Kathy Bates win for Misery was one of a kind. She was a woman in her 40s, who was having a breakout role, in a horror film. Plus, she doesn't look like the "typical Hollywood beauty" that wins Best Actress. There was so much going against Kathy Bates but she won. Could not deny her.
It's amazing that she was able to become a household name in her 40s. Like you said, she definitely didn't look the part of a Hollywood starlet. But it's like she was born to play the role of Annie Wilkes. I was thrilled when she won her Oscar. She's such a great actress and has had an amazing career because of that role.
Could not agree more with regarding Jack Nicholson's portrayal in Cuckoo's Nest as one of cinema's all-time greatest, but would quickly add that that entire cast is so good in that picture it's astonishing. One of the best ensemble dramatic products ever captured on celluloid.
@pnutbutrncrackers@ True. And this is perhaps why people who have stayed as patients in such hospitals view it reluctantly. The film is just too damn painfully real to watch for them.
Meryl Streep's performance in Sophie's choice set the bar for acting. I saw it before I knew who she was and I thought it was a foreign film I've never seen a woman speak with a Polish accent,talk German. It was truly a master class and I think it set herself up for failure because it was so extraordinary that everything else she did was reductive.
I have only watched 'Sophie's Choice' one time. That scene where she had to choose between her children, absolutely tore me to shreds emotionally, so much that I don't ever want to see it again.
Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind is one of the most deserving Oscars ever! No doubt you know the history of the studio changing directors mid filming from a 'womens' director to a more Clark Gable director that treated the women quite harshly. You cannot tell watching that movie. Vivien was just brilliant!
I would argue Fleming's harshness contributed to that performance. He badgered her to play it one way (bitchy), and she fought for Scarlett's humanity. I doubt Cukor could have gotten from her that strong of a performance.
Heath ledger performance in brokeback mountain was so moving, showing love is love- his walking away from his love spills into an alley and his heartbreak is crush8ng.
Didn't have to be told the narrative told he has to tell us he is gay. Great. Waiting on the video he does about constipation and being gay helps..... Just drops his draws and bends over and a dump just falls out like a 2lb can of beans😂!
Let's hope the Academy becomes more open to performances in horror films. Toni Colette getting snubbed for "Heredity" was an unforgivable snub, as was Anthony Perkins for "Psycho." The bias against the horror genre goes back decades.
That is one of my movies I just can't watch again, I have a few that are just so emotional I'm lucky I got through them one lol Oh and I close my eyes when it comes to the ankle scene in Misery, lol
After 40 years I still have to say Timothy Hutton in "Ordinary People" is one of the most earned wins of all time. He was only 19 years old and had only been in a few TV movies, but carried the immense weight of this film. He never sank into melodrama and he carried the tragedy, humor, awkwardness yet ordinary-ness of Conrad Jarrett. It's one of those performances that, like you describe with Charlize Theron, could never be topped no matter what he does.
IMO, Mary Tyler Moore was outstanding & should've won. The blank look on her face when Conrad hugs her as she & hubby return from Houston is burned into my head. Kudos to Hutton and honestly, I'm glad Ordinary People won over Raging Bull. DeNiro def earned his acting award.
I think its okay that Theron won't top Monster. It did its job; it changed our perception of her and what she was capable of as an actress, and her follow-ups have now cemented her as an ACTOR. Her legacy is set.
I think it speaks more to the lack of meaty roles available to actresses. Her trajectory reminds me of Nicole Kidman. Viewed as a bombshell, actually a great actress who won an Oscar, but went on to do less artistically fulfilling roles. Kidman found more interesting projects in television. Theron genuinely enjoys action films so it’s fine. But it’s a shame that they don’t get more opportunities like Nicholson, DiCaprio, etc.
@@mhawang8204 Are you joking?? Both these actresses went on to do many other interesting roles after their wins . Nicole did Cold Mountain, the Human Stain , Dogville, Birth , the Interpreter, Fur., Margot at the wedding, The Golden Compass, Australia, Nine. And those are just from the 2000s ,( which also include pre Oscar films Moulin Rouge , The Others, and Birthday Girl). Charlize did Head in the Clouds, North Country, Aeon Flux, The Road, Young Adult, Prometheus Mad Max, Bombshell, etc.
Scarlett and Blanche are both tortured (in different ways) legends for the ages-they both share Ms Leigh’s cocked right eyebrow, after all, as well as her considerable private suffering which breathes life into both performances. Thank you!
Of course Hattie McDaniel performance in GWTW is as powerful and heart wrenching as Ms. Leigh or Mr. Gables was. When McDaniel is climbing the steps with Melianie and telling her how the baby's death has affected Scarlett & Rhett, I remember crying along with Mammy as that scene played out. McDaniel played a small part in GWTW, somehow, someway with all her talent was a key character in GWTW. I have to mention The Whale and Brandon Fraser's performance. It is a stunning movie, and Fraser's performance is iconic.
Liz Taylor and Vivian Leigh both have a fire and passion that all of us feel represented with life’s ups and downs . They show feelings that very few peo0le would want to ever display but immediately relate too. They knew how to portray without over acting.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for recognizing the incredible talent of Vivien Leigh in two of the greatest performances of all time as well the personal sacrifice she gave TO BE Blanche DuBois! Your post is so much in sync with my own tastes it makes me grateful to have found you on RUclips. I saw the Seattle premiere of "Sophie's Choice." Meryl Streep's incredible performance had me walking around for three days----and I still vividly remember being bowled over by the power she brought to that performance.
Kathy Bates 100% deserved her spot on the list her performance is Operatic in her death scene at the end she make you feel as if she left it all on the film. So many emotions just brilliant! If "Sophie's Choice" had not been released that year Jessica Lange would have most definitely won Best Actress that year!
When you announced Meryl Streep for Sophie's Choice as your #1 Oscar win, I immediately yelled "Yep!" She did everything in that movie but sell popcorn to the audience.
Great list. Agree with everything except for Black Swan. For actors I'd add F. Murray Abraham for Amadeus, Jeremy Irons for Reversal of Fortune and Daniel Day Lewis for My Left Foot (he's great in Lincoln too), Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote and Sean Penn in Milk.
To me the one which I hoped she would have won the Oscar was "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof." Everyone performances by all the entire cast were wonderful. The critics said that Elizabeth Taylor Southern accent was unbelievable because it was so "spot on" as the Southern belle she portrayed as "Maggie the Cat." However, she got the first Oscar for "Butterfly 8." She was wonderful in that role.
Good list. You forgot Katherine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter. The “I could peel you like a pear, and God himself would call it justice” speech was a master class of acting.
Katherine' s Elenore in Lion In Winter is one of the most amazing performances ever captured on film. It is used as one of the greatest examples of acting in almost every drama course, and rightfully so. Every single line was delivered to perfection. It is still mesmerizing to watch, even after dozens of viewings. All the other performers also stated that her skill was so high that they all had to push themselves to levels they had not reached before. O'Toole and Hopkins site it as the best performance by a costar of their careers. I am stunned that it didn't even make it the top ten list here. I can only imagine this is due to the poster had not seen the film.
I know she didn’t win, but looking back on Sigorney Weaver’s loss for best actress in Aliens, and how more and more iconic it becomes over the years. She has got to be on some kind of list. Changed the roles for women both in fiction and reality. Maybe she is on a list by herself.
