Favorite Acting Performance

[Decalion]

My personal favorite would be Gary Oldman's pimp in True Romance. Unlike his role in Leon, whose excesses I thought worked against the movie, I think this is just brilliant (Parental Advisory: explicit content).





What are your favorites?

 

[Crying Diamonds]

Hmmm, I'd say Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Wilkes in Gone With The Wind was incredible (though the entire cast are marvellous), also the cast of Hitchcock's Rebecca.

 

[Scott]

tilda swinton in "orlando" & "caravaggio",charlotte rampling and dirk bogarde in "the night porter",mia farrow in "rosemary's baby",jessica harper and stefania casini in "suspiria",johnny depp in "edward scissorhands",the cast of "blade runner",ewan mcgregor in "the pillow book",anna karina in "alphaville",jake gyllenhaal in "donnie darko",catherine deneuve in "repulsion" and "belle de jour",björk in "dancer in the dark",sheryl lee & moira kelly in "twin peaks:fire walk with me",the casts of "blue velvet" & "lost highway",jodie foster in "silence of the lambs",jane fonda in "they shoot horses don't they?",simone signoret in "diabolique"

 

[japoelflaco]

Julianne Moore in Hannibal B)

 

[Decalion]

tilda swinton in "orlando" & "caravaggio",charlotte rampling and dirk bogarde in "the night porter",mia farrow in "rosemary's baby",jessica harper and stefania casini in "suspiria",johnny depp in "edward scissorhands",the cast of "blade runner",ewan mcgregor in "the pillow book",anna karina in "alphaville",jake gyllenhaal in "donnie darko",catherine deneuve in "repulsion" and "belle de jour",björk in "dancer in the dark",sheryl lee & moira kelly in "twin peaks:fire walk with me",the casts of "blue velvet" & "lost highway",jodie foster in "silence of the lambs",jane fonda in "they shoot horses don't they?",simone signoret in "diabolique"

Another favorite. I wonder why she wasn't nominated that year.

 

[Scott]

^because she was part of a year that generated so much hype for mainstream films....julia roberts in erin brokovich....crouching tiger...and chocolat was so huge that year. not to mention almost famous and that dreadful billy elliot. not even catherine deneuve was nominated for a supporting actress award.

 

[Kenysha75]

Daniel Day Lewis There Will Be Blood
Tahar Rahim Un Prophete

 

[Escale Cherie II]

Ya gotta love Jack Sparrow

 

[originalzzb]

I still think David Thewlis' performance as the misogynistic, debauched rambling street philosopher in Mike Leigh's Naked is one of the most amazing performances I've witnessed

 

[miast]

Anything Tom Hanks has ever done.

 

[TheGlassAngel]

Gary Oldman in The Professional.

Actually, Gary Oldman in everything. The man is a true chameleon.

 

[xerq]

Gary Oldman in everything sounds about right. he's incredible.
Judy Davis in Impromptu.
Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
Sam Rockwell in The Green Mile
Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
Johnny Depp in Once upon time in mexico
Denzel Washington in everything!

 

[tullepen]

Katharine Hpeburn in Little Women !
Jean Seberg in Bonjour Tristesse
Ingrid Bergman in Indiscreet
Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby
Sidney Poitier in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago
as you can see, I love OLD SCHOOL!!!!!