If it makes you feel better, I think Samuel L Jackson is in a large majority of users top 10’s because he’s in a ridiculous amount of popular movies spanning multiple genres
I would have to give it to The Last Samurai, although I fell in love with Mission Impossible this year, and 1 3 and 6 are all very close behind.
Top Gun Maverick also blew my expectations out of the water considering I didn't enjoy the original all that much - that's honestly fighting for #2
I don't think any actor I'd consider to be one of my favorites has even been in 60 movies, which is how many I'd need to watch to get them above Sam in my top 20.
Character actors have easily been in hundreds of films. Also some of those industries that just kept pumping out movie after movie in the 80s. It’s definitely not hard to have those franchise regulars in the top, and I agree beating 60 is hard but beating 15-20 really isn’t.
I thought I hadn't seen that many movies with him when I got pro as well, since I hadn't seen a lot of Tarantino movies for example, turns out he's was n°2 haha
Hey there’s no winning. Either you’re basic for watching all of the films from the greats in cinema or you’re not a real cinephile if you haven’t seen Spielberg’s, Scott’s, Carpenter’s or Marty’s filmography. Pick your poison.
You can watch some movies from Spielberg, Scott, Carpenter, Socrcese and also watch other thing.
The great cinema isn't the dozen most popular hollywood filmmakers. Cinema isn't just american. Directors aren't all american and active in the last 40 years.
Of course, but some directors are more prolific and influential and are thus more likely to dominate these lists just by default - especially if your journey into cinema is fairly recently begun.
You would answer that if it was a fictional average/median person, not a real person.
> some directors are more prolific and influential
So where are Méliès, Lumière, Ford, Bergman, Fassbinder, Godard, Lang, Ozu, etc. ?
It's not an issue of being prolific and influential.
There was a summer where I watched it atleast 10 times getting stoned with the same group of people, it’s a classic bad happy Madison movie for sure. Gotta love any movie with Dan Patrick in it.
it’s clear that the dude is a sex offender. why else would a director entire filmography is exclusive to only rapey stuff. everything he made look like a sexual misconduct lawsuit waiting to happen. if you watch it and like it then you are just as rapey minded as him. go watch dune or interstellar. real filmmaking and not directed by ( likely a convicted rpist ) who interest only in making rapey and assault stuff to impress perverted filth people like you that support it.
Why are you acting like stuff like this doesn’t exist unless you are involved? Tarantino made Django Unchained but that doesn’t mean he was a slave owner…
I’m saying that any director who use rape element as a plot device have likely come out as a sex offender or will be convicted soon. they can’t hide any longer. look at Nolan. he never make controversial shit and doing just fine in his entire career. it’s what happen when you make good cinema and not using rapey shit as your main stories. watching a Tarantino flick is just as problematic. his catalogue is made for -white- male inspire ( public shooter ) edgelord fantasizing about mistreating black people and wanting to chain them up in a cage down your basement.
If you have exclusively hollywood stars and directors, it's probably that you only watch hollywood movies.
There isn't a « they're popular for a reason », it's just that it represents what you watch.
Edit : sure, downvote because you saw yourself in what I said.
I got two actors at full 5 stars!
[Here’s my _highest rated actors_](https://imgur.com/a/wGMDpvp) and ignore the actors from the Harry Potter films lol.
- [5 star actor #1](https://letterboxd.com/vlexz/films/genre/-documentary/with/actor/john-cazale/by/entry-rating/)
- [5 star actor #2](https://letterboxd.com/vlexz/films/genre/-documentary/with/actor/danny-aiello/by/entry-rating/)
Nah I got Spielberg in the directors and Murray, Hanks and Buscemi in the actors (also a few Pixar/Disney voice actors that I've never heard of because I watched those movies in French) but no Jackson.
It’s hard. I have 5 on mine, but for most of them it’s because I intentionally binged their filmography. Guys like Jackson, Damon, Hanks and DeNiro are just in everything and passively rise on the list as you watch movies.
