Kathy Bates win for Misery was one of a kind. She was a woman in her 40s, who was having a breakout role, in a horror film. Plus, she doesn't look like the "typical Hollywood beauty" that wins Best Actress. There was so much going against Kathy Bates but she won. Could not deny her.

@deborahblackvideoediting8697

5 ай бұрын

It's amazing that she was able to become a household name in her 40s. Like you said, she definitely didn't look the part of a Hollywood starlet. But it's like she was born to play the role of Annie Wilkes. I was thrilled when she won her Oscar. She's such a great actress and has had an amazing career because of that role.

@GirlfriendNinja

5 ай бұрын

It was years before anyone could convince me that Kathy Bates wasn’t batshit cray cray.

@lefantomer

5 ай бұрын

Wish she could have received a double Oscar for Misery and Dolores Claiborne.

@trediaz4012

5 ай бұрын

@@lefantomer Her performance in Dolores Claiborne was the best that year

@lefantomer

5 ай бұрын

@@trediaz4012 Awesome. I like it much better than "Misery".

Could not agree more with regarding Jack Nicholson's portrayal in Cuckoo's Nest as one of cinema's all-time greatest, but would quickly add that that entire cast is so good in that picture it's astonishing. One of the best ensemble dramatic products ever captured on celluloid.

@DarthVader-ig6ci

3 ай бұрын

Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratchet was equally brilliant... I was hating her so much that if I was in the movie I would have killed her myself.

@user-zc4ob1ye6b

3 ай бұрын

Jack nicholson always gives a memorable performance. he's brilliant in Carnal knowledge.

@JesusMagicPanties

Ай бұрын

@pnutbutrncrackers@ True. And this is perhaps why people who have stayed as patients in such hospitals view it reluctantly. The film is just too damn painfully real to watch for them.

F. Murray Abraham's portrayal of Salieri in Amadeus was my favorite Oscar win.

@madmoviemark

7 ай бұрын

Agreed, I came here to argue this point as well lol

@luispt77

7 ай бұрын

One of the best performances and still is completely undervalued. He and Tom Hulce were outstanding but Murray was on a level few could ever reached.

@user-je1ly1th2w

5 ай бұрын

It’s very disappointing not to see him on this list.

@Cdimitriou1

4 ай бұрын

IT's amazing

@skylark1250

3 ай бұрын

A great actor. Always worth watching.

I have only watched 'Sophie's Choice' one time. That scene where she had to choose between her children, absolutely tore me to shreds emotionally, so much that I don't ever want to see it again.

@christineconroykristeller5221

10 ай бұрын

I can’t watch it again either. Just gut wrenching

@ninamc6116

9 ай бұрын

I can’t watch it either

@sunshineandwarmth

9 ай бұрын

Yes. Its not the nutcracker. You dont want to make it a Xmas tradition.😁

@yvorfalcon3025

9 ай бұрын

Same here.

@laureencriss8220

9 ай бұрын

I'm hoping no one who hasn't seen it reads the comments. But, yes, it's the most heartbreaking scene in film history.

It will be hard for someone to ever beat Meryl Streep's Sophie's Choice acting. It's simply perfect. There's no Meryl there, you only see Sophie.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@Chefsandrajm

Жыл бұрын

That was a tough movie for sure and an amazing performance

@SScott-nr9vl

10 ай бұрын

Meryl Streep's performance in Sophie's choice set the bar for acting. I saw it before I knew who she was and I thought it was a foreign film I've never seen a woman speak with a Polish accent,talk German. It was truly a master class and I think it set herself up for failure because it was so extraordinary that everything else she did was reductive.

@joeburinskas8672

10 ай бұрын

She's over rated over acting and a ham. Unwatchable

@joeburinskas8672

10 ай бұрын

Not putting Vivien Leigh at number one is criminal.

Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind is one of the most deserving Oscars ever! No doubt you know the history of the studio changing directors mid filming from a 'womens' director to a more Clark Gable director that treated the women quite harshly. You cannot tell watching that movie. Vivien was just brilliant!

@jodi2847

9 ай бұрын

I would argue Fleming's harshness contributed to that performance. He badgered her to play it one way (bitchy), and she fought for Scarlett's humanity. I doubt Cukor could have gotten from her that strong of a performance.

@gidgitvonlarue9972

9 ай бұрын

@@jodi2847 I do agree with that too. Just like Stanley with Shelly - sometimes a 'hard men's director' can bring the best out in women.

@lizziebkennedy7505

7 ай бұрын

Amen to this

@lizziebkennedy7505

7 ай бұрын

@@jodi2847all her performances are strong

@janavarrette9206

5 ай бұрын

Both of Vivien’s wins are so well deserved which is rare for repeat winners

Heath ledger performance in brokeback mountain was so moving, showing love is love- his walking away from his love spills into an alley and his heartbreak is crush8ng.

