Another horrible list from Premire magazine: 100 Greatest Performances

[JackD.Ripper]

100 Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange (1971)
99 Steve Martin as Navin Johnson in The Jerk (1979)
98 Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity (1944)
97 Ben Kingsley as Don Logan in Sexy Beast (2001)
96 Judy Holliday as Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday (1950)
95 Angela Bassett as Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993)
94 Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert in M (1931)
93 Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce Beragon in Mildred Pierce (1945)
92 Clint Eastwood as "Dirty" Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry (1971)
91 Jane Fonda as Bree Daniels in Klute (1971)
90 Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski in The Big Lebowski (1998)
89 Gong Li as Juxian in Farewell My Concubine (1993)
88 Christopher Walken as Nick Chevotarevich in The Deer Hunter (1978)
87 John Wayne as Ethan Edwards in The Searchers (1956)
86 Robert Walker as Bruno Anthony in Strangers on a Train (1951)
85 Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer in Frances (1982)
84 Anjelica Huston as Lilly Dillon in The Grifters (1990)
83 Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999)
82 George C. Scott as General George S. Patton Jr. in Patton (1970)
81 Kate Winslet as Clementine Kruczynski in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
80 Jeanne Moreau as Catherine in Jules and Jim (1962)
79 Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
78 Toshiro Mifune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake in Yojimbo (1961)
77 Morgan Freeman as Leo Smalls Jr., A.K.A. Fast Black in Street Smart (1987)
76 Burt Lancaster as J.J. Hunsecker in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
75 Julie Christie as Diana Scott in Darling (1965)
74 Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles (1974)
73 John Travolta as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (1977)
72 Judy Garland as Esther Blodgett, A.K.A. Vicki Lester in A Star Is Born (1954)
71 Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood in Silkwood (1983)
70 Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
69 Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1950)
68 Cary Grant as Dr. David Huxley in Bringing Up Baby (1938)
67 Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind (1960)
66 Holly Hunter as Jane Craig in Broadcast News (1987)
65 Jack Lemmon as Jerry/Daphne in Some Like It Hot (1959)
64 Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson in The Hustler (1961)
63 Gena Rowlands as Mabel Longhetti in A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
62 Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious in Sid & Nancy (1986)
61 Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth in Schindler's List (1993)
60 Diane Keaton as Annie Hall in Annie Hall (1977)
59 Catherine Deneuve as Severine Serizy in Belle de Jour (1967)
58 Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in Aliens (1986)
57 Max Von Sydow as Lasse Karlsson in Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
56 Jodie Foster as Sarah Tobias in The Accused (1988)
55 Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night (1967)
54 Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord in The Philadelphia Story (1940)
53 Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting in Gangs of New York (2002)
52 Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton in The Remains of the Day (1993)
51 Henry Fonda as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
50 Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
49 Liv Ullmann as Elisabet Vogler in Persona (1966)
48 Bill Murray as Phil Connors in Groundhog Day (1993)
47 Jack Nicholson as Randle Patrick McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
46 Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland in Cast Away (2001)
45 Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick in Election (1999)
44 Charlie Chapman as a Tramp in City Lights (1931)
43 James Dean as Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
42 Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976)
41 Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction (1994)
40 Nicole Kidman as Suzanne Stone Maretto in To Die For (1995)
39 Laurence Olivier as Richard III in Richard III (1955)
38 Carole Lombard as Maria Tura in To Be or Not to Be (1942)
37 Gene Hackman as Harry Caul in The Conversation (1974)
36 Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Cross Mulwray in Chinatown (1974)
35 Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote in Capote (2005)
34 Buster Keaton as Johnny Gray in The General (1927)
33 Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels in Tootsie (1982)
32 Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
31 Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray (2004)
30 James Stewart as John "Scottie" Ferguson in Vertigo (1958)
29 Peter Sellers as Chance the Gardener in Being There (1979)
28 Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson in His Girl Friday (1940)
27 Marlon Brando as Paul in The Last Tango in Paris (1972)
26 Maria Falconetti as Joan of Arc in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
25 Greta Garbo as Ninotchka in Ninotchka (1939)
24 Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
23 Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand in The Insider (1999)
22 Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands in Edward Scissorhands (1990)
21 Giulietta Masina as Cabiria in Nights of Cabiria (1957)
20 Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974)
19 Paul Newman as Frank Galvin in The Verdict (1982)
18 Emily Watson as Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves (1996)
17 Denzel Washington as Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992)
16 Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in Notorious (1946)
15 Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin in Big (1988)
14 Robert Duvall as Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies (1983)
13 Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter (1968)
12 Jack Nicholson as "Badass" Buddusky in The Last Detail (1973)
11 Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989)
10 Robert De Niro as Jake La Motta in Raging Bull (1980)
9 Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein (1974)
8 James Stewart as George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
7 Dustin Hoffman as "Ratso" Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy (1969)
6 James Cagney as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
5 Bette Davis as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950)
4 Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik in Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
3 Meryl Streep as Sophie Zawistowska in Sophie's Choice (1982)
2 Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954)
1 Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Just want to point out a few of my favorites that somehow couldn't break the top 100.

Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather
Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire
Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito, Goodfellas
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, Psycho
Peter Finch as Howard Beale, Network
Orson Welles as Hank Quinlan, Touch of Evil
Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane, Citizen Kane
John Cazale as Fredo, The Godfather Part II
Nicolas Cage as Ben Sanderson, Leaving Las Vegas
Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko, Wall Street
Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi, Ed Wood
John Belushi as John 'Bluto' Blutarsky, Animal House
Jack Nicholson as Bobby Dupea, Five Easy Pieces
Jack Nicholson as Jake 'J.J.' Gittes, Chinatown
Gene Hackman as Det. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle, The French Connection
Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I, Elizabeth
Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbott, Rain Man
F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri, Amadeus
Ellen Burnstyn as Sara Goldfarb, Requiem for a Dream
Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird
Robert Shaw as Quint, Jaws
Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett, Philadelphia
Robert De Niro John 'Johnny Boy' Civello, Mean Streets

[Trail_Blazer]

Yea, that IS a shit list indeed

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by JackD.Ripper
99 Steve Martin as Navin Johnson in The Jerk (1979)
81 Kate Winslet as Clementine Kruczynski in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
79 Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
74 Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles (1974)
73 John Travolta as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (1977)
52 Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton in The Remains of the Day (1993)
48 Bill Murray as Phil Connors in Groundhog Day (1993)
45 Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick in Election (1999)
31 Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray (2004)
22 Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands in Edward Scissorhands (1990)
8 James Stewart as George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
7 Dustin Hoffman as "Ratso" Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Those are the ones I have the most problem with. And number one should've just been "Everyone in the Godfather Part I & II"

[Mr. Durp]

Originally posted by JackD.Ripper

15 Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin in Big (1988)

that's my personal favorite in the list. added to the fact that his performances as forrest gump, andrew beckett in "philadelphia", and jimmy dugan in "a league of their own" aren't even on the list.

but honestly, how can you make a list like this and not include vito corleone? it's easily one of the five or ten best acting performances of all time and it's not on a top 100 list.

[BubbaStrangelove]

I usually don't have problems with other people's lists, but I am going to point out how much higher they listed Nicholson in The Last Detail than in Cuckoos Nest.

Nicholson is my favorite actor, and The Last Detail is a great film, but it's not performance heavy like Cuckoos Nest in which Nicholson shines against a lot of great character actors. I'm not defaming The Last Detail at all, but when I think of it, I don't think of Nicholson's performance., just about how great a film it is.

Granted, for as long as I've drank, I still use the line, "Best goddamned beer in the world." and everyone has no idea why I'm arching my eyebrows and doing a different voice while I'm saying it.

[ChemicalRomance]

18 Emily Watson as Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves (1996)

Now that...is an OUTSTANDING pick. Bravo.

[FilmKing2000]

I can't believe they did not mention Ben Kingsley as Mohandis Gandhi in GANDHI, or even Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption.
Yeah, it's not really an impressive list.

[BakeTheMooCow]

Edward Norton didn't make it? The man gets no respect.

No Sean Penn either. Some love for his performance in Dead Man Walking would be nice.

Who else? Willen Dafoe in Last Temptation of Christ

Kevin Spacey for Se7en or The Usual Suspects
Christian Bale for American Psycho
Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for a Dream
Sarah Polley for The Sweet Hereafter
Billy Crudup in Waking The Dead

The problem with these lists is that, even though they recognize some great performances there, they are bound to fill most of the top 100 (and in particular the top 10) with "TEH_CLASSICS".

i.e. If we put too many 90s performances in the top 10, people will think we have no knowledge of movies before that era. So fill this shit up with stuff from the past, no matter how stilted and forced those performances were.

[ChemicalRomance]

Originally posted by BakeTheMooCow
i.e. If we put too many 90s performances in the top 10, people will think we have no knowledge of movies before that era. So fill this shit up with stuff from the past, no matter how stilted and forced those performances were.

