Greatest Screen Performances per Film Actresses

[Sherick]

I think The Master > American Hustle for Adams, but it's close.

[Dubrow555]

I think The Master > American Hustle for Adams, but it's close.

I would agree with that as well.

For Berry - not exactly her breakout role, but not having Xmen on the list is surprising as it certainly led to her way more international fame/recognition.

[Tim]

X2 prolly can be added at, say, #8 on Berry's list. As for The Master, guess I just went along with Man's 2010s list which had American Hustle ahead. Funnily enough, mine and Bruno's old list did have The Master higher of two.

[ManPerson]

American Hustle seems to show up near the top a lot on lists of her best performances but maybe I underrated The Master.

[Tim]

Carole Lombard (1908–1942)
1. My Man Godfrey (1936)
2. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
3. Twentieth Century (1934)
4. Hands Across the Table (1935)
5. Nothing Sacred (1937)
6. In Name Only (1939)
7. Vigil in the Night (1940)
8. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
9. Made for Each Other (1939)
10. Swing High, Swing Low (1936)

Gena Rowlands (1930–2024)
1. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
2. Gloria (1980)
3. Opening Night (1977)
4. Another Woman (1988)
5. Love Streams (1984)
6. Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
7. Unhook the Stars (1996)
8. The Betty Ford Story (1987)
9. An Early Frost (1985)
10. What If God Were the Sun (2007)

Arletty (1898–1992)
1. Children of Paradise (1945)
2. Hotel du Nord (1938)
3. Le jour se lève (1939)
4. Les Visiteurs du soir (1942)
5. The Air of Paris (1954)
6. Fric-Frac (1939)
7. Extenuating Circumstances (1939)
8. No Exit (1954)
9. Lovers and Thieves (1935)
10. Pension Mimosas (1935)

Doris Day (1922–2019)
1. Pillow Talk (1959)
2. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
3. Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
4. Calamity Jane (1953)
5. Lover Come Back (1961)
6. Midnight Lace (1960)
7. Move Over, Darling (1963)
8. Send Me No Flowers (1964)
9. That Touch of Mink (1962)
10. The Doris Day Show (1968–1973)

Bibi Andersson (1935–2019)
1. Persona (1966)
2. The Seventh Seal (1957)
3. Wild Strawberries (1957)
4. The Touch (1971)
5. Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
6. Brink of Life (1958)
7. The Mistress (1962)
8. The Passion of Anna (1969)
9. The Magician (1958)
10. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)

[ManPerson]

I could see To Be or Not To Be > My Man Godfrey

[Tim]

I am not opposed to it, switched for now.

[Tim]

Stefania Sandrelli (1946–)
1. The Conformist (1970)
2. Mignon Has Come to Stay (1988)
3. I Knew Her Well (1965)
4. Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
5. The Last Kiss (2001)
6. The First Beautiful Thing (2010)
7. Divorce Italian Style (1961)
8. The Family (1987)
9. The Dinner (1999)
10. La terrazza (1980)

Sigourney Weaver (1949–)
1. Aliens (1986)
2. Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
3. Alien (1979)
4. Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
5. Working Girl (1988)
6. The Ice Storm (1997)
7. A Map of the World (1999)
8. Prayers for Bobby (2008)
9. Political Animals (2012)
10. Galaxy Quest (1999)

Madhuri Dixit (1967–)
1. Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)
2. Mrityudand (1997)
3. Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994)
4. Beta (1992)
5. Dil (1990)
6. Devdas (2002)
7. Pukar (2000)
8. Raja (1995)
9. Anjaam (1994)
10. The Fame Game (2022)

Pola Negri (1897–1987)
1. Madame Dubarry (1919)
2. The Wildcat (1921)
3. Forbidden Paradise (1924)
4. Hotel Imperial (1927)
5. Mazurka (1935)
6. The Spanish Dancer (1923)
7. A Woman Commands (1931)
8. Sumurun (1920)
9. Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918)
10. Carmen (1918)

Jean Arthur (1900–1991)
1. The More the Merrier (1943)
2. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
4. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
5. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
6. The Talk of the Town (1942)
7. The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
8. A Foreign Affair (1948)
9. Shane (1953)
10. The Plainsman (1936)

[Sherick]

Bibi Andersson (1935–2019)
1. Persona (1966)
2. The Seventh Seal (1957)
3. Wild Strawberries (1957)
4. The Touch (1971)
5. Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
6. Brink of Life (1958)
7. The Mistress (1962)
8. The Passion of Anna (1969)
9. The Magician (1958)
10. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)

Her role in Scenes from a Marriage is pretty small.

[Tim]

Well, she did win National Society of Film Critics' Best Supporting Actress and was New York Film Critics Circle's Best Supporting Actress runner-up for it so I reckon it should stay somewhere in the top 10 but it in the top 5 may be too high.

[ManPerson]

I feel like 5 is reasonable considering those accolades, even if it's a fairly small role.

[Tim]

Joanne Woodward (1930–)
1. The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
2. Rachel, Rachel (1968)
3. The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)
4. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
5. Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
6. No Down Payment (1957)
7. Do You Remember Love (1985)
8. See How She Runs (1978)
9. Breathing Lessons (1994)
10. Empire Falls (2005)

Romy Schneider (1938–1982)
1. That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
2. A Simple Story (1978)
3. The Passerby (1982)
4. Womanlight (1979)
5. A Woman at Her Window (1976)
6. Death Watch (1980)
7. Fantasma d'amore (1981)
8. Ludwig (1973)
9. The Cardinal (1963)
10. Mädchen in Uniform (1958)

Asta Nielsen (1881–1972)
1. Hamlet (1921)
2. The Abyss (1910)
3. Vanina (1922)
4. Joyless Street (1925)
5. Tragedy of the Street (1927)
6. Poor Jenny (1912)
7. Little Angel (1914)
8. The ABC of Love (1916)
9. I.N.R.I. (1923)
10. Wandering Souls (1921)

Madhubala (1933–1969)
1. Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
2. Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958)
3. Mr and Mrs 55 (1955)
4. Barsaat Ki Raat (1960)
5. Howrah Bridge (1958)
6. Kalapani (1958)
7. Half Ticket (1962)
8. Amar (1954)
9. Tarana (1951)
10. Mahal (1949)

[Tim]

Harriet Andersson (1932–)
1. Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
2. Summer with Monika (1953)
3. Cries and Whispers (1972)
4. Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
5. Dreams (1955)
6. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
7. To Love (1964)
8. A Sunday in September (1963)
9. The White Wall (1975)
10. People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1967)

Ingrid Thulin (1926–2004)
1. Cries & Whispers (1972)
2. Wild Strawberries (1957)
3. The Damned (1969)
4. The Silence (1963)
5. Brink of Life (1958)
6. Winter Light (1963)
7. The Magician (1958)
8. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
9. Night Games (1966)
10. The House of Smiles (1991)

Eva Dahlbeck (1920–2008)
1. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
2. Brink of Life (1958)
3. The Cats (1965)
4. A Lesson in Love (1954)
5. Secrets of Women (1952)
6. Only a Mother (1949)
7. Love Goes Up and Down (1946)
8. Defiance (1952)
9. Dreams (1955)
10. Les Créatures (1966)

[Tim]

Salma Hayek (1966–)
1. Frida (2002)
2. Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
3. Midaq Alley (1995)
4. Tale of Tales (2015)
5. House of Gucci (2021)
6. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
7. In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
8. As Luck Would Have It (2011)
9. Desperado (1995)
10. Fools Rush In (1997)

María Félix (1914–2002)
1. Enamorada (1946)
2. Río Escondido (1947)
3. Doña Diabla (1950)
4. The White Monk (1945)
5. Camelia (1954)
6. Doña Bárbara (1943)
7. Maclovia (1948)
8. The Kneeling Goddess (1947)
9. Vertigo (1946)
10. The Rock of Souls (1943)

Dolores del Río (1904–1983)
1. María Candelaria (1943)
2. The Abandoned (1945)
3. La Otra (1946)
4. Doña Perfecta (1951)
5. Wild Flower (1943)
6. The Little House (1950)
7. The Boy and the Fog (1953)
8. Bird of Paradise (1932)
9. Resurrection (1927)
10. Ramona (1928)

Monica Bellucci (1964–)
1. Malèna (2000)
2. Irréversible (2002)
3. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
4. Remember Me, My Love (2003)
5. Ville-Marie (2015)
6. On the Milky Road (2016)
7. The Apartment (1996)
8. Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
9. Tears of the Sun (2003)
10. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Katy Jurado (1924–2002)
1. High Noon (1952)
2. Broken Lance (1954)
3. Fe, Esperanza y Caridad (1973)
4. El Bruto (1953)
5. Seduction (1981)
6. El evangelio de las maravillas (1998)
7. Trial (1955)
8. Un secreto de Esperanza (2002)
9. Arrowhead (1953)
10. One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

[Dubrow555]

I HAD ANOTHER MONICA BELLUCI DREAM

[Tim]

Saoirse Ronan (1994–)
1. Lady Bird (2017)
2. Little Women (2019)
3. Atonement (2007)
4. Brooklyn (2015)
5. The Lovely Bones (2009)
6. The Outrun (2024)
7. Hanna (2011)
8. Ammonite (2020)
9. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
10. Byzantium (2012)

Keira Knightley (1985–)
1. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
2. Atonement (2007)
3. The Imitation Game (2014)
4. Black Doves (2024–)
5. Anna Karenina (2012)
6. Never Let Me Go (2010)
7. A Dangerous Method (2011)
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
9. Begin Again (2013)
10. Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

Carey Mulligan (1985–)
1. An Education (2009)
2. Promising Young Woman (2020)
3. Maestro (2023)
4. Never Let Me Go (2010)
5. Shame (2011)
6. Drive (2011)
7. She Said (2022)
8. Wildlife (2018)
9. The Great Gatsby (2013)
10. Suffragette (2015)