top 10 best performances ever.

Text-only Version: Click HERE to see this thread with all of the graphics, features, and links.



bakerboy
What are your top 10 of the best performances ever? Here is mine:

1: Marlon Brando in the godfather

2: Robert De Niro in the godfather part 2

3: Robert De Niro in raging bull

4: Al Pacino in scarface

5: Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia

6: Michelle Pfeiffer in the fabulous baker boys

7: Michelle Pfeiffer dangerous liaisons

8: John Hurt in the elephant man

9: Anthony Hopkins in silence of the lambs

10: Vivien Leigh in gone with the wind

And yours?

wicker_man
1. Sir Christopher Lee - The Wicker Man

2. Sean Penn - Mystic River

3. Anthony Perkins - Psycho

4. Ray Liotta - Turbulence

5. Ben Kingsley - The House of Sand & Fog

6. Jack Nicholson - One Who Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest

7. Kathy Bates - Misery

8. Gene Hackman - The French Connection

9. Ralph Fiennes - Spider

10. Edward Norton - The 25th Hour

Revenger
1. Peter O'Toole- Lawrence
2. Marlon Brando -Apocalypse Now
3. Matt Damon -Good Will Hunting
4. Sigourney Weaver -Aliens
5. Sly Stallone -Rocky
6. Clint Eastwood -Unforgiven
7. Edward Norton -American History X
8. Malcolm McDowell -A Clockwork Orange
9. Micheal Douglas - Wall Street
10. Gwyneth Paltrow -Shakespeare In Love

johnny_rotten
1. Jack Nicholson - One flew over the cuckoos nest
2. Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the lambs
3. Clint eastwood - Dirty harry
4. Joe Pesci - Goodfellas
5. Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beasy
6. Anthony Hopkins - Remains of the day.
7. Ben Kingsley - Ghandi
8. Kathy Bates - Misery.
9. Francis mcdormand - Fargo
10. Dustin Hoffman - Rainman

Wickerman : I saw "Spider" today with ralph feines. I honestly did not think his performance was that special, although it was very good. I really enjoyed the movie.

amity75
1. Tim Robbins - Shawshank Redemption
2. Ralph Fiennes - Schindlers List
3. R. Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
4. Harrison Ford - Witness
5. Roy Schneider - Jaws
6. Robert Carlisle - Trainspotting
7. Henry Thomas - ET
8. Robert DeNiro - Taxi Driver
9. Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter
10. Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen

These arent in any order, just my fave 10.

Myth
1) Al Pacino - Scarface
2) Ed Norton - American History X
3) Ed Norton/Brad Pitt - Fight Club
5) Sam Jackson - Pulp Fiction
6) Tim Robbins - Shawshank Redemption
7) Marlin Brando - Godfather
8) Denzel Washington - Training Day
9) Kathy Bates - Misery
10) Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption/Seven

hitmanyr2k
In no particular order....

Al Pacino - Scarface
Al Pacino - Godfather/Godfather II
Val Kilmer - Tombstone
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky
Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive
Robert Shaw - Jaws
Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
Gene Hackman - Unforgiven
Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption
Morgan Freeman - Se7en

BackFire
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

Louis Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

Robert Deniro - Taxi Driver

Bill Murray - Lost in Translation

Gunner Hansen - Texas Chainsaw Massacre

duffy
Jonny depp - fear and loathing in las vegas
Jack Nicholson - One Who Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the lambs
Dustin Hoffman - midnight cowboy
Ed Norton/Brad Pitt - Fight Club
Richard E. Grant - withnail and i
Rory Cochrane - dazed and confused
Jason lee - mallrats
Jason lee - chasing amy
Ed Norton - American History X

2501
1. Morgan Freeman in seven
2. Samuel L Jackson in pulp fiction
3. Tim Robbins in Shawshank
4. Sean Aston in ROTK
5. Tom Hanks in Road to Perdition
6. Russel Crowe in Gladiator
7. Kevin Spacey in Usual Suspects
8. Sigourney Weaver in Alien
9. Ewen McGreggor in trainspotting
10. Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko

lil tears
you are all focussing majorly on male characters erm

Orlandoswifey
1. Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Carribbean.
2. Orlando Bloom - POTC.
3. Orlando Bloom -Lord of the Rings
4. Sean Astin - Lord of the Rings.
dunno anymore. don't watch many movies without orlando in,

wicker_man
Ok lil'S just for you heres my all time top ten performances by female performers:

1. Kathy Bates - Misery

2. Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry

3. Naomi Watts - Mulholland Drive

4. Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven

5. Lara Belmont - The War Zone

6. Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking

7. Emily Watson - Breaking The Waves

8. Laura Linney - Mystic River

9. Nicole Kidman - The Others / The Hours

10. Charlie Theron - Monster

lil tears
Thank you raver

BackFire
Jodie Foster - Taxi Driver

Monica Bellucci - Irreversible

Lois Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

Michele Pfiefer - Scarface

Myth
1. Kathy Bates - Misery
2. Michele Pfiefer - What Lies Beneath
3. Sigourney Weaver - Alien Quadrilogy

Not much female performances that I think are great. Sorry, just my opinion.

2501
jodie foster in silence of the lambs

Evil Dead
I'm shocked nobody has mentioned Russel Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind"..................like the guy or not, that was a brilliant performance.

hitmanyr2k
Like someone said before, there aren't many female performances I consider "great" enough to crack my Top 10. The ones who come close...

Sigourney Weaver - Aliens
Jamie Lee Curtis - Halloween

Can't think of anymore after that.

alic88
WTF? u havent mentioned linda hamilton. her role in t2 as SARAH CONNOR is so strong. thats like the best role ever

jetzhere101
russel crowe - gladiator and a beautiful mind
hugo weaving-revolutions
robert de niro-raging bull
sean penn-i am sam
sean william scot-american pie series (lol)
naomi watts-21 grams
Al Pacino - Godfather/Godfather II
nicholas cage-leaving las vegas
Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking

mary_darko
1)EDWARD NORTON IN PRIMAL FEAR
2)ISABELLE ADJANI IN CAMILLE CLAUDEL
3)ISABELLE HUPERT IN LA CEREMONIE
4)PETER SELLERS IN HOFFMAN
5)BETTE DAVIS IN ALL ABOUT EVE
6)AL PACINO IN SCARFACE
7)KATE HUDSON IN ALMOST FAMOUS
8)SAM ROCWELL IN CONFESIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND
9)IAN MC KELLEN IN GODS AND MONSTERS
10)BJORK IN DANCER IN THE DARK

Myth
I just saw Mystic River tonight and Sean Penn does an excellent job in it. Which reminded me of his role in I Am Sam. I loved that movie even though nothing exciting really happens in it which is rare for me.

hitmanyr2k
lol...Hamilton was good but not "great". Sigourney was definitely the best of Cameron's heroines because she was the main character and actually had to carry the majority of the movie and pulled it off. In T2 Hamilton didn't really have to carry the movie much with Schwarznegger in the picture.

badkittykitty
ohh what a great question! I'll think it over at work and get back to this later,wow!

Cinemaddiction
Theres a ton of performances that have been overlooked, and while they may not be the best, they deserve recognition..

Hayden Christensen - Life as a House
Brad Pitt - 12 Monkeys
Edward Norton - American History X
Tom Hanks - Cast Away
Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men
Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
Temuera Morrison - Once Were Warriors
Ralph Fiennes - Red Dragon
Johnny Depp - Ed Wood
Martin Landau - Ed Wood

johnny_rotten
Agreed, these 2 were excellent performances.

Linda hamilton in terminator...geeeeeeees. She over-acted so badly it was embarrasing.!!!!!!!!

andyF1
jaws/roy schnieder
raides of the lost ark/harrison ford
close encounters/r dreyfuss
alien/sig weaver
shawshank redemption/tim robbins
usual suspects/kevin spacey
good the bad and the ugly clint eastwood
police story/jackie chan
the green mile /tom hanks
the elephant man/john hurt

black_mamba01
HOW COME NOONE HAS SAID UMA THURMAN IN KILL BILL

Myth
Because its not one of the top 10 performances ever. Kill Bill is great and Uma does very well in it but top 10 ever? I'll have to pass.

