Yönetmenler güzel bir ürün ortaya çıkarmak için uyumlu oldukları oyuncuları tercih ediyorlar. Sinemanın bir sinerji ürünü olduğu düşünülürse yapılan oyuncu seçimlerinin önemi daha iyi anlaşılabilir. John Carpenter, The Thing, Big Trouble In Little China ve Escape From New York'ta Kurt Russell'la çalışarak bu uyumun oldukça önemli olduğunu filmlerin elde ettiği başarıyla kanıtladı. İkili toplam 5 filmde beraber çalıştı. Başarılı yönetmenlerin başarılı yapıtları için tercih ettiği oyuncular ve en önemli filmleri... 3 film-(Seven, Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ) 6 film-(The Oceans Trilogy, Solaris, Out Of Sight) 9 film-(Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas ) 3 film-(The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies ) 3 film-(Wild At Heart, Blue Velvet, Inland Empire ) 16 film-(Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo, Sanjuro) 4 film-(Volver, Broken Embraces, All About My Mother) 4 film-(Suspicion, Notorious, To Catch a Thief, North By Northwest) 7 film(Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Front Page) 6 film-(Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, The Bridge on The River Kwai, Oliver Twist) 8 film(Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory) 7 film-(Blue, Wittgenstein, Caravaggio) 4 film-(Erin Brockovich, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve and Full Frontal) 3 film-(A Streetcar Named Desire, On The Waterfront, Viva Zapata!) 6 film-(8 ½ , La Dolce Vita,) 7 film-(Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox) 3 film(Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight ) 3 film-(It's A Wonderful Life, Mr Smith Goes To Washington, You Can't Take It With You) 8 film-(The Philadelphia Story, Little Women, Adam's Rib) 9 film-(Persona, Scenes From A Marriage, The Serpent's Egg) 7 film-(Chungking Express, Happy Together, In The Mood For Love) 4 film(Rope, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo) 12 film-(Desperado, Machete) 21 film-(Stagecoach, The Searchers, The Quiet Man) 3 film-(The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) 6 film-(The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, The African Queen) 3 film-(Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill: Volumes 1 & 2) 5 film-(Gladiator, Body Of Lies, American Gangster ) 7 film-(The Evil Dead Trilogy, The Spiderman Trilogy) 3 film-(A Fistful Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly) 4 film-(Mo' Better Blues, Malcolm X, The Inside Man) 3 film-(On The Town, Singin' In The Rain, It's Always Fair Weather) 3 film-(Jaws, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Always) 4 film-(Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal) 6 film-(Fargo, Miller's Crossing) 7 film-(Aguirre, Wrath Of God, Fitzcarraldo) 3 film-(Step Brothers, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) 13 film-(The Seventh Seal, The Virgin Spring, The Passion Of Anna)