Twenty-Five Favorite Movies Featuring the Main Cast Members of The Wire
(The Wire had such a large cast that I’m restricting myself only to those actors who were billed during the opening credits for at least one season, and even so that gives me 36 names and around a thousand movies to consider. Here, in order of personal preference, are my 10 better make that 20 let’s say 25 favorites from among this wealth of possibilities.)
City of Hope (with Commissioner Ervin Burrell, directed by John Sayles, 1991)
Crossing Delancey (with Administrative Aide Norman Wilson, directed by Joan Micklin Silver, 1988)
You Can Count On Me (with Officer Beatrice “Beadie” Russell, directed by Kenneth Lonergan, 2000)
Goodfellas (with State Senator Clay Davis, directed by Martin Scorsese, 1990)
John Wick (with Deputy of Operations Cedric Daniels and Detective Lester Freamon, directed by Chad Stahelski, 2014)
Gone Baby Gone (with Officer Beatrice “Beadie” Russell and Omar Little, directed by Ben Affleck, 2007)
Do the Right Thing (with Commissioner Ervin Burrell, directed by Spike Lee, 1989)
Michael Clayton (with Reporter Scott Templeton and Chief of Staff Michael Steintorf, directed by Tony Gilroy, 2007)
Sing Street (with Mayor Tommy Carcetti, directed by John Carney, 2016)
Malcolm X (with William “The Bunk” Moreland, directed by Spike Lee, 1992)
Sweet and Lowdown (with Frank Sobotka, directed by Woody Allen, 1999)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (with Marlo Stanfield, directed by Jim Jarmusch, 1999)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (with Chief of Staff Michael Steintorf, directed by Wes Anderson, 2014)
Manhunter (with Commissioner Ervin Burrell, directed by Michael Mann, 1986)
Damsels in Distress (with Duquan “Dukie” Weems, directed by Whit Stillman, 2011)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (with Assistant State’s Attorney Rhonda Pearlman, directed by Anthony Minghella, 1999)
The Spectacular Now (with Reginald “Bubbles” Cousins, directed by James Ponsoldt, 2013)
Affliction (with Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski, directed by Paul Schrader,1997)
Storytelling (with Howard “Bunny” Colvin, directed by Todd Solondz, 2001)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (with Mayor Clarence Royce, directed by George C. Wolfe, 2020)
Half Nelson (with Michael Lee, directed by Ryan Fleck, 2006)
The Spanish Prisoner (with State Senator Clay Davis, directed by David Mamet, 1999)
Beasts of No Nation (with Russell “Stringer” Bell, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, 2015)
Next Stop Wonderland (with D’Angelo Barksdale, directed by Brad Anderson, 1998)
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (with Ellis Carver, directed by Rebecca Miller, 2002)
— December 2, 2024