Thank you, I was just about to comment this same thing! That movie is and will always be #1. And it's because of Weaver's role as Ripley (really in _both_ Alien and Aliens but in the latter, it's just insane, her performance and what she goes through)
I missed Ledger and Hopkins in the top 10 so im very happy you included them in the runners-up. This list is great and I will definitely be catching up on the vivienne leigh performances
Meryl Streep's performance in Sophie's Choice is a masterclass in acting; a performance that I doubt will ever be surpassed. I agree with all of your choices but if I had to drop one performance from the list to replace with another, it would have to be Natalie Portman's in favor of Marion Cotillard's heartbreaking and explosive performance as Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose. Exquisite is the only word that comes to mind. Also, I would have added Hillary Swank's harrowing performance in Boys Don't Cry and in the best actor category, without question F. Murray Abraham as the tormented and guilt ridden Salieri in Amadeus.
Great video and list, Brian! My number one is Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind. I watched that film over and over when I was younger, I just adore her.
A person's top 10 list is very personal. That is the one thing I've learned over the years. Performances hit individuals differently, ya know? Thrilled to see Vivian Leigh for Streetcar and Elizabeth Taylor for Virginia Woolf on your list.
Yes, Taylor's ability made all her performances something special! She became a parody of herself but she was something special as a performer and I feel that nothing can take that away from her.
Im pretty late but I thought Id share mine: 1.Robert de Niro- Raging Bull 2.Elizabeth Taylor- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 3.Meryl Streep- Sophie's Choice 4.Joan Crawford- Mildred Pierce (Part of me feels this should be higher) 5.Marlon Brando- On the Waterfront 6.Vivien Leigh- A Streetcar Named Desire 7.Kathy Bates- Misery 8.Jack Nicholson- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 9.Natalie Portman- Black Swan 10.Vivien Leigh- Gone With the Wins -Gregory Peck- To Kill A Mockingbird -Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight -Anthony Hopkins- The Father (I went into this movie only knowing he won over Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey and thought ´ok, fair´) -Charlize Theron- Monster -Liza Minnelli- Cabaret -Anthony Hopkins/Jodi Foster- The Silence of the Lambs
Great to see Vivien Leigh twice on the list. Because of her smaller film list, she doesn't always get the focus many of her contemporaries get. She was put on earth to play Scarlett and got the double whammy with Blanche. She's incredible.
Great list! Nice surprise with Kathy Bates, iconic performance. Some other ones worth mentioning, Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot and Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry. Have you done a segment for actors who should have won but didn't or the race was so close it was difficult to call?
Jack Nicholson winning for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was well deserved. I also liked when Christian Bale won for The Fighter as well as Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour. Both should have more Oscar’s than the ones they have as well as more nominations. Great video Brian, have a great weekend!
Fantastic list, and I love that I came across your channel! I've only sat through Sophie's Choice once, many years ago, and it still haunts me and is the greatest acting performance I've ever seen. (As a film buff, I want to show it to my husband, but I don't know if he could handle it.)
I would put Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice,Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire,Robert De Niro in Raging Bull and Marlon Brando for On The Waterfront in the category of for the ages it's hard to compare thenm to others because all else is measured against them fair or not .But t's not what I would say are honorable mentions althought they are fab too. Some of my favorites Charlize Theron for Monster, Bette Davis in Jezabel,Sophia Loren in Two Women ,Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday ,Michelle Yeoh in EEAAO, Frances McDormand in Fargo,Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins ,Liza Minnelli in Cabaret Jane Fonda in Klute and Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,Patrica Neal in Hud Supporting actress Catherine Zeta Jones in Chicago, Octavia Spencer in The Help, Youn-yuh jung in Minari,Marcia Gay Harden in Pollock,Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck,Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton, Mo'Nique in Precious ,Viola Davis in Fences Supporting actor Joel Grey in Cabaret ,Christoph Waltz Django Unchained ,Burl Ives The Big Country Daniel Kaluuya Judas and The Black Messiah ,Edmund Gwenn in Miracle on 34th Street , Best Actor Jamie Foxx in Ray ,Sidney Poitier in Lillies in The Field ,Jack Lemmon in Save The Tiger , Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln and My Left Foot Eddie Redmayne The Theory of Everything, Humphry Bogart The African Queen Sorry I could not keep it at ten over all and at that I left a number of favorites off .
My top two at the time of writing Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice and Charlize Theron in Monster. Transformative, captivating and at times truly harrowing. Two performances that hunker down at the human experience and pose some very difficult questions and performances that have stuck with me, those two performances truly show the power of acting.
I think one of the best years for head-to-heads at the Oscars, was when Gloria Swanson, Bette Davis and Judy Holliday were competing (Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve and Born Yesterday). Holliday won - which wouldn't have been my choice, but damn - that's a tough decision!
@@Alexis47620 True, she was great. Although, she had 9 nominations and two wins at the Academy Awards, so I think she got lots of recognition. Gloria got three Academy Award nominations in her career. I think Judy just had the one win, but her performance in Born Yesterday was really great. What a tough year to be a judge!
Amazing choices! On my list I would've included Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry, wow that performance shook me to the core in ways I can't even describe.
It was great to see someone else who has the respect for Joan Crawford like I do. No matter what movie - even when she wasn't pleased with the script quality - Joan would put 110% effort into her part. "Mildred Pierce" is the best example of her efforts. She's one of my favorites
Thank you for acknowledging Meryl Streep’s performance in Sophie’s Choice. In recent times, it is almost a cliche to celebrate her performances because she always delivers! Brava Ms. Streep, you are the best ever male or female.
Great list! Thank you. Agree about Streep in Sophie. Love the Vivien Leigh love…deserved. And Kathy Bates and Elizabeth Taylor and Theron. As far as Best Actress goes, I would suggest Hilary Swank for “Boys Don’t Cry,” but I would go to the mat for Anna Magnani in “The Rose Tattoo.” Great video…thank you!
The other add I would include is Marion Cotillard for “La Vie en Rose.” She and Magnani are right up there for me. Also Hepburn in “The Lion in Winter.” Love what you’re doing!!
The single greatest acting performance by an actor is Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People. A genius performance. The role of Conrad Jarret is a high wire act. He can’t be too sympathetic or too unrelatable. The crying scene with the psychiatrist is a tourdeforce. Filmed in one long take is a masterclass.
I could not disagree more. DeNiro was better in Deer Hunter and his performance in Raging Bull is by any reasonable objective standard the best ever! I liked Ordinary People and Hutton was excellent but you are way off!
I am so grateful that Vivien Leigh is remembered for GWTW and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. It is as tragedy that financing for a film of MacBETH w/Olivier couldn’t be found or that she wasn’t cast in LONG DAY’S INTO NIGHT instead of Katherine Hepburn (who was too strong.) For those who say GWTW hasn’t aged well, read the book. It’s not about the history of slavery in the south or how African Americans were portrayed. Yes, the story is about glorifying the succession of southern states and the Civil War, but that only occupies 4 of the 12 years the story covers. It is really s story of how an event cuts across the path of everyone in a country with a parallel of a romance of two characters who never get their act together at the same time until it’s too late. Nearly 85 years later that still happens.
I agree with your choices, especially Vivian Leigh, she plays Southern so well. No one could have played Scarlett O'Hara like her & no one could play Blanche DuBois like her. Very few movies shock me or make me cry, but Sophie's Choice did & it was Meryl Streep who was so believable. So glad you had Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce was great , as was Elizabeth Taylor, who stopped being beautiful & became Martha. Kathy Bares was great in Misery, but I like her better in Dolores Claiborne.
Great top 10 list, Brian! So many 10 out of 10 iconic and legendary performances that are hard to argue with, and glad you have goddess Streep at #1 with the immortal Sophie's Choice! Honorable mentions were awesome picks! Although I know your true #1 would be Gloria Swanson had she won with Sunset Boulevard! I think that'll be an interesting race to cover next year, the infamous 1950 one!
My List: 1. F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus 2. Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood 3. Katherine Hepburn - The Lion In Winter 4. Vivien Leigh - Gone With The Wind 5. Marlon Brando - On The Waterfront 6. Anthony Hopkins - The Silence Of The Lambs 7. Frances McDormand - Fargo 8. Robert DeNiro - Raging Bull 9. Kevin Spacey - American Beauty 10. Renee Zellweger - Judy Based on your criteria of winning the best lead acting award. My favorite performances of all-time differ, of course. Another good list
My top 10 greatest acting Oscars of all time: -- B E S T -- MERYL STREEP for "Sophie's Choice" -- 2nd -- F. ABRAHAM MURRAY for "Amadeus". -- 3rd -- ANTHONY HOPKINS for "The Silence of the Lambs". -- 4th -- VIVIEN LEIGH for "A Streetcar Named Desire". -- 5th -- MARLON BRANDO for "The Godfatjher". 21:02 -- 6th -- CATE BLANCHETT for "Blue Jasmine". -- 7th -- ROBERT DE NIRO for "The Raging Bull". --8th -- LOUISE FLETCHER for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. -- 9th -- JACK NICHOLSON for " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. -- 10th -- HOLLY HUNTER for "The Piano".
Vivien Leigh A Streetcar Named Desire #1 . Marlon Brando On the Waterfront #2. Elizabeth Taylor. #3. Robert De Niro #4.Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice. #5.
Vivien Leigh is so underappreciated, She's literally run Acting Circles among the Greatest. I felt amazed people appreciate Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn,Bette Davis, Meryl Streep but don't know about Vivien Leigh. In "A Streetcar Named Desire" she runs the "Acting Circle" Around Marlon Brando, Eventhough She's the highlight for me in that Movie.
Al Pacino's courageous & heart-wrenching performance in Dog Day Afternoon ran circles around Nicholson playing Crazy Jack yet again. Google the word "robbed" & there's a clip of Al screaming "Attica!" The work HE did in the '70s is indeed ASTONISHING!!
Those were great years for movies. And, most years, Pacino should win in a rout. Dog Day Afternoon is a tremendous movie, but so is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. For Pacino, the shame is that he eventually won for a performance that certainly isn't even in his top five.
A few suggestions: Top 10 acting performances (could be in the 4 different categories - 4 videos) - not wins, the best overall, regardless of awards; top 10 Oscar egregious snubs; top 10 Oscar nominated, but not winning performances; top 10 not Oscar nominated performances; top 10 Oscar winning film scores or songs; top 10 horror movie performances or characters (since this is your favourite genre); top 10 films not in the English language; how Kathy Bates won (I am still pushing for that); top 10 actors or actresses who never won an Oscar; top 10 best films of each decade (regardless of awards).
In my opinion deserving of inclusion: - Joaquin Phoenix (Joker, 2019). Just unbelievably, heart-wrenchingly superb; also: - Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs. Kramer, 1979 -- with Streep excellent in support)
Best performance of all time by an actor or an actress: Vivien Leigh in "A Streetcar Named Desire". Second best performance: Olivia de Havilland in "The Heiress".
I find some horror or pulp material much more dramatic and emotionally impactful than the films nominated at the Oscars each year. Kathy Bates in Misery is a great reason as to why.
I just found this on my RUclips list and I’m binging hard. Really well done and nice to hear names pronounced right as well as researched and put together very professionally. Looking forward to more. ☮️😎😊
All great actresses and well deserved Oscars. I'd switch Vivien Leigh in "Gone With The Wind" for Marion Cotillard in "La Vie En Rose". Still can't get over the fact that Glenn Close has not won at least 2 Oscars, for "Fatal Attraction" and "Dangerous Liaisons". SMH
I have always loved Vivienne Leigh’s work and no one else has ever agreed with me before. I’m going to argue for the lifetime work of Renee Zellweger. She melts into her character whether she’s a supporting actor or number one. She does accents, dances, and sings.
An excellent list. And I totally agree with number one. The scenes where Sophie is struggling to speak English words from her Polish background are absolutely unbelievable. But for number two I would have to have Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird. His understated and restrained performance was the perfect counterpoint to the ignorance and poverty of the 1930's South. Everyone wanted Him to be your Dad. (Except when he refused to play for the Methodists...)
You made an excellent list here. Definitely agree with all these sublime actors. My personal favourite I was hoping to see on the list was Simone Signoret best actress for ROOM AT THE TOP. Such a poignant and heartbreaking performance she gave with LawrenceHarvey. I love that film.
Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron y Kathy Bates. Imposible decidir cual es la mejor de las 3. Rompieron el molde con esas interpretaciones. Realmente insuperables.
My favorite from your list is Natalie Portman’s performance. I was amazed watching it in the theater and picked her for the Oscar win right then and there!
Heath Ledger as Joker was amazing, don't get me wrong, but I also think that he is a little overrated, and if not for his unexpected death, he would not be praised for this role to the extreme, like he is today. Also, Ledger's Joker popularity overshadows other, key, and absolutely fantastic acting performances in this movie, which is annoying and not fair! Christian Bale as Bruce and Batman was brilliant as well, Gary Oldman as Gordon was perfect, Michael Caine as Alfred - excellent, and Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face was genius! So I wish people talk more about these other actors and performances too!
I think he’s spoken about so much because of how unique his performance was. Nobody has played a comic book character and dropped an Oscar worthy performance up until that point. It really hit home for fans.
You’re not going to believe this… being the Meryl fan that you are-that I am too-I ran into J. Roy Helland on the street in NYC yesterday, and he very very kindly and humbly listened to me gush about his work. He’s arguably one of her secret weapons, aside from her insane talent-he was SO kind. Great pick for number 1.
I’m so happy that you included Joan Crawford’s win! ❤ I haven’t heard you talk about her that much on the channel, so it’s nice to hear that you hold her in such high regard, as I do.
@@pedroramos1639the adaptations are so different, I can’t really compare them. However, I personally prefer the 1945 adaption and Crawford’s performance.
You are spot on with every one of your choices. I would have chosen exactly the list and in the numerical order that you put them in. Two of my favorites are Vivian Lee and my favorite of all time Joan Crawford. Joan Crawford made so many movies in her lifetime and each of them were fantastic and made it a time when she would sometimes make two or three movies per year. Thank you for your wonderful video!
