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Greatest Acting Performances of All Time

Here are the greatest acting performances I have ever seen. The first page (40 actors) are recognising individual actors who stole the show in a movie, the second page is the same as the first but actresses and the final page recognises fantastic ensembles in a movie.
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A Beautiful Mind (2001)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
2
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
3
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
4
American History X (1998)
American History X (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
5
American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
6
Birdman (2014)
Birdman (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
7
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
8
Capote (2005)
Capote (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
9
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
10
Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
11
Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
12
Gladiator (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
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13
Her (2013)
Her (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
14
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
15
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
16
Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
17
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
18
Life of Pi (2012)
Life of Pi (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
19
Milk (2008)
Milk (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
20
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
21
No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
22
North by Northwest (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
23
Oliver! (1968)
Oliver! (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
24
Philadelphia (1993)
Philadelphia (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
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25
Rain Man (1988)
Rain Man (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
26
Rear Window (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
28
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
29
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
30
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
31
The Green Mile (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
32
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
34
The Shining (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
35
The Theory of Everything (2014)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
36
The Truman Show (1998)
The Truman Show (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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37
There Will Be Blood (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
38
Tootsie (1982)
Tootsie (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
39
Whiplash (2014)
Whiplash (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
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