Best Narrator in a movie

[The Shadow]

I have a few -

Edward Norton in Fight Club

Kevin Spacey in American Beauty

Anthony Hopkins in The Grinch

Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption

What am I missing?

[KornKidJedi]

Edward Norton in Fight Club.

[ColinM]

Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption. Such beautiful use of the English language...

[Mr. Orange]

Ricky Jay in MAGNOLIA

that's all that I can think of that you haven't named already.

[PorcheRacer]

The Narrator in Me, Myself and Irene. English is beautiful when spoken by a pro.

[bankholdup]

KEVIN SPACEY in AMERICAN BEAUTY
MORGAN FREEMAN in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

[jeffrey_2112]

Ray Liotta in Goodfellas

"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster"

[Danny L]

RAY LIOTTA in GOODFELLAS
KEVIN SPACEY in AMERICAN BEAUTY

[Deft]

Mako in "Conan the Barbarian"

[dicaprio_travolta_man]

Kevin Spacey in American Beauty

Edward Norton in Fight Club

Brad Pitt in Interview With The Vampire

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach

[sloopyfan]

Alex From A Clockwork Orange

[Deckard]

A few of my fave narrators are (other than ones already mentioned):

Bogey in THE BIG SLEEP
Christina Ricci in THE OPPOSITE OF SEX
Peter Falk in THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Christian Bale in AMERICAN PSYCHO
Martin Sheen in APOCALYPSE NOW
Steve Martin in DEAD MEN DONT WEAR PLAID

These are a few off the top of my head that I dig.

[Stop Making Sense]

No doubt about it, David Byrne in TRUE STORIES!

[youngSL]

Anthony Hopkins-The Grich
Morgan Freeman-The Shawshank Redemption
Tom Hanks-Forrest Gump

[notchjohnson]

Anthony Hopkins(the best voice in hollywood) in The Grinch and A.I.
Morgan Freeman in Shawshank Redemption
Richard Dreyfuss in Stand By Me

[Quebec-Joel]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jeffrey_2112:
Ray Liotta in Goodfellas

"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster"</font>

Damn straight. My favorite

other ones that were not mention

Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
Robert De Niro/Joe Pesci in Casino
(Scorsese have the best monologue when it come to voix-off)
The Cowboy in The Big Lebowsky

I also really like Edward Norton in Fight Club

[ColinM]

Oh, and let's not forget The Criminologist, masterfully played by Charles Gray, in The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

"I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey."
"It's just a jump to the left!"
"He's got no neck!"

Damn, I love that movie. I'm gonna go listen to the soundtrack right now!

[The Shah Of Blah]

Alec Baldwin- The Royal Tenenbaums

I'm not that big of a fan of him as an actor but he was great for the movie. GOOD WORK TEAM!!!!

[Kami]

Cate Blanchett's short narration at the beginning of Lord of the Rings just left me breathless in the theater. She has SUCH a powerful voice.

[Cyclonus]

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
TAXI DRIVER
FIGHT CLUB
GOODFELLAS
FORREST GUMP

[Professor Falk]

Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption and Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange. Definitely. I also liked the device of using Alec Guiness' voice in the scenes he was actually in, in Doctor Zhivago. Unique and very effective.

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[ClockworkDude]

im not sure what it was, but morgan freeman's narrating in the shawshank redemption was amazing. just what he said, and his voice went together beautifully

[Alexis]

One great narration that hasn't been mentioned would be Giovanni Ribisi's from The Virgin Suicides. And what about Cher in Clueless! Priceless http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Antonio]

1. Robert DeNiro in TAXI DRIVER
2. Kim Stanley in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
3. Richard Dreyfuss in STAND BY ME
4. Harry Connick, Jr. in MY DOG SKIP
5. Charlie Sheen in PLATOON
6. Alec Baldwin in THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
7. Dudley Moore in THE ADVENTURES OF MILO & OTIS
8. Daniel Stern in TV's “The Wonder Years”
9. Nick Nolte in THE PRINCE OF TIDES
10. Ray Liotta in GOODFELLAS

[Hannibal21]

No question, Kim Stanley as Adult Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird takes the cake for me.

[KRGR1428]

KEVIN SPACEY in American Beauty

&

BEN AFFLECK in Daredevil

[sarah1980]

Robert Mitchum-TOMBSTONE

[Grim H.]

Edward Norton in: Fight Club

William Holden in: Sunset Boulevard

Malcolm McDowell in: A Clockwork Orange

Tom Hanks in: Forrest Gump

[Scooter]

Jay Mohr~ Pay It Forward
Ray Liotta~ Goodfellas
Charlie Sheen~ Platoon

[zeppelin]

Originally posted by Deckard
Martin Sheen in APOCALYPSE NOW

Actually Martin Sheen did not do the voice-over, it was his brother Joe Estevez's voice. Martin Sheen wasn't available to do the narration, so Coppola called in Joe because his voice sounds almost exactly the same. With that being said, my picks are:

Joe Estevez in Apocalypse Now
Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange

[cheech]

Sam Elliot in Big Lebowski


"Sometimes, there's a man. And I'm talkin' about the Dude here - The dude from Los Angeles. Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude. The Dude, from Los Angeles. And even if he's a lazy man, and the Dude was most certainly that. Quite possibly the laziest in all of Los Angeles County. Which would place him high in the runnin' for laziest worldwide. Sometimes there's a man, sometimes, there's a man. Well, I lost my train of thought here. But... aw, hell. I've done introduced it enough..."

[Strider]

Edward Norton in "Fight Club" and Malcolm McDowell in "A Clockwork Orange" are my favorite film narrations....

Strider

[mufiman]

ed norton-fight club
ray liotta- goodfellas
christian bale-american psycho
kevin spacey-american beauty

[Brock-Landers]

Originally posted by jeffrey_2112
Ray Liotta in Goodfellas

"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster"

Ditto!

[EvilDeadGirl]

Three of my favorites.

Edward Norton in Fight Club

Kevin Spacey in American Beauty

Brad Pitt in Interview With a Vampire

[Cosimo]

Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now)
Roberyt DeNiro (Taxi Driver)
Johhny Depp (Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas)
Christian Bale (American Psycho)
Guy Pierce (Memento)
Ed Norton (Fight Club)
Ray Liotta (Goodfellas)
Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange)
Kevin Spacey (American Beauty)

[Trinity]

Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!
Kim Stanley in To Kill a Mockingbird
George Sanders, Bette Davis & Celest Holm in All About Eve
Ralph Fiennes in The End of the Affair

[Squid Vicious]

In no order...

Ray Liotta in Goodfellas
Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver
Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange
Edward Norton in Fight Club
Kevin Spacey in American Beauty
Nicolas Cage in Raising Arizona
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption
Guy Pearce in Memento
Alec Baldwin in The Royal Tenenbaums

[Ren Hoek]

I definitely agree with A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and APOCALYPSE NOW. TRAINSPOTTING is also pretty cool, and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD as well.

But my favourite narrator can be found in one of the most underappreciated movies on the board: Terence Malick's BADLANDS. Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm the only one around here who has even seen it. No best of list in this category is complete without Sissy Spacek's haunting voice-over.

[Evil Spike]

Matthew Lillard's character, Stevo, in SLC PUNK.

Tim Allen's character, Eliot, in BIG TROUBLE.

Matthew McConaughey's character, (I won't say who), in FRAILTY.

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
No question, Kim Stanley as Adult Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird takes the cake for me.

Actually, there is another one: William Holden as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard. That's just as good narration as the one in TKAMB if not, better.