Fire
let's see

in no random order:

Jack Nicholson in "A Few Good Men"
Al Pacino in "The Insider"
Russell Crowe in "The Insider"
Robin Williams in "Dead Poets Society"
Denzel Washington in "The Bone Collector"
Jack Nicholson in "As good as it gets"
Gene Hackman in "Crimson Tide"
Gene Hackman in "The Firm"
Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie"
Alan Alda in "M*A*S*H"

hobbit_lover
Sean Astin - Lord of the rings: The Return of the King

Elijah Wood - Lord of the rings

Russell Crowe - Gladiator

Sean Astin - Rudy

Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean and Benny and Joon

i think of anymore

sentinelrv
# 1 acting performance ever
Jake Lloyd
Star Wars - Episode I - The Phantom Menace




Ha!!!!!!

shadow link
Russel crowe - a beautiful mind

russel crowe - galdiator

ian mackellen - fotk, rotk (not as much screen time in tt)

sean astin - rotk

guy who played theoden - rotk

elijah wood - all 3 lotr movies

andie serkis - all three movies

i cant put lead females coz i havnt seen many movies like that remind me of some, there all like horror and stuff that tastless

Samas-adian
No order.

Bruce Willis- Die Hard's and Sixth Sense
Sam Jackson - Pulp Fiction
Sig Weaver - Alien Quad
Walken - (monologues he has are the best ex. True Romance, Pulpfiction, Poolhall Junkies)
Rober Di Nero - anything he is in...especially Deer Hunter, Godfather 2 and A Bronx Tale
Al Pacino - Godfather
Mel Gibson - We Were Soldiers
Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan
Brad Pitt - Snatch...hell anything by him
Jennifer Connely - Dark City, Requim

And Johnny Knoxville - Jackass (only because he is soo funny, and his laugh)

Punker69
1.J.Lo-Gigli
2.Ben Affleck-Gigli
3.Little Boy-Good Boy
4.Adam Sandler-50 first dates
5.Jason Biggs-American Pie
6.Tome Green-Road Trip
7.Lindsy Lolhan-Freaky Friday
8.Keano Reeves-The Matrix Revolutions
9.Robert Englund-Freddy vs Jason
10.Cuba Gooding Jr.-Radio

hobbit_lover
r u kidding??? blink

botankus
Jodie Foster in The Accused.
Actually, Jodie Foster in anything.

Cinemaddiction
This is a joke, right?

BackFire
Elen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream.

Punker69
no joke

Kes
thumb up

Wicker> Hard to believe Tim Robbins didnt win an Oscar for that!

Lord_Andres
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky
Sylvester Stallone - Rambo
Sylvester Stallone - Over The Top
Sylvester Stallone - Victory
Clint Eastwood - The Good The Bad And The Ugly
Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood - For A Few Dollars More
Robert Shaw - Jaws
Mel Gibson - BraveHeart

Lord_Andres
Jack Nicholson - One Who Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Jack Nicholson - Batman

Stormy Day
Not in order

1.Sean Penn-I am Sam
2.Haley Joel Osment-The Sixth Sense
3.Joe Pesci-GoodFellas
4.Jim Caviezal-The Passion of the Christ
5.Johny Depp-Pirates of the Carribean
6.Viggo Morteson-Lotr:all
7.Tim Robins-The Shawshank redeption
8.Al Pacino-Scarface

benf

Darth Revan
in no particular order:

Dustin Hoffman--Rainman
Russel Crowe--A Beautiful Mind
Charlize Theron--Monster
Christopher Lee--Fellowship and Two Towers
Sean Astin--LOTR Trilogy
"The Emperor" (whose name escapes me--SW original trilogy
Johnny Depp--Edward Scissorhands
Gregory Peck--To Kill a Mockingbird

Stormy Day
Final two

Sean Austin-LOTR series
Russel Crowe-A Beatiful Mind

Text-only Version: Click HERE to see this thread with all of the graphics, features, and links.