What Are Your All-Time Favorite Acting Performances In Movies And Television Shows?

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What are your all-time favorite acting performances in movies and television shows? Were there any performances that had a huge impact on you? What are also the best performances in your opinion? Could be from any time, from recent to old times. Let's discuss that!

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Demi Moore - Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle

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Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer was life changing

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Kyle MacLachlan - Twin Peaks

Laura Dern - Wild at Heart

Laura Dern - Inland Empire

Nicole Kidman - To Die For

Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream

 

and many more that will come to mind later!

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matthew mcconaughey in dallas buyers club is fucking fantastic. jared leto also, surprisingly.

 

also, the entirety of the cast in American Horror Story NYC did so well that that season has stuck with me, especially the last like 2-3 episodes

 

 

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15 minutes ago, DCooper said:

Kyle MacLachlan - Twin Peaks

Laura Dern - Wild at Heart

Laura Dern - Inland Empire

Nicole Kidman - To Die For

Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream

 

and many more that will come to mind later!

 

cant forget Kyle MacLachlan in Desperate Housewives too, since i've watched that I watch out for him in new stuff

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I'm not a movie connoisseur so I wouldn't really know, but I'm obsessed with the whole cast's performance in Get Out

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Isabelle Adjani in Possession 

Mia Goth in Pearl 

Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan in The Fall 

Lady Gaga in AHS

Toni Collette in Hereditary 

 

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Mark Buffalo as Ned Weeks in The Normal Heart

 

Julia Roberts as Dr. Emma Brookner in The Normal Heart 

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9 hours ago, Embach said:

What are your all-time favorite acting performances in movies and television shows? Were there any performances that had a huge impact on you? What are also the best performances in your opinion? Could be from any time, from recent to old times. Let's discuss that!

Great topic! 💛

 

This decade: Timothee Chalamet in the Complete Unknown, Cate Blanchett in TAR, Emma Stone in Poor Things. Mind-blown by all of these.

 

All-time male lead: Anthony Hopkins in The Father 💔 Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Capote, James Dean in East of Eden

 

All-time female lead: Charlize Theron in Monster, Nicole Kidman in The Hours, Viven Leigh in Gone with the Wind, Natalie Portman in Jackie, Francis McDormand in Fargo, Kathy Bates in Misery

 

All-time male supporting: Christopher Waltz in Inglorious Basterds, Jude Law in Talented Mr. Ripley, Joel Grey in Cabaret

 

All-time female supporting: Monique in Precious, Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost, Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights

Can watch these movies just for the performances. But Anthony Hopkins in The Father broke my heart the most. Was jumping from joy when he won. What an actor!

Favorite category: female lead, always excited for that one the most.

 

Haven't scrolled through the topic yet, can't wait to see your picks @Embach

 

 

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5 hours ago, DCooper said:

Kyle MacLachlan - Twin Peaks

Laura Dern - Wild at Heart

Laura Dern - Inland Empire

Nicole Kidman - To Die For

Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream

 

and many more that will come to mind later!

Nicole Kidman in To Die For is the SLAY of the 1990s. How the fuck did I forget that performance in my list. Had her in for The Hours. Could those two performances have been any more different? It's like a different actor all together

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Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Marlon Brando in The Godfather

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I think my all time favorite performance so far is Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds. His character was so evil and he also had this menacing charm which you can see in the opening scene, the way how he delivers his lines. He was like a villian from a comic book which had become alive, he was so convincing and intense in his role that I was actually a bit terrified watching this for the first time. This is something which in my opinion lacks in villians in superhero movies. Very charismatic but seriously sinister at the same time. Also, as someone who loved learning languages, those multi-language parts (I know he's an Austrian), especially that Italian part was so good. The ending was perfect as well, lol. Tarantino was genius for that, he blends comedy with action/thriller so well, especially with his scripts.

 

I was so happy to find out that he won Oscar and many other awards for this performance. He totally deserved them. I credit Inglorious Basterds in general for raising my interest in cinema few years ago. I had already loved movies but this one in particular made me interested in the art behind filmmaking and acting. Before that Pulp Fiction had already made me love films more, it has also some of my favorite performances. That's the magic of Quentin Tarantino, I guess. He always has the best cast in his films and the script is always execellent.