I'll start with Felicity Huffman in Transamerica

Wow, there are so many I could never list them all, but here are a few.

Bette Davis - Now Voyager

Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca

Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice

Al Pacino - Scarface and Glengarry, Glen Ross

Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump

Jack Lemmon - Some Like it Hot, Glengarry, Glen Ross, The Odd Couple

Brad Pitt - Legends of the Fall

Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking, 21 Grams

Denzel Washington - Training Day

Peter Sellers - The Party

Hillary Swank - Boys Don't Cry

Heath Leger - The Dark Knight

Whoopi Goldberg - The Colour Purple

Walter Matthau - Dennis the Menace

I know I've missed some, but there are just so many.

denzel washington;

MAN ON FIRE

TRAINING DAY

X

RICOCHET (fuck you)

PELLUM 123 (fuck you again)

i've not yet seen him in a bad part

and he killed it in GLORY!!!

KingBAD said:

denzel washington;

MAN ON FIRE

TRAINING DAY

X

RICOCHET (fuck you)

PELLUM 123 (fuck you again)

i've not yet seen him in a bad part

and he killed it in GLORY!!!

True - Denzel is always great in any movie. Love him!

Empress said:

KingBAD said:

denzel washington;

MAN ON FIRE

TRAINING DAY

X

RICOCHET (fuck you)

PELLUM 123 (fuck you again)

i've not yet seen him in a bad part

and he killed it in GLORY!!!

True - Denzel is always great in any movie. Love him!

i also liked leonardo de caprio in

ROMEO & JULIET

THE GANGS OF NEW YORK

i thought he was perfect for those...

I love topics like this!! Let's see right off the top of my head....

1. Al Pacino as Michael Corlone - "The Godfather" & "The Godfather Part II"

2. Marlon Brando as Stanley - "A Streetcar Named Desire"

3. Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone - "The Godfather"

4. Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone - "The Godfather Part II"

5. Denzel Washington as Malcolm X - "Malcolm X"

6. Don Cheadle as Mouse - "Devin in a Blue Dress"

7. Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa - All of the Rocky movies

8. Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale, Jr. - "Catch Me If You Can"

9. Dustin Hoffman as Raymond - "Rainman"

10. Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump - "Forrest Gump"

11. Christopher Walken as Bradford Whitewood, Jr. - "At Close Range"

12. Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg - "Valkyrie"

13. Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley - "Heat"

14. Joe Pesci as Tommy - "Goodfellas"

15. Billy Zane as Cal Hockley - "Titanic"

16. Johnny Depp as Sam - "Benny & Joon"

17. Giovanni Ribisi as Seth - "The Boiler Room"

18. Johnny Depp as Gilbert - "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"

19. Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash - "Walk the Line"

20. Brad Pitt as Louie - "Interview with the Vampire"

21. Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus - "Gladiator"

22. Angela Bassett as Beradine - "Waiting to Exhale"

23. Vanessa L. Williams as Ruby - "Dance With Me"

24. Robert De Niro as Ace Rothstein - "Casino"

25. Marlon Brando as Major Ace Gruver - "Sayonara"

KingBAD said:

26. John Travolta as Tony Manero - "Saturday Night Fever"

27. John Travolta as Danny - "Grease"

28. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill - "Goodfellas"

29. Jaime Foxx as Ray Charles - "Ray"

30. Mark Wahlberg as Dirk Diggler - "Boogienights"

31. Jack Nicholson as Jake - "Chinatown"

32. Matt Damon as Edward Wilson - "The Good Shepard"

33. Sean Penn as David Kleinfeld - "Carlito's Way"

34. Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle - "Dirty Dancing"

35. Samuel L. Jackson as Jules - "Pulp Fiction"

Many of my faves are listed, so...

Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in "The Doors" and Doc Holliday in "Tombstone".

Jackie Gleason as Sherriff Buford T Justice of Portague County, TX in "Smokey and the Bandit" (only the original; the sequels...not so much)

Matt McConnaughey (sp) as Wooderson in "Dazed and Confused".

Mr T as Clubber Lang in "Rocky III"

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Empress said:

Wow, there are so many I could never list them all, but here are a few.

Bette Davis - Now Voyager

Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca

Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice

Al Pacino - Scarface and Glengarry, Glen Ross

Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump

Jack Lemmon - Some Like it Hot, Glengarry, Glen Ross, The Odd Couple

Brad Pitt - Legends of the Fall

Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking, 21 Grams

Denzel Washington - Training Day

Peter Sellers - The Party

Hillary Swank - Boys Don't Cry

Heath Leger - The Dark Knight

Whoopi Goldberg - The Colour Purple

Walter Matthau - Dennis the Menace

I know I've missed some, but there are just so many.

