Have you ever considered how the world will look like without movies?
Did I hear you say sad, boring and uninteresting?
Yes, of course, that’s what you get without movies, a world that’s null and void.
Movies bring forth many emotions, they make us laugh, cry, smile, jump with joy, scream with anger and grab our nearest pillow in fear.
Many social issues have also been addressed with movies; the voices of the voiceless have been expressed and heard through this means.
Also, our greatest fantasies and dreams have also been realized.
There are movies on LGBT rights, movie watched online, animated movies, science-fiction, romance, erotic and other genres.
The movie industry is so vast that discussing it all may not be possible in this article.
However, one thing that stands out in the industry is the incredible talents it continues to churn out on a daily basis.
While the actors are important, the directors and production companies are equally as important too.
Actors must have directors and production companies who have put together an incredible story, sourced for finance before bringing it to light through actors. Hence, it’s safe to say that these three components are very important in any movie.
They go a long way to determine the quality and pleasure that is gotten from a movie.
Beyond every amazing movie that makes you cry or laugh are talented and daring actors and directors and also an awesome production company.
This article takes a look at all three of them as we hope to discover the very best in the industry.
Come along as we journey together, shall we?
The Best of Actors, Directors, Known Production Companies
The movie industry has produced and continues to produce amazing talents who have all taken the world by storm, there are many of these celebrities at the peak of their career and they are so successful at it that it’s difficult to pick out the best from amongst them.
But if we absolutely have to narrow it down, who are the best actors, directors, and production companies in the industry?
Can you tell me?
Well let’s discover together, shall we?
Best of Actors
With so many famous actors in the field, it’s almost impossible to choose the best, but according to choices by fans, we can say that the best and most famous stars include the following:
Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffery Hanks is one of the most loved actors in the world today. He is known for both his dramatic and comedic roles in movies. Some notable movies where he displayed his talents to the fullest include Saving Private Ryan, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Sleepless in Seattle, Big and many other numerous movies. Tom Hanks is reputed to be the nicest guy in Hollywood as he rarely has any feuds with directors and co-stars, unlike many other actors. He is adored so much that it came as a huge surprise when Sarah Jessica was caught giving him a death stare at a New York Rangers Hockey Game but Tom brushed it off as a joke, saying that Sarah adores him.
Not only is he multiple award-winning actors, but he has also collaborated with film directors to produce five movies. He is currently the fifth highest-grossing actor with an estimated worth of $4.9 billion in the U.S alone and $9.96 billion globally. His awards are too numerous to count but some of them include Golden Globe Award (1993), Academy Award (1993), Screen Actors Guide Award (1994), People Choice Award (1994) among others.
Angelina Jolie
This is yet another of Hollywood’s finest actors ever. Award-winning Angelina Jolie is a well-known actor who started her career as a young girl through the movie Girl and then Interrupted. She came into the limelight through the movie Gia in 1998, the movie later went on to earn her a Golden Globe Award and Emmy Nominations.
She is a well-known philanthropist and has been involved in international charity over the years; her passion for the less privilege led her to adopt three children. Angelina Jolie who has been married three times including popular co-star Brad Pitt has won so many awards to her name; she is a ravishing beauty and the daughter of an Oscar-award winning actor Jon Voight.
Other notable actors include Brad Pitt, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, George Clooney, Johnny Deep, Margot Robbie, and so many others.
Best of Directors
The success of a movie is often attributed to the skills and talents of the directors; they are the ones responsible for different aspects of a movie. Although you don’t get to see them on the screen, they are however as important as the stars you see.
Directors are responsible for guiding the actors and technical crew on how to achieve and bring life to a movie. They think, plan and say how is to be executed. Without them, the many brilliant movies we watch will be a total mess. Some of the best actors in the movie industry include:
Steven Spielberg
He is not only one of the most popular directors in the film industry; he is also one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. Steven is an American director, producer, and scriptwriter who has made a significant impact in the industry.
