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[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

John Cazale.

Only appeared in 5 films but all five were nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars:

The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Deer Hunter (1978)

Died of lung cancer in March 1978, aged 42 ☹️

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Well I know what I'm doing this afternoon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

There is no other answer than this.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The actor who had only bad films.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Or an actor that only did television shows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

They did it on purpose !

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Technically Correct since they are all bad...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Correct, but also sad

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Nicholas Cage. And I'm ready to die on that hill.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

This is the only correct answer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Omg the top comment on that first video:

"I don't even think that girl knew she was being filmed."

Amazing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

We may have slightly different definitions of good, but fair enough.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

See, I can think of a few movies of his that I have problems with. Yet I wouldn't call them bad, only missing a few cylinders to bring them to perfect. He has been in a few that are top, damn Con Air is about the perfect movie ever for what it was aiming to be.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Prisoners of the ghostland would like a word

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I just can't take Vampire's Kiss.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Daniel Day Lewis

His filmography is very limited because he was extremely picky about what he appeared in. But even still, I think all of his movies were good, even if done of them were uncomfortable to watch.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nine (2009) has entered the chat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

~~Daniel Day Lewis isn't in 9, and it's not a bad movie.~~ 9 != Nine. To my defense, they were both released in 2009

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Different movie. He is in the movie Nine, but not in 9.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Confusing that a movie called 9 released the same year as another movie named Nine 😃

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

James Stewart, James Cagney

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He sure as hell did better acting than Keanu in Dracula.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

he plays the part straight out of the book!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What about movies where the actor’s performance was the only good thing in an otherwise bad film? I don’t think those should count against the actor. They did their job well; it’s not their fault the rest of the production sucked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Every Nick Cage movie ever

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 days ago

Tom Cruise. I seriously think I like all his films.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Tom Cruise. It's awkward but undeniable.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

The Mummy (2017)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

M-I:2 was a miss on so many levels.

John Woo tried his best. That script couldn't be saved.

I say this as a person whose guilty pleasure is a rewatch of any M:I movie. But, I can't give any time to this turd sandwich.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Losin' It is a 1982 comedy film directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Tom Cruise, Shelley Long, Jackie Earle Haley and John Stockwell. The film follows four teenagers trying to lose their virginity. It was filmed largely in Calexico, California.

...

The film received negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 18% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.3/10.[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 51 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert criticized the film on their TV program At the Movies. Siskel called it "dreadful" and "predictable."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losin%27_It

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

OK that one passes.

But in a way that's the point. Others here are proposing young actors who have made single-digit numbers of movies. Pretty easy to have a 100% hit rate when you've made 4 movies! Tom Cruise has been making films nonstop for 4 decades.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I'd be tempted to argue that it hits what it was aiming for. It's meant to be a cheap raunchy Porky's rip-off, and it succeeds. I suspect Cruise does a good job in it - the year before he did Taps, and the year after he did All the Right Moves.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

This one I have at least heard of! A critical flop but box-office success, apparently. So not obviously "bad".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I guess you haven't seen Top Gun: Maverick yet?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Eh, it wasn't that bad really, only when compared to original top gun

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Ha. Indeed I haven't. But I understand it was not exactly bad.

I thought it was something of a meme at this point, that the crazy scientologist somehow never picks bad projects. To the point that other actors know they can jump in if it gets his seal of approval.

I certainly haven't seen a bad one, anecdotally.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

The best kind of correct!

[–] ryan213 0 points 3 days ago

How do you quantify "bad?"