Greatest Screen Performances per Film Actors

[Tim]

Edward Norton (1969–)
1. American History X (1998)
2. Primal Fear (1996)
3. Fight Club (1999)
4. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
5. 25th Hour (2002)
6. A Complete Unknown (2024)
7. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
8. The Painted Veil (2006)
9. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
10. The Score (2001)

Bottom three are pretty loose, but I see a good amount of awards for People v. Larry Flynt that far exceeds to the others. Primal Fear and Fight Club could go either way.

I thought most of these are for 1996 as a whole so Primal Fear/Everyone Says I Love You/Larry Flynt rather than for Larry Flynt specifically. Guess I am not opposed to it being on the list though.

[Tim]

Re: Macbeth, I have seen people online rave about it as one of his best though it's true it lacks award recognition of, say, Steve Jobs.

[Tim]

Not that previous lists are gospel but both mine/Bruno's 2000s list and Man's revision had Sideways/Cinderella Man > American Splendor.

[Sherick]

I would stand strongly behind American Splendor for Giamatti, not least of which is that it is a more centralized performance. Being his "breakout" role doesn't hurt either in this case considering the amount of acclaim it garnered.

[Tim]

Put Giamatti and Michael B. Jordan up. As for others, how about:

Edward Norton (1969–)
1. American History X (1998)
2. Fight Club (1999)
3. Primal Fear (1996)
4. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
5. 25th Hour (2002)
6. A Complete Unknown (2024)
7. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
8. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
9. The People vs Larry Flynt (1996)
10. The Illusionist (2006)

Michael Fassbender (1977–)
1. Shame (2011)
2. Steve Jobs (2015)
3. Hunger (2008)
4. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
5. A Dangerous Method (2011)
6. X-Men: The First Class (2011)
7. Macbeth (2015)
8. Fish Tank (2009)
9. Frank (2014)
10. Alien: Covenant (2017)

[Dubrow555]

Here's a list for.....

https://youtu.be/KIa1DeGYEhk?si=HtbnZEfLkt-apLh9&t=17

1. Shine
2. Quills
3. The King's Speech
4. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
6. Elizabeth
7. Shakespeare in Love
8. Genius
9. Les Misérables
10. Munich

(Alternates: Frida, Candy, Swimming Upstream, Ned Kelly, Finding Nemo)

[Tim]

Looks good on the first glance, I will put it on the first page.

[Sherick]

Put Giamatti and Michael B. Jordan up. As for others, how about:

Edward Norton (1969–)
1. American History X (1998)
2. Fight Club (1999)
3. Primal Fear (1996)
4. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
5. 25th Hour (2002)
6. A Complete Unknown (2024)
7. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
8. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
9. The People vs Larry Flynt (1996)
10. The Illusionist (2006)

Michael Fassbender (1977–)
1. Shame (2011)
2. Steve Jobs (2015)
3. Hunger (2008)
4. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
5. A Dangerous Method (2011)
6. X-Men: The First Class (2011)
7. Macbeth (2015)
8. Fish Tank (2009)
9. Frank (2014)
10. Alien: Covenant (2017)

Looks great! Dubrow's too

[ManPerson]

Those look good on first glance.

[Tim]

Amitabh Bachchan (1942–)
1. Deewaar (1975)
2. Sholay (1975)
3. Anand (1971)
4. Black (2005)
5. Paa (2009)
6. Piku (2015)
7. Pink (2016)
8. Agneepath (1990)
9. Mohabbatein (2000)
10. Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

Dennis Hopper (1936–2010)
1. Blue Velvet (1986)
2. Hoosiers (1986)
3. Easy Rider (1969)
4. The American Friend (1977)
5. True Romance (1993)
6. River's Edge (1986)
7. Speed (1994)
8. Paris Trout (1991)
9. Red Rock West (1993)
10. Land of the Dead (2005)

John Barrymore (1882–1942)
1. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
2. Grand Hotel (1932)
3. Counsellor at Law (1933)
4. Twentieth Century (1934)
5. The Sea Beast (1926)
6. Svengali (1931)
7. Sherlock Holmes (1922)
8. Beau Brummel (1924)
9. Dinner at Eight (1933)
10. An American Citizen (1913)

Chishū Ryū (1913–1994)
1. Tokyo Story (1953)
2. Late Spring (1949)
3. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
4. The Only Son (1936)
5. There Was a Father (1942)
6. Early Summer (1951)
7. I Was Born, But... (1932)
8. Good Morning (1959)
9. Tokyo Twilight (1957)
10. Japan's Longest Day (1967)

Lon Chaney (1883–1930)
1. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
3. The Unknown (1927)
4. He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
5. The Penalty (1920)
6. The Unholy Three (1925; 1930)
7. The Monster (1925)
8. Tell It to the Marines (1926)
9. The Miracle Man (1919)
10. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)

[ManPerson]

Those look pretty good.

[Bruno]

Great job, Tim!

[Tim]

Thanks, Bruno, feel free to create some top 10s on your own.

[Sherick]

Ian McKellen:
1. Gods & Monsters (1998)
2. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings (2001)
3. King Lear (2008)
4. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
5. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
6. Richard III (1996)
7. And the Band Plays On (1993)
8. X2 (2003)
9. Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996)
10. Apt Pupil (1998)

Not sure if King Lear technically counts or not.

Kenneth Branagh
1. Hamlet (1996)
2. Henry V (1989)
3. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
4. My Week With Marilyn (2011)
5. Conspiracy (2001)
6. Wallander (2008-2016)
7. Othello (1995)
8. Shackleton (2003)
9. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
10. Warm Springs (2005)

[ManPerson]

If it's just screen performances, I'm not sure King Lear counts.

[Tim]

I have drafts for both of these:

Ian McKellen (1939–)
1. Gods and Monsters (1998)
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
3. Richard III (1995)
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
6. Mr. Holmes (2015)
7. Apt Pupil (1998)
8. X2 (2003)
9. Vicious (2013–2016)
10. The Dresser (2015)

Kenneth Branagh (1960–)
1. Henry V (1989)
2. Hamlet (1996)
3. Othello (1995)
4. Warm Springs (2005)
5. My Week with Marilyn (2011)
6. Wallander (2008–2016)
7. Conspiracy (2001)
8. Shackleton (2002)
9. Dead Again (1991)
10. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

Christopher Lee (1922–2015)
1. The Wicker Man (1973)
2. Dracula (1958)
3. Jinnah (1998)
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
5. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
6. The Mummy (1959)
7. The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
8. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
9. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
10. The Devil Rides Out (1968)

Let's discuss him as well.