Ones
People who compare reality to a set of standards. May be objective, balanced
and morally heroic or repressive, critical and perfectionistic.
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The African Queen
Katharine Hepburn - 1 (2 wing)
Humphrey Bogart - 9
Entertaining movie classic; 1-9 dynamic as the prim Hepburn tries
to reform the indolent Bogart.
Agnes Of God
Anne Bancroft - 1 (2 wing)
Jane Fonda - 1ish
Meg Tilly - 6
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Billy Budd
Peter Ustinov-1
Terence Stamp-9ish
Robert Ryan-8
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Breaker Morant
Jack Thompson-9
Edward Woodward-1
Gripping true story; Woodward is clear One.
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Alec Guinness - 1 (9 wing)
Sessue Hayakawa - 1 (2 wing)
William Holden - 3ish
(1/1 conflict)
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A Bronx Tale
Robert De Niro-1
Chaz Palmenteri 8
Strong well-made; dominated by an 8-1 conflict.
The Browning Version
Albert Finney-1
Mathew Modine-7
Film is not bad; Finney's a clear One cuckolded by Seven Modine.
Dragnet
Dan Ackroyd - 1
Tom Hanks - 7
(1/7 comic conflict)
Silly comedy; Ackroyd parodies Oneness while Hanks wisecracks.
Driving Miss Daisy
Jessica Tandy - 1
Morgan Freeman - 9
(9/1 dynamic)
Strong character study; Tandy's a vivid self-preservation One.
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Fredric March - 1 & 7 (8 wing)
(1/7 conflict)
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Duet For One
Julie Andrews - 1
Max Von Sydow - 5
Alan Bates - 7
(1/7 conflict, 1/5 dynamic)
Well-acted if melodramatic; styles are quite clear.
Enchanted April
Josie Lawrence - 6 (7 wing)
Joan Plowright - 1 (2 wing)
Miranda Richardson - 9 (1 wing)
Alfred Molina - 3
Richardson's husband - 7
Michael Kitchen - 9 (1 wing)
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The Full Monty
Tom Wilkinson-1
Robert Carlyle-7
Mark Addy-9
Terrific light comedy; good One-Seven friendship.
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House Calls
Glenda Jackson-1
Walter Matthau-7
Art Carney-9
Droll, freewheeling light comedy; Jackson is a sexy One.
I Never Sang For My Father
Melvyn Douglas - 1
Gene Hackman - 6 (5 wing)
Estelle Parsons - 8
(6/1 dynamic & conflict,
6/8 dynamic, 8/1 conflict)
Downbeat but superb family drama; rich Enneagram dynamics.
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The Killing
Fields
Sam Waterston - 1 (2 wing)
Powerful but condescending story; Waterston's a ranting moralistic
One.
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Long Day's Journey
Into Night
Ralph Richardson - 1 (2 wing)
Katharine Hepburn - 2 (3 wing)
Jason Robards - 6ish
Excellent movie of the Eugene O'Neill play; very obvious 1-2 dynamic.
A Man For All Seasons
Paul Scofield - 1
Wendy Hiller - 1
John Hurt - 6
Robert Shaw - 7 (8 wing)
Nigel Davenport - 8
(1/7 conflict)
Impeccable film; story is driven entirely by Scofield's Oneness.
Mary Poppins
Julie Andrews - 1 (2 wing)
David Thomlinson - 1 (9 wing)
Dick Van Dyke - 7
Ed Wynn - 7
Glynis Johns - 2
(1/7 dynamic and conflict)
Full of styles; watch it with your kids.
Missing
Jack Lemmon - 1 (9 wing)
John Shea - 7 (6 wing)
Sissy Spacek - 6
(1/7 conflict, 1/6 dynamic)
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Mosquito Coast
Harrison Ford - 1 (9wing)
Andre Gregory-1 (2 wing)
River Phoenix- 9
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Mr. Johnson
Pierce Brosnan - 1
Maynard Eziashi - 2
(1/2 dynamic)
Pierce Brosnan is surprisingly good as a rigid but compassionate
One coping with a deluded male Two.
Never Forget
Leonard Nimoy-1
Fact-based story of a Holocaust rememberer; Nimoy is surprisingly
good as a Social One.
The Official Story
Norma Aleandro - 1 (2 wing)
Hector Alterio - 1 (9 wing)
(1/1 conflict)
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Old Gringo
Gregory Peck - 1
Jane Fonda - 6ish
Jimmy Smits - 8
(8/1 conflict)
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Oleanna
William H. Macy - 1
Debra Eisenstadt - 6
(1/6 conflict)
Interesting, if stagey, film about sexual harassment; the Enneagram gives
it a completely different meaning.
