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100 Greatest Film Acting Performances of All-Time

So what are the greatest acting performances of all time? Throughout August 2019 we polled members and contributors to find out what they considered to be the greatest performances in film ever. As with all these types of polls the final list is not going to please everyone. Perhaps unsurprisingly (and a little disappointingly) the best of the American mainstream dominates here, with a high placing for Heath Ledger's turn in The Dark Knight and a large representation from the New Hollywood era (with 5 entries for the first 2 Godfather films!). What stands out more than anything is the lack of female performances that make the top 100 (only 12!). Is Casablanca really Bogart's best performance? Wasn't Brando better in On the Waterfront than anything he did in the 70s? Let us know what you think.
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The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
2
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
3
There Will Be Blood (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
4
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
5
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
6
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
7
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
8
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
9
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
10
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
11
M (1931)
M (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
13
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
14
The Conformist (1970)
The Conformist (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
15
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
16
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
17
L'avventura (1960)
L'avventura (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
18
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
19
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
20
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
21
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
22
Blue Velvet (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
23
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
24
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
25
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
26
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
27
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
28
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
29
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
30
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
31
The Shining (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
32
8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
33
Persona (1966)
Persona (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
34
On the Waterfront (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
35
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
36
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
37
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
39
Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
40
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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