Best cast ever - this or Heat (1995)?

It is an example of a cast list with a great deal of depth.

From memory the next Grisham film, The Rainmaker had a similar cast going very deep too.

I think Heat is a legitimate candidate. Other possbilities: Rat Race (2001), The Departed (2006), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Jackie Brown (1997), Sin City (2005), The Avengers (2012), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Faculty (1998), Sleepers (1996), Pulp Fiction (1994) and The Usual Suspects (1995). Two from the 80's that leap to mind are The Big Chill (1983) and Stand By Me (1986). Or if you want to go real old school, you could say The Godfather (1972), 12 Angry Men (1957) or It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), which is very much like Rat Race.

I'm excluding recent movies like Valentine's Day (2010) where it seems like the actors were cast just for the sake of having a big, famous cast, not becuase they're right for the role.

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