The 51 All-Time Greatest Acting Performances....That Oscar Ignored
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Entertainment Weekly dug into the scores of great performances that have been overlooked by Oscar over the past 87 years. Some are so iconic that they had to triple-check the history books to make sure that Oscar had been so blind. (Really? Ingrid Bergman wasn’t nominated for Casablanca?) They could’ve made a list of 250—but from that list, they culled it down to 51 and ranked them, counting down to the single greatest acting performance that failed to grab Oscar’s attention.
Note: The list makers place Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke together in Before Midnight as the 51/50 greatest performances. Additionally, they place John Cazale at 14 and Diane Keaton at 41, both for their work in The Godfather: Part II. The list, therefore, comprises 49 different films.
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
2 new
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
10 new
His Girl Friday
1940, in 21 top lists Check -
17 new
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
27 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
29 new
Harold and Maude
1971, in 22 top lists Check -
33 new
Bull Durham
1988, in 8 top lists Check -
38 new
To Have and Have Not
1944, in 16 top lists Check -
42 new
Fa yeung nin wah
2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check -
48 new
Wo hu cang long
2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check -
49 new
Before Midnight
2013, in 6 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 9, 2018; source