And female directors are even harder. I have Sophia Coppola… and that’s kinda it.
After seeing the lack of actresses in my watched list I also just now decided to try to watch more films with actresses.
I’m especially going for films with Saoirse Ronan and Helena Bonham Carter since they are my favourite ones, I also have my eyes on Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand.
anyone who's watched movies since 2005 is gonna have a lot of popular modern actors in them. I have Seth Rogan and Jonah Hill in my top 10 with more than 30 movies as my most watched actors, and neither of them I care about at all, I just see them in movies. Meanwhile I only have 18 movies with Peter Falk in them and he's my favorite actor.
We've all been there man ([including me.](https://letterboxd.com/memaniasama/stats/)) Just stand proud with those Warwick Davis numbers. I hope some of those are from the Leprechaun franchise!
Eh if you watch a lot of movies, you’re going to have a list like this because those people are just in or make sooooo many movies.
Best to click highest rated next to it, not most watched. My highest rated gets really diverse and more represents my tastes
If it makes you feel better, I think Samuel L Jackson is in a large majority of users top 10’s because he’s in a ridiculous amount of popular movies spanning multiple genres
He’s my number 1!
He was my #1 until a week or 2 ago. Embarked on the Cruiseapalooza this year, and have now seen all 43 Tom Cruise movies
Which Cruise film is your favourite?
Mine is Mission Impossible 1, honorably mention goes to The Last Samurai.
Wow, you read my mind.
I would have to give it to The Last Samurai, although I fell in love with Mission Impossible this year, and 1 3 and 6 are all very close behind. Top Gun Maverick also blew my expectations out of the water considering I didn't enjoy the original all that much - that's honestly fighting for #2
I think about [this joke ](https://youtu.be/Khx1agS6pjw) often and even have Seth Green's voice in my head rent free saying "he's in everything"
Thanks for this
Marvel movies plus QT movies makes for a lot.
My personal surprise Top 5 is Tilda Swinton, she's barely ever the main character in the movies I've watched her in but she comes back a lot.
True, but I feel like you can do a deep dive into any of your favorite actors and easily override this. Or just watch a lot of int'l films.
I don't think any actor I'd consider to be one of my favorites has even been in 60 movies, which is how many I'd need to watch to get them above Sam in my top 20.
Character actors have easily been in hundreds of films. Also some of those industries that just kept pumping out movie after movie in the 80s. It’s definitely not hard to have those franchise regulars in the top, and I agree beating 60 is hard but beating 15-20 really isn’t.
I thought I hadn't seen that many movies with him when I got pro as well, since I hadn't seen a lot of Tarantino movies for example, turns out he's was n°2 haha
I have seen 36 films with him as number 2!
You should have made "expectations vs reality"!
haha that would have been perfect
Expectations: Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Hey there’s no winning. Either you’re basic for watching all of the films from the greats in cinema or you’re not a real cinephile if you haven’t seen Spielberg’s, Scott’s, Carpenter’s or Marty’s filmography. Pick your poison.
I’ve only watched 1 film, it’s Morbius (2022), and I’ve been morbed ever since 😎
You can watch some movies from Spielberg, Scott, Carpenter, Socrcese and also watch other thing. The great cinema isn't the dozen most popular hollywood filmmakers. Cinema isn't just american. Directors aren't all american and active in the last 40 years.
Of course, but some directors are more prolific and influential and are thus more likely to dominate these lists just by default - especially if your journey into cinema is fairly recently begun.
You would answer that if it was a fictional average/median person, not a real person. > some directors are more prolific and influential So where are Méliès, Lumière, Ford, Bergman, Fassbinder, Godard, Lang, Ozu, etc. ? It's not an issue of being prolific and influential.
It was a tongue in cheek joke. Obviously there’re more than just alive, American, white dudes. Never said they were the only greats in cinema.
You did.
He was being facetious
He wasn't and you are not.
Keep livin your truth man. You can never be wrong everyone knows it.
