Best George Clooney Movies List: Top 5

To many female movie fans, George Clooney is one of the most attractive ’senior’ actors in Hollywood today.  It’s hard to remember that Clooney actually built his fame in the entertainment world during his long stay on the 15 season long ER television series.  Part of the remember it is easy to lose sight of his success on that show is because of the depth and quality of the Best George Clooney Movies List!

Clooney spent much of his early acting career during the 1980s and into the 90s on television.  He began acting more prominently in film in the mid-to-late 1990s after breaking out on ER starting in 1994.  While ER remained his main gig for much of the next decade, he had several notable films in the latter half of the 1990s and during the first decade of the new milliennium his significance in film acting has grown.

Because he has spent much of his time acting on the small screen, the list of George Clooney movies is not as long as some other movie actors.  However, the quality of the films in this Top 5 Best George Clooney Movies List are solid.  To be considered among the top George Clooney films, the movie had to perform well on a number of criteria, including overall film quality, prominence of Clooney’s role (emphasis placed on films in which he was a major contributor), commercial and/or critical success, lasting impact or iconic nature, and author’s preference preference (used in the even of a figurative tie!).

Top 5 Best George Clooney Movies

5.  Burn After Reading (2008) – Also on the best Brad Pitt movies list, this is a very well-written and delivered action comedy with some extremely shocking (plot) moments in the story.  Clooney demonstrates that he is as effective, and probably moreso, in out of the box comedies as in dramas.

4. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) – Also one of the best Coen Brothers movies, this quirk comedy showcases the depths of Clooney’s acting abilities in a very eccentric and unique comedy, even for the Ethan and Joel Coen.

3. The Perfect Storm (2000) – In terms of pure riveting intensity and entertainment this film ranks right up there on the list of best George Clooney movies.  It is based on a tragic true story about the Andrea Gale fishing boat and it is also among the best Mark Wahlberg movies.

2. Syriana (2005) – Clooney plays Bob Barnes in this easily forgotten 2005 Oscar Winner about the political scope of the oil industry centering key players in the midst and affected by it.

1. Michael Clayton (2007) – Clooney played the title role in this film about a law firm that brings him in to take over a situation after a lawyer has a breakdown representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.

Other films considered for this Top 5 List of George Clooney Movies: From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), One Fine Day (1996), Out of Sight (1998), The Thin Red Line (1998), Three Kings (1999), Ocean’s Eleven (2001), Intolerable Cruelty (2003),  Up in the Air (2009)

Are there movies you feel that should have been include on the best George Clooney movies list?  Bear in mind that movies with George Clooney just finishing production were not considered.  If you feel a Clooney film was cheated, overrated, or underrated, simply add a comment and let us know which film and why.

Why not Up in the Air and Ocean’s Eleven?  The simple answer is there were too many good George Clooney films for five spots.  Up in the Air was good (obviously, Oscar nominations), but a bit overrated in the big picture.  Ocean’s Eleven was solid, but very much an ensemble cast which takes some of the prominence of Clooney’s impact on the film away.

Top 5 Best George Clooney Movies List by Neil of Movie Room Reviews

Best Sandra Bullock Movies List: Top 5

Sandra Bullock captured her first Academy Award win for Best Actress in a Leading Role with the 2009 film The Blind Side, in which Bullock stars as Leigh Anne Tuohy, the tough, gritty, and well-to-do woman who famously took in Michael Oher, an African-American homeless teen, now playing in the NFL. Despite winning the industry’s top award for actors, one has to ask, was this movie really tops on the Best Sandra Bullock Movies List?

Sandra Bullock has long been among the Hollywood elite, at least according to men.  Though the perception has faded a bit in recent years with younger up-and-comers, Bullock long drew mention at or near the top of sexiest women lists or other popular magazine rankings of actresses, typically based on looks.

So, is The Blind Side the best Sandra Bullock movie of all time?  Here is a look at the top five Sandra Bullock movies list based on a combination of factors, including overall quality of the film, prominence of Bullock’s role (ensemble cast movies are inherently weighted down somewhat), commercial and/or critical success, lasting impact or iconic nature, and a separating factor of author’s preference (sorry, it’s my list).

Top 5 List of Sandra Bullock Movies

5. The Proposal (2009) – Despite being generally regarded as a Hollywood beauty, Bullock is often less natural in romantic comedies that some of her colleagues.  However, The Proposal is also one of the best Ryan Reynolds movies, and he and Bullock have a nice chemistry.  This is film offers some nice laughs and touching moments and deserves mention among the best Sandra Bullock movies of all time.

4. Miss Congeniality (2000) – A rare comedy with a beautiful lead actress not chasing after a man makes this film unique.  Bullock delivers a brilliant performance playing an awkward and out there police officer who overcomes her social challenges to solve a case.

3. While You Were Sleeping (1995) – Bullock tries to fool an unconscious man’s family into believing that she is his fiancee, but things get complicated when she falls in love with the man’s charming brother.

2. Murder by Numbers (2002) – Apparently it became status quo for Bullock to play cops after the 2000 comedy Miss Congeniality, as she once again played an assertive and tough-minded police officer trying to track young murders.  This was also an early breakout movie for Ryan Gosling (The Notebook).

1. The Blind Side (2009) – No need to rock the boat with this pick.  The Blind Side is easily the most-well rounded and impacting drama movie for Sandra Bullock, as evidenced by her Oscar victory.  This film has legacy potential.

Other films considered for the best Sandra Bullock movies list: Premonition (2007), Crash (2004), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Hope Floats (1998), The Net (1995)

What are your thoughts on this list of Sandra Bullock movies? If you have other ideas on what the best Sandra Bullock movies are, feel free to add a comment and indicate which top Sandra Bullock films were left off the list, which are overrated or underrated, and why you feel the way you do.

Top 5 Best Sandra Bullock Movies List by Neil of Movie Room Reviews

Watch Jimmy Kimmel Handsome Men’s Club Video

Jimmy Kimmel took advantage of the opportunity to assemble a massive collection of male acting talent only possible when the Oscar’s are in town.  Last night, on Jimmy Kimmel After the Oscar’s, Kimmel led a segment called “The Handome Men’s Club”. Essentially, it was a collection of stars, including John Krasinski, Patrick Dempsey, Tony Romo, Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Matthew McConaughey, and others, including appearances by Kimmel skit regulars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and newbie Jennifer Garner.  The men gathered around a table and voted on Handome Men measures.

Enjoy the Jimmy Kimmel Handsome Men’s Club Video

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