Greatest Screen Performances per Film Actors

[Tim]

Kurt Russell (1951–)
1. The Thing (1982)
2. Escape from New York (1981)
3. Tombstone (1993)
4. Death Proof (2007)
5. Miracle (2004)
6. Silkwood (1983)
7. Elvis (1979)
8. The Hateful Eight (2015)
9. Bone Tomahawk (2015)
10. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

James Woods (1947–)
1. Salvador (1986)
2. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
3. Videodrome (1983)
4. The Onion Field (1979)
5. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
6. Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
7. Promise (1987)
8. My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
9. The Boost (1988)
10. Citizen Cohn (1992)

Billy Bob Thornton (1956–)
1. Sling Blade (1996)
2. Fargo (2014)
3. A Simple Plan (1998)
4. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
5. Monster's Ball (2001)
6. Goliath (2016–2021)
7. Bad Santa (2003)
8. Bandits (2001)
9. Landman (2024–)
10. Armageddon (1998)

[Dubrow555]

All of the above looks good. I don't think "Hercules" would be a bad choice for Woods near the bottom.

[Dubrow555]

Thought I'd throw in a fun one:

Sacha Baron Cohen
1. Borat
2. The Trial of the Chicago 7
3. The Spy
4. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
5. Brüno
6. Da Ali G Show
7. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
8. Les Misérables
9. Who is America?
10. The Dictator

[Tim]

Put Sacha Baron Cohen's list on the first page. As for Woods, I considered Hercules, figured it falls just short of a top 10 spot.

[ManPerson]

I feel like Da Ali G Show should be higher.

[Tim]

1. Borat (2006)
2. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
3. The Spy (2015)
4. Da Ali G Show (2000–2004)
5. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
6. Brüno (2009)
7. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
8. Les Misérables (2012)
9. Who Is America? (2018)
10. The Dictator (2012)

[ManPerson]

I'll take it.

[Dubrow555]

Yes looks good.

[Tim]

Richard Attenborough (1923–2014)
1. Brighton Rock (1947)
2. Guns at Batasi (1964)
3. Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
4. 10 Rillington Place (1971)
5. The Chess Players (1977)
6. The Sand Pebbles (1966)
7. The Great Escape (1963)
8. The Angry Silence (1960)
9. Jurassic Park (1993)
10. Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

David Niven (1910–1983)
1. Separate Tables (1958)
2. The Moon Is Blue (1953)
3. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
4. The Pink Panther (1963)
5. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
6. My Man Godfrey (1957)
7. Carrington V.C. (1954)
8. Dawn Patrol (1938)
9. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
10. Murder by Death (1976)

Tom Courtenay (1937–)
1. The Dresser (1983)
2. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
3. 45 Years (2015)
4. King & Country (1964)
5. Billy Liar (1963)
6. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
7. Last Orders (2001)
8. A Rather English Marriage (1998)
9. Little Dorrit (2007)
10. Unforgotten (2015)

Rex Harrison (1908–1990)
1. My Fair Lady (1964)
2. Cleopatra (1963)
3. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
4. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
5. Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
6. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
7. Doctor Dolittle (1967)
8. Major Barbara (1941)
9. Escape (1948)
10. Night Train to Munich (1940)

[ManPerson]

I sense a theme here.

[Dubrow555]

Time to add a third Cooper:

Bradley Cooper:
1. Silver Linings Playbook
2. A Star is Born
3. Maestro
4. Licorice Pizza
5. American Hustle
6. American Sniper
7. Nightmare Alley
8. The Hangover
9. Guardians of the Galaxy
10. Limitless

[Tim]

Bradley Cooper (1975–)
1. A Star Is Born (2018)
2. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
3. Maestro (2023)
4. Nightmare Alley (2021)
5. American Sniper (2014)
6. Licorice Pizza (2021)
7. American Hustle (2013)
8. The Hangover (2009)
9. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

My list for Coop.

[Dubrow555]

That works - I was debating in my head over Guardians 1 vs. vol 3.

[Tim]

So I ran out of space allowed for the post so I can no longer add new lists to the first post. We can of course still discuss the lists for other actors.

[ManPerson]

It might be time to send these to Lew then.

[Tim]

Do we want to alphabetize it before we sent it to lew?

[ManPerson]

That's probably a good idea.

[Sherick]

That works - I was debating in my head over Guardians 1 vs. vol 3.

Nah Vol. 3 for sure. I would raise it over The Hangover as well.