Your All-Time Favorite Performances

I forgot one Sam Rockwell in Moon !

I forgot a whole bunch.

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More great performances...

Christopher Reeve- Superman
Arnold Schwarzenegger- True Lies
Jamie Lee Curtis- True Lies
Tom Arnold- True Lies
Ralph Fiennes- Schindler's List
Al Pacino- Scarface
Robert De Niro- Raging Bull
Annette Bening- American Beauty & The Kids Are Alright
Sigourney Weaver- Aliens
Helena Bonham Carter- Fight Club
Kirk Douglas- Paths Of Glory

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"George, this is a little too much for me. Escaped convicts, fugitive sex... I've got a cockfight to focus on."

Helena Bonham may have been overshadowed a bit by Pitt and Norton but she really was cool in Fight Club.

heath ledger- dark knight
leo- gilbert grape
cyril cusack [various- i just liked him]
ian mckellen- gods & monsters

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slowly i turned... step by step

Pitt was beyond brilliant in Fight Club, but I thought Helena was just as good as he was. But then, I thought every performance in that film was great.

More greats...

Peter Ustinov- Spartacus
Justin Timberlake- The Social Network
Malcolm McDowell- A Clockwork Orange
Tom Cruise- Rain Man
Tom Cruise- Collateral
Tom Cruise- Magnolia
Donatas Banionis- Solaris
Takeshi Shimura- Seven Samurai
Roberto Begnini- Life Is Beautiful
Tom Hanks- Forrest Gump
Steve Buscemi- Fargo
Bruce Willis- Pulp Fiction
Liam Neeson- Schindler's List
Elias Koteas- The Thin Red Line
Christian Bale- Batman Begins
John Glover- Smallville (I know it's a show, but he's a strong presence, in my opinion)

Definitely agree with all these. However I'd also include Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver.

The best male and female acting performance I've ever seen is Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.First two times I watched this movie to understand it,now I only watch it for acting.It's incredible.
also I liked:
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Al Pacino (Dog Day Afternoon,Scarface)
Robert De Niro (Raging Bull,Taxi Driver,Godfather Part II)
Christopher Walken(The Deer Hunter)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Brad Pitt(Burn After Reading)
Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)
Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction)
Joe Pesci (Goodfellas,Casino)
Natalie Portman(Black Swan,Leon)
Vivien Leigh (Gone With The Wind)
Brittany Murphy (Spun)

Big Bird - Follow That Bird.

Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds


Alan Rickman - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part II (He surprised the crap out of me)

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Oxfords not brogues.

I've only seen it once and I was totally underwhelmed by the whole film, however, this could be the most overrated and, possibly, the most over rewarded role in cinema. Finally, Hopkins' Lector has competition.

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5-time MoFo Award winner.

My one has to be Tom Hanks in cast away. He was brilliant in that

Robin Williams in One Hour Photo was quite a surprise.
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight was too. Everything else he's been in was pretty mediocre.
Mel Gibson in Ransom was good.
Keifer Sutherland in The Lost Boys. Barely on screen but he's the character most people remember.
Bill Nighy as Davy Jones.
John Goodman in Arachnophobia is incredibly funny.

My favourite performer though... Dan Ackroyd. Everything he's in, he's at his best. Top actor.

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James Cagney in White Heat.
Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets.
Montgomery Clift in Red River.
Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon.
Marlon Brando in On The Waterfront.
Peter Finch in Network.
De Niro in Raging Bull.
Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces.
Jackie Chan in Project A.
Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality.
Clint Eastwood in A Perfect World/Unforgiven.

And actresses....

Natalie Portman in Black Swan.
Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence.
Jane Fonda in Klute.
Isabelle Adjani in Possession.

The list goes on.

Nice choice, she is incredible in Klute.

Far too many to mention right now.

Whatd you think of Costner in A Perfect World?

Brad Dourif as Billy Bibbit



Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched



Sam Rockwell as Wild Bill



Doug Hutchison as Percy Wetmore

I hated her, the mean *****!