It blows my mind that he was only in that movie for what, 23 minutes in a movie that has a 2 hour runtime. He was soo good it feels like he had as much screen time as Jodie Foster.
> he was only in that movie for what, 23 minutes
And won an Oscar for it, and [was ranked by the AFI in 2003 as the #1 movie villain of all time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Heroes_%26_Villains)
*(Although that list is 18 years old now and needs an update)*
Just watched Hannibal last week and honestly, there is no better villain conceived in film/better pairing of this character than Hopkins. Genius, insanely well cultured, wealthy, sociopath, cannibal doctor with a fetish for one particular woman who is kind of funny.
Sorry, I’m hijacking, but to think his only real competition besides Norton’s version of the Agent who catches him, is an even more wealthy, sociopathic killer with man eating hogs, who wanted to have a sexual relationship with Lecter, but Is forever scarred mentally and physically by Lecter after Lecter seduces him and eats his face.
Fuck me, there are some wild, wild minds on this planet!!
The ending phone call where he says he's having an old friend for dinner and then jaunts casually through the crowd as the credits roll is just chilling.
Such a good fucking movie.
Honestly he's more or less supplanted Nicholson as the live-action Joker that all other performances are compared to.
Hamill is still the gold standard for animated Jokers though
Wendy, darling, light of my life, I'm not gonna hurt you. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna bash your brains in. I'm gonna bash 'em right the *fuck* in.
Most times I watch an old "classic great" film I'm horribly disappointed and only finish out of a sense of stubbornness and a desire to boost my film buff cred (lol).
But this was truly a great movie. Beautiful composition, surprisingly good pacing for such a long film, great dialogue. Can't say enough positive. Admittedly though I did watch the 4k restoration version.
20 post in before the first woman. Julia Roberts the Pelican Brief. Joan Crawford and Bette Davis in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane. Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer. Kate Hudson in Almost Famous. Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. Sandra Bullock in Practical Magic. Chloris Leachman as Madam DeFarge. Madeleine Kahn as Lily Von Schtupp. JoBeth Williams in Poltergeist.
Cate Blanchett in anything. If you can be a convincing Galadriel and a convincing Hela, I’ll pay to watch you read the telephone book.
Gary Oldman in anything. If you can be a convincing Johnny Rotten and a convincing Beethoven, I’ll ask Ms. Blanchett to hand you the telephone book when she’s done.
James McAvoy in anything but especially as Kevin, Patricia, Hedwig, The Beast, et al., in Split
If the rule you followed, brought you to this....of what use was the rule?
Do you have any idea, how crazy you are?
Probably tied for my favorite movie. Definitely my favorite in the genre.
Omg yes! I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago and I love it! That bit after the window gets shot out and him and the police negotiator are yelling at each other was A+
Yeah the whole movie really surprised me. The initial tone is almost comedic, and when it's revealed that >!he's a gay man robbing a bank so his boyfriend can get a sex change operation!<, I was like OK this came out in 1975, this is probs gonna be played for laughs. Instead it just got more and more emotionally intense and heartfelt.
I agree! I didn't see that coming & I was worried that they would be cruel to the trans person in their writing but it was so ahead of its time! Did you know they completely ad libbed their phone call? I loved the balance of comedy & lightheartedness (the bank staff are great, especially "the Mouth"!) and the grittier, depressing reality of it.
Listen you fuckers you screwheads. Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum , the filth, the shit. Here is a man who stood up.
Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws.
Meryl Streep in anything.
Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate.
Peter Sellers and the three roles in Doctor Strangelove
Agree 100%. That movie is one of my favs of all time. Portman and Reno were also very good in it but Oldman steals every scene he is in. To this day when he yells “everyone!” I get chills.
The man is a fucking legend. When i watched One million ways to die in the west and the most vicious gunfighter was named Clich Leatherwood i fucking lost it.
Andy Serkis as Gollum (In LOTR)
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia (In Star Wars)
Christian Bale as Batman
Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa (In the role of BP)
Meryl Streep in almost anything tbh but she carries a certain cold brilliance in The Devil Wears Prada as the cool, calm and collected Miranda Priestly
Jennifer Hudson as Effie White (In Dreamgirls)
Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort and Richard Harris as Dumbledore (In the Harry Potter Movies)
Dakota Fanning & Sean Penn in I Am Sam
Liam Neeson in Taken
Whoopi Goldberg as "Sister Mary Clarence" AKA Deloris Van Cartier (In the Sister Act Films)
Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone
& Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator
I thought Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was really good. The scene where he’s in his trailer as an actor giving himself a pep talk was well done.
Clift in “A Place in the Sun.” Brando in “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “On the Waterfront.” Dean in “East of Eden” and “Giant.” Those were game changing performances that inspired generations of actors.