On Golden Pond
Katharine Hepburn - 7ish
Henry Fonda - 1 (9 wing)
Jane Fonda - 6ish
(1/6 conflict, 7/1 dynamic)
Corny but touching story; Fonda dominates as a cranky One.
One Flew Over
The Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Nicholson - 7 (8 wing)
Louise Fletcher - 1 (9 wing)
Will Sampson - 9
(7/1 conflict)
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Other People's Money
Gregory Peck - 1
Danny DeVito - 8
(8/1 conflict)
Movie lacks a center but the 8-1 conflict is very good.
Ride The High
Country
Joel McCrea - 1 (9 wing)
Randolph Scott - 3 (both wings)
Ron Heck - 6 (counterphobic)
James Drury - 7
L. Q. Jones - 1
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Rooster Cogburn
Katharine Hepburn - 1 (9 wing)
John Wayne - 8 (9 wing)
(1/8 dynamic)
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Star Trek -
Generations
Captain Picard - 1
Commander Riker - 3 (4 wing)
The Klingon Worf - 1 (9 wing)
Counselor Troi - 9 (1 wing)
Data - 5 (6 wing)
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The Substance of Fire
Ron Rifkin - 1 (9 wing) (Social subtype)
Film starts strong and then loses momentum; Rifkin, however, is a
very vivid Social One.
Summertime
Katharine Hepburn - 1 (2 wing)
Rossano Brazzi - 7ish
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Ulee's Gold
Peter Fonda-1 (9 wing)
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The Untouchables
Kevin Costner - 1 (9 wing)
Sean Connery - 8
Robert De Niro - 8 (7 wing)
(8/1 conflict)
Straight-forward hit movie; several 8-1 relationships.
Washington Square
Albert Finney-1
Jennifer Jason Leigh-9
Maggie Smith-2
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Women In Love
Glenda Jackson-1
Alan Bates-7
Oliver Reed-8
Pretty faithful to D. H. Laurence's novel; a tangle of relationships
and Enneagram styles.
The World According To Garp
Glenn Close - 1 (2 wing)
Robin Williams - 4ish/7ish
John Lithgow - 7ish/2ish
(4/1 dynamic)
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Twos
People who see the world interpersonally and define themselves
through service to others. May be selfless, loving and giving or dependent,
prideful and hostile.
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All About Eve
Bette Davis-4ish, 7ish, 1ish
Anne Baxter-2 (3 wing)
George Sanders-5ish
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The Birdcage
Nathan Lane-2
Robin Williams-7
Popular American remake of La Cage Aux Folies; Lane's a hysterical
female-identified Two.
The Dresser
Tom Courtenay-2
Albert Finney-8ish/7ish
Courtney's the long suffering Two servant of alcoholic, egomaniac
Finney.
Fatal Attraction
Glenn Close-2
Michael Douglas-9ish
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Give Love
Leo Buscaglia-2
Histrionic Psychologist preaches the value of love.
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Gone With the Wind
Vivien Leigh-2
Leslie Howard-9ish
Olivia deHavilland-2 (1 wing)
Hattie McDaniel-1
Butterfly McQueen-2
Clark Gable-7ish (8 wing)
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High Heels
Marisa Paredes-2
Stylish chaotic comedy; Parades is an overinvolved mother.
In The Spirit
Marlo Thomas-2
Elaine May -9 ish
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Kiss Of The Spider
Woman
William Hurt - 2 (3 wing)
Raul Julia - 1 (9 wing)
(2/1 dynamic)
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La Cage Aux Folles
Michel Serrault-2
Ugo Tognazzi-7
Sweet and very funny; Serrault in the Nathan Lane "Birdcage"
role.
The Loved One
Rod Steiger-Two
Robert Morse-3
Anjonette Comer-9
Uneven but audacious satire; Steiger's a bizarre Two.
The Manchurian Candidate
Laurence Harvey - 5
Frank Sinatra - 8ish
Angela Lansbury - 2
(2/5 conflict)
Dated but exceptional movie; Lansbury's great as an ambitious Social
Two.
