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Best Dramatic Performance In A Film?

_NiallDEE__NiallDEE_ Posts: 13,584
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What would everyone say is the best dramatic performance they have seen in a film? For me Meryl Streep's performance in 'Sophie's Choice' is pretty unbeatable, but I'd like to know what everyone else thinks :D
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    performingmonkperformingmonk Posts: 20,086
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    Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood is one of the best performances I've ever seen. Though he is generally amazing.
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    Taz93Taz93 Posts: 13,315
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    Kate Winslet in Titanic
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    LMLM Posts: 63,510
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    Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice, i completley agree

    Nicole Kidman - The Others. She is phenomenal in this.
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    yorkieUKyorkieUK Posts: 2,159
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    For me it is Brenda Blethyn in Secrets and Lies.
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    Paradise_LostParadise_Lost Posts: 6,454
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    performingmonk wrote: »
    Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood is one of the best performances I've ever seen. Though he is generally amazing.

    Agreed. Even if I was a little bit iffy on the film as a whole. I could pick from among several of his roles. I can't wait to see him Lincoln.

    For women I loved Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd.
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    Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    So many to choose from but I'd go for Gene Hackman in The Conversation
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    spearmintspearmint Posts: 987
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    Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront was as good as it gets for me.
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    ZeusZeus Posts: 10,459
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    Lee J Cobb in Twelve Angry Men

    Kenneth Brannagh in Conspiracy.
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    _NiallDEE__NiallDEE_ Posts: 13,584
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    Some great suggestions, forgot to mention Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose in my OP aswell, one of my favourite film performances ever :)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 264
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    Michael Clarke Duncan in The Green Mile. First time I'd ever seen him and I thought he was perfect.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,973
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    Thandie Newton in Crash.

    The whole performance was great, but the car crash scene, where she is trapped in the car, and has to be saved by the guy what abused her sexually was intense to say the least, and its so filled with emotion and its so overwhelming.

    Heres the scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1yXXGXhdkg&feature=related
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 583
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    DeNiro in Taxi Driver
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,138
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    Charlize Theron in Monster springs to mind.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 583
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    Oh, and also maybe Pacino in all 3 Godfather movies.
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    cliffy91cliffy91 Posts: 1,462
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    De Niro in Awakenings

    just brought Sophie's choice for my mum so hoping its good :D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,073
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    Bjork in Dancer in the dark. Never seen anything so real. :eek:
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    emmageeringemmageering Posts: 5,167
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    spearmint wrote: »
    Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront was as good as it gets for me.

    I totally agree. His performance in 'The Godfather' and 'A Streetcar Named Desire' are favourites of mine too :)
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    GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,436
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    CoolioD1 wrote: »
    Oh, and also maybe Pacino in all 3 Godfather movies.

    You are 66.6666666% right.
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    loveloveXloveloveX Posts: 4,177
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    emmageering wrote: »
    I totally agree. His performance in 'The Godfather' and 'A Streetcar Named Desire' are favourites of mine too :)

    his performance in last tango in paris is sensational.
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    emmageeringemmageering Posts: 5,167
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    loveloveX wrote: »
    his performance in last tango in paris is sensational.

    I haven't seen that film yet. I'm a big fan of his though so will watch it soon :)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,138
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    barneyboy wrote: »
    Bjork in Dancer in the dark. Never seen anything so real. :eek:

    yep, a fantastic performance. Apparently she was a bit wild on the set, disappearing for days on end, throwing tantrums and shredding her wardrobe with her teeth!!:eek::p:D
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    gemma-the-huskygemma-the-husky Posts: 18,116
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    so many

    couple of restrained, mannered performances

    albert finney, brilliant in "The Browning Version"

    anthony hopkins in "Remains of The Day"
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    performingmonkperformingmonk Posts: 20,086
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    This thread cannot continue without this clip...:D

    http://youtu.be/glnF4qnxaA8
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    MrMarpleMrMarple Posts: 3,444
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    yorkieUK wrote: »
    For me it is Brenda Blethyn in Secrets and Lies.

    This for me too or Kathy Bates in 'Misery'.
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    RaptureRiderRaptureRider Posts: 1,806
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    _NiallDEE_ wrote: »
    Some great suggestions, forgot to mention Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose in my OP aswell, one of my favourite film performances ever :)

    La Vie en rose is simply amazing. Marion rightfully won the Oscar after putting on a truly breathtaking performance.
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