Hollywood's Most Famous Crews: Who Does it Best?

If you hadn’t noticed, many of the heavy hitting movies in Hollywood come consistently from the same groups of people. In the biggest Hollywood crews, actors and directors that hone their craft together tend to continue working together when the machine is so well-oiled. With different combinations of stars in these quasi-close-knit groups, which crew do you think does it best?

Christopher Nolan’s Crew

Cast: Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman (with recurring crew members Hans Zimmer, Wally Pfister and Emma Thomas)

Films: The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, The Prestige

Judd Apatow’s Crew

Cast: Seth Rogen, Michael Cera, Bill Hader, Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Leslie Mann

Films: This Is 40, Funny People, Superbad, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up

Adam Sandler’s Crew

Cast: Rob Schneider, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, Henry Winkler, Luis Guzman and Shaq

Films with Dennis Dugan (director): Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, Grown Ups

Films with Frank Coraci (director): The Waterboy, Click, The Wedding Singer, Blended

Wes Anderson’s Crew

Cast: Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Jeff Goldblum, Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Willam Dafoe, Edward Norton, Anjelica Huston

Films: The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Rushmore

Todd Phillips’ Crew

Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell

Films: Due Date, The Hangover trilogy, Starsky & Hutch, Old School

Outside of Todd Phillips, the crew has broken up to work with several directors together in films such as Wedding Crashers, The Internship and Dodgeball

The Coen Brothers’ Crew

Cast: Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, John Goodman

Films (directed or produced): Fargo, Burn After Reading, Blood Simple, The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink & Inside Llewyn Davis

Quentin Tarantino’s Crew

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen, Christoph Waltz, Harvey Keitel, Uma Thurman

Films: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Inglourious Basterds, Kill Bill, True Romance (scripted by Tarantino)

Tim Burton’s Crew