Sevens
People who look for multiple choices and positive futures. May be well-rounded,
affirming and generous. When unhealthy they can be narcissistic, escapist
and insatiable.
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Alfie
Michael Caine-7
Episodic story; Caine is an Intimate Seven, a Don Juan who learns
about consequence.
All That Jazz
Roy Scheider-7 (8wing)
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Auntie Mame
Mame-7 (6 wing)
Fred Clark-1
Mame's sister Vera-7
Hermione Gingold-9
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Breakfast At Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn-7
George Peppard-5ish
Dated but enjoyable comedy; Hepburn's a classic Seven.
Conrack
Jon Voight - 7
Hume Cronyn - 1
Voight's supervisor - 1
(7/1 conflict)
Pleasant, touching character study; Voight is an idealistic Seven
teacher.
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Darling
Julie Christie - 7
Dirk Bogarde - 5
Laurence Harvey - 3
(5/7 conflict)
Excellent drama; Christie is a jaded, social climbing Seven.
A Face In The Crowd
Andy Griffith-7 (8 wing)
Engrossing character study; Andy Griffith's career high as a meglomaniac
Seven.
Harold & Maude
Ruth Gordon - 7 (6 wing)
Bud Cort - 9
Vivian Pickles - 2 (1 wing)
Harold's Uncle - 6
Minister - 1
(9/2 conflict, 7/1 conflict
& 7/9 dynamic)
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Hearts Of Darkness
Francis Ford Coppola-7
Documentary about Coppola; a Seven goes to One.
Heidi Fleiss-Hollywood Madam
Heidi Fleiss-7
Ivan Nagy-7 (8 wing)
Fleiss is surprisingly sympathetic; Nagy emerges as a very unhealthy Seven
(Intimate subtype).
Housekeeping
Christine Lahti - 7 (6 wing)
Andrea Burchill - 1 (2 wing)
Sara Walker - 9
Sheriff - 1
(7/1 conflict, 7/9 dynamic)
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Hugh Hefner: Once Upon A Time
Hugh Hefner-7
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The Hustler
Paul Newman - 7
Piper Laurie - 4
George C. Scott - 3ish
(7/4 conflict)
Another classic; Newman as a brash, narcissistic young Seven.
In the Soup
Seymour Cassell-7 (8 wing)
Quirky independent film dominated by a Seven.
The Last Time I Commited Suicide
Thomas Jane-7
Keanu Reeves-4ish
Ok movie about the Beat Poets dominated by a Seven.
Lillies Of The Field
Sidney Poitier - 7 (6 wing)
Lilia Skala - 1 (9 wing)
(7/1 conflict)
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Lonely Are The Brave
Kirk Douglas-7
Gena Rowlands 9ish
Underrated movie; Kirk Douglas as a nice guy drifter Seven.
Lost Weekend
Ray Milland - 7 (6 wing)
Philip Terry - 1
Jane Wyman - 2ish
(7/1 conflict)
A great movie; Milland is a manic alcoholic who can't say no to his
appetites.
Marjoe
Marjoe Gortner-7
Documentary about a disillusioned evagelical preacher, a cheerful Seven.
Mermaids
Cher - 7 (8 wing)
Winona Ryder - 4 (3 wing)
Bob Hoskins - 9ish
(7/4 conflict and dynamic)
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Miami Blues
Jennifer Jason Leigh-9
Alec Baldwin-7 (8 wing)
Dark, violent and comic; Baldwin is a bizarre aggressive Seven.
My Dinner With Andre
Wallace Shawn - 9
Andre Gregory - 7
(9/7 dynamic)
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My Favorite Year
Peter O'Toole - 7 (6 wing)
Mark Linn-Baker - 6
Joseph Bologna - 7 (8 wing)
Lainie Kazan - 2
(7/6 dynamic)
Very enjoyable comedy; O'Toole plays an unstable Seven being contained
by a nervous Six.
