What is your favorite Oscar movie role that Jodie Foster did?

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From her 4 Academy Award Nominations which of these 4 were at her best:

*Taxi Driver (1977) nominated for Best Supporting Actress
*The Accused (1988) won for Best Actress
*The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) won for Best Actress
*Nell (1994) nominated for Best Actress

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,538
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    The Silence of The Lambs. Superb.
  • Big Boy BarryBig Boy Barry Posts: 35,293
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    The Accused

    Courageous role in a movie far more terrifying than Silence of the Lambs.
  • Hound of LoveHound of Love Posts: 79,896
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    The Accused.
  • Judas82Judas82 Posts: 239
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    I really can't decide between The Accused and The Silence Of The Lambs. She really did deserve her wins of Best Actress Oscars for both these outstanding performances.
  • Froggie72Froggie72 Posts: 5,733
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    The Accused is a much braver role. Has to be top.
  • Thunder LipsThunder Lips Posts: 1,660
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    Don't really consider the subject matter so much as the performance itself and the movie overall, and Silence of the Lambs can't be beat there.
  • jeff_vaderjeff_vader Posts: 938
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    Taxi Driver, she was preternatural.
    The Accused is prob bravest.
    Never got Clarice appeal, and ruined forever since Jennifer Saunders' brilliant parody.
    Nell is pants.

    She actually gives much better performances in less well-known films like Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, The Blood Of Others and Catchfire.
  • LMLM Posts: 63,327
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    The Silence of the Lambs
    She didn't just play Clarice, it was as if Foster had been living her life for several years. She knew the character inside and out and it reflected her performance. Jodie Foster for me, is actually one of the very few actresses who has deserved both her oscars.

    I have never seen Nell.
  • Fred E StarFred E Star Posts: 1,693
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    I'll go with her Bafta win for Bugsy Malone.
  • nightporternightporter Posts: 981
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    Flightplan.
  • nightporternightporter Posts: 981
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    Flightplan.

    :D:D:D Only joking.
  • TH14TH14 Posts: 11,719
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    Sotl:)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 472
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    no contest really - the accused !!
  • bluewomble88bluewomble88 Posts: 2,860
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    Did she get nominated for Contact? I'm probably making that up!
    Anyway, yeah, that. Good film.
  • LMLM Posts: 63,327
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    If this helps, these are the films and awards she was nominated/won for

    Taxi Driver
    Nominated for an academy award. Won two baftas's for best newcomer and the other for best supporting actress

    Bugsy Malone
    Her bafta win for Taxi Driver was also a joint win for her performance in Bugsy malone

    Freak Friday
    Golden globe nomination

    The Accused
    Won the academy award and golden globe

    The Silence of The Lambs
    Won the academy award, the golden globe and the BAFTA

    Nell
    Was nominated for an academy award and a golden globe. She did go on to win a SAG award

    Contact
    Was nominated for a golden globe

    The Brave One
    Was nominated for a golden globe

    Carnage
    Was nominated for a golden globe
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