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- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael FassbenderIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.Paul Giamatti, Alfre Woodard, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o, and Brad Pitt all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Giamatti for Cinderella Man (2005)
Pitt for 12 Monkeys (1995)
Fassbender for this film
Nyong'o for this film which she won
Woodard for Cross Creek (1983)
Pitt and Giamatti both worked with Christopher Plummer;
Pitt for 12 Monkeys (1995)
Giamatti for Winchell (1999)TV and The Last Station (2009)
Chiwotel Ejiofor, Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Fassbender, and Quazane Wallis all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Ejiofor for this film
Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Moneyball (2011)
Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game (2014)
Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Fassbender for Steve Jobs (2015)
Ejiofor and Giamatti both worked with Clive Owen;
Ejiofor for Children of Men (2006)
Giamatti for Shoot'em Up (2007) and Duplicity (2009)
John McConnell, Giamatti and Pitt all worked with George Clooney;
Giamatti for The Ides of March (2011)
Pitt for Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), and Burn After Reading (2008)
McConnell for O Brother Where Art Thou (2000)
Ejiofor and Giamatti both worked with William Hurt;
Ejiofor for Endgame (2009)TV
Giamatti for Too Big To Fail (2011)TV
Giamatti and Pitt both worked with Matt Damon;
Giamatti for Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Pitt for Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Ocean's Twelve (2005), and Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Ejiofor and Giamatti both worked with director Steven Spielberg;
Ejiofor for Amistad (1997)
Giamatti for Saving Private Ryan (1998)
They both worked with Harrison Ford;
Giamatti for Sabrina (1995)
Pitt for The Devil's Own (1997)
Pitt, Giamatti, and Cumberbatch all worked with Julia Roberts;
Giamatti for Duplicity (2009)
Pitt for Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), and Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Cumberbatch for August Osage County (2013)
Ejiofor and Woodard both worked on films involving Nelson Mandela;
Ejiofor for Endgame (2009)TV
Woodard for Mandela (1987)TV
They both worked with Danny Glover;
Ejiofor for 2012 (2009)
Woodard for Mandela (1987)TV
Dwight Henry and Wallis previously worked together in The Beasts of the Southern Wild (2011)
Giamatti and Pitt both competed against George Clooney for Oscars;
Giamatti for Best Supporting Actor in Cinderella Man (2005) losing to Clooney for Syriana (2005)
Pitt for Best Actor in Moneyball (2011) and Clooney for The Descendants (2011) both losing to Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011)
Ejiofor and Cumberbatch worked together again in Doctor Strange (2016)
Nyongo and Ejiofor both worked with Liam Neeson;
Nyongo for Non Stop (2014)
Ejiofor for Love Actually (2003)
Woodard and Sarah Paulson both worked with Courtney B. Vance;
Woodard for Race To Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994)TV and The Piano Lesson (1995)TV
Paulson for American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson (2016-)TV
They both worked with Cuba Gooding Jr.;
Woodard for Radio (2003)
Paulson for American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson (2016-)TV
Ejiofor and Woodard both worked on films about former presidents of South Africa;
Ejiofor for Endgame (2009)TV
Woodard for Mandela (1987)TV
Scoot McNairy and Paul Dano both worked with Alan Arkin;
McNairy for Argo (2012)
Dano for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Ejiofor and Fassbender both competed against Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor Oscar;
Ejiofor for this film and DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) both losing to Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Fassbender for Steve Jobs (2015) losing to DiCaprio for The Revenant (2015)
Cumberbatch and Ejiofor both worked with Keira Knightley;
Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game (2014)
Ejiofor for Love Actually (2003) - DirectorGary WinickStarsJennifer GarnerMark RuffaloJudy GreerUnpopular schoolgirl Jenna Rink makes an unusual wish on her birthday. Miraculously, her wish comes true and the 13-year-old Jenna wakes up the next day as a 30-year-old woman.Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo both played Marvel Comics Super Heroes;
Garner as Electra in Daredevil (2003) and Electra (2005)
Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk in The Avengers (2012) and Avengers Age of Ultron (2015)
They both worked on films about AIDS;
Garner for Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Ruffalo for The Normal Heart (2014)TV
Garner and Kathy Baker both earned Best Actress Golden Globes for TV Shows;
Garner for Alias (2001-2006)TV
Baker for Picket Fences (1992-1996)TV
Andy Serkis and Ruffalo both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Serkis for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Ruffalo for Spotlight (2015) - DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsDenzel WashingtonMark WahlbergPaula PattonTwo hardened criminals get into trouble with the US border patrol after meeting with a Mexican drug lord, and then revelations start to unfold.Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Washington for Cry Freedom (1987) and Glory (1989) which he won
Wahlberg for The Departed (2006)
They both earned Best Picture Oscar Nominations;
Washington for Fences (2016)
Wahlberg for The Fighter (2010)
Washington and Edward James Olmos both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Washington for Malcolm X (1992), The Hurricane (1999), Training Day (2001) which he won, Flight (2012), and Fences (2016)
Olmos for Stand and Deliver (1988)
They both starred in boxing movies;
Washington for The Hurricane (1999)
Wahlberg for The Fighter (2010)
Olmos and Washington both played real-life educators who try to make a difference for his students;
Olmos for Stand and Deliver (1988)
Washington for Hard Lessons (1985)TV and Remember The Titans (2000)
They both worked with Lou Diamond Phillips;
Washington for Courage Under Fire (1996)
Olmos for Stand and Deliver (1988)
Wahlberg and Washington both worked with Matt Damon;
Wahlberg for The Departed (2006)
Washington for Courage Under Fire (1996)
They both worked with Melissa Leo;
Wahlberg for The Fighter (2010)
Washington for The Equalizer (2014)
They both worked with Russell Crowe;
Wahlberg for Broken City (2013)
Washington for Virtuosity (1995) and American Gangster (2007)
Bill Paxton and Fred Ward both played astronauts;
Paxton for Apollo 13 (1995)
Ward for The Right Stuff (1983) - DirectorPeter HyamsStarsRoy ScheiderJohn LithgowHelen MirrenA joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, and John Lithgow all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Scheider for The French Connection (1971)
Mirren for The Madness of King George (1994) and Gosford Park (2001)
Lithgow for The World According To Garp (1982) and Terms of Endearment (1983)
Both Scheider and Mirren also earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Scheider for All That Jazz (1979)
Mirren for The Queen (2006) which she won and The Last Station (2009)
Scheider and Lithgow both worked on films that won Best Picture Oscars;
Scheider for The French Connection (1971)
Lithgow for Terms of Endearment (1983)
Scheider, Mirren, and Lithgow all worked on films about making movies in Hollywood;
Scheider for RKO-281 (1998)TV
Lithgow for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)TV
Mirren for Trumbo (2015) - DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsJohn CusackThandiwe NewtonChiwetel EjioforA frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.Chiwetel Ejiofor and Danny Glover both played former presidents of South Africa;
Ejiofor as Thabo Mbeki in Endgame (2009)TV
Glover as Nelson Mandela in Mandela (1987)TV
They both worked with Morgan Freeman;
Ejiofor for Amistad (1997)
Glover for Bopha! (1993)
They both worked with Alfre Woodard;
Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Glover for Mandela (1987)TV, Grand Canyon (1991), and Bopha! (1993)
Ejiofor and Woody Harrelson both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Harrelson for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Ejiofor, Harrelson, and Thandie Newton all starred in films that won Best Picture Oscars;
Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Newton for Crash (2004)
Harrelson for No Country For Old Men (2007)
Ejiofor and Newton both worked with Don Cheadle;
Ejiofor for Talk To Me (2007)
Newton for Crash (2004)
Ejiofor and Harrelson both worked with Matthew McConaughey;
Ejiofor for Amistad (1997)
Harrelson for EdTV (1999), Surfer, dude (2008), and True Detective (2014-)TV
Harrelson and George Segal both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Harrelson for The Messenger (2009)
Segal for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) - DirectorRobert LuketicStarsJim SturgessKate BosworthKevin SpaceyInspired by real events and people, 21 is about six MIT students who become trained to be experts in card counting in Black Jack and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Spacey for American Beauty (1999) which he won
Fishburne for What's Love Got To Do With It? (1993)
Spacey and Fishburne also earned Oscar Nominations for playing villains;
Spacey for Best Supporting Actor in The Usual Suspects (1995) which he won
Fishburne for Best Actor in What's Love Got To Do With It? (1993)
Spacey and Fishburne also played real-life musicians;
Spacey as Bobby Darin in Beyond The Sea (2004)
Fishburne as Ike Turner in What's Love Got To Do With It? (1993)
Spacey and Fishburne also starred in films about threats of disease;
Spacey for Outbreak (1995)
Fishburne for Contagion (2011)
They also costarred in Superman films;
Spacey for Superman Returns (2006)
Fishburne for Man of Steel (2013)
They both also played real-life famous litigators:
Spacey as Clarence Darrow in Darrow (1991)TV
Fishburne as Thurgood Marshall in Thurgood (2011)TV - DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsSean PennBenicio Del ToroNaomi WattsA freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, and Melissa Leo all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Penn for Dead Man Walking (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), I Am Sam (2001), Mystic River (2003) which he won, and Milk (2008) which he won
Watts for this film and The Impossible (2012)
Leo for Frozen River (2008)
Leo and Benicio Del Toro both earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscars;
Leo for The Fighter (2010)
Del Toro for Traffic (2000)
Penn and Watts worked together again in Fair Game (2010)
Penn and Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu both worked with Javier Bardem in films which earned Bardem a Best Actor Oscar Nomination for both;
Penn in Before Night Falls (2000)
Inarritu in Biutiful (2010)
Penn and Leo also earned Oscars for playing in films set in Boston MA;
Penn for Best Actor in Mystic River (2003)
Leo for Best Supporting Actress in The Fighter (2010)
Inarritu and Watts worked together again in Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) - DirectorSpike LeeStarsEdward NortonBarry PepperPhilip Seymour HoffmanCornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.Edward Norton, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Anna Paquin all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Norton for Primal Fear (1996) and Birdman: (Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Hoffman for Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Doubt (2008), and The Master (2012)
Paquin for The Piano (1993) which she won
Norton and Hoffman also earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Norton for American History X (1998)
Hofman for Capote (2005) which he won
Norton and Hoffman also earned Oscar Nominations for playing villains;
Norton for Primal Fear (1996)
Hoffman for Doubt (2008) and The Master (2012)
Norton and Paquin both worked on films based on Marvel Comics;
Norton for The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Paquin for X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), X-Men The Last Stand (2006), and X-Men Days of Future's Past (2014) - DirectorBetty ThomasStarsSandra BullockViggo MortensenDominic WestA big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister's wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Mortensen for Eastern Promises (2007) and Captain Fantastic (2016)
Bullock for The Blind Side (2009) which she won and Gravity (2013)
Diane Ladd and Marriane Jean Baptiste all earned Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominations;
Ladd for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild At Heart (1990), and Rambling Rose (1991)
Baptiste for Secrets & Lies (1996)
Both Bullock and Mortensen worked with Sylvester Stallone;
Bullock for Demolition Man (1993)
Mortensen for Daylight (1996) - DirectorJames MangoldStarsRussell CroweChristian BaleBen FosterA small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.Russell Crowe and Christian Bale both played real-life boxers;
Crowe as Jim Braddock for Cinderella Man (2005)
Bale as Dicky Ecklund for The Fighter (2010)
Crowe, Bale and Peter Fonda all earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Crowe for The Insider (1999), Gladiator (2000) which he won, and A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Bale for American Hustle (2013)
Fonda for Ulee's Gold (1997)
Fonda and Bale both worked with Casey Affleck;
Fonda for The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford (2007)
Bale for Out of the Furnace (2013)
Crowe and Bale both worked on films based on DC Comics;
Crowe for Man of Steel (2013)
Bale for Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Crowe and Bale both worked with Mark Wahlberg;
Crowe for Broken City (2013)
Bale for The Fighter (2010) - DirectorWalter HillStarsNick NolteEddie MurphyAnnette O'TooleA hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him in order to track down a killer.Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Murphy for Dreamgirls (2006)
Nolte for Warrior (2011)
They both earn Golden Globes in their first Oscar Nominations;
Murphy for Best Supporting Actor in Dreamgirls (2006)
Nolte for Best Actor in The Prince of Tides (1991)
They both worked with James Coburn;
Murphy for The Nutty Professor (1995)
Nolte for Affliction (1998) - DirectorJonathan LevineStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittSeth RogenAnna KendrickInspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.Angelica Huston and Anna Kendrick both earned Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominations prior to this film;
Huston for Prizzi's Honor (1985) which she won and Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009)
Huston and Kendrick both worked with Vera Farmiga;
Huston for Iron Jawed Angels (2004)TV
Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009) - DirectorBilly CrystalStarsBarry PepperThomas JaneAnthony Michael HallRoger Maris and Mickey Mantle race to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record.Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane, Bob Gunton, Richard Massur, Anthony Michael Hall, and Robert Joy all worked on films/TV based on novels written by Stephen King;
Pepper for The Green Mile (1999)
Hall for The Dead Zone (2002-2007)TV
Jane for Dreamcatcher (2003) and The Mist (2007)
Gunton for The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Massur for It (1990)TV
Joy for The Dark Half (1993)
Donald Moffat and Pepper both worked with Tom Hanks;
Moffat for Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Pepper for Saving Private Ryan (1998) and The Green Mile (1999)
Since this film is about two real-life players trying to beat Babe Ruth's single season Home Run Record, Moffat previously worked on a film about Babe Ruth in Babe Ruth (1991)TV
Jane and Hall both worked on films based on comic books;
Jane for The Punisher (2004)
Hall for The Dark Knight (2008) - DirectorCurtis HansonStarsEminemBrittany MurphyKim BasingerFollows a young rapper in the Detroit area, struggling with every aspect of his life; he wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.Eminem who stars in this film won an Oscar for Best Original Song for this film
Kim Basinger and Michael Shannon both earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Basinger for L.A. Confidential (1997) which she won
Shannon for Revolutionary Road (2008) and Nocturnal Animals (2016)
They both costarred in films based on DC comics;
Basinger for Batman (1989)
Shannon for Man of Steel (2013)
They both worked with Alec Baldwin;
Basinger for The Marrying Man (1991) and The Getaway (1994)
Shannon for Pearl Harbor (2001)
They both worked with Russell Crowe;
Basinger for L.A. Confidential (1997)
Shannon for Man of Steel (2013)
Basinger and Brittany Murphy both worked with Michael Douglas;
Basinger for The Sentinel (2006)
Murphy for Don't Say A Word (2001) - DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsNicolas CageJoaquin PhoenixJames GandolfiniA private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not.Nicolas Cage and Joaquin Phoenix both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Cage for Leaving Las Vegas (1995) which he won and Adaptation (2002)
Phoenix for Walk The Line (2005) and The Master (2012)
Phoenix and Catherine Keener both earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Keener for Being John Malkovich (1999) and Capote (2005)
Phoenix for Gladiator (2000)
They both worked with Phillip Seymour Hoffman;
Keener for Capote (2005), Synecdoche, New York (2008), and A Late Quartet (2012)
Phoenix for The Master (2012)
Anthony Heald and Phoenix both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Heald for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Phoenix for Gladiator (2000) - DirectorShane AckerStarsElijah WoodJennifer ConnellyCrispin GloverA rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation.John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connolly, Christopher Plummer, and Martin Landau all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Reilly for Chicago (2002)
Connolly for A Beautiful Mind (2001) which she won
Plummer for The Last Station (2009) and Beginners (2011) which he won
Landau for Tucker: The Man and his Dream (1988), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), and Ed Wood (1994) which he won
Reilly, Plummer, Connolly, and Elijah Wood all worked on films that won Best Picture Oscars;
Reilly for Chicago (2002)
Plummer for The Sound of Music (1965) and A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Connolly for A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Wood for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - DirectorRon HowardStarsRussell CroweEd HarrisJennifer ConnellyA mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer worked together before in the film 'The Insider' (1999).
