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/CoolSeedling 1d ago

The scene in Mulholland Drive when Naomi Watts is auditioning for a role. Blew my fucking mind the first time I saw that scene.

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u/thombombadillo 1d ago

Oh I totally remember that. It was incredible

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u/Boring_Cow_6775 16h ago

Naomi Watts in absolutely anything!

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u/CoolSeedling 16h ago

She is very underrated