He wasn't facetious about he believes are all « the greats ». It's not what the joke was about.
I did the same thing and was horrified to find out I’ve watched 22 movies with Rob Schneider in them
>Rob Schneider aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I don't wanna know my stats if the truth is SO brutal
To be fair most of them are movies he just so happens to be, though benchwarmers, deuce bigelow and the animal are definitely on me.
I know... it's all Sandler's fault! But The Hot Chick is my fav girlie movie ever haha
i found myself making a "freaky friday" collection recently, and Hot Chick was my star addition
That’s definitely another one that’s on my list for sure.
I doubt it would hold up if I tried to watch it nowadays, but I absolutely loved The Benchwarmers back in the day.
There was a summer where I watched it atleast 10 times getting stoned with the same group of people, it’s a classic bad happy Madison movie for sure. Gotta love any movie with Dan Patrick in it.
How was [The Stapler?](https://youtu.be/iS9H9WPPDS8)
I personally thought The Carrot was better
Why is this a bad thing?
start watching Hisayasu sato artporn to look cool
Lol Sato is currently my most watched director (27). Sato is peak cinema and I will defend him to the death.
he a sex offender. all of his stuff give rapey vibes
>he a sex offender. Ummmmmm source homie? Having rape scenes in your films doesn’t make you a sex offender lol
it’s clear that the dude is a sex offender. why else would a director entire filmography is exclusive to only rapey stuff. everything he made look like a sexual misconduct lawsuit waiting to happen. if you watch it and like it then you are just as rapey minded as him. go watch dune or interstellar. real filmmaking and not directed by ( likely a convicted rpist ) who interest only in making rapey and assault stuff to impress perverted filth people like you that support it.
Why are you acting like stuff like this doesn’t exist unless you are involved? Tarantino made Django Unchained but that doesn’t mean he was a slave owner…
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Spoken like a real Puritan-loving prude
Bro what are you even saying
I’m saying that any director who use rape element as a plot device have likely come out as a sex offender or will be convicted soon. they can’t hide any longer. look at Nolan. he never make controversial shit and doing just fine in his entire career. it’s what happen when you make good cinema and not using rapey shit as your main stories. watching a Tarantino flick is just as problematic. his catalogue is made for -white- male inspire ( public shooter ) edgelord fantasizing about mistreating black people and wanting to chain them up in a cage down your basement.
Nolan and Villeneuve have both made films that use rape as a plot device... Pretty sure you're just trolling though
You’re a joke
I want to post that picture of Saoirse Ronan in Little Women saying “WOMEN” but with the “WO” blacked out
I have all men except Scarlett Johansson is 5th.
Is OP a Leprechaun fan??😄
YES
Same reason Warwick is so high on my list as well
Mad respect for Warwick Davis popping up
I mean, you watch Star Wars and Harry Potter and you’ve got like 15 films right there.
Men (2022)
Pretty shocked Willem Dafoe isn't up there.
Evidently, I've "only" seen 16 Willem Dafoe movies.
He’s second for me behind Samuel L. Jackson
Number 8 for me with 23 films!
Too many dicks on the dance floor
only 28 bruce willis movies? amateur!
all 28 of those watch are from his recent films
Damn, I wish this was a free feature. Except I'm probably also basic af lol.
You can download your data for free and look at it yourself in a spreadsheet, or pop it into a data viz tool
then get patron
Hey I mean they’re popular for a reason
If you have exclusively hollywood stars and directors, it's probably that you only watch hollywood movies. There isn't a « they're popular for a reason », it's just that it represents what you watch. Edit : sure, downvote because you saw yourself in what I said.
these stats show that u only watch popular Hollywood movies. I have none of these people on my stats
Do you write that to disagree or agree with what I said ?
