Mine: 1. Sally Hawkins ~ "Happy-Go-Lucky" as Poppy Cross 2. Severine Caneele ~ "A Piece of Sky" ("Une Part du Ciel") as Joanna 3. Ivan Dobronravov ~ "The Return" ("Vozvrashcheniye") as Andrei 4. Naomi Watts ~ "Mulholland Dr." as Diane Selwyn and Betty Elms 5. Luis Tosar ~ "Take My Eyes" ("Te Doy Mis Ojos") as Antonio 6. Kate Winslet ~ "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" as Clementine Kruczynski 7. Eric Bana ~ "Chopper" as Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read 8. Ralph Fiennes ~ "The Constant Gardener" as Justin Quayle 9. Emmanuel Schotte ~ "Humanite" ("L'humanite") as Pharaon de Winter 10. Rinko Kikuchi ~ "Babel" as Chieko Wataya
Wasn't my intention to have mine split evenly between men & women, but that's how it turned out. Don't feel like you have to have a gender balance in your top 10 - this is your list of top 10 performances of either gender.
"Notorious was nice, but it’s not in the color purple range" "Angels and Demons may get nominated for cinematography the imagery was profound" "District Nine will definitely win for best foreign film it made money and everyone loved it" ~ 8movies
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Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky Olivier Gourmet, The Son Miranda Richardson, Spider Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr. Paul Giamatti, Sideways Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
Nicolas Cage as Charlie/Donald Kaufman, Adaptation Chris Cooper as John Laroche, Adaptation Meryl Streep as Susan Orlean, Adaptation Julie Christie as Fiona Anderson, Away From Her Catherine Keener as Nelle Harper Lee, Capote Catherine O'Hara as Marilyn Hack, For Your Consideration Daniel Day Lewis as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting, Gangs of New York Liam Neeson as Alfred Kinsey, Kinsey Jill Clayburgh as Agnes Finch, Running with Scissors Daniel Day Lewis as Daniel Plainview, There Will Be Blood
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I'll make a list, but I'll have to give it more thought. But there are four names that will make my list without hesitation (not necessarily in this order): Emma Thompson ("Wit"), Daniel Day-Lewis ("There Will Be Blood"), Charlize Theron ("Monster"), and Do-Yeon Jeon ("Secret Sunshine").
"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
Yes this is a difficult question. I have to think about it as well.
But for starters I'll mention Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford, a title almost as long as the movie. But, he's right at or near the top for me.
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1. Marion Cotillard- La Vie En Rose 2. Daniel Day- Lewis- there will Be Blood 3. Ellen Burstyn- Requiem for a dream 4. Sean Penn- Milk 5. Russell Crowe- A Beautiful Mind 6. Ben Kinglsey- House of Sand and fog 7. Marcia gay Harden- Pollack 8. Meryl Streep- the Hours 9. Laura Linney- Kinsey 10. Ed Harris- The Hours 8.
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However, I dunno if this would be the final list, but as of right now...needs more thought!
1. Heath Ledger- Brokeback Mountain 2. Kate Winslet- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 3. Naomi Watts- 21 Grams 4. Hilary Swank- Boy's Don't Cry 5. Denzel Washington- Training Day 6. Daniel Day-Lewis- There Will Be Blood 7. Rinko Kikuchi- Babel 8. Amy Adams- Junebug 9. Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight 10. Penelope Cruz- Volver
FYC, Oscars 2010-
Best Picture- Star Trek Best Picture- Up Best Supporting Actor- Zachary Quinto in 'Star Trek' Best Supporting Actor- Michael Gambon in 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Best Actress- Tilda Swinton in 'Julia' Best Supporting Actress- Elle Fanning in 'Phoebe in Wonderland' Best Actor- Robert Downey Jr. in 'The Soloist' Best Supporting Actor- Jamie Foxx in 'The Soloist'
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Okay I just went through my vote history on IMDb for the 2000+ years and I've compiled a long list and now I don't want to get rid of anyone or rank them. So I'm gonna cheat and put all of them.
Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight Angelina Jolie, Changeling Annette Benning, Running with Scissors Billy Bob Thorton, The Man Who Wasn't There Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading Cate Blanchett, The Aviator Catherine Zeta Jones, Chicago Charlize Theron, Monster Christian Bale, American Psycho Christian Bale, The Machinist Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Colin Farrell, A Home at the End of the World Colin Farrell, In Bruges Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood Diego Luna, Milk Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls Gael Garcia Bernal, Bad Education Haley Joel Osment, AI Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Jackie Earle Haley, Watchmen Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain Jake Gyllenhaal, Bubble Boy Jeffrey Wright, Shaft Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose Michelle Pfeiffer, White Oleander Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge Penelope Cruz, Vicki Cristina Barcelona Ralph Fiennes, In Bruges Robin Williams, One Hour Photo Sean Astin, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King Sean Bean, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring Sean Penn, I Am Sam Sean Penn, Milk Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn Vincent Cassel, Eastern Promises Willem Dafoe, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
edit: whoops I forgot a certain French lady
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FYC District 9 and Sharlto Copley The Hurt Locker and Jeremy Renner and Kathryn Bigelow Watchmen This Is It Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds Paul Rudd in I Love You, Man
Nice to see your mention of Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Cruz and Sean Astin.
Helen Mirren makes my tops list too.
So that's Casey Affleck and Helen Mirren so far. I'm also going to cite Mickey Rourke. I loved most of the cast in Hellboy2, esp Luke Goss and Ron Perlman which, certainly qualifies as unconventional choices.
