Filmspotters' Top 100 Performances 2010: The Countdown

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81.

Donald O’Connor as Cosmo Brown in Singin’ In The Rain

“Lina. She can't act, she can't sing, she can't dance. A triple threat.”

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80.

Peter O’Toole as T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence Of Arabia

“Do you think I'm just anybody, Ali? Do you?”

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79.

Samantha Morton as Morvern Callar in Morvern Callar

“CINECAST! work Lana, we can go anywhere you like.”

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78.

Robert De Niro as Jake La Motta in Raging Bull

“Friends. They're in a huddle. Big business meeting. By the pool, they sit around and talk. Big deals. They make sure she can hear. Big Man. Get the CINECAST! outta here. Big shot. Get 'em all in a back room, smack 'em around, no more big shot, without his gun. They're tough guys. They're all tough guys.”

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77.

Robert Donat as Mr. Chips in Goodbye, Mr. Chips

“I thought I heard you saying it was a pity . . . pity I never had any children. But you're wrong. I have. Thousands of them. Thousands of them . . . and all boys.”

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76.

Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now

“If I say its safe to surf this beach, Captain, then its safe to surf this beach! I mean, I'm not afraid to surf this place, I'll surf this whole CINECAST!ing place!”

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75.

Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate

“Do you have a special grudge against me? Do you feel a particularly strong resentment? Is there something I've said that's caused this contempt, or is it just things I stand for that you despise?”

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74.

Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker in In The Loop

“Just CINECAST!ing do it! Otherwise you'll find yourself in some medieval war zone in the Caucasus with your arse in the air, trying to persuade a group of men in balaclavas that sustained sexual violence is not the CINECAST!ing way forward!”

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73.

Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles in Cabaret

“I'm going to be a great film star! That is, if booze and sex don't get me first.”

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72.

Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard

“I wanted this to be professional, efficient, adult, cooperative. Not a lot to ask. Alas, your Mr. Takagi did not see it that way... so he won't be joining us for the rest of his life. We can go any way you want it. You can walk out of here or be carried out. But have no illusions. We are in charge. So, decide now, each of you. And please remember: we have left nothing to chance."