The 25 Greatest Acting Performances of All Time


The following is an aggregate list based off of 23 different "Greatest Acting performances of All Time" lists (updated as of 2/8/25)

  1. Meryl Streep - Sophie, Sophie's Choice (1982)
  2. Daniel Day-Lewis - Daniel Plainview, There Will Be Blood (2007)
  3. Robert De Niro - Jake LaMotta, Raging Bull (1980)
  4. Jack Nicholson - Randle P. McMurphy, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
  5. Marlon Brando - Terry Malloy, On the Waterfront (1954)
  6. Heath Ledger - The Joker, The Dark Knight (2008)
  7. Robert De Niro - Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver (1976)
  8. Maria Falconetti - Joan of Arc, The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1927)
  9. Al Pacino - Michael Corleone, The Godfather, Part II (1974)
  10. Peter O'Toole - T.E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  11. Marlon Brando - Vito Corleone, The Godfather (1972)
  12. Denzel Washington - Malcolm X, Malcolm X (1992)
  13. Daniel Day-Lewis - Christy Brown, My Left Foot (1989)
  14. Katharine Hepburn - Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Lion in Winter (1968)
  15. James Stewart - George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  16. Ralph Fiennes - Amon Goeth, Schindler’s List (1993)
  17. Frances McDormand - Marge Gunderson, Fargo (1996)
  18. Orson Welles - Charles Foster Kane, Citizen Kane (1941)
  19. Anthony Hopkins - Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  20. Paul Newman - Fast Eddie Felson, The Hustler (1961)
  21. Gene Hackman - Harry Caul, The Conversation (1974)
  22. James Stewart - Scottie Ferguson, Vertigo (1958)
  23. Cary Grant - Devlin, Notorious (1946)
  24. Vivien Leigh - Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind (1939)
  25. Ingrid Bergman - Ilsa Lund, Casablanca (1942)

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