The Best 200 Movie Performances of All Time
With so many films from all around the world, it is hard to pick the best performances. You know those that truly delivered the goods. In our hall of fame, we include fantastic tour-de-force acting not only from dramas but from all genres appreciating physical and vocal talents too.
Natalie Portman - Black Swan (2010)
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Robert De Niro - Cape Fear (1991)
Al Pacino - The Insider (1999)
Samuel L. Jackson - Django Unchained (2012)
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (2008)
Marlon Brando - Apocalypse Now (1978)
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men (2007)
Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained (2012)
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning (1988)
Robin Williams - Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
Johnny Depp - Black Mass (2015)
Al Pacino - The Godfather (1972)
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa - Mortal Kombat (1995)
Hugo Weaving - V For Vendetta (2005)
Robin Williams - Aladdin (1992)
Kurt Russell - Death Proof (2007)
Gary Oldman - True Romance (1993)
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)
David Carradine - Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004)
Billy Nigh - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Michael Wincott - The Crow (1994)
Cate Blanchett - Tar (2022)
Gary Oldman - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Jackie Chan - Drunken Master II (1994)
R. Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Hugh Jackman - Prisoners (2013)
Jack Nicholson - Batman (1989)
Al Pacino - Serpico (1973)
Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Jack Black - School of Rock (2003)
Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Edward Norton - Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Michael Douglas - Falling Down (1993)
Gary Oldman - Leon: The Professional (1994)
Christopher Walken - Batman Returns (1992)
Jackie Chan - Drunken Master (1978)
Marlon Brando - The Godfather (1972)
Brando Lee - The Crow (1994)
Bill Murray - Lost in Translation (2003)
Al Pacino - And Justice For All (1979)
Johnny Depp - Minamata (2020)
Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire (1954)
Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman (1992)
Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver (1976)
Keanu Reeves - John Wick (2014)
Al Pacino - Carlito's Way (1993)
Al Pacino - The Godfather Part 2 (1974)
Sylvester Stallone - First Blood (1982)
Robert De Niro - Raging Bull (1982)
Sandra Bullock - Gravity (2013)
Sigourney Weaver - Aliens (1986)
Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Vincent D'Onofrio - The Cell (2000)
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky (1976)
Al Pacino - Heat (1995)
John Travolta - Pulp Fiction (1994)
John Travolta - Saturday Night Fever (1978)
Kurt Russell - Escape from New York (1981)
Alan Rickman - Die Hard (1988)
Kathy Bates - Misery (1990)
Joe Pesci - Goodfellas (1990)
Wes Studi - Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Daniel Day Lewis - Gangs of New York (2002)
Danny De Vito - Batman Returns (1992)
Michelle Pfeiffer - Batman Returns (1992)
Michael Douglas - Wall Street (1987)
Christopher Walken - True Romance (1993)
Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List (1993)
Daniel Day Lewis - Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Robert De Niro - Angel Heart (1987)
Rena Owen - Once We Were Warriors (1994)
Robert De Niro - The Godfather Part 2 (1974)
Hayden Panettiere - Scream 4 (2011)
Roger T. Jackson - Scream (1996)
Robert Downey Jr - Chaplin (1992)
Tony Leung - Happy Together (1997)
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Maggie Cheung - In The Mood For Love (2000)
Keanu Reeves - John Wick Chapter 4 (2023)
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004)
Sergi Lopez - Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler (2008)
JeeJa Yanin - Chocolate (2008)
Noomi Rapace - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Lee Byung-hun - I Saw the Devil (2010)
Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone (2012)
Javier Bardem - Biutiful (2010)
James Woods - Hercules (1997)
Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer (2013)
Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast (2000)
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder (2008)
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises (2007)
James Woods - Salvador (1986)
Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt (2012)
Tim Curry - Legend (1985)
Clint Eastwood - Dirty Harry (1971)
Clint Eastwood - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (1966)
Jake Gyllenhall - Nightcrawler (2014)
Robert Downey Jr - Iron Man (2008)
Jim Carrey - Batman Forever (1995)
Jason Isaacs - The Patriot (2000)
Keanu Reeves - The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night (2014)
Joaquin Phoenix - Joker (2019)
Mercedes Reuhl - The Fisher King (1991)
J. K. Simmons - Whiplash (2014)
Ulrich Muhe - The Lives of Others (2006)
Ian McDiarmind - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski (1998)
Keanu Reeves - John Wick Chapter 2 (2017)
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Michael Keaton - Beetlejuice (1988)
Johnny Depp - Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
James McAvoy - Split (2017)
Bruce Campbell - Evil Dead 2 (1987)
Toni Colette - Hereditary (2008)
Tim Curry - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1978)
Hugo Weaving - The Matrix (1999)
Angus McFayden - Warriors of Virtue (1997)
Keanu Reeves - The Matrix (1999)
Gerald Butler - 300 (2006)
Tom Hardy - The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Jack Lemmon - Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Al Pacino - Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Robert Patrick - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Robert Englund - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Brad Dourif - Child's Play (1988)
Val Kilmer - Tombstone (1993)
Anjelica Houston - The Addams Family (1991)
Eli Wallach - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (1966)
Raul Julia - Street Fighter (1994)
Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge (2001)
Dustin Hoffman - Flawless (1999)
Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie (1982)
Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Henry Fonda - 12 Angry Men (1958)
Meg Foster - Lords of Salem (2012)
Iko Uwais - The Raid 2 (2014)
Iko Uwais - The Raid (2011)
Nicole Kidman - The Others (2001)
Charles Bronson - Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Dan Stevens - Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained (2012)
Eddie Murphy - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Geoffrey Rush - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Henry Fonda - Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Franka Potente - Run Lola Run (1998)
Faye Wong - Chungking Express (1994)
Naomi Watts - The Impossible (2012)
Shin'ichiro Ueda - The Fable (2019)
Karl Urban - Dredd 3D (2012)
Yin Tse - Time (2021)
Whoopie Goldberg - Ghost (1990)
Yuen Qiu - Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Won Bin - The Man From Nowhere (2010)
Jet Li - Hero (2002)
Lee Byung-hun - A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Takeru Satoh - Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
Val Kilmer - The Doors (1991)
Gian Maria Volonte - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Sean Penn - Carlito's Way (1993)
Robert De Niro - The Untouchables (1987)
Alyssa Sutherland - Evil Dead Rise (2023)
Christian Bale - American Psycho (2000)
Tony Curtis - Some Like it Hot (1959)
Jack Lemmon - Some Like it Hot (1959)
Tom Hanks - Big (1998)
John Cazale - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Harisson Ford- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
James Purefoy - Solomon Kane (2009)
Al Pacino - Scarface (1983)
Tim Roth - Rob Roy (1995)
Mads Mikkelsen - Another Round (2020)