They both also worked with Helen Mirren in different films;
Crowe for State of Play (2009)
Plummer for The Last Station (2009)
Plummer, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, and Judd Hirsch all earned themselves Oscar Nominations in the Supporting Role;
Plummer for The Last Station (2009) and Beginners (2011) which he won
Harris for Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), The Hours (2002)
Connelly for this film which she won
Hirsch for Ordinary People (1980)
Harris and Crowe competed against each other for Best Actor Oscar, Crowe won ;
Harris for Pollock (2000)
Crowe for Gladiator (2000) which he won
Plummer and Harris both played homosexual characters who are dying and earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Plummer for Beginners (2011) which he won
Harris for The Hours (2002)
Crowe and Harris both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Crowe for The Insider (1999), Gladiator (2000) which he won, and this film
Harris for Pollock (2000)
Plummer, Harris, Crowe, Connolly, and Hirsch all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Plummer for The Sound of Music (1965) and this film
Harris for this film
Crowe for Gladiator (2000) and this film
Hirsch for Ordinary People (1980) and this film
Connolly for this film
Anthony Rapp, Crowe, and Plummer all worked on musicals;
Crowe for Les Miserables (2012)
Plummer for The Sound of Music (1965)
Rapp for Rent (2005)
Crowe and Connolly both worked with Djimon Hounsou;
Crowe for Gladiator (2000)
Connolly for Blood Diamond (2006)
They both worked with Leonardo DiCaprio;
Crowe for Body of Lies (2008)
Connolly for Blood Diamond (2006)
Adam Goldberg and Plummer both worked with Denzel Washington;
Goldberg for Deja Vu (2006)
Plummer for Malcolm X (1992) and Inside Man (2006)
Plummer, Goldberg, Hariis, director Ron Howard, and Paul Bettany all worked with Tom Hanks;
Goldberg for Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Plummer for Dragnet (1987)
Harris for Apollo 13 (1995)
Howard for Apollo 13 (1995), The Da Vinci Code (2006), and Angels and Demons (2009)
Bettany for The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Connolly, Bettany, and Josh Lucas all worked on films based on Marvel Comics;
Connolly and Lucas for Hulk (2003)
Bettany for Iron Man (2008), Iron Man II (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man III (2012), Avengers Age of Ultron (2015), and Captain America Civil War (2016) - DirectorDamian LeeStarsAndy GarciaKim CoatesDeborah Kara UngerA former CIA operative turned political talk show host is hired by a disaffected corporate shareholder to expose her company's cover-up of an incident and deaths in an Ecuadorian village.Forest Whitaker and Andy Garcia both earned Oscar Nominations for playing villains;
Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland (2006) which he won
Garcia for The Godfather Part III (1990)
They both also played real-life instrument playing musicians;
Whitaker as Charlie Parker, a Alto-Saxophone player for Bird (1988)
Garcia as Arturo Sandoval, a Trumpet player for For Love or Country; The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)TV - DirectorEuzhan PalcyStarsDonald SutherlandJanet SuzmanZakes MokaeA white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a target.Janet Suzman, Susan Sarandon and Marlon Brando all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Suzman for Nicholas and Alexandria (1971)
Sarandon for Atlantic City (1980), Thelma & Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), The Client (1994), and Dead Man Walking (1995) which he won
Brando for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Viva Zapata (1952), Julius Caesar (1953), On The Waterfront (1954) which he won, Sayanara (1957), The Godfather (1972) which he won, and Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Brando and Donald Sutherland both worked with Robert Duvall;
Brando for The Godfather (1972) and Apocalypse Now (1979)
Sutherland for MASH (1970)
They both worked on films about Vietnam;
Brando for Apocalypse Now (1979)
Sutherland for MASH (1970)
They both worked with Frederick Forrest;
Brando for Apocalypse Now (1979)
Sutherland for Path To War (2002)TV
They both worked on films that won Best Picture Oscars;
Brando for On The Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972)
Sutherland for Ordinary People (1980)
Both Sarandon and Brando worked with Al Pacino;
Sarandon for You Don't Know Jack (2010)TV
Brando for The Godfather (1972)
Both Sarandon and Sutherland worked with film director Oliver Stone;
Sarandon for Wall Street Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Sutherland for JFK (1991)
They both worked with Alec Baldwin;
Sarandon for Elizabethtown (2005)
Sutherland for Path To War (2002)TV - DirectorSantiago AmigorenaStarsJuliette BinocheJohn TurturroSara ForestierOn September 1st, 2001 a spy receives information that something terrible will happen soon.Juliette Binoche and Nick Nolte both earned Best Actor/Actress and Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Best Supporting Actor/Actress;
Binoche for The English Patient (1996) which she won
Nolte for Warrior (2011)
Best Actor/Actress;
Binoche for Chocolat (2002)
Nolte for The Prince of Tides (1991) and Affliction (1998)
John Turturro and Nolte both worked with actor/director Robert Redford;
Turturro for Quiz Show (1994)
Nolte for A Walk in the Woods (2015)
They both worked with George Clooney;
Turturro for Oh Brother Wherer Art Thou (2000)
Nolte for The Thin Red Line (1998) - DirectorDavid LoweryStarsCasey AffleckRooney MaraMcColm Cephas Jr.In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Affleck for Manchester By The Sea (2016) which he won
Mara for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
They also earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Mara for Carol (2015) - DirectorMike BarkerStarsHelen HuntScarlett JohanssonTom WilkinsonA 1930s American socialite creates a scandal in the expatriate high society of the Amalfi Coast of Italy when she forms a secretive relationship with a wealthy American unbeknownst to his young wife.Helen Hunt and Tom Wilkinson both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Hunt for As Good As It Gets (1997) which she won
Wilkinson for In The Bedroom (2001)
Wilkinson and Hunt along with Scarlett Johannson worked with Colin Firth;
Wilkinson for Shakespeare in Love (1998) and The Girl With a Pearl Earring (2004)
Hunt for Then She Found Me (2008)
Johannson for The Girl With The Pearl Earring (2004)
Wilkinson and Hunt also earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Wilkinson for Michael Clayton (2007)
Hunt for The Sessions (2012) - DirectorRidley ScottStarsRussell CroweAbbie CornishAlbert FinneyA British investment broker inherits his uncle's chateau and vineyard in Provence, where he spent much of his childhood. He discovers a new laid-back lifestyle as he tries to renovate the estate to be sold.Russell Crowe, Marion Cotillard, and Albert Finney all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Crowe for The Insider (1999), Gladiator (2000) which he won, and A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Cotillard for La Vie En Rose (2007) which she won and Two Days, One Night (2014)
Finney for Tom Jones (1967), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Dresser (1983), and Under The Volcano (1984)
Crowe and Finney all worked on films that won Best Picture Oscars;
Crowe for Gladiator (2000) and A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Finney for Tom Jones (1967) - DirectorDito MontielStarsRobert Downey Jr.Rosario DawsonShia LaBeoufComing-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fates by various so-called saints.Chazz Palminteri, Robert Downey Jr., Eric Roberts, and Dianne Wiest all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations before and after this film;
Palminteri for Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Wiest for Hannah and her Sisters (1986) which she won, Parenthood (1989), and Bullets Over Broadway (1994) which she won
Downey for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Roberts for Runaway Train (1985)
Palminteri and Wiest worked together before in Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Downey and Palminteri both worked with Nick Nolte;
Downey for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Palminteri for Mullholland Falls (1996)
They both played real-life characters;
Downey as Charles Chaplin in Chaplin (1992)
Palminteri as Paul Costelano in Boss of Bosses (2001)TV
Wiest and Palminteri both worked with Gabriel Byrne;
Wiest for In Treatment (2008-2011)TV
Palminteri for The Usual Suspects (1995)
Downey and Wiest both worked with Steve Martin;
Downey for Bowfinger (1999)
Wiest for Parenthood (1989)
Rosario Dawson and Downey both worked with Tommy Lee Jones;
Dawson for Men In Black II (2002)
Downey for U.S. Marshals (1997)
Channing Tatum and Downey both worked with Mark Ruffalo;
Tatum for Foxcatcher (2014)
Downey for The Avengers (2012) and The Avengers Age Of Ultron (2015)
Director Dito Montiel, Tatum, and Downey all worked with Terence Howard;
Montiel and Tatum for Fighting (2009)
Downey for Iron Man (2008) - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsViggo MortensenMaria BelloEd HarrisA mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.Viggo Mortensen, William Hurt, and Ed Harris all earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Mortensen for Eastern Promises (2007) and Captain Fantastic (2016)
Hurt for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) which he won, Children of a Lesser God (1986), and Broadcast News (1987)
Harris for Pollock (2000)
Harris and Hurt both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Harris for Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), and The Hours (2002)
Hurt for this film
Harris and Mortensen worked together again in Appaloosa (2008)
Harris and Hurt both earned Oscar Nominations for playing homosexuals;
Harris for Best Supporting Actor in The Hours (2002)
Hurt for Best Actor in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) which he won
Mortensen and Harris both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Mortensen for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Harris for A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Stephen McHattie and Maria Bello both worked with Hugh Jackman;
McHattie for The Fountain (2006)
Bello for Prisoners (2013) - DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsMaría Fernández AcheKharl Anton LeighPeter CoyoteA husband and wife tangle with an investigator over her dead brother's million-dollar insurance policy.Forrest Whitaker and Jeremy Renner both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland (2006) which he won
Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)
Whitaker and Renner also earned Oscar Nominations for playing villains;
Whitaker for Best Actor in The Last King of Scotland (2006) which he won
Renner for Best Supporting Actor in The Town (2010)
They both played real-life villains;
Whitaker as Gen. Idi Amin Dada in The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Renner as Jeffrey Dahmer in Dahmer (2002)
They both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Whitaker for Platoon (1986)
Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)
Peter Coyote and Whitaker both worked with Robin Williams;
Whitaker for Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
Coyote for Patch Adams (1998)
They both worked with Liam Neeson;
Whitaker for Taken 3 (2015)
Coyote for Sworn to Silence (1987)TV - DirectorKeith GordonStarsPeter BergKevin DillonArye GrossThe Ardennes Forest, December 1944. A squad of six US infantrymen is sent to occupy a house to use as an observation post as the German Army is expected to advance through that area. However, the Germans seem oddly friendly.Gary Sinise and Ethan Hawke both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Sinise for Forrest Gump (1994)
Hawke for Training Day (2001) and Boyhood (2014)
Sinise and Hawke both worked with Nicolas Cage;
Sinise for Snake Eyes (1998)
Hawke for Lord of War (2005)
Both Frank Whaley and John C. McGinley worked with writer/director Oliver Stone;
Whaley for Born on the Fourth of July (1989), The Doors (1991), and JFK (1991)
McGinley for Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), Talk Radio (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), and Nixon (1995)
McGinley, Sinise, and Whaley all worked with Anthony Hopkins;
McGinley for Nixon (1995)
Sinise for The Human Stain (2003)
Whaley for Red Dragon (2002)
McGinley and Sinise both worked on films about Richard Nixon;
Sinise for The Final Days (1989)TV
McGinley for Nixon (1995)
Sinise and McGinley both worked with James Woods;
Sinise for My Name is Bill W. (1989)TV
McGinley for Nixon (1995) - DirectorMichael HoffmanStarsKevin KlineMichelle PfeifferRupert EverettLovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Christian Bale all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Kline for A Fish Called Wanda (1988) which he won
Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)
Pfeiffer for Dangerous Liasons (1988)
Bale for The Fighter (2010) which he won and The Big Short (2015)
Pfeiffer, Bale, and David Strathairn all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Pfeiffer for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) and Love Field (1992)
Bale for American Hustle (2013)
Strathairn for Good Night and Good Luck (2005)
Tucci and Bale both worked with Samuel L. Jackson;
Tucci for Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Bale for Shaft (2000)
Tucci and Kline both earned Oscar Nominations for playing villains;
Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)
Kline for A Fish Called Wanda (1988) which he won
They both worked with Denzel Washington;
Tucci for The Pelican Brief (1994)
Kline for Cry Freedom (1987)
Tucci, Kline, and Strathairn both worked with Meryl Streep;
Tucci for The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Julie & Julia (2009)
Strathairn for The River Wild (1994)
Kline for Sophie's Choice (1982) and A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Tucci and Bale both worked with Mark Wahlberg;
Tucci for Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Bale for The Fighter (2010)
Strathairn and Bale both worked with Steven Spielberg;
Strathairn for Lincoln (2012)
Bale for Empire of the Sun (1987)
Tucci, Kline, and Strathairn all played real-life characters who were involved in Hollywood;
Tucci as Walter Winchell in Winchell (1998)TV and as Stanley Kubrick in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2005)TV
Kline as Douglas Fairbanks in Chaplin (1992), as Cole Porter in De-Lovely (2004) and as Errol Flynn in The Last of Robin Hood (2013)
Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow in Good Night and Good Luck (2005) - DirectorLarry ElikannStarsLinda HamiltonNoah FleissBruce DernRosemary Holmstrom is struggling to bring up her son following the death of her husband. When she is diagnosed with AIDS, at first she refuses to believe it, but soon turns her attentions to the problem of what will happen to her son when she dies.Bruce Dern and Kate Nelligan both earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Dern for Coming Home (1978)
Nelligan for The Prince of Tides (1991)
Nelligan and S. Epatha Emerson both worked with Tommy Lee Jones;
Nelligan for U.S. Marshals (1997)
Emerson for Lincoln (2012)
Nelligan and Dern both worked with Nick Nolte;
Nelligan for The Prince of Tides (1991)
Dern for Mulholland Falls (1997) - DirectorGavin MillarStarsDenholm ElliottJoss AcklandGlenda JacksonTaken from the book by John le Carré, George Smiley rallies to the aid of his former intelligence colleague, Ailsa Brimley, to investigate a mysterious letter from a junior master's wife at Carne School, a boy's school. When Smiley goes to Carne to investigate, he finds the junior master's wife brutualy murdered, with her husband as one of the suspects. Smiley begins to scratch at the surface of the closed-knit society of Carne, and soon begins to find that things are not as they seem. Secret societies, sexual abuse, and a mysterious boy, Timothy Perkins, who is either another suspect, witness, or victim.Denholm Elliott and Christian Bale both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Elliott for A Room With a View (1985)
Bale for The Fighter (2010) which he won and The Big Short (2015)
Bale and Glenda Jackson both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Bale for American Hustle (2013)
Jackson for Women in Love (1969) which she won, Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), A Touch of Class (1973) which she won, and Hedda (1975) - DirectorAndrew DavisStarsMichael DouglasGwyneth PaltrowViggo MortensenA wealthy Wall Street speculator discovers that his wife has a lover. He investigates him and uses the carrot and stick to make him murder his wife. Planned to detail, it seems like a perfect murder.Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortensen all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Douglas for Wall Street (1987) which he won
Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love (1998) which she won
Mortensen for Eastern Promises (2007) and Captain Fantastic (2016)
Douglas, Paltrow, and Mortensen all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Douglas for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Mortensen for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsKevin CostnerClint EastwoodLaura DernA kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner both won Best Director Oscars for films that won Best Picture;
Eastwood for Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Costner for Dances With Wolves (1990)
Eastwood, Costner, and Keith Szarabajka all worked with Morgan Freeman;
Eastwood for Unforgiven (1992), Million Dollar Baby (2004), and Invictus (2009)
Costner for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Szarabajka for The Dark Knight (2008)
Costner and Eastwood both worked with Gene Hackman;
Eastwood for Unforgiven (1992) and Absolute Power (1995)
Costner for No Way Out (1987)
They both worked with Tommy Lee Jones;
Eastwood for Space Cowboys (2000)
Costner for The Company Men (2010)
Eastwood, Costner, and Laura Dern all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Eastwood for Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Dern for Rambling Rose (1991)
Costner for Dances With Wolves (1990) - DirectorRobert AltmanStarsLily TomlinMeryl StreepWoody HarrelsonA look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Lily Tomlin, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Kevin Kline, and Meryl Streep all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Harrelson for The Messenger (2009)
Jones for JFK (1991), The Fugitive (1993) which he won, and Lincoln (2012)
Tomlin for Nashville (1975)
Madsen for Sideways (2004)
Streep for The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) which she won, Adaptation (2002), and Into The Woods (2014)
Kline for A Fish Called Wanda (1988) which he won
Reilly for Chicago (2002)
Harrelson, Jones, and Streep also earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Harrelson for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Jones for In The Valley of Elah (2007)
Streep for The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Sophie's Choice (1982) which she won, Silkwood (1983), Out of Africa (1985), Ironweed (1987), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), One True Thing (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Doubt (2008), Julie & Julia (2009), The Iron Lady (2011) which she won, August Osage County (2013), and Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Harrelson, Jones, Streep, and Reilly all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Harrelson and Jones for No Country For Old Men (2007)
Streep for The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Out of Africa (1985)
Reilly for Chicago (2002) - DirectorMike HodgesStarsMickey RourkeBob HoskinsAlan BatesMartin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, and Liam Neeson all earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)
Hoskins for Mona Lisa (1986)
Neeson for Schindler's List (1993)
Bates for The Fixer (1968)
Hoskins and Rourke both worked with Denzel Washington;
Hoskins for Heart Condition (1990)
Rourke for Man on Fire (2004)
Hoskins and Neeson worked with Neil Jordan;
Hoskins for Mona Lisa (1986)
Neeson for Michael Collins (1996) - DirectorTom FordStarsColin FirthJulianne MooreMatthew GoodeAn English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.Since Colin Firth and Julianne Moore worked together in this film, they both earned Oscar Nominations for playing homosexuals/lesbians;
Firth for this film
Moore for The Hours (2002)
Since Firth, Moore and Nicholas Hoult worked together, they all worked with Hugh Grant;
Firth in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), and Bridget Jones' Baby (2013)
Hoult in About a Boy (2002)
Moore in Nine Months (1995)
Both Firth and Moore worked with Annette Bening;
Firth for Valmont (1989)
Moore for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
They both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscars;
Firth for The King's Speech (2010)
Moore for Still Alice (2014)
They both worked with Ralph Fiennes;
Firth for The English Patient (1996)
Moore for The End of the Affair (1999)
They both worked with Nicole Kidman;
Firth for The Railway Man (2013)
Moore for The Hours (2002)
They both worked with Pierce Brosnan;
Firth for Mamma Mia (2008)
Moore for Laws of Attraction (2004)
They both worked with Liam Neeson;
Firth for Love Actually (2003)
Moore for Chloe (2009) - DirectorNorman JewisonStarsHoward E. Rollins Jr.Adolph CaesarArt EvansAn African-American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.Denzel Washington, Howard E. Rollins Jr., and Adolph Caesar all earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Washington for Cry Freedom (1987) and Glory (1989) which he won.
Rollins for Ragtime (1981)
Caesar for this film.
Both Rollins and Washington played assassinated civil rights leaders;
Rollins as Medgar Evers in For Us The Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983)TV
Washington as Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992)
Art Evans and Rollins worked together before in King (1978)TV
Washington and Caesar earned Oscar Nominations for playing villains;
Washington for Best Actor in Training Day (2001) which he won
Caesar for Best Supporting Actor in this film
Washington and director Norman Jewison worked together again in The Hurricane (1999)
Caesar and Rollins both worked with Laurence Fishburne;
Caesar for The Color Purple (1985)
Rollins for For Us The Living The Medgar Evers Story (1983)TV - DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsMatthew McConaugheySandra BullockSamuel L. JacksonIn Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Cooper, Octavia Spencer, Brenda Fricker, and Kevin Spacey all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Jackson for Pulp Fiction (1994)
Spacey for The Usual Suspects (1995) which he won
Cooper for Adaptation (2002) which he won
Spencer for The Help (2011) which she won and Hidden Figures (2016)
Fricker for My Left Foot (1989) which she won
Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, and Spacey all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscars;
McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
Spacey for American Beauty (1999)
Film Director Joel Schumacher and Spacey both worked on films based on DC comics;
Schumacher directed Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1998)
Spacey for Superman Returns (2006)
Spacey and Jackson worked together again in The Negotiator (1998)
McConaughey and Jackson both worked with Leonardo DiCaprio;
McConaughey for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Jackson for Django Unchained (2012)
They both worked with Jonah Hill;
McConaughey for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Jackson for Django Unchained (2012) - DirectorTony GoldwynStarsDiane LaneViggo MortensenBobby BorielloThe world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.Viggo Mortensen and Diane Lane both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Mortensen for Eastern Promises (2007) and Captain Fantastic (2016)
Lane for Unfaithful (2002)
They both worked with Sylvester Stallone;
Mortensen for Daylight (1996)
Lane for Judge Dredd (1995) - DirectorChris MengesStarsBarbara HersheyDavid SuchetJodhi May1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa. Race is a non-issue for her as although, under apartheid, the Roths largely exist among other white people like them, she feels equally comfortable around the black people in her life, such as their servants and her parents' black friends. Beyond knowing that they are busy in their work, Molly is unaware of the full extent of what her parents do, Gus a leading member of the South African Communist Party and Ruth an anti-apartheid journalist who also secretly works for the underground in support of the outlawed African National Congress. Shortly after Gus quietly escapes the country to evade probable arrest by the government - Molly believing it just a short work related trip - Molly's carefree life starts to unravel when Diana is detained for ninety days under a new law that allows such detention without ever even being charged with a criminal offense. The goal of Diana's interrogators, led by Inspector Muller, is to get her to divulge details especially of the underground, most specifically proverbial "names". Beyond missing her mother, Molly begins to resent the anti-apartheid work which has directly and indirectly impacted her life in a negative way, she wanting a mother, not an activist-mother. As the situation with Diana evolves, which includes someone needing to act as caregivers to Molly and her younger sisters while Diana is in detention, Molly gets a broader perspective of her situation under apartheid as she is able to see more of life just outside her protected white enclave, and as she is made aware of what Diana is trying to achieve for society in her work.Barbara Hershey and Tim Roth both earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Hershey for The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Roth for Rob Roy (1995)
They both worked with John Malkovich;
Hershey for The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Roth for Hearts of Darkness (1993)TV
Jeroen Krabbe and Roth both worked with Gary Oldman;
Krabbe for Immortal Beloved (1994)
Roth for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGene HackmanEd HarrisCareer thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) witnesses a horrific crime involving U.S. President Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman).Actor/Director Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Judy Davis, and Laura Linney all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Eastwood for Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Hackman for The French Connection (1971) which he won and Mississippi Burning (1988)
Harris for Pollock (2000)
Davis for A Passage to India (1984)
Linney for You Can Count on Me (2000) and The Savages (2007)
Dennis Haysbert and Eastwood both worked on films about Nelson Mandela;
Haysbert as Nelson Mandela in The Color of Freedom (2007)
Eastwood as film director of Invictus (2009)
Hackman, Harris, Davis, and Linney all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Hackman for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), I Never Sang For My Father (1970), and Unforgiven (1992) which he won
Harris for Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), and The Hours (2002)
Davis for Husbands and Wives (1992)
Linney for Kinsey (2004) - DirectorSpike JonzeStarsNicolas CageMeryl StreepChris CooperA lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep both won Oscars for playing suicidal characters;
Cage for Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Streep for Sophie's Choice (1983)
Cage and Streep also both won Best Actor/Actress Oscars;
Cage for Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Streep for Sophie's Choice (1983) and The Iron Lady (2011)
Since Streep, Chris Cooper, Maggie Gyllenhaal, John Malkovich, Catharine Keener, and Tilda Swinton all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Streep for The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) which she won, this film, and Into The Woods (2014)
Cooper for this film which he won
Swinton for Michael Clayton (2007) which he won
Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart (2009)
Malkovich for Places in the Heart (1984) and In The Line of Fire (1993)
Keener for Being John Malkovich (1999) and Capote (2005)
Streep, Malkovich, Swinton, and Cooper all worked with George Clooney;
Streep for Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Malkovich for Burn After Reading (2008)
Cooper for Syriana (2005)
Swinton for Michael Clayton (2007)
Streep and Keener both worked with Phillip Seymour Hoffman;
Streep for Doubt (2008)
Keener for Capote (2005)
Cage and Streep both worked with Elizabeth Shue;
Cage for Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Streep for Hope Springs (2012)
They both worked with Tommy Lee Jones;
Cage for Fire Birds (1990)
Streep for A Prairie Home Companion (2006), Hope Springs (2012), and The Homesman (2014)
Gyllenhaal and Streep both worked with Jeff Bridges;
Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart (2009)
Streep for The Giver (2014)
Cage and Streep both worked with Julianne Moore;
Cage for Next (2007)
Streep for The Hours (2002)
They both worked with Nicole Kidman;
Cage for Trespass (2011)
Streep for The Hours (2002) - DirectorPaul SchraderStarsNick NolteSissy SpacekJames CoburnA deeply troubled small-town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while other events jeopardize his sanity.Nick Nolte, James Coburn, and Willem Dafoe all earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations before and after this film;
Dafoe for Platoon (1986) and Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Coburn for this film which he won
Nolte for Warrior (2011)
Nolte and Sissy Spacek both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Nolte for The Prince of Tides (1991) and for this film
Spacek for Carrie (1976), Coal Miner's Daughter (1979) which she won, Missing (1982), The River (1984), Crimes of the Heart (1986), and In The Bedroom (2001)
Nolte, Dafoe, and Coburn all worked on war films;
Nolte for The Thin Red Line (1998)
Dafoe for Platoon (1986)
Coburn for The Great Escape (1963)
Dafoe and Spacek both worked with director Oliver Stone;
Dafoe for Platoon (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Spacek for JFK (1991) - DirectorBrett RatnerStarsPierce BrosnanSalma HayekWoody HarrelsonThe story of what happens after a master thief achieves his last big score, when the F.B.I. Agent who promised he'd capture him, is about to do just that.Woody Harrelson, Edward Norton, Salma Hayek, and Don Cheadle all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Harrelson for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Hayek for Frida (2002)
Cheadle for Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Norton for American History X (1998)
Harrelson, Norton, Naomie Harris, and Dyan Cannon all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Harrelson for The Messenger (2009)
Norton for Primal Fear (1996) and Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Cannon for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) and Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Harris for Moonlight (2016)
Harrelson and Troy Garity both worked with Josh Brolin;
Harrelson for No Country For Old Men (2007)
Garity for Gangster Squad (2013)
Harris, Harrelson, Cheadle, and Norton all worked on films that won Best Picture Oscars;
Harris for Moonlight (2016)
Harrelson for No Country For Old Men (2007)
Cheadle for Crash (2004)
Norton for Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) - DirectorRobert MarkowitzStarsLaura DernRobert LoggiaVincent SpanoBased on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to offer. After much digging, Janet Harduvel discovers a joint military and General Dynamic cover-up. She proves to be unwavering in her search for the truth to clear his name.Laura Dern and Richard Jenkins both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Dern for Rambling Rose (1991)
Jenkins for The Visitor (2007)
Dern and Robert Loggia both earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Dern for Wild (2014)
Loggia for Jagged Edge (1985)
Michael Rooker and Jenkins both worked with Tom Cruise;
Rooker for Days of Thunder (1990)
Jenkins for Jack Reacher (2012)
Jenkins and Kasi Lemmons both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Jenkins for Spotlight (2015)
Lemmons for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Rooker and Loggia both worked with Glenn Close;
Rooker for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Loggia for Jagged Edge (1985) - DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsRachel WardJeff BridgesJames WoodsA gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.Jeff Bridges, Richard Widmark, and James Woods all earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Bridges for The Last Picture Show (1971), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), The Contender (2000), and Hell or High Water (2016)
Widmark for Kiss of Death (1947)
Woods for Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Woods and Bridges both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Woods for Salvador (1986)
Bridges for Starman (1984), Crazy Heart (2009) which he won, and True Grit (2010)
Rachel Ward and Saul Rubinek both worked on films with Steve Martin;
