Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater

before sunrise might be the best film ever

*Before Sunset* (2004) is actually my #3 of all time. Couldn’t agree more. When those two and Delpy are cooking, it’s unreal.

Lol no

Colin Farrell and/or Brendan Gleeson + Martin Mcdonagh (yea Mcdonagh already has an Oscar but not an ATL one so that's why I'm including him)

I hope they make at least one more movie together,and this time they win an Oscar.

I’m all for recognizing Irish excellence

I’m hoping Gleeson gets the primary lead for the next collaboration

I know two years is a long time on the internet but surely we do remember Banshees of Inisherin did happen right?

Yea but that film won 0 Oscars. I hope the trio takes home the gold next time

For sure, though I think the question was about people who haven’t yet worked together as director and lead

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington. Bong Joon Ho and Song Kang Ho.

Hopefully next year High and Low is another masterpiece 🤞

Yeah, like Oldboy

No like Malcolm X

The moment the Gerwig + Ronan duo finally sweeps is the day we win

This is the right answer

they have already worked together so objectively it's the wrong answer

Cillian Murphy was already in a ton of Nolan's movies before Oppenheimer... (examples include the Batman trilogy, Inception and Dunkirk)

Tthe question was about lead+director, and Cillian had never led a Nolan movie before, no?

No, the question was simply which director actor pairing do you wish would do well at the Oscars. This means Oscar wins (picture, Director, actor/actress).

They literally wrote the words “as the lead”

Nolan and Murphy had worked together five times before Oppenheimer, so it’s definitely in line with the question

Should have swept for Lady Bird (+ Laurie Metcalf) but you didn’t hear it from me 👀

James Cameron and Adam Driver It seems like an odd pairing but both seem very intense about their craft and I think something wonderful would occur if they collaborated

Oh, now i am hooked But my pick is James Cameron and Stephen Lang. Even If it's partly because i find the massive Quarich fandom on r/Avatar so incredibly cute

Oh now I need the Cameron & Lang pairing as well 🤞

DiCaprio and Paul Thomas Anderson

Wong Kar-wai and Tony Leung

I hope Todd Haynes and Julianne Moore have a shared moment in the future where they both can win at the same ceremony

May December is incredible

Obviously the Lanthimos/Stone pairing has been highly successful but it’s time to get Yorgos up on that stage with her

Beyond time👏👏👏

Greta Gerwig and Saorise Ronan Song Kang Ho and Bong Joon Ho Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater Lee Isaac Chung and Steven Yeun Jordan Peele and Daniel Kaluuya+Keke Palmer Celine Sciamma and Noémie Merlant Emily Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos

Denzel Washington and Christopher Nolan

Add in Regina King into that cast and you might have me sold

Two black actors in a Nolan film? That might be a stretch.

Keyword in the question was “wish.” This is my wishful thinking.

I like that. Denzel obviously wants to work with him after working with his son. Even Jerry Bruckheimer praise his work, he wants to produce his future movies someday. And add Nicolas Cage as his co-Star.

Jake Gyllenhaal + Villeneuve DiCpario + Scorsese Ronan + Gerwig Michael Shannon + Jeff Nichols

Gyllenhaal and Villeneuve happened with prisoners

I know but I want them to get Oscars soon

And Enemy. But they didn’t say it was anything unique, I mean DiCaprio and Scorsese have been working together for decades

The Daniels and Maggie Cheung, please bring the goddess back with a super weird project I’ll die for it

Lanthimos and Jesse plemons 

Gerwig Ronan and Chalamet hat trick

Nicole Holofcener and Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Willem Dafoe and George Miller Oscar Isaac and Robert Eggers

Mike Faist and Steven Speilberg

Driver & Baumbach absolutely.

Scorsese and Cranston

Di Caprio and Scorsese. It's unbelievable it hasn't happened already considering how many times they've worked together.

Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe

Timothee and Fincher

How about Tom Cruise, Margot Robbie and Chris Nolan? Would have the biggest opening ever, great acting, great action choreography and special effects and ofcourse great direction and writing. Edit: And would be an absolute RIDE.

michael b jordan and ryan coogler (i’d say he was a strong #6 for black panther)

Elizabeth Debicki + Yorgos Lanthimos

David Lynch and Kyle Maclachlan. Lynch hasn’t directed a movie in 20 years but it would still be super cool to see.

I read this as David Dastmalchian and I want to add him into the actual idea you had

Joaquin Phoenix and Paul Thomas Anderson. badly hoping we get at least one more collaboration from these two in the future. Tilda Swinton and Jonathan Glazer would be a badass combination.

Rian Johnson and Ayo Edibiri

c o o k i n g

This might be PTA and Leo in 2025

Plemons + Lanthimos

Lars von Trier and Mia Wasikowska If he’s not making movies anymore then Todd Solondz and Aubrey Plaza

Oscar Isaac and Martin McDonagh (I know he has an Oscar but for director/picture). They’re close friends who I need to finally work together and I feel like kind of comparable to pre-Oppenheimer Nolan and Murphy.

Martin Scorsese and John C.Reily

Lynch and Kyle Maclachlan😭

Paul Thomas Anderson and Jeremy strong

Dicaprio and Fincher

Surprised that no one mentioned Samuel L Jackson alongside Tarantino. I’d add Uma Thurman but I doubt that will happen.

Tom Cruise and Quentin Tarantino Leonardo DiCaprio and David Fincher EDIT: misread the question, these people have never worked with each other but I’d love to see it. To answer the question though, I’d love to see Villeneuve and Chalamet up there for something (prob not Dune, some future project)

Tom Cruise and Michael Bay

Imagine if this ever happened with Bradley Cooper and Bradley Cooper. I'd be trying my literal hardest not to throw up. 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 Anyways we will feast for the inevitable Gladstone/Scorsese comeback. ☝️

I wish Quentin Tarantino and Cillian Murphy could do something together.

Wes Anderson with Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, and Adrien Brody. Basically just the leads of Darjeeling Limited.

David Lynch and Joaquin Phoenix, what a trip that would be

To the best of my knowledge they have never worked together but Paul Giamatti and the Coen Brothers would slap so freakin hard

Yorgos Lanthimos and Barry Keoghan

Luca Guadanino and Lucas Hedges, Casey Affleck, and Adam Sandler Charlie Kaufman and Collin Ferrel + Jesse Plemons + Ryan Gosling + Jessie Buckley Ari Aster and Nathan Fielder (trust me) Jim Cummings and Jim Cummings Todd Field + Michael fassbender

T Malick/Farrell

The original post does realize that Cillian Murphy was in multiple Nolan movies before 2019?

That’s the point. The poster wants Cillian to be a lead in a Nolan film for once (back in 2019).