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Here are our picks of the 25 Most Shameless Paycheck Movies accepted by actors: All in the name of money. Most of the actors are talented but they needed to pay rent I guess. http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20185258,00.html

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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    2000
    Des McAnuff
    Comedy, Family, Adventure, Buddy film
    Rene Russo, David Alan Grier, Billy Crystal, Jason Alexander, Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters, John Goodman, Janeane Garofalo, Susan Berman, Taraji P. Henson, Kenan Thompson, Jeffrey Ross, Paget Brewster, Piper Perabo, Randy Quaid, Robert De Niro, June Foray, Keith Scott, Monica Potter, Whoopi Goldberg, Kel Mitchell, James Rebhorn More
  2. 2
    1977
    John Boorman, Rospo Pallenberg
    Horror, Cult
    Max von Sydow, Paul Henreid, John Boorman, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, Ned Beatty, James Earl Jones, Linda Blair, Kitty Winn, Karen Knapp, Belinda Beatty More
  3. 3
    2005
    Uwe Boll
    Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
    Ben Kingsley, Michael Paré, Geraldine Chaplin, Matthew Davis, Meat Loaf, Udo Kier, Will Sanderson, Michael Madsen, Billy Zane, Michelle Rodriguez, Kristanna Loken More
  4. 4
    1978
    John Berry
    Comedy, Family, Sports, Baseball
    William Devane, Lonny Chapman, Jackie Earle Haley, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Antonio Inoki, Jimmy Baio, Quinn Smith, Hatsune Ishihara, Chris Barnes, George Wyner, Tony Curtis More
  5. 5
    1993
    Dean Semler, Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Superhero movie, Indie, Dystopia, Doomsday film, Buddy film More
    Richard Edson, Francesca P. Roberts, Dana Kaminski, Samantha Mathis, Don Lake, Robert D. Raiford, Dennis Hopper, Gianni Russo, Lance Henriksen, Fiona Shaw, Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Mojo Nixon, Fisher Stevens, Desiree Marie Velez More
  6. 6
    1986
    Harold Ramis
    Comedy, Slapstick
    Simon Jones, Carey Lowell, Brian Doyle-Murray, Robin Williams, Mary Gross, Joanna Cassidy, Peter O'Toole, Steven Kampmann, Jimmy Cliff, Rick Moranis, Robin Duke, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Adolph Caesar, Twiggy, Antoinette Bower More
  7. 7
    2007
    Michael Bay
    Thriller, Disaster, Science Fiction, Action, Doomsday film
    Luis Echagarruga, Tyrese Gibson, Charles Adler, Bernie Mac, Robert Foxworth, Megan Fox, Rachael Taylor, Peter Cullen, Michael O'Neill, Jess Harnell, Travis Van Winkle, Tom Everett, Julie White, Zack Ward, Josh Duhamel, Odette Yustman, Jon Voight, Darius McCrary, John Turturro, Mark Ryan, Shia LaBeouf, Amaury Nolasco, Kevin Dunn, Hugo Weaving, Anthony Anderson More
  8. 8
    2004
    David Twohy
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure
    Christina Cox, Nick Chinlund, Yorick van Wageningen, Alexa Davalos, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Linus Roache, Karl Urban, Keith David, Thandie Newton, Vin Diesel More
  9. 9
    1987
    Joseph Sargent
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Horror, Natural horror films
    Michael Caine, Mitchell Anderson, Bruce the Shark, Karen Young, Lynn Whitfield, Melvin Van Peebles, Judith Barsi, Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles More
  10. 10
    1996
    Andrew Bergman
    Drama, Comedy, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Film adaptation, Erotica, Satire, Sex comedy More
    Barbara Alyn Woods, Armand Assante, Robert Patrick, Rena Riffel, Siobhan Fallon, Demi Moore, Dina Waters, Ving Rhames, Paul Guilfoyle, Pandora Peaks, Stuart Pankin, Robert Stanton, William Hill, Burt Reynolds, Rumer Willis, Jerry Grayson, PaSean Wilson, Kimberly Flynn, Gary Basaraba More
  11. 11
    1981
    Desmond Davis
    Costume drama, Fantasy, Family, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, Stop motion, Monster More
    Jack Gwillim, Susan Fleetwood, Freda Jackson, Anna Manahan, Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Ursula Andress, Judi Bowker, Flora Robson, Siân Phillips, Tim Pigott-Smith, Burgess Meredith, Pat Roach, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith More
  12. 12
    1998
    Stephen Hopkins
    Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Time travel
    Gary Oldman, Jared Harris, Lennie James, Lacey Chabert, June Lockhart, Jack Johnson, Matt LeBlanc, William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Edward Fox, Angela Cartwright More
  13. 13
    1984
    Jeannot Szwarc
    Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Superhero movie
    Faye Dunaway, Brenda Vaccaro, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, Hart Bochner, Mia Farrow, Peter Cook, Marc McClure, Maureen Teefy More
  14. 14
    1983
    Richard Lester
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Superhero movie More
    Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'Toole, Christopher Reeve, Pamela Stephenson, Margot Kidder, David Winning, Richard Pryor, Annie Ross, Gavin O'Herlihy More
  15. 15
    2003
    David McNally
    Comedy, Crime, Adventure
    Anthony Anderson, Mark Sellito, Jerry O'Connell, Bill Hunter, Christopher Walken, Dyan Cannon, Ryan Gibson, Estella Warren, Michael Shannon, David Ngoombujarra, Marton Csokas, Damien Fotiou, Christopher Baker More
  16. 16
    2006
    Stefen Fangmeier
    Drama, Costume drama, Fantasy, Family, Action, Adventure, Film adaptation, Coming of age, Sword and sorcery More
    Chris Egan, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund, Rachel Weisz, Gary Lewis, Sienna Guillory, Jeremy Irons, Edward Speleers, Robert Carlyle, Alun Armstrong, Djimon Hounsou, Joss Stone More
  17. 17
    1965
    William Asher
    Comedy
    Don Rickles, Deborah Walley, Frankie Avalon, Andy Romano, Marta Kristen, Annette Funicello, Jody McCrea, Linda Evans More
  18. 18
    2003
    John Woo
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Martial arts, Action, Action/Adventure, Future noir More
    Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Aaron Eckhart, Michael C. Hall, Kathryn Morris, Ivana Miličević, Joe Morton, Peter Friedman, Colm Feore, Emily Holmes, Krista Allen More
  19. 19
    1994
    Brian Levant
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Crime
    Craig Richards, John Goodman, Rosie O'Donnell, Halle Berry, Irwin Keyes, Hlynur Sigurðsson, Richard Moll, Jay Leno, Melanie Silver, Harvey Korman, Mel Blanc, Elaine Silver, Jonathan Winters, Rick Moranis, Elizabeth Perkins, Kyle MacLachlan, Elizabeth Taylor, Ezekial Dann Florek More
  20. 20
    1999
    Hugh Johnson
    Comedy, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure
    Hudson Leick, Daniel Hugh Kelly, David Paymer, Peter Firth, Kevin J. O'Connor, Skeet Ulrich, Cuba Gooding, Jr. More
  21. 21
    2005
    Angela Robinson
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, Sports, Auto racing More
    E.E. Bell, Thomas Lennon, Jeremy Roberts, Michael Keaton, Anna Faris, Lindsay Lohan, Jill Ritchie, Cheryl Hines, Jimmi Simpson, Matt Dillon, Justin Long, Breckin Meyer, Jeff Gordon, Peter Pasco More
  22. 22
    1978
    Richard Donner
    Family, Science Fiction, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Superhero movie
    Glenn Ford, Marlon Brando, Jeff East, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Cooper, Christopher Reeve, Sarah Douglas, Trevor Howard, Ned Beatty, Margot Kidder, Maria Schell, Susannah York, Gene Hackman, Jack O'Halloran, Marc McClure, Phyllis Thaxter, Terence Stamp More
  23. 23
    2004
    Peter Hewitt
    Comedy, Family, Animation, Slapstick
    Jimmy Kimmel, Alyson Stoner, Alan Cumming, Bill Murray, Brad Garrett, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Debra Messing, Geoffrey Gould, Stephen Tobolowsky, David Eigenberg More
  24. 24
    1996
    Ken Kwapis
    Comedy, Family, Slapstick
    Steven Gilborn, Judith Scott, Jennifer Bassey, Graham Sack, Glenn Shadix, Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Eric Lloyd, Paul Reubens, Rupert Everett, Danny Comden, Bruce Beatty, Nathan Davis More
  25. 25
    1983
    Irvin Kershner
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Spy
    Barbara Carrera, Anthony Sharp, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Alec McCowen, Valerie Leon, Sean Connery, Rowan Atkinson, Edward Fox, Pamela Salem, Max von Sydow, Kim Basinger, Saskia Cohen Tanugi, Bernie Casey, Pat Roach, Gavin O'Herlihy, Prunella Gee, Milos Kirek More

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