Ward for Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Rubinek for And The Band Played On (1993)TV
Woods and Rubinek both worked with writer/director Oliver Stone;
Woods for Salvador (1986), Nixon (1995), and Any Given Sunday (1999)
Rubinek for Wall Street (1987) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHaley Joel OsmentJude LawFrances O'ConnorA highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.Haley Joel Osmont and Jude Law both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations the same year and lost to Michael Caine for The Cider House Rules (1999);
Osmont for The Sixth Sense (1999)
Law for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
They both worked with Michael Caine;
Osmont for Secondhand Lions (2003)
Law for Sleuth (2007)
They both worked with Kevin Spacey;
Osmont for Pay It Forward (2000)
Law for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
They both worked with Tom Hanks;
Osmont for Forrest Gump (1994)
Law for Road To Perdition (2002)
They both worked with Robin Wright;
Law for Breaking and Entering (2006)
Osmont for Forrest Gump (1994)
Since Law, Osmont, and William Hurt worked together in this film, they all earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Law for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Osmont for The Sixth Sense (1999)
Hurt for A History Of Violence (2005)
Law and Hurt also earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Law for Cold Mountain (2003)
Hurt for Kiss of the Spiderwoman (1985) which he won, Children of a Lesser God (1986), and Broadcast News (1987) - DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsHarrison FordGary OldmanGlenn CloseCommunist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.Harrison Ford, Glenn Close, and Gary Oldman all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Ford for Witness (1985)
Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Close for Fatal Attraction (1987), Dangerous Liasons (1988), and Albert Nobbs (2011)
Close, Stockwell, and Macy all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Stockwell for Married To The Mob (1988)
Macy for Fargo (1996)
Close for The World According To Garp (1982), The Big Chill (1983), and The Natural (1984)
Oldman and Ford worked together again in Paranoia (2013)
Oldman and Ford both worked with John Hurt;
Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Ford for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - DirectorDoug AtchisonStarsAngela BassettLaurence FishburneKeke PalmerAkeelah, a young gifted girl, comes from a dysfunctional family and is on the verge of quitting school. She discovers that she has a high aptitude for spellings and enters a spelling bee contest.Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett worked together in two films prior to this; Boyz N the Hood (1991) and What's Love Got Do With It? (1993).
They both played well-respected African Americans who were known for having a hand in Civil Rights;
Fishburne playing Thurgood Marshall for Thurgood (2011)
Bassett playing Rosa Parks for The Rosa Parks Story (2002). - DirectorKevin SpaceyStarsMatt DillonFaye DunawayGary SiniseWhile escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.Matt Dillon and Gary Sinise both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Dillon for Crash (2004)
Sinise for Forrest Gump (1994)
Faye Dunaway and Viggo Mortensen both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Dunaway for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Chinatown (1974), and Network (1976) which she won
Mortensen for Eastern Promises (2007) and Captain Fantastic (2016)
Sinise, Dillon, and Mortensen all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Sinise for Forrest Gump (1994)
Dillon for Crash (2004)
Mortensen for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Dunaway and Sinise both worked with Angelina Jolie;
Dunaway for Gia (1998)TV
Sinise for George Wallace (1997)TV - DirectorOliver StoneStarsColin FarrellAnthony HopkinsRosario DawsonAlexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Jared Leto, and Christopher Plummer all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Hopkins for Amistad (1997)
Jolie for Girl Interrupted (1999) which she won
Plummer for The Last Station (2009) and Beginners (2011) which he won
Leto for Dallas Buyers Club (2013) which he won
Leto and Hopkins both worked with Matthew McConaughey;
Leto for Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Hopkins for Amistad (1997)
Val Kilmer and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers both played legendary rock stars;
Kilmer as Jim Morrison in The Doors (1991)
Rhys-Meyers as Elvis Presley in Elvis (2005)TV
Jolie and Hopkins also earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Jolie for Changeling (2008)
Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) which he won, The Remains of the Day (1993) and Nixon (1995)
They also won Oscars for playing villains;
Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Jolie for Girl Interrupted (1999)
Leto, Jolie ,Colin Farrell, Plummer, and Rhys-Meyers all earned Golden Globes;
Farrell for Best Actor in In Bruges (2009)
Rhys-Meyers for Best Actor in Elvis (2005)TV
Leto for Best Supporting Actor in Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Plummer for Best Supporting Actor in Beginners (2011)
Jolie for Best Supporting Actress in George Wallace (1997)TV, Best Actress in Gia (1998)TV, and for Best Supporting Actress in Girl Interrupted (1999) - DirectorMichael MannStarsWill SmithJamie FoxxJon VoightA biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.Since Will Smith earned a Best Actor Oscar Nomination for his role as Muhammad Ali, Ali was famous for his friendship with Malcolm X, who Denzel Washington played in Malcolm X (1992) which earned him a Best Actor Oscar Nomination as well. Ironically Smith lost to Washington at the 2002 Academy Awards against Denzel's villainous role in Training Day (2001).
Giancarlo Esposito who played as Ali's father actually played one of the men who shot Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992)
Foxx and Jon Voight both earned Best Actor Oscars playing physically handicapped characters;
Foxx as the blind musician Ray Charles in Ray (2004)
Voight as a soldier who lost use of his legs in Coming Home (1978)
Foxx and Voight also earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Foxx for Collateral (2004)
Voight for this film
Since Mario Van Peebles costarred in this film, both he and Smith worked with Josh Brolin;
Smith for Men in Black III (2012)
Peebles for Gang in Blue (1996)TV
Smith, Voight, and Foxx all earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Smith for this film and The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Voight for Midnight Cowboy (1969), Coming Home (1978) which he won, and Runaway Train (1985)
Foxx for Ray (2004) which he won
Esposito, director Michael Mann, and Ron Silver all worked with Christopher Plummer;
Esposito for Malcolm X (1992)
Mann for The Insider (1999)
Silver for American Tragedy (2000)TV
Both Foxx and Voight worked with Tom Cruise;
Foxx for Collateral (2004)
Voight for Mission Impossible (1996)
Foxx and Smith both competed against Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor Oscar;
Foxx for Ray (2004) and DiCaprio for The Aviator (2004), Foxx won
Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and DiCaprio for Blood Diamond (2006) but both lost to Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (2006) - DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.John Hurt and Sigourney Weaver both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Hurt for The Elephant Man (1980)
Weaver for Aliens (1986) and Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
Hurt, Weaver, and Ian Holm all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Hurt for Midnight Express (1978)
Weaver for Working Girl (1988)
Holm for Chariots of Fire (1981)
Both Hurt and Holm worked with John Giegud in different films;
Hurt in The Elephant Man (1980)
Holm in Chariots of Fire (1981)
Director Ridley Scott, Hurt, and Holm all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Scott for Gladiator (2000)
Hurt for A Man For All Seasons (1966)
Holm for Chariots of Fire (1981) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsSigourney WeaverWinona RyderDominique PinonTwo centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, and Brad Dourif all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Weaver for Working Girl (1988)
Ryder for The Age of Innocence (1993)
Dourif for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Weaver and Ryder also earned Best Actress Oscar Nominations;
Weaver for Aliens (1986) and Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
Ryder for Little Women (1994)
Weaver, Ryder, and Ron Perlman all earned Golden Globes;
Weaver for Best Actress in Gorillas in the Mist (1988) and Best Supporting Actress in Working Girl (1988)
Ryder for Best Actress in Little Women (1994)
Perlman for Beauty and Beast (1987-1990)TV
Weaver and Ryder both competed against Jodie Foster for Best Actress Oscars;
Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist (1988) losing to Foster for The Accused (1988)
Ryder for Little Women (1994) and Foster for Nell (1994) both losing to Jessica Lange for Blue Sky (1994) - DirectorDavid FincherStarsSigourney WeaverCharles S. DuttonCharles DanceReturning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.Sigourney Weaver and Pete Postlethwaite both earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Weaver for Working Girl (1988)
Postlethwaite for In the Name of the Father (1993)
Charles Dance and Weaver both worked on Ghostbusters films;
Dance for Ghostbusters (2016)
Weaver for Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Postlehwaite and Danny Webb both worked with Tom Hardy;
Postlethwaite for Inception (2010)
Webb for Locke (2013) - DirectorFrank MarshallStarsEthan HawkeVincent SpanoJosh HamiltonAfter crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.Ethan Hawke and John Malkovich both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Hawke for Training Day (2001) and Boyhood (2014)
Malkovich for Places in the Heart (1984) and In the Line of Fire (1993)
They both worked with Nicolas Cage;
Hawke for Lord of War (2005)
Malkovich for Con Air (1997) - DirectorPhil TraillStarsSandra BullockBradley CooperThomas Haden ChurchConvinced that a CCN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.Bradley Cooper and Sandra Bullock both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and American Sniper (2014)
Bullock for The Blind Side (2009) which she won and Gravity (2013)
Thomas Haden Church and Cooper both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Church for Sideways (2004)
Cooper for American Hustle (2013) - DirectorAndrew JareckiStarsRyan GoslingKirsten DunstFrank LangellaDavid Marks, a real estate scion, is suspected of killing his wife Katie, who disappeared in 1982.Ryan Gosling and Frank Langella both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Gosling for Half Nelson (2006) and La La Land (2016)
Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)
They both worked with George Clooney in political films;
Langella for Good Night and Good Luck (2005)
Gosling for The Ides of March (2011)
Since Phillip Baker Hall and Langella worked together in this film, they both played Richard Nixon;
Hall for Secret Honor (1984)
Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008) - DirectorSteven ZaillianStarsSean PennJude LawKate WinsletBased on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, and Kate Winslet all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Penn for Dead Man Walking (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), I Am Sam (2001), Mystic River (2003) which he won, and Milk (2008) which he won
Law for Cold Mountain (2003)
Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) which he won, The Remains of the Day (1993), and Nixon (1995)
Winslet for Titanic (1997), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Little Children (2006), and The Reader (2008) which he won
Hopkins, Law, Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson, Frederic Forrest, and Jackie Earle Haley all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Hopkins for Amistad (1997)
Law for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right (2010), Foxcatcher (2014), and Spotlight (2015)
Clarkson for Pieces of April (2003)
Haley for Little Children (2006)
Winslet for Sense and Sensibility (1995), Iris (2001), and Steve Jobs (2015)
Forrest for The Rose (1979)
Both Penn and Hopkins played real-life politicians;
Penn as Harvey Milk in Milk (2008)
Hopkins as Richard Nixon in Nixon (1995) and as John Quincy Adams in Amistad (1997)
Penn, Ruffalo, and Law played as homosexuals in films;
Penn in Milk (2008)
Ruffalo in The Normal Heart (2013)TV
Law in Wilde (1997) and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Both Ruffalo and Haley played superheroes in comic-book based films;
Ruffalo as Dr. Bruce Banner/The Incredible Hulk in The Avengers (2012) and Avengers Age of Ultron (2015)
Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen (2009)
Both Hopkins and Winslet worked with Emma Thompson;
Hopkins for Howard's End (1992) and The Remains of the Day (1993)
Winslet for Sense & Sensibility (1995)
Hopkins, Penn, and Haley all earned Oscar Nominations for playing villains;
Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) which he won
Penn for Mystic River (2003) which he won
Haley for Little Children (2006)
Ruffalo and Winslet worked together before in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Haley and Winslet worked together again in Little Children (2006)
Ruffalo, Hopkins, Law both worked with Robert Downey Jr;
Ruffalo for The Avengers (2012) and Avengers Age of Ultron (2015)
Hopkins for Chaplin (1992)
Law for Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: The Game of Shadows (2011)
Hopkins, Ruffalo, and Winslet all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Ruffalo for Spotlight (2015)
Winslet for Titanic (1997)
Penn and Law competed against each other for Best Actor Oscar, Pen won;
Penn for Mystic River (2003) which he won
Law for Cold Mountain (2003)
Penn and Hopkins competed against each other for Best Actor Oscar but both lost to Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas (1995);
Penn for Dead Man Walking (1995)
Hopkins for Nixon (1995)
Ruffalo and Winslet both earned Oscar Nominations the same year;
Ruffalo for Best Supporting Actor in Spotlight (2015) but lost to Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies (2015)
Winslet for Best Supporting Actress in Steve Jobs (2015) but lost to Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl (2015)
Penn and Winslet both earned Oscar Nominations the same year;
Penn for I Am Sam (2001) but lost to Denzel Washington for Training Day (2001)
Winslet for Iris (2001) but lost to Jennifer Connolly for A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Penn for Milk (2008) which he won
Winslet for The Reader (2008) which she won
Penn and Law both earned Oscar Nominations the same year;
Penn for Best Actor in Sweet & Lowdown (1999) losing to Kevin Spacey for American Beauty (1999)
Law for Best Supporting Actor in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) losing to Michael Caine for The Cider House Rules (1999)
Writer/Director Steve Zaillian and Tom McCarthy both earned Best Screenplay Oscars;
Zaillian for Schindler's List (1993)
McCarthy for Spotlight (2015) - DirectorRidley ScottStarsMichelle WilliamsChristopher PlummerMark WahlbergThe story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Spacey, Michelle Williams, and Timothy Hutton all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Wahlberg for The Departed (2006)
Spacey for The Usual Suspects (1995) which he won
Williams for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Manchester By The Sea (2016)
Hutton for Ordinary People (1980) which he won
Spacey and Williams both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Spacey for American Beauty (1999) which he won
Williams for Blue Valentine (2010) and My Week With Marilyn (2011)
Spacey and Williams both played real-life actors;
Spacey as Bobby Darin in Beyond The Sea (2004)
Williams as Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn (2011)
Spacey, Wahlberg, and Hutton all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Spacey for American Beauty (1999)
Wahlberg for The Departed (2006)
Hutton for Ordinary People (1980) - DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsDustin HoffmanRobert RedfordJack Warden"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.Jason Robards and Martin Balsam worked together before in A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Ned Beatty who costarred in this film competed against Robards for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar when he was nominated for playing in Network (1976) which Robards won.
Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jane Alexander, and F.Murray Abraham all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Redford for The Sting (1973)
Hoffman for The Graduate (1967), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Lenny (1974), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) which he won, Rain Man (1988) which he won, and Wag The Dog (1997)
Alexander for The Great White Hope (1970) and Testament (1983)
Abraham for Amadeus (1984)
Jack Warden, Ned Beatty, Hal Holbrook, Martin Balsam, and Alexander all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Warden for Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Robards for this film which he won, Julia (1977) which he won, and Melvin and Howard (1980)
Beatty for Network (1976)
Alexander for this film and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Holbrook for Into The Wild (2007)
Balsam for A Thousand Clowns (1965) which he won
Both Redford and Warden worked with Paul Newman;
Redford for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973)
Warden for The Verdict (1983)
Since Hoffman and Robards worked together, Hoffman worked with Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man (1976) who competed against Robards for this film; Robards won.
Redford, Holbrook, Hoffman, and Robards all worked with Tom Cruise;
Redford for Lions for Lambs (2007)
Robards for Magnolia (1999)
Hoffman for Rain Man (1988)
Holbrook for The Firm (1993)
Beatty and Warden worked together again in Robert Kennedy and his Times (1985)TV
Redford, Holbrook, and Robards all worked on films involving Abraham Lincoln;
Redford who directed The Conspirator (2010)
Holbrook for Lincoln (1974)TV and Lincoln (2012)
Robards for Lincoln (1992)TV
Redford, Alexander, Abraham, and Hoffman all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Redford for The Sting (1973), Ordinary People (1980), and Out of Africa (1985)
Alexander for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Abraham for Amadeus (1984)
Hoffman for Midnight Cowboy (1969), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Rain Man (1988)
Redford and director Alan J. Pakula both earned Best Director and Best Picture Oscar Nominations;
Best Picture;
Redford for Quiz Show (1994)
Pakula for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Best Director;
Redford for Ordinary People (1980) which he won
Pakula for this film
Pakula and Robards both worked with Jane Fonda;
Pakula for Klute (1973)
Robards for Julia (1978)
Pakula, Hoffman, Alexander, and Redford all worked with Meryl Streep;
Pakula for Sophie's Choice (1982)
Alexander and Hoffman for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Redford for Out of Africa (1985) and Lions for Lambs (2007) - DirectorJames D. SternStarsJoan AllenJeff DanielsRobert ForsterHandguns come into the lives of 9 individuals in LA somehow connected to each other. Deaths follow.Robert Forster, Gary Sinise, Josh Brolin, Joan Allen, and Anna Paquin all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Forster for Jackie Brown (1997)
Sinise for Forrest Gump (1994)
Brolin for Milk (2008)
Allen for Nixon (1995) and The Crucible (1997)
Paquin for The Piano (1993) which she won
Sinise, Brolin, and Jeff Daniels all played former U.S. Presidents;
Sinise as Harry Truman in Truman (1995)TV
Brolin as George W. Bush in W. (2008)
Daniels as George Washington in The Crossing (2000)TV
Sinise, Allen, Brolin, and Paquin all worked with Anthony Hopkins;
Sinise for The Human Stain (2003)
Allen for Nixon (1995)
Brolin for You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Paquin for Amistad (1997)
Daniels and Sinise both worked with Nicole Kidman;
Daniels for The Hours (2002)
Sinise for The Human Stain (2003)
Forster and Brolin both worked with Samuel L. Jackson;
Forster for Jackie Brown (1997)
Brolin for Oldboy (2013)
Sinise and Allen both worked on films about Richard Nixon;
Sinise for The Final Days (1989)TV
Allen for Nixon (1995)
Sinise, Allen, and Daniels all worked with Ed Harris;
Sinise for Apollo 13 (1995)
Allen for Nixon (1995)
Daniels for The Hours (2002)
Sinise and Allen both worked with James Woods;
Sinise for My Name is Bill W. (1989)TV
Allen for Nixon (1995)
Brolin and Allen both worked with Jeff Bridges;
Brolin for True Grit (2010)
Allen for The Contender (2000)
Sinise and Daniels both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Sinise for Forrest Gump (1994)
Daniels for Terms of Endearment (1983) - DirectorGary NelsonStarsRichard ChamberlainSharon StoneJames Earl JonesAllan Quatermain once again teams up with Jesse Huston where the discovery of a mysterious old gold piece sends Quatermain looking for his long-lost brother, missing in the wilds of Africa after seeking a lost white race.James Earl Jones and Sharon Stone both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Jones for The Great White Hope (1970)
Stone for Casino (1995)
Jones and Stone worked together before in The Vegas Strip War (1984)TV - DirectorJohn HamburgStarsBen StillerJennifer AnistonDebra MessingA buttoned-up newlywed finds his strictly organized life descend into chaos when he falls in love with an old classmate.Alec Baldwin and Phillip Seymour Hoffman both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Baldwin for The Cooler (2003)
Hoffman for Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Doubt (2008), and The Master (2012)
They both worked with Meryl Streep;
Baldwin for It's Complicated (2009)
Hoffman for Doubt (2008)
Judah Friedlander and Baldwin worked together again in 30 Rock (2006-2013)TV
Friedlander and Baldwin both worked with Jesse Eisenberg;
Friedlander for Rio (2011)
Baldwin for To Rome With Love (2012)
Bob Dishy and Baldwin both worked with Ben Kingsley;
Dishy for The Wackness (2008)
Baldwin for The Confession (1999)
Hoffman and Bryan Brown both worked with Tom Cruise;
Hoffman for Mission Impossible III (2006)
Brown for Cocktail (1988) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRichard DreyfussHolly HunterBrad JohnsonThe spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, and Audrey Hepburn all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscars;
Dreyfuss for The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Hunter for The Piano (1993)
Hepburn for Roman Holiday (1953)
Brad Johnson and Hunter both worked with Gary Busey;
Johnson for Rough Riders (1997)TV
Hunter for The Firm (1993)
Hunter and John Goodman both worked with George Clooney;
Hunter for O'Brother Where Art Thou (2000)
Goodman for O'Brother Where Art Thou (2000) and The Monuments Men (2014)
Director Steven Spielberg, Dale Dye and Goodman all worked with Tom Hanks;
Dye for Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Goodman for Punchline (1989) and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), and Bridge of Spies (2015)
Spielberg, Dye, Goodman, Hepburn, Brian Haley, and Keith David all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Spielberg for Schindler's List (1993)
Dye for Platoon (1986)
Goodman for The Artist (2011) and Argo (2012)
Hepburn for My Fair Lady (1964)
Haley for The Departed (2006)
David for Platoon (1986) and Crash (2004)
This Hepburn's last movie prior to her death - DirectorGeorge LucasStarsRichard DreyfussRon HowardPaul Le MatA group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.Harrison Ford and Richard Dreyfuss both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Ford for Witness (1985)
Dreyfuss for The Goodbye Girl (1977) which he won and Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Cindy Williams and Ford both worked with Francis Ford Coppola;
Williams for The Conversation (1972)
Ford for The Conversation (1972) and Apocalypse Now (1979)
Director George Lucas and Ron Howard both earned Best Director Oscar Nominations;
Lucas for this film and Star Wars (1977)
Howard for A Beautiful Mind (2001) which he won and Frost/Nixon (2008)
Kathleen Quinlan and Howard worked together again in Apollo 13 (1995)
Kathleen Quinlan and Cindy Clark both earned Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominations;
Quinlan for Apollo 13 (1995)
Clark for this film
Charles Martin Smith and Ford both worked with Sean Connery;
Smith for The Untouchables (1987)
Ford for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Ford and Dreyfuss worked together again in Paranoia (2013)
Bo Hopkins and Ford both worked with Sylvester Stallone;
Hopkins for Shade (2003)
Ford for The Expendables 3 (2014)
Hopkins and Ford both worked with John Hurt;
Hopkins for Midnight Express (1978)
Ford for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - DirectorAric AvelinoStarsMarcia Gay HardenForest WhitakerDonald SutherlandSeemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.Forest Whitaker and Donald Sutherland both starred in SCIFI films that are both remakes of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Whitaker for Body Snatchers (1993)
Sutherland for Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Melissa Leo and Whitaker both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Leo for Frozen River (2008)
Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland (2006) which he won
Leo and Marcia Gay Harden both won Best Supporting Actress Oscars;
Leo for The Fighter (2010)
Harden for Pollock (2000)
They also earned Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominations for playing in films set in Boston, MA;
Leo for The Fighter (2010) which she won
Harden for Mystic River (2003)
Whitaker and Leo worked both earned Oscars for playing real-life characters;
Whitaker as General Idi Amin Dada in The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Leo as Alice Ward in The Fighter (2010)
They also costarred in cop shows;
Leo for Homicide: Life on the Streets (1993-1999)TV
Whitaker for The Shield (2002-2008)TV
They both worked with Christian Bale;
Whitaker for Out of the Furnace (2013)
Leo for The Fighter (2010) and The Big Short (2015)
Tony Goldwyn and Donald Sutherland both played in TV shows that involve the President of the United States;
Goldwyn in Scandal (2012-)TV
Sutherland in Commander in Chief (2005-2006)TV
Whitaker and Sutherland both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Whitaker for Platoon (1986)
Sutherland for Ordinary People (1980) - DirectorAlan JacobsStarsJames CoburnVirginia MadsenBarbara BainWhen his daughter is shot just before Christmas, Martin Tillman journeys across the U.S. using the gun's serial number to track down the truth behind Penny's killing.James Coburn and Virginia Madsen both earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Coburn for Affliction (1998) which he won
Madsen for Sideways (2004)
They both worked with Thomas Haden Church;
Coburn for Mr. Murder (1998)TV
Madsen for Sideways (2004)
They both worked with William H. Macy;
Coburn for Mr. Murder (1998)TV
Madsen for Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
This is James Coburn's last film prior to his death - DirectorRidley ScottStarsDenzel WashingtonRussell CroweChiwetel EjioforAn outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.Denzel Washington, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Ruby Dee, and Cuba Gooding Jr. all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Washington for Cry Freedom (1987) and Glory (1989) which he won.