Night Of The Iguana
Richard Burton - 7 (6 wing)
Ava Gardner - 7 (8 wing)
Deborah Kerr - 2ish
Angry passenger - 1
(1/7 conflict, 7/7 dynamic)
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Nothing In Common
Tom Hanks - 7 (8 wing)
Jackie Gleason - 8 (7 wing)
Eva Marie Saint - 9 (1 wing)
Hector Elizondo - 9
Sela Ward - 3
Barry Corbin - 8
(7/8 conflict, 7/9 dynamic)
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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Guy Pearce-7ish
Terence Stamp-5ish
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Proof
Hugo Weaving-5
Russell Crowe-7
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The Summer House
Jeanne Moreau-7
Joan Plowright-9
Moreau is a lively Seven, a lacivious Auntie Mame
Total Eclipse
Leonardo DiCaprio-7 (8 wing)
David Thewlis-6
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A Man & His Dream
Jeff Bridges - 7 (8 wing)
Martin Landau - 6 (5 wing)
Dean Stockwell - 5
Joan Allen - 7ish
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The Whole Wide World
Vincent D' Onofrio-7 (8 wing)
Clear unhealthy Seven who is also manic depressive.
The Wonderful, Horrible Life Of Leni Reifenstahl
Leni Reifenstahl - 7 (8 wing, intimate subtype)
Excellent close-up study of a very unhealthy Seven.
Zorba The Greek
Anthony Quinn - 7(8 wing)
Alan Bates - 5ish
Lila Kedrova - 2
(7/5 dynamic)
Simple episodic tale; Quinn's Seven teaches Bates' shy Five how to
live with gusto. The real Zorba was an Eight.
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Eights
People who need to be strong, to prevail over circumstance. When healthy
they often are powerful, protective and committed to a cause. When unhealthy
they can be destructive, excessive and sadistic.
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Andromeda Strain
Kate Reid - 8
Arthur Hill - 1
James Olson - 5
David Wayne - 9
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Anne Of The Thousand Days
Richard Burton - 8
Genevieve Bujold - 1
(8/1 conflict)
Capable historical drama; lots of obvious 8-1 conflict.
Bad Lieutenant
Harvey Keitel-8
Good Eight, good movie but be warned: Keitel is a very bad Lieutenant.
Becket
Richard Burton - 9 (8 wing)
Peter O'Toole - 8
(8/9 dynamic & conflict)
Excellent; O'Toole is a raging Eight.
The Breakfast Club
Judd Nelson - 8
Molly Ringwald - 9 (1 wing)
Ally Sheedy - 4 or 5
Paul Gleason - 8
Anthony Michael Hall - 5 or 9
Emilio Estevez - 1
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Casablanca
Humphrey Bogart-8
Ingrid Bergman-9ish
Paul Henreid-1
Claude Rains-7ish
The classic everyone's seen; Bogart's a complicated Eight, Henreid's
a virtuous One.
Cobb
Tommy Lee Jones - 8 (7 wing)
Character study; Jones is terrific as an monster, a deeply unhealthy Eight.
Deliverance
Burt Reynolds-8
Jon Voight--5ish
Ned Beatty-9ish
Ronny Cox-9ish
Harrowing, absorbing movie; Reynolds is good as a macho Eight, Voight's
Fiveish character learns from him.
The Doctor
William Hurt - 8
Hurt's Doctor - 3
Christine Lahti - 2ish
Elizabeth Perkins - 6ish
(8/3 conflict)
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The Fabulous Baker Boys
Jeff Bridges - 5 or 9 with an 8 wing
Beau Bridges - 7
Michelle Pfeiffer - 8
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Good Will Hunting
Matt Damon-8
Robin Williams-5
Ben Affleck-6ish
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Gloria
Gena Rowlands-8 (9 wing)
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The Great Santini
Robert Duvall-8
Dysfunctional family drama; Duvall is an abusive, sometimes sympathetic
Eight.
The Great White Hope
James Earl Jones-8
Jones is powerful as a self-destructive Eight, battling racism.
Haunted Summer
Philip Anglim - 8
Alice Krige - 9
Eric Stoltz - 4ish
(9/8 dynamic)
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Hud
Paul Newman - 8
Melvyn Douglas - 1
Brandon De Wilde - 9
(8/1 conflict)
Energetic movie; Paul Newman is terrific as a loutish bad boy Eight.
I'm Almost Not
Crazy
John Cassavetes-8
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The Indian Runner
David Morse - 9
Viggo Mortensen - 8
(8/9 dynamic)
Slow character piece has its moments; writer/director Sean Penn is
a Eight with a 9 wing.
Internal Affairs
Richard Gere-8
Andy Garcia-1
Unusually compelling film; Gere plays a clear Social Eight in conflict
with a Social One.
In The Line Of Fire
Clint Eastwood - 9 (8 wing)
John Malkovich - 3 (4 wing)
(9/3 conflict)
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Killer: A Journal of Murder
James Woods - 8
Robert Sean Leonard - 1
Small well-made movie; lots of 8-1 contrast.
Last Tango In Paris
Marlon Brando-8
Jean-Pierre Leaud-7
Once controversial and still good; Brando plays a loutish Eight.
The Last Seduction
Linda Fiorentino-8 (9 wing)
Peter Berg-6ish
Bill Pullman -9ish
Sleek twisty film noir features a flagrant, unapologetic Eight villianess.
LA Confidential
Kevin Spacey-3
Russell Crowe-8 (9 wing)
Guy Pearce-1ish
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Lean On Me
Morgan Freeman
His mission is opposed by Ones throughout the story.
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Leaving Normal
Christine Lahti - 8 (7 wing)
Meg Tilly - 6
Lenny Von Dohlen - 6
(8/6 dynamic)
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Look Back in Anger
Richard Burton-8
Mary Ure-9
Claire Bloom-2ish/1ish
Hit film; Burton as the original "angry young man." Claire Bloom
changes from a One into a Two halfway through the story.
Malcolm X
Denzel Washington - 8
Albert Hall - 1
Al Freeman Jr. - 9 (1 wing)
(8/1 dynamic)
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Midnight Run
Robert De Niro - 8
Charles Grodin - 9
(8/9 dynamic)
Very entertaining; De Niro is a grumpy but sweet Eight worn down
by Grodin's passive-aggressive Nine.
Naked
David Thewlis-8
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Nuts
Barbra Streisand - 8 (7 wing)
Richard Dreyfuss - 6ish
Eli Wallach - 1
James Whitmore - 1
Karl Malden - 6
Maureen Stapleton - 9
(8/1 conflict)
Good courtroom drama until Streisand's narcissism takes over the
movie.
Platoon
Tom Berenger-8
Willem Dafoe-1
Acclaimed Vietnam war movie; several clear Enneagram styles.
The Playboys
Robin Wright - 8
Albert Finney - 4
Milo O'Shea - 7
Aidan Quinn - 9ish
(8/4 conflict)
Good Irish romantic drama; Wright is a mild mannered but spirited
Eight.
Passion Fish
Mary McDonnell-Eight
David Strathairn-Nine
Alfre Woodward- Fiveish
Splendid character study; McDonnell is a complex in-depth Eight.
Reversal Of Fortune
Ron Silver - 8 (7 wing)
Glenn Close - 2 (3 wing)
Jeremy Irons - 3ish (4 wing)
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Run Silent, Run Deep
Clark Gable-8 (7 wing)
Burt Lancaster-1
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Scent Of A Woman
Al Pacino-8
Chris O'Donnell-9ish
Overlong but worthwhile character study; Pacino is a flamboyant,
self-destructive Eight.
September
Elaine Strick - 8 (7 wing)
Mia Farrow - 6
Sam Waterston - 4
Dianne Wiest - 9
Jack Warden - 9ish
(6/8 conflict, 4/9 dynamic)
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The Shootist
John Wayne - 8
Lauren Bacall - 1
James Stewart - 1
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Star Maps
Efrain Figueroa-8
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This Boy's Life
Robert DeNiro-8
Leonardo DiCaprio-7ish
Ellen Barkin-7ish
Small scale but well-acted; DeNiro is a cruel Eight child abuser.
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Twenty-One
Patsy Kensit - 8 (7 wing)
Patsy's father - 9
Patsy's mother - 3ish
Patsy's friend - 7
(8/9 dynamic)
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Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood - 9 (8 wing)
Morgan Freeman - 9
Gene Hackman - 8
(9/8 conflict)
Accomplished film up to its stupid contradictory ending; Eastwood's
a Nine torn about violence.
White Hunter,
Black Heart
Clint Eastwood-8 (9 wing)
Jeff Fahey-1ish
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Nines
People who are receptive to their environment and play down their
own presence. When healthy they often are loving, modest and trusting. When
unhealthy they can be stubborn, lazy and soul-dead.
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Antonia & Jane
Imelda Staunton - 9
Saskia Reeves - 6 (counterphobic)
Psychiatrist - 7
(9/6 dynamic)
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Back To The Beach
Annette Funicello - 9 (1 wing)
Frankie Avalon - 7 (6 wing)
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Being There
Peter Sellers - 9
Shirley MacLaine - 2
Melvyn Douglas - 8
Subtle, intelligent, unusual; Peter Sellers is a vacant Nine whom
everyone mistakes for a wise man.
