The Pendragon Society's 100 Greatest Film Acting Performances of All-Time

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So what are the greatest acting performances of all time? Throughout August 2019 we polled members and contributors to find out what they considered to be the greatest performances in film ever. As with all these types of polls the final list is not going to please everyone. Perhaps unsurprisingly (and a little disappointingly) the best of the American mainstream dominates here, with a high placing for Heath Ledger’s turn in The Dark Knight and a large representation from the New Hollywood era (with 5 entries for the first 2 Godfather films!). What stands out more than anything is the lack of female performances that make the top 100 (only 12!). Is Casablanca really Bogart’s best performance? Wasn’t Brando better in On the Waterfront than anything he did in the 70s? Let us know what you think. ---Pendragon Society

The following films appear more than once:

The Godfather (#1, #16, #100)
Schindler's List (#4, #60)
The Godfather Part II (#13, #24)
Apocalypse Now (#28, #58)
The Deer Hunter (#30, #65)
The Shawshank Redemption (#32, #73)
Persona (#35, #54)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (#45, #68)
Goodfellas (#49, #51)
Gone with the Wind (#62, #78)