The 100 Greatest Performances of All Time from PREMIERE magazine. At first glance I think that Jamie Foxx should be higher for Ray. I'm surprised that Johnie Deep is at #22 for Edward Scissorhands. What the hell is Reese Witherspoon doing in the top 50 for Election? They have little excerpts on each role for the characters at http://www.premiere.com/article.asp?section_id=6&article_id=2692&page_number=1. I thought it was interesting that Deniro's mirror scene in Taxi Driver was improved, and Daniel Day Lewis listend to Eminem to get motivated when playing Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York. 100. Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge A Clockwork Orange (1971) 99. Steve Martin as Navin Johnson The Jerk (1979) 98. Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson Double Indemnity (1944) 97. Ben Kingsley as Don Logan Sexy Beast (2001) 96. Judy Holliday as Billie Dawn Born Yesterday (1950) 95. Angela Bassett as Tina Turner What’s Love Got to Do With It (1993) 94. Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert M (1931) 93. Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce Beragon Mildred Pierce (1945) 92. Clint Eastwood as "Dirty" Harry Callahan Dirty Harry (1971) 91. Jane Fonda as Bree Daniels Klute (1971) 90. Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski The Big Lebowski (1998) 89. Gong Li as Juxian Farewell My Concubine (1993) 88. Christopher Walken as Nick Chevotarevich The Deer Hunter (1978) 87. John Wayne as Ethan Edwards The Searchers (1956) 86. Robert Walker as Bruno Anthony Strangers on a Train (1951) 85. Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer Frances (1982) 84. Anjelica Huston as Lilly Dillon The Grifters (1990) 83. Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena Boys Don’t Cry (1999) 82. George C. Scott as General George S. Patton, Jr. Patton (1970) 81. Kate Winslet as Clementine Kruczynski Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 80. Jeanne Moreau as Catherine Jules and Jim (1962) 79. Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 78. Toshiro Mifune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake Yojimbo (1961) 77. Morgan Freeman as Leo Smalls Jr., a.k.a. Fast Black Street Smart (1987) 76. Burt Lancaster as J.J. Hunsecker Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 75. Julie Christie as Diana Scott Darling (1965) 74. Madeline Kahn as Lili von Shtupp Blazing Saddles (1974) 73. John Travolta as Tony Manero Saturday Night Fever (1977) 72. Judy Garland as Esther Blodgett a.k.a. Vicki Lester A Star Is Born (1954) 71. Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood Silkwood (1983) 70. Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 69. Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond Sunset Boulevard (1950) 68. Cary Grant as Dr. David Huxley Bringing Up Baby (1938) 67. Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond Inherit the Wind (1960) 66. Holly Hunter as Jane Craig Broadcast News (1987) 65. Jack Lemmon as Jerry/Daphne Some Like It Hot (1959) 64. Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson The Hustler (1961) 63. Gena Rowlands as Mabel Longhetti A Woman Under the Influence (1974) 62. Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious Sid & Nancy (1986) 61. Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth Schindler’s List (1993) 60. Diane Keaton as Annie Hall Annie Hall (1977) 59. Catherine Deneuve as Séverine Sérizy Belle de Jour (1967) 58. Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley Aliens (1986) 57. Max Von Sydow as Lasse Karlsson Pelle the Conqueror (1987) 56. Jodie Foster as Sarah Tobias The Accused (1988) 55. Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs In the Heat of the Night (1967) 54. Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord The Philadelphia Story (1940 53. Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill “The Butcher” Cutting Gangs of New York (2002) 52. Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton The Remains of the Day (1993) 51. Henry Fonda as Tom Joad The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 50. Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade The Maltese Falcon (1941) 49. Liv Ullmann as Elisabet Vogler Persona (1966) 48. Bill Murray as Phil Connors Groundhog Day (1993) 47. Jack Nicholson as Randle Patrick McMurphy One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 46. Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland Cast Away (2000) 45. Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick Election (1999) 44. Charlie Chaplin as A Tramp City Lights (1931) 43. James Dean as Jim Stark Rebel Without a Cause (1955) 42. Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle Taxi Driver (1976) 41. Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield Pulp Fiction (1994) 40. Nicole Kidman as Suzanne Stone Maretto To Die For (1995) 39. Laurence Olivier as Richard III Richard III (1955) 38. Carole Lombard as Maria Tura To Be or Not to Be (1942) 37. Gene Hackman as Harry Caul The Conversation (1974) 36. Faye Dunaway Evelyn Cross Mulwray Chinatown (1974) 35. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote Capote (2005) 34. Buster Keaton as Johnny Gray The General (1927) 33. Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey/ Dorothy Michaels Tootsie (1982) 32. Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) 31. Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles Ray (2004) 30. James Stewart as John “Scottie” Ferguson Vertigo (1958) 29. Peter Sellers as Chance the Gardener Being There (1979) 28. Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson His Girl Friday (1940) 27. Marlon Brando as Paul Last Tango in Paris (1972) 26. Maria Falconetti as Joan of Arc The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 25. Greta Garbo as Ninotchka Ninotchka (1939) 24. Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 23. Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand The Insider (1999) 22. Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands Edward Scissorhands (1990) 21. Giulietta Masina as Cabiria Nights of Cabiria (1957) 20. Al Pacino as Michael Corleone The Godfather Part II (1974) 19. Paul Newman as Frank Galvin The Verdict (1982) 18. Emily Watson as Bess McNeill Breaking the Waves (1996) 17. Denzel Washington as Malcolm X Malcolm X (1992) 16. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin Notorious (1946) 15. Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin Big (1988) 14. Robert Duvall as Mac Sledge Tender Mercies (1983) 13. Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine The Lion in Winter (1968) 12. Jack Nicholson as “Badass” Buddusky The Last Detail (1973) 11. Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown My Left Foot (1989) 10. Robert De Niro as Jake La Motta Raging Bull (1980) 9. Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein Young Frankenstein (1974) 8. James Stewart as George Bailey It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) 7. Dustin Hoffman as “Ratso” Rizzo Midnight Cowboy (1969) 6. James Cagney as George M. Cohan Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 5. Bette Davis as Margo Channing All About Eve (1950) 4. Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 3. Meryl Streep as Sophie Zawistowska Sophie’s Choice (1982) 2. Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy On the Waterfront (1954) 1. Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Where the heck is Bogart? Didn't Tom Hanks win Best Actor Oscars in Phillidelphia and Forest Gump? WTF.
I'm surprised there was no Gump up there either. It seems like they went out of their way to leave off mentally challanged characters. Like Dustin Hoffman in Rainman.
The list just cries out for controversy (probably the intention). Tom Hanks, in Big, at number 14?? While Malcom McDowell is buried at #100 with his incredible performance in A Clockwork Orange?? (insert Roll-eyes here) Give me a break! Big was a light entertainment, with a nice performance by Hanks, nothing more. Orange was mind-blowing, with superb acting by McDowell, and superb direction from Stanley Kubrick. While I agree with some of the selections, and where they are ranked, this list is a joke.
dang i havent even seen the movies #1-#7. or #9-#14. only one i have seen is stupid its a wonderful life.
Any list without Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone in the Top 5 never mind Top 100 has no legitimacy whatsoever.
yeah i've gotta say i was waiting for Sellers in Dr. Strangelove to pop up and was surprised Big was on there over other hanks stuff and definitely was waiting for Casablance and Gone with the Wind type stuff to show up. though i suppose i should be impressed. usually lists like this are so heavily slanted towards older stuff that i figured the entire top 30 or so would be from the 30s and 40s. so at least they spread it around. my biggest beef was Hannibal Lecter at #70. i know he only had 16 or so minutes of screen time but we're talking about maybe the best villain ever (b/c he wasn't really a villain and you liked him). it was such a perfect character and performance (and even got an oscar) that i don't see how it's stuck up at #70.