@user-cx4gc5lh4b

10 ай бұрын

The snub of Brokeback Mountain in favor of Crash remains a huge embarrassment for the Academy.

@migueljuarez503

3 ай бұрын

Though he didn't live to receive it, Ledger eventually won the Oscar for his Joker portrayal.

Tragically Vivian Leigh died too early. It was tuberculosis from what I read. Her short career showed enormous talent.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Love her!

@angelbabysqueaky3985

10 ай бұрын

She was brilliant. She did die too soon. She had some mental problems and there was no cure for ,at that time.

After 40 years I still have to say Timothy Hutton in "Ordinary People" is one of the most earned wins of all time. He was only 19 years old and had only been in a few TV movies, but carried the immense weight of this film. He never sank into melodrama and he carried the tragedy, humor, awkwardness yet ordinary-ness of Conrad Jarrett. It's one of those performances that, like you describe with Charlize Theron, could never be topped no matter what he does.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Love that Hutton performance!

@GetALifeMiley

10 ай бұрын

Ordinary People is brilliantly acted by all 4 main actors. Timothy Hutton definitely stands out.

@wsidechris

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely, it was an incredible cast all the way down to the smallest parts.@@GetALifeMiley

@maddy7

10 ай бұрын

IMO, Mary Tyler Moore was outstanding & should've won. The blank look on her face when Conrad hugs her as she & hubby return from Houston is burned into my head. Kudos to Hutton and honestly, I'm glad Ordinary People won over Raging Bull. DeNiro def earned his acting award.

@Atomykpimp

10 ай бұрын

Louise Fletcher was absolutely well deserved and her speech was amazing and very heart felt!

Scarlett and Blanche are both tortured (in different ways) legends for the ages-they both share Ms Leigh’s cocked right eyebrow, after all, as well as her considerable private suffering which breathes life into both performances. Thank you!

@psychokarloff

5 ай бұрын

It's so bizarre that the two most famous Southern belles in American literature were both portrayed by a sublimely talented Englishwoman.

I can't even watch Sophie's Choice again. The ending tore my heart out! I love all of her films but this one affected me the most.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Such a great performance!!

@kristinholsapple2587

5 ай бұрын

That is one of my movies I just can't watch again, I have a few that are just so emotional I'm lucky I got through them one lol Oh and I close my eyes when it comes to the ankle scene in Misery, lol

Good list. You forgot Katherine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter. The “I could peel you like a pear, and God himself would call it justice” speech was a master class of acting.

@Thadmotor1044

10 ай бұрын

Should expand the list

@user-cx4gc5lh4b

10 ай бұрын

O'Toole is also fabulous in The Lion in Winter, though he never won a Best Actor Oscar. Great a terrific cast altogether.

@jamesfreeman2258

9 ай бұрын

Ditto

@christopherstuve2511

9 ай бұрын

Katherine' s Elenore in Lion In Winter is one of the most amazing performances ever captured on film. It is used as one of the greatest examples of acting in almost every drama course, and rightfully so. Every single line was delivered to perfection. It is still mesmerizing to watch, even after dozens of viewings. All the other performers also stated that her skill was so high that they all had to push themselves to levels they had not reached before. O'Toole and Hopkins site it as the best performance by a costar of their careers. I am stunned that it didn't even make it the top ten list here. I can only imagine this is due to the poster had not seen the film.

@Wotan123456789

6 ай бұрын

So very true. Both performances, The Lion in Winter and Guess who's coming for dinner, are just too good not to be mentioned.

Of course Hattie McDaniel performance in GWTW is as powerful and heart wrenching as Ms. Leigh or Mr. Gables was. When McDaniel is climbing the steps with Melianie and telling her how the baby's death has affected Scarlett & Rhett, I remember crying along with Mammy as that scene played out. McDaniel played a small part in GWTW, somehow, someway with all her talent was a key character in GWTW. I have to mention The Whale and Brandon Fraser's performance. It is a stunning movie, and Fraser's performance is iconic.

@windstorm1000

7 ай бұрын

Olivia said she knew Hattie was going to best her and get the award after she looked at that staircase scene.

@user-hj8bc5uc8n

6 ай бұрын

I totally agree. Hattie was outstanding as Mammy. She had so much talent. Gone With the Wind is one of my all-time favourite movies

I think its okay that Theron won't top Monster. It did its job; it changed our perception of her and what she was capable of as an actress, and her follow-ups have now cemented her as an ACTOR. Her legacy is set.

