Can't-go-wrong Actors

[Red]

So I was thinking about this after reading the Immortal Beloved thread and how Gary Oldman made what could've been a sh*t movie perfectly watcheable. So who are the actors you rely on to make a movie good? Like you know its gotta have something redeemable in it if they're there?

Some of mine:

-Laura Linney
-William H. Macy
-Patricia Clarkson
-Phillip Seymour Hoffman
-Hope Davis
-good ol' Gary Oldman

[UnwindedDreams]

DeNiro
Bette Midler
Jack Nicholson
Kathy Bates
Diane Keaton
Tom Hanks
Anthony Hopkins
Jodie Foster
Dustin Hoffman
Barbara Streisand...

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

DeNiro
Bette Midler
Jack Nicholson
Kathy Bates
Diane Keaton
Tom Hanks
Anthony Hopkins
Jodie Foster
Dustin Hoffman
Barbara Streisand...

I agree with each one of these, esp. Barbra, Bette and Diane. I'll also go with Richard on Pfeiffer.

[diamondsnake]

Michelle Pfiefer
Jodie Foster (Can't wait for her new movie this weekend)
John Travolta
Jennifer Coolidge (She has been in the stupidest movies and TV shows, but she is the funniest woman on the planet!)
Juliane Moore
Kate Winslet

[GarboSpeaks!]

In order:
Guys-
Gary Oldman
Christopher Walken
Morgan Freeman (Legendary status imo. The guy can act his ass off!)
Willem Defoe
Ving Rhames
Jason Stratham (ok, so he's not a household name yet, but he will be, and currently holds HOTTIE status!)
Hmm, that's all I can come up w/ now. The others that have been mentioned rock, but these guys imo really deserve their due!

Chicks-
Michelle Pfeiffer
Angelina Jolie (freak of nature, but billiant in Girl Interupted & Gia)
Chloe Webb (Has been, but in her day she RAWKED!)
Jodie Foster
Cher (YES CHER!)
Charlize Theron
& Milla Jovovich!

[madformac]

-Sean Penn
-Gary Oldman (again)
-Tom Hanks
-Dame Judi Dench
-Jack Nicholson

DeNiro used to but I think he's sold out lately.

[Richard B]

Nice lists everyone! I will add:
Johnny Depp
Jeff Bridges
Michelle Pfeiffer

[Miss Vicky]

Joaquin Phoenix
Johnny Depp
Russell Crowe

I should say though that all three have been in some really awful movies, but all of them were awful despite the fine performances by these guys.

On the flip side, there are also many actors that I have the opposite reaction to, that is to say that I WILL NOT watch a movie if they are in it unless there is a very compelling reason to overlook their presence. Here are a few of those:

Tom Cruise
Billy Bob Thornton
Halle Berry
Pierce Brosnan
Orlando Bloom
Jude Law
Adam Sandler
Jim Carrey
Mike Meyers
Owen Wilson
George Clooney

[ragandbone]

This is great list already, and most of those I would have picked have been mentioned (so impressed with Patricia Clarkson!) but I could add some...

Adam Brody
Daniel Day Lewis
Don Cheadle
Laura Dern
Cate Blanchett
Sissy Spacek

My all-time favorite actress died not that long ago: Anne Bancroft.

[amber]

Jack Nicholson
Jodie Foster
Parker Posey
Bette Davis
Isabelle Adjani (okay, actually you can go wrong with some of her movies, but not with her)
Julianne Moore
Kevin Kline
Don Cheadle
Owen Wilson
Michelle Pfeiffer (I sometimes think I might pay just to stare at her for an hour and a half, she is so pretty).
Christopher Walken
Phillip S. H.
Edit - Diane Lane. I guess you can go wrong, but I just love her, think she's gorgeous.

Oh, I did this without reading anyone else's list.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Judy Garland
Nicole Kidman
Jude Law
Laura Dern
Juliette Binoche
Michelle Pfeiffer
Deborah Kerr
Liza Minnelli (Just scratch out Rent-a-Cop )
Barbara Streisand
Jack Nicholson
Dustin Hoffman

[amber]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

I like Amber's list! I would add Johnny Depp, Bill Murray and Jeff Bridges, who I think is very underrated. I love the fact you included Owen Wilson, who I adore.
Did I tell you I once interviewed Kevin Kline? I might have. Anyway he was lovely and very theatrical and actory, I was not disappointed.

oooooh...I'm so jeal. He's a Scorpio, too, and Phoebe Cates is a Cancer. You know I had to say that. But moving on -

I think Jeff Bridges is underrated, too - he's not quite a favorite though, although I definitely like some of his performances a lot. My mom loves him. Bill Murray is great, of course.
I used the criteria "would I see a movie just because they are in it?"

I almost wanted to add Peter O'toole and Michael Caine and Anthony Hopkins - but I guess they'd be right below that criteria...

I think you know I don't care much for Depp, although I wish I looked like him...
Owen Wilson is always funny, no matter what the rest of the movie is doing. I think he shares your sign as well, by the way.

I'd also like to add that I always enjoy watching Goldie Hawn, so she could probably be on my list - although I guess "can't go wrong" wouldn't apply in general, just for me.

Edit - Richard - Jeremy Irons is very hot to me, good choice. I only have real lust crushes on very few actor men, and he is one. Jack is the other.
And John Cusack! of course! He has to be on the list!

[CelticGypsy]

Robert Redford
Sandra Bullock (she is goofy yet cute)
Tom Hanks
Elizabeth Taylor (she takes command of the screen)
Catherine Zeta-Jones
George Clooney
Julia Roberts
Angelina Jolie
Dustin Hoffman
Orlando Bloom
Pierce Brosnan
Salma Hayek
Kate Winslet
Johnny Depp

[ontheEdgeof17]

Stockard Channing.

'nuff said