The 10 Best Cast Reunions Of All Time

The best movies and TV shows are the ones that make you feel like you're friends with the cast. You've watched them work through their problems, laughed at all their jokes, and you just know that you'd get along famously if they got to know you too. So when the final credits roll, it's hard to say goodbye to the characters you've grown to love. Sequels don't always do the characters justice and if a TV show carries on for too long, it loses its appeal — sometimes the best way to feel that magic again is to reunite the cast. In some groups of actors, there will be bitterness and people who don't want to relive the glory days, but in these 10 really tight-knit gangs, you find that the chemistry is still there, and you love them even more. One thing, though: if you see the casts of these productions on the street, they ask that you don't recite their famous lines to them. They've heard them all before.

1. The Princess Bride

   For 25 years, fans have been waiting for the moment when the cast of this magical film were reunited, and someone finally said, "As you wish" — a phrase Cary Elwes thinks is going to be written on his tombstone. The cast got together for a photo shoot put together by Entertainment Weekly and gave an interview to Good Morning America, and they were every bit as charming as you remember. Everyone showed up, except for Andre the Giant and Peter Falk who've passed away and were memorialized with framed photos, and you could feel the love the actors felt for each other and the movie they made a quarter of a century ago. As they joke and tell stories about the old days, you begin to see that The Princess Bride isn't just a movie about true love between Wesley and Buttercup, but also between a set of brilliant actors.

2. The Sound of Music

   As far as musicals go, there's no greater classic than The Sound of Music. Spanning generations and covering subjects from first love to standing up for your beliefs, this film has kept fans coming back since it was first released in 1965. After 45 years, the actors who portrayed the Von Trapp family appeared on several talk shows together; there's no way to watch it without feeling nostalgic. The "children" are all 50 or older and they talk with each other as if they really are siblings. It's obvious the always-regal Julie Andrews had an impact on their lives, as well. In fact, she taught them some Mary Poppins songs as a way to bond and they still remember how to say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious backward. Besides revealing some little secrets from the set (like the fact that "Liesl" had a crush on "Captain Von Trapp"), the seven actors who played the children in the film announce that they've written a book together to relate all their stories to the public.

3. Seinfeld

   The cast of Seinfeld did get together on Oprah in 2004 to do the traditional interview-style gathering, but the Curb Your Enthusiasm edition of the reunion is much more appropriate. Rather than sitting around on couches telling warm, fuzzy stories about their time together, the group actually plays the former characters on the old Seinfeld sets. It's as if they never stopped filming the show, except that George Costanza is balder and has lost all his money in a Ponzi scheme, Elaine's hair is finally under control, and everyone has a lot more wrinkles. Larry David centered most of the seventh season of Curb Your Enthusiasm on the creation of this Seinfeld reunion show, so the castmates not only get to play their old characters, but also versions of themselves throughout the Curb season.

4. The Big Lebowski

   The only things missing from this cast reunion are David Huddleston and the infamous rug. The Big Lebowski achieved cult status just years after its 1998 release and is a favorite among college students who think drinking White Russians is cool. The Dude's saga, which only started because he understandably wanted compensation for his soiled carpet, involves the quirkiest and most quotable of characters. The actors, who reunited in 2011 at Lebowski Fest, have trouble escaping their roles in the film, even though they have prolific careers. Can you imagine being called "The Dude" everywhere you went or constantly being told that rug really tied the room together? But they don't seem to mind. Each of the cast members relates fond memories of days on set and the lasting impact it has had on each of their lives.

5. The Mary Tyler Moore Show

   For a generation of women, Mary Tyler Moore was the girl to emulate. She was taking on the big city, a tough career, and doing it all while looking fabulous. She and her coworkers handled the news business, relationships, and even the death of Chuckles the Clown with a sense of humor. And let's not forget a young Betty White was on the show long before she became the dirty grandma we all love. In 2002, 25 years after The Mary Tyler Moore Show ended, the gang got back together on a CBS hour-long special where Moore interviewed her fellow stars, reminiscing about funny moments and favorite episodes. They even got down to the cold, hard truth and told each other how their characters felt about the others.

6. Back to the Future

   There isn't a kid alive who doesn't wish they could be Marty McFly, go back in time in a sweet car, and save the day (well, minus the weird chemistry with his own mother). Back to the Future became the highest grossest film of 1985 and made Michael J. Fox an instant superstar. After 25 years, the cast sat down on The Today Show and talked about how the film trilogy changed their careers and how it almost didn't happen. They rib director Robert Zemeckis for being so neurotic about the filming and how they weren't totally sure that they had a hit while they were making it. Now, though, they are all grateful for the experience, but there's no doubt they secretly wish they could jump in a DeLorean, go back to 1985, and do it all over again.

7. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

   After watching Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, you may have been a little worried about what happened to those poor children who turned into blueberries and got stuck in the chocolate river. Forty years afterward, they reunited for The Today Show and they are all alive, well, and grown up. Don't watch the show, though, if you want to keep hope alive that a city made of candy actually existed for the film. The actors reveal that most of it wasn't edible and that the chocolate waterfall and river was actually just water. "The wallpaper tasted like wallpaper," one said. Nothing bonds a group together like living with the terrible secret that snozzberry-flavored walls don't exist.

8. The Goonies

   The most shocking part of this cast reunion has to be the fact that Jeff Cohen, who played the loud, hungry Chunk, is a thin, quiet man now. No more truffle shuffle for him. But the coming together of the cast of one of the best kids' movies ever is pretty much how you would expect it to be: chaotic. The actors seem to revert back to childhood when they're all together, laughing and speaking over each other. You feel like you're spying on the Thanksgiving dinner of a huge, loving family. If the rumors are true, there will be an even better reunion of The Goonies cast when they make a sequel to the film where the old characters and the children they've had in the past 25 years go on another adventure. It must be true that Goonies (and their producers) never say die.

9. Arrested Development

   Nothing has been more disappointing to fans during the past five years than each of the rumors of an Arrested Development movie turning out to be false. That is part of what made the recent cast reunion so amazing. Not only did you get to see your favorite actors back together like the dysfunctional family they were, but the plans for a movie were finally and officially confirmed. Even better, there will be a season to bridge the gap between the old seasons and the movie. The whole Bluth family came together for the announcement and all-around good time at The New Yorker Festival, and as if the day wasn't perfect enough already, they closed the reunion by doing their separate, but equally entertaining chicken dances for the audience.

10. Scarface

    Any event with Al Pacino is a successful event. Put him in a room with his castmates from one of the most iconic movies of all time (or at least according to the posters that hang on guys' walls across America) and it's almost just too much. Scarface told the story of a Cuban immigrant who wanted the world and took over a drug cartel, and the movie itself pushed the boundaries of what had been done before. The amount of violence and swearing made the movie believable but also more shocking to audiences of the time. The reunion is exactly what you would expect from the talented actors who made a movie like that. These tough guys have tremendous respect for each other, but they can't help bickering just a little bit. Their good-natured teasing and fascinating stories make the reunion a must-see.

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