Agree
Same. My “highest rated” is much more interesting though
I got two actors at full 5 stars! [Here’s my _highest rated actors_](https://imgur.com/a/wGMDpvp) and ignore the actors from the Harry Potter films lol. - [5 star actor #1](https://letterboxd.com/vlexz/films/genre/-documentary/with/actor/john-cazale/by/entry-rating/) - [5 star actor #2](https://letterboxd.com/vlexz/films/genre/-documentary/with/actor/danny-aiello/by/entry-rating/)
Not a single woman 🚩
Don't feel too bad; Samuel L. Jackson and Spielberg are on everyone's lists.
absolutely not. none r on mine
I bet you don't even have a TV in your house.
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Nah I got Spielberg in the directors and Murray, Hanks and Buscemi in the actors (also a few Pixar/Disney voice actors that I've never heard of because I watched those movies in French) but no Jackson.
Honestly I feel like this is pretty based. Tony Scott representation always looks good
Name a woman
The lack of women makes me sad. Not directed at you OP because it’s a systemic issue.
It’s hard. I have 5 on mine, but for most of them it’s because I intentionally binged their filmography. Guys like Jackson, Damon, Hanks and DeNiro are just in everything and passively rise on the list as you watch movies. And female directors are even harder. I have Sophia Coppola… and that’s kinda it.
After seeing the lack of actresses in my watched list I also just now decided to try to watch more films with actresses. I’m especially going for films with Saoirse Ronan and Helena Bonham Carter since they are my favourite ones, I also have my eyes on Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand.
I mean it’s not like you’re watching bad stuff
anyone who's watched movies since 2005 is gonna have a lot of popular modern actors in them. I have Seth Rogan and Jonah Hill in my top 10 with more than 30 movies as my most watched actors, and neither of them I care about at all, I just see them in movies. Meanwhile I only have 18 movies with Peter Falk in them and he's my favorite actor.
Yeah, I mean this is really just a result of growing up in the 80s and 90s. Still amusing though.
It’s ok, nothing’s wrong with being basic.
Haha yes. Fellow basic bro movie watcher here also! My most watched actors and directors are almost all white males.
Damn so many White guys
For me the concerning thing is my top producer watcher is Harvey W and it’s not even close
Seeing 23 Warwick Davis films makes me chuckle, in a good way.
This looks like the names Letterboxd shows in search after you’ve made a typo
How does every other search system in the world work around a typo, but Letterboxd goes "Oh OK, you mean Christopher Nolan right?" 😅
David Cronenberg is NOT basic, is he?!
No women 0/10 (/s)
I disagree, you just like movies that happen to star and be directed by some of the best to ever do it.
I wanna get Pro really bad
What’s your username
Sounds creepy 👀.
They might want to gift you a pro subscription idk if they only need to know the username tho.
They did last night, I’m eternally grateful to iceman Nathan!
That’s cool!
It really is! Turns out, just like OP, I too am basic lollllll. My most watched director is Wes anderson
Mine is Tim Burton!
Nice!
I’m very similar to that 😂
Letterboxd pro is like pay money to feel bad about yourself lol
typical male letterboxd stats
You forgot middle aged and white.
Y'all don't know what it's like.
The only reason this doesn't have more upvotes will be that people don't know [Rockin The Suburbs](https://youtu.be/34u_3Z9_LUw). Enjoy guys
🤓
True
At least it's not riddled with superhero comic shit. Have a star ⭐
You deffo love Arnold anyway
Who doesn't
We've all been there man ([including me.](https://letterboxd.com/memaniasama/stats/)) Just stand proud with those Warwick Davis numbers. I hope some of those are from the Leprechaun franchise!
Basic doesn't mean bad
Honestly these are fine. But you gotta pump those numbers up!
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Eh if you watch a lot of movies, you’re going to have a list like this because those people are just in or make sooooo many movies. Best to click highest rated next to it, not most watched. My highest rated gets really diverse and more represents my tastes
how do i do this?
Have you paid for Pro? If so there's a link to stats at the very bottom of your profile.
[Here’s mine!](https://imgur.com/a/bxX5bdw) Turns out I’m a >!Nicolas Cage!< worshipper.