Greatest on screen pairings

Greatest on screen pairings (April 2017)

Throughout film history, there have been on screen pairings that occur over and over again for whatever reason. Sometimes it is planned that way, other times not. Some are real friends or real couples. Some are duos, some have just appeared in several films together. Here are some of the very best.

35. Charlie Chaplin/ Edna Purviance

34. James Cagney/ Humphrey Bogart

33. Rock Hudson/ Jane Wyman

32. John Belushi/ Dan Aykroyd

31. Bud Abbott/ Lou Costello

30. Johnny Depp/ Helena Bonham Carter

29. Dan Aykroyd/ John Candy

28. Jack Lemmon/ Tony Curtis

27. Harold Ramis/ Bill Murray

26. Frank Sinatra/ Gene Kelly

25. Myrna Loy/ William Powell

24. Olivia De Havilland/ Errol Flynn

23. John Cazale/ Al Pacino

22. Dean Martin/ Jerry Lewis

21. Stan Laurel/Ollie Hardy

20. Corey Haim/ Corey Feldman

19. Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson

18. Simon Pegg/ Nick Frost

17. Tom Hanks/ Meg Ryan

16. Ben Affleck/ Matt Damon

15. Humphrey Bogart/ Bette Davis

14. Owen Wilson/ Vince Vaughn

13. Gene Wilder/ Richard Pryor

12. Paul Newman/ Joanne Woodward

11. Jack Lemmon/ Walter Matthau

10. Bing Crosby/ Bob Hope

9. Bradley Cooper/ Jennifer Lawrence

8. Robert Redford/ Paul Newman

7. Kirk Douglas/ Burt Lancaster

6. Cary Grant/ Katharine Hepburn

5. Robert De Niro/ Al Pacino

4. Elizabeth Taylor/ Richard Burton

3. Fred Astaire/ Ginger Rogers

2. Humphrey Bogart/ Lauren Bacall

1. Spencer Tracy/ Katharine Hepburn

Greatest Actor/ Actress/ Director Partnerships

Greatest Actor/ Actress/ Director Partnerships (March 2017)

There are some actors and actresses that have fantastic partnerships with certain directors. There seems to be some that work with the same director numerous times throughout their career. This goes on to this very day. Here are 70 of the most storied partnerships. 