Agreed.

Gimmie 90's over 50's any day, any fucking time.

[zeppelin]

Well, I'm not going to get into this "old performances vs. new performances" debate again. Just realize that there are great performances from every time period, and you can't judge by when the movie was released.

Anyway, there were some pleasant surprises on the list (Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves, Toshiro Mifune in Yojimbo, Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein), but I also find it hard to take the list seriously when Tom Hanks in Big is #15 above not only all of his other performances, but above every performance by Orson Welles, Alec Guinness, and tons of other great actors who weren't even on the list.

Plus, I love Gene Wilder's performance in Young Frankenstein, as I already said, but top 10 of all time? Come on, that's a little ridiculous.

Some other great performances that didn't make the list and haven't been brought up in this thread yet:
Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy (as good, if not better, than Hoffman)
Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet
George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove
Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove
Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter
Sissy Spacek in Badlands
James Cagney in White Heat
Orson Welles in The Third Man
Alec Guinness in The Bridge on the River Kwai
Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek
Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond
Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West
Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces
Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
William Hurt in Kiss of the Spider Woman
Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction
Morgan Freeman in Driving Miss Daisy
Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy
Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights

And I take issue with the fact that they included Johnny Depp's one-note performance in Pirates while ignoring his best performance, which is Ed Wood.

[blk_flower]

exactly
and another thing
Johnny Depp from pirates of the caribiean
LOL

[scottish-movie-freak]

Originally posted by ChemicalRomance
Now that...is an OUTSTANDING pick. Bravo.

Took the words right out of my mouth. One of the best performances... ever.

[bigred760]

It's just another list that not one person will agree with. I do think that Brando's Vito Corleone should be on there somewhere, and how Steve Martin as "The Jerk" go on there, I'll never know. But hey, what're you going to do. It's just another excuse for Premiere to make people talk about them.

[BakeTheMooCow]

Well, I'm not going to get into this "old performances vs. new performances" debate again. Just realize that there are great performances from every time period, and you can't judge by when the movie was released.

I agree, zeppelin. There ARE great performances from every period, but Premiere doesn't really reflect that. A lot of great 80s, 90s and 00s performances were ignored.

And very nice list. I loved all of Peter Sellers' roles in Dr. Strangelove.

Steve Martin in "The Jerk" at no. 99 -- deserved in my opinion. Comedic performances are really overlooked. Other great ones:

- Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda
- Bruce Campbell in Army of Darkness
- John Candy in Planes, Trains and Automobiles

[zeppelin]

Originally posted by BakeTheMooCow
- Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda

I can't believe I forgot to mention that one. One of the funniest performances in movie history. Asshooole!

[TheLoveBelow]

wheres Phillip Seymour Hoffman for Along Came Polly?

[Cyd V]

Originally posted by TheLoveBelow
wheres Phillip Seymour Hoffman for Along Came Polly?

Good question...

All I have to say is wheres:

R. Lee Ermey for Full Metal Jacket

and why is Bill 'motha fuck'n' Murrey on that list for Groundhog day?

[Rated R]

Of course it's all subjective, but I'm not bothered about the list. Although the biggest change I'd make is by putting in Alec Baldwin for Glengarry Glen Ross...small role, but such an electric performance.


Nice to see Jeff Bridges as the Dude on there though even if it is at 90th

[Robot]

My favorites on the list are:

100 Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

48 Bill Murray as Phil Connors in Groundhog Day (1993)

9 Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Anyone think..

41 Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction (1994)

Will soon change to:

41 Samuel L. Jackson as Nelville Flynn in Snakes On A Plane (2006)

?

[The Heart Collector]

Besides a few ridiculous modern inclusions (REESE WITHERSPOON ABOVE LIV ULLMAN?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!), it's fine.

[HeavyFknMetal]

Originally posted by ChemicalRomance
Gimmie 90's over 50's any day, any fucking time.

*Throws a brick at ChemicalRomance*

[notchreturns]

No mention of Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glen Ross makes this list laughable, mang.

[Hannibal21]

Hmmm....