Men Don't Leave
Jessica Lange - 9
Joan Cusack - 2
Kathy Bates - 8
Arliss Howard - 9
(8/9 dynamic, 9/2 dynamic,
9/9 dynamic)
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Misery
Kathy Bates2
James Caan-9ish
Richard Farnsworth-9
Frances Sternhagen-1
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'Night Mother
Anne Bancroft-2
Sissy Spacek-4
Dark but capable film; Bancroft's an overinvolved mother trying to
keep her Four daughter from suiciding.
Persona
Bibi Andersson-2
Liv Ullmann-5ish
One of Ingemar Bergman's better films; Andersson is a spectacular
Two.
Postcards From
The Edge
Shirley MacLaine - 2 (3 wing)
Meryl Streep - 6 (7 wing)
Streep's grandmother - 8
Dennis Quaid - 7
Gene Hackman - 8ish
(2/6 dynamic & conflict)
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Secrets and Lies
Timothy Spall-9 (1 wing)
Brenda Blethyn-2
Phyllis Logan-1ish
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Say Anything
John Mahoney-2
John Cusack-9
Sweet, offbeat character study; Mahoney is a too well-meaning father.
She Devil
Meryl Streep - 2
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Sophie's Choice
Meryl Streep - 2
Kevin Kline - 7 (6 wing)
Peter MacNicol - 9ish
(2/7 dynamic)
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Star Trek V - The Final Frontier
Laurence Luckinbill - 2 (1 wing)
William Shatner - 3 (4 wing)
Leonard Nimoy - 5
De Forest Kelly - 1 (2 wing)
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The Story Of Adele H.
Isabelle Adjani-2
Strong Francois Truffaut film; Adjani is excellent as a love-obsessed
Intimate Two.
Strawberrys and Chocolate
Jorge Perugorria-2
Character study; clear male Two; interesting slice of Cuban life.
Sunset Boulevard
Gloria Swanson-2
Erich von Stronheim-5ish
William Holden-3ish
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Truth Or Dare
Madonna-2
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Unlawful Entry
Ray Liotta - 2
Madeleine Stowe - 6 (5 wing)
Kurt Russell - 8 (7 wing)
(2/6 dynamic & conflict,
2/8 dynamic, 8/6 dynamic)
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Used People
Shirley MacLaine - 8
Jessica Tandy - 1
Kathy Bates - 6 (counterphobic)
Marcello Mastroianni - 2
(8/2 dynamic, 6/8 conflict)
Overdone but colorful comedy with a clear male Two.
Veronika Voss
Rosel Zech - 2 (3 wing, social subtype)
Hilmar Thate - 9
Stylish character study of a Two.
The Year Of Living Dangerously
Linda Hunt ("Billy Kwan")-2 (1 wing)
(Social Subtype)
Mel Gibson-3ish
Sigourney Weaver-3ish
Michael Murphy-3
Uneven but atmospheric; Hunt plays an Social Two.
Zelly & Me
Isabella Rossellini - 2
Glynis Johns - 2
Alexandra Johnes - 4ish
(2/2 conflict)
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Threes
People who measure themselves by external achievement and the
roles that they play. May be truthful, accomplished and sincere or conniving,
competitive and false.
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Bad Influence
James Spader-6
Rob Lowe-3
Dark seamy thriller; Lowe's rather good as a sociopathic Three.
Basic Instinct
Sharon Stone - 3 (2 wing)
Michael Douglas - 8ish
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Bed & Breakfast
Roger Moore - 3
Talia Shire - 1 (2 wing)
Colleen Dewhurst - 7ish
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The Beguiled
Clint Eastwood - 3
Geraldine Page - 1 (2 wing)
Elizabeth Hartman - 6
(3/1 conflict)
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Body Heat
Kathleen Turner - 3 (2 wing)
William Hurt - 9 (1 wing)
Richard Crenna - 8
(9/3 dynamic)
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Dangerous Liaisons
John Malkovich-3 (4 wing)
Glenn Close-8
Uma Thurman-9 ish
Michelle Pfeiffer-9 (1 wing)
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The Deliberate Stranger
Mark Harmon-3 (2 wing)
George Grizzard-9
Good character study; Harmon is excellent as sociopathic Three serial
killer Ted Bundy.
Downhill Racer
Robert Redford-3
Redford's father-1
Camilla Sparv-7ish
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A Few Good Men
Tom Cruise - 3
Demi Moore - 1ish
Jack Nicholson - 8
(3/1 conflict, 3/8 conflict)
Old fashioned courtroom drama; Tom Cruise overacts but is a clear
Three.