Brolin for Milk (2008)
Hawkes for Winter's Bone (2010)
Dee for this film
Gooding for Jerry Maguire (1996) which he won
Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington competed against each other for Best Actor Oscar twice;
Crowe for A Beautiful Mind (2001) losing to Washington for Training Day (2001) which he won
Crowe for The Insider (1999) and Washington for The Hurricane (1999) both lost to Kevin Spacey for American Beauty (1999)
They both also worked with Christopher Plummer;
Washington for Malcolm X (1992)
Crowe for The Insider (1999)
Washington and Idris Elba both earned awards for playing rogue detectives;
Elba earned a Best Actor Golden Globe for his role in Luther (2010)TV
Washington earned himself a Best Actor Oscar for his role in Training Day (2001)
Dee, Brolin, and Washington all worked with Spike Lee;
Dee for Do The Right Thing (1989 and Jungle Fever (1991)
Washington for Mo'Better Blues (1990), Malcolm X (1992), He Got Game (1998), and Inside Man (2006)
Brolin for Oldboy (2013)
Washington, Elba, and Chiwotel Ejiofor all played real-life heroes of South Africa through Apartheid;
Elba as Nelson Mandela in Mandela:Long Walk To Freedom (2013)
Denzel as Steve Biko in Cry Freedom (1987)
Chiwotel as Thabo Mbeki in Endgame (2009)TV
Washington, Crowe, and Ejiofor all earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Washington for Malcolm X (1992), The Hurricane (1999), Training Day (2001) which he won, Flight (2012), and Fences (2016)
Crowe for The Insider (1999), Gladiator (2000) which he won, and A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Crowe and Ejiofor worked with Paul Giamatti;
Crowe for Cinderella Man (2005)
Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Washington and Armand Assante both played real-life gangsters;
Washington as Frank Lucas in this film
Assante as John Gotti in Gotti (1996)TV
Washington and Ejiofor both worked with Morgan Freeman;
Washington for Glory (1989)
Ejiofor for Amistad (1997)
Gooding and Washington both worked with Forest Whitaker;
Gooding for Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
Washington for The Great Debaters (2007)
Ejiofor and Washington both worked with Don Cheadle;
Ejifor for Talk To Me (2007)
Washington for Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) - DirectorTony KayeStarsEdward NortonEdward FurlongBeverly D'AngeloLiving a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.Edward Norton and Elliott Gould both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Norton for Primal Fear (1996) and Birdman: Or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Gould for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
Norton and Edward Furlong both worked with Liam Neeson;
Furlong for Before and After (1996)
Norton for Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Norton and Gould both worked with Matt Damon;
Norton for Rounders (1998)
Gould for Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2005), and Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Avery Brooks and Norton both worked with Mark Wahlberg;
Brooks for The Big Hit (1998)
Norton for The Italian Job (2002)
They both worked with Robert De Niro;
Brooks for 15 Minutes (2001)
Norton for The Score (2001)
Norton, Paul Le Mat, and Stacy Keach both earned Golden Globes;
Norton for Best Supporting Actor in Primal Fear (1996)
Keach for Best Actor in Hemingway (1988)TV
Le Mat for Most Promising Actor in American Grafitti (1973) and Best Supporting Actor in The Burning Bed (1985)TV
Norton and Beverly D'Angelo both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Norton for Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
D'Angelo for Annie Hall (1977) - DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsChristian BaleAmy AdamsBradley CooperA con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, and Jeremy Renner all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Bale for this film
Adams for this film
Lawrence for Winter's Bone (2010), Silver Linings Playbook (2012) which she won, and Joy (2015)
Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and American Sniper
(2014)
De Niro for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Raging Bull (1980) which he won, Awakenings (1990), and Cape Fear (1991)
Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)
Bale, Amy Adams, Cooper, Renner, and De Niro also earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Bale for The Fighter (2010) which he won and The Big Short (2015)
Adams for Junebug (2005), Doubt (2008), The Fighter (2010), and The Master (2012)
Cooper for this film
Renner for The Town (2010)
De Niro for The Godfather Part II (1974) which he won and Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
De Niro and Bale both won Oscars for being in boxing movies;
De Niro for Best Actor in Raging Bull (1980)
Bale for Best Supporting Actor in The Fighter (2010)
Cooper, De Niro and Renner all earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations for playing soldiers;
De Niro for The Deer Hunter (1978)
Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)
Cooper for American Sniper (2014)
De Niro and Bale both played in films about Vietnam War;
De Niro for The Deer Hunter (1978)
Bale for Rescue Dawn (2007)
Bale and Renner also competed against each other for Best Supporting Actor Oscar, Bale won;
Bale for The Fighter (2010) which he won
Renner for The Town (2010)
They also played superheroes;
Bale as Batman in Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Renner as Hawkeye in Thor (2011) and The Avengers (2012)
They also both worked with Samuel L. Jackson;
Bale for Shaft (2000)
Renner for The Avengers (2012)
Both Adams and De Niro worked with Meryl Streep;
Adams for Doubt (2008) and Julie & Julia (2009)
De Niro for The Deer Hunter (1978) and Falling in Love (1984)
They both worked with Stanley Tucci;
Adams for Julie & Julia (2009)
De Niro for What Just Happened (2008)
Bale and Adams both played DC Comics characters;
Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Adams as Lois Lane in Man of Steel (2013)
Cooper and De Niro both worked with Jeremy Irons;
Cooper for The Words (2012)
De Niro for The Mission (1985)
Renner, De Niro and Michael Pena all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)
De Niro for The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Deer Hunter (1978)
Pena for Crash (2004) and Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Cooper, Lawrence, De Niro, and director David O. Russell worked together before in Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Bale, Adams, and Russell worked together before in The Fighter (2010)
Russell and De Niro both worked with Dustin Hoffman;
Russell for I Heart Huckabees (2004)
De Niro for Wag The Dog (1997) - DirectorMary HarronStarsChristian BaleJustin TherouxJosh LucasA wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jarod Leto, and Chloe Sevingny all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Bale for The Fighter (2010) which he won and The Big Short (2015)
Dafoe for Platoon (1986) and Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Sevigny for Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Leto for Dallas Buyers Club (2013) which he won
Bale and Dafoe also worked on films about Vietnam;
Bale for Rescue Dawn (2006)
Dafoe for Platoon (1986)
They both worked with John Malkovich;
Bale for Empire of the Sun (1987)
Dafoe for Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Both Bale and Reese Witherspoon also earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Bale for American Hustle (2013)
Witherspoon for Walk The Line (2005) which she won and Wild (2014)
Bale and Leto both worked with Matthew McConaughey;
Bale for Reign of Fire (2002)
Leto for Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Bale and Dafoe both played in boxing films;
Bale for The Fighter (2010)
Dafoe for Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
Bale and Leto both earned Oscar Nominations the same year;
Bale for Best Actor in American Hustle (2013) losing to Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Leto for Best Supporting Actor in Dallas Buyers Club (2013) which he won - DirectorLawrence SchillerStarsVing RhamesRon SilverBruno KirbyJohnnie Cochran defends O.J. Simpson who is on trial for his wife's murder.Ving Rhames, Ron Silver and Christopher Plummer all worked on films that involve Muhammad Ali;
Rhames for Don King: Only In America (1997)TV
Silver for Ali (2001)
Plummer for Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2012)TV
Both Silver and Plummer worked with film director Michael Mann;
Silver for Ali (2001)
Plummer for The Insider (1999)
Both Silver and Bruno Kirby worked with Billy Crystal;
Silver for Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
Kirby for When Harry Met Sally (1989) and City Slickers (1991)
They both worked with David Paymer;
Silver for Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
Kirby for City Slickers (1991)
Both Plummer and Kirby worked with Al Pacino;
Plummer for The Insider (1999)
Kirby for The Godfather Part II (1974) and Donnie Brasco (1997)
Silver and Richard Cox both played real-life lawyer Alan Dershowitz;
Silver for Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Cox for this film
Plummer's character mentioned actor Laurence Olivier where Plummer actually worked with Olivier in the film, Battle of Britain (1969).
Plummer and Kirby both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Plummer for The Sound of Music (1965) and A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Kirby for The Godfather Part II (1974) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDjimon HounsouMatthew McConaugheyAnthony HopkinsIn 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Morgan Freeman, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, and Anna Paquin all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Hopkins for this film
Hounsou for In America (2002) and Blood Diamond (2006)
Freeman for Street Smart (1987) and Million Dollar Baby (2004) which he won.
Paymer for Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
Postlethwaite for In the Name of the Father (1993)
Paquin for The Piano (1993) which she won
Hopkins, Freeman, Matthew McConaughey, Nigel Hawthorne, and Chiwotel Ejiofor all earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club (2013) which he won
Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) which he won, The Remains of the Day (1993), and Nixon (1995)
Hawthorne for The Madness of King George (1994)
Freeman for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Invictus (2009)
Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave (2013)
McConaughey and Hounsou all earned Oscar Nominations for playing AIDS victims;
McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club (2013) which he won
Hounsou for In America (2002)
Chiwotel Ejiofor and Morgan Freeman both played former presidents of South Africa;
Ejiofor as Thabo Mbeki in Endgame (2009)
Freeman as Nelson Mandela in Invictus (2009)
Hopkins and Freeman both earned Oscar Nominations for playing villains;
Hopkins for Best Actor in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) which he won
Freeman for Best Supporting Actor in Street Smart (1987)
They both also worked with John Malkovich;
Hopkins for RED 2 (2013)
Freeman for RED (2010)
Hopkins, Hawthorne, and Freeman all worked with Helen Mirren;
Hopkins for Hitchcock (2012) and RED 2 (2013)
Hawthorne for The Madness of King George (1994)
Freeman for RED (2010)
Hounsou and Postlethwaite both worked with director Jim Sheridan;
Hounsou for In America (2002)
Postlethwaite for In The Name of the Father (1993
Postlethwaite and director Steven Spielberg both worked with Daniel Day Lewis;
Postlewaite for In The Name of the Father (1993)
Spielberg for Lincoln (2012)
Ejiofor and Freeman both worked with Denzel Washington;
Ejiofor for American Gangster (2007)
Freeman for Glory (1989)
Postlethwaite and McConaughey both worked with Kevin Spacey;
Postlewaite for The Usual Suspects (1995)
McConaughey for A Time To Kill (1996)
Postlewaite and Hopkins both worked with Emma Stone;
Postlewaite for In The Name of the Father (1993)
Hopkins for Howard's End (1992) and The Remains of the Day (1993)
McConaughey, Postlethwaite and Hounsou all worked with Leonardo DiCaprio;
McConaughey for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Postlethwaite for Inception (2010)
Hounsou for Blood Diamond (2006)
Ejiofor and Hounsou both played real-life free black men turned slaves;
Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Hounsou for this film
Ejiofor and McConaughey competed against each other for Best Actor Oscar, McConaughey won;
Ejiofor for 12 Years A Slave (2013)
McConaughey for Dallas Buyer's Club (2013) which he won
Hopkins, Freeman, and Hawthorne all lost Best Actor Oscars to Tom Hanks ;
Hopkins for The Remains of the Day (1993) which he lost to Hanks for Philadelphia (1993)
Freeman for The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Hawthorne for The Madness of King George (1994) which they both lost to Hanks for Forrest Gump (1994)
Paymer and Hopkins both worked on films that are about Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Paymer for Crime of the Century (1996)TV
Hopkins for The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)TV
Ejiofor, Hopkins, Freeman, and Spielberg all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Ejiofor for 12 Years A Slave (2013)
Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Spielberg for Schindler's List (1993)
Freeman for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Unforgiven (1992), and Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Postlethwaite, Hopkins, Paquin, and Spielberg all earned Oscar Nominations the same year;
Postlethwaite for Best Supporting Actor in In The Name of the Father (1993) losing to Tommy Lee Jones for The Fugitive (1993)
Hopkins for Best Actor in The Remains of the Day (1993) losing to Tom Hanks for Philadelphia (1993)
Paquin for Best Supporting Actress in The Piano (1993) which she won
Spielberg for Best Director in Schindler's List (1993) which he won - DirectorE. Max FryeStarsNicolas CageSamuel L. JacksonMichael LernerA Pulitzer prize writer buys a cabin. The neighbors get suspicious when a stranger "breaks in". They see a black man and call the police, who start shooting at him. The sheriff tries a cover-up involving a white petty crook. Bad idea.Samuel L. Jackson, Brad Dourif, and Michael Lerner all earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Jackson for Pulp Fiction (1994)
Dourif for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Lerner for Barton Fink (1991)
Lerner and Nicolas Cage both worked with the Coen Brothers;
Lerner for Barton Fink (1991)
Cage for Raising Arizona (1987)
Lerner, Cage, and Jackson all worked on films based on Marvel Comics;
Lerner for X-Men Days of Future's Past (2014)
Cage for Ghost Rider (2007) and Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
Jackson for Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), Captain America The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (2012), Captain America The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers Age of Ultron (2015) - DirectorDon BluthStarsDom DeLuiseChristopher PlummerErica YohnWhile emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must locate them while trying to survive in a new country.Christopher Plummer and Madeline Kahn both earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Plummer for The Last Station (2009) and Beginners (2011) which he won
Kahn for Paper Moon (1973) and Blazing Saddles (1974)
Nehemiah Persoff and Plummer both worked with Max Von Sydow;
Persoff for Voyage of the Damned (1976)
Plummer for Nuremberg (2000)TV and Emotional Arithmetic (2007) - DirectorOliver ParkerStarsRupert EverettJulianne MoorePeter VaughanLondon 1895: Cabinet minister, Sir Chiltern, and bachelor, Lord Goring, are victims of scheming women.Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver, and Cate Blanchett all earned Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominations;
Moore for Boogie Nights (1997) and The Hours (2002)
Driver for Good Will Hunting (1997)
Blanchett for The Aviator (2004) which she won, Notes on a Scandal (2006) and I'm Not There (2007)
Moore and Blanchett also earned Best Actress Oscars;
Moore for Still Alice (2014)
Blanchett for Blue Jasmine (2013)
Rupert Everett and Blanchett both worked with Judi Dench;
Everett for The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Blanchett for The Shipping News (2001) and Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Driver and Moore competed against each other for Best Supporting Actress Oscar but lost to Kim Basinger for L.A. Confidential (1997);
Driver for Good Will Hunting (1997)
Moore for Boogie Nights (1997)
Moore and Blanchett both worked with director Todd Haynes;
Moore for Far From Heaven (2002)
Blanchett for I'm Not There (2007) and Carol (2015) - DirectorHarold RamisStarsRobert De NiroBilly CrystalLisa KudrowMobster Paul Vitti is released into Dr. Ben Sobol's care, where only more chaos ensues.Robert De Niro and Cathy Moriarty all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
De Niro for The Godfather Part II (1974) which he won and Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Moriarty for Raging Bull (1980)
They both also worked together before in Raging Bull (1980) - DirectorHarold RamisStarsRobert De NiroBilly CrystalLisa KudrowA comedy about a psychiatrist whose number-one patient is an insecure mob boss.Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
De Niro for The Godfather Part II (1974) which he won and Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Palminteri for Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
They both worked together before in A Bronx Tale (1993) - DirectorNorman JewisonStarsAl PacinoJack WardenJohn ForsytheA lawyer is forced to defend a judge, while defending other clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.Al Pacino, Jack Warden, Lee Strasberg, and Christine Laht all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Pacino for The Godfather (1972), Dick Tracy (1990), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Warden for Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Strasberg for The Godfather Part II (1974)
Lahti for Swing Shift (1984)
Writer Barry Levinson, Pacino and Warden all worked with Warren Beatty;
Pacino for Dick Tracy (1990)
Warden for Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Levinson for Bugsy (1991)
Both Pacino and Strasberg worked together before in The Godfather Part II (1974)
Lahti and Pacino both worked with film director Sidney Lumet;
Lahti for Running On Empty (1988)
Pacino for Serpico (1974) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Director Norman Jewison and Levinson both earned Best Director Oscar Nominations;'
Jewison for In The Heat of the Night (1967), Fiddler on the Roof (1971) and Moonstruck (1987)
Levinson for Rain Man (1988) which he won and Bugsy (1991)
John Forsythe and Jeffrey Tambor earned Best Actor Golden Globes for TV Shows;
Forsythe for Dynasty (1981-1989)TV
Tambor for Transparent (2015-)TV - DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsAntonio BanderasEion BaileyAlan ArkinHollywood makes a deal with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to film his war and recreate his life.Jim Broadbent and Alan Arkin both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscars before and after this;
Broadbent for Iris (2001)
Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Broadbent and Antonio Banderas both starred in musicals;
Broadbent for Moulin Rouge (2001)
Banderas for Evita (1996)
They both worked with Tom Hanks;
Broadbent for Cloud Atlas (2012)
Banderas for Philadelphia (1993)
Arkin and Kyle Chandler worked together again in Argo (2012)
Colm Feore and Broadbent both played real-life politicians;
Feore as Pierre Elliott Trudeau in Trudeau (2002)TV
Broadbent as Boss Tweed in Gangs of New York (2002)
Feore, Chandler, Arkin, and Saul Rubinek all worked on films that won Best Picture Oscars;
Feore for Chicago (2002)
Arkin and Chandler for Argo (2012)
Rubinek for Unforgiven (1992) - DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsMatthew ModineAlan AldaPatrick BauchauThe story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.Ian McKellen, Anjelica Huston, and Richard Jenkins all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
McKellen for Gods and Monsters (1998)
Huston for The Grifters (1990)
Jenkins for The Visitor (2007)
McKellen, Alan Alda, Huston, and Lily Tomlin all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
McKellen for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Alda for The Aviator (2004)
Huston for Prizzi's Honor (1985) which she won and Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
Tomlin for Nashville (1975)
Richard Gere, Sual Rubinek, Jenkins, and McKellen all worked on films that won Best Picture Oscars;
Gere for Chicago (2002)
McKellen for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Rubinek for Unforgiven (1992)
Jenkins for Spotlight (2015)
Matthew Modine and Donal Logue both worked on productions based on DC Comics;
Modine for The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Logue for Gotham (2014-)TV
Charles Martin Smith, Dakin Matthews, and Rubinek all worked with Jeff Bridges;
Smith for Starman (1984)
Rubinek for The Contender (2000)
Matthews for True Grit (2010)
Jeffrey Nordling and Christian Clemenson both worked on films centering on United Airlines Flight 93;
Nordling for Flight 93 (2006)TV
Clemenson for United 93 (2006)
Stephen Spinella and BD Wong worked together again in The Normal Heart (2014)TV
Spinella and Modine worked together again in What The Deaf Man Heard (1997)TV
Spinella and Matthews both worked with Josh Brolin;
Spinella for Milk (2008)
Dakin for True Grit (2010)
Steve Martin and Gere both worked on musicals;
Martin for Pennies From Heaven (1984) and Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Gere for Chicago (2002)
They both worked with Queen Latifah;
Martin for Bringing Down The House (2003)
Gere for Chicago (2002)
Alda and McKellen both worked with Tom Hanks;
Alda for Bridge of Spies (2015)
McKellen for The Da Vinci Code (2006) - StarsPaul Andre GibbonsJarrod EmickFrederic ForrestThe story of the most notorious Confederate prisoner of war camp in the American Civil War.Frederic Forrest and William H. Macy both earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Forrest for The Rose (1979)
Macy for Fargo (1996)
They both worked with Robert Duvall;
Forrest for Apocalypse Now (1979)
Macy for A Civil Action (1998)
They both worked with Harrison Ford;
Forrest for Apocalypse Now (1979)
Macy for Air Force One (1997)
They both worked with Jeff Bridges;
Forrest for Tucker: The Man and his Dream (1988)
Macy for Seabiscuit (2003) - DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMickey RourkeRobert De NiroLisa BonetA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro both played boxers;
De Niro for Raging Bull (1980) and Grudge Match (2013)
Rourke for Homeboy (1988)
De Niro and Rourke both earned Oscar Nominations for playing athletes;
De Niro for Raging Bull (1980) which he won.
Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)
De Niro, Rourke, and Charlotte Rampling all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
De Niro for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Raging Bull (1980) which he won, Awakenings (1990), and Cape Fear (1991)
Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)
Rampling for 45 Years (2015)
They both worked with Christopher Walken;
De Niro for The Deer Hunter (1978)
Rourke for Homeboy (1988)
They both worked with film director Michael Cimino;
De Niro for The Deer Hunter (1978)
Rourke for Year of the Dragon (1985)
They both worked with Sylvester Stallone;
De Niro for Cop Land (1997) and Grudge Match (2013)
Rourke for The Expendables (2010)
They both worked with Kim Basinger;
De Niro for Grudge Match (2013)
Rourke for 9 1/2 Weeks (1986) - StarsAl PacinoMeryl StreepEmma ThompsonSeveral disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.Al Pacino, Emma Thompson, Meryl Streep, and James Cromwell worked together in this film, they all earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Pacino for The Godfather (1972), Dick Tracy (1990), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Thompson for In The Name of the Father (1993)
Streep for The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) which she won, Adaptation (2002), and Into The Woods (2014)
Cromwell for Babe (1995)
Pacino, Thompson, and Streep all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscars;
Pacino for Scent of a Woman (1992)
Thompson for Howard's End (1992)
Streep for Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Iron Lady (2011)
Both Streep and Pacino worked with Robert De Niro;
Streep for The Deer Hunter (1978)
Pacino for The Godfather Part II (1974), Heat (1995), and Righteous Kill (2007)
They both worked with Alan Arkin;
Streep for Rendition (2007)
Pacino for Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Both Cromwell and Pacino worked together in this film, they both worked with Kevin Spacey;
Cromwell for L.A. Confidential (1997)
Pacino for Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Streep, Cromwell, and Pacino all worked with James Woods;
Pacino for Any Given Sunday (1999)
Cromwell for The General's Daughter (1999)
Streep for Holocaust (1978)TV
Both Cromwell and Pacino also worked with Chris O'Donnell;
Pacino for Scent of a Woman (1992)
Cromwell for The Bachelor (1999)
Pacino, Cromwell, and Streep all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Pacino for The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974)
Cromwell for The Artist (2011)
Streep for The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Out of Africa (1985) - DirectorPeter SegalStarsJack NicholsonAdam SandlerMarisa TomeiDave Buznik is a businessman who is wrongly sentenced to an anger management program, where he meets an aggressive instructor.Jack Nicholson and Woody Harrelson both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Nicholson for Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Last Detail (1973), Chinatown (1974), One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) which he won, Prizzi's Honor (1985), Ironweed (1987), As Good As It Gets (1997) which he won, and About Schmidt (2002)
Harrelson for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Nicholson, Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, and John C. Reilly all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Nicholson for Easy Rider (1969), Reds (1981), Terms of Endearment (1983) which he won, and A Few Good Men (1992)
Tomei for My Cousin Vinny (1992) which she won, In The Bedroom (2001), and The Wrestler (2008)
Reilly for Chicago (2002)
Harrelson for The Messenger (2009)
Nicholson, Reilly, and Harrelson all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Nicholson for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983), and The Departed (2006)
Reilly for Chicago (2002)
Harrelson for No Country For Old Men (2007) - DirectorPatrick Read JohnsonStarsCharlie TalbertGeorge C. ScottKathy BatesA miserable fat teenager secretly has a crush on the class beauty, ends up becoming the surprising participant to dance with her at a high school dance, meaning he's got to get his act together with the help of his best friend.Kathy Bates and George C. Scott both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscars;
Bates for Misery (1990)
Scott for Patton (1970)
They both earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Bates for Primary Colors (1998) and About Schmidt (2002)
Scott for Anatomy of a Murder (1959) and The Hustler (1961)
Bates and Scott both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Bates for Titanic (1997)
Scott for Patton (1970) - DirectorSam LevinsonStarsEllen BarkinEzra MillerEllen BurstynA wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.Thomas Haden Church, George Kennedy, Diana Scarwid, and Ellen Burstyn all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Church for Sideways (2004)
Kennedy for Cool Hand Luke (1967) which he won
Scarwid for Inside Moves (1980)
Burstyn for The Last Picture Show (1974) - DirectorDenzel WashingtonStarsDenzel WashingtonDerek LukeJoy BryantAntwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman. During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins.Denzel Washington and Viola Davis both earned Best Actor/Actress and Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Best Supporting Actor/Actress
Washington for Cry Freedom (1987) and Glory (1989) which he won Davis for Doubt (2008) and Fences (2016) which she won
Best Actor/Actress
Washington for Malcolm X (1992), Hurricane (1999), Training Day (2001) which he won, Flight (2012), and Fences (2016)
Davis for The Help (2011)
Washington and Derek Luke both worked with Angela Bassett;
Washington for Malcolm X (1992)
Luke for Notorious (2009)
Joy Bryant and Washington both worked with Richard Gere;
Bryant for The Hunting Party (2006)
Washington for Power (1986)
Luke and Washington both worked on films about Apartheid;
Luke for Catch a Fire (2006)
Washington for Cry Freedom (1987)
They both worked with Whitney Houston;
Luke for Sparkle (2012)
Washington for The Preacher's Wife (1996) - DirectorOliver StoneStarsAl PacinoDennis QuaidCameron DiazA behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.Before and after this film both Jamie Foxx and Al Pacino won Best Actor Oscars for playing blind men;
Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray (2004)
Pacino for Scent of a Woman (1992).
Pacino and James Woods both played real-life crooked lawyer Roy Cohn who died from AIDS;
Woods for Citizen Cohn (1992)TV
Pacino for Angels in America (2003)TV
Jamie Foxx, Al Pacino, Ann-Margret, Charlton Heston, and James Woods worked together in this film, they all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Foxx for Ray (2004) which he won
Woods for Salvador (1986)
Pacino for Serpico (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), And Justice For All (1979), and Scent of a Woman (1992) which he won
Margret for Tommy (1975)
Heston for Ben Hur (1959) which he won
They all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Foxx for Collateral (2004)
Woods for Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Pacino for The Godfather (1972), Dick Tracy (1990), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Margret for Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Both Woods and Pacino worked with Robert De Niro;
Woods for Once Upon A Time In America (1984) and Casino (1995)
Pacino for The Godfather Part II (1974), Heat (1995), and Righteous Kill (2006)
Both Woods and Cameron Diaz worked with Martin Scorscese;
Woods for Casino (1995)
Diaz for Gangs of New York (2002)
Woods and Pacino both worked with Meryl Streep;
Woods for Holocaust (1978)TV
Pacino for Angels in America (2003)TV
They both worked with Bryan Dennehy;
Woods for Best Seller (1987)
Pacino for Righteous Kill (2006)
Pacino and Matthew Modine both worked on films produced by HBO whose subject is on AIDS;
Pacino for Angels in America (2003)TV
Modine for And The Band Played On (1993)TV
Dennis Quaid and Woods both played real-life politicians;
Quaid as Pres. Bill Clinton in The Special Relationship (2010)TV
Woods as Mayor Rudy Giuliani in Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2002)TV
Foxx, Pacino, and Aaron Eckhardt all played comic book supervillains;
Foxx as Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Eckhardt as Two-Face in The Dark Knight (2008)
Pacino as Big Boy Caprice in Dick Tracy (1990)
Eckhardt and Modine both worked on Batman films;
Eckhardt for The Dark Knight (2008)
Modine for The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Pacino and Heston both worked on films that won Best Picture Oscars;
Pacino for The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974)
Heston for Ben Hur (1959) - DirectorWayne WangStarsSusan SarandonNatalie PortmanHart BochnerA mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills.Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman both won Best Actress Oscars;
Sarandon for Dead Man Walking (1995)
Portman for Black Swan (2010)
Sarandon and Portman both worked with Jude Law;
Sarandon for Alfie (2004)
Portman for Closer (2004)
They both worked with Al Pacino;
Sarandon for You Don't Know Jack (2010)TV
Portman for Heat (1995)
They both worked with Robert De Niro;
Sarandon for The Big Wedding (2013)
Portman for Heat (1995)
They both worked with Julia Roberts;
Sarandon for Stepmom (1998)
Portman for Closer (2004)
Eileen Ryan and Sarandon both worked with Sean Penn;
Sarandon for Dead Man Walking (1995)
Ryan for I Am Sam (2001) and All The King's Men (2006) - DirectorRon HowardStarsTom HanksBill PaxtonKevin BaconNASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.Tom Hanks and Ed Harris both earned Oscar Nominations for playing homosexuals dying from AIDS;
Hanks for Philadelphia (1993) which he won.
