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Actor Battle: John Cusack vs. Joan Cusack

Who is better? Let's look at the highlights.

John Cusack

- Sixteen Candles

- Better Off Dead

- Stand By Me

- The Grifters

- The Thin Red Line

- Being John Malkovich

- High Fidelity

- Adaptation

- 1408

- Hot Tub Time Machine

- Love & Mercy

Joan Cusack

- Sixteen Candles

- Married to the Mob

- Addams Family Values

- Runaway Bride

- High Fidelity

- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

- School of Rock

- Chicken Little (voice)

- The Perks of Being a Wallflower

- The End of the Tour

- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

WHO IS BETTER? 

John Cusack or Joan Cusack 

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Comments 4

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The DCOctober 30, 2025
The Celebrity Deathmatch we never got
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Jenn The EditorOctober 30, 2025
John has a better filmography but Joan is a better actor
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Gwen PemOctober 30, 2025
JOAN
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Victoria FarinaOctober 30, 2025
I didn’t even know they were brother and sister. But now that I see it, they really do look alike.</br></br>I choose Joan, anyway. I prefer the films she was in: Addams Family Values, School of Rock, and Sixteen Candles. But out of those characters... I’ll always prefer Debbie Jelinsky.</br></br>And John… damn, now that I think about it… I’ve seen more of his films…</br></br>No… I can’t decide now…</br></br>I CHOOSE BOTH.