Can you name the movie that IMDb thinks each actor is best known for? by scarequotes

Can you name the movie that IMDb thinks each actor is best known for?

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IMDb has an algorithm that calculates the one film it believes is "most representative" for an actor. Can you guess which title IMDb believes each of these actors is best known for (as of Sept. 2010)?
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Actor	Best Known For ...
Jodie Foster
Robert Downey, Jr.
Scarlett Johansson
Jessica Lange
Harrison Ford
Bruce Willis
Jeff Daniels
Katherine Heigl
Roger Moore
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Ben Kingsley
Goldie Hawn
Sigourney Weaver
Cameron Diaz
John Malkovich
Nicole Kidman
Renee Zellweger
Julia Roberts
Sean Connery
Clint Eastwood
Richard Gere
Gene Wilder
Kevin Kline
Meryl Streep
Michael Douglas
Will Smith
Brad Pitt
John Travolta
Demi Moore
Nick Nolte

Actor	Best Known For ...
Halle Berry
Mark Wahlberg
Diane Lane
Nicolas Cage
Lindsay Lohan
Jennifer Connelly
George Clooney
Eddie Murphy
Ben Stiller
Bill Murray
Johnny Depp
Melanie Griffith
Samuel L. Jackson
Chevy Chase
Robert De Niro
Michelle Pfeiffer
John Cusack
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Gwyneth Paltrow
Tom Hanks
Angelina Jolie
Ewan MacGregor
Kurt Russell
Tom Cruise
Meg Ryan
Helen Mirren
Diane Keaton
Reese Witherspoon
Jeff Bridges
Kate Hudson

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'Best Known For' Movies on IMDb Quiz

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Created Oct 7, 2010 in Movies
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	scarequotes:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 04:48 GMT	1 point
	More info on the criteria the IMDb uses (spoiler: it's magic): https://resume.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?knownfor

	scarequotes:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 05:05 GMT	2 points
	Oh, and I'm considering: Adding more time, or adding the year of the movie as an extra hint. Feedback? (I've already got enough actors researched for a part II.)

	woowoo682:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 05:08 GMT	40 points
	some of these are just wrong...i mean i know thats imdb and not you but its just weird. how can tom hanks be anything but forrest gump? and sean connery for indiana jones over bond?

	FearTheManatee:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 05:33 GMT	14 points
	I agree with the weirdness of the results. I feel sorry for Eddie Murphy being forever imprisoned in Norbit, then again he did sign on to the project.

	wtncffts:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 05:42 GMT	5 points
	Interesting quiz, I agree that many of these are just strange. I read the criteria but I still don't get some of them.

	KitchenDancer:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 05:44 GMT	10 points
	I like how John Cusack got "Being John Malkovich", while John Malkovich got "Con Air". Fun quiz! but I think there's something off about that IMDB algorithm - a lot of really unexpected picks on here.

	dummo:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 09:39 GMT	2 points
	The Cusack/ Malkovich thing is interesting as you'd think they'd have the same as they were both in Con Air and Being John Malkovich.

	rockgolf:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 13:25 GMT	4 points
	Definitely needs more time, and maybe doesn't need the forced order. I think it would be hilarious if for "Being John Malkovich" you entered "John Malkovich" and "Con Air" popped up. Maybe even group the actors by movie. Have an Iron Man 2 category with Downey, Jackson, Roarke, Paltrow & Johannson. "Shrek 2" with Myers, Diaz, Murphy, Bandaras & Andrews. Pick about 7 more movies (Armageddon, Green Mile, Ocean's Twelve, Steel Magnolias, Crash, Boogie Nights, Shark's Tale off the top of my head) and 5 stars from each. Group by same clue in 3 columns.

	johnlk:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 13:42 GMT	5 points
	"The Game" for Michael Douglas? Puzzling.

	Lilybert:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 14:07 GMT	2 points
	Ouch! The green colour hurts my eyes. And it's too long for 7 minutes.

	mattv1:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 14:34 GMT	10 points
	Surprised that Lindsay Lohan's wasn't Mean Girls. Pretty sure that was her only good movie. And I tried Leaving Las Vegas and National Treasure for Nicolas Cage, then thought of Adaptation but quickly dismissed it. Oops.

	tjvhammer:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 14:49 GMT	1 point
	not nearly enough time. Only got as far as Schwarzenegger

	rgreen13:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 14:56 GMT	13 points
	not your fault but this is terrible

	sinatra22:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 15:02 GMT	5 points
	Tom Hanks is best known for the Da Vinci code, and not Forest Gump, Philadelphia, or Saving Private Ryan? That's kind of sad.

	Kroxquo:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 15:05 GMT	9 points
	Good format for the quiz, but the source is lame. I mean, Ben Kingsley is better know for Schindler's List than for Gandhi? Tom Hanks not Forrest Gump or even Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan or Big? Sean Connery not for Bond? Diane Keaton not for Annie Hall? Any of about half a dozen films for Meryl Streep other than that one? Kevin Kline not for A Fish Called Wanda? As I said, you have a good format and even a good idea, but if these are the results, then the IMDB algorithim is seriously flawed.

	JakeA:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 16:19 GMT	3 points
	Are you sure this is even what IMDb meant to says? Eddie Murphy is best known for Norbit? Jessica Lange for Big Fish? Michael Douglas for The Game, not Wall Street? Those aren't even close to being accurate, and there are at least 20 others that are way off.

	bmo1616:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 16:47 GMT	0 points
	Awful, in addition to what others said, Ben Stiller should be Meet the Parents.

	scarequotes:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 16:50 GMT	1 point
	@rockgolf: I'll consider that for a future quiz. The trick is, of course, you can't determine from a particular movie which actors it's the "best known for" film for. And I'll up the time for this one. (@Lilybert, it should be 10 minutes, not 7. Let's go with 12.)

	scarequotes:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 16:54 GMT	5 points
	And to everyone surprised at some of the IMDb's choices: I'm equally surprised, which is where the idea for this came from. I should've called the whole thing "Can you read IMDb's mind?" (That said, @FearTheManatee, it sounds like Eddie Murphy just needs to come out with a new film that does even better. He could break free of Norbit. Maybe.)

	drmurder:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 17:02 GMT	1 point
	more time for sure.....or....some sort of hint that would narrow the choices.....or, like you said, both

	aflew:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 17:36 GMT	2 points
	i tried being john malkovich for john malkovich...would have been fun if it had popped up for john cusack (why didn't i try it on him?)

	rockgolf:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 17:44 GMT	1 point
	@Scarequotes: Rather than "read IMDb's mind" I'd call it closer to "guess IMDb's favorite color". In many cases, the choice do indeed seem just as randon.

	Kballs:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 17:45 GMT	1 point
	Too many strange choices here. Needs a little more time to consider alternate/less obvious movies.

	Ackbar:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 18:15 GMT	0 points
	Needs more time. Also some sort of hint or acceptible answers for some of them. Like Roger Moore... I'm supposed to try every James Bonds film he was in? And perhaps accept X men 3.

	sobdennis:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 18:51 GMT	1 point
	Hanks is Forrest Gump. Connery and Moore will always be Bond. And to put Schindler's list over Gandhi for Kingsley is insane. I realize it isn't you. IMDb must have been on something when they made this list.

	thefanjoy:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 21:02 GMT	4 points
	IDMb is an idiot.

	imclala:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 21:07 GMT	2 points
	Given that this quiz is enough of a guessing game already (which I enjoyed, I'm not disparaging that), I think if we get the right character or group of movies we should get credit. Like "star wars" for Ewan MacGregor or "xmen" for Halle Berry. (With the possible exception of the bond movies, because they aren't all called "James Bond: ...." and there are just so many.)

vizli:

Oct 7th, 2010 at 22:53 GMT

4 points

There is too damn subjective. If Hanks's isnt Forrest Gump, its like throwing darts blindfolded.

	cricket0414:	Oct 8th, 2010 at 00:58 GMT	8 points
	Julie Roberts - Pretty woman?

	tazer:	Oct 8th, 2010 at 01:58 GMT	6 points
	i knew this quiz would be hard when bruce willis wasnt die hard or pulp fiction

	scarequotes:	Oct 8th, 2010 at 03:05 GMT	1 point
	I bumped the time limit up to 15 minutes. @Ackbar: X men 3 should've worked; I've got it as one of the acceptable answers.

	Psycho_Path:	Oct 8th, 2010 at 07:50 GMT	3 points
	So here's the obvious that weren't the right answers IMO: Pitt - Fight Club, Witherspoon - Legally Blonde, Murphy - Beverly Hills Cop or Shrek IMO. Even The Nutty Professor over Norbit..., Agreed with both Connery and Moore as Bond (though with like 30 bond films its kinda hard to guess which), Moore - Striptease, Willis - Die Hard, Hanks - Forrest Gump, Cage - Gone in 60 seconds/The Rock/National Treasure, Kingsley - Gandhi, MacGregor - Big Fish/The Island/Trainspotting, Jolie - Tomb Raider/Mr and Mrs Smith, Lohan - Mean Girls, Zeta Jones - The Mask of Zorro

	Muskratio:	Oct 9th, 2010 at 05:21 GMT	1 point
	Wow, I'd completely forgotten Sean Connery was even in Last Crusade.

	Comans:	Oct 9th, 2010 at 12:32 GMT	7 points
	I love this quiz. Judging by the rating, so many people are getting it all wrong! It's not about getting the "correct" movies for these people; it's about seeing if you're as crazy as the algorithm. And then when you see all the ones you missed, you realize you're smarter than IMDb is. So that's pretty fun to me. The answers are 100% factual. It's not scarequotes' fault that IMDb's algorithm is insane.

	shanti:	Oct 10th, 2010 at 13:00 GMT	2 points
	I like the idea of the quiz. I do think that in order to actually complete it we do need some sort of hint. I don't think anybody could possibly get Norbit without one. I like the idea of the movie year.

	scarequotes:	Oct 10th, 2010 at 19:52 GMT	3 points
	@Comans: Not that I'm surprised by the confusion -- Norbit? Changeling? -- but I'm glad to see someone enjoying the quiz in the spirit it was intended.

	MacZidane:	Oct 11th, 2010 at 20:05 GMT	2 points
	@psycho_path: Ewan McGregor would definitely be Trainspotting above anything else, by miles. And I think they got it right with Demi Moore/Ghost. Agree with the others you said though.

	mikefromboston:	Oct 11th, 2010 at 23:27 GMT	2 points
	this list blows

	ArrogantDuck:	Oct 12th, 2010 at 12:20 GMT	0 points
	This quiz proves that surveys are misleading!

	ThatStarGirl:	Oct 12th, 2010 at 17:27 GMT	3 points
	I liked this quiz! The trickiness of it made it more enjoyably challenging, forced you to rethink... although some are absolutely ridiculous! I mean Lindsay Lohan, Sean Connery, Tom Hanks... There are some I would've thought were better for others but that might just be because I haven't seen quite a few of these films! Don't know some of the actors/actresses either. Impressed I got Changeling though! :)