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/MTonmyMind 1d ago

Denis Menochet. Just saw him in Monsieur Spade, which also has a wonderful Clive Owen in it.

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u/k80k80k80 1d ago

He has the weirdest little role in Beau Is Afraid.

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u/rezznik 1d ago

Ooooh, I miss Clive Owen. He kinda vanished...