In honor of the late great Peter O'Toole, I thought maybe it was time to discuss our all-time favorite performances on film (or in television, if you so desire). To date, there's a few performances that have really stood out in my mind as being unusually powerful or skillful. A brief rundown...
Just off the top of my head. I really need to bring in my movie lists.
Top Ten dramatic performances in a movie:
1. Leonardo diCaprio, Titanic
2. Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon
3. Tom Hanks, Castaway
4. Jodie Foster, Contact
5. Helen Mirren: The Queen
6. Peter O'Toole, The Lion In Winter
7. Clint Eastwood, In the Line of Fire
8. Sigourney Weaver, Aliens
9. Harrison Ford, Air Force One
10. Robert Redford, The Sting
Top Ten comic performances in a movie
1. Jim Carrey, Bruce Almighty
2. Carry Grant, Bringing Up Baby
3. Drew Barrymore, Music and Lyrics
4. Jimmy Fallon, Fever Pitch
5. Tom Hanks, A League of Their Own
6. Adam Sandler, The Wedding Singer
7. Ben Stiller, Meet the Parents
8. Joe Pesci, My Cousin Vinny
9. Groucho Marx, Duck Soup
10. Tim Allen, The Santa Clause
Anyway, gotta give props to Philip Seymour Hoffman in most things, but particularly in Synecdoche, New York, Jack Lemmon in The Apartment, Michael Fassbender in Shame and Fish Tank, Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet, Richard E. Grant in Withnail & I, Carey Mulligan in An Education, and John Turturro in Barton Fink.
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