My Favorite Top Ten Actors/Actresses In A Movie Are: 1.) Jack Nicholson-One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest 2.) Joaquin Phoenix-Joker 3.) Kathy Bates-Misery 4.) Anthony Perkins-Psycho 5.) Kevin Bacon-Murder In The First 6.) Dustin Hoffman-Rain Man 7.) Diana Ross-Lady Sings The Blues 8.) Robert De Niro-Raging Bull 9.) Sissy Spacek-Carrie 10.) Al Pacino-The Godfather & Scarface
Vivien Leigh played the Streetcar part on the London stage before the film- when they had to choose between the 2 actress- box office sort of demanded Leigh
These are some of my favourites of all time: Dawid thewlis - Naked Fassbender - Hunger Brando - Waterfront Crawford - Mildred peirce Pacino - GF2 Charlize - Monster Eric bana - Chopper Waltz - Inglorious Elizabeth - Virginia Ledger - Dark knight Nargis - Mother india Nickolson - Cuckus nest Streep - Sophie choice Marion - LA Vie en rose Anthony Hopkins - Silence De Niro - Raging Bull Oldman - True romance Vivian - Street car DD Lewis - There will be blood Ulrich - Lives of others Choi min sik - Oldboy Maria falcanotti - joan Amitabh - Deewar O Toole - Lawrence Pacino - Dog day afternoon Peter lorre - M Casey - Manchester by the sea
Well done! Loved your list! Elizabeth taylor was So overlooked as an actress due to her dazzling beauty, but I’ve come to see her as having been an excellent actress… I loved her performances in A Place in the Sun, Suddenly last Summer, Giant….❤️❤️❤️ PS 👍👍👍 Vivian Leigh and Meryl!🥇🎭🏆
Best of Oscar's LEAD Performance Wins: 1. Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind 2. Anthony Hopkins, The Father 3. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice 4. Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 5. Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront 6. Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere 7. Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood 8. Robert DeNiro, Raging Bull 9. Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment 10. Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner’s Daughter Runners up: Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Anne Bancroft (Miracle Worker), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Charlize Theron (Monster), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry), Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter)
Great list but I would have loved to see your 30s and 40s videos! The only performances I would have added to this video's list are Helen Hayes in The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose and Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot.
WONDERFUL NEWS Brian, both for you and for us too, we're gonna get way more of what we love!!! Big CONGRATULATIONS🍾🥂🎊 I know for sure this is all just the beginning for you and your channel!!! BRAVO!!!! So lovely to revisit Michele Yeoh's win here, great idea for another great video!!
Crawford is a great choice. Not sure what my top ten would be, but it would include Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Adrien Brody, Shirley MacLaine, Burt Lancaster and Daniel Day-Lewis (2007). Great list though 👍
Kathy Bates win for Misery was one of a kind. She was a woman in her 40s, who was having a breakout role, in a horror film. Plus, she doesn't look like the "typical Hollywood beauty" that wins Best Actress. There was so much going against Kathy Bates but she won. Could not deny her.
It's amazing that she was able to become a household name in her 40s. Like you said, she definitely didn't look the part of a Hollywood starlet. But it's like she was born to play the role of Annie Wilkes. I was thrilled when she won her Oscar. She's such a great actress and has had an amazing career because of that role.
It was years before anyone could convince me that Kathy Bates wasn’t batshit cray cray.
Wish she could have received a double Oscar for Misery and Dolores Claiborne.
@@lefantomer Her performance in Dolores Claiborne was the best that year
@@LandoHendrix444 Awesome. I like it much better than "Misery".
Could not agree more with regarding Jack Nicholson's portrayal in Cuckoo's Nest as one of cinema's all-time greatest, but would quickly add that that entire cast is so good in that picture it's astonishing. One of the best ensemble dramatic products ever captured on celluloid.
Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratchet was equally brilliant... I was hating her so much that if I was in the movie I would have killed her myself.
Jack nicholson always gives a memorable performance. he's brilliant in Carnal knowledge.
@pnutbutrncrackers@ True. And this is perhaps why people who have stayed as patients in such hospitals view it reluctantly. The film is just too damn painfully real to watch for them.
It will be hard for someone to ever beat Meryl Streep's Sophie's Choice acting. It's simply perfect. There's no Meryl there, you only see Sophie.
Exactly!
That was a tough movie for sure and an amazing performance
Meryl Streep's performance in Sophie's choice set the bar for acting.
I saw it before I knew who she was and I thought it was a foreign film I've never seen a woman speak with a Polish accent,talk German.
It was truly a master class and I think it set herself up for failure because it was so extraordinary that everything else she did was reductive.
She's over rated over acting and a ham. Unwatchable
Not putting Vivien Leigh at number one is criminal.
F. Murray Abraham's portrayal of Salieri in Amadeus was my favorite Oscar win.
Agreed, I came here to argue this point as well lol
One of the best performances and still is completely undervalued. He and Tom Hulce were outstanding but Murray was on a level few could ever reached.
It’s very disappointing not to see him on this list.
IT's amazing
A great actor. Always worth watching.
I have only watched 'Sophie's Choice' one time. That scene where she had to choose between her children, absolutely tore me to shreds emotionally, so much that I don't ever want to see it again.
I can’t watch it again either. Just gut wrenching
I can’t watch it either
Yes. Its not the nutcracker. You dont want to make it a Xmas tradition.😁
Same here.
I'm hoping no one who hasn't seen it reads the comments. But, yes, it's the most heartbreaking scene in film history.
Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind is one of the most deserving Oscars ever! No doubt you know the history of the studio changing directors mid filming from a 'womens' director to a more Clark Gable director that treated the women quite harshly. You cannot tell watching that movie. Vivien was just brilliant!
I would argue Fleming's harshness contributed to that performance. He badgered her to play it one way (bitchy), and she fought for Scarlett's humanity. I doubt Cukor could have gotten from her that strong of a performance.
@@jodi2847 I do agree with that too. Just like Stanley with Shelly - sometimes a 'hard men's director' can bring the best out in women.
Amen to this
@@jodi2847all her performances are strong
Both of Vivien’s wins are so well deserved which is rare for repeat winners
Tragically Vivian Leigh died too early. It was tuberculosis from what I read. Her short career showed enormous talent.
Love her!
She was brilliant. She did die too soon. She had some mental problems and there was no cure for ,at that time.
She got her flowers before she died. Which is all that matters. She was a brilliant actress.
Love her sadly so many mental problems 😢😢😢
Heath ledger performance in brokeback mountain was so moving, showing love is love- his walking away from his love spills into an alley and his heartbreak is crush8ng.
The snub of Brokeback Mountain in favor of Crash remains a huge embarrassment for the Academy.
Though he didn't live to receive it, Ledger eventually won the Oscar for his Joker portrayal.
Lenwatch would say that. Your anal muscles were twitching with anticipation huh😂
@@RickDesper-v8zsome people didn't want a constant gay fly in the house looking for a window to go out!😮
Didn't have to be told the narrative told he has to tell us he is gay. Great. Waiting on the video he does about constipation and being gay helps..... Just drops his draws and bends over and a dump just falls out like a 2lb can of beans😂!
Let's hope the Academy becomes more open to performances in horror films. Toni Colette getting snubbed for "Heredity" was an unforgivable snub, as was Anthony Perkins for "Psycho." The bias against the horror genre goes back decades.
I can't even watch Sophie's Choice again. The ending tore my heart out! I love all of her films but this one affected me the most.
Such a great performance!!
That is one of my movies I just can't watch again, I have a few that are just so emotional I'm lucky I got through them one lol
Oh and I close my eyes when it comes to the ankle scene in Misery, lol
After 40 years I still have to say Timothy Hutton in "Ordinary People" is one of the most earned wins of all time. He was only 19 years old and had only been in a few TV movies, but carried the immense weight of this film. He never sank into melodrama and he carried the tragedy, humor, awkwardness yet ordinary-ness of Conrad Jarrett. It's one of those performances that, like you describe with Charlize Theron, could never be topped no matter what he does.
Love that Hutton performance!
Ordinary People is brilliantly acted by all 4 main actors. Timothy Hutton definitely stands out.
