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What no love for Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls :)

 

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Shining.

Pesci, Liotta, and De Niro in Goodfellas

Gandolfini in the Sopranos

Dangerfield and Knight in Caddyshack

Pesci and Tomei in My Cousin Vinny 

 

These are some of my favorites.

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1 hour ago, Greg S said:

What no love for Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls :)

 

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Shining.

Pesci, Liotta, and De Niro in Goodfellas

Gandolfini in the Sopranos

Dangerfield and Knight in Caddyshack

Pesci and Tomei in My Cousin Vinny 

 

These are some of my favorites.

This was supposed to be Top 5 acting performances...you just listed about 12 :lol:

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On 5/20/2022 at 12:34 PM, DrW said:

Spencer Tracy - Inherit the Wind

Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia

Jodie Foster - The Acccused

Frances McDormand - Fargo

Marisa Tomei - My Cousin Vinny

 

My favorite Best Supporting Actor Oscar winners are Marisa Tomei for My Cousin Vinny and Kevin Klein for A Fish Called Wanda. 

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On 5/21/2022 at 2:12 AM, maddenboy said:

no order:

 

Billy Bob Thornton in Slingblade

 

Kevin Spacey in the Usual Suspects

 

Joaquin Phoenix in the Joker  (i actually felt that i left that theater changed in some small way)

 

Peter Sellers in A Shot in the Dark (the 2nd Pink Panther movie)

 

Ben Kingsley in Gandhi

 

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Honorable mention:

 

Jamie Foxx in Ray

 

Dustin Hoffman in Rainman

 

Denzel in Malcolm X (because its the only movie i've ever seen him in where i didnt feel like i was watching Denzel Washington)

 

Marcel Marceau in Silent Movie (mentioned upthread and reminded me.  Because miming looks soo hard, but not when done correctly)

 

John Hurt in The Elephant Man.

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[mid-fifties male, born and raised in bailey/kensington in Buffalo, african american]

 

 

 

Finally, I was waiting to see someone mention this. 

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I saw the thread but it took me a while to come up with a good and fair list.  Here's mine

 

 

Bobby D- Taxi Driver and or Raging Bull

Chazz Palminteri- A Bronx Tale

Harvey Keitel- Bad Lieutenant 

Ellen Burstyn- Requiem for a Dream

Gena Rolands- Gloria 

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