@paulvoorhies8821

Жыл бұрын

100%

@mhawang8204

Жыл бұрын

I think it speaks more to the lack of meaty roles available to actresses. Her trajectory reminds me of Nicole Kidman. Viewed as a bombshell, actually a great actress who won an Oscar, but went on to do less artistically fulfilling roles. Kidman found more interesting projects in television. Theron genuinely enjoys action films so it’s fine. But it’s a shame that they don’t get more opportunities like Nicholson, DiCaprio, etc.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Very true!

@Crookedlystrait

Жыл бұрын

​@@mhawang8204 Are you joking?? Both these actresses went on to do many other interesting roles after their wins . Nicole did Cold Mountain, the Human Stain , Dogville, Birth , the Interpreter, Fur., Margot at the wedding, The Golden Compass, Australia, Nine. And those are just from the 2000s ,( which also include pre Oscar films Moulin Rouge , The Others, and Birthday Girl). Charlize did Head in the Clouds, North Country, Aeon Flux, The Road, Young Adult, Prometheus Mad Max, Bombshell, etc.

@spacecadet2172

Жыл бұрын

@@CrookedlystraitThe Golden Compass? Prometheus? Are you sure those are examples you want to be using??

In her autobiography, Elizabeth Taylor said that "Virginia Woolf" was her Hamlet, her top acting performance of them all.

@davidanderson_surrey_bc

10 ай бұрын

So... Virginia Ham-let?

@davidfowler4807

10 ай бұрын

I agree she was the BEST OVER EVERYONE

@annetteelliott1494

9 ай бұрын

Liz can't act but she can yell.

@robertwalker2052

3 ай бұрын

Her Hamlet was as Fred Flintstone's mom in "The Flintstones".

@homegown1234

2 ай бұрын

To me the one which I hoped she would have won the Oscar was "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof." Everyone performances by all the entire cast were wonderful. The critics said that Elizabeth Taylor Southern accent was unbelievable because it was so "spot on" as the Southern belle she portrayed as "Maggie the Cat." However, she got the first Oscar for "Butterfly 8." She was wonderful in that role.

Liz Taylor and Vivian Leigh both have a fire and passion that all of us feel represented with life’s ups and downs . They show feelings that very few peo0le would want to ever display but immediately relate too. They knew how to portray without over acting.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@user-pu4bk7bf1g

5 ай бұрын

Couldn't stand Elizabeth Taylor's acting

Kathy Bates 100% deserved her spot on the list her performance is Operatic in her death scene at the end she make you feel as if she left it all on the film. So many emotions just brilliant! If "Sophie's Choice" had not been released that year Jessica Lange would have most definitely won Best Actress that year!

@BFA100

Жыл бұрын

Well, she did win the Oscar that same year for Tootsie as Best Supporting Actress.

@jhhone

Жыл бұрын

@@BFA100 Her performance was wonderful but I think it was a consolation Oscar.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, yes!

@BoBo-ti6jh

10 ай бұрын

Kathy Bates gave a TV movie performance in Misery. Not very good or believable.

@Thadmotor1044

10 ай бұрын

Jessica Lange for Men Don't Leave

Thank you, thank you, thank you for recognizing the incredible talent of Vivien Leigh in two of the greatest performances of all time as well the personal sacrifice she gave TO BE Blanche DuBois! Your post is so much in sync with my own tastes it makes me grateful to have found you on KZread. I saw the Seattle premiere of "Sophie's Choice." Meryl Streep's incredible performance had me walking around for three days----and I still vividly remember being bowled over by the power she brought to that performance.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video!

@jslasher1

10 ай бұрын

Saw the film in Seattle as well by default because the next screening of “Tootsie” was booked out. Streep’s performance is one for the ages.

@lynryall1317

9 ай бұрын

Yes oh yes amazing x

@NicolePoliskey

5 ай бұрын

Amazing comment, I couldn't agree more! Vivian has my heart in those two performances and Meryl is always top tier xx

When you announced Meryl Streep for Sophie's Choice as your #1 Oscar win, I immediately yelled "Yep!" She did everything in that movie but sell popcorn to the audience.

Thank you for recognizing so many incredible perfected female roles and actresses. Scarlett and Blanche are my iconic all time favorites. Archetypal

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome!

Vivien Leigh is just brilliant in those two roles!

@angelbabysqueaky3985

7 ай бұрын

I agree with you. She is so amazing performances.

Marion Cotillard in LA VIE EN ROSE was stunning, too!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Just missed the runners up list!

@isamn7319

11 ай бұрын

Agree, beautiful and heartbreaking .. Well deserved Oscar

@shadykatie100

10 ай бұрын

Great choice!

