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/railwayed 1d ago edited 22h ago

The I drink your milkshake scene is two incredible actors completely complementing each other perfectly. A superb scene Edit:sp

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u/gwarster 1d ago

Absolutely unhinged and seared in my memory.

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u/maxkmiller 1d ago

DRAAAAAAINAGE

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u/star_chump 1d ago

actors completely complimenting each other

Daniel: You were wonderful, darling.

Paul: Not as you good as you, darling.

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u/railwayed 22h ago

I'll blame autocorrect and my 50 year old eye sight for that🤣🤣