Absolutely, it was an incredible cast all the way down to the smallest parts.@@GetALifeMiley
IMO, Mary Tyler Moore was outstanding & should've won. The blank look on her face when Conrad hugs her as she & hubby return from Houston is burned into my head. Kudos to Hutton and honestly, I'm glad Ordinary People won over Raging Bull. DeNiro def earned his acting award.
Louise Fletcher was absolutely well deserved and her speech was amazing and very heart felt!
Mo'Nique in "Precious" knocked the floor out from under what we always knew a villain could be. Truly groundbreaking, devastating work.
I think its okay that Theron won't top Monster. It did its job; it changed our perception of her and what she was capable of as an actress, and her follow-ups have now cemented her as an ACTOR. Her legacy is set.
100%
I think it speaks more to the lack of meaty roles available to actresses. Her trajectory reminds me of Nicole Kidman. Viewed as a bombshell, actually a great actress who won an Oscar, but went on to do less artistically fulfilling roles. Kidman found more interesting projects in television. Theron genuinely enjoys action films so it’s fine. But it’s a shame that they don’t get more opportunities like Nicholson, DiCaprio, etc.
Very true!
@@mhawang8204 Are you joking?? Both these actresses went on to do many other interesting roles after their wins . Nicole did Cold Mountain, the Human Stain , Dogville, Birth , the Interpreter, Fur., Margot at the wedding, The Golden Compass, Australia, Nine. And those are just from the 2000s ,( which also include pre Oscar films Moulin Rouge , The Others, and Birthday Girl). Charlize did Head in the Clouds, North Country, Aeon Flux, The Road, Young Adult, Prometheus Mad Max, Bombshell, etc.
@@CrookedlystraitThe Golden Compass? Prometheus? Are you sure those are examples you want to be using??
Scarlett and Blanche are both tortured (in different ways) legends for the ages-they both share Ms Leigh’s cocked right eyebrow, after all, as well as her considerable private suffering which breathes life into both performances. Thank you!
It's so bizarre that the two most famous Southern belles in American literature were both portrayed by a sublimely talented Englishwoman.
Of course Hattie McDaniel performance in GWTW is as powerful and heart wrenching as Ms. Leigh or Mr. Gables was. When McDaniel is climbing the steps with Melianie and telling her how the baby's death has affected Scarlett & Rhett, I remember crying along with Mammy as that scene played out. McDaniel played a small part in GWTW, somehow, someway with all her talent was a key character in GWTW.
I have to mention The Whale and Brandon Fraser's performance. It is a stunning movie, and Fraser's performance is iconic.
Olivia said she knew Hattie was going to best her and get the award after she looked at that staircase scene.
I totally agree. Hattie was outstanding as Mammy. She had so much talent. Gone With the Wind is one of my all-time favourite movies
@@SandraHudson-w2sMine too,tough I have to say i always was against slavery 😢
Liz Taylor and Vivian Leigh both have a fire and passion that all of us feel represented with life’s ups and downs . They show feelings that very few peo0le would want to ever display but immediately relate too. They knew how to portray without over acting.
Thanks for watching!
Couldn't stand Elizabeth Taylor's acting
Thank you, thank you, thank you for recognizing the incredible talent of Vivien Leigh in two of the greatest performances of all time as well the personal sacrifice she gave TO BE Blanche DuBois! Your post is so much in sync with my own tastes it makes me grateful to have found you on RUclips. I saw the Seattle premiere of "Sophie's Choice." Meryl Streep's incredible performance had me walking around for three days----and I still vividly remember being bowled over by the power she brought to that performance.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Saw the film in Seattle as well by default because the next screening of “Tootsie” was booked out. Streep’s performance is one for the ages.
Yes oh yes amazing x
Amazing comment, I couldn't agree more! Vivian has my heart in those two performances and Meryl is always top tier xx
Kathy Bates 100% deserved her spot on the list her performance is Operatic in her death scene at the end she make you feel as if she left it all on the film. So many emotions just brilliant! If "Sophie's Choice" had not been released that year Jessica Lange would have most definitely won Best Actress that year!
Well, she did win the Oscar that same year for Tootsie as Best Supporting Actress.
@@BFA100 Her performance was wonderful but I think it was a consolation Oscar.
Absolutely, yes!
Kathy Bates gave a TV movie performance in Misery. Not very good or believable.
Jessica Lange for Men Don't Leave
Thank you for recognizing so many incredible perfected female roles and actresses. Scarlett and Blanche are my iconic all time favorites. Archetypal
You’re very welcome!
Vivien Leigh is just brilliant in those two roles!
I agree with you. She is so amazing performances.
When you announced Meryl Streep for Sophie's Choice as your #1 Oscar win, I immediately yelled "Yep!" She did everything in that movie but sell popcorn to the audience.
Marion Cotillard in LA VIE EN ROSE was stunning, too!
Absolutely! Just missed the runners up list!
Agree, beautiful and heartbreaking .. Well deserved Oscar
Great choice!
She was more Piaf than Piaf.
@@aprilgrant1957 hahaha! I agree!
Great list. Agree with everything except for Black Swan. For actors I'd add F. Murray Abraham for Amadeus, Jeremy Irons for Reversal of Fortune and Daniel Day Lewis for My Left Foot (he's great in Lincoln too), Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote and Sean Penn in Milk.
Thanks, great pics!
Daniel Day Lewis for me. He's the best of the actors working today.
@@jslasher1 Another vote for Day-Lewis.
Lewis retired from acting.
@@normanleach5427 Did he now? News to me.
In her autobiography, Elizabeth Taylor said that "Virginia Woolf" was her Hamlet, her top acting performance of them all.
So... Virginia Ham-let?
I agree she was the BEST OVER EVERYONE
Liz can't act but she can yell.
Her Hamlet was as Fred Flintstone's mom in "The Flintstones".
To me the one which I hoped she would have won the Oscar was "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof." Everyone performances by all the entire cast were wonderful. The critics said that Elizabeth Taylor Southern accent was unbelievable because it was so "spot on" as the Southern belle she portrayed as "Maggie the Cat." However, she got the first Oscar for "Butterfly 8." She was wonderful in that role.
Good list. You forgot Katherine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter. The “I could peel you like a pear, and God himself would call it justice” speech was a master class of acting.
Should expand the list
O'Toole is also fabulous in The Lion in Winter, though he never won a Best Actor Oscar. Great a terrific cast altogether.
Ditto
Katherine' s Elenore in Lion In Winter is one of the most amazing performances ever captured on film. It is used as one of the greatest examples of acting in almost every drama course, and rightfully so. Every single line was delivered to perfection. It is still mesmerizing to watch, even after dozens of viewings. All the other performers also stated that her skill was so high that they all had to push themselves to levels they had not reached before. O'Toole and Hopkins site it as the best performance by a costar of their careers. I am stunned that it didn't even make it the top ten list here. I can only imagine this is due to the poster had not seen the film.
So very true. Both performances, The Lion in Winter and Guess who's coming for dinner, are just too good not to be mentioned.
I know she didn’t win, but looking back on Sigorney Weaver’s loss for best actress in Aliens, and how more and more iconic it becomes over the years. She has got to be on some kind of list. Changed the roles for women both in fiction and reality. Maybe she is on a list by herself.
One of my all time favorite performances/movies
Thank you, I was just about to comment this same thing! That movie is and will always be #1. And it's because of Weaver's role as Ripley (really in _both_ Alien and Aliens but in the latter, it's just insane, her performance and what she goes through)
HELL. YES....
I missed Ledger and Hopkins in the top 10 so im very happy you included them in the runners-up. This list is great and I will definitely be catching up on the vivienne leigh performances
Great!
