Live Poll: Inseparable Trio

I like the poll idea, examples and execution. There are a couple minor edits that should be made. There is a typo in the answer option @ #2. Plus, the default standard on IMDb is American English, so favourite becomes favorite here. I think you want to use threesome instead of trilogy here too. Trilogy applies to films not people and implies a film series, which your rules expressly forbid.

FYC,

Answer #2

1)Prestige 2)Batman Film Series

Revised Question

​​Which of these director-actor threesomes who have worked together on multiple films is your favorite trio?​​

 https://www.imdb.com/list/ls564729059/copy

FYI, if you change your poll thread title to: Poll Suggestion: Inseparable Trio (Suggestions), you may get more IMDb users to give you threesome suggestions to fill out your answer pool.

I would recommend checking your answers by using the IMDb Collaboration Search Engine @ https://www.imdb.com/search/common/

by typing in the two actors names, then visually checking the results for titles with a shared matching director. It is a great to tool to vet options for completeness, as well as, to quickly test hunches you may have.

FYC, here a couple suggestions to get you started, I think there are literally hundreds of notable trios out there to be listed (the poll maximum is 35 choices though).

IMHO, I consider Coen Bros., a single unit for a couple reasons to fill the director's spot together: 1) it levels the playing field with other two actor and a director comparisons, and 2) Joel for the longest time was the only brother officially getting credit, even though they have always directed as a team. Plus, they have many repeat collaborators that would be perfect for this poll suggestion.

Coen Bros./John Goodman/John Turturro

Coen Bros./George Clooney/Frances McDormand

John Ford/John Wayne/Ward Bond

George Cukor/Spencer Tracy/Katherine Hepburn

Frank Capra/Jimmy Stewart/Jean Arthur

Howard Hawkes/Humphrey Bogart/Lauren Bacall

Ingmar Bergman/Max von Sydow/Bibi Andersson

Paul Thomas Anderson/John C. Reilly/Philip Seymour Hoffman

For your consideration, a popular 1950s two actor & director pairing was between director Arthur Lubin, animal actor Molly (Francis), and Donald O'Connor (Peter). It is a left field option that may garner more than a few votes for their six year and six film collaboration.

Feature Film/TV Episode/Video/TV Movie/TV Special/TV Mini-Series/Documentary/Video Game/Short Film, with Molly, Donald O'Connor (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)

FYC:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751102/mediaviewer/rm3965690624

Threesome Images

John Ford/John Wayne/Ward Bond (better version pending)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000406/mediaviewer/rm376580865?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_bts_21

Ingmar Bergman/Max von Sydow/Bibi Andersson

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066826/mediaviewer/rm1685138177?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_1

George Cukor/Spencer Tracy/Katherine Hepburn

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041090/mediaviewer/rm3463523073?ref_=ttmi_mi_nm_bts_9

Frank Capra/Jimmy Stewart/Jean Arthur

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031679/mediaviewer/rm2523998977?ref_=ttmi_mi_nm_pbl_3

Howard Hawkes/Humphrey Bogart/Lauren Bacall (pending)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037382/mediaindex?refine=nm0001328&ref_=ttmi_ref_nm

Coen Bros./George Clooney/Frances McDormand

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/mediaviewer/rm1909625856?ref_=ttmi_mi_nm_evt_12

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Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023551/reference/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023551/mediaviewer/rm346140672

Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Weissmuller, Cheetah

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Christopher Guest director with Fred Willard & Catherine O'Hara

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118111/mediaviewer/rm3877256960?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_40

Christopher Guest with Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levey

trio

@nazmi_altintas 

FYI, Ideally, your poll suggestion should not have not any somewhat obvious gross omissions. These are options that come to mind as a reasonable preferred choices a polltaker would want to vote for. I think there are more than a few more inseparable trios that could be listed for this question. I would continue to add to your answer pool.

FYC, The Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy consists of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013) with all films directed by Edgar Wright and starring Pegg and Nick Frost.

To complete the data you have:

Depp, Carter and Burton also worked together in Charlie and the Chocolate Fabric, Dark Shadows and Corpse Bride

FYC:

Katahrine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and George Cukor (Keeper fo the Flame, Adam's Rib, Pat and Mike)

Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Mark Sandrich (The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Shall We Dance, Carefree, Follow the Fleet)

Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Billy Wilder (Buddy Buddy, The Front Page, The Fortune Cookie)

Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and Norman Taurog (The Caddy, Living It Up, You're Never Too Young, The Stooge, Pardners, Jumping Jacks)

Congratulations, @nazmi_altintas!

Inseparable Trio

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