Top 10 acting performances of all time ( got any others? )
- Thread starter Mr. Met
- Start date
from the video
10 - Heath Ledger - Dark KNight
9 - Denzel - Training day
8 - Pacino - scent of a woman
7 - Daniel Day - There will be blood
6 - Jack - The Shining
5 - Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
4 - Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
3 - Anthony Hopkins - silence of the lambs
2 - Jack - One flew over the cuckoos nest
1 - DeNiro - Raging Bull
10 - Heath Ledger - Dark KNight
9 - Denzel - Training day
8 - Pacino - scent of a woman
7 - Daniel Day - There will be blood
6 - Jack - The Shining
5 - Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
4 - Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
3 - Anthony Hopkins - silence of the lambs
2 - Jack - One flew over the cuckoos nest
1 - DeNiro - Raging Bull
Last edited:
Chris rock as pookie
the sergeant from full metal jacket
the sergeant from full metal jacket
I got way more than 10.
I just based my list off "highly memorable / or iconic" performances.
And these are in no particular order...
I just based my list off "highly memorable / or iconic" performances.
And these are in no particular order...
- Denzel Washington / Glory + Malcolm X + Training Day
- Heath Ledger / The Dark Knight
- Robert DeNiro / Raging Bull + Untouchables + Heat + Cape Fear
- Al Pacino / Scarface + The Godfather 2 + Carlito's Way
- Angela Bassett / What’s Love Got to Do with It
- Daniel Day-Lewis / Gangs of New York + There Will Be Blood
- Ice Cube / Friday + Boyz In Da Hood
- Morgan Freeman / The Shawshank Redemption + Unforgiven + Seven
- Anthony Hopkins / Silence of the Lambs
- Tom Hanks / Castaway + Forrest Gump
- Jack Nicholson / The Shining + A Few Good Men
- Larenz Tate / Menace 2 Society
- Guy Pearce / Memento
- Tupac Shakur / Juice
- Charlise Theron / Monster
- Leonardo DiCaprio / Wolf of Wall Street + Catch Me If You Can
- Forest Whitaker / The Last King of Scotland
- Chris Tucker / Friday + Rush Hour
- Javier Bardem / No Country for Old Men
- Reese Witherspoon / Election
- Jamie Foxx / Ray
- Samuel L. Jackson / Pulp Fiction
- Joe Pesci / Goodfellas + Casino
- Daniel Kaluuya / Get Out
- Wesley Snipes / New Jack City + Blade + White Men Can't Jump
- Russell Crowe / Gladiator
- Cathy Bates / Misery
- Adolph Cesar / A Soldier's Story
- Hillary Swank / Million Dollar Baby
- Christopher Walken / King of New York
- Queen Latifah / Set It Off
- Mekhi Phifer / Paid In Full
- Eddie Murphy / Coming To America
- Brad Pitt / Fight Klub + Snatch
- Will Smith / I Am Legend + ALI + Pursuit of Happyness
- Pam Grier / Jackie Brown + Coffy
Last edited:
Don Johnson. Django Unchained
Heath ledger. Dark Knight
Tom Hardy Bane
Heath ledger. Dark Knight
Tom Hardy Bane
Denzel as Malcolm X
Don Cheadle as Mouse devil in a blue dress
Don Cheadle as Mouse devil in a blue dress
Last edited:
Other performances that I'd throw in are:
Anthony Hopkins - The Human Stain, The Two Popes
Jonathan Pryce - The Two Popes
Cynthia Erivo - Hard Times At The El Royale, The Outsiders
Eddie Murphy - Dolemite
James McAvoy - Glass, His Dark Materials
Sean Bean - Game of Thrones, The Frankenstein Chronicles
Mahershala Ali - True Detective, The Green Book
On my radar:
Ariyon Bakare - His Dark Materials, Carnival Row
Richie Campbell - The Frankenstein Chronicles (he's also appeared in Top Boy)
Anthony Hopkins - The Human Stain, The Two Popes
Jonathan Pryce - The Two Popes
Cynthia Erivo - Hard Times At The El Royale, The Outsiders
Eddie Murphy - Dolemite
James McAvoy - Glass, His Dark Materials
Sean Bean - Game of Thrones, The Frankenstein Chronicles
Mahershala Ali - True Detective, The Green Book
On my radar:
Ariyon Bakare - His Dark Materials, Carnival Row
Richie Campbell - The Frankenstein Chronicles (he's also appeared in Top Boy)
The cac that played Vernon schillinger in oz.. Every time I see his face I want to punch him dead in his mouth.. He will forever be a nazi in my eyes
Lol. J. Jonah (j.k. Simmons). Speaking of him, Whiplash.
Off the top and unmentioned so far
Edward Norton "primal fear"
Margot Robbie --" I tonya"
Tom Hardy "Bronson"
Michael Gambon and Helen mirren -in "the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover"
Edward Norton "primal fear"
Margot Robbie --" I tonya"
Tom Hardy "Bronson"
Michael Gambon and Helen mirren -in "the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover"
I think Daniel Day Lewis was slightly better in Lincoln than in There will be blood.
He was phenomenal in that movie.Laurence Fishburne playin Ike Turner, how in the fuck did he lose the oscar that year
Javier Bardem earned that Oscar in No country for Old Men. Dude was fuckin nuts but cool as shit at the same time.
Tom Hardy in The Revenant. Everybody watching that movie wanted to kill his ass.
Wow. You’re good. You’re good. I agree with all that especially including the ladies.
Kevin Costner in The Untouchables.
Similar threads