70. George Lucas/ Harrison Ford

69. George Romero/ Tom Savini

68. Michael Curtiz/ Claude Rains

67. John Watters/ Divine

66. Christopher Nolan/ Christian Bale

65. Vincente Minelli/ Judy Garland

64. Sam Raimi/ Bruce Campbell

63. Cohen Brothers/ Steve Buschemi

62. Tim Burton/ Helena Bohnam Carter

61. George Roy Hill/ Paul Newman

60. Ed Wood/ Bela Lugosi

59. Quentin Tarantino/ Samuel L. Jackson

58. Francis Ford Coppola/ John Cazale

57. George Roy Hill/ Robert Redford

56. Terence Fisher/ Christopher Lee

55. John Cassavetes/ Gena Rowlands

54. Terence Fisher/ Peter Cushing

53. Michael Curtiz/ Errol Flynn

52. Frances Ford Coppola/ Robert Duvall

51. Michael Curtiz/ James Cagney

50. John Ford/ James Stewart

49. Martin Scorsese/ Harvey Keitel

48. Howard Hawks/ John Wayne

47. Douglas Sirk/ Rock Hudson

46. Ron Howard/ Tom Hanks

45. Mel Brooks/ Gene Wilder

44. Michael Curtiz/ Olivia De Havilland

43. Tim Burton/ Michael Keaton

42. George Stevens/ Elizabeth Taylor

41. Martin Scorssese/ Joe Pesci

40. DW Griffith/ Lillian Gish

39. Cecil B. Demille/ Gloria Swanson

38. Steven Speilberg/ Tom Hanks

37. James Whale/ Boris Karloff

36. William Wyler/ Bette Davis

35. Martin Scorcese/ Leonardo DiCaprio

34. Alfred Hitchcock/ Grace Kelly

33. John Ford/ Maureen O’Hara

32. Stanley Kramer/ Spencer Tracy

31. John Sturges/ Steve McQueen

30. Howard Hawks/ Cary Grant

29. Stanley Kubrick/ Kirk Douglas

28. Billy Wilder/ Marilyn Monroe

27. Roger Corman/ Vincent Price

26. Ingmar Bergman/ Bibi Andersson

25. Michelangelo Antonioni/ Monica Vitti

24. Victor Fleming/ Clark Gable

23. Alfred Hitchcock/ Ingrid Bergman

22. Billy Wilder/ Jack Lemmon

21. Ingmar Bergman/ Max Von Sydow

20. Billy Wilder/ William Holden

19. Warner Herzog/ Klaus Kinski

18. Sergio Leone/ Clint Eastwood

17. Stanley Kubrick/ Peter Sellers

16. Fedrico Fellini/ Giulietta Masina

15. George Cukor/ Katharine Hepburn

14. Josef Von Sternberg/ Marlene Dietrich

13. John Ford/ Henry Fonda

12. Fedrico Fellini/ Marcello Mastroianni

11. Alfred Hitchcok/ Cary Grant

10. Tim Burton/Johnny Depp

9. Francis Ford Coppola/ Marlon Brando

8. Michael Curtiz/ Humphrey Bogart

7. John Huston/ Humphrey Bogart

6. Elia Kazan/ Marlon Brando

5. David Lean/Alec Guinness

4. Alfred Hitchcock/ James Stewart

3. John Ford/ John Wayne

2. Frank Capra/ James Stewart

1. Martin Scorsese/ Robert De Niro

50 Great Emotional Movies

50 Great Emotional Movies (March 2017)

These are 50 of the films that touched my heart the most. Rest assured a second installment will be coming in the future with some of the films I have seen since I made this list. Be ready to be sad and to possibly cry if you see these. 

50. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

49. Mr. Skeffington

48. The Breakfast Club

47. Love Story

46. The Apartment

45. Harvey

44. Bride of Frankenstein

43. Frozen

42. Hachi

41. All Quiet on the Western Front

40. Mildred Pierce

39. Dances with Wolves

38. Modern Times

37. Edward Scissorhands

36. Who’s afraid of Virginia Wolof?

35. David Copperfield

34. Cat on a hot tin roof

33. The Great Dictator

32. Wuthering Heights

31. Cabaret

30. Dark Victory

29. Now Voyager

28. On the Waterfront

27. Captains Courageous

26. Splendor in the Grass

25. Camille

24. Sunrise: A song of two humans

23. Suddenly Last Summer

22. Ryan’s Daughter

21. Titanic

20. Kramer vs. Kramer

19. The Last Picture Show

18. Silver Linings Playbook

17. Avatar

16. Inside Out

15. Beauty and the Beast

14. The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

13. La La Land

12. Terms of Endearment

11. Curse of the Cat People

10. Roman Holiday

9. The Gold Rush

8. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

7. Les Miserables

6. City Lights

5. The Blue Angel

4. It’s a Wonderful Life

3. The Color Purple

2. La Strada

1. Brief Encounter

Greatest Billy Wilder Movies

Greatest Billy Wilder Movies (March 2017)

Billy Wilder is one of the greatest directors of all time. The majority of these films were at least nominated for best picture. They are quite diverse, but also all have his personal touch and unique vision.

11. A Foreign Affair

10. The Seven Year Itch

9. Sabrina

8. Witness for the Prosecution

7. Ace in the hole

6. Stalag 17

5. The Lost Weekend

4. The Apartment

3. Some Like it Hot

2. Double Indemnity

1. Sunset Boulevard

Greatest years for best actor nominees

Greatest years for best actor nominees (February 2017)

I had previously done the strongest years for best actress and best picture nominees. These are the best years for best actor nominees ever. These are some of the greatest actors of all time in some of their best performance.