BEST PERFORMANCES FROM THIS LIST:
98. Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity (1944)
88 Christopher Walken as Nick Chevotarevich in The Deer Hunter (1978)
70. Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
69. Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1950)
60. Diane Keaton as Annie Hall in Annie Hall (1977)
50. Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
49. Liv Ullmann as Elisabet Vogler in Persona (1966)
47. Jack Nicholson as Randle Patrick McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
42. Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976)
41. Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction (1994)
37. Gene Hackman as Harry Caul in The Conversation (1974)
30. James Stewart as John "Scottie" Ferguson in Vertigo (1958)
26. Maria Falconetti as Joan of Arc in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
24. Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
20 Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974)
17. Denzel Washington as Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992))
10. Robert De Niro as Jake La Motta in Raging Bull (1980)
5. Bette Davis as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950)
2. Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954)
1. Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THE FOLLOWING INCLUSIONS:
93 Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce Beragon in Mildred Pierce (1945)
89 Gong Li as Juxian in Farewell My Concubine (1993)
86 Robert Walker as Bruno Anthony in Strangers on a Train (1951)
84 Anjelica Huston as Lilly Dillon in The Grifters (1990)
57 Max Von Sydow as Lasse Karlsson in Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
48 Bill Murray as Phil Connors in Groundhog Day (1993)
38 Carole Lombard as Maria Tura in To Be or Not to Be (1942)
28 Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson in His Girl Friday (1940)
18 Emily Watson as Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves (1996)

RANKED TOO LOW:
98 Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity (1944)
94 Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert in M (1931)
88 Christopher Walken as Nick Chevotarevich in The Deer Hunter (1978)
80 Jeanne Moreau as Catherine in Jules and Jim (1962)
70 Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
69 Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1950)
68 Cary Grant as Dr. David Huxley in Bringing Up Baby (1938)
61 Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth in Schindler's List (1993)
60 Diane Keaton as Annie Hall in Annie Hall (1977)
50 Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
49 Liv Ullmann as Elisabet Vogler in Persona (1966)
47 Jack Nicholson as Randle Patrick McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
42 Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976)

RANKED TOO HIGH:
45 Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick in Election (1999)
40 Nicole Kidman as Suzanne Stone Maretto in To Die For (1995)
39 Laurence Olivier as Richard III in Richard III (1955)
34 Buster Keaton as Johnny Gray in The General (1927)
33 Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels in Tootsie (1982)
27 Marlon Brando as Paul in The Last Tango in Paris (1972)
23 Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand in The Insider (1999)
22 Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands in Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16 Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in Notorious (1946) - how is it that he made the cut but Bergman and Rains, both of whom were far better in the movie, didn't?
14 Robert Duvall as Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies (1983)

ONES THAT HAVE NO BUSINESS DOING ON THIS LIST WHATSOEVER IMO:
79 Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
73 John Travolta as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (1977)
46 Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland in Cast Away (2001)
31 Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray (2004)
15 Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin in Big (1988)
(there are others that wouldn't even make my top 100, but there were at least some good qualities in them to write home about, these had none)

GLARING OMISSIONS:
ANY of Orson Welles' performances (especially Charles Foster Kane and Harry Lime)
ANY of Ingrid Bergman's performances (especially Ilsa Lund and Alice Huberman)
Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine - Casablanca
Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch - To Kill a Mockingbird
Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone - The Godfather
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone - The Godfather
Harry Dean Stanton as Travis - Paris, Texas
Angela Lansbury as Mrs. John Iselin - The Manchurian Candidate
Henry Fonda as Frank - Once Upon a Time in the West
Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling - The Silence of the Lambs
Bill Murray as Herman J. Blume - Rushmore
Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington - All About Eve
Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth - Blue Velvet
Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Julianne Moore as Amber Waves - Boogie Nights
Jean Pierre-Leaud as Antoine Doinel - The 400 Blows
Joan Fontaine as The second Mrs. de Winter - Rebecca
Gong Li as Songlian - Raise the Red Lantern
Jack Nicholson as Robert Eroica Dupea - Five Easy Pieces
(the list goes on and on......)

Overall, not a bad list as there are several worthy inclusions, but like most other 'greatest lists', I disagree with a lot of the rankings & positions, and then there are those far better performances that always seem to get left behind.

[The Heart Collector]

Tom Hanks in CAST AWAY > you

[bob]

I like the diversity of this list...they didn't go for all the safe picks. Sure, some good ones were left off, but there'd be just as much bitching if the top ten went:

De Niro
Brando
Pacino
Brando
Brando
Streep
De Niro
De Niro
Pacino
etc...

[ElderPredator]

ED HARRIS!

One of the most underrated actors of all time! He steals the screen whenever he is on it. He should have 3 Oscars on his shelf yet he has none. What the hell?

