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Name the 5 Best Acting Performances you've ever seen......

posted 2 days ago by jacotodd47 (2189)
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It could be male or female.

As Tina Turner would say....

"Simply the Best"

I'll go with, in no particular order......

Daniel Day Lewis - "My Left Foot"

Bruno Ganz - "Downfall"

Denzel Washington - "TRaining Day"

Robert De Niro - "Taxi Driver"

I don't have a #5 sticking out. I'll lay out some other faves, some supporting....

Anthony Hopkins: "THe Elephant Man"

Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Master"

Glenn CLose - "Fatal Attraction"

Meryl Streep - "Kramer vs Kramer"

RObet Duvall - "The APostle"

Al Pacino - "The Godfather Part 2"

Best miniseries performance....

Michael Keaton - "Dopesick"

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[–] fourlemons (2843) 2 days ago

I've got two that come to mind right off hand.

Geraldine Page was fantastic in The Trip to Bountiful.

I first wanted to say Jack Nicholson in The Shining but sometimes I wonder how much of that was acting and how much was just Jack Nicholson being naturally crazy.

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[–] jacotodd47 (2189) 2 days ago

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, Kubrick drove both Jack and SHelley crazy doing that film. He did 127 takes of the stairwell scene.

That would make anyone crazy, even Jack Nicholson.

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[–] fourlemons (2843) 2 days ago

I'll keep thinking on it until I hopefully get 5. I'll go ahead and add Kathy Bates in Misery. She was great in that.

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[–] jacotodd47 (2189) 2 days ago

Thanks, I appreciate that.

Yeah, I came up with 4 that stuck out - then spitballed from there.

You are right on about Kathy, she's up there too. Terrific pick.

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[–] fourlemons (2843) 2 days ago

I'm having trouble coming up with a list of 5 because I watch so many more TV shows than movies but Anthony Hopkins was amazing of course in Silence of the Lambs and we just watched Psycho and I thought Anthony Perkins was eerily excellent.

Of course I guess you didn't say movies specifically but that's what I had in my head.

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[–] jacotodd47 (2189) 2 days ago

It could be anything, movies, tv, even theater.

Any acting performance you've seen that really stuck out to you.

The two you named were both outstanding, thank you.

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[–] fourlemons (2843) 2 days ago

For TV I could list so many but since I've already given several entries so far I'll just say Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad and Linda Cardellini from Freaks and Geeks (although the whole casts of both of those shows are amazing). Jeremy Strong especially from Succession, although that whole cast is amazing, too.

Most recently Steven Yeun and Ali Wong in Beef. The ending of that show made me cry harder than any show or movie ever has.

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[–] jacotodd47 (2189) 2 days ago

Hahhahaha

fourlemons is cooking today!

I appreciate all the responses.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4439) 2 days ago

Here are 5 random picks from the top of my head:

1. Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood

2. Denzel Washington - Training Day

3. Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

4. Matt Damon - The Talented Mr Ripley

5. Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive

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[–] jacotodd47 (2189) 2 days ago

All fantastic - thanks for the response.

I'm glad you mentioned Denzel.

He was outstanding in that movie.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (4439) 2 days ago

I'll just find myself watching clips of that movie on Youtube sometimes. He's just so damn good in general but Alonzo Harris is one of Cinemas's greatest characters imo.

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[–] jacotodd47 (2189) 2 days ago

Yes exactly. What Denzel does with Alonzo is incredible.

Because you really don't know what he's about.

Is he sincerely doing what is in the best interests of his young trainee?

Or is he just using him for his own selfish interests?

Then of course the "I'M KING KONG" scene.

OUtstanding.

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[–] overseas7 (4900) 2 days ago

Michael Douglas- Falling Down
Dustin Hoffman- Toosie
Ulrich Mühe- Das Leben der Anderen (the lives of others)

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[–] jacotodd47 (2189) 2 days ago

Wow, that's out of the box.

Great call on Douglas - I forgot about that one (I had "Wall Street" rolling around in my head, he actually probably was better in your pick).

Haven't seen the last one.

Thanks for the reply.

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[–] PersistentViewer (2532) 2 days ago

I'll mention 3:

1. Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Batman (1989)

2. Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith in The Matrix Trilogy (1999-2003)

3. Vincent Price in The Last Man on Earth (1964)

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[–] jacotodd47 (2189) 2 days ago

Great picks, thank you.

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[–] PersistentViewer (2532) 2 days ago

Anytime.

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