| Movie Title | Top 2 Stars | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Paul Newman, Robert Redford | 1969 |
| Citizen Kane | Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten | 1941 |
| Rocky | Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire | 1976 |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim | 1930 |
| Dracula | Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler | 1931 |
| Animal House | John Belushi, Tim Matheson | 1978 |
| Witness for the Prosecution | Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich | 1957 |
| Duck Soup | Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx | 1933 |
| The Godfather | Marlon Brando, Al Pacino | 1972 |
| Nicholas and Alexandra | Michael Jayston, Laurence Olivier | 1971 |
| Goodfellas | Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta | 1990 |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori | 2014 |
| John Wick | Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane | 2014 |
| You Only Live Twice | Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence | 1967 |
| Airplane! | Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty | 1980 |
| The Last Samurai | Tom Cruise | 2003 |
| Casablanca | Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman | 1942 |
| Bull Durham | Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon | 1988 |
| The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach | 1966 |
| The Naked Gun | Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley | 1988 |
| Death at a Funeral | Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence | 2010 |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt | 2019 |
| The Candidate | Robert Redford, Peter Boyle | 1972 |
| The Best Man | Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson | 1964 |
| Casino | Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone | 1995 |
| Road House | Patrick Swayze, Sam Elliott | 1989 |
| Margin Call | Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons | 2011 |
| Raging Bull | Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci | 1980 |
| The Good Shepherd | Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie | 2006 |
| Downfall | Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara | 2004 |
| Glengarry Glen Ross | Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon | 1992 |
| Bonnie and Clyde | Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway | 1967 |
| High Noon | Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly | 1952 |
| City Hall | Al Pacino, John Cusack | 1996 |
| Heat | Al Pacino, Robert De Niro | 1995 |
| Scarface (1932) | Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak | 1932 |
| Wall Street | Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen | 1987 |
| Too Big to Fail | William Hurt, Billy Crudup | 2011 |
| Casino Royale | Daniel Craig, Eva Green | 2006 |
| Fatal Attraction | Michael Douglas, Glenn Close | 1987 |
| The Dirty Dozen | Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson | 1967 |
| All the King’s Men | Broderick Crawford, John Ireland | 1949 |
| Advise and Consent | Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton | 1962 |
| The Last Hurrah | Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter | 1958 |
| The Ides of March | George Clooney, Ryan Gosling | 2011 |
| Ronin | Robert De Niro, Jean Reno | 1998 |
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill | 2018 |
| The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) | Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway | 1968 |
| The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) | Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo | 1999 |
I collected this list in about an hour’s time. I’m sure there are movies I would add/subtract to my top 50 if given more time and reflection. These are movies that I would view again and again. I know that most of these movies are older and were enjoyed when I was younger. Just about all these movies had compelling storylines that I enjoyed.
Esot-eric 