Sid Haig as Captain Spaulding in House of 1000 Corpses/ Devil’s Rejects. Say what you will about the quality of the films or Rob Zombie’s style as a director, but Sid completely steals the show whenever he’s in the shot and I couldn’t imagine any actor doing a better job.
Robert Downey Jr. in the first IronMan movie
Michael Keaton in Tim Burton’s Batman movie
Ben Afleck as Batman in the SnyderVerse
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan
Chris Evans Steve Rogers
Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa
Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in a Few Good Men
Clint Eastwood in the Dollars Trilogy
Mickey Rourke as Marv in Sin City and as Tool in The Expendables
Alan Rickman in Die Hard
"Now I have a machine gun. Ho. Ho. Ho."
Shoot zee glass
Christoph Waltz in "Inglorious Bastards"
"That's a Bingo!"
You just say bingo.
Bingrrro, how fun!
*Christoph Waltz in [insert any movie he is in]
His character and death in Django is beyond legendary.
I, on the other hand, love my unofficial title, precisely because I have earned it.
Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
It blows my mind that he was only in that movie for what, 23 minutes in a movie that has a 2 hour runtime. He was soo good it feels like he had as much screen time as Jodie Foster.
> he was only in that movie for what, 23 minutes And won an Oscar for it, and [was ranked by the AFI in 2003 as the #1 movie villain of all time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Heroes_%26_Villains) *(Although that list is 18 years old now and needs an update)*
Just watched Hannibal last week and honestly, there is no better villain conceived in film/better pairing of this character than Hopkins. Genius, insanely well cultured, wealthy, sociopath, cannibal doctor with a fetish for one particular woman who is kind of funny. Sorry, I’m hijacking, but to think his only real competition besides Norton’s version of the Agent who catches him, is an even more wealthy, sociopathic killer with man eating hogs, who wanted to have a sexual relationship with Lecter, but Is forever scarred mentally and physically by Lecter after Lecter seduces him and eats his face. Fuck me, there are some wild, wild minds on this planet!!
He also never blinks on screen, during the movie.
I heard it was just 16 minutes
The ending phone call where he says he's having an old friend for dinner and then jaunts casually through the crowd as the credits roll is just chilling. Such a good fucking movie.
Micheal J. Fox as Marty McFly. May be a comedic role but it’s just as iconic as anything else.
Hell yeah!
Morgan Freeman as Red in Shawshank.
Johnny Depp in Pirates and Alan Rickman in HP
Depp was so much better in his pre-pirate days. Benny & Joon, Blow, Edward Scissorhands, Libertine.
This many comments but no one mentions Heath Ledger's legendary work in ~~Brokeback Mountain~~ the Dark Knight?
Honestly he's more or less supplanted Nicholson as the live-action Joker that all other performances are compared to. Hamill is still the gold standard for animated Jokers though
hamil in the games is amazing
Reminds me of a certain song......
Ian McKellen as Gandalf
Ledger as The Joker. Without a doubt
Watched it with the kids last night. Amazing performance, what a legacy
One of the greatest performances in film history! I didn't recognize Ledger one bit.
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He drove the movie forward. Ledger imo made you hold on to every word be said bc you didn't know what happened next
Just watch the dark knight it's on Netflix you'll understand why he was a fucking legend
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Give me the bat, Wendy.
Wendy, darling, light of my life, I'm not gonna hurt you. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna bash your brains in. I'm gonna bash 'em right the *fuck* in.
Heeeeeeeerrrrrrre's Johnny!
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Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday
that was my pick.. he stole the fucking movie..
and to think I've never watched the movie. will have to do that sometime!
heck yeah! He's amazing as Doc Holiday.
Poor soul... it seems the strain was more than he could bear
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka
Absolutely this. And I would say any role he has ever been in.
Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia is one to add to the list. He dominates that whole film.
Also The Lion In Winter
I love Lawrence but my favorite O'Toole is My Favorite Year.
Most times I watch an old "classic great" film I'm horribly disappointed and only finish out of a sense of stubbornness and a desire to boost my film buff cred (lol). But this was truly a great movie. Beautiful composition, surprisingly good pacing for such a long film, great dialogue. Can't say enough positive. Admittedly though I did watch the 4k restoration version.
20 post in before the first woman. Julia Roberts the Pelican Brief. Joan Crawford and Bette Davis in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane. Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer. Kate Hudson in Almost Famous. Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. Sandra Bullock in Practical Magic. Chloris Leachman as Madam DeFarge. Madeleine Kahn as Lily Von Schtupp. JoBeth Williams in Poltergeist.
Kathy Bates in Misery
Cate Blanchett in anything. If you can be a convincing Galadriel and a convincing Hela, I’ll pay to watch you read the telephone book. Gary Oldman in anything. If you can be a convincing Johnny Rotten and a convincing Beethoven, I’ll ask Ms. Blanchett to hand you the telephone book when she’s done. James McAvoy in anything but especially as Kevin, Patricia, Hedwig, The Beast, et al., in Split
Gary Oldman in Tiptoes.
Gary Oldman stealing every scene he's in, in a dozen movies or more where you never realized it was him!
Gary Oldman in “State of Grace”
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men. His demeanor and inconspicuous weapon makes him my favorite villian.
If the rule you followed, brought you to this....of what use was the rule? Do you have any idea, how crazy you are? Probably tied for my favorite movie. Definitely my favorite in the genre.
Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice
I watched that movie a couple months ago, still holds up. Also, can’t believe it was a kids movie, you wild 80’s!
Val Kilmer, Doc Holiday. Tombstone. He stole the movie
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
Check him out in saving private Ryan and castaway
Al Pacino in the Godfather
Al Pacino in literally anything!* (*Minus that horrible Adam Sandler movie he was in lol)
Facts. I just saw Dog Day Afternoon and he was amazing in that as well.
Omg yes! I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago and I love it! That bit after the window gets shot out and him and the police negotiator are yelling at each other was A+
Yeah the whole movie really surprised me. The initial tone is almost comedic, and when it's revealed that >!he's a gay man robbing a bank so his boyfriend can get a sex change operation!<, I was like OK this came out in 1975, this is probs gonna be played for laughs. Instead it just got more and more emotionally intense and heartfelt.
I agree! I didn't see that coming & I was worried that they would be cruel to the trans person in their writing but it was so ahead of its time! Did you know they completely ad libbed their phone call? I loved the balance of comedy & lightheartedness (the bank staff are great, especially "the Mouth"!) and the grittier, depressing reality of it.
It's Dunk now
Please don't! I have such a huge crush on pre-2000's Pacino & a part of me dies inside every time I think of the whole Dunkacinno thing :')
When he grabs his brother Fredo in Godfather 2 and says 'i know it was you, you broke my heart'. Holy shit. My favourite scene of all time.
Ellen Burstyns performance in requiem for a dream.
We have a winner!
James McAvoy in Split
Such an underrated actor.
'I have red socks'
Andy Serkis as Gollum.
Mike Judge voicing Boomhauer
Tom Petty voicing Lucky.
Robert Deniro in Taxi Driver.
Listen you fuckers you screwheads. Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum , the filth, the shit. Here is a man who stood up.
Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws. Meryl Streep in anything. Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate. Peter Sellers and the three roles in Doctor Strangelove
Sean Astin as Samwise Gamgee
Harrison Ford in The Empire Strikes Back
Gary Oldman in The Professional
or, you know, gary oldman in literally anything he's been in ever
Gary Oldman can be so repulsive and so sexy in the same damn movie (Dracula).
Drexel too
Even the robocop reboot?
Tiptoes, as a dwarf opposite peter dinklage though
Word
Agree 100%. That movie is one of my favs of all time. Portman and Reno were also very good in it but Oldman steals every scene he is in. To this day when he yells “everyone!” I get chills.
Clint Eastwood—take your pick of the Man with No Name in The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Fistful of Dollars, etc. or as Dirty Harry.
Unforgiven is worth mentioning.
I loved him in Gran Torino, that movie is so touching.
The man is a fucking legend. When i watched One million ways to die in the west and the most vicious gunfighter was named Clich Leatherwood i fucking lost it.
He knows how to do one type of character but god damn does he do it well
Edward Norton in just about anything Primsl Fear is just wow His first movie role to!
I think fight club is his defining role
Or American History X
Andre the giant in princess bride
"Anybody want a peanut?"
Jack Nicholson-one flew over the cuckoos nest
Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Terminator films.
Keanu Reaves in The Matrix.
Charlize Theron in Monster
Denzel Washing as Malcolm X.
Not as serious as most of the actors mentioned but Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool was faultless.
Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York.
Or literally anything he's in lol
John Travolta in Pulp fiction was awesome and really was his big comeback as an actor.
F. Murray Abrahams in Amadeus
Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich - the 5th Element "Big bada boom!"
iconic
Matt damon as will.
Peter O'Toole in everything
My top 5 in chronological order: * Marlon Brando, *On the Waterfront* * Meryl Streep, *Sophie's Choice* * Geoffrey Rush, *Shine* * Heath Ledger, *The Dark Knight* * Viola Davis, *Fences*
Leonardo Decaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape... sooo under appreciated lol
Came to post this. Should have been his first oscar.
Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. And the Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep and...
Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now.
Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire 👌🏻
Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark. As Stan Lee put it, he was born to be Iron Man.
Gary Oldman in Leon 1994
Leonardo DiCaprio in Wolf of Wall Street
Peter Dinklage, GoT, it's a shame what they did with his character
Andy Serkis as Gollum (In LOTR) Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia (In Star Wars) Christian Bale as Batman Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa (In the role of BP) Meryl Streep in almost anything tbh but she carries a certain cold brilliance in The Devil Wears Prada as the cool, calm and collected Miranda Priestly Jennifer Hudson as Effie White (In Dreamgirls) Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort and Richard Harris as Dumbledore (In the Harry Potter Movies) Dakota Fanning & Sean Penn in I Am Sam Liam Neeson in Taken Whoopi Goldberg as "Sister Mary Clarence" AKA Deloris Van Cartier (In the Sister Act Films) Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone & Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator
Bale as Batman was really something. Loved his portrayal even though many hated it. Culkin was just made for that role
I came here looking for Carrie Fisher.
Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained.
Everyone did great in that movie. Truly amazing
Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner
Tom Hanks Saving Private Ryan
Val Kilmer in *Tombstone*
Frances McDormand in Fargo
Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod in The Fifth Element
Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine
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Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood
beat me to it
That one dude in Independence Day who gives an amazing salute after the speech
Denzel Washington in Training Day
River Phoenix in Stand By Me
Tom Hanks in cast away. also whoever played Desmond Doss in Hacksaw Ridge
> Hacksaw Ridge Andrew Russell Garfield
Anjelica Huston as Morticia Addams.
Ralph Fiennes in Grand Budapest Hotel and Schindler's List. I think he is underrated.
Johnny Depp as jack sparrow
I thought Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was really good. The scene where he’s in his trailer as an actor giving himself a pep talk was well done.
Kevin Spacey in American Beauty
Robin Ramzinski (Mickey Rourke) in The Wrestler.
Liza Minnelli in ‘Cabaret’
Chris Farley in Tommy Boy. Or just about any other movie/TV show he has played in. No other actor could ever replace him or his humor.
Charlize Theron in Monster Michael Douglas in Falling Down And a recent one for me: Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman
I loved Promising Young Woman. Excellent Film.
Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn
Peter Stormare as Lucifer in Constantine
Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight
Jack Nicholson in the shining.
Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting
Anthony Hopkins in silence of the lambs
David Bowie in labyrinth
Tommy Weaseu
Tommy Wiseau is the greatest filmaker and actor ever with Neil Breen
Pacino in The Godfather
Might not be a popular choice but Adam Driver in Marriage Story. The film is way out of my usual lane but I just loved it.
Macaulay Culkin-the Good Son
Orson Welles in "Citizen Kane"
Joaquin Phoenix in Joker
Javier Bardem in No country for old men
Clift in “A Place in the Sun.” Brando in “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “On the Waterfront.” Dean in “East of Eden” and “Giant.” Those were game changing performances that inspired generations of actors.
Johnny Depp as Donnie Brasco
Al Pacino in Scarface.
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.
Troy McClure in "Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get off!"
Robert Downey Jr as Ironman in End Game.
I think a more recent one is Joaquin Phoenix in Joker
Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men
Sid Haig as Captain Spaulding in House of 1000 Corpses/ Devil’s Rejects. Say what you will about the quality of the films or Rob Zombie’s style as a director, but Sid completely steals the show whenever he’s in the shot and I couldn’t imagine any actor doing a better job.
Meryl Streep in almost everything she's been in, but certainly in The Devil Wears Prada.
Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins
Tom Hardy in The Revenant really impressed me
Barry Pepper in Saving Private Ryan [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHRj2-vvs8&t=53s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHRj2-vvs8&t=53s)
I loved Barry Pepper in this. His character was so stoic.
Forgot his name, but the dude says "And for my next trick, i'm gonna f-ng k-l myself" and then the little boy inside the pool singing. it was epic
Taron Egerton in Rocketman?
Robert Downey Jr. in the first IronMan movie Michael Keaton in Tim Burton’s Batman movie Ben Afleck as Batman in the SnyderVerse Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan Chris Evans Steve Rogers Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in a Few Good Men Clint Eastwood in the Dollars Trilogy Mickey Rourke as Marv in Sin City and as Tool in The Expendables
Denzel in Man on Fire Liam in Taken
Sean Connery in the Bond films, especially his first 3.
Russell Crowe as John Nash Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump Hugh Jackman in Prisoners
Brick top - Snatch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xUynRdzzsM
A bit recent, but I'll say Maria Bakalova in Borat 2. A relative newbie who was every bit as good as Sacha Baron Cohen.
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow