Filmspotters' Top 100 Performances Countdown: Comments And Discussion

[StarCarly]

I didn't submit a list,

I feel like this is going to be a common trend.

 

It's funny, cause I'm a performance-nerd more than anything else. Next year!

[Clovis8]

Great job Gotham and great list (with the exception of Cruise which is the most overrated performance of all time).

[Mike Shutt]

Performances that just missed the cut:

Alec Baldwin - Glengarry Glen Ross
Ellen DeGeneres - Finding Nemo
Emillie Dequenne - Rosetta
Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher
James Mason - Bigger Than Life
Patricia Neal - Hud
Gregory Peck - To Kill A Mockingbird
Billy Bob Thornton for Sling Blade
Denzel Washington for Malcolm X
Forest Whitaker - Ghost Dog

[¡Keith!]

Ledger's Joker = mesmerizing.

cruise haters need to have their thetan levels looked at.

[Verite]

I'm especially psyched that these made it:

63. Björk as Selma Jezkova in Dancer In The Dark
62. Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather
61. Mickey Rourke as Randy “The Ram” Robinson in The Wrestler
60. Tony Leung as Lai Yiu-fai in Happy Together
50. Liv Ullmann as Marianne in Scenes From A Marriage
49. Juliette Binoche as Julie Vignon in Three Colors: Blue
47. Gene Hackman as Harry Caul in The Conversation
41. Kerry Fox as Janet Frame in An Angel At My Table
37. Joesph Cotten as Uncle Charlie Oakley in Shadow Of A Doubt
32. Orson Welles as Captain Hank Quinlan in Touch Of Evil
29. Madhabi Mukherjee as Charulata in Charulata
28. Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik in Dog Day Afternoon
26. Maggie Cheung as Su Li-zhen/Mrs. Chan in In The Mood For Love
15. Jeff Bridges as The Dude in The Big Lebowski
6. Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather Series
1. Gena Rowlands as Mabel Longhetti in A Woman Under The Influence

Great job, Gotham!  Thanks for the hard work and dedication.

[THATguy]

Performances that just missed the cut:

Patricia Neal - Hud

That's a shame.  More people need to see Hud.

[Verite]

Performances that just missed the cut:

Emillie Dequenne - Rosetta
Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher
Patricia Neal - Hud

That made my day.  Obviously, I would've loved it if they made the list, but still....

[Mike Shutt]

Performer with most movie nominations: Cary Grant (9)

-Bringing Up Baby
-Charade
-His Girl Friday
-Holiday
-I Was A Male War Bride
-North By Northwest
-Notorious
-Only Angels Have Wings
-The Philadelphia Story

[Mike Shutt]

Performance with most votes:

Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski (10 Votes)

[Mike Shutt]

Total number of performances voted for: 939