Introduction
This is my first Top 100 performance list EVER. I already know I've screwed up a ton and forgotten a lot of performances. This list will also show several of my weak decades. I'm sticking by it because I need to have
something to improve on in later years. Also, I'm doing it in several sections with pics. Finally, the ranking somewhat matters. Nothing is solid in their spot. I'm going to be doing this over several nights.
It's kind of weird.
And I can't pick one Chaplin or Keaton performance so I didn't pick any. Same with the Marx Brothers. Don't have a favorite. They're my only honorable mentions because of this.
100. Parker Posey, Best in Show (She's so perfect in everything though!)
99. Alan Rickman, Die Hard (Screw Snape, gimme more Hans!)
98. Charles Boyer, The Earrings of Madame De... (This won't be the last of Madame De...)
97. Rosalind Russel, His Girl Friday (Oi. I need to see more of her career)
96. Lee Van Cleef, For a Few Dollars More (Subtle, nuanced, extremely underrated)
95. Mia Farrow, The Purple Rose of Cairo (Breaks my heart every time)
94. Daniel Day-Lewis, A Room with a View (Such a hoot! So funny to see him this way, he nails it)
93. Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs (A very small performance that widens and cracks)
92. Humphrey Bogart, The Maltese Falcon (This reminds me - Peter Lorre for this film is another honorable mention, also, while people love Casablanca and remember Bogie for that, this will always be the film I know him for)
91. Jeffrey Hunter, The Searchers (There's a very Heston-esque quality to this performance, yet I like it. I'm a complex man, so sue me.)
90. Enrique Irazoquoi, The Gospel According to St. Matthew (My favorite Christ portrayal)
89. Ellen Burstyn, The Last Picture Show (Her BEST performance as well, take that!)
88. Harrison Ford, Star Wars: A New Hope (Sells every second of it, very funny & awesomely charismatic, so shut up!)
87. Johnathan Pryce, Brazil (I went back on forth on this one. Hmmm. Still not sure. Tied with Lewis probably for Blood)
86. Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood (Didn't know where to put him - oh well, MILKSHAKE!)
85. Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums (I love this performance so much that whenever I see Paltrow do something else I always wonder if she had a twin do this film or something)