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/KingRemoStar 1d ago

It’s not the best but the first actor or actress that came to my mind first is Denzel in Training Day.

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u/Mother_Menu236 1d ago

That’s mine too.