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. Given those guidelines, it is time once again to look at the now 107 actors that have starred in at least 10 films that I have seen, as of July 1.
We continue today with the three actors that have starred in exactly 18 movies that I have seen, down one from 3 years ago.
Kirsten Dunst
The first Kirsten Dunst starring vehicle that I saw was Small Soldiers, which I saw in 1999. That started a four-year run where I saw nine of her films, including four in 2000 alone. After a one-year break, I returned to her films in 2004 with both Mona Lisa Smile and Spider-Man 2. Besides 2000, there are five other years where I’ve seen multiple Dunst films, most recently in 2007. Things have slowed down considerably for Dunst in my world, with her last appearance coming in 2015, when I saw her in the surprisingly good Bachelorette.
Meg Ryan
My introduction to Meg Ryan was most likely in 1990, when I saw the previous year’s hit When Harry Met Sally. She put together a nice six-year run starting in 1994 which accounted for ten movies. Things have been quiet of late and the most recent film of hers I’ve seen remains 2009’s Serious Moonlight back in 2010.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
My initial introduction to the future governor of California was most likely 1987’s The Running Man. 2008 was my biggest collection of his films, with three, and was one of four years where I saw multiples. The most such year was 2020, where I saw both The Last Stand and Terminator: Dark Fate.