100 Greatest Film Performances of All Time

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As chosen by Premier magazine in 2006

Warning: some of these are a bit obscure

Some strange choices on this list perhaps, but overall it seems pretty good

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Rank	Character	Film (Year)	Actor/Actress
100	Alex DeLarge	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	Malcolm McDowell
99	Navin Johnson	The Jerk (1979)	Steve Martin
98	Phyllis Dietrichson	Double Indemnity (1944)	Barbara Stanwyck
97	Don Logan	Sexy Beast (2001)	Ben Kingsley
96	Billie Dawn	Born Yesterday (1950)	Judy Holliday
95	Tina Turner	What's Love Got to Do With It?	Angela Bassett
94	Hans Beckert	M (1931)	Peter Lorre
93	Mildred Pierce	Mildred Pierce (1945)	Joan Crawford
92	"Dirty" Harry Callahan	Dirty Harry (1971)	Clint Eastwood
91	Bree Daniels	Klute (1971)	Jane Fonda
90	Jeffrey "the Dude" Lebowski	The BIg Lebowski (1998)	Jeff Bridges
89	Juxian	Farewell, My Concubine (1993)	Gong Li
88	Nick Chevotarevich	The Deer Hunter (1978)	Christopher Walken
87	Ethan Edwards	The Searchers (1956)	John Wayne
86	Bruno Anthony	Strangers on a Train (1951)	Robert Walker
85	Frances Farmer	Frances (1982)	Jessica Lange
84	Lilly Dillon	The Grifters (1989)	Anjelica Huston
83	Brandon Teena	Boys Don't Cry (1999)	Hilary Swank
82	General George S. Patton Jr.	Patton (1970)	George C. Scott
81	Clementine Kruczynski	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	Kate Winslet
80	Catherine	Jules and Jim (1962)	Jeanne Moreau
79	Captain Jack Sparrow	Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	Johnny Depp
78	Sanjuro Kuwabatake	Yojimbo (1961)	Toshiro Mifune
77	Leo Smalls Jr., a.k.a. Fast Black	Street Smart (1987)	Morgan Freeman
76	J.J. Hunsecker	Sweet Smell of Success (1957)	Burt Lancaster
75	Diana Scott	Darling (1965)	Julie Christie
74	Lili von Shtupp	Blazing Saddles (1974)	Madeline Kahn
73	Tony Manero	Saturday Night Fever (1977)	John Travolta
72	Esther Blodgett, a.k.a. Vicki Lester	A Star Is Born (1954)	Judy Garland
71	Karen Silkwood	Silkwood (1983)	Meryl Streep
70	Dr. Hannibal Lecter	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	Anthony Hopkins
69	Norma Desmond	Sunset Boulevard (1950)	Gloria Swanson
68	Dr. David Huxley	Bringing Up Baby (1938)	Cary Grant
67	Henry Drummond	Inherit the Wind (1957)	Spencer Tracy
66	Jane Craig	Broadcast News (1987)	Holly Hunter
65	Jerry/Daphne	Some Like It Hot (1959)	Jack Lemmon
64	"Fast" Eddie Felson	The Hustler (1961)	Paul Newman
63	Mabel Longhetti	A Woman Under the Influence (1974)	Gena Rowlands
62	Sid Vicious	Sid & Nancy (1986)	Gary Oldman
61	Amon Goeth	Schindler's List (1993)	Ralph Fiennes
60	Annie Hall	Annie Hall (1977)	Diane Keaton
59	Severine Serizy	Belle de Jour (1967)	Catherine Deneuve
58	Ellen Ripley	Aliens (1986)	Sigourney Weaver
57	Lasse Karlsson	Pelle the Conqueror (1987)	Max von Sydow
56	Sarah Tobias	The Accused (1988)	Jodie Foster
55	Virgil Tibbs	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	Sidney Poitier
54	Tracy Lord	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	Katharine Hepburn
53	Bill "the Butcher" Cutting	Gangs of New York (2002)	Daniel Day-Lewis
52	Miss Kenton	The Remains of the Day (1993)	Emma Thompson
51	Tom Joad	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	Henry Fonda

Rank	Character	Film (Year)	Actor/Actress
50	Sam Spade	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	Humphrey Bogart
49	Elisabet Vogler	Persona (1966)	Liv Ullmann
48	Phil Connors	Groundhog Day (1993)	Bill Murray
47	Randle Patrick McMurphy	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	Jack Nicholson
46	Chuck Noland	Cast Away (2000)	Tom Hanks
45	Tracy Flick	Election (1999)	Reese Witherspoon
44	the Tramp	City Lights (1931)	Charlie Chaplin
43	Jim Stark	Rebel Without a Cause (1955)	James Dean
42	Travis Bickle	Taxi Driver (1976)	Robert De Niro
41	Jules Winnfield	Pulp Fiction (1994)	Samuel L. Jackson
40	Suzanne Stone Maretto	To Die For (1995)	Nicole Kidman
39	King Richard III	Richard III (1955)	Laurence Olivier
38	Maria Tura	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	Carole Lombard
37	Harry Caul	The Conversation (1974)	Gene Hackman
36	Evelyn Cross Mulwray	Chinatown (1974)	Faye Dunaway
35	Truman Capote	Capote (2005)	Philip Seymour Hoffman
34	Johnny Gray	The General (1927)	Buster Keaton
33	Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels	Tootsie (1982)	Dustin Hoffman
32	Holly Golightly a.k.a. Lula Mae Barnes	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)	Audrey Hepburn
31	Ray Charles	Ray (2004)	Jamie Foxx
30	John "Scottie" Ferguson	Vertigo (1958)	James Stewart
29	Chance the Gardener	Being There (1979)	Peter Sellers
28	Hildy Johnson	His Girl Friday (1940)	Rosalind Russell
27	Paul	Last Tango in Paris (1972)	Marlon Brando
26	Joan of Arc	The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)	Maria Falconetti
25	Ninotchka	Ninotchka (1939)	Greta Garbo
24	Fred C. Dobbs	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	Humphrey Bogart
23	Jeffrey Wigand	The Insider (1999)	Russell Crowe
22	Edward Scissorhands	Edward Scissorhands (1990)	Johnny Depp
21	Cabiria	Nights of Cabiria (1957)	Giulietta Masina
20	Michael Corleone	The Godfather Part II (1974)	Al Pacino
19	Frank Galvin	The Verdict (1982)	Paul Newman
18	Bess McNeill	Breaking the Waves (1996)	Emily Watson
17	Malcolm X	Malcolm X (1992)	Denzel Washington
16	T.R. Devlin	Notorious (1946)	Cary Grant
15	Josh Baskin	Big (1988)	Tom Hanks
14	Mac Sledge	Tender Mercies (1983)	Robert Duvall
13	Eleanor of Aquitaine	The Lion in Winter (1968)	Katharine Hepburn
12	"Badass" Buddusky	The Last Detail (1973)	Jack Nicholson
11	Christy Brown	My Left Foot (1989)	Daniel Day-Lewis
10	Jake La Motta	Raging Bull (1980)	Robert De Niro
9	Dr. Frederick Frankenstein	Young Frankenstein (1974)	Gene Wilder
8	George Bailey	It's A Wonderful Life (1946)	James Stewart
7	"Ratso" Rizzo	MIdnight Cowboy (1969)	Dustin Hoffman
6	George M. Cohan	Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)	James Cagney
5	Margo Channing	All About Eve (1950)	Bette Davis
4	Sonny Wortzik	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	Al Pacino
3	Sophie Zawistowska	Sophie's Choice (1982)	Meryl Streep
2	Terry Malloy	On the Waterfront (1954)	Marlon Brando
1	T.E. Lawrence	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	Peter O'Toole

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14 Comments

Level 62

Nov 24, 2015

Is there a source for these rankings? Or they're just based on your opinion?

Level 63

Apr 18, 2018

They're from Premier magazine in 2006. Here's the reference

http://www.filmsite.org/100greatperformances.html

Level 66

Oct 11, 2017

"Inherit the Wind" was 1957 not 1967.

Level 63

Apr 18, 2018

You're right! That was a typo.

Level 67

Aug 6, 2021

Good grief.

Level 50

Oct 22, 2017

Great quiz. I got 90 out of 100. I've seen many of them and those I haven't, I was able to figure out from the name of the film and/or year.

Level 63

Apr 18, 2018

Thanks, and great job!

Level 80

Feb 16, 2018

I like this list if only for the fact that its top 10 includes Doctor Fronkensteen.

Level 63

Apr 18, 2018

A brilliant performance, no doubt.

Level 66

Jul 3, 2021

This was hard, as I have seen only a few of the old ones. Had no idea that Gary Oldman was in Sid & Nancy, interesting! Got to know him from JFK and Dracula.

Level 67

Aug 6, 2021

Well done. That took a lot of effort. Thanks. Nominated

Level 63

Aug 14, 2021

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

Level 60

Aug 6, 2021

Nice quiz! Please include the year for What's Love Got to Do with It?

Level 63

Aug 14, 2021

Added the year. Good catch.