100 Top Performances

[lildogs]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:02am

Oscarwatch recently compiled a list of the allegedly best 100 film performances....though I'm sure Margo will be pleased with the #1 choice....

I find it VERY hard to believe that Vivien didn't make the list!
Top 100

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:11am

Wow. I'm proud to see John Cameron Mitchell is on the list.
I've only seen the bottom two, but Gregory Peck better be there for To Kill a Mockingbird.

eta: Gregory Peck is number 74. Updated On: 8/6/06 at 07:11 AM

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:22am

lildog, what's number 1?

HAHA. I can't remember. I know it's Bette Davis, but I can't remember the movie.

Help me out.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:57am

I have to say that I'm always a little skeptical of these things because they tend to skew towards more recent performances (really? Heath Ledger at number 50?).
Still, I was quite happy to see that one of my favorite film performances of the last 10 years, Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven) was recognized in the top 10.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 11:36am

These lists have no more validity, than if we did our own list, right here. And, how seriously can you take any list that includes Faye Dunaway's horrendous turn as Joan Crawford?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 11:40am

any poll that rates Montgomery Clift #96 for his performance in Judgement in Nuremburg is not worth crap....he was magnificent!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 12:45pm

That is a bummer Elphaba. 96 th? Can they spare it .

Posted: 8/6/06 at 12:59pm

Pacino at 53?!

[DBillyP]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 1:08pm

Julianne deserved the Oscar for Far from Heaven!

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 2:08pm

Judy should have been #1.

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 2:41pm

All of them are outstanding performances, but the whole list seems to be out of order (Gregory Peck at 71?!?!).

I wonder why Faye Dunaway was put up there for Mommie Dearest, instead of Chinatown or Network.

Julianne deserved the Oscar for Far from Heaven!

Yes, she did. :)

[StageManager2]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 5:56pm

I think it was OW Forum's 100 FAVORITE performances, not BEST performances, and that should answer all your questions.

[I<3bway]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 6:02pm

Did I miss Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca?

[keatonbynumbers]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 6:05pm

But... Judy is at 79. And Peck is at 74. And these are not single-digit numbers. That confuses me.

ETA that I couldn't agree more with #1, and that the top ten (for the most part) is pretty good! Updated On: 8/6/06 at 06:05 PM

[jasonf]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 7:07pm

Bogey in Casablanca is 94...

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 10:25pm

I love how they don't tell you who the number one choice is, or what movie it's for. All they have is a portrait!

[admanrich]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 11:29pm

I was very surprised at how some performances were WAY up there which I personally didn't think were as noteworthy

[StageManager2]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 11:52pm

bwaylvsong, I think it's supposed to be self-explanatory. I assumed it was Bette Davis in ALL ABOUT EVE.

Again, that list was not about BEST performances, but rather FAVORITE performances.

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 11:52pm

I love that Uma Thurman is on there for Kill Bill.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:00am

Thanks, StageManager2. That makes sense! =)

[admanrich]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:18am

Haha and Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean.
Although, he was nominated for an Oscar for it.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:27am

TheQuibbler, you changed your avatar. I was really fond of the one with the sword and helmet.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:29am

Judy at 79 for A STAR IS BORN!? WTF?

This list sucks.

[jasonf]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:33am

Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda should definitely be on that list.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 1:57am

Great list and I'm happily surprised at some of the selections which are also favorites of mine -- especially #1