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What are Daniel Day Lewis' three best performances?

Daniel Day Loser (don't like any)
0 (0%)
I don't want to put my left foot in my mouth (haven't seen enough).
1 (3.2%)
Kafka - The Insurance Man
0 (0%)
Tomas - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
0 (0%)
Christy Brown - My Left Foot
2 (6.5%)
Hawkeye - The Last of the Mohicans
0 (0%)
Newland Archer - The Age of Innocence
0 (0%)
Gerry Conlon - In the Name of the Father
2 (6.5%)
John Proctor - The Crucible
1 (3.2%)
Danny Flynn - The Boxer
0 (0%)
Bill the Butcher - Gangs of New York
3 (9.7%)
Jack Slavin - The Ballad of Jack and Rose
1 (3.2%)
Daniel Plainview - There Will Be Blood
7 (22.6%)
Guido Contini - Nine
1 (3.2%)
Lincoln - Lincoln
8 (25.8%)
Reynolds Woodcock - Phantom Thread
5 (16.1%)
Johnny - My Beautiful Laundrette
0 (0%)

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DarkeningHumour

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Best Daniel Day Lewis Performances
« on: March 08, 2018, 11:56:37 AM »
Daniel Day Lewis has announced his retirement and we will theoretically never again see him in a movie after Phantom Thread. Now that everyone's had a chance to watch that movie, it's a good time to look back on his career.
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Re: Best Daniel Day Lewis Performances
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2018, 01:32:54 AM »
You should include My Beautiful Laundrette

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Re: Best Daniel Day Lewis Performances
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2018, 03:59:48 AM »
Christy Brown - My Left Foot

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Re: Best Daniel Day Lewis Performances
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2018, 07:35:16 AM »
You should include My Beautiful Laundrette

Because it's that good or for completion's sake?
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Re: Best Daniel Day Lewis Performances
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2018, 10:53:41 AM »
You should include My Beautiful Laundrette

Because it's that good or for completion's sake?
Both. It's no TWBB screen dominating performance but it was a strong breakthrough performance for him and while I don't know f it'd be top 3 for me (I don't recall Gangs and My left foot well enough) it's definitely good and memorable enough to be a fair contender.

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Re: Best Daniel Day Lewis Performances
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2018, 02:48:14 PM »
Ranked and colored by DDL's Performance

1. There Will Be Blood
2. Gangs of New York
3. Phantom Thread
4. Lincoln

5. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
6. My Left Foot

7. The Last of the Mohicans
8. Nine
9. A Room With a View
10. The Bounty
11. In the Name of the Father

12. My Beautiful Laundrette
13. The Age of Innocence

14. The Boxer

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Re: Best Daniel Day Lewis Performances
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2018, 03:08:21 PM »
I need to rewatch Gangs, and maybe Lincoln.
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Re: Best Daniel Day Lewis Performances
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2018, 09:45:51 PM »
Daniel Day Lewis has announced his retirement and we will theoretically never again see him in a movie after Phantom Thread. Now that everyone's had a chance to watch that movie, it's a good time to look back on his career.

in other words...


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Re: Best Daniel Day Lewis Performances
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2018, 01:50:01 PM »
You should include My Beautiful Laundrette

You should also include A ROOM WITH A VIEW. Extremely underrated performance. One of his rare comedic ones too!

 

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