@aprilgrant1957

5 ай бұрын

She was more Piaf than Piaf.

@dennisdelgado7350

5 ай бұрын

@@aprilgrant1957 hahaha! I agree!

A person's top 10 list is very personal. That is the one thing I've learned over the years. Performances hit individuals differently, ya know? Thrilled to see Vivian Leigh for Streetcar and Elizabeth Taylor for Virginia Woolf on your list.

@jhhone

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Taylor's ability made all her performances something special! She became a parody of herself but she was something special as a performer and I feel that nothing can take that away from her.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yay!

@melisagalvalizi6982

Жыл бұрын

​@@jhhone what do You mean she became a parody?? She did great things after her acting career.

@melisagalvalizi6982

Жыл бұрын

​@@jhhone when burton died she retires, she wasn't the same after his death.

@melisagalvalizi6982

Жыл бұрын

​@@jhhone what do You mean parody?

I know she didn’t win, but looking back on Sigorney Weaver’s loss for best actress in Aliens, and how more and more iconic it becomes over the years. She has got to be on some kind of list. Changed the roles for women both in fiction and reality. Maybe she is on a list by herself.

@fedfan3079

6 ай бұрын

One of my all time favorite performances/movies

@riccee5242

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I was just about to comment this same thing! That movie is and will always be #1. And it's because of Weaver's role as Ripley (really in _both_ Alien and Aliens but in the latter, it's just insane, her performance and what she goes through)

@TheBeezusjones

26 күн бұрын

HELL. YES....

Let's hope the Academy becomes more open to performances in horror films. Toni Colette getting snubbed for "Heredity" was an unforgivable snub, as was Anthony Perkins for "Psycho." The bias against the horror genre goes back decades.

Jack Nicholson winning for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was well deserved. I also liked when Christian Bale won for The Fighter as well as Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour. Both should have more Oscar’s than the ones they have as well as more nominations. Great video Brian, have a great weekend!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Sophie's choice is unbeatable. That's the proof the acting can be also objective when it comes to performances like these. Pure perfection!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@joeburinskas8672

10 ай бұрын

Awful movie, hammy actress

Great to see Vivien Leigh twice on the list. Because of her smaller film list, she doesn't always get the focus many of her contemporaries get. She was put on earth to play Scarlett and got the double whammy with Blanche. She's incredible.

@suzannequinson8439

5 ай бұрын

she is enchanting to watch, even though she was really a stage actress more than film

Meryl Streep's performance in Sophie's Choice is a masterclass in acting; a performance that I doubt will ever be surpassed. I agree with all of your choices but if I had to drop one performance from the list to replace with another, it would have to be Natalie Portman's in favor of Marion Cotillard's heartbreaking and explosive performance as Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose. Exquisite is the only word that comes to mind. Also, I would have added Hillary Swank's harrowing performance in Boys Don't Cry and in the best actor category, without question F. Murray Abraham as the tormented and guilt ridden Salieri in Amadeus.

Great list. Agree with everything except for Black Swan. For actors I'd add F. Murray Abraham for Amadeus, Jeremy Irons for Reversal of Fortune and Daniel Day Lewis for My Left Foot (he's great in Lincoln too), Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote and Sean Penn in Milk.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, great pics!

@jslasher1

10 ай бұрын

Daniel Day Lewis for me. He's the best of the actors working today.

@user-cx4gc5lh4b

10 ай бұрын

@@jslasher1 Another vote for Day-Lewis.

@normanleach5427

9 ай бұрын

Lewis retired from acting.

@jslasher1

9 ай бұрын

@@normanleach5427 Did he now? News to me.

I just found this on my KZread list and I’m binging hard. Really well done and nice to hear names pronounced right as well as researched and put together very professionally. Looking forward to more. ☮️😎😊

Great List. One I would add is Anne Bancroft for The Miracle Worker. That performance still brings tears to my eyes.

@scottfarrar3463

9 ай бұрын

You're right!

@timreding4364

8 ай бұрын

Also, Patty Duke did a great job!!! Best Supporting Actress, but I think she was the REAL star in that movie, not Anne Bancroft.

@dpf5939

5 ай бұрын

​@@timreding4364Bette Davis was robbed! Period. Why not a tie like for Hepburn and Streisand?

ok we NEED a Annette Bening elusive Oscar video

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

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I think one of the best years for head-to-heads at the Oscars, was when Gloria Swanson, Bette Davis and Judy Holliday were competing (Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve and Born Yesterday). Holliday won - which wouldn't have been my choice, but damn - that's a tough decision!

