Jaymole

This is my favorite scene...probably Alec Baldwin's finest moment in films:

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EddieMoney

That's what it sounds like. Lol, what a fucking hilarious movie this is. So bizarre.

DaveyJoe

What is she actually saying? I thought it was "cause your pet killed them" as well.

Mondo Kane

I watched it on MGMHD a few months back with captions. It's "Unless your prepared to kill them".

inri222

Just about all of Autumn Sonata is an acting tour de force.

DaveyJoe

Aww, I kind of preferred to imagine a scenario where the guy's pissed off Tabby kills the cheating couple.


Agreed, I actually had trouble picking a scene to highlight, but went with the piano scene because so much is conveyed without any dialogue. It's amazing.

dom56

Kevin Spacey breaking down and crying in K-PAX had me in tears.

EddieMoney

In the deleted scenes, Ryan O'Neal instead says, "Daddy wants to fuck! Shit yes, pour the fuckin' beer! Let's fuuuck!"

wlj

yes, those 2 are very good ones

lukewarmwater

Honestly this whole movie is full of great acting and writing.

I can't think of any actor who would be able to act play his part today, get the subtleties that he did.



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Also, not known for his flashiness or variety, but seeing Harrison Ford in those 90's thrillers that he did were pretty great. He was a "working class" type of leading man. His characters weren't always meant to likable, even though you always routed for him. He was like the last of those 60's and 70's leading man, before they making stars out of pretty people.

devilshalo

Tom Hanks when he finally breaks down in Captain Phillips. All through the film, I'm sitting there watching Tom Hanks play Capt. Phillips, when this scene happens and I no longer saw Tom Hanks. I just saw a man coping with everything that just happened.

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inri222

Take Shelter - Michael Shannon "There's a storm coming."

davidlynchfan

Jenny Agutter going for a swim in Walkabout.

inri222

Code Unknown - Juliette Binoche harassed on the metro.

mwbmis

Naomi Watts - "Betty's Audition" in Mulholland Dr.

It's the whole movie, but that scene in particular that made me learn Naomi Watts' name.

Mondo Kane

I never knew Gable had this in him


Even Bogie, also at the end of his life, gave the best acting in his career. Most notably in Caine Mutiny.

Hazel Motes

John Cazale in Godfather 2 when he confronts Michael and starts yelling at him.

Klaus Kinski in Woyzeck every scene.

Every Warren Oates scene in Badlands.

Harold Ramis in the restaurant scene with Seth Rogen in Knocked Up.

hasslein

Amy Madigan confronting Gene Hackman for cheating on his wife/her mother with Ann-Margret in Twice in a Lifetime...

Shannon Nutt

I actually think that's horrible, "showboat" acting. The kind of stuff that works well on stage (A FEW GOOD MEN was adapted from a play), but is too over-the-top for film.

I think this scene from RAIN MAN is an example of really great acting from both Cruise and Hoffman:

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jdslater1

Most scenes in 12 Angry Men.

I find it's a film that I can watch even if I have missed the first 20 minutes. Or theres only 20 minutes left.
It's shot very stylised but the words spoken are so powerful. I've always liked the scene when he is saying what did you see last week.

GoldenJCJ

This was my first thought upon seeing the thread title. I can't remember the last time I was left speechless by a single scene for acting alone. Truly amazing bit of acting from Hanks. Frankly, if he had won the Oscar for just that 2 minute scene I would have been ok with it.

johnnysd

One of Streep's finest performances and that says a lot. Would be a caricature by almost anyone else.

I would add:

Paul Newman in the last scenes of the The Hustler (one of the best acted movies overall ever in my view)

Every scene with Hopkins and Foster together was incredible in Silence of the Lambs

Many scenes with Nicholson and Louise Fletcher in "One Flew"

Hokeyboy

I was coming here to post this very scene. Great call sir

Ronee Blakley having her breakdown onstage in "Nashville" was just unbelievably freakin' brilliant. And that was her first film, no less.

AnonomusBob15

In the Bedroom. Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek in the kitchen. Or with Marissa Tomei in the store.

Lastblade

My personal favorite:

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