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Hollywood Film Finder
Most of us have asked ourselves "what movie should I watch?". Hollywood has produced hundreds of thousands of great and some not-so-great motion pictures. With so many classic films to choose from, it's often hard to find a movie that suits your tastes. The purpose of this selector is to recommend a short list of films that you might like based on your preferences.
We've included the most popular and honored Hollywood actors and directors since the dawn of talkies. While actors and directors generally worked in a limited number of genres, you might be surprised that some of your favorite people have made movies in genres that wouldn't expect.
1. Select one actor or one director from the lists below.
Film Stars of the Thirties
Alice Faye
Bette Davis
Charles Farrell
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Dick Powell
Eddie Cantor
Errol Flynn
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
Gary Cooper
Greta Garbo
James Cagney
Jane Withers
Janet Gaynor
Jean Harlow
Jeanette MacDonald
Joan Crawford
Joe E. Brown
Mae West
Marie Dressler
Mickey Rooney
Myrna Loy
Norma Shearer
Robert Taylor
Shirley Temple
Sonja Henie
Spencer Tracy
Tyrone Power
Wallace Beery
Will Rogers
William Powell
Other 1930s stars
Film Stars of the Forties
Abbott & Costello
Alan Ladd
Bette Davis
Betty Grable
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Cary Grant
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Esther Williams
Gary Cooper
Gene Autry
Greer Garson
Gregory Peck
Humphrey Bogart
Ingrid Bergman
James Cagney
John Wayne
Judy Garland
Margaret O'Brien
Mickey Rooney
Roy Rogers
Spencer Tracy
Van Johnson
Wallace Beery
Other 1940s stars
Film Stars of the Fifties
Abbott & Costello
Alan Ladd
Betty Grable
Bob Hope
Brigitte Bardot
Burt Lancaster
Cary Grant
Clark Gable
Clifton Webb
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Debbie Reynolds
Doris Day
Elizabeth Taylor
Elvis Presley
Esther Williams
Frank Sinatra
Gary Cooper
Glenn Ford
Grace Kelly
Gregory Peck
Humphrey Bogart
James Stewart
Jane Wyman
Jerry Lewis
John Wayne
June Allyson
Kim Novak
Marilyn Monroe
Pat Boone
Randolph Scott
Spencer Tracy
Susan Hayward
William Holden
Yul Brynner
Other 1950s stars
Film Stars of the Sixties
Ann-Margret
Barbra Streisand
Burt Lancaster
Cary Grant
Clint Eastwood
Dean Martin
Debbie Reynolds
Doris Day
Dustin Hoffman
Elizabeth Taylor
Elvis Presley
Frank Sinatra
Jack Lemmon
James Stewart
Jerry Lewis
John Wayne
Julie Andrews
Katharine Hepburn
Lee Marvin
Paul Newman
Richard Burton
Rock Hudson
Sandra Dee
Sean Connery
Shirley MacLaine
Sidney Poitier
Steve McQueen
Tony Curtis
William Holden
Other 1960s stars
Film Stars of the Seventies
Al Pacino
Ali MacGraw
Barbra Streisand
Burt Reynolds
Charles Bronson
Clint Eastwood
Diane Keaton
Dustin Hoffman
Elliott Gould
Gene Hackman
George C. Scott
Goldie Hawn
Jack Lemmon
Jack Nicholson
Jane Fonda
Jill Clayburgh.
John Travolta
John Wayne
Lee Marvin
Marlon Brando
Mel Brooks
Paul Newman
Peter Sellers
Richard Dreyfuss
Robert DeNiro
Robert Redford
Roger Moore
Ryan O'Neal
Sean Connery
Steve McQueen
Sylvester Stallone
Tatum O'Neal
Walter Matthau
Warren Beatty
Woody Allen
Other 1970s stars
Film Stars of the Eighties
Ally Sheedy
Andrew McCarthy
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bill Murray
Cher
Chevy Chase
Danny DeVito
Daryl Hannah
Debra Winger
Dennis Quaid
Dudley Moore
Eddie Murphy
Elizabeth McGovern
Glenn Close
Harrison Ford
Jim Varney
John Candy
Kathleen Turner
Kim Basinger
Meryl Streep
Michael J. Fox
Michael Keaton
Michelle Pfeiffer
Molly Ringwald
Phoebe Cates
Richard Gere
Rick Moranis
Steve Guttenberg
Steve Martin
Sylvester Stallone
Tom Cruise
Tom Hanks
Virginia Madsen
Other 1980s stars
Film Stars of the Nineties
Adam Sandler
Al Pacino
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Billy Crystal
Brad Pitt
Bruce Willis
Cameron Diaz
Clint Eastwood
Demi Moore
Dustin Hoffman
Harrison Ford
Jack Nicholson
Jim Carrey
Jodie Foster
John Travolta
Julia Roberts
Kevin Costner
Leonardo DiCaprio
Macaulay Culkin
Meg Ryan
Mel Gibson
Meryl Streep.
Michael Douglas
Michelle Pfeiffer
Mike Myers
Patrick Swayze
Richard Gere
Robert De Niro
Robin Williams
Sandra Bullock
Sean Connery
Steven Seagal
Sylvester Stallone
Tim Allen
Tom Cruise
Tom Hanks
Tommy Lee Jones
Winona Ryder
Other 1990s stars
Film Stars of the 2000s
Adam Sandler
Alec Baldwin
Antonio Banderas
Ben Stiller
Brad Pitt
Bruce Willis
Cameron Diaz
Cate Blanchett
Clint Eastwood
Daniel Radcliffe
Denzel Washington
Dustin Hoffman
Eddie Murphy
Elijah Wood
Emma Watson
Ewan McGregor
Gary Oldman
Harrison Ford
Ian McKellen
Jack Nicholson
Jim Carrey
John Travolta
Johnny Depp
Jon Voight
Julia Roberts
Kathy Bates
Keanu Reeves
Kirsten Dunst
Leonardo DiCaprio
Liam Neeson
Matt Damon
Mel Gibson
Michael Caine
Mike Myers
Morgan Freeman
Nicolas Cage
Orlando Bloom
Owen Wilson
Robert DeNiro
Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Duvall
Robin Williams
Rupert Grint
Samuel L. Jackson
Sigourney Weaver
Tim Allen
Tom Cruise
Tom Hanks
Tommy Lee Jones
Will Smith
Other 2000s stars
Top Directors
Alfred Hitchcock
Billy Wilder
Buster Keaton
Cecil B. De Mille
Charlie Chaplin
Chris Columbus
Clint Eastwood
David Lean
Ed Wood
Elia Kazan
Ernst Lubitsch
Francis Ford Coppola
Frank Capra
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
George Lucas
Gore Verbinski
Howard Hawks
James Cameron
Joel Cohen
John Ford
John Huston
Martin Scorsese
Michael Bay
Orson Welles
Peter Jackson
Quentin Tarantino
Ridley Scott
Robert Zemeckis
Roman Polanski
Ron Howard
Sam Raimi
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Spielberg
Sydney Lumet
Sydney Pollack
Tim Burton
Victor Fleming
Woody Allen
2. Select the type of film you want to watch.
Film Genres
Action & Adventure
Biography
Cartoons
Comedy
Crime
Cult Movies
Drama
Epic
Espionage
Fantasy
Film Noir
History
Horror
Musicals
Mystery
Romance
Science Fiction
Suspense
War
Westerns
