Best overall acting in one film.

List your top 5 or 10 films that featured a high number of high calibre actors and performances.

The Godfather - Marlon Brando, Al Pacino (Prime), Robert Duval, James Caan, Dude who played Solozzo. Dude who played Fredo. All tremendous performances.
Ben Hur - Nuff said
Inglorious Basterds - All round all time great performances but especially Waltz, Fassbender, Diehl and Laurent
Batman Begins - unbelievable cast and all were on top form.
Crimson Tide - Hackman, Washington and the entire cast were brilliant.


Name some others.

 

Glengarry Glen Ross is the first that comes to mind for me. Pacino, Lemon, Ed Harris, Baldwin, Alan Arkin, and Spacey ALL delivered great performances. Lemon's performance was brilliant actually.

 

Jack Nicholson in The Shining.


TFK

 

Laughable performance.
He didn't do fuck-all of any worth since Chinatown in '74

 

Nah, just read the title.


TFK

 

Same.

 

Lawrence of Arabia
The Deer Hunter
Kramer vs Kramer
There Will be Blood
Viva Zapata!
On The Waterfront
The Godfather
The Godfather Part 2

 

Margin Call comes to mind..LA Confidential too

 

The Silence of the Lambs
The Godfather Part 1-2
Raging Bull
Goodfellas

 

Cinderella Man
Sleepers
Malcolm X

 

HEAT

The Departed

 

Lee Marvin - Cat Balou
John Wayne - True Grit
Gene Hackman - The French Connection