r/movies • u/Fun_Protection_6939 • 1d ago

Discussion What is the single greatest acting performance you have seen?

What is the single greatest acting performance you have seen?

It's got to be Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice for me. Such a heartbreaking and nuanced portrayal of loss and devastation, and doubly impressive because she had to learn two languages fluently and had to speak German with a Polish accent, when neither language was native to her.

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u/shaft6969 1d ago

PSH and Joaquin in the Master.

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u/rwags2024 1d ago

I say PSH and Ethan Hawke in Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead

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u/philament 1d ago

Everyone in that movie. Stellar cast, brilliant performances

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u/TripleSingleHOF 1d ago

Doubt is pretty much a clinic on acting.

PSH, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis. All in top form.

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u/Throwawayacct010101 22h ago

I personally think Ethan Hawke’s best work is in First Reformed

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u/Oh-Wonderful 1d ago

PSH was amazing in every role he did. I miss him.

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u/Marcysdad 1d ago

Exactly

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u/horsebag 1d ago

they're both fascinating in that movie but neither of them seems like an actual human being

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u/CanIGetAShakeWThat43 10h ago

PSH as the villain in MI 3 is a great performance also. I mean, seeing him in twister and boogie nights then seeing him in that or hunger games mockingjay, so good.