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[digitalrelic]

The Master:

https://youtu.be/otLDuy0ToFg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw54-yDc6Jg

Scene after scene of top notch acting all around. Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons, and even small roles like Christopher Evan Welch were all fantastic.

 

[Cymbal Head]

Also: The Master by PTA!

First thing that came to mind when reading the thread title (followed closely by Glengarry Glen Ross).

Man, Joaquin Phoenix does some next level work in The Master. All the PT Anderson love in this thread is fantastic.

 

[Robot Pants]

gotta agree with the OP. Definitely one of. Jack Lemmon alone is worthy

and yea The Master as well.

 

[| Praxis |]

I would include Tilda Swinton's performance We Need To Talk About Kevin in that category.

It still irritates me she wasn't even nominated for an Oscar.

She won the highly coveted best actress Kermode award that year.

 

[Ainsz]

Watched Collateral for the first time in years last week and oh man, Tom Cruise was absolutely encapsulating. And Jamie Foxx played his character beautifully. But man the character of Vincent was made so compelling thanks to Cruise.

And gotta say, I've pretty much only ever seen Cruise get slated. The only other film I can remember his performance notably is from Rainman and he was fine in that.

Collateral might be easy mode seeing as it has just two actors for most of the film but it's my vote going by recent memory,

Also, honourable mention to The Usual Suspects. Great acting all round there.

 

[digitalrelic]

Watched Collateral for the first time in years last week and oh man, Tom Cruise was absolutely encapsulating. And Jamie Foxx played his character beautifully. But man the character of Vincent was made so compelling thanks to Cruise.

And gotta say, I've pretty much only ever seen Cruise get slated. The only other film I can remember his performance notably is from Rainman and he was fine in that.

Collateral might be easy mode seeing as it has just two actors for most of the film but it's my vote going by recent memory,

Also, honourable mention to The Usual Suspects. Great acting all round there.

Tom Cruise has been incredible in several roles. Magnolia, Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut, and Collateral as you pointed out. I'd throw in Mission Impossible III and Tropic Thunder as two other great performances. He's an excellent actor.

 

[Lightning Count]

If you want to see Cruise acting beautifully I cannot recommend this enough.

Born On The Fourth Of July.

 

[Soldiussnaku]

Solid fucking choice op.

 

[sora87]

The Deer Hunter

 

[thestopsign]

I am going to name some of the more recent favorites I have for acting.

The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (Casey Affleck, Brad Pitt)
The Master (Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams)
In Bruges (Brandon Gleeson, Collin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Matt Damon, Jude Law, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Gwenyth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett)

 

[Jerm411]

Saving Private Ryan

Not one actor's performance in that movie comes off as anything but totally 100% believable.

 

[StriKeVillain]

I'll go with something that never gets enough love: Michael Clayton.

 

[BruceCLea]

Everyone is incredible in No Country For Old Men.

 

[Pakkidis]

There will be blood.

 

[thestopsign]

I'll go with something that never gets enough love: Michael Clayton.

That is another great one I forgot about.

It got three acting nominations (George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, and Tom Wilkinson) for the Oscars and one win (Tilda Swinton). It possibly could have won all three if it was released in any year besides 2007, which was pretty stacked with No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James, and There Will Be Blood. Fuck it was stacked even beyond that with Atonement, Zodiac, 3:10 to Yuma, Juno*, Gone Baby Gone, and Into the Wild.

*I've seen it once and liked it enough.

 

[Shanlei91]

I mean... it's The Big Lebowski, right?

John Goodman


Steve Buscemi


John Turturro


Philip Seymore Hoffman


Tara Reid


Julianne Moore


Sam Elliott


Peter Stormare


Flea


David Huddleston


Jeff Bridges

 

[Patrick S.]

Michael Douglas was incredible as Gordon Gecko in "Wall Street".

Thinking about him, he was incredible in "Falling Down", too.

Thinking about Falling Down, I need to rewatch this tonight!

 

[T.O.P]

Fell in love with Sam Rockwell thanks to this movie

 

[Patrick S.]

Fell in love with Sam Rockwell thanks to this movie

Those circles just broke my eyes.

 

[Steamlord]

The Passion of Joan of Arc

 

[Japanmanx3]

Ocean's 11-13. The energy amongst everyone in the so is so present. The charisma and suaveness of it all is palpable.

 

[owlbeak]

Place Beyond the Pines had some of the best acting I have ever seen. It was amazing.

 

[lrt75914]

Just watch Mark Anthony's speech at Caesar's funeral.

 

[Bamboo]

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Yes.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

thanks to the bump I only just now noticed OP went back and re-edited his post after the fact to highlight that he didn't realize "you fucking child" was a Glengarry Glen Ross quote.

Funny shit.