He should have at least been nominated for the following roles:

1. The Abyss - Brilliant emotional and physical performance that steals my heart everytime.

2. Just Cause - Played the most brilliant psychotic role I have ever seen on celluloid.

3. Pollock - How they hell did he not win for this, pure brilliance.

4. The Rock - Even though it was an action flick, Ed Harris became a man whom everyone can respect as a human being and as a man who is trying to fight for a cause. He was goddamn genius as General Hummell.

5. Needful Things - Played the best town sheriff that has ever walked the silver screen.

And the list goes on and on and on and on........

As well, in "A History of Violence, how the hell did William Hurt get nominated for a "Best Supporting Role" Oscar and Ed got nothing when he was ten times better than Hurt.

[ilovemovies]

Even though many of my favorites are nowhere to be found, I still love reading these lists and this one is no exception.

[thedudeman69]

Originally posted by HeavyFknMetal
*Throws a brick at ChemicalRomance*

I have to agree with ChemicalRomance. I do like the 90's peformances better than the 50s. Although, I watch a good amount of 1950's movies , I find the performances to be boring or outdated. You can watch them all you want, Heavy, but It is a idea of tastes that seperate a movie fan from another.

[FilmKing2000]

I was at least glad Gary Oldman made the list, with his performance as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy.

[HeavyFknMetal]

Originally posted by thedudeman69
I have to agree with ChemicalRomance. I do like the 90's peformances better than the 50s. Although, I watch a good amount of 1950's movies , I find the performances to be boring or outdated. You can watch them all you want, Heavy, but It is a idea of tastes that seperate a movie fan from another.

I understand all of that, that's why it was a joke.

[Scorpio24]

Where the hell is Alex Ashman on that list.

[evilash43]

I'm scrolling down the list SERIOUSLY expecting Gregory Peck as Atticus in "To Kill a Mockingbird" to be #1. And it isn't even ON THERE!

Shenanigans!!!

[evilash43]

And yes Jack... Where the hell is Anthony Perkins?!?!?!

I don't even think this is an issue of personal preference. A lot of these performances are either terribly obscure or just silly (I mean I love Bill Murray... but "Groundhog Day"? over Norman Bates and Atticus Finch!??!?!... come ON!).

[KyleG]

11 Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989)


Great pick, though it should probably be in the top 10 imo

[JackD.Ripper]

And yes Jack... Where the hell is Anthony Perkins?!?!?!

One of the best most iconic performances ever.

I absolutely loved Election but what the fuck is Reese Witherspoon doing at #45?? Not even HER best.

There also seems to be a lot of other actors on here for roles that aren't even the best on their personal lists.

97 Ben Kingsley as Don Logan in Sexy Beast (2001) - I'd put Schindler's List and Gahndi higher
92 Clint Eastwood as "Dirty" Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry (1971) - Iconic yes but better than him in Unforgiven?
73 John Travolta as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (1977) - again very iconic but he was better in Pulp Fiction
48 Bill Murray as Phil Connors in Groundhog Day (1993) - I love this one too but I'll take Lost in Translation, Rushmore and Ghostbusters
46 Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland in Cast Away (2001) - I'll give 'em BIG even though it's too high but not Cast Away over Philadelphia? Forrest Gump?

And I couldn't agree more Bubba, as good as Jack was in The Last Detail (a great fucking movie) there is no way it should be higher than Cuckoo's Nest and I think he was probably better in Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown and The Shining too.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

The performances in the list are all good, but it's a shit list because of the extremely questionable way they are ranked.

[Double-Oh-Zero]

I'd like to put in an application to the Why The Hell Isn't Gregory Peck As Atticus Finch On The List!? Club.

Also beginning to question the following glaring omissions; some have already been mentioned in this thread:

Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard in American History X
Will Smith as Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali in Ali
Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet
Gene Hackman as Det. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in The French Connection
Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List
Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws
Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather
Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers in Sling Blade

...I don't think those guys are on there, anyway. Could be wrong.

Agree about Ed Harris, as well.

[ElderPredator]

Originally posted by Double-Oh-Zero
I'd like to put in an application to the Why The Hell Isn't Gregory Peck As Atticus Finch On The List!? Club.

Also beginning to question the following glaring omissions; some have already been mentioned in this thread:

Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard in American History X
Will Smith as Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali in Ali
Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet
Gene Hackman as Det. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in The French Connection
Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List
Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws
Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather
Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers in Sling Blade

...I don't think those guys are on there, anyway. Could be wrong.

Agree about Ed Harris, as well.

Good names on there bud, I almost forgot about Robert Shaw as Quint. Good choice!