Although he has produced movies in different genres, he mostly specializes in war, adventure, and science-fiction movies. His first editorial debut was in 1968 where he directed a short movie called Amblin, a movie that was also written by him. He is best known for movies such as Jaws, The Last Crusade, Schindler’s List, Indiana Jones, Saving Private Ryan and so on.
The prolific director has won three Oscar awards and been nominated for fifteen of the same award, he has also two Golden Global Award as well as two BAFTA Awards. He is one of the co-founders of DreamWorks Studio.
Martin Scorsese
This is another fine director that has shaped the movie industry into what it is today. The New York movie director specializes in making drama, crime and suspense movies. His movie is known to portray some themes such as the concept of redemption, gang conflict, modern crime, guilt in the Catholic Church and his Sicilian-American identity.
Some of the famous movies include Taxi Driver, The Wolf of Wall Street, Goodfellas, The Departed, Mean Streets, and Raging Storm. He has won many awards include an Oscar award, three BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Global Awards. Martin Scorsese has been married five times and has three children.
Other top movie directors are Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, Billy Wilder and so on.
Best of Production Companies
What would actors and directors be without production companies? The answer is nothing. Movie production companies are the ones responsible for sourcing for the fund to finance movies, they also offer resources as well as manpower required to bring good movies to our screen. Looking back through the years, there have been lots of impressive production companies but only the best will be reviewed in this article. They include:
Warner Bros Entertainment
This company needs no introduction. It was founded in 1923 and through the decades has created some of the best movies ever seen; it is owned by Time Warner. The company also owns a list of other subsidiaries as well as divisions. They include:
- DC Films
- Warner Bros. Animation
- Turner Entertainment
- Castle Rock Entertainment
- New Line Cinema
Warner Bros is known to have produced great movie merchants some of which include Harry Porter, Batman, and The Matrix. Eleven of the top highest-grossing movies of all times were produced by Warner Bros.
Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
This is a division of Sony Entertainment, which is a part of a much larger Sony Conglomerate. The studio’s largest subsidiary is Columbia Pictures which was acquired from Coca-Cola in 1989. Other subsidiaries include:
- TriStar Pictures
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Affirm Films
- Sony Pictures Animation
- Screen Gems
Sony is said to have the largest studio in the world and is known to have produced great movies such as Men in Black, Spider-Man and Evil Resident. Their biggest asset remains Columbia Pictures which have been in the filmmaking business since 1924.
Out of the 50 highest-grossing movies of all time, two were from Sony Pictures which are Jumanji and Spider-Man.
Other well-known production companies include Walt Disney Studios, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate Films, The Weinstein Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, and DreamWorks Pictures.
Is Idris Elba a Foot Fetishist?
The 45-year actor who is well known to have a strong thing for extremities has a foot fetish.
This was made manifest while filming Mountain Between Us with Kate Winslet.
The movie featured a steamy sex scene that required the couple to go starker.
But Idris made an unusual request and that was for Kate to keep her socks on.
In her words, she says “We got naked but Idris asked me to keep my socks on-I thought he didn’t like feet but it is the opposite, Idris loves feet!”
Idris’s love for feet was further reaffirmed when his wife Sabrina Elba revealed it on a U.
K TV show “Mr.& Mrs. for British Vogue”.
They were asked a series of questions.
one of the questions asked was “What’s Idris’ guilty pleasure” and she responded “feet”
Tarantino, the external foot fetishist in movies
Quentin Tarantino’s movies are unique in that they are filled with violence, dialogue, pop culture references and lots of feet (especially women’s feet).
He reaffirms it with his recent movie “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”.
As a movie director, Quentin Tarantino, his big break as a film producer came in 1994 and this was where it became evident he was fixated on feet, although a director, he sometimes acted roles but whether he is an actor or a director, his films always had an element of foot fetishism in them.
Often times, these feet shots don’t serve a purpose in the movies he directs but Tarantino just loves to have them in the movies.
His love for feet is no secret in the industry as its well noticed in his movies.
From Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2, Death Proof, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, Hateful Eight, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and lots more, there are evidence of his love for foot fetish.