A Fish Called Wanda
Jamie Lee Curtis - 3
Kevin Kline - 7
John Cleese - 9
Michael Palin - 6
Cleese's wife - 1
(3/9 dynamic)
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Framed
Jeff Goldblum-9
Kristin Scott-Thomas-3
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The Grifters
Annette Bening - 3 (2 wing)
John Cusack - 3 (4 wing)
Anjelica Huston - 6 (counterphobic)
(3/6 dynamic & conflict)
Nasty excellent film noir; Bening and Cusack are both caught in Threeness.
Glengarry Glen Ross
Jack Lemmon - 3 (2 wing)
|Al Pacino - 3 (4 wing)
Alec Baldwin - 8
Alan Arkin - 9 (1 wing)
Jonathan Pryce - 9
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House Of Games
Joe Mantegna - 3
Lindsay Crouse - 9
Lilia Skala - 2ish
(9/3 dynamic)
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How To Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying
Robert Morse-3
Michelle Lee-2
Rudy Valee-7ish
Sprightly, sexist, sarcastic musical; Morse is a cheeky amoral Three
who lies his way to the top.
In the Company of Men
Aaron Eckhart-3
Matt Malloy-6
Stacy Edwards-9ish
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Lonely Hearts (American)
Eric Roberts - 3
Beverly D'Angelo - 6
(3/6 dynamic)
Malice
Alec Baldwin-8
George C. Scott-8
Nicole Kidman-3
Bill Pullman-9ish
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The Missouri Breaks
Marlon Brando - 3 (4 wing)
Jack Nicholson - 9ish (8 wing)
(3/9 conflict)
So-so movie but Brando is very good as a Three (4 wing), a hired
killer who loves disguises.
Monsignor
Christopher Reeve-3
Choppy movie but Reeve is very good as a manipulative priest.
Network
William Holden - 1
Faye Dunaway - 3
Peter Finch - 6
Robert Duvall - 8
(1/3 conflict)
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North Dallas Forty
Nick Nolte - 9 ish (8 wing)
Mac Davis - 3
G. D. Spradlin - 1
Steve Forrest - 7
(9/3 dynamic)
A real sleeper; Mac Davis is an amoral, genial Three.
Ordinary People
Mary Tyler Moore - 3
Donald Sutherland - 9 (1 wing)
Timothy Hutton - 6ish (5 wing)
Judd Hirsch - 8
(3/6 conflict, 3/9 dynamic,
8/6 dynamic)
Smart, elegant, if too-pat family drama; Moore's a brittle Social
Three.
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Primal Fear
Edward Norton-8
Richard Gere-3
Laura Linney-1 (2 wing)
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Pumping Iron
Lou Ferrigno - 9
Arnold Schwarzenegger - 3
(3/9 dynamic)
Entertaining documentary; very revealing of Threeish defenses.
Rain Man
Tom Cruise-3
Dustin Hoffman-6
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Risky Business
Tom Cruise - 9 (1 wing)
Rebecca DeMornay - 3
(9/3 dynamic)
Sardonic Reagan-era satire; DeMornay is a brisk hooker/businesswoman.
Room At the Top
Simone Signoret-4
Laurence Harvey-3
Harvey's a cold-hearted Three social climber, Signoret one of his victims.
Save The Tiger
Jack Lemmon - 3
Jack Gifford - 9 (1 wing)
(3/9 dynamic)
Surprisingly gritty; Lemmon as a Three in full mid-life crisis.
Sleuth
Laurence Olivier - 3 (4 wing)
Michael Caine - 7ish
(3/7 dynamic)
Effective mystery; cat and mouse game driven by a competative Three.
Sommersby
Richard Gere-3
Jodie Foster
Bill Pullman-1
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Sweet Talker
Bryan Brown-3
Karen Allen - 9ish
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Tell Them Willie Boy
Is Here
Robert Redford - 3 (4 wing)
Susan Clark - 1
Robert Blake - 8 (7 wing)
Barry Sullivan - 8
(3/1 conflict, 8/8 conflict)
Gripping little-seen western; Redford's a corrupt Three.
To Die For
MartDillon-9
Nicole Kidman-3
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Valmont
Colin Firth-3
Annette Bening-3
Fairuza Balk-9ish
Meg Tilly-9
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Wall Street
Charlie Sheen - 3
Michael Douglas - 8 (7 wing)
Martin Sheen - 1 (2 wing)
Hal Holbrook - 1
(3/8 dynamic, 8/1 conflict,
3/1 dynamic)
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White Men Can't Jump
Wesley Snipes - 3
Woody Harrelson - 9 (8 wing)
(3/9 dynamic)
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