https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1i26lca/movies_that_were_perfectly_cast/
created by ItsSoLitRightNow on 15/01/2025 at 20:13 UTC
579 upvotes, 191 top-level comments (showing 25)
Recently watching LOTR Fellowship of the Ring, for the thousandth time and realized it might be the most perfectly cast movie of all time.
I was racking my brain all day today trying to think of another movie with a decent sized cast to compare it to but couldn’t think of any others.
What are other movies where every character is exactly right for their role?
Comment by Collected1 at 15/01/2025 at 20:59 UTC
481 upvotes, 8 direct replies
The 90s version of The Addams Family. Especially Anjelica and Raul but the entire cast were just perfection for me.
Comment by Jiktten at 15/01/2025 at 20:28 UTC
1047 upvotes, 11 direct replies
The first Pirates of the Carribbean. Every single actor, both main and supporting, is perfect for their role.
Comment by ActualSpamBot at 15/01/2025 at 20:34 UTC
503 upvotes, 18 direct replies
I'm shocked that I got here this late and am still the first person to mention **Clue**.
Martin Mull, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKeen, Lee Ving...plus all the ones I'm forgetting because I'm going off the top of my head. I mean, that's an All Star cast.
They cast Lee Ving as Mr. Body for the pun! And he nailed it anyway despite never acting in anything else before or since.
Comment by Lower-Till9528 at 15/01/2025 at 21:23 UTC
184 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Back to the Future. Thank god they replaced Eric Stoltz with Michael J Fox. The perfectly cast Christopher Lloyd and Fox have great chemistry. With Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and a really great Thomas F Wilson, they nailed it.
Comment by halfwayray at 15/01/2025 at 20:29 UTC
463 upvotes, 8 direct replies
Couldn't imagine anyone else being cast in The Big Lebowski
Comment by Earguy at 15/01/2025 at 20:32 UTC
63 upvotes, 3 direct replies
The Blues Brothers. Even Matt Guitar Murphy couldn't act his way out of a paper bag, and it's still perfect.
Comment by nulopes at 15/01/2025 at 20:43 UTC
196 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Strangely enough - Napoleon Dynamite
Comment by docobv77 at 15/01/2025 at 20:35 UTC
92 upvotes, 4 direct replies
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Comment by head-home at 15/01/2025 at 20:34 UTC
113 upvotes, 3 direct replies
No Country for Old Men
Comment by philament at 15/01/2025 at 20:29 UTC
191 upvotes, 8 direct replies
L.A. Confidential, and even though spacey turned out to be a disappointment as a human, it was still a brilliant ensemble cast
Comment by chodthewacko at 15/01/2025 at 21:03 UTC
69 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Galaxy quest
Comment by cotothed at 15/01/2025 at 20:25 UTC
284 upvotes, 6 direct replies
The Princess Bride
Comment by floatius at 15/01/2025 at 20:46 UTC*
64 upvotes, 6 direct replies
I just remember the OG X-men movie, being in the early run of those comic-to-movie transitions that are oh so popular now, being pretty much every x-men nerd's fan vote for who to cast. Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman were obviously perfect, but Ian McKellan, Halle Berry, even James Marsden as cyclops all kinda feel like they couldn't really have been topped.
Comment by GosmeisterGeneral at 15/01/2025 at 20:26 UTC
207 upvotes, 4 direct replies
School of Rock
Jack Black is the only person who could make it work, and those kids were dynamite.
Comment by MarlonShakespeare2AD at 15/01/2025 at 20:31 UTC
98 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Silence of the Lambs
Comment by MarlonShakespeare2AD at 15/01/2025 at 20:30 UTC
118 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Tombstone
Comment by MarlonShakespeare2AD at 15/01/2025 at 20:30 UTC
126 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Fight Club
Comment by [deleted] at 15/01/2025 at 20:18 UTC
57 upvotes, 3 direct replies
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Comment by Steelriddler at 15/01/2025 at 20:17 UTC
101 upvotes, 4 direct replies
The original Star Wars
Comment by Over-Collection3464 at 15/01/2025 at 20:39 UTC
37 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I suppose not a single film but actually the MCU has done really well considering how many characters they’re juggling. RDJ as Iron Man, Evans as Captain America, Hemsworth as Thor etc.
The first 3 Indy movies were really well cast. Sean Connery as Indy’s dad was brilliant casting.
Comment by Ok_Department1493 at 15/01/2025 at 20:45 UTC
17 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Seven Psychopaths
Christopher Walken, and stolen adorable dogs, Collin Ferral and Sam Rockwells friendship, Tom Waits in a Tom Waits love story, Peyote
Comment by MarlonShakespeare2AD at 15/01/2025 at 20:30 UTC
44 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Usual Suspects
Comment by bolivar-shagnasty at 15/01/2025 at 20:48 UTC
46 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Castaway
Casino Royale
Django Unchained
Inglorious Basterds
The Departed
The Town
Comment by shakeyjake at 15/01/2025 at 20:52 UTC
47 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Forrest Gump(1994) - I can't imagine changing anyone below
Tom Hanks - Forrest
Gary Sinise - Lt. Dan
Robin Wright- Jenny
Sally Field - Mrs. Gump
Michael Conner Humphreys - Young Forrest.
Comment by zacksharpe at 15/01/2025 at 21:15 UTC
15 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Seven. Obviously Pitt, Freeman and Spacey were iconic, but Gwyneth Paltrow was great for her role and R. Lee Ermey played a surprisingly subdued character but was still magnetic.