Movies where one character completely steals the show

Just came into my head.

The most memorable for me being Erik/Magneto in X-Men: First Class – great performance, great storyline, brilliant set pieces, stunning theme music. I always think it's a shame it couldn't have been a standalone Origins film.

Another has to be the Joker in The Dark Knight, and I think it's fair to also say Bane in Rises.

River Phoenix in Stand by Me.

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to get some basic ones out of the way

The Joker in The Dark Knight, or usually any batman media.

Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men

The yellow barrels in Jaws.

Ellen Burstyns character in Requiem for a dream

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A criticism I agree with is that King Schultz often steals Django Unchained away from Django.

The first thing that popped into my head was Robert Downey Jr. in Home for the Holidays...best thing about the movie.

Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone (1993)

oh my god yes, christoph waltz in general dominates every scene hes in

That blonde girl in Almost Famous (2000) +

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That blonde girl is named Kate Hudson and the nameof her character was Penny Lane.

Wilson in Castaway

Yup, I know. I believe the beer was Heineken.

Sensible ones:

Joaquin Phoenix's in "The Master"
Joan Cusak's in "Arlington Road"
Laia Costa's in "Victoria"
J.K. Simmons' in "Whiplash"

But those are the protagonists of their respective movies. This topic is better suited to supporting roles.

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Yun-seok Kim in "The Chaser", he steals the show for him.
Near the end of the movie he has a scene in front a small shop, never in film history I have felt the
agony of the character with him. That was an strong scene.

Agreed

Really? You might want to watch this movie again.

I love him in that.

Why's that?

The Wicker Man from... 'The Wicker Man'. shining, burning performance from mr Wicker.