top 5 greatest performances
 

first of all: the subject should read "top 8 greatest performances." apparently, i can't type.

so anyway, i came across this, and thought it might be interesting to post on here and see what the rest of you answer:

"in your opinion, what are the top 8 performances in the history of film?"
(not sure why it was 8, but that was the question)

after much deliberation, i came up with (in no order, really):

1. taxi driver- robert deniro as travis bickle
2. metropolis- brigitte helm as robot maria
3. evil dead 2- bruce campbell as ash
4. the good, the bad, and the ugly- clint eastwood as blondie
5. repulsion- cantherine deneuve as carole ledoux
6. american psycho- christian bale as patrick bateman
7. straw dogs- dustin hoffman as david sumner
8. vertigo- jimmy stewart as john "scottie" ferguson

blondie .............. a classic hero and villain,,

In no particular order:

1- Casablanca- Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine
2- Taxi Driver- Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle
3- Citizen Kane- Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane
4- Forrest Gump- Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump
5- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly- Clint Eastwood as Blondie
6- It's a Wonderful Life- James Stewart as George Bailey
7- The Shining- Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrence
8- Radio- Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Radio

sorry , i had too much whiskey ..best villian ...wrong spelling .....

1- Anthony Perkins- Psycho
2- Humphery Bogart- Casablanca
3- Uma Thurman- Kill Bill
4- Rose Mcgowan- Planet Terror (she was born for that role)
5- Christian Bale- American Psycho
6- Clive Owen- Sin City


Edit- These are my favorites, not all the *greatest*

Shoot, I can't think of eight.. I thought Daniel Day-Lewis was outstanding in Gangs of New York

Out of all the movies I ve seen over the years, one performance stands out as the absolute best - Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper Lee's heroic creation was perfected in flesh and blood and still makes my hairs stand even today.

Hmm...in no particular order, the rest of my choices would be -

Peter Lorre in M,

Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction,

Willem Dafoe in Platoon,

Toshiro Mifune in Yojimbo,

Charlie Chaplin in City Lights,

Eli Wallach in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,

and

Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy.



btw, good thread.

1. Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront
2. James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life
3. James Stewart in Vertigo
4. Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
5. Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy
6. Robert De Niro in Raging Bull
7. Clark Gable in Gone With the Wind
8. Peter Lorre in M

Seriously??

Yep, I completely agree.

Others....

James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause
Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Bette Davis in All About Eve
Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver
James Stewart in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Bruce Campbell in Evil Dead 2
Anthony Perkins in Psycho

But hard to say GREATEST....these came to my mind, but there are so many performances that are great in different ways.