The greatest director/actor combinations of all time

[olliewilko]

I second that.

 

[hotgyalnicky]

Christopher Nolan & Christian Bale

 

[Mr.Knowledge]

Michael Winner & Charles Bronson

 

[~*Cookie*~]

Hmmmmmmm......................

 

[Ali F0 $ho :]]

Agreed. The tension between them is what made their work together so special, as if art somehow came out of their hostility.

 

[Felecia E]

Sam Peckinpah / James Coburn, Warren Oates

 

[chelschubz]

thats right. they where both a biy mad - Klaus more. he was very mad.

 

[acflutist]

Ken Russell / Oliver Reed

Ridley Scott / Russell Crowe

Sidney Lumet / Sean Connery

 

[Farmall Boy]

But surely it's Johnny Depp and just about anyone?

 

[Boronia]

John Frankenhiemer / Burt Lancaster - Birdman of Alcatraz, The Train, Seven Days in May, The Gypsy Moths.

 

[war wagon]

Carl Reiner/Steve Martin

 

[Austin F]

John Hughes and John Candy

 

[zachpellicone]

Yes! They made some hysterically funny movies together

 

[rosepetal]

Scorcese & DeNiro/DiCaprio
Burton & Depp
Coens/Tarantino & Buscemi

 

[misty c]

i havnt really enjoyed a burton/depp movie since sleepy hollow

 

[Rayan H]

I second Kurosawa/Mifune

and add:

Jeunet/Pinon (although to be fair, Pinon is not often the leading actor, just in all of his films in a great way..)

 

[Yelena K]

No-one ever mentions what must surely be the most enduring and consistently good actor/ director relationship, namely that of Stephen Rea and Neil Jordan. OTTOMH:
The Crying Game
In The Company Of Wolves
The Butcher Boy
Interview With The Vampire
Michael Collins
The End Of The Affair
Ondine

 

[Francis B]

Ingmar Bergman / Liv Ullman
Edgar Reitz / Henry Arnold
Bill Murray / McG

 

[Ron Brown]

John Ford / John Wayne