Your Favorite Film Performances!- Page 2

[pianoman215]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 4:53pm

Hands down, Judy Garland in A Star Is Born. The best performance I've ever seen.

[Plum]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 4:55pm

Peter Sarsgaard - Shattered Glass
John C. Reilly - Chicago
Chris Cooper - Adaptation
Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, James Cromwell & Guy Pearce - L.A. Confidential

I'd think of more but I need to get to dinner. :)
Updated On: 2/20/06 at 04:55 PM

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 5:14pm

popcultureboy,

Nope. But it IS the only movie I have been compelled to watch 29 times. I wasn't really saying those were the only amazing performances, but I felt those were the ones I would be very upset if they did't make the list. I trust everyone else to fill in most of the others.

Akiva

[Dre2387]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 5:16pm

Bette Midler in Beaches

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 6:01pm

Of all time: Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Runner ups:

Ian McKellen in LOTR
Scarlett Johansen (?) in Lost in Translation
Jake Gylenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

[luvliza89]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 6:11pm

Judy Garland A STAR IS BORN
Barbra Streisand FUNNY GIRL
Joan Croawford MILDRED PIERCE
Bette Davis and Anne Baxter ALL ABOUT EVE

I'm sure more will come to me. But those are some of the greats in my eyes.

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 6:23pm

James Stewart in "Rear Window" and Gregory Peck in "To Kill a Mockingbird". The only times in my life I've been inspired to write a fan letter.

[broadway86]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 10:10pm

A couple of my favorites. I'll post more as I think of them...

Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People
Anne Bancroft, The Graduate
Spencer Tracey, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie
Anthony Perkins, Psycho
Bette Davis, Now, Voyager
Bette Davis, All About Eve
Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry
Montgomery Clift, A Place in the Sun
Montgomery Clift, Judgment at Nuremberg
Sean Penn, The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice
Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind
James Stewart, Harvey
Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest
Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Hopkins, The Remains of the Day
Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca
Frances McDormand, Fargo
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite
Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny
Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
Matt Damon, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey into Night
James Stewart, It's a Wonderful Life
Thelma Ritter, Rear Window
Mia Farrow, Rosemary's Baby
Olivia deHavilland, The Snake Pit
Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves
Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment
Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment
Jean Hagen, Singin' in the Rain
Richard Dreyfuss, Mr. Holland's Opus
Nicole Kidman, The Others & To Die For
Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet Updated On: 2/20/06 at 10:10 PM

[Overthemoon6]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 10:13pm

Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 10:14pm

Cary Grant as Roger Thornhille - North by Northwest
Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates - Psycho
Jack Nicholson - The Joker - Batman
Spencer Tracy - Henry Drummond - Inherit The Wind
Spencer Tracy - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

[Plum]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 10:25pm

Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Maggie Cheung - In the Mood For Love

[suddenlyseymour]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 10:28pm

Johnny Depp - Ed Wood
James Dean - Rebel Without A Cause

[justme2]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 10:28pm

I'll base my picks on the actor or actress completely transforming a film by their performance. Not just being in a film, but living the character in the film so well that I can't picture anyone else in the role.

Vintage Performances:

Barbara Stanwyck in Baby Face
Katherine Hepburn in Alice Adams
Henry Fonda in Grapes of Wrath
Joan Crawford in Possessed (1931 film, not the 40's one)
Lon Chaney Jr in Of Mice and Men
Gary Cooper in Meet John Doe
James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy
Irene Dunn in The Awful truth
Carole Lombard in Twentieth Century
Vivien Leigh in WaterLoo Bridge
Bette Davis in Now Voyager
Walter Huston in Dodsworth
Ruth Chatterton in Female
Lionel Barrymore in On Borrowed Time
Lon Chaney in The Unknown
Tallulah Bankhead in Faithless
Joan Blondell in Blondie Johnson

Newer Performances:
Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter
Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird
Elizabeth Taylor in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Sidney Poitier in Patch of Blue
Annette Bening in Being Julia
Rod Steiger in The Pawn Broker
Martin Sheen in The Incident
Matthew Broderick in Brighton Beach Memoirs
Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun
Warren Beatty in Bugsy
Kathleen Turner in War of the Roses

I know I'll kick myself later for leaving out some of my favorites on this list!

[Plum]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 10:34pm

Those are newer? I feel like a baby. :)

[LaVieHilary]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 10:36pm

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry Mcguire
Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game
Jerry Orbach (voice) in Beauty and the Beast
Francis Mccdormand in Fargo

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 10:36pm

Boris Karloff - Frankenstein
Boris Karloff - The Black Cat
Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail
Vincent Price - Theater of Blood
Jeff Goldblum - The Fly

[justme2]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 10:58pm

Damn!

Forgot Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 11:36pm

I HATE MOVIES!!!!!!!!!

[Fizz]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 11:44pm

Roberto Benigni in "Life Is Beautiful" ("La Vita è bella")

Franka Potente in "Run, Lola, Run" ("Lola rennt")

Jim Carrey in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

Kate Winslet in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

Dallas Roberts in "A Home At The End Of The World"

Emma Thompson in "Wit"

Ellen DeGeneres in "Finding Nemo" XD

Anthony Hopkins in "Silence of the Lambs"

Bette Midler in "Beaches"

Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain"

[justme2]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 11:47pm

Damn! I forgot Cary Grant in Penny Serenade.