20.1941- Gary Cooper- Sergeant York, Cary Grant- Penny Serenade, Walter Huston- the Devil and Daniel Webster, Robert Montgomery- Here comes Mr. Jordan, Orson Welles- Citizen Kane

19. 1943- Paul Lukas- Watch on the Rhine, Humphrey Bogart- Casablanca, Gary Cooper- For Whom the Bell Tolls, Walter Pidgeon- Madame Curie, Mickey Rooney- the Human Comedy

18. 1958- David Niven- Separate Tables, Tony Curtis- the Defiant Ones, Paul Newman- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sidney Poitier- the Defiant Ones, Spencer Tracy- the Old man and the sea

17. 1946- Fredric March- the Best Years of our lives, Laurence Olivier- Henry V, Larry Parks- the Jolson Story, Gregory Peck- the Yearling, James Stewart- It’s a Wonderful Life

16. 1987-Michael Douglas- Wall Street, William Hurt- Broadcast News, Marcello Mastroianni- Dark Eyes, Jack Nicholson- Ironweed, Robin Williams- Good Morning Vietnam

15. 1992- Al Pacino- Scent of a Woman, Robert Downey Jr.- Chaplin, Clint Eastwood- the Unforgiven, Stephen Rea- the Crying Game, Denzel Washington- Malcom X

14. 1950- Jose Ferrer- Cyrano de Bergerac, Louis Calhern- the Magnificent Yankee, William Holden- Sunset Boulevard, James Stewart- Harvey, Spencer Tracy- Father of the Bride

13. 1964- Rex Harrison- My Fair Lady, Richard Burton- Becket, Peter O’Toole- Becket, Anthony Quinn- Zorba the Greek, Peter Sellers- Dr. Strangelove

12. 1974- Art Carney- Harry and Tonto, Albert Finney- Murder on the Orient Express, Dustin Hoffman- Lenny, Jack Nicholson- Chinatown, Al Pacino- the Godfather Part II

11. 1969- John Wayne- True Grit, Richard Burton- Anne of a Thousand Days, Dustin Hoffman- Midnight Cowboy, Peter O’Toole- Goodbye Mr. Chips, Jon Voight- Midnight Cowboy

10. 1951- Humphrey Bogart- the African Queen, Marlon Brando- A Streetcar Named Desire, Montgomery Clift- A Place in the Sun, Arthur Kennedy- Bright Victory, Fredric March- Death of a Salesman

9. 1952- Gary Cooper- High Noon, Marlon Brando- Viva Zapata!. Kirk Douglas- the Bad and the Beautiful, Jose Ferrer- Moulin Rouge, Alec Guinness- the Lavender Hill Mob

8. 1959- Charlton Heston- Ben Hur, Laurence Harvey- Room at the Top, Jack Lemmon- Some like it hot, Paul Muni- the Last Angry Man, James Stewart- Anatomy of a Murder

7. 1956-Yul Brynner- the King and I, James Dean- Giant, Kirk Douglas- Lust for Life, Rock Hudson- Giant, Laurence Olivier- Richard III

6. 1976- Peter Finch- Network, Robert De Niro- Taxi Driver, Giancarlo Giannini- Seven Beauties, William Holden- Network, Sylvester Stallone- Rocky

5. 1953- William Holden- Stalag 17, Marlon Brando- Juius Caesar, Richard Burton- the Robe, Montgomery Clift- From here to Eternity, Burt Lancaster- From here to Eternity

4. 1962- Gregory Peck- to Kill a Mockingbird, Burt Lancaster- Birdman of Alcatraz, Jack Lemmon- the Days of Wine and Roses, Marcelllo Mastroianni- Divorce Italian Style, Peter O’ Toole- Lawrence of Arabia

3. 1940- James Stewart- the Philadelphia Story, Charlie Chaplin- the Great Dictator, Henry Fonda- the Grapes of Wrath, Raymond Massey- Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Laurence Olivier- Rebecca

2. 1939- Robert Donat- Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Clark Gable- Gone with the Wind, Laurence Olivier- Wuthering Heights, Mickey Rooney- Babes in Arms, James Stewart- Mr. Smith goes to Washington

1. 1967-Rod Steiger- in the Heat of the Night, Warren Beatty- Bonnie and Clyde, Dustin Hoffman- the Graduate, Paul Newman- Cool Hand Luke, Spencer Tracy- Guess who’s coming to dinner

Greatest years for best actress nominees

Greatest years for best actress nominees (February 2017)

Some years are better than others for film and for the Academy Awards. Some times the best person wins, sometimes they don't. These were the greatest years for best actress nominees. These are some of the greatest actresses ever in some of their best roles. 

15.1945- Joan Crawford- Mildred Pierce, Ingrid Bergman- the Bells of St. Mary’s, Greer Garson- the Valley of Decision, Jennifer Jones- Love Letters, Gene Tierney- Leave her to heaven

14. 1960- Elizabeth Taylor- Butterfield 8, Greer Garson- Sunrise at Campobello, Deborah Kerr- the Sundowners, Shirley MacLaine- the Apartment, Melina Mercouri- Never on a Sunday

13. 1972- Liza Minelli- Cabaret, Diana Ross- Lady Sings the Blues, Maggie Smith- Travels with my Aunt, Cicely Tyson-Sounder, Live Ullman- the Emigrants

12. 1937-Luise Rainer- the Good Earth, Irene Dunne- The Awful Truth, Greta Garbo- Camille, Janet Gaynor- A Star is Born, Barbara Stanwyck- Stella Dallas

11. 1959- Simone Signoret- Room at the Top, Doris Day- Pillow Talk, Audrey Hepburn- the Nun’s Story, Katherine Hepburn- Suddenly Last Summer, Elizabeth Taylor- Suddenly Last Summer

10. 1954- Grace Kelly-the Country Girl, Dorothy Dandridge- Carmen Jones, Judy Garland- A Star is Born, Audrey Hepburn- Sabrina, Jane Wyman- Magnificent Obsession

9. 1944- Ingrid Bergman- Gaslight, Claudette Colbert- Since you went away, Bette Davis- Mr. Skeffington, Greer Garson- Mrs. Parkington, Barbara Stanwyck- Double Indemnity

8. 1941- Joan Fontaine- Suspicion, Bette Davis- the Little Foxes, Oliva de Havilland- Hold back the Dawn, Greer Garson- Blossoms in the Dust, Barbara Stanwyck- Ball of Fire

7. 1967- Katherine Hepburn- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Anne Bancroft- The Graduate, Faye Dunaway- Bonnie and Clyde, Edith Evans- the Whisperers, Audrey Hepburn- Wait Until Dark

6. 1951- Vivien Leigh- A Streetcar Named Desire, Katherine Hepburn- the African Queen, Eleanor Parker- Detective Story, Shelley Winters- A Place in the Sun, Jane Wyman- the Blue Veil

5. 1953- Audrey Hepburn- Roman Holiday, Leslie Caron- Lili, Ava Gardner- Mogambo, Deborah Kerr- From here to Eternity, Maggie McNamara- The Moon is Blue

4. 1939- Vivien Leigh- Gone with the Wind, Bette Davis- Dark Victory, Irene Dunne- Love Affair, Greta Garbo- Ninotchka, Greer Garson- Goodbye Mr. Chips

3. 1961- Sophia Loren- Two Women, Audrey Hepburn- Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Piper Laurie- the Hustler, Geraldine Page- Summer and Smoke, Natalie Wood- Splendor in the Grass

2. 1940- Ginger Rogers- Kitty Foyle, Bette Davis- the Letter, Joan Fontaine- Rebecca, Katherine Hepburn- the Philadelphia Story, Martha Scott- Our Town

1. 1950- Judy Holliday- Born Yesterday, Anne Baxter- All About Eve, Bette Davis- All About Eve, Eleanor Parker- Caged, Gloria Swanson- Sunset Boulevard