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/Pachirisu_Party 1d ago

Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler.

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u/G36 20h ago

Also the way he uglified himself for the role, from an 8 to a 3. Never seen such a thing

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u/Throwawayacct010101 17h ago

Seconded, he completely transformed himself for that. It’s his only movie where you don’t even recognize it’s him imo

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u/Chopper3 1d ago

Oh yes, captivating- that said it appears he might be a bit closer to that character in real life than it might initially appear

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u/Nirkky 1d ago

What do you mean ?

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u/Chopper3 22h ago

Creepy guy off camera

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u/hurriedwarples 1d ago

Oh, fuck off dude.