OscarWatch's 100 Favorite Performances

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 9:44pm

1. Bette Davis, ALL ABOUT EVE
2. Robert DeNiro, RAGING BULL
3. Meryl Streep, SOPHIE'S CHOICE
4. Anthony Hopkins, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
5. Diane Keaton, ANNIE HALL
6. James Stewart, VERTIGO
7. Robert DeNiro, TAXI DRIVER
8. Jack Lemmon, SOME LIKE IT HOT
9. Peter Sellers, DR. STRANGELOVE
10. Julianne Moore, FAR FROM HEAVEN
11. Maria Falconetti, LE PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC
12. Katharine Hepburn, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
13. Gloria Swanson, SUNSET BOULEVARD
14. Marlon Brando, THE GODFATHER
15. Audrey Hepburn, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
16. Naomi Watts, MULHOLLAND DRIVE
17. Gena Rowlands, A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
18. Giulietta Masina, LE NOTTI DI CABIRIA
19. Anthony Perkins, PSYCHO
20. Sigourney Weaver, ALIEN
21. Anthony Hopkins, REMAINS OF THE DAY
22. Holly Hunter, THE PIANO
23. Victor Sjostrom, WILD STRAWBERRIES
24. Dustin Hoffman, TOOTSIE
25. Cary Grant, BRINGING UP BABY
26. F. Murray Abraham, AMADEUS
27. Liza Minnelli, CABARET
28. Ellen Burstyn, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
29. Maggie Cheung, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
30. Al Pacino, DOG DAY AFTERNOON
31. Liv Ullman, FACE TO FACE
32. Marcello Mastroianni, 8 1/2
33. Emily Watson, BREAKING THE WAVES
34. Malcolm MacDowell, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
35. Isabelle Adjani, L'HISTOIRE D'ADELE H.
41. Peter Lorre, M
42. Katharine Hepburn, BRINGING UP BABY
43. Dennis Hopper, BLUE VELVET
44. Meryl Streep, BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
45. Ingrid Bergman, NOTORIOUS
46. Peter O'Toole, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
47. River Phoenix, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
48. Whoopi Goldberg, THE COLOR PURPLE
49. Ralph Fiennes, SCHINDLER'S LIST
50. Heath Ledger, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
51. Richard Burton, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
52. Bibi Anderson, PERSONA
53. Al Pacino, THE GODFATHER
54. Judith Anderson, REBECCA
55. Katherine Hepburn, THE LION IN WINTER
56. James Dean, EAST OF EDEN
57. Anne Bancroft, THE GRADUATE
58. Marlon Brando, ON THE WATERFRONT
59. Faye Dunaway, MOMMIE DEAREST
60. Ian McKellen, THE LORD OF THE RINGS
61. Barbara Stanwyck, DOUBLE INDEMNITY
62. Jack Nicolson, THE SHINING
63. Jodie Foster, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
64. Edward Norton, AMERICAN HISTORY X
65. Kate Winslet, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
66. Isabella Huppert, LA PIANISTE
67. Brenda Blethyn, SECRETS & LIES
68. Boris Karloff, FRANKENSTEIN
69. Angela Lansbury, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
70. Catherine Deneuve, BELLE DE JOUR
71. Ian McKellan, GODS & MONSTERS
72. Max Shreck, NOSFERATU - EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS
73. Bjork, DANCER IN THE DARK
74. Gregory Peck, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
75. Toshiro Mifune, RASHOMON
76. Timothy Hutton, ORDINARY PEOPLE
77. Johnny Depp, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
78. Charlie Chaplin, MODERN TIMES
79. Judy Garland, A STAR IS BORN
80. Dianne Wiest, HANNAH & HER SISTERS
81. Tony Leung, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
82. Nicole Kidman, DOGVILLE
83. Jean-Louis Barrault, LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS
84. Peter Finch, NETWORK
85. Cloris Leachman, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
86.Meryl Streep, ADAPTATION
87. Emma Thompson, SENSE & SENSIBILITY
88. Ruth Hussey, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
89. Tony Leung, HAPPY TOGETHER
90. Uma Thurman, KILL BILL
91. James Stewart, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
92. John Hurt, THE ELEPHANT MAN
93. Celia Johnson, BRIEF ENCOUNTER
94. Humphrey Bogart, CASABLANCA
95. Meiko Harada, RAN
96. Montgomery Clift, JUDGEMENT AT NURMBERG
97. Orson Welles, TOUCH OF EVIL
98. Juliette Binoche, TROIS COULEURS: BLEU
99. Sissy Spacek, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
100. John Cameron Mitchell, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 9:46pm

That's a pretty complete (and good) list, if I may say so

[StageManager2]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 9:48pm

Wasn't there a thread about this last month?

[pab]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 10:00pm

Yeah, about six weeks ago but it's not bad seeing it again.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 10:03pm

Oops...sorry guys.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 10:06pm

I'm not sure I can forgive you, sorry.

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 10:40pm

i'm not sure i can forgive oscar watch.



apologies aren't enough.

Updated On: 9/16/06 at 10:40 PM

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 10:46pm

another unforgivable ...

Updated On: 9/16/06 at 10:46 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 10:52pm

If Judy Garland's STAR IS BORN performance hadn't been on there, I would have drowned myself.

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 10:54pm

at least they had that much sense!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 10:59pm

[luvliza89]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 11:12pm

Rathnait62, I was scrolling the list looking for exactly that!

Though I think Barbra should be on there for FUNNY GIRL. Oh well.
Happy about John Cameron Mitchell though.

[boxers7]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 11:14pm

Why is Gregory Peck so far down?

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 11:18pm

i laughed out loud when i saw MOMMIE DEAREST. puhh-leeez.

[luvliza89]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 11:21pm

50. Heath Ledger, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

I didn't see this movie. Was he that good that he should come before such great performances as Judy Garland, Meryl Streep, and Gregory Peck turned out?

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 11:23pm

maybe the list is not meant to be ordered from best to least-best, even though it is numbered.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 11:47pm

That list is about "favorite" performances, not the "best" ones. There's a difference.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 9/16/06 at 11:48pm

Keep in mind that this isn't a ranking of BEST performances, but FAVORITE.

So although Dunaway was deplorably hilarious in MOMMIE DEAREST, she's definitely a favorite.

There are about 6 numbers missing from that list, as there was an error on the website.

Barbra belongs up there.

And I don't think Meryl STreep should be up there for Adaptation.

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 12:06am

who made this list? and how did they come up with it?

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 12:35am

????

Updated On: 9/17/06 at 12:35 AM

[StageManager2]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 12:49am

best12bars: That was an outstanding performance that now has become one of my favorites.

Updated On: 9/17/06 at 12:49 AM

[DG]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 1:17am

There'll be NO living with Margo around here now.

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 10:02am

totally agree with LIZ in WOOLF. as good as BURTON's performance was in that movie, it's considered "favorite" over LIZ?? i think not.

Updated On: 9/17/06 at 10:02 AM

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 1:12pm

It should be mentioned that there is no Cate Blanchett. Which is sort of unforgivable.