Niiice man

Hilary Swank literally blown me away with her role in BDC, it's because I never knew of her (Wasn't too much into film at the time) and I thought she was a boy!!!

I'd add Charlize Theron in Monster, god, she delivered a very pro performance.

I need to see some of the films you listed such as Dennis the Menace & Dead Man Walking, they're on my watchlist so...

Thanks!

KingBAD said:

denzel washington;

MAN ON FIRE

TRAINING DAY

X

RICOCHET (fuck you)

PELLUM 123 (fuck you again)

i've not yet seen him in a bad part

and he killed it in GLORY!!!

Denzel is such a good, good actor.

I like him in American Gangster too (As well as the roles you listed)

He's gifted. And oh, Flight last year had him in the last scene delivering some very touching acting.

missfee said:

I love topics like this!! Let's see right off the top of my head....

1. Al Pacino as Michael Corlone - "The Godfather" & "The Godfather Part II"

2. Marlon Brando as Stanley - "A Streetcar Named Desire"

3. Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone - "The Godfather"

4. Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone - "The Godfather Part II"

5. Denzel Washington as Malcolm X - "Malcolm X"

6. Don Cheadle as Mouse - "Devin in a Blue Dress"

7. Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa - All of the Rocky movies

8. Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale, Jr. - "Catch Me If You Can"

9. Dustin Hoffman as Raymond - "Rainman"

10. Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump - "Forrest Gump"

11. Christopher Walken as Bradford Whitewood, Jr. - "At Close Range"

12. Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg - "Valkyrie"

13. Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley - "Heat"

14. Joe Pesci as Tommy - "Goodfellas"

15. Billy Zane as Cal Hockley - "Titanic"

16. Johnny Depp as Sam - "Benny & Joon"

17. Giovanni Ribisi as Seth - "The Boiler Room"

18. Johnny Depp as Gilbert - "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"

19. Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash - "Walk the Line"

20. Brad Pitt as Louie - "Interview with the Vampire"

21. Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus - "Gladiator"

22. Angela Bassett as Beradine - "Waiting to Exhale"

23. Vanessa L. Williams as Ruby - "Dance With Me"

24. Robert De Niro as Ace Rothstein - "Casino"

25. Marlon Brando as Major Ace Gruver - "Sayonara"

All those performances are iconic & perfect Nice list.

I thought I'm the only one who considers Joaquin Phoenix's Johnny Cash role a great one, it's very decent & real. If it wasn't for the late Philip Seymour Hoffman's magnificent & pro role in Capote he should have won the oscar.

Also Jamie Foxx's Ray role was such a great & nice portraying.

Thanks everybody for the replies! Appreciate cha!

Tho it's strange nobody mentioned Daniel Day Lewis' There Will Be Blood acting

This scene is probably my ALL TIME favorite acting scene, it's like, when you see THIS, and then you see him doing Lincoln or the guy in Last of Mohicans, you just can't believe, HE LITERALLY became Plainview as it was written in the script.. A legendary performance.

Sorry, this will be the last one. These two scenes can't be described in the acting, editing, filming.

Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth 1998

Marlon Brando in Street Car Named Desire 1951

Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs 1991

Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs 1991

Ian McKellan in Gods and Monsters in 1998

Frances McDormand in Fargo 1996

Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote 2005

Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction 1987

Bette Davis in All About Eve 1950

Val Kimer in the doors 1991

The entire cast of RAN by Akiro Kurosawa in 1985 (Can't just pick one)

Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda 2004

Jaime Foxx in Ray 2004

Heath Ledger in Dark Knight 2008

Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct 1992

Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot 1989

Ben Kingsley in Gandhi 1982

Sigourney Weaver in Death and the Maiden 1994

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975

Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment 1983

Diane Keaton in Annie Hall 1977

Angelica Huston in Prizzi's Honor 1985

Shawy89 said:

Empress said:

Wow, there are so many I could never list them all, but here are a few.

Bette Davis - Now Voyager

Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca

Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice

Al Pacino - Scarface and Glengarry, Glen Ross

Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump

Jack Lemmon - Some Like it Hot, Glengarry, Glen Ross, The Odd Couple

Brad Pitt - Legends of the Fall

Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking, 21 Grams

Denzel Washington - Training Day

Peter Sellers - The Party

Hillary Swank - Boys Don't Cry

Heath Leger - The Dark Knight

Whoopi Goldberg - The Colour Purple

Walter Matthau - Dennis the Menace

I know I've missed some, but there are just so many.

Niiice man

Hilary Swank literally blown me away with her role in BDC, it's because I never knew of her (Wasn't too much into film at the time) and I thought she was a boy!!!

I'd add Charlize Theron in Monster, god, she delivered a very pro performance.

I need to see some of the films you listed such as Dennis the Menace & Dead Man Walking, they're on my watchlist so...

Thanks!

Yes, I agree that Charlene was awesome in Monster. As for Dennis the Menace, it's a kids movie but I just love Walter in it. The boy that plays Dennis is priceless too. Not an Oscar worthy movie by no means, but funny and cute.

Max Julian/Richard Pryor and MISTA PRETTY TONY THE MACK

somebody give me pretty tony's name please.

GOLDY: "THIRTY-FIVE, RIGHT?

PRYOR: "THIRTY FIVE CAISH MONEY

GOLDY:'Thir-ty-five plus one...

PRYOR: "the one i gave you

GOLDIE: "NAW! you gave me SIX plus the one i had. THIRTY FIVE plus SIX plus ONE...

THIRTY-FIVE AND SEVEN MOTHAFUCKA, CAN YOU BUY THAT???"

not 'til then had 'life on the street' been so closely depicted

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Al Pacino: The Godfather, Pt. II
Denzel Washington: Malcolm X
Marlon Brando: The Godfather
Humphrey Bogart: Casablanca
Peter O'Toole & Katherine Hepburn: The Lion In Winter
Kristin Scott Thomas: I've Loved You For So Long
James Earl Jones: Star Wars Episodes IV-VI
Sir Laurence Olivier: Spartacus
John Cazale: The Godfather, Pt. II
Robert De Niro: Goodfellas
Samuel L. Jackson: Pulp Fiction
Viola Davis: Doubt
Burt Reynolds: Boogie Nights
Cleavon Little: Blazing Saddles
Dianne Wiest: Hannah & Her Sisters
Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Tony Leung: Hero

Clive Owen: Croupier
Ruby Dee: Do The Right Thing
Jennifer Lawrence & John Hawkes: Winter's Bone
Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson: The Magnificent Seven

TOO MANY TO NAME . . .

And one off the grid honorable mention: Bill Pullman: Zero Effect

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missfee said:

I love topics like this!! Let's see right off the top of my head....

1. Al Pacino as Michael Corlone - "The Godfather" & "The Godfather Part II"

Very good list. If I had to choose one Godfather performance for Pacino it would be II. For my $, that was the best performance in any film any actor has ever given.

namepeace said:

missfee said:

I love topics like this!! Let's see right off the top of my head....

1. Al Pacino as Michael Corlone - "The Godfather" & "The Godfather Part II"

Very good list. If I had to choose one Godfather performance for Pacino it would be II. For my $, that was the best performance in any film any actor has ever given.

Yes, agree 100% though I still love him his portrayal of the character in both films. In the first Godfather, I love his transformation from civilian turned powerful head of an organized crime empire. In the second Godfather, it was all about Michael's ruthlessness. His coolness and calmness in handling his "business" is what makes me so attracted to his character. Pacino had the genius ability to portray this otherwise cold hearted criminal into a character that you still admired even though he was technically the "bad guy". If you get my drift.

Jaye Davidson, Stephen Rae, and Forrest Whitaker in The Crying Game. Also one of the best movies I've ever seen.



Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Also Noomi Rapace in the Swedish version.

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs

John Leguizamo in To Wong Foo...

Natassia Kinski in Cat People...this woman is just mesmerizing!!!

My fave version...Timothy Dalton as Heathcliff in the 1970 Wuthering Heights

Bill Nighy was damned near perfect in the The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel



Gary Oldman as Dracula.

Jane March in The Lover.

missfee said:

namepeace said:

Yes, agree 100% though I still love him his portrayal of the character in both films. In the first Godfather, I love his transformation from civilian turned powerful head of an organized crime empire. In the second Godfather, it was all about Michael's ruthlessness. His coolness and calmness in handling his "business" is what makes me so attracted to his character. Pacino had the genius ability to portray this otherwise cold hearted criminal into a character that you still admired even though he was technically the "bad guy". If you get my drift.

Indeed, I do, there is a razor thin difference in the quality of his performances in I and II. And the difference is only in the eye of the beholder.

namepeace said:

missfee said:

Yes, agree 100% though I still love him his portrayal of the character in both films. In the first Godfather, I love his transformation from civilian turned powerful head of an organized crime empire. In the second Godfather, it was all about Michael's ruthlessness. His coolness and calmness in handling his "business" is what makes me so attracted to his character. Pacino had the genius ability to portray this otherwise cold hearted criminal into a character that you still admired even though he was technically the "bad guy". If you get my drift.

Indeed, I do, there is a razor thin difference in the quality of his performances in I and II. And the difference is only in the eye of the beholder.

Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in "Die Hard"

Bruce Willis as John McClane in the "Die Hard" franchise

Performancewise there are just way too many actors and scenes (or whole films) to list here,

but Al Pacino in The Godfather will always be one of my favorites, or Larry Fishburne in Boyz N Tha Hood as Furious Styles, Stallone in Rocky I and VI (there, I said it ), or Mel Gibson in Mad Max II:The Road Warrior. Or Javier Bardem as Anton Cigurgh in No Country For Old Men. Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction...too many to name. And then there are certain scenes by actors that aren´t necessarily the best actors per se ....but I just LOVE these particular scenes and find them very memorable;

It´s just a great, great speech!

And of course, the great James Earl Jones ...

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The ones in bold are the most favorite of my favorites:

Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet

Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy

Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy

Harrison Ford - Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Angela Lansbury - The Manchurian Candidate

Daniel Day-Lewis - Unbearable Lightness Of Being

Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction

Kathleen Turner - Body Heat

Jake Gyllenhaal - Donnie Darko

Tom Cruise - Risky Business

Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

Gena Rowlands - Gloria

Denzel Washington - The Hurricane

Mark Wahlberg - Boogie Nights

Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter

Bruce Willis - Die Hard

Meryl Streep - Silkwood

Sidney Poitier - In The Heat Of The Night

Sigourney Weaver - Alien

Cicely Tyson - Sounder

Emily Watson - Breaking The Waves

Salma Hayek - Frida

Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story

Charlize Theron - Monster

Helen Mirren - The Queen

Melissa Leo - Frozen River

Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda

Matthew Broderick - Ferris Beuler's Day Off

Madeline Kahn - What's Up Doc

Robert Di Nero - Taxi Driver

Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon

Byron said:

The ones in bold are the most favorite of my favorites:

Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet

Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy

Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy

Harrison Ford - Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Angela Lansbury - The Manchurian Candidate

Daniel Day-Lewis - Unbearable Lightness Of Being

Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction

Kathleen Turner - Body Heat

Jake Gyllenhaal - Donnie Darko

Tom Cruise - Risky Business

Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

Gena Rowlands - Gloria

Denzel Washington - The Hurricane

Mark Wahlberg - Boogie Nights

Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter

Bruce Willis - Die Hard

Meryl Streep - Silkwood

Sidney Poitier - In The Heat Of The Night

Sigourney Weaver - Alien

Cicely Tyson - Sounder

Emily Watson - Breaking The Waves

Salma Hayek - Frida

Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story

Charlize Theron - Monster

Helen Mirren - The Queen

Melissa Leo - Frozen River

Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda

Matthew Broderick - Ferris Beuler's Day Off

Madeline Kahn - What's Up Doc

Robert Di Nero - Taxi Driver

Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon

That´s a great list. I completely forgot about most of those great movies you mentioned on your list. Tom Cruise strikes me as a talented, very dedicated and hardworking actor and I can´t understand all the hatred or rather dislike he gets because I totally seperate between the actor and the person. However, as good as he is, I also don´t get why some people think he´s a genius.

(Not you in particular, I ´m just saying....you either read a lot of extremely negative views on him, or extremely over the top flattering stuff).

Selma Hayek was brilliant in Frida!

And Dog Day Afternoon....great movie. It´s been a while since the last time I watched it.

Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter

Ernest Borgnine in Marty

Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca

Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront

William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Thin Man (and pretty much anything they were in together)

Clark Gable in It Happened One Night

Joan Crawford in Possessed

Barbara Stanwyck in Baby Face

Gary Cooper in Meet John Doe

James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra in High Society

Bette Davis and Paul Henreid in Now, Voyager

Cary Grant in The Bishop's Wife (who wouldn't want him as their guardian angel?)

I could go on and on...