after George Pullman, who invented the train car named after him. Can you imagine, calling someone “George”, because you can’t be bothered learning his name?

Tallulah Bankhead was such an anti-fascist that she refused to speak to the Austrian actor, Walter Sezelk, despite that he was not a NAZI and shared the lifeboat with her.

The trademark Hitchcock cameo appears as an advertisement in a newspaper. Clever, huh?

What's Up Doc?

The judge, Mabel "My jewels! My jewels!" Albertson, I am Hugh/You; Austin Pendleton, John Hillerman! and Boss Hogg.

To say nothing of the leads, Babs, Ryan, and dear sweet Madeline.

Citizen Kane!

The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Lois Chiles, Bradford Dillman, Vivica Lindfors, Sally Kirkland, Susan Blakely, Herb Edelman

Into the Blue

Citizen Kane is usually voted as the best film of all time.

I also liked “The Magnificent Amberstons”, also by Orsen Wells.

Another vote for The Colour Purple and Some Like It Hot

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Mr. Welles would appreciate it if R66 would spell his name correctly.