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Not sure who's in my top ten, but I'm sure it will include:
Ralph Fiennes - The Constant Gardener Julianne Moore - The Hours Meryl Streep - Adaptation Gael Garcia Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries/Bad Education(not sure which one though)
Tom Wilkinson, In The Bedroom/Michael Clayton Steve Buscemi, Ghost World Helen Mirren, The Queen Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Casey Affleck, TAOJJBTCRF Chris Cooper, Adaptation Sally Hawkins, HGL Eddie Marsan, HGL Bill Murray, Lost in Translation Catherine Zeta Jones, Traffic Clint Eastwood, M$B Virginia Madsen, Sideways Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake Marianne Faithfull, Irena Palm Heath Ledger, BBM/TDK Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener George Clooney, Michael Clayton Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine Penelope Cruz, VCB, Volver Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children, Watchmen Brad Pitt, Babel (and the rest of his body of work this decade) Amy Ryan, GBG Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men (etc) Sean Penn, Milk Melissa Leo, Frozen River Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess/The Constant Gardener
and others which other posters have already mentioned, and many others which I have forgotten to list.
oops, more than ten!
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Jamie Foxx- Ray Jamie Foxx- Collateral Morgan Freeman- Million Dollar Baby Robert Downey Jr.- Tropic Thunder Robert Downey Jr.- Zodiac Penelope Cruz- Vicky Cristina Barcelona Michelle Williams- Brokeback Mountain Eddie Murphy- Dreamgirls Jennifer Hudson- Dreamgirls Kate Winslet- Little Children Jackie Earle Haley- Little Children Sean Penn- Milk Sean Astin: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Biggest Oscar Oversight, EVER!) Jim Carrey- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Gael Garcia Bernal- Bad Education Catherine-Zeta Jones- Chicago Rachel Weisz- The Constant Gardener Meryl Streep- The Devil Wears Prada Naomi Watts- Mulholland Drive Cate Blanchett- Notes On A Scandal Judi Dench- Notes On A Scandal Saoirse Ronan- Atonement Keira Knightley- Pride and Prejudice Kate Winslet- Revolutionary Road Leonardo DiCaprio- The Departed Philip Seymour Hoffman- Doubt Ellen Page- Juno Jennifer Garner- Juno Amy Ryan- Gone Baby Gone Casey Affleck- Gone Baby Gone Mickey Rourke- The Wrestler Mickey Rourke- Sin City Anne Hathaway- Rachel Getting Married Javier Bardem- No Country For Old Men George Clooney- Michael Clayton Tilda Swinton- Michael Clayton Terrence Howard- Hustle & Flow Terrence Howard- Crash Matt Dillon- Crash Joaquin Phoenix- Walk The Line Reese Witherspoon- Walk The Line Haley Joel Osment- The Sixth Sense Toni Collette- The Sixth Sense Dakota Fanning- I Am Sam Will Smith- The Pursuit of Happyness Tom Cruise- Magnolia Abigail Breslin- Little Miss Sunshine Renee Zellweger- Chicago Queen Latifah- Chicago Natalie Portman- Closer Clive Owen- Closer Peter Sarsgaard- Shattered Glass Angelina Jolie- Changeling Angelina Jolie- Girl, Interrupted Adriana Barraza- Babel Hal Holbrook- Into The Wild Emile Hirsch- Milk James Franco- Pineapple Express Sean Penn- 21 Grams Benicio Del Toro- 21 Grams Halle Berry- Monster's Ball Christian Bale- American Psycho Uma Thurman- Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 Felicity Huffman- Transamerica Julia Roberts- Erin Brockovich Bryce Dallas Howard- The Village
I can still think of more...too many...
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FYC, Oscars 2010-
Best Picture- Star Trek Best Picture- Up Best Supporting Actor- Zachary Quinto in 'Star Trek' Best Supporting Actor- Michael Gambon in 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Best Actress- Tilda Swinton in 'Julia' Best Supporting Actress- Elle Fanning in 'Phoebe in Wonderland' Best Actor- Robert Downey Jr. in 'The Soloist' Best Supporting Actor- Jamie Foxx in 'The Soloist'
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"Notorious was nice, but it’s not in the color purple range" "Angels and Demons may get nominated for cinematography the imagery was profound" "District Nine will definitely win for best foreign film it made money and everyone loved it" ~ 8movies
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1. Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive 2. Sam Riley, Control 3. Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain 4. Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher 5. Patricia Rae, Maria Full of Grace 6. Alan Arkin, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing 7. Laura Linney, Jindabyne 8. Holly Hunter, Thirteen 9. Gillian Anderson, The House of Mirth 10. Ray Wise, Good Night, and Good Luck
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Originally posted by kelemenmarc: "Catherine Keener, The 40yr Old Virgin."
OMG and the next is Paris Hilton for House of Wax? Catherine Keener always boring.
Even if you find Catherine Keener boring, there's a difference between that and not being able to act at all. Comparing her to Paris Hilton is really unfair.
Originally posted by Moviemjk102: Nicolas Cage as Charlie/Donald Kaufman, Adaptation Chris Cooper as John Laroche, Adaptation Meryl Streep as Susan Orlean, Adaptation Julie Christie as Fiona Anderson, Away From Her Catherine Keener as Nelle Harper Lee, Capote Catherine O'Hara as Marilyn Hack, For Your Consideration Daniel Day Lewis as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting, Gangs of New York Liam Neeson as Alfred Kinsey, Kinsey Jill Clayburgh as Agnes Finch, Running with Scissors Daniel Day Lewis as Daniel Plainview, There Will Be Blood
I wholehearted agree with your love for the performances from Adaptation. It was a splendid movie from beginning to end.
In addition to those three as well as Day-Lewis\TWBB, I'll add:
Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream Ian McKellan, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
FYC: "Up" for Best Picture and Kathryn Bigelow for Best Director
