Greatest Screen Performances per Film Actresses

[ManPerson]

No, I think you have a point.

I'd also have A Quiet Place as Emily Blunt's #1.

[Tim]

Thoughts?

1. A Quiet Place (2018)
2. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
3. Sicario (2015)
4. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
5. Oppenheimer (2023)
6. The Girl on the Train (2016)
7. Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
8. The English (2022)
9. The Young Victoria (2009)
10. The Smashing Machine (2025)

1. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
2. Emma (1996)
3. Marty Supreme (2025)
4. Proof (2005)
5. Two Lovers (2008)
6. Sylvia (2003)
7. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
8. Glee (2010–2014)
9. Sliding Doors (1998)
10. Iron Man 3 (2013)

[Tim]

Sandra Hüller (1978–)
1. Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
2. Toni Erdmann (2016)
3. Rose (2026)
4. Requiem (2006)
5. The Zone of Interest (2023)
6. Sisi & I (2023)
7. Above Us Only Sky (2011)
8. Finsterworld (2013)
9. In the Aisles (2018)
10. The Black Square (2021)

Margaret Qualley (1994–)
1. Maid (2021)
2. The Substance (2024)
3. Sanctuary (2022)
4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
5. Fosse/Verdon (2019)
6. Kinds of Kindness (2024)
7. Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
8. Honey Don't! (2025)
9. Stars at Noon (2022)
10. Leftovers (2014–2017)

Hailee Steinfeld (1996–)
1. True Grit (2010)
2. The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
3. Dickinson (2019–2021)
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2022)
5. Sinners (2025)
6. Hawkeye (2021)
7. Arcane (2021–2024)
8. The Homesman (2014)
9. Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
10. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

[Dubrow555]

Blunt/Paltrow look good. It's very early - but I think "Project Hail Mary" should probably be on Huller's top ten at some point.

[Tim]

Laura Dern (1967–)
1. Inland Empire (2006)
2. Rambling Rose (1991)
3. Enlightened (2011–2013)
4. The Tale (2018)
5. Big Little Lies (2017–2019)
6. Blue Velvet (1986)
7. Wild at Heart (1990)
8. Mask (1985)
9. Ellen (episode: "The Puppy Episode") (1997)
10. Jurassic Park (1993)

Lupita Nyong'o (1983–)
1. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
2. Us (2019)
3. Queen of Katwe (2016)
4. A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
5. The Wild Robot (2024)
6. Black Panther (2018)
7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
8. Shuga (2009–2012)
9. Little Monsters (2019)
10. The Jungle Book (2016)

Laura Linney (1954–)
1. You Can Count on Me (2000)
2. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
3. John Adams (2008)
4. Ozark (2017–2022)
5. Wild Iris (2001)
6. The Big C (2010–2013)
7. Kinsey (2004)
8. The Savages (2007)
9. Mystic River (2003)
10. The Truman Show (1996)

[ManPerson]

No Marriage Story for Laura Dern?

[Tim]

How high would you have it?

[ManPerson]

Top 3, I'd say.

[Tim]

1. Inland Empire (2006)
2. Rambling Rose (1991)
3. Marriage Story (2019)
4. Enlightened (2011–2013)
5. The Tale (2018)
6. Big Little Lies (2017–2019)
7. Blue Velvet (1986)
8. Wild at Heart (1990)
9. Mask (1985)
10. Ellen (episode: "The Puppy Episode") (1997)

[Dubrow555]

TBH - I would have placed Marriage Story at #1 personally

[Dubrow555]

Jessie Buckley:
1. Hamnet
2. The Lost Daughter
3. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
4. Wild Rose
5. Women Talking
6. Men
7. Chernobyl
8. Fargo
9. Beast
10. Wicked Little Letters

[Tim]

TBH - I would have placed Marriage Story at #1 personally

Seems a stretch, normally I prefer lead performances topping these lists plus Rambling Rose and Inland Empire made it's yearly lists while Marriage Story did not.

[Dubrow555]

That sounds good. #3 is fair

[Tim]

Blunt/Paltrow look good. It's very early - but I think "Project Hail Mary" should probably be on Huller's top ten at some point.

1. Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
2. Toni Erdmann (2016)
3. Rose (2026)
4. Requiem (2006)
5. The Zone of Interest (2023)
6. Sisi & I (2023)
7. Project Hail Mary (2026)
8. Above Us Only Sky (2011)
9. Finsterworld (2013)
10. In the Aisles (2018)

[Dubrow555]

Looks good (we will have to add the same movie to Gosling's list at some point this year or next)

[Tim]

Alphabetized the first page here as well, please let me know if there are mistakes there. Mila Kunis and Mia Wasikowska got relegated to the second post of the thread.

[pauldrach]

Alphabetized the first page here as well, please let me know if there are mistakes there. Mila Kunis and Mia Wasikowska got relegated to the second post of the thread.

You outdid yourself. No mistakes this time.

[Tim]

1. Inland Empire (2006)
2. Rambling Rose (1991)
3. Marriage Story (2019)
4. Enlightened (2011–2013)
5. The Tale (2018)
6. Big Little Lies (2017–2019)
7. Blue Velvet (1986)
8. Wild at Heart (1990)
9. Mask (1985)
10. Ellen (episode: "The Puppy Episode") (1997)

Forgot Citizen Ruth for Dern, how about:

1. Inland Empire (2006)
2. Rambling Rose (1991)
3. Marriage Story (2019)
4. Citizen Ruth (1996)
5. Enlightened (2011–2013)
6. The Tale (2018)
7. Big Little Lies (2017–2019)
8. Blue Velvet (1986)
9. Wild at Heart (1990)
10. Ellen (episode: "The Puppy Episode") (1997)