@TheNightBadger

7 ай бұрын

@@Alexis47620 True, she was great. Although, she had 9 nominations and two wins at the Academy Awards, so I think she got lots of recognition. Gloria got three Academy Award nominations in her career. I think Judy just had the one win, but her performance in Born Yesterday was really great. What a tough year to be a judge!

@biancabermudez9517

3 ай бұрын

Bette and Gloria are so iconic in their respective roles that year.

I missed Ledger and Hopkins in the top 10 so im very happy you included them in the runners-up. This list is great and I will definitely be catching up on the vivienne leigh performances

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great!

Great list! Makes me want to rewatch a bunch of these.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yay!

Fantastic list, and I love that I came across your channel! I've only sat through Sophie's Choice once, many years ago, and it still haunts me and is the greatest acting performance I've ever seen. (As a film buff, I want to show it to my husband, but I don't know if he could handle it.)

Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce is such an unbelievable performance to ever win any award.

WONDERFUL NEWS Brian, both for you and for us too, we're gonna get way more of what we love!!! Big CONGRATULATIONS🍾🥂🎊 I know for sure this is all just the beginning for you and your channel!!! BRAVO!!!! So lovely to revisit Michele Yeoh's win here, great idea for another great video!!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

My top two at the time of writing Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice and Charlize Theron in Monster. Transformative, captivating and at times truly harrowing. Two performances that hunker down at the human experience and pose some very difficult questions and performances that have stuck with me, those two performances truly show the power of acting.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great performances!

@scottfarrar3463

9 ай бұрын

My order is Theron, then Streep, but I agree with your top two!!!

The single greatest acting performance by an actor is Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People. A genius performance. The role of Conrad Jarret is a high wire act. He can’t be too sympathetic or too unrelatable. The crying scene with the psychiatrist is a tourdeforce. Filmed in one long take is a masterclass.

@Thadmotor1044

10 ай бұрын

Add Judd Hirsch who helped make that scene

@robertm7889

4 ай бұрын

I could not disagree more. DeNiro was better in Deer Hunter and his performance in Raging Bull is by any reasonable objective standard the best ever! I liked Ordinary People and Hutton was excellent but you are way off!

Someone else who loves Joan Crawford. She’s terrific and gave the better performance in Baby Jane IMO

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yay, love her!

@BoBo-ti6jh

10 ай бұрын

Crawford was so much better than Davis in Baby Jane.

Elizabeth in Who's Afraid of Virgina Wolfe just like Richard - is an acting masterclass. BOTH should have won the Oscars for that!

@user-cx4gc5lh4b

10 ай бұрын

Oscar's snub of Burton is inexcusable.

@jamesfreeman2258

9 ай бұрын

DITTO

A few suggestions: Top 10 acting performances (could be in the 4 different categories - 4 videos) - not wins, the best overall, regardless of awards; top 10 Oscar egregious snubs; top 10 Oscar nominated, but not winning performances; top 10 not Oscar nominated performances; top 10 Oscar winning film scores or songs; top 10 horror movie performances or characters (since this is your favourite genre); top 10 films not in the English language; how Kathy Bates won (I am still pushing for that); top 10 actors or actresses who never won an Oscar; top 10 best films of each decade (regardless of awards).

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I’m so happy that you included Joan Crawford’s win! ❤ I haven’t heard you talk about her that much on the channel, so it’s nice to hear that you hold her in such high regard, as I do.

@pedroramos1639

Жыл бұрын

I love her in that movie but Kate Winslet was much better in the series…

@emersonjamess

Жыл бұрын

@@pedroramos1639the adaptations are so different, I can’t really compare them. However, I personally prefer the 1945 adaption and Crawford’s performance.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I love her!

@karenherrera3961

9 ай бұрын

😂

I agree with your choices, especially Vivian Leigh, she plays Southern so well. No one could have played Scarlett O'Hara like her & no one could play Blanche DuBois like her. Very few movies shock me or make me cry, but Sophie's Choice did & it was Meryl Streep who was so believable. So glad you had Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce was great , as was Elizabeth Taylor, who stopped being beautiful & became Martha. Kathy Bares was great in Misery, but I like her better in Dolores Claiborne.

Ahhhhh this video is gonna be GREAT! I have to wait till after work to watch it... but I already commend you on putting this together because I know it took some hard work to do !

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

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Excellent choices. Thank you for sharing your Oscar Countdown choices. When people like you take the time to share such a well thought-out opinion on a subject this intriguing, it's a thrill! I subscribed so hope to catch you again!!

It was great to see someone else who has the respect for Joan Crawford like I do. No matter what movie - even when she wasn't pleased with the script quality - Joan would put 110% effort into her part. "Mildred Pierce" is the best example of her efforts. She's one of my favorites

Al Pacino's courageous & heart-wrenching performance in Dog Day Afternoon ran circles around Nicholson playing Crazy Jack yet again. Google the word "robbed" & there's a clip of Al screaming "Attica!" The work HE did in the '70s is indeed ASTONISHING!!