Harris for The Hours (2002)
Hanks, Harris, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Kathleen Quinlan, and Gary Sinise were all in Best Picture Oscar Nominated films;
Hanks for Forrest Gump (1994) which won, this film, Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Green Mile (1999), Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Harris for The Right Stuff (1983), Places in the Heart (1984), this film, A Beautiful Mind (2001) which won, The Hours (2002)
Sinise for Forrest Gump (1994) which won, this film, and The Green Mile (1999)
Bacon for JFK (1991), A Few Good Men (1992), this film, Mystic River (2003), Frost/Nixon (2008)
Paxton for this film and Titanic (1997) which won.
Quinlan for this film
Sinise, Bacon, and Harris were all in films about Richard Nixon;
Sinise in The Final Days (1989)TV
Bacon in Frost/Nixon (2008)
Harris in Nixon (1995)
Sinise, Hanks, and Harris all played real-life politiceans;
Since as Former U.S. President Harry Truman in Truman (1995) and as George Wallace in George Wallace (1997)TV and Path to War (2002)TV
Hanks as Charlie Wilson in Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Harris as John McCain in Game Change (2012)TV
Sinise, Quinlan, and Harris all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Sinise for Forrest Gump (1994)
Quinlan for this film
Harris for this film, The Truman Show (1998), and The Hours (2002)
Hanks and Harris also earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Hanks for Big (1988), Philadelphia (1993) which he won, Forrest Gump (1994) which he won, Saving Private Ryan (1998), and Cast Away (2000)
Harris for Pollock (2000)
Hanks and Harris also both worked with film director, Stephen Daldry;
Hanks for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Harris for The Hours (2002)
They both worked with Max Von Sydow;
Hanks for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Harris for Needful Things (1993)
Both Harris and Sinise worked with John Malkovich;
Harris for Places in the Heart (1984)
Sinise for Of Mice and Men (1992)
Both Harris and Bacon worked with Marcia Gay Harden;
Harris for Pollock (2000)
Bacon for Mystic River (2003)
Harris, Quinlan, and Bacon all worked with director Oliver Stone;
Harris for Nixon (1995)
Bacon for JFK (1991)
Quinlan for The Doors (1991)
Both Harris and Bacon worked with Gary Oldman;
Harris for State of Grace (1990)
Bacon for Criminal Law (1988), JFK (1991), and Murder in the First (1995)
They both worked with Bob Hoskins;
Harris for Nixon (1995)
Bacon for Balto (1995)
Both director Ron Howard and Bacon worked with Tommy Lee Jones;
Howard for The Missing (2003)
Bacon for JFK (1991)
Both Hanks and Harris worked with Sandra Bullock;
Hanks for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Harris for Gravity (2013)
Paxton and Hanks both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Paxton for An Early Frost (1985)TV
Hanks for Philadelphia (1993) - DirectorEd HarrisStarsEd HarrisViggo MortensenRenée ZellwegerTwo friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Jeremy Irons, and Renee Zellweger all earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Mortensen for Eastern Promises (2007) and Captain Fantastic (2016)
Harris for Pollock (2000)
Irons for Reversal of Fortune (1990) which he won
Zellweger for Bridget Jones' Diary (2001) and Chicago (2002)
Harris and Zellweger earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Harris for Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), The Hours (2002)
Zellweger for Cold Mountain (2003) which she won.
Timothy Spall, Harris, Zellweger, and Mortensen all worked on films that won Best Picture Oscars;
Harris for A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Zellweger for Chicago (2002)
Mortensen for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Spall for The King's Speech (2010)
Irons and Harris both worked with Kevin Spacey;
Irons for Margin Call (2011)
Harris for Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Mortensen and Harris worked together before in A History of Violence (2005)
Zellweger and Harris both worked with Jim Carrey;
Zellweger for Me, Myself, & Irene (2000)
Harris for The Truman Show (1998)
Spall and Harris both played artists who paint;
Spall as J.M.W. Turner in Mr. Turner (2014)
Harris as Jackson Pollock in Pollock (2000)
Harris and Zellweger both worked with John C. Riley;
Harris for The Hours (2002)
Zellweger for Chicago (2002)
Spall and Zellweger both worked with Colin Firth;
Spall for The King's Speech (2010)
Zellweger for Bridget Jones' Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason (2004), and Bridget Jones' Baby (2016)
Ed Harris and Lance Henriksen worked together before in The Right Stuff (1983) - DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckBryan CranstonJohn GoodmanActing under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.Kyle Chandler, John Goodman, and Bryan Cranston all won Emmy Awards;
Chandler for Best Actor in Drama TV Series in Friday Night Lights (2006-2011)TV
Goodman for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007)TV
Cranston for Best Actor in Drama TV Series in Breaking Bad (2008-2013) TV
Ben Affleck and Alan Arkin both costarred in films that won Both Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor Oscars;
Affleck for Good Will Hunting (1997) which he won for Best Screenplay
Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine (2006) which he won for Best Supporting Actor
Since Affleck worked with George Clooney who is executive producer of this film, they both played CIA operatives;
Affleck for this film
Clooney for Syriana (2005)
They both also played superheroes;
Affleck as Daredevil in Daredevil (2003) and Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice (2016)
Clooney as Batman in Batman and Robin (1998)
Arkin and Affleck both worked with Alec Baldwin;
Arkin for Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Affleck for Pearl Harbor (2001)
Arkin and Cranston both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Arkin for The Russians are Coming The Russians Are Coming (1966) and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Cranston for Trump (2015)
Cranston and Goodman both played real-life politicians;
Cranston as Pres. Lyndon Baines Johnson for All The Way (2016)TV
Goodman as Senator Huey P. Long for Kingfish The Story of Huey P. Long (1995)TV - DirectorMark PellingtonStarsJeff BridgesTim RobbinsJoan CusackA man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be and their secrets could be deadly.Tim Robbins, Jeff Bridges, and Joan Cusack all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Cusack for Working Girl (1988) and In & Out (1997)
Robbins for Mystic River (2003) which he won
Bridges for The Last Picture Show (1971), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), The Contender (2000), and Hell or High Water (2016)
Stanley Anderson, Robbins, and Bridges all played fictional U.S. Presidents;
Anderson for Armageddon (1998)
Bridges for The Contender (2000)
Robbins for Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Cusack and Bridges both worked with Kevin Spacey;
Cusack for Working Girl (1988)
Bridges for K-Pax (2001)
They both worked with Albert Brooks;
Cusack for Broadcast News (1987)
Bridges for The Muse (1999) - DirectorMichael BayStarsBruce WillisBilly Bob ThorntonBen AffleckAfter discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.Michael Clarke Duncan and Billy Bob Thornton both earned Oscar Nominations for Best Supporting Actor;
Duncan for The Green Mile (1999)
Thornton for A Simple Plan (1998)
Ben Affleck, Thortnon, and Owen Wilson all earned Oscar Nominations for Best Screenplay;
Affleck for Good Will Hunting (1997) which he won
Thornton for Sling Blade (1996) which he won
Wilson for The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Steve Buscemi, Thornton, and Bruce Willis all earned Best Actor TV Golden Globes;
Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire (2010-2015)TV
Willis for Moonlighting (1985-1989)TV
Thornton for Fargo (2014-)TV and Goliath (2016-)TV
Thornton and Buscemi both starred in both versions of the film Fargo (1996);
Thorton for Fargo (2014-)TV
Buscemi for Fargo (1996)
Buscemi and Will Patton both worked with Nicolas Cage;
Buscemi for Con Air (1997)
Patton for Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Thornton and Patton both worked with Robert Duvall;
Thornton for Sling Blade (1996), The Apostle (1997), and The Judge (2014)
Patton for Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Liv Tyler, Keith David, and Affleck all worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Tyler for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
David for Platoon (1986) and Crash (2004)
Affleck for Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Argo (2012) - DirectorFrank CapraStarsCary GrantPriscilla LaneRaymond MasseyA Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.Raymond Massey and Cary Grant both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Massey for Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Grant for Penny Serenade (1941) and None But The Lonely Heart (1944) - StarsKirk DouglasChristopher PlummerTimothy BottomsThis is the story of the happenings at a major bank. The first of which, is that bank President Ben Rosselli (Leonardo Cimino) announces that he is dying, and that with no heir to take his place, he informs the bank's officers that he is letting them choose a successor. The two Vice Presidents, who are the front runners for the job, are Alex Vandervoort (Kirk Douglas) and Roscoe Heyward (Christopher Plummer). Now Alex is not exactly running around looking for support, and Roscoe can only see the benefits the Presidency can give him. So he goes around looking for people who would like to do business with the bank. He goes to George Quartermain (Lorne Greene), who wants the bank to give him more than they are allowed. While most of the board are excited of the possibility of going into business with Quartermain, Alex is the only one who is weary of it, as it's a big risk. Alex is not popular also because, while his wife Celia (Marisa Pavan) is mentally ill and confined to an asylum, he is having an affair with a lawyer, who specializes in helping the disadvantaged, the bank was originally supposed to fund a project to help them, but has pulled out, and Alex is also asking them not to. Also, the bank is plagued with false credit cards being circulated, so the bank's security officer, who was hired by Alex is not having much luck in finding them, which is another reason why Alex is not so popular.Christopher Plummer, Ralph Bellamy, and Robert Loggia all earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominations;
Plummer for The Last Station (2009) and Beginners (2011) which he won
Bellamy for The Awful Truth (1937)
Loggia for Jagged Edge (1985)
Plummer and Loggia both worked with Al Pacino;
Plummer for The Insider (1999)
Loggia for Scarface (1983)
They both worked with Tom Hanks;
Plummer for Dragnet (1987)
Loggia for Big (1988) - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsJack NicholsonHelen HuntGreg KinnearA single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.Jack Nicholson, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Helen Hunt, and Shirley Knight all earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Nicholson for Easy Rider (1969), Reds (1981), Terms of Endearment (1983) which he won, and A Few Good Men (1992)
Kinnear for this film
Gooding for Jerry Maguire (1996) which he won
Hunt for The Sessions (2012)
Knight for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Nicholson and Hunt both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscars;
Nicholson for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and this film
Hunt for this film
Gooding and Nicholson both worked with Tom Cruise;
Gooding for Jerry Maguire (1996)
Nicholson for A Few Good Men (1992)
Nicholson and director James L. Brooks both worked on films that earned Best Picture Oscars;
Nicholson for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983), and The Departed (2006)
Brooks for Terms of Endearment (1983) - DirectorRichard DonnerStarsSylvester StalloneAntonio BanderasJulianne MooreProfessional hit-man Robert Rath wants to fulfill a few more contracts before retiring but unscrupulous ambitious newcomer hit-man Miguel Bain keeps killing Rath's targets.Sylvester Stallone and Julianne Moore both earned Best Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Stallone for Rocky (1976)
Moore for The End of the Affair (1999), Far From Heaven (2002), and Still Alice (2014) which she won
Stallone, Moore, and Antonio Banderas all worked with Harrison Ford;
Stallone and Banderas for The Expendables 3 (2014)
Moore for The Fugitive (1993)
Stallone and Moore both earned Best Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar Nominations;
Stallone for Creed (2015)
Moore for Boogie Nights (1997) and The Hours (2002) - DirectorJames FoleyStarsSean PennChristopher WalkenMary Stuart MastersonReunited with his career criminal father, tough teen Brad thinks he's found his ticket to an exciting life of crime, only to find out he's wrong.Sean Penn and David Strathairn both earned Best Actor Oscar Nominations;
Penn for Dead Man Walking (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), I Am Sam (2001), Mystic River (2003) which he won, and Milk (2008) which he won
Strathairn for Good Night and Good Luck (2005)
Penn and Strathairn both earned Oscar Nominations for playing real-life heroes;
Penn as Harvey Milk in Milk (2008) which he won
Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow in Good Night and Good Luck (2005)
Penn and Christopher Walken both costarred in Vietnam films;
Penn in Casualties of War (1989)
Walken in The Deer Hunter (1978)
Tracey Walter and Walken both worked on films based on DC Comics' Batman;
Walter for Batman (1989)
Walken for Batman Returns (1992)
Walter and Walken both worked with Michael Keaton;
Walter for Batman (1989)
Walken for Batman Returns (1992)