Evolved this from the Matrix thread and from listening to The Rewatchables with Bill Simmons for the past few months.

Pick an actor and list their credits for a 5-year period that represents their peak or is just fascinating for whateve reason. Actresses welcome. Directors welcome, the whole nine yard.

Just make it 5 years. And realize that 5 years is like 1977-1981, not 77-82.

So here are a few to kick it off. If you want to contribute, make the effort to look up the exact years on Wikipedia or IMDB.


Hilarious answers welcome.Muliple entries for the same actor as well.

Harrison Ford (77-81)
Star Wars 1977
Apocalypse Now 1979
The Empire Strikes Back 1980
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981

But you can also say Harrison Ford (80-84)
The Empire Strikes Back 1980
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
Blade Runner 1982
Return of the Jedi 1983
Temple of Doom (not that great) 1984

Tom Hanks (94-98)
Forrest Gump 1994
Toy Story 1995
Apollo 13 1995
That Thing You Do! 1996
Saving Private Ryan 1998
You've Got Mail 1998

Hanks is a Catch-22 because you're either leaving out Sleepless in Seattle and Philadelphia (Oscar) in 1993 or leaving out SPR in '98

Nicolas Cage (95-99)
Leaving Las Vegas 1995
The Rock 1996
Con Air 1997
Face/off 1997
City of Angels 1998
Snake Eyes 1998
8MM 1999

I won't bogart all the best ones. Enjoy

Meryl Streep 1979-1983

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086312/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_82_act][/url]
[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086312/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_82_act][/url]
Silkwood

• Karen Silkwood

• 1983

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086312/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_82_act][/url]

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084707/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_83_act][/url]
[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084707/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_83_act][/url]
Sophie's Choice

• Sophie Zawistowski

• 1982

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084707/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_83_act][/url]

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084732/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_84_act][/url]
[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084732/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_84_act][/url]
Still of the Night

• Brooke Reynolds

• 1982

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084732/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_84_act][/url]

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133356/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_85_act][/url]

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082416/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_86_act][/url]
[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082416/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_86_act][/url]
The French Lieutenant's Woman

• Sarah and Anna

• 1981

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082416/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_86_act][/url]

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079417/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_87_act][/url]
[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079417/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_87_act][/url]
Kramer vs. Kramer

• Joanna Kramer

• 1979

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079417/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_87_act][/url]

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Harrison Ford (77-81)
Star Wars 1977
Apocalypse Now 1979
The Empire Strikes Back 1980
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981

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Force 10 From Navarone 1978

His role in Apocalypse Now was maybe 5 minutes.

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And actually filmed before Star Wars.

Ol_Ag_02 said:

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8MM

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I agree. It freaked me out in the theater and i haven't seen a single second of it since.

Bruce Almighty said:

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John Cazale

1974 - The Conversation
1974 - Godfather II
1975 - Dog Day Afternoon
1978 - Deer Hunter

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Gone to soon but lotsa people feel like Cazale woulda had the greatest career of all his GF contemporaries ie Pacino, Duvall, DeNiro, Caan

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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DargelSkout said:

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I don't even remember him in Apocalypse Now.

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Early in the movie, he was one of the officers in the briefing on Kurtz and his activities. He had some dialogue and that was it.

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Leonardo DC 2010-2915

Shutter Island (2010), Inception (2010), Django Unchained (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Revenant (2015)

Grace Kelly's entire filmography was almost done entirely in a five year span. Only one real dud in the bunch.

The absolute classics:
High Noon
Dial M for Murder
Rear Window
To Catch a Thief

Edit: Sorry missed your post bluefire. The Country Girl is her Oscar film and a fine performance but IMO not a great film. I found Mogambo rather disappointing considering it is a John Ford pic still worth a watch.