Best ensemble movies

Glengarry Glen Ross. Also has Jack Lemmon in it - I sense a common theme here.

Magnolia

Definitely, Glengarry Glenn Ross is a classic. AMAZING performances. Also, Heat is a masterpiece with an awesome cast.

When I say ensemble cast I think - GOSFORD PARK!!! simply wonderful! fantastic story and fantastic acting (great Maggie Smith and Clive Owen)... but I'm watching SHORT CUTS tonight so my oppinion may be changed, though I doubt it...

Dusan Malenov

1. Pulp Fiction :- John Travolta , Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson , Christopher Walken, Uma Thurman , Harvey Keitel , Tim Roth , Amanda Plummer , Ving Rhames , Eric Stoltz , Maria de Medeiros , Rosanna Arquette

2. L. A. Confidential :- Kevin Spacey , Russel Crow , Guy Pearce , James Cromwell , Kim Basinger , Danny DeVito , David Strathairn

3. Magnolia :- Jason Robards , Tom Cruise , Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall , William H. Macy , Julianne Moore , John C. Reilly

4. Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring :- Elijah Wood , Viggo Mortensen , Ian McKellen , Sean Bean, Andy Serkis , Christopher Lee , Sean Astin , Billy Boyd , Dominic Monaghan , John Rhys-Davies , Orlanda Bloom , Bernard Hill , Liv Tyler , Hugo Weaving , Cate Blanchett

5. Apocalypse Now :- Marlon Brando , Harrison Ford, Robert Duvall , Martin Sheen , Frederic Forrest , Albert Hall , Sam Bottoms , Laurence Fishburne , Dennis Hopper

6. The Departed :- Leonardo DiCaprio , Matt Damon , Jack Nicholson , Mark Wahlberg , Martin Sheen , Ray Winstone , Alec Baldwin, Vera Farmiga

7. Django Unchained :- Jamie Foxx , Christoph Waltz , Leonardo DiCaprio , Samuel L. Jackson , Don Johnson , Jonah Hill, Franco Nero, Kerry Washington

8. Boogie Nights :- Mark Wahlberg , Burt Reynolds , Julian Moore , Heather Graham , Philip Seymour Hoffman , William H. Macy , Don Cheadle, Nicole Ari Parker

9. Ocean's Eleven :- George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Matt Damon, Elliot Gould, Don Cheadle, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan

10. Glengarry Glen Ross :- Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Alan Arkin, Jonathan Pryce

11. The Untouchables :- Sean Connery, Robert DeNiro, Kevin Costner, Andy Garcia, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Bradford, Patricia Clarkson,

12. JFK :- Kevin Costner, Jack Lemmon, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Walter Matthau, Tommy Lee Jones, John Candy, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Vincent D Onofrio

13. Love Actually :- Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Martin Freeman, Rowan Atkinson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keira Knightley, Laura Linney, Edward Hardwicke, Alan Rickman, Billy Bob Thronton, Andrew Lincoln, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy, Sienna Guillory, Elisha Cuthbert, Claudia Schiffer, Shannon Elizabeth, Denise Richards

14. The Royal Tenenbaums :- Gene Hackman, Bill Murray, Alec Baldwin, Danny Glover, Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Seymour Cassel

15. Heat :- Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, Natalie Portman, Hank Azaria, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, William Fichtner

16. Traffic :- Michael Douglas, Dennis Quaid, Benicio Del Toro, Don Cheadle, Albert Finney, Catherine Zeta Jones, Luis Guzman, Benjamin Bratt

17. The Dark Knight :- Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Eric Roberts, Michael Jai White, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cillian Murphy, William Fichtner

18. Saving Private Ryan :- Tom Hanks, Vin Diesel, Matt Damon, Ted Danson, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Paul Giamatti, Dennis Farina, Nathan Fillion, Bryan Cranston

19. Inception :- Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Caine, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger

20. Black Hawk Down :- Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Tom Hardy, Orlando Bloom, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard, Ioan Gruffudd, Jason Isaacs,

21. True Romance :- Christian Slater, Brad Pitt, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Samuel L Jackson, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Arquette, James Gandolfini, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore,

22. Sin City :- Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Rutger hauer, Michael Madsen, Benicio Del Toro, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Carla Gugino, Brittany Murphy, Nick Stahl

23. Tropic Thunder :- Robert Downey Jr, Tom Cruise, Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Steve Coogan,

24. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence :- John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Van Cleef, Lee Marvin, Edmond O Brien, Vera Miles, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Jeanette Nolan,

25. Interview with the Vampire :- Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater, Thandie Newton, Kirsten Dunst, Stephen Rea,

Hasn't been mentioned here:

12 Angry Men (1957)
MASH (1970)
8 Women (2002)

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I saw it. A thing that was cold and dry. It was me. - La Belle Noiseuse

By ensemble movies I mean movies with several parallel (sometimes intersecting) story lines. Many of the movies mentioned in this thread are not ensemble movies in my book (e.g. Godfather, Collateral). Some good ensemble movies that have not yet been mentioned include:

- American Graffiti (1973)
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
- Lantana (2001)
- Love Actually (2003)
- Autumn Ball (2007)

Boogie Nights

Magnolia

The Thin Red Line

The Big Lebowski

Bobby

The Great Escape

True Romance