Best Acting Performances

[LordofDarkness]

Wasn't sure if I should put this on here or general chatter. But I was just wondering what your favorite acting performances were. In no particular order.

Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Christian Bale - American Psycho
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem For A Dream
Edward Norton - American History X
Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Denzel Washington - Training Day
Al Pacino - Scarface
John Hurt - The Elephant Man
Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
Tom Cruise - Collateral
Brad Pitt - Fight Club
Johnny Depp - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Reese Witherspoon - Freeway
Hilary Swank - Freedom Writers
Will Smith - Pursuit of Happyness(I know it's happiness, but that's the title)
Halle Berry - Monster's Ball
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

There are so many more but these are some of my favorites. I haven't seen the Dark Knight yet, but I'm sure Ledger's performance is phenomenal. I haven't seen a bad review yet. I also know these movies I listed may not be the actors best performance, but they are my favorite.

[Get Some]

ok my favorites from your list are brad pitt in fight club and norton in American History X, i will add heath as the joker and Malcolm McDowell for his performance as Alex from A Clockwork Orange

[Joker]

The two I can think of at the moment.

Edward Norton - Primal Fear
Leonardo DiCaprio - What's Eating Gilbert Grape

[Slayer]

Pacino in Godfather 2 and Bale in American Psycho are by far my favorite acting performances ever.

[KING]

Anthony Perkins in Psycho
Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mocking Bird
Choi Min-sik in Oldboy
Jared Letto, Marlan Wayans and Jenifer Connelly in Requiem For A Dream
Sean Gullette in Pi

[LordofDarkness]

Jared Letto, Marlan Wayans and Jenifer Connelly in Requiem For A Dream

No Ellen?

[KING]

and Ellen Page.

[skybrick]

Matt Damon in Rounders
Denzel Washington in Man on Fire
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

[LordofDarkness]

and Ellen Page.

Lol

[LgOr]

some of my favorites

Denzel Washington-Training Day
Daniel Day Lewis-Gangs of New York and There Will be Blood
Harvey Keitel-Bad Lieutenant
Heath Ledger-The Dark Knight
Tom Cruise-Collateral
Robert De Niro-Cape Fear
Al Pacino-The Devil's Advocate

[cmurdur]

Kevin Spacy in Seven.

[Doc Awesome]

Russel Crowe - Gladiator
Denzel Washington - Remember the Titans (love that movie)
Tom Hanks - Cast Away
Billy Bob Thorton - Slingblade
Robin Williams - What Dreams May Come

[dead breed]

Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Alastair Sim - Scrooge http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044008/
Jimmy Stewart - It's A Wonderful Life
Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter
Samuel L Jackson - Pulp Fiction
Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July

I'll think of a few more at a later date..

[woodenheart]

Mel Gibson - Braveheart
Heath Ledger - TDK and Candy
Anthony Hopkins- Silence of the Lambs
Denzel Washington- Training Day
Al Pacino- Godfather2
Edward Norton- American History X

[skybrick]

Kevin Spacy in Seven.

The whole 15mins.

[satanocat]

Kevin Spacy in Seven.

i think that was one of his best performances

tim robbins and morgan freeman in shawshank redemption
john malkovitch in of mice and men

[Misfit]

lilly thai in asian fever 2 :bigthumbup:

[Get Some]

matt damon in rounders thanks skybrick for the reminder, and bourne movies. Also gotta give matthew broderick, cary elwes, denzil, and morgan freeman a nod for their roles in glory

[skybrick]

Rounders=favorite non-horror movie

[dead breed]

i think that was one of his best performances

tim robbins and morgan freeman in shawshank redemption
john malkovitch in of mice and men

Yeah I forgot to add Freeman and Robbins from Shawshank...awesome stuff.