[Overthemoon6]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 11:48pm

Nicole Kidman/Ewan MacGregor in Moulin Rouge
Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mocking Bird
Kate Winslet in Titanic
Catherine Zeta Jones in Chicago
Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby

Updated On: 2/21/06 at 11:48 PM

[Plum]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:00am

Maria Bello - A History of Violence

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:06am

Here are just a few, off the top of my head:

Russel Crowe, CINDERELLA MAN
Renee Zellweger, CINDERELLA MAN
Mat Dillon, CRASH
Sandra Bullock, CRASH
Rachel Weisz, THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Eric Bana, MUNICH
Gwynyth Paltrow, PROOF
Natalie Portman, GARDEN STATE
Hillary Swank, MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Sean Penn, MYSTIC RIVER
Tim Robbins, MYSTIC RIVER
Dustin Hoffman, THE GRADUATE
Anne Bancroft, THE GRADUATE
Judy Dench, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Joseph Fiennes, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Liam Neeson, SCHINDLER'S LIST
Ralph Fiennes, SCHINDLER'S LIST
Adrien Brody, THE PIANIST
Annette Bening, AMERICAN BEAUTY
Kevin Spacey, AMERICAN BEAUTY
Imelda Staunton, VERA DRAKE
Jennifer Connelly, A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Nicole Kidman, THE HOURS
Julianne Moore, THE HOURS
Meryl Streep, THE HOURS
Meryl Streep, ADAPTATION
Meryl Streep, SOPHIE'S CHOICE
Marissa Tomei, IN THE BEDROOM
Tom Wilkinson, IN THE BEDROOM
Sissey Spacek, IN THE BEDROOM
Daniel Day-Lewis, GANGS OF NEW YORK
Leonardo DiCaprio, GANGS OF NEW YORK
Kate Hudson, ALMOST FAMOUS
Johnny Depp, FINDING NEVERLAND
Freddie Highmore, FINDING NEVERLAND
Jim Carrey, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Kate Winslet, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Juliette Binoche, CHOCOLAT
Judy Dench, CHOCOLAT
Bill Murray, LOST IN TRANSLATION
Leonardo DiCaprio, THE AVIATOR
Charlize Theron, MONSTER
Christina Ricci, MONSTER
Diane Keaton, SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE
Jack Nicholson, SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE
Jennifer Connelly, HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
Ron Eldard, HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
Ben Kingsley, HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
Shohreh Aghdashloo, HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
Marcia Gay Harden, MYSTIC RIVER
Jennifer Connelly, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Ellen Burstyn, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Jared Leto, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Frances McDormand, FARGO
Jude Law, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
Hillary Swank, BOYS DON'T CRY
Chloe Sevigny, BOYS DON'T CRY
Eva Green, THE DREAMERS
Louis Garrel, THE DREAMERS
Michael Pitt, THE DREAMERS
Julie Delpy, BEFORE SUNSET
Colin Farrell, A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Robin Wright Penn, A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Julia Roberts, MONA LISA SMILE
Jack Nicholson, AS GOOD AS IT GETS
Helen Hunt, AS GOOD AS IT GETS
James Van Der Beek, THE RULES OF ATTRACTION
Salma Hayek, FRIDA
Sally Field, NORMA RAE
Sally Field, STEEL MAGNOLIAS
Alec Baldwin, THE COOLER
Keiran Culkan, IGBY GOES DOWN
Natalie Wood, WEST SIDE STORY
Rita Moreno, WEST SIDE STORY
Liza Minnelli, CABARET
Bjork, DANCER IN THE DARK
Judy Garland, THE WIZARD OF OZ
Audrey Hepburn, MY FAIR LADY
Rex Harrison, MY FAIR LADY
Julie Andrews, THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Treat Williams, HAIR
Shirley MacLaine, SWEET CHARITY
Catherine Zeta-Jones, CHICAGO
Barbra Streisand, FUNNY GIRL
Barbra Streisand, HELLO, DOLLY!
Ron Moody, OLIVER!
Madonna, EVITA
Richard Burton, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Liz Taylor, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Clive Owen, CLOSER
Julia Roberts, CLOSER
Jude Law, CLOSER
Natalie Portman, CLOSER
Clive Owen, BENT
Roberto Begnini, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
Bruno Ganz, DOWNFALL
Marco Hofschneider, EUROPA EUROPA
Gael Garcia Bernal, Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
Gael Garcia Bernal, BAD EDUCATION
Gael Garcia Bernal, THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
Audrey Hepburn, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
George Peppard, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
Audrey Hepburn, ROMAN HOLIDAY
Gregory Peck, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Mary Badham, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Robert DeNiro, RAGING BULL
Joe Pesci, RAGING BULL
Oprah Winfey, THE COLOR PURPLE
Whoopi Goldberg, THE COLOR PURPLE
Betty Davis, ALL ABOUT EVE


i'm leaving off hundreds...


and last - but certainly not least - the best performance in the history of film:

Faye Dunaway, MOMMIE DEAREST

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:19am

I gotta say, for a movie that I thought incredibly boring and a waste of Catherine Zeta-Jones' beautiful face, (since that's basically all she was there for it seemed) Tom Hanks' performance in THE TERMINAL hit me deep. I can't explain why. It was just...so naturally innocent, much like his role in FORREST GUMP.


Still though, my choices go as before.

[Overthemoon6]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:37am

Wow Munk.

That's a lot.