@user-cx4gc5lh4b

10 ай бұрын

Those were great years for movies. And, most years, Pacino should win in a rout. Dog Day Afternoon is a tremendous movie, but so is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. For Pacino, the shame is that he eventually won for a performance that certainly isn't even in his top five.

@GjpgrD

10 ай бұрын

@@user-cx4gc5lh4b I find that it's rare when an actor wins for their best performance.

@GjpgrD

7 ай бұрын

Jack is Jack. Al is whomever the script calls for him to be.

@nicholasschroeder3678

5 ай бұрын

Both Al and Jack became caricatures of themselves as they aged, but in Cuckoos Nest Jack was extraordinary.

@GjpgrD

5 ай бұрын

@@nicholasschroeder3678 In Dog Day, Al was extraordinary.

I’d love to see a video on the biggest acting snubs for each decade!

An excellent list. And I totally agree with number one. The scenes where Sophie is struggling to speak English words from her Polish background are absolutely unbelievable. But for number two I would have to have Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird. His understated and restrained performance was the perfect counterpoint to the ignorance and poverty of the 1930's South. Everyone wanted Him to be your Dad. (Except when he refused to play for the Methodists...)

@lexkanyima2195

Жыл бұрын

But O'Toole was robbed by Peck

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video and list, Brian! My number one is Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind. I watched that film over and over when I was younger, I just adore her.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great choice!

@traceydobesh5446

9 ай бұрын

Same!!!!!

I am so grateful that Vivien Leigh is remembered for GWTW and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. It is as tragedy that financing for a film of MacBETH w/Olivier couldn’t be found or that she wasn’t cast in LONG DAY’S INTO NIGHT instead of Katherine Hepburn (who was too strong.) For those who say GWTW hasn’t aged well, read the book. It’s not about the history of slavery in the south or how African Americans were portrayed. Yes, the story is about glorifying the succession of southern states and the Civil War, but that only occupies 4 of the 12 years the story covers. It is really s story of how an event cuts across the path of everyone in a country with a parallel of a romance of two characters who never get their act together at the same time until it’s too late. Nearly 85 years later that still happens.

@biancabermudez9517

3 ай бұрын

GWTW still is the best movie ever made.

I would put Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice,Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire,Robert De Niro in Raging Bull and Marlon Brando for On The Waterfront in the category of for the ages it's hard to compare thenm to others because all else is measured against them fair or not .But t's not what I would say are honorable mentions althought they are fab too. Some of my favorites Charlize Theron for Monster, Bette Davis in Jezabel,Sophia Loren in Two Women ,Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday ,Michelle Yeoh in EEAAO, Frances McDormand in Fargo,Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins ,Liza Minnelli in Cabaret Jane Fonda in Klute and Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,Patrica Neal in Hud Supporting actress Catherine Zeta Jones in Chicago, Octavia Spencer in The Help, Youn-yuh jung in Minari,Marcia Gay Harden in Pollock,Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck,Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton, Mo'Nique in Precious ,Viola Davis in Fences Supporting actor Joel Grey in Cabaret ,Christoph Waltz Django Unchained ,Burl Ives The Big Country Daniel Kaluuya Judas and The Black Messiah ,Edmund Gwenn in Miracle on 34th Street , Best Actor Jamie Foxx in Ray ,Sidney Poitier in Lillies in The Field ,Jack Lemmon in Save The Tiger , Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln and My Left Foot Eddie Redmayne The Theory of Everything, Humphry Bogart The African Queen Sorry I could not keep it at ten over all and at that I left a number of favorites off .

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great picks!

This was SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH , Thank you very much !!!!

I have always loved Vivienne Leigh’s work and no one else has ever agreed with me before. I’m going to argue for the lifetime work of Renee Zellweger. She melts into her character whether she’s a supporting actor or number one. She does accents, dances, and sings.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I adore her!

@BoBo-ti6jh

10 ай бұрын

Zellwegger is awful in Judy.

@williamashton9235

6 ай бұрын

Zellweger is a great actress, but really chewed the scenery in her award winning performance in "Cold Mountain."

Couldn’t agree more, the honorable mentions are great, it would be neat to see a retrospective on this in a few years. 😎

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Good idea!

Loved this one too, Brian! Great presentation! Yes, please do those Benning/Portman videos!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yay!

Thank you for acknowledging Meryl Streep’s performance in Sophie’s Choice. In recent times, it is almost a cliche to celebrate her performances because she always delivers! Brava Ms. Streep, you are the best ever male or female.

Vivien Leigh is simply the best in both GWTW and A Streetcar Named Desire!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

She’s incredible!

All great actresses and well deserved Oscars. I'd switch Vivien Leigh in "Gone With The Wind" for Marion Cotillard in "La Vie En Rose". Still can't get over the fact that Glenn Close has not won at least 2 Oscars, for "Fatal Attraction" and "Dangerous Liaisons". SMH

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Great picks!

I agree with your take on Cherize Theron, but after seeing her performance in "The Devil's Advocate," I wasn't at all surprised. Your vids are great!

Vivien Leigh is so underappreciated, She's literally run Acting Circles among the Greatest. I felt amazed people appreciate Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn,Bette Davis, Meryl Streep but don't know about Vivien Leigh. In "A Streetcar Named Desire" she runs the "Acting Circle" Around Marlon Brando, Eventhough She's the highlight for me in that Movie.

@disierra-amado5596

6 ай бұрын

hepburn siblings? they weren't even related.

@tusharkumar8750

6 ай бұрын

@@disierra-amado5596 Sorry, My Mistake 🙏

Great list! Nice surprise with Kathy Bates, iconic performance. Some other ones worth mentioning, Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot and Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry. Have you done a segment for actors who should have won but didn't or the race was so close it was difficult to call?

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

No, good idea!

@j.d.andrew-nv2oh

10 ай бұрын

How about a list ranking nominee's whether they won or not? Ha ha!

@marieuzes

6 ай бұрын

Daniel Day Lewis is one of the greats and has rarely been appreciated by Americans

@tyronesoares3268

6 ай бұрын

He's won three Oscars, if he did not retire, he would probably win a fourth. What else do Americans have to do? Build him a temple?

Great top 10 list, Brian! So many 10 out of 10 iconic and legendary performances that are hard to argue with, and glad you have goddess Streep at #1 with the immortal Sophie's Choice! Honorable mentions were awesome picks! Although I know your true #1 would be Gloria Swanson had she won with Sunset Boulevard! I think that'll be an interesting race to cover next year, the infamous 1950 one!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

She was so beautiful and her acting was superb. I really can't think of any other actress in her two Oscar wins . I'm talking about Vivien Leigh.

I love that you got in front of the camera for this video. One of my top ten that you didn't mention would be Shirley Maclaine in Terms of Endearment.

Charlize was totally amazing in Monster. I was appalled and so saddened...She really delivered. I love her work.

@dianemoore6526

9 ай бұрын

Jean smart was also excellent in this role on the tv movie Overkill.

Vivian Leigh was also fantastic in 'Ship of Fools'. Although the entire cast is marvelous, I think Ms. Leigh stole the show. Nice list. :)

@trishbirchard1270

7 ай бұрын

Mary Treadwell !! 💚💚❤️❤️💚💚❤️❤️💚💚

@curiousworld7912

7 ай бұрын

@@trishbirchard1270Yes! :)

@sharonalbanese8084

3 ай бұрын

That was her last film. She died young. Such a beautiful and talented woman.

@curiousworld7912

3 ай бұрын

@@sharonalbanese8084 I agree; she was both. I believe she also struggled with issues, for which there are now-treatments available.

@sharonalbanese8084

3 ай бұрын

@curiousworld7912 yes, she has mental health problems.

Amazing video! Have been following you for a few months since the Oscar predictions and you are 😉✅

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Awww thanks!

I love your videos! THey are so fun! Where do you watch all of your classic films?? I find some here and there, even on KZread!

Amazing choices! On my list I would've included Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry, wow that performance shook me to the core in ways I can't even describe.

yes to kathy bates!!!! one of my absolute favorite performances of all time!!!!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Same!

Just want to say i think your videos are excellent and i always enjoy them. Would you ever consider doing a Top10 list of great Horror Movie Performances?

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

YES! Probably in October!

New to this channel. Great picks all! How about the greatest music film scores and how they enriched their films? As a newbie here looking forward to more! Thank you!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thanks, hope you enjoy my channel!

Great list! Thank you. Agree about Streep in Sophie. Love the Vivien Leigh love…deserved. And Kathy Bates and Elizabeth Taylor and Theron. As far as Best Actress goes, I would suggest Hilary Swank for “Boys Don’t Cry,” but I would go to the mat for Anna Magnani in “The Rose Tattoo.” Great video…thank you!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@kengrout6835

Жыл бұрын

The other add I would include is Marion Cotillard for “La Vie en Rose.” She and Magnani are right up there for me. Also Hepburn in “The Lion in Winter.” Love what you’re doing!!

Viola Davis, in Fences, was brilliant. She is actually brilliant in all of her performances.

I find some horror or pulp material much more dramatic and emotionally impactful than the films nominated at the Oscars each year. Kathy Bates in Misery is a great reason as to why.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

You’re not going to believe this… being the Meryl fan that you are-that I am too-I ran into J. Roy Helland on the street in NYC yesterday, and he very very kindly and humbly listened to me gush about his work. He’s arguably one of her secret weapons, aside from her insane talent-he was SO kind. Great pick for number 1.

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome, thanks for sharing!

Vivien Leigh played the Streetcar part on the London stage before the film- when they had to choose between the 2 actress- box office sort of demanded Leigh

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Yes, good point!

Im pretty late but I thought Id share mine: 1.Robert de Niro- Raging Bull 2.Elizabeth Taylor- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 3.Meryl Streep- Sophie's Choice 4.Joan Crawford- Mildred Pierce (Part of me feels this should be higher) 5.Marlon Brando- On the Waterfront 6.Vivien Leigh- A Streetcar Named Desire 7.Kathy Bates- Misery 8.Jack Nicholson- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 9.Natalie Portman- Black Swan 10.Vivien Leigh- Gone With the Wins -Gregory Peck- To Kill A Mockingbird -Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight -Anthony Hopkins- The Father (I went into this movie only knowing he won over Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey and thought ´ok, fair´) -Charlize Theron- Monster -Liza Minnelli- Cabaret -Anthony Hopkins/Jodi Foster- The Silence of the Lambs

Wow! You are incredible! So inspirational!

Your list is pretty great actually… really enjoyed your wins from the 40s, 30s… especially Joan Crawford, Vivian Leigh, and Marlon Brando. Keep it up!

Vivien leigh the first one, gone with the wind or streetcar named desire, incredible actress and in addition so, so beautiful!!!

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

What a wonderful list! Because it leans heavily on the female actors you should do a top 10 male Oscar acting wins. Some honorable mentions (to add to the ones you've already listed) could possibly be: 1. Daniel Day Lewis - There will be blood 2. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet 3. George C. Scott - Patton 4. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man 5. Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland 6. Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Good picks!

@MrBsbotto

10 ай бұрын

James Caan - Gambler, Roy Scheider - remake of Wages of Fear - gene Hackman...French Connection, Last,Picture Show, Chloris Leachman Ernest Borgnine! In Marty

Great list - spot on.

Mo'Nique in "Precious" knocked the floor out from under what we always knew a villain could be. Truly groundbreaking, devastating work.

Best performance of all time by an actor or an actress: Vivien Leigh in "A Streetcar Named Desire". Second best performance: Olivia de Havilland in "The Heiress".

Vivien Leigh is the most sublime actress ever born !

Love your choices! Couldn't agree more!

You made an excellent list here. Definitely agree with all these sublime actors. My personal favourite I was hoping to see on the list was Simone Signoret best actress for ROOM AT THE TOP. Such a poignant and heartbreaking performance she gave with LawrenceHarvey. I love that film.

Vivien Leigh is such a queen

@TheAwardsContender

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

I agree with you. But, I encourage everyone to watch Between Friends with Carole Burnett and Elizabeth Taylor. I really wish Burnett got more credit. She is incredible in every performance. Comedy, musical, drama, television or film Burnett knocks it out of the park. Also, Denzel Washington blows me away in every role.

You are spot on with every one of your choices. I would have chosen exactly the list and in the numerical order that you put them in. Two of my favorites are Vivian Lee and my favorite of all time Joan Crawford. Joan Crawford made so many movies in her lifetime and each of them were fantastic and made it a time when she would sometimes make two or three movies per year. Thank you for your wonderful video!

I am glad I have found your channel :) I agree with lots of your opinions and I'm also very happy that you bring older movies into the picture (pun intended). So many critics and reviewers focus on the latest movies, whereas there are so many forgotten gems.... And I also agree with you on Joan Crawford subject - she was the queen :)

vivien leigh being here twice, exactly!!

How could you leave out Jane Fonda in Klute? A master class in acting.

@sunshineandwarmth

9 ай бұрын

I have Klute on dvd. I can't watch her cry. It scares the wits out of me. I can see her face just thinking about that scene. Also, though his best had to be eye of the needle or Bertolucci's 1900, I love watching Donald Sutherland.

@EmperorNerox

9 ай бұрын

Cuz she was better in dances with wolves

@EAM1952

Ай бұрын

@@EmperorNerox Jane Fonda isn’t in dances with wolves

Roger Ebert also said that Charlize Theron's performance in Monster was the performance of the century. He was damn right about that.

Happy New Year’s Day 🎉 I just found your channel