Search found 5 matches: Tom Hanks

Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight


Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs


Jack Nicholson in The Shining


Johnny Depp in The Pirates of the Caribbean


Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys


Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men


Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump


Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood


Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained


Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds


Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List


Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver


Al Pacino in Scarface


Marlon Brando in The Godfather


Kevin Spacey in American Beauty


Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange

I have a lot:
Kathy Bates in Misery


Jack Nicholson in The Shining


William Hurt in A History of Violence


Edward Norton in American History X


Hugh Jackman in the Fountain


Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler


Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler


Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream


Jennifer Connely in House of Sand and Fog


Ben Kingsley in House of Sand and Fog


Sean Penn in Mystic River


Naomi Watts in 21 Grams


Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises


Tommy Lee Jones in No Country for Old Men


John Goodman in Barton Fink/The Big Lebowski


Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead


Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood


Marlon Brando in The Godfather


Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry


Sergi Lopez in Pan's Labyrinth


Guy Pearce in Memento


Jeff Goldblum in The Fly


Warren Beatty in Bugsy


Mark Wahlberg in The Departed


Bryce Dallas Howard in The Village


Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump


ok I think i'm finally done, but I've probably forgotten a lot.

There are really too many to list but here goes. I'll skip some of my favorites that have already been mentioned.



Heath Ledger - the Joker [The Dark Knight]

It's a such performance that's become a pop icon of sorts I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned. Or maybe I'm not.



Gene Hackman - Royal Tenenbaum [The Royal Tenenbaums]

"I've had a good run."



Tom Hanks - John Baskin [Big]

The best man child performance out there.



Meryl Streep - Susan Orlean [Adaptation]

Her character has to go to so many different places in this wild script. I doubt anyone could've done it as well.



Jennifer Connolly - Sarah Williams [Waking the Dead]

I probably would have a hard time moving on from this girl as well.



Kate Winslet - Clementine Kruczynski [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]

Complex. I want nothing to do with this character and am totally attracted to her at the same time.

Some of my other faves:

Chris Cooper - John Laroche [Adaptation]
Sir Ian McKellan - Gandalf [Lord of the Rings]
Burt Reynolds - Jack Horner [Boogie Nights]
Claire Danes - Sookie [Igby Goes Down]
Martin Landau - Bela Lugosi [Ed Wood} + Judah Rosenthal [Crimes and Misdemeanors]
Brad Pitt - Mickey O'Neil [Snatch]
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Freddie Miles [The Talented Mr Riply]

We need more 'Best of' threads round here...

BEST PERFORMANCES, out of films I've seen (with pics added for FLAVOR!)



John Goodman - Barton Fink

One of the most under appreciated actors out there deceptively plays a crazy dude in a crazy movie.



Robert DeNiro - The King of Comedy

Probably the best 'I'm-painfully-awkward-in-almost-all-facets-of-life' performance out there.



Robert DeNiro - Raging Bull

"...you fuck my wife?"



Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting

Robin Williams brilliantly portrays a widower. The depressed widow(er) has been done tons of times in film and TV, but never this well. And Williams does it all totally against the grain of a typecast.



Sean Penn - The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Reminiscent of DeNiro in Taxi Driver, Penn perfectly captures an alienated and disillusioned American citizen who's lost all hope in the American dream.



Tom Hanks - Road To Perdition

I'd be hard pressed to conjure up a more versatile actor.



Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump

IT'S JUST THAT HE'S RETARDED. Hanks is the most humanizing actor I've ever seen.



Robert DeNiro - Goodfellas

Phone booth scene.



Mark Wahlberg - Boogie Nights

Marky Mark is a natural actor. I believe him in every role he's in.



Tommy Lee Jones - No Country For Old Men

Even if it's only for his delivery in the final scene.



Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood

I dom't like to explain myself..



k thats enough i dont wanna take all the good ones. POSTEM UP PEOPLE. your don't need to be as pointlessly detailed as mine.