Meryl Streep's performance in Sophie's Choice is a masterclass in acting; a performance that I doubt will ever be surpassed. I agree with all of your choices but if I had to drop one performance from the list to replace with another, it would have to be Natalie Portman's in favor of Marion Cotillard's heartbreaking and explosive performance as Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose. Exquisite is the only word that comes to mind. Also, I would have added Hillary Swank's harrowing performance in Boys Don't Cry and in the best actor category, without question F. Murray Abraham as the tormented and guilt ridden Salieri in Amadeus.
Great video and list, Brian! My number one is Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind. I watched that film over and over when I was younger, I just adore her.
Great choice!
Same!!!!!
A person's top 10 list is very personal. That is the one thing I've learned over the years. Performances hit individuals differently, ya know? Thrilled to see Vivian Leigh for Streetcar and Elizabeth Taylor for Virginia Woolf on your list.
Yes, Taylor's ability made all her performances something special! She became a parody of herself but she was something special as a performer and I feel that nothing can take that away from her.
Yay!
@@jhhone what do You mean she became a parody??
She did great things after her acting career.
@@jhhone when burton died she retires, she wasn't the same after his death.
@@jhhone what do You mean parody?
Im pretty late but I thought Id share mine:
1.Robert de Niro- Raging Bull
2.Elizabeth Taylor- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
3.Meryl Streep- Sophie's Choice
4.Joan Crawford- Mildred Pierce (Part of me feels this should be higher)
5.Marlon Brando- On the Waterfront
6.Vivien Leigh- A Streetcar Named Desire
7.Kathy Bates- Misery
8.Jack Nicholson- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
9.Natalie Portman- Black Swan
10.Vivien Leigh- Gone With the Wins
-Gregory Peck- To Kill A Mockingbird
-Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight
-Anthony Hopkins- The Father (I went into this movie only knowing he won over Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey and thought ´ok, fair´)
-Charlize Theron- Monster
-Liza Minnelli- Cabaret
-Anthony Hopkins/Jodi Foster- The Silence of the Lambs
Sophie's choice is unbeatable. That's the proof the acting can be also objective when it comes to performances like these.
Pure perfection!
Agreed!
Awful movie, hammy actress
Great to see Vivien Leigh twice on the list. Because of her smaller film list, she doesn't always get the focus many of her contemporaries get. She was put on earth to play Scarlett and got the double whammy with Blanche. She's incredible.
she is enchanting to watch, even though she was really a stage actress more than film
Great List. One I would add is Anne Bancroft for The Miracle Worker. That performance still brings tears to my eyes.
You're right!
Also, Patty Duke did a great job!!! Best Supporting Actress, but I think she was the REAL star in that movie, not Anne Bancroft.
@@timreding4364Bette Davis was robbed! Period. Why not a tie like for Hepburn and Streisand?
Great list! Nice surprise with Kathy Bates, iconic performance. Some other ones worth mentioning, Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot and Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry. Have you done a segment for actors who should have won but didn't or the race was so close it was difficult to call?
No, good idea!
How about a list ranking nominee's whether they won or not? Ha ha!
Daniel Day Lewis is one of the greats and has rarely been appreciated by Americans
He's won three Oscars, if he did not retire, he would probably win a fourth. What else do Americans have to do? Build him a temple?
Jack Nicholson winning for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was well deserved. I also liked when Christian Bale won for The Fighter as well as Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour. Both should have more Oscar’s than the ones they have as well as more nominations. Great video Brian, have a great weekend!
Thanks so much!
Fantastic list, and I love that I came across your channel! I've only sat through Sophie's Choice once, many years ago, and it still haunts me and is the greatest acting performance I've ever seen. (As a film buff, I want to show it to my husband, but I don't know if he could handle it.)
I would put Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice,Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire,Robert De Niro in Raging Bull and Marlon Brando for On The Waterfront in the category of for the ages it's hard to compare thenm to others because all else is measured against them fair or not .But t's not what I would say are honorable mentions althought they are fab too.
Some of my favorites Charlize Theron for Monster, Bette Davis in Jezabel,Sophia Loren in Two Women ,Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday ,Michelle Yeoh in EEAAO, Frances McDormand in Fargo,Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins ,Liza Minnelli in Cabaret Jane Fonda in Klute and Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,Patrica Neal in Hud
Supporting actress Catherine Zeta Jones in Chicago, Octavia Spencer in The Help, Youn-yuh jung in Minari,Marcia Gay Harden in Pollock,Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck,Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton, Mo'Nique in Precious ,Viola Davis in Fences
Supporting actor Joel Grey in Cabaret ,Christoph Waltz Django Unchained ,Burl Ives The Big Country Daniel Kaluuya Judas and The Black Messiah ,Edmund Gwenn in Miracle on 34th Street ,
Best Actor Jamie Foxx in Ray ,Sidney Poitier in Lillies in The Field ,Jack Lemmon in Save The Tiger , Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln and My Left Foot Eddie Redmayne The Theory of Everything, Humphry Bogart The African Queen
Sorry I could not keep it at ten over all and at that I left a number of favorites off .
Great picks!
Great list! Makes me want to rewatch a bunch of these.
Yay!
Someone else who loves Joan Crawford. She’s terrific and gave the better performance in Baby Jane IMO
Yay, love her!
Crawford was so much better than Davis in Baby Jane.
My top two at the time of writing Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice and Charlize Theron in Monster. Transformative, captivating and at times truly harrowing. Two performances that hunker down at the human experience and pose some very difficult questions and performances that have stuck with me, those two performances truly show the power of acting.
Great performances!
My order is Theron, then Streep, but I agree with your top two!!!
Vivien Leigh is the most sublime actress ever born !
I think one of the best years for head-to-heads at the Oscars, was when Gloria Swanson, Bette Davis and Judy Holliday were competing (Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve and Born Yesterday). Holliday won - which wouldn't have been my choice, but damn - that's a tough decision!
@@Alexis47620 True, she was great. Although, she had 9 nominations and two wins at the Academy Awards, so I think she got lots of recognition. Gloria got three Academy Award nominations in her career. I think Judy just had the one win, but her performance in Born Yesterday was really great. What a tough year to be a judge!
Bette and Gloria are so iconic in their respective roles that year.
Amazing choices! On my list I would've included Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry, wow that performance shook me to the core in ways I can't even describe.
It was great to see someone else who has the respect for Joan Crawford like I do. No matter what movie - even when she wasn't pleased with the script quality - Joan would put 110% effort into her part. "Mildred Pierce" is the best example of her efforts. She's one of my favorites
Thank you for acknowledging Meryl Streep’s performance in Sophie’s Choice. In recent times, it is almost a cliche to celebrate her performances because she always delivers! Brava Ms. Streep, you are the best ever male or female.
Great list! Thank you. Agree about Streep in Sophie. Love the Vivien Leigh love…deserved. And Kathy Bates and Elizabeth Taylor and Theron. As far as Best Actress goes, I would suggest Hilary Swank for “Boys Don’t Cry,” but I would go to the mat for Anna Magnani in “The Rose Tattoo.” Great video…thank you!
You’re welcome!
The other add I would include is Marion Cotillard for “La Vie en Rose.” She and Magnani are right up there for me. Also Hepburn in “The Lion in Winter.” Love what you’re doing!!
I’d love to see a video on the biggest acting snubs for each decade!
