Twitter Users Ponder Which Film Had the Most Stacked Cast of All Time

So I saw this Twitter prompt pop up on my timeline this morning:

What movie, in your personal opinion, has the most stacked cast of all time?

— ✨𝙶𝙰𝙻 𝙿𝙰𝙲𝙸𝙽𝙾🌴🤌 (@EmmaTolkin) December 19, 2022

And I don’t know about you, but I had a few answers instantly rushing to my mind: The Godfather. Heat. Burn After Reading.

And of course, we know about the sexiest ever assembled for a movie.

But truth be told, the history of cinema is replete with films that are themselves filled to bursting with big names. What follows is some of Twitter’s (English language) responses. What would you guys say pops into your head first?

The Player!!!

— Brett Johnson (@BrettttJohnson) December 19, 2022

Burn After Reading. Not as expensive as some ensembles but the talent is insane and the characters/performances are among the best of each respective actor.

— v.hoo (@J0YDERISION) December 20, 2022

Any Altman movie tbh, but especially A Wedding (1978), which somehow spans Lillian Gish, Geraldine Chaplin, Vittorio Gassman, Laurie Metcalf, George Wendt, Paul Dooley, Dennis Franz, Carol Burnett, Desi Arnaz Jr., Mia Farrow, and John Malkovich!

— Carlos Valladares (@cvalladares0896) December 20, 2022

Nashville

— Matt Zoller Seitz (@mattzollerseitz) December 20, 2022

wet hot american summer

— əllegrə (@allegramiriam) December 19, 2022

Short Term 12! pic.twitter.com/KpeVb2cWDj

— Steph (@velvetnico) December 20, 2022

muppet christmas carol

— old tom (@YuckyTom) December 19, 2022

Casablanca. Bogart, Bergman, Reins, Lorre, Henreid, Greenstreet, even Conrad Veidt shows up. pic.twitter.com/I3jpwMxSF9

— M.C. Myers (@filmobjective) December 20, 2022

I rewatched Scrooged the other day and it has a ridiculously long cast of 70s-90s era character actors and TV stars, from featured roles to cameos.

— Bobo Berens (@robertberens) December 20, 2022

Oceans 11

— Jaime Primak (@JaimePrimak) December 21, 2022

I think I said Southland Tales last time, but Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean William Scott, Justin Timberlake, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Smith, Wallace Shawn, Bud Cort, Christopher Lambert, Amy Poehler. It was so stacked they had no room & cut out Janeane Garofolo! pic.twitter.com/NfYKhE9uWc

— OCP (@kingoftheducks) December 20, 2022

Not bad! pic.twitter.com/ZCtmH6ohM2

— Benjamin Arnold (@MrBDKA) December 20, 2022

Oh, also, The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far have just the most insane casts of their respective decades. Real who's who of 1962 and 1977 to the extent the posters for both films heavily lean on it. pic.twitter.com/R8MxYAkxAA

— Paxton🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@PaxtonPaxtonIII) December 19, 2022

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— Dennis B. Hooper (@dennisbhooper) December 20, 2022

True Romance!

Slater and Arquette in lead, the quintuple-header of Hopper/Kilmer/Oldman/Pitt/Walken in supporting roles, plus the rest of the ensemble: Saul Rubinek, James Gandolfini, Sizemore & Penn, Sam Jackson, Bronson Pinchot, Michael Rapaport, Victor Argo, Conchata Ferrell.

— Matthew Noble (@MatthewTheNoble) December 19, 2022

The Lion in Winter has to be up there for sheer density of talent - it only really has seven characters, but five of them are Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, Timothy Dalton, and John Castle

— his tgirl friday (@panzyboy) December 20, 2022

Depending on your preferences, I would think any of the Mel Brooks films. The casts are spectacular. I also love all of the Christopher Guest movies. The cast is superb.

— Abby Spears 💜🔥💗🔥💙 (@ThatAbbyKadabby) December 20, 2022

JFK is up there.
Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pesci, Jack Lemmon AND Walter Matthau, Donald Sutherland, Gary Oldman, John Candy, Laurie Metcalfe, Michael Rooker, Wayne Knight, Vincent D'Onofrio?

It's also the best 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon go to.

— All Things Movies (@ThatMoviePage) December 20, 2022

Tough to name just one but I think these are some pretty deep rosters. pic.twitter.com/CYAP0OaDIs

— robocop_lol (@robocop__lol) December 20, 2022

Magnolia has to be in the top ten, easy. Just an absurd cast. The Last Temptation of Christ. Pretty much any Milos Forman flick. Network. Infinity War/Endgame. The Martian. Eternals. No Way Home. Thelma and Louise. August: Osage County. Good Night, and Good Luck. Nixon.

— Krakoa M. Brettauer (@AmosBurtonRisen) December 19, 2022

The Departed has a bunch of heavy hitters

— ItIsGarrison (@GarrisonIsMe) December 19, 2022

Nobody likes it but Pret-à-Porter had Sophia Loren, Tracey Ullman, 90s Lili Taylor AND 90s Tim Robbins. And Ute Lemper and Marcello Mastrioanni and Teri Garr and Julia Roberts and Anouk Aimee and Forest Whitaker and etc etc etc.

— Matthew Lawrence (@BeefcakeFactory) December 20, 2022

Clue The Movie pic.twitter.com/ohdioF6n2s

— K. F. (@krishnafree) December 20, 2022

Mars Attacks pic.twitter.com/86vI6Obn6K

— Mark Ratzlaff (He/Him) (@zlaff) December 20, 2022

Grand Budapest Hotel pic.twitter.com/8vzdbuFLxN

— Sierra Re' (@Sierra_Re_) December 20, 2022

Sidney Lumet’s “Murder On The Orient Express” tied with Robert Altman’s “Gosford Park”

— Anthony Reaves Jr. (@thereavesfactor) December 20, 2022