The Pendragon Society's 100 Greatest Film Acting Performances of All-Time
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So what are the greatest acting performances of all time? Throughout August 2019 we polled members and contributors to find out what they considered to be the greatest performances in film ever. As with all these types of polls the final list is not going to please everyone. Perhaps unsurprisingly (and a little disappointingly) the best of the American mainstream dominates here, with a high placing for Heath Ledger’s turn in The Dark Knight and a large representation from the New Hollywood era (with 5 entries for the first 2 Godfather films!). What stands out more than anything is the lack of female performances that make the top 100 (only 12!). Is Casablanca really Bogart’s best performance? Wasn’t Brando better in On the Waterfront than anything he did in the 70s? Let us know what you think. ---Pendragon Society
The following films appear more than once:
The Godfather (#1, #16, #100)
Schindler's List (#4, #60)
The Godfather Part II (#13, #24)
Apocalypse Now (#28, #58)
The Deer Hunter (#30, #65)
The Shawshank Redemption (#32, #73)
Persona (#35, #54)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (#45, #68)
Goodfellas (#49, #51)
Gone with the Wind (#62, #78)
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
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There Will Be Blood
2007, in 20 top lists Check -
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Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
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Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
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Pulp Fiction
1994, in 38 top lists Check -
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Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
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Il conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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L'avventura
1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check -
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Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check -
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Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
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Once Upon a Time in America
1984, in 19 top lists Check -
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Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 30 top lists Check -
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Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
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Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check -
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A Woman Under the Influence
1974, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Shining
1980, in 28 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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Persona
1966, in 25 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
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La maman et la putain
1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
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Inglourious Basterds
2009, in 17 top lists Check -
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Fight Club
1999, in 19 top lists Check -
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Paths of Glory
1957, in 26 top lists Check -
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Breaking the Waves
1996, in 14 top lists Check -
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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...
2007, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Wrestler
2008, in 3 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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Gangs of New York
2002, in 5 top lists Check -
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Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
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Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 27, 2022; source