The single greatest acting performance by an actor is Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People. A genius performance. The role of Conrad Jarret is a high wire act. He can’t be too sympathetic or too unrelatable. The crying scene with the psychiatrist is a tourdeforce. Filmed in one long take is a masterclass.
Add Judd Hirsch who helped make that scene
I could not disagree more. DeNiro was better in Deer Hunter and his performance in Raging Bull is by any reasonable objective standard the best ever! I liked Ordinary People and Hutton was excellent but you are way off!
I am so grateful that Vivien Leigh is remembered for GWTW and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. It is as tragedy that financing for a film of MacBETH w/Olivier couldn’t be found or that she wasn’t cast in LONG DAY’S INTO NIGHT instead of Katherine Hepburn (who was too strong.)
For those who say GWTW hasn’t aged well, read the book. It’s not about the history of slavery in the south or how African Americans were portrayed. Yes, the story is about glorifying the succession of southern states and the Civil War, but that only occupies 4 of the 12 years the story covers. It is really s story of how an event cuts across the path of everyone in a country with a parallel of a romance of two characters who never get their act together at the same time until it’s too late. Nearly 85 years later that still happens.
GWTW still is the best movie ever made.
I agree with your choices, especially Vivian Leigh, she plays Southern so well. No one could have played Scarlett O'Hara like her & no one could play Blanche DuBois like her. Very few movies shock me or make me cry, but Sophie's Choice did & it was Meryl Streep who was so believable. So glad you had Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce was great , as was Elizabeth Taylor, who stopped being beautiful & became Martha. Kathy Bares was great in Misery, but I like her better in Dolores Claiborne.
yes to kathy bates!!!! one of my absolute favorite performances of all time!!!!
Same!
Great top 10 list, Brian! So many 10 out of 10 iconic and legendary performances that are hard to argue with, and glad you have goddess Streep at #1 with the immortal Sophie's Choice! Honorable mentions were awesome picks! Although I know your true #1 would be Gloria Swanson had she won with Sunset Boulevard! I think that'll be an interesting race to cover next year, the infamous 1950 one!
Absolutely!
My List:
1. F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
2. Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
3. Katherine Hepburn - The Lion In Winter
4. Vivien Leigh - Gone With The Wind
5. Marlon Brando - On The Waterfront
6. Anthony Hopkins - The Silence Of The Lambs
7. Frances McDormand - Fargo
8. Robert DeNiro - Raging Bull
9. Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
10. Renee Zellweger - Judy
Based on your criteria of winning the best lead acting award. My favorite performances of all-time differ, of course.
Another good list
ok we NEED a Annette Bening elusive Oscar video
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My top 10 greatest acting Oscars of all time:
-- B E S T -- MERYL STREEP for "Sophie's Choice"
-- 2nd -- F. ABRAHAM MURRAY for "Amadeus".
-- 3rd -- ANTHONY HOPKINS for "The Silence of the Lambs".
-- 4th -- VIVIEN LEIGH for "A Streetcar Named Desire".
-- 5th -- MARLON BRANDO for "The Godfatjher". 21:02
-- 6th -- CATE BLANCHETT for "Blue Jasmine".
-- 7th -- ROBERT DE NIRO for "The Raging Bull".
--8th -- LOUISE FLETCHER for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
-- 9th -- JACK NICHOLSON for " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
-- 10th -- HOLLY HUNTER for "The Piano".
Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce is such an unbelievable performance to ever win any award.
Does she act badly?
Vivien Leigh A Streetcar Named Desire #1 . Marlon Brando On the Waterfront #2. Elizabeth Taylor. #3. Robert De Niro #4.Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice. #5.
Love!
Vivien Leigh is so underappreciated, She's literally run Acting Circles among the Greatest. I felt amazed people appreciate Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn,Bette Davis, Meryl Streep but don't know about Vivien Leigh. In "A Streetcar Named Desire" she runs the "Acting Circle" Around Marlon Brando, Eventhough She's the highlight for me in that Movie.
hepburn siblings? they weren't even related.
@@disierra-amado5596 Sorry, My Mistake 🙏
Al Pacino's courageous & heart-wrenching performance in Dog Day Afternoon ran circles around Nicholson playing Crazy Jack yet again. Google the word "robbed" & there's a clip of Al screaming "Attica!" The work HE did in the '70s is indeed ASTONISHING!!
Those were great years for movies. And, most years, Pacino should win in a rout. Dog Day Afternoon is a tremendous movie, but so is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. For Pacino, the shame is that he eventually won for a performance that certainly isn't even in his top five.
@@RickDesper-v8z I find that it's rare when an actor wins for their best performance.
Jack is Jack. Al is whomever the script calls for him to be.
Both Al and Jack became caricatures of themselves as they aged, but in Cuckoos Nest Jack was extraordinary.
@@nicholasschroeder3678 In Dog Day, Al was extraordinary.
A few suggestions: Top 10 acting performances (could be in the 4 different categories - 4 videos) - not wins, the best overall, regardless of awards; top 10 Oscar egregious snubs; top 10 Oscar nominated, but not winning performances; top 10 not Oscar nominated performances; top 10 Oscar winning film scores or songs; top 10 horror movie performances or characters (since this is your favourite genre); top 10 films not in the English language; how Kathy Bates won (I am still pushing for that); top 10 actors or actresses who never won an Oscar; top 10 best films of each decade (regardless of awards).
Thanks!
I agree with your take on Cherize Theron, but after seeing her performance in "The Devil's Advocate," I wasn't at all surprised. Your vids are great!
Vivien leigh the first one, gone with the wind or streetcar named desire, incredible actress and in addition so, so beautiful!!!
Agreed!
In my opinion deserving of inclusion: - Joaquin Phoenix (Joker, 2019). Just unbelievably, heart-wrenchingly superb; also: - Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs. Kramer, 1979 -- with Streep excellent in support)
Best performance of all time by an actor or an actress: Vivien Leigh in "A Streetcar Named Desire". Second best performance: Olivia de Havilland in "The Heiress".
I find some horror or pulp material much more dramatic and emotionally impactful than the films nominated at the Oscars each year. Kathy Bates in Misery is a great reason as to why.
Absolutely!
I just found this on my RUclips list and I’m binging hard. Really well done and nice to hear names pronounced right as well as researched and put together very professionally. Looking forward to more. ☮️😎😊
All great actresses and well deserved Oscars. I'd switch Vivien Leigh in "Gone With The Wind" for Marion Cotillard in "La Vie En Rose". Still can't get over the fact that Glenn Close has not won at least 2 Oscars, for "Fatal Attraction" and "Dangerous Liaisons". SMH
Great picks!
She was so beautiful and her acting was superb. I really can't think of any other actress in her two Oscar wins . I'm talking about Vivien Leigh.
Elizabeth in Who's Afraid of Virgina Wolfe just like Richard - is an acting masterclass. BOTH should have won the Oscars for that!
Oscar's snub of Burton is inexcusable.
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@@RickDesper-v8zNot only once, but 7 times!
Vivien Leigh is simply the best in both GWTW and A Streetcar Named Desire!
She’s incredible!
I have always loved Vivienne Leigh’s work and no one else has ever agreed with me before. I’m going to argue for the lifetime work of Renee Zellweger. She melts into her character whether she’s a supporting actor or number one. She does accents, dances, and sings.
Yes, I adore her!
Zellwegger is awful in Judy.
Zellweger is a great actress, but really chewed the scenery in her award winning performance in "Cold Mountain."
Zellweger really should’ve won for Chicago. She was excellent in that.
Viola Davis, in Fences, was brilliant. She is actually brilliant in all of her performances.