Bagdad Café
C.C.H. Pounder - 1 (9 wing)
Marianne Sägebrecht - 9
(9/1 dynamic)
Quirky worthwhile comedy; good 9-1 dynamic.
Carnal Knowledge
Jack Nicholson - 7 (8 wing)
Ann-Margret - 9
Art Garfunkel - 9
Cynthia O'Neal - 3
(7/9 conflict)
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Clearcut
Graham Greene-8
Floyd Red Crow Westerman-9
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The Crying Game
Stephen Rea - 9 (1 wing)
Jaye Davidson - 2
Miranda Richardson - 3ish
Forest Whitaker - 2ish
(9/2 dynamic)
Fascinating not-what-it-seems movie; good 9-2 dynamic.
Dances With
Wolves
Kevin Costner-9
Graham Greene-9
Rodney A. Grant-8 or counterphobic 6
Wes Studi-8
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Dancing in the Dark
Martha Henry-9 (1 wing)
Neil Munro-3
Slightly grim, excellent study of a lost empty Nine.
Diary Of A Mad Housewife
Carrie Snodgress - 9 (1 wing)
Frank Langella - 8
Richard Benjamin - 3
(9/3 dynamic, 9/8 dynamic)
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Emerald Forest
Powers Boothe-9
Charley Boorman
Boorman's adopted father-9
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The Last Picture Show
Jeff Bridges - 9
Cybill Shepherd - 3
Timothy Bottoms - 9
Ben Johnson - 9ish (both wings)
Ellen Burstyn - 2
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Light Sleeper
Willem Dafoe-9
Got its moments; Dafoe is a busy, Nine drug dealer in psychological
crisis.
Little Big Man
Dustin Hoffman-6
General George Custer-3
Chief Dan George-9
Faye Dunaway-2
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Little Murders
Elliot Gould - 9
Marcia Rodd - 2 (3 wing)
Donald Sutherland - 7
Vincent Gardenia - 6
Elizabeth Wilson - 9
Lou Jacobi - 1
Alan Arkin - 6
(9/2 dynamic)
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Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Joanne Woodward - 9 (1 wing)
Paul Newman - 1 (9 wing)
Blythe Danner - 4ish
Daughter - 6ish (counterphobic)
(1/9 dynamic, 1/6 conflict)
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The Mystery Of Kaspar Hauser
(Every Man For Himself And God Against
All)
Bruno S.-9
Sweet haunting film about a man raised outside of consesus reality,
another Holy Fool Nine.
Oblomov
Oleg Tabako-9
Slow filming of the Russian classic; main character sleeps 16 hours
a day until he falls in love.
Paris, Texas
Harry Dean Stanton - 9 (1 wing)
Dean Stockwell - 1 (2 wing)
Aurore Clement - 2
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PowWow Highway
A. Martinez-8
Gary Farmer-9
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Second Best
William Hurt-9
Chris Cleary Miles-8
Small, unusual character study; good Nine-Eight dynamic.
Sherman's March
Ross McElwee-9
Funny documentary about a Nine losing his way.
Sling Blade
Billy Bob Thornton - 9 (8 wing)
Dwight Yoakam - 8
John Ritter- 6
Alternately tender and frightening but always good; Thornton, who
wrote and directed, is a real life Nine with an 8 wing.
Smoke
Harvey Keitel-8
William Hurt-9
Compassionate, thoughtful story; shows the best of these styles.
Star 80
Eric Roberts - 3
Mariel Hemingway - 9 (1 wing)
Cliff Robertson - 7
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The Tall Guy
Jeff Goldblum - 9
Emma Thompson - 1
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Texasville
Jeff Bridges - 9
Cybill Shepherd - 3 (both wings)
Timothy Bottoms - 9
Randy Quaid - 6 (7 wing)
Cloris Leachman - 1
Annie Potts - 8ish (7 wing)
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Time Indefinite
Ross McElwee-9
Another autobiographical satire from Nine McElwee.
Unhook the Stars
Gena Rowlands-9
Marisa Tomei-8
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The Whales of August
Lillian Gish - 9 (1 wing)
Bette Davis - 4ish
Ann Southern - 2
Vincent Price - 7ish
The Plumber - 1 (9 wing)
(9/4 dynamic)
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