A friend asked me what I thought, I told him I needed some time to think about this.

I'm gonna have to dig through my DVD collection when I get home to help me refresh my memory.. also look at the IMDB.

I don't remember seeing a 'Top 10' thread on this before, but if there is, plz to delete this Mr. Spooky.

6/13/2007 1:17:59 PM

Val Kilmer - Doc Holiday

6/13/2007 1:18:58 PM

This is going to take the rest of the day.

I'll start with John Ritter in Sling Blade.

Maybe.

6/13/2007 1:22:27 PM

Are you talking about acting? Specific scenes? Musical numbers? what?

6/13/2007 1:24:48 PM

My friend was talking about acting... I was thinking more along the lines of acting, scenes, anything.

6/13/2007 1:25:57 PM

I'm gonna nominate Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump and Al Pacino as Scarface

6/13/2007 1:29:34 PM

Lee J. Cobb in 12 Angry Men

6/13/2007 1:34:15 PM

Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill The Butcher
[/thread]

6/13/2007 1:35:38 PM

I've left off quite a few.

Maria Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc
Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory
Nastassja Kinski in Paris, Texas
Bjork in Dancer in the Dark
Gong Li in To Live (Huozhe)
Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence
Takashi Shimura in Ikiru or Seven Samurai
Klaus Kinski in Fitzcarraldo or Aguirre
Adam Hann-Byrd in The Ice Storm
Silvia Pinal in Viridiana or The Exterminating Angel

[Edited on June 13, 2007 at 1:40 PM. Reason : fixed.]

6/13/2007 1:38:07 PM

6/13/2007 1:39:14 PM

^^was it the movie or the making of Fitzcarraldo that made us learn to love again?

6/13/2007 1:43:51 PM

Sean Penn in Mystic River

6/13/2007 1:45:40 PM

I'm down with Kinski, too.

BUT HE SCARES THE FUCK OUT OF ME.

And for some reason, when I see him, I want to call him Wim Wenders.

Amy Adams in Junebug

6/13/2007 1:47:56 PM

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump

6/13/2007 2:19:28 PM

de niro in raging bull

[Edited on June 13, 2007 at 2:21 PM. Reason : ]

6/13/2007 2:20:45 PM

John Hurt in The Elephant Man

6/13/2007 2:23:46 PM

stiflier- american pie

6/13/2007 3:08:18 PM

Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
Tim Robbins - Shawshank Redemption
Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
Edward Norton - American History X
Kevin Costner - Field of Dreams
Roy Schieder - Jaws
John Travolta - Pulp Fiction
Ray Liotta - Goodfellas
Bruce Willis - Die Hard
Al Pacino - Scarface


in no particular order

6/13/2007 3:14:30 PM

thats a really well done mainstream list.

6/13/2007 3:44:02 PM

James Earl Jones - Star Wars
Robert Patrick - Terminator 2
Tom Hanks - Forest Gump
De Niro - Raging Bull
Russell Crowe - Gladiator
Val Kilmer - Doc holiday

6/13/2007 3:47:22 PM

james earl jones for starwars? come on dude dont put some shitty one like that

6/13/2007 3:49:38 PM

Quote :

"I'll start with John Ritter in Sling Blade. Maybe."

John Ritter? For playing the stereotypical gay guy? He had like 10 lines.


BTW



For an 11-year-old, it was an amazing performance.

[Edited on June 13, 2007 at 3:56 PM. Reason : .]

6/13/2007 3:50:53 PM

Peter Sellers = Dr. Strange Love

6/13/2007 3:55:22 PM

As far as recent movies go, Forest Whitaker really is pretty incredible in The Last King of Scotland.

6/13/2007 4:00:52 PM

Charlize Theron--Monster

6/13/2007 4:05:13 PM

ben kingsley in sexy beast, or in ghandi. but more importantly...

Quote :

"Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill The Butcher [/thread]"

6/13/2007 4:08:21 PM

I'll second Bill the Butcher and Aguirre, and post some more when I get around to it.

6/13/2007 4:58:32 PM

Quote :

"Val Kilmer - Doc Holiday "

Quote :

"Charlize Theron--Monster"

John Travolta - Pulp Fiction

6/13/2007 5:32:00 PM

Quote :

"Charlize Theron--Monster"

Just because she won an Oscar, it doesn't mean it was a great performance.

It wasn't terrible, but they hand out awards like candy to beautiful women who play ugly women.

6/13/2007 5:35:07 PM

Quote :

"Yes, it’s funny how Americans don’t pick up on that. I think it’s ’cause of her accent and the plastic surgery she’s been able to afford. We wouldn’t have this trouble if they’d met last year."

6/13/2007 5:53:07 PM

Spacey in LA Confidential, De Niro in Taxi Driver, Dustin Hoffman in Rainman, PS Hoffman in Capote

6/13/2007 5:57:31 PM

Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate

6/13/2007 6:05:01 PM

jon voight in varsity blues

6/13/2007 6:06:38 PM

terry kiser in weekend at bernies

6/13/2007 6:28:10 PM

Baby Spice in Spiceworld

6/13/2007 6:30:09 PM

first movies that come to mind for me were:

Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon
Jack Nicholson - The Shining
Val Kilmer - Tombstone

6/13/2007 6:37:55 PM

anything with keanu in it. richard gere is high up on the list too.

6/13/2007 6:38:00 PM

John Turturro and John Goodman both in Barton Fink

6/13/2007 6:40:49 PM

Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream

6/13/2007 7:25:08 PM

vinylbandit i agree with you on the oscar part, but i still really enjoyed it.

6/13/2007 10:29:02 PM

Shannon Elizabeth's boobs - American Pie

6/13/2007 10:40:04 PM

Gosling was solid in half nelson, and even though it is nowhere near one of the greatest performances ever, i always thought ed burns was awesome in saving private ryan

6/13/2007 10:56:24 PM

I think you guys have forgotten about Tom Hanks in Castaway

6/13/2007 11:21:41 PM

probably because his performance was forgettable

6/13/2007 11:25:03 PM

Quote :

"Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence"

ftfw

man, I'm so glad someone said that

it immediately jumped to my mind when I saw this thread title

6/13/2007 11:30:55 PM

tom hanks in forrest gump

6/13/2007 11:31:33 PM

William Shatner in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

/thread

6/13/2007 11:56:53 PM

Quote :

"For an 11-year-old, it was an amazing performance."

dakota fanning


tom cruise-everything
denzel warshington-everything
Olive Owen-Inside man
Paris hilton-house of wax
Morgan Freeman-come on easily!
rainman
gump
connory(sp?)
sam jackson-everything especially snakes
john liguizamo(sp?) king of the jungle

6/14/2007 12:32:41 AM

Quote :

" ftfw man, I'm so glad someone said that it immediately jumped to my mind when I saw this thread title"

great minds think alike

6/14/2007 12:34:20 AM

Willem Dafoe: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vGJP7ppejcM

Bruno Ganz: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Vjy57J8Svg

And much props to StillFuchsia for mentioning:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0O7KnPuP3c4


[Edited on June 14, 2007 at 1:28 AM. Reason : ]

6/14/2007 1:18:54 AM