Vivian Leigh was also fantastic in 'Ship of Fools'. Although the entire cast is marvelous, I think Ms. Leigh stole the show. Nice list. :)
Mary Treadwell !!
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@@trishbirchard1270Yes! :)
That was her last film. She died young. Such a beautiful and talented woman.
@@sharonalbanese8084 I agree; she was both. I believe she also struggled with issues, for which there are now-treatments available.
@curiousworld7912 yes, she has mental health problems.
An excellent list. And I totally agree with number one. The scenes where Sophie is struggling to speak English words from her Polish background are absolutely unbelievable. But for number two I would have to have Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird. His understated and restrained performance was the perfect counterpoint to the ignorance and poverty of the 1930's South. Everyone wanted Him to be your Dad. (Except when he refused to play for the Methodists...)
But O'Toole was robbed by Peck
Thank you!
Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl” - one of the greatest, most original, most dazzling, bravura film performances of all time.
You made an excellent list here. Definitely agree with all these sublime actors. My personal favourite I was hoping to see on the list was Simone Signoret best actress for ROOM AT THE TOP. Such a poignant and heartbreaking performance she gave with LawrenceHarvey. I love that film.
Charlize was totally amazing in Monster. I was appalled and so saddened...She really delivered. I love her work.
Jean smart was also excellent in this role on the tv movie Overkill.
Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron y Kathy Bates. Imposible decidir cual es la mejor de las 3. Rompieron el molde con esas interpretaciones. Realmente insuperables.
Natalie Portman she's Just Like Us
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Natalie Portman at Black Swan is so incredible. I remember watch the movie and tell my mother "she will certainly win the Oscar".
My favorite from your list is Natalie Portman’s performance. I was amazed watching it in the theater and picked her for the Oscar win right then and there!
Heath Ledger as Joker was amazing, don't get me wrong, but I also think that he is a little overrated, and if not for his unexpected death, he would not be praised for this role to the extreme, like he is today. Also, Ledger's Joker popularity overshadows other, key, and absolutely fantastic acting performances in this movie, which is annoying and not fair! Christian Bale as Bruce and Batman was brilliant as well, Gary Oldman as Gordon was perfect, Michael Caine as Alfred - excellent, and Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face was genius! So I wish people talk more about these other actors and performances too!
I think he’s spoken about so much because of how unique his performance was. Nobody has played a comic book character and dropped an Oscar worthy performance up until that point. It really hit home for fans.
Roger Ebert also said that Charlize Theron's performance in Monster was the performance of the century. He was damn right about that.
You’re not going to believe this… being the Meryl fan that you are-that I am too-I ran into J. Roy Helland on the street in NYC yesterday, and he very very kindly and humbly listened to me gush about his work. He’s arguably one of her secret weapons, aside from her insane talent-he was SO kind. Great pick for number 1.
That’s awesome, thanks for sharing!
Great show! You are so right about Sophie’s Choice and M.S.
I’m so happy that you included Joan Crawford’s win! ❤ I haven’t heard you talk about her that much on the channel, so it’s nice to hear that you hold her in such high regard, as I do.
I love her in that movie but Kate Winslet was much better in the series…
@@pedroramos1639the adaptations are so different, I can’t really compare them. However, I personally prefer the 1945 adaption and Crawford’s performance.
Yes, I love her!
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Sissy Spacek " Coal Miners Daughter" Susan Hayward " I want to Live "
Love those!
You are spot on with every one of your choices. I would have chosen exactly the list and in the numerical order that you put them in. Two of my favorites are Vivian Lee and my favorite of all time Joan Crawford. Joan Crawford made so many movies in her lifetime and each of them were fantastic and made it a time when she would sometimes make two or three movies per year. Thank you for your wonderful video!
I agree with most of your picks; however, Kathy Bates should have won for Delores Claiborne, a part that was written with her in mind. Great job!!
Love Bates so much!
Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh should've won for Delores Claiborne. Their performances were perfect in that underrated gem.
My favorite kathy bates movie.
My Favorite Top Ten Actors/Actresses In A Movie Are:
1.) Jack Nicholson-One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
2.) Joaquin Phoenix-Joker
3.) Kathy Bates-Misery
4.) Anthony Perkins-Psycho
5.) Kevin Bacon-Murder In The First
6.) Dustin Hoffman-Rain Man
7.) Diana Ross-Lady Sings The Blues
8.) Robert De Niro-Raging Bull
9.) Sissy Spacek-Carrie
10.) Al Pacino-The Godfather & Scarface
I appreciate the addition of Michelle Yeoh - for her body of work AND Everything Everywhere All At Once, a well deserved win 👍
The body of work is irrelevant. It's a list of single Oscar performances and she's was actually better in other films.
@@greggibson33 ok and she’s still one the best on this list and out of her fellow nominees thank u!
👏👏👏
Streep's performance in Sophie's Choice is, without question, the greatest thing ever committed to celluloid.
Vivien Leigh played the Streetcar part on the London stage before the film- when they had to choose between the 2 actress- box office sort of demanded Leigh
Yes, good point!
These are some of my favourites of all time:
Dawid thewlis - Naked
Fassbender - Hunger
Brando - Waterfront
Crawford - Mildred peirce
Pacino - GF2
Charlize - Monster
Eric bana - Chopper
Waltz - Inglorious
Elizabeth - Virginia
Ledger - Dark knight
Nargis - Mother india
Nickolson - Cuckus nest
Streep - Sophie choice
Marion - LA Vie en rose
Anthony Hopkins - Silence
De Niro - Raging Bull
Oldman - True romance
Vivian - Street car
DD Lewis - There will be blood
Ulrich - Lives of others
Choi min sik - Oldboy
Maria falcanotti - joan
Amitabh - Deewar
O Toole - Lawrence
Pacino - Dog day afternoon
Peter lorre - M
Casey - Manchester by the sea
Well done!
Loved your list!
Elizabeth taylor was
So overlooked as an
actress due to her dazzling
beauty, but I’ve come to
see her as having been
an excellent actress…
I loved her performances in
A Place in the Sun, Suddenly
last Summer, Giant….❤️❤️❤️
PS 👍👍👍 Vivian Leigh
and Meryl!🥇🎭🏆
I don’t think someone who won 2 Oscars can be considered ‘overlooked.’
Best of Oscar's LEAD Performance Wins:
1. Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind
2. Anthony Hopkins, The Father
3. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice
4. Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
5. Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
6. Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere
7. Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
8. Robert DeNiro, Raging Bull
9. Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
10. Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner’s Daughter
Runners up: Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Anne Bancroft (Miracle Worker), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Charlize Theron (Monster), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry), Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter)
Great list but I would have loved to see your 30s and 40s videos! The only performances I would have added to this video's list are Helen Hayes in The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose and Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot.
Thanks for your interest!
I would add Hillary Swank for "Boys don't cry" performance , also deserves a mention
YES YES YES for Jack in One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest - YES! Wonderful win!
WONDERFUL NEWS Brian, both for you and for us too, we're gonna get way more of what we love!!! Big CONGRATULATIONS🍾🥂🎊 I know for sure this is all just the beginning for you and your channel!!! BRAVO!!!! So lovely to revisit Michele Yeoh's win here, great idea for another great video!!
Thank you!
Crawford is a great choice. Not sure what my top ten would be, but it would include Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Adrien Brody, Shirley MacLaine, Burt Lancaster and Daniel Day-Lewis (2007).
Great list though 👍
Great picks!