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Greatest Performances of all Time

In no particular order, here is my list of what I consider the greatest acting performances of all time. At least those that I've seen. The movies themselves are secondary in this regard. List is currently in progress...

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  • Big
  • Sophie's Choice
  • Monster
  • Sounder
  • Ray
  • Glory
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
  • Gone with the Wind
  • The Help
  • Marty
  • Sling Blade
  • The Searchers
  • In the Heat of the Night
  • In Cold Blood
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Midnight Cowboy
  • The Gold Rush
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
  • Unforgiven
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • The Shining
  • Raging Bull
  • The Elephant Man
  • Pulp Fiction
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • M
  • Psycho
  • Good Will Hunting
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • City Lights
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Tokyo Story
  • GoodFellas
  • The Godfather
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Godfather Part II
  • 12 Angry Men
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