What movie do you think has the greatest acting ever in it?

[Rabrrrrrr]

Not necessarily the greatest movie, but the movie with the greatest acting? A movie that is simply purely stunning to watch in its thespian perfection? (and matcom, that's "thespian", not "lesbian").

I'm thinking the following are excellent ones:

Strangers on a Train
Touch of Evil
Orson Welles' Macbeth
To Kill a Mockingbird
North By Northwest

Please add your own opinions to this list. I'm in the mood for seeing this weekend some movies that exemplify the very best of the art of acting.

[jpgray]

1. Lion in Winter

[NashVegas]

13. If I'd Given a Serious Answer

I'd have agreed.

[jpgray]

14. You just can't beat that cast

[Richard Steele]

33. First film that came to my mind; just OUTSTANDING work all around.

"Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" doesn't even come close!

[terrya]

24. Yes.

This is the correct answer. EVERYONE...from O'Toole to Hepburn to Anthony Hopkins to Timothy Dalton....were superb.

[NashVegas]

2. Down With Love

Ewan McGregor was great in the scene where he ripped off his shirt!

[LynneSin]

5. You serious?

I found that the most annoying movie especially Rene Zellwegger.

[NashVegas]

9. Yeah But It Was Great

When Ewan ripped his shirt off. I TiVo'd that over and over just to watch his magnificent expressioning.

[LynneSin]

3. ROADHOUSE

Takes some serious acting chops to pull off a line like "A polar bear fell on him"

[HEyHEY]

4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

La vita belle
Rebel without a cause
The Big Lebowski

[azmouse]

6. The Ice Storm

I didn't much care for the movie but the acting was perfection.

[KFC]

7. Goodfellas

And Godfather I and II, obviously.

[buddhamama]

8. Papillon

To Kill A Mockingbird would be on my list as well

as discussed in an earlier thread GlennGaryGlennRoss

[idgiehkt]

10. The Talented Mr. Ripley

I was a Matt Damon hater 'til I saw him in this movie. He really did a good job.

I also like Viggo Mortenson in The Perfect Murder, he's the male Meryl Streep; when you contrast his role in this with role in 28 Days (Sandra Bullock film) and G.I. Jane it's just stunning how much of a chameleon he is.

Just about anything Jennifer Jason Leigh has done (with the exception maybe of Single White Female) is worth watching; she fascinates me.

[_testify_]

11. Amistad.

and also The Crying Game.

[driver8]

12. Some good choices you have there.

I would add a couple:

Dial M for Murder

Mrs. Miniver

It Happened One Night (my wife's suggestion)

[buddhamama]

15. A Dry White Season

good movie good acting.

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. It tanked in the theater...but, "What Dreams May Come"

Stunning...

[mtowngman]

22. Robin Williams was superb

didn't have to say a word, just look at his expression in the children's funeral scene.

[Vidar]

26. One of my all-time favorites.

[Elidor]

17. Snakes on a Plane

Laurence Olivier would weep if he could see it.

[Arkham House]

29. Hmmm...I think Olivier is still in Purgatory...

...doing his time for "Inchon"...

[Giant Robot]

18. The Usual Suspects

As well as a lot of what has been said already.

[sarge43]

19. I offer

Lawrence of Arabia
The Oxbow Incident
A Double Life
Young Frankenstein

[Starbucks Anarchist]

20. Godfather I and II, Raging Bull, Network.

[johnnie]

21. This is goofy but

Everytime I see The Breakfast club I think about how those kids got the different people down like how I knew those groups in high school.

[GumboYaYa]

23. The Bicycle Thief.....

The scene where Ricci has to decide whether to steal the bike is some of the best acting ever.

[Kickoutthejams23]

25. The Hustler.

Can't beat the performances by Paul Newman,Piper Laurie, George C Scott, and even Jackie Gleason. Rare to see such pitch perfect ensemble acting from a movie of any age.

And a special honorable mention to Glengarry Glen Ross which simply has the best cast ever assembled in one film.

[Vidar]

27. Good call.

[speedoo]

34. Two great ones there.

The Hustler and Glengarry Glen Ross are very tough to beat.

[bertha katzenengel]

28. the only three that come to me off the top of my head are

Jessica Lange in either "Frances" or "Music Box"

and Kevin Spacey in "The Usual Suspects"

Maybe not classics, but FUCK! what performances.

[Karenca]

30. Charlize Theron in 'Monster". nt

[Arkham House]

31. How about "The Maltese Falcon"?--

--"Casablanca" has some pretty good acting, too...and some of the Altman films--"Nashville", "Gosford Park"...

[MrCoffee]

32. Amy Adams in Junebug might be one of the best female performances ever

[Rabrrrrrr]

35. Thanks, everyone!

Keep 'em coming!