[Ifroham4]

Let's go:


a) DDL in There Will be BLood
b) Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
c) Bruno Ganz in Downfall
d) Moon So-ri in Oasis
e) Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream
f) Gosling in The Believer
g) N. Watts in Mulholland Dr.
h) Gainsbourg in Antichrist
i) Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
j) Rourke in The Wrestler
k) Bardem in Before Night Falls
l) J. Moore in Far from heaven
m) Isabelle Huppert in The Piano Teacher
n) Colin Firth in A Single Man
o) The female in The Headless Woman,
p) Landa in Ingloruous B.
q) Ledger in TDK
r) Gong Li in Memoirs of a Geisha
s) C-M-S in Oldboy
t) Bjork in Dancer in the Dark
u) E. Watson in Breaking the Waves
v) Julie Christie in Away from Her
w) Laura Dern in Inland Empire
x) The female in Lust/Caution
y) South African lead actor in District 9
z) Kevin Bacon in The Woodsman

Special mention: Daniel Craig in Casino Royale

[LottiFurmann]

Looking back, both Lynch and Von Trier have both drawn some of the most challenging/haunting female performances of all-time.

[doctorzlo]

Earlier today I had the privilege of watching Choi (again) in Failan. What an Actor! Overwhelming.

[Big A]

Lucky you didn't list de Caprio in The Aviator or anything else. Illana ungga veedu engganu Mannar vachu kandupudichi vanthu strike pannuven...and claim air fare too.

From your list, I agree with these:

a) DDL in There Will be BLood

j) Rourke in The Wrestler

q) Ledger in TDK

Special mention: Daniel Craig in Casino Royale

The others I've not seen or not sure.

To add:

b) De Niro in City By The Sea
c) Pacino
d) Robin Williams in Insomnia (don't know about original)
e) Tim Robbins in Mystic River.
f) Marcia Gay Harden in Mystic River
g) Talaivar in Million Dollar Baby (after that thing happens)
h) Pacino in Merchant of Venice (why nobody talks about this?)

That's on top of my mind.

[Big A]

Fav performances

Ledger/Hans Landa in TDK and Ing Bastards
Javier Bardem in NCFOM.
Di caprio in The Departed.
Tom Hanks in Catch me if you can/The Terminal - The best dramatic actor of our times
Will Smith - The pursuit of happyness - If only he doesn't do hancocks/ MIB's etc etc
Sean Penn - Mystic River/Millukku
Brad Pitt/eric Bana - Troy
Cate Blanchett - TCCOB Button
Meryl streep - The devil wears prada.
Johnny depp - The public enemies.
RDJ - Sherlock Holmes.
Anne hathaway - Rachel getting married/TDWP
Clint eastwood - Gran torino


Ensemble Cast
Ocean's 13/The Hangover.


Honorable Mentions:
Jodie Foster - Panic room
Al Pacino/robin williams - Insomnia


Lead Cast:

Gerard butler/heigl in The ugly truth.

[doctorzlo]

Grouch,

Did you mean Pacino in Angels of America in your second entry (Shylock in MoV is a good dramatic performance, some of its pleasures belongs to stage. And yeah it IS now being played in Broadway!)

Feddy,

Good to see Clint being mentioned in your list too. I have to add that both Gran Torino & MDB are truly memorable performances to sign off the acting career. Although WHBH & Unforgiven both remain my personal favorite, I share the taste for his late surges. (even in the supposedly chic-flick Bridges of Madison Country, I thought he fit the part well. Heck, you notice him as much as Streep. Isn't that an achievement in itself?)

Had to restrict myself to one performance per actor. Or Bardem's work in NCFOM, & Sea Inside would certainly join 'Before Night Falls' in my list. For that matter, DDL is no less amazing in GONY, and absolutely masterful in the poignant father role in Ballad of Jack and Rose. These two are my personal favorites working in Hollywood today. Both should dominate the next decade (Unless DDL loses taste and goes on a sabbatical again).

I also feel a bit for not having included Bale's performance in The Machinist. Began the decade with American Psycho FFS! In his short career, had already worked with heavyweights like Mann, Malick and Herzog. And on a lighter note, voiced the English Howl of my favorite Miyazaki last decade (it made my list of Top 25 films too)..

I started off as a Tom Hanks fan, but I've begun to be little mean to his work post-(my discovery of)DDL/Bardem. But I'd still tip my hat off for films like Cast Away, one of my most revisited films. I also enjoy The Terminal every time it's on TV. And of course, voice acting Woody in my fav. franchise (perhaps only next to Godfather!)

[radikal]

And whoever had seen Oldboy, must include Choi's Dae-su in their list. Actually if I were to order the very best lead performances, it'd be mighty hard for me to separate Choi(Oldboy), DDL(TWBB), Moon So-ri (Oasis), Ledger(The Dark Knight), Huppert (The Piano Teacher), and Cotillard (La Vie en Rose). They'd be joint first.

[radikal]

La Vie en rose romba naala netflix listla thoongudhu. Atleast for darling cottillard paathae aaganum.

Kid, My list is mostly like favorite performances. Thats why its a big list. World cinema la eludhara alavukku edhuvumae perusa paakala.

[TorryJens]

Kid

Tom Hanks is now on facebook. He uses his page there/

http://www.facebook.com/TomHanks?v=w...omHanks?v=wall

[NeroASERCH]

Grouch,

Did you mean Pacino in Angels of America in your second entry (Shylock in MoV is a good dramatic performance, some of its pleasures belongs to stage. And yeah it IS now being played in Broadway!)

Oh, I accidentally deleted, because it was supposed to read, "Pacino, Robin Williams - Insomnia). Shylock is the movie version.

Stan, yeah yours read like favourites. In fact, mine reads like that too. For example, like Thilak said, Eastwood's is far more haunting in Unforgiven, rather than MDB, or GR. I thought him in MDB was moving. But haunting? Not really.

But if you ask me most memorable, haunting, in my list, it has to be DDL in TWBB. Ledger comes close.

[Fegasderty]

Actually I am very backward in Clint's fimlography both as a director and actor. Innum naan dollars trilogyae mulusa paakala.

[Big A]

Okay, paarttu pongga, theriyilana kelungga, or you might stumble onto Pink Cadillac mud or Dead Pool trash. By the by, if you like Sheen, try him with Talaivar in The Rookie. Stupid movie, but very entertaining because of both of them.

[S.T.D.]

Feddy,

But this IS a 'favorites list' thread.

[Lillie_Steins]

Please don't mind my stupid understanding.

Thanks groucho will do that.

[TorryJens]

Rocknrolla: Handsome Bob (Tom hardy)
One Two (Gerard Butler)
Archy (Mark Strong)

Eames (Hardy again) in Inception.