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/Great_Hair 1d ago

Deniro in Raging Bull

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u/TaroFuzzy5588 1d ago

My choice also

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u/robbievega 1d ago

nice to see a real contender as an answer here. both De Niro and Streep were phenomenal in The Deer Hunter as well

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u/Laleaky 1d ago

As was Christopher Walken.

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u/adamsandleryabish 1d ago

he wasn't a contender

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u/SherbertEquivalent66 1d ago

Deniro in Taxi Driver would be a close runner up.

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u/magic9669 1d ago

Incredible