Many years ago, using the weekly TV guide that came with the Sunday Chicago Tribune, I started keeping track of all of the movies I had seen over the course of my lifetime.  The guide would list the two main stars for each movie, and that is a tradition that I’ve carried on in my database ever since.  So, given those guidelines, it is time to look at all of the actors that have starred in at least 10 films that I have seen, as of May 30th.

Today, we look at the 6 actors that have starred in 14 movies that I have seen.

Samuel L. Jackson

20 years ago, I first made the acquaintance of Samuel L. Jackson in 2 polar opposite films, Pulp Fiction and National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1.  Aside from 1994, I also saw 2 Jackson films in both 2000 and 2006.  The last starring role of Jackson’s I took in was in 2010, when I saw Lakeview Terrace.

Scarlett Johansson

I was first introduced to Scarlett Johansson in 2001 when I saw the comic-book adaptation Ghost World.  Starting in 2004, there was a 6 year run where I saw 11 of the 14 films that make up this total, including 5 in 2006 alone.  My most recent experience with her was earlier this spring, when I headed to the Arclight Theater in Pasadena to take in Captain America: Winter Soldier during my California adventure.

Winona Ryder

I first became aware of Winona Ryder in the hit film Beetlejuice, but her first starring role that I saw came in 1990, when I saw the dark comedy Heathers.  My biggest Ryder year was 2000, when I saw 2 of her films.  The last films of her’s that I saw was 2002’s Mr. Deeds, which I finally got around to watching in 2011.

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler first made the leap to the big screen in 1995’s Billy Madison, which I saw the following year.  2008 kicked off a four year run where I saw 8 of his films.  Last year, I watched Just Go With It, which is my most current exposure to Sandler’s work.

Christian Slater

Like his co-star Winona Ryder, the first starring role of Christian Slater’s that I saw was Heathers in 1990.  I saw multiple Slater films in 1991, 1996, and 2000.  As Slater has focused on TV in recent years, the last film of his that I saw was Alone In The Dark, all the way back in 2006.

John Travolta

At some point in my childhood, I was introduced to John Travolta via his starring role in Grease.  By the late 80s and early 90s, Travolta was reduced to exciting fare like the Look Who’s Talking trilogy.  Travolta started a career renaissance in 1994, thanks to Quentin Tarantino and Pulp Fiction.  The last starring role of his that I saw was the 2009 remake of The Taking Of Pelham 123, which I saw in 2010.