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@@tylerharless226 Greatest performance imo in cinematic history. I feel damn good looking at Heath's joker portrait on my arm every day... Just wish he was still here!
Did everybody seem to have forgotten about Matthew Mcconaughey? The dude was literally listed as the decade defining actor of the 2010s on watchmojo's own list. His performance in Dallas Buyers Club was nothing but spectacular.
I know everybody likes Hereditary, but I think it's a little overrated. You can always trust Toni Collete on giving an amazing performance though...and she definitely delivered a chilling one
My Top 5 1. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight 2. Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood 3. Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men 4. Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds 5. JK Simmons - Whiplash
If an actor can make me hate their character despite being the “protagonist,” that instantly propels them to God-tier status in my books. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman both did that in The Prestige. Hell, Christian Bale has done that for me in numerous movies
Looks like some of them were added just coz they won an Oscar.... This list should have also included- Christoph Waltz (Hans Landa) Marion Cotillard (Edith Piaf) Eddie Redmayne (Stephen Hawking) Amy Adams for Arrival Cumberbatch for Imitation Game Micheal Keaton for Birdman Atleast an honorable mention.... Edit: Hugh Jