top 10 best performances ever.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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Johnny Depp - Ed Wood
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Agreed, these 2 were excellent performances.

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

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

HOW COME NOONE HAS SAID UMA THURMAN IN KILL BILL

Originally posted by black_mamba01
HOW COME NOONE HAS SAID UMA THURMAN IN KILL BILL

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.

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"

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

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

Ha!!!!!!

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

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)

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

r u kidding??? 😑

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

Originally posted by 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

This is a joke, right?

Elen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream.