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/formerCObear 1d ago

Bjork in Dancer in the Dark.

Considering she never really went after a full acting career she had no right being that good or heartbreaking in it.

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u/seanx40 1d ago

Was there any point to continue? She did it. Never could top it