Best Scene The Cop reveals he has bought the snack shop.
4. Ralph Fiennes in Quiz Show- Fiennes gives a strong performance showing both the man performing to become a media sensation, but as well the very well real man whose fairly reasonable desires suck him into creating the false image of himself.
Best Scene: Charles Van Doren confesses to his father.
3. Johnny Depp in Ed Wood-Depp gives a very good performance by creating a genuine character who always stays optimistic no matter how bad he is at his true passion.
Best Scene: Ed talks Bela out of suicide.
2. Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption- Robbins gives a great performance where he works with the film to create some truly beautiful scenes throughout.
Best Scene: Andy tells Red how he "killed" his wife.
1. Gary Oldman in Immortal Beloved- This one was difficult for me to choose this is one where I won't say this is necessarily final Robbins who is great in a great film, Oldman is a my winner who is great in a sometimes problematic film. Oldman overcomes his film's problems creating a fascinating portrait of Ludvig Van Beethoven, and he manages to be compelling even when the film itself falters.
Best Scene: Beethoven on his death bed.
Overall Rank:
- Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption
- Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
- Gary Oldman in Immortal Beloved
- Ben Kingsley in Death and the Maiden
- Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption
- Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George
- Xia Yu in In The Heat of the Sun
- Johnny Depp in Ed Wood
- Ralph Fiennes in Quiz Show
- Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber
- Temuera Morrison in Once Were Warriors
- Gerard Depardieu in A Pure Formality
- John Travolta in Pulp Fiction
- Takeshi Kaneshiro in Chungking Express
- Tom Cruise in Interview With the Vampire
- Bruce Greenwood in Exotica
- Paul Newman in Nobody's Fool
- Terence Stamp in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Jean Reno in Leon: The Professional
- Roman Polanski in A Pure Formality
- Christopher Eccleston in Shallow Grave
- Elias Koteas in Exotica
- Albert Finney in The Browning Version
- David Strathairn in The River Wild
- Zbigniew Zamachoswki in Three Colours: White
- Tony Leung Chiu Wai in Chungking Express
- Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction
- Oleg Menshikov in Burnt by The Sun
- Ge You in To Live
- Jack Thompson in The Sum of Us
- Guy Pearce in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Stephen Dorff in Backbeat
- Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber
- Hugo Weaving in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Russell Crow in The Sum of Us
- Wallace Shawn in Vanya on 42nd Street
- Kevin Bacon in The River Wild
- Brandon Lee in The Crow
- Sihung Lung in Eat Drink Man Woman
- Michael Keaton in The Paper
- Shah Rukh Khan in Kabhi Ha Kabhi Na
- Mel Gibson in Maverick
- Ewan McGregor in Shallow Grave
- Sean Nelson in Fresh
- John Turturro in Quiz Show
- Nikita Mikhalkov in Burnt by the Sun
- Philippe Noiret in Il Postino
- Tim Roth in Little Odessa
- Vincent Perez in La Reine Margot
- Woody Harrelson in Natural Born Killers
- Leslie Cheung in Ashes of Time
- Jim Carrey in The Mask
- Robert De Niro in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- Tommy Lee Jones in Blue Sky
- Jeremy Davies in Spanking the Monkey
- Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
- Ian Hart in Backbeat
- Andy Garcia in When a Man Loves a Woman
- Edward Furlong in Little Odessa
- Larry Pine in Vanya on 42nd Street
- Jackie Chan in Legend of the Drunken Master
- Harrison Ford in Clear and Present Danger
- Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and A Funeral
- Patrick Stewart in Star Trek Generations
- Danny Dun in Confucian Confusion
- Tony Leung Ka-Fai in Ashes in Time
- Tim Allen in The Santa Clause
- Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun 3 1/3
- Keanu Reeves in Speed
- Brad Pitt in Interview with The Vampire
- Stuart Wilson in Death and the Maiden
- Kurt Russell in Stargate
- Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies
- Tim Robbins in The Hudsucker Proxy
- Rob Morrow in Quiz Show
- John Cusack in Bullets Over Broadway
- Tim Robbins in IQ
- Jason Scott Lee in The Jungle Book
- Massimo Troisi in Il Postino
- Kevin Costner in Wyatt Earp
- Jeff Anderson in Clerks
- James Spader in Stargate
- Lee Kang-sheng in Vive L'Amour
- Chen Chao-jung in Vive L'Amour
- Mackenzie Astin in Iron Will
- Billy Crystal in City Slickers II
- Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura Pet Detective
- Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop III
- Alec Baldwin in The Shadow
- Allen Payne in Jason's Lyric
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Angels in The Outfield
- Rick Moranis in Little Giants
- Tommy Lee Jones in Cobb
- Brian O'Halloran in Clerks
- John Goodman in The Flintstones
- Willem Dafoe in Tom & Viv
- Macaulay Culkin in Richie Rich
- Peter Berg in The Last Seduction
- Nicolas Cage in Guarding Tess
- Kenneth Branagh in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall
- Liam Neeson in Nell
- Jean Claude Van Damme in Street Fighter
- Jeff Bridges in Blown Away
- Macaulay Culkin in The Pagemaster
- Dylan McDermott in Miracle on 34th Street
- Luke Edwards in Little Big League
- Brad Renfro in The Client
- Michael Patrick Carter in Milk Money
- Robert Wuhl in Cobb
12 comments:
James Whitmore in The Shawshank Redemption
Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction
Paul Newman in The Hudsucker Proxy
Dennis Hopper in Speed
and "OF COURSE" Raul Julia in Street Fighter
James Whitmore in The Shawshank Redemption
Bob Gunton in The Shawshank Redemption
Jeremy Irons in The Lion King
Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction
Gary Oldman in Léon: The Professional
Ian Hart in Backbeat
Also, interesting you decided to put Samuel L. Jackson in supporting.
Jame Whitmore in The Shawshank Redemption
Gary Oldman in The Professional
Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction
...and that's all I got.
@Michael Pattison: I think he's definitely supporting. I think even Travolta could be argued as supporting seeing as how each segment has a different lead, really.
I say Jackson is on the border but I put him in supporting and Travolta lead because Travolta stars in two stories whereas Jackson only stars in one.
Fair enough. I actually think I agree, especially if I use your reasoning. Travolta's really a pretty clear lead for me and Jackson's always been on the border but I've never gotten to the point where I put him in lead.
Gary Oldman - Leon
James Whitmore - The Shawshank Redemption
Jeremy Irons - The Lion King
Raul Julia - Street Fighter
Christopher Eccelston - Shallow Grave
Gary Oldman - Leon
Paul Newman - The Hudsucker Proxy
Bruce Willis - Pulp Fiction
Ving Rhames - Pulp Fiction
Harvey Keitel - Pulp Fiction
And I would love to you review Raul Julia in "Street Figther"!
I'll play devil's advocate with Jackson and argue he's co-lead. Look at the breakdown this way:
The opening scene: Him and Travolta, sharing equal time.
Mia Wallace's story: Travolta's story all the way.
Meeting the cleaner: Again, shared equally.
The diner confrontation: This is where the line blurs. Yes, Travolta was in this scene. For about a minute with few lines. It's Jackson's time to shine. This is HIS portion of the movie. Yes, Travolta may have more screentime, but for me Jackson is an equal screen presence. He's also my win for Lead, though Robbins is hot on his heels.
Did you forget about Robbins in The Hudsucker Proxy?
Actually I watched it after I posted the ranking, but I'll add him now.
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