The Outsiders
“Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez, Leif Garrett, Tom Waits, Sofia Coppola, Flea”
TerpBE
Black Hawk Down
“Ewan McGregor, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Josh Hartnett, Jeremy Piven, Eric Bana, Jason Isaacs, Tom Hardy, Orlando Bloom, Ty Burrell (Modern Family), William Fichtner”
blasto_pete
Wet Hot American Summer
“Bradley Cooper’s first film, Elizabeth Banks’ first major role, and had Amy Poehler before she was on SNL. Paul Rudd was already kind of famous but not as big as he is now. Michael Ian Black, Joe Lo Truglio, Judah Friedlander, and H. Jon Benjamin were in it as well as Christopher Meloni.”
pseudochron
Dazed and Confused
“McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Parker Posey, Milla Jovovich, Renee Zellwegger, Adam Goldberg”
drnkngpoolwater
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
“Definitely had some upcoming actors. Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Forest Whitaker, Judge Reinhold, Anthony Edwards, Eric Stoltz and Nicolas Cage. Phoebe Cates too.”
The Godfather
“Launched the careers of: Al Pacino, James Cann, Robert Duvall (arguably), John Cazale, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire”
karatemanchan37
10 Things I Hate About You
“Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Julia Stiles, Allison Janney, David Krumholtz, Gabrielle Union.”
LisaChimes
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
“Steve Carrell, Seth Rogan, Elizabeth Banks, Jonah Hill, Leslie Mann, Jane Lynch, Kat Dennings, Mindy Kaling & Kevin Hart (Paul Rudd was probably the highest-profile actor)”
MissingLink101
Swingers
“Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Ron Livingston, Heather Graham”
commonabond
American Graffiti
“Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips, Harrison Ford, Suzanne Somers, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Kathleen Quinlan”
marywilkie
Boogie Nights
“Most of the players were newcomers, or not very well known at the time (and went on to become A list): Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds (rebooting from his post 70s slump), Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Heather Graham, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán, Thomas Jane, Alfred Molina.”
TonyVG
Diner
“Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin and Paul Reiser.”
snivedLife
Freaks and Geeks
“Not a film, but almost everyone in that show is famous now. Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Busy Philipps. I would even add Judd Apatow to the list.”
Ana_S_Gram
School Ties
“Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O’Donnell, Cole Hauser, Ben Affleck”
Its_thursday
Angels in the Outfield
“Adrien Brody, Matthew McConaughey, and Neal McDonough very early in their careers. Also Joseph Gordon Levitt.”
cptblumpkins
28 Weeks Later
“Rose Byrne, Idris Elba, Jeremy Renner, Imogen Poots, Harold Perrineau & Robert Carlyle”
MissingLink101
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
“Pre-Captain America Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick (cast before Twilight), Brie Larson, (arguably the most famous
then) Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Aubrey Plaza and Mary-Elizabeth Winstead.”
Knowingspy
Stand By Me
“Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman (besides Goonies), Jerry O’Connell, Kiefer Sutherland”
Artful_Dodger_42
Starter for 10
“James McAvoy, Benedict Cumberbatch, James Cordon, Dominic Cooper, Rebecca Hall, Alice Eve, Mark Gatiss, Catherine Tate & Charles Dance”
MissingLink101
Sunshine
“Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, Cliff Curtis, Mark Strong & Michelle Yeoh”
MissingLink101
The Big Chill
“Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner”
spacecadet2023
Clueless
“Alicia Silverstone, Donald Faison, Britney Murphy, Breckin Meyer, Paul Rudd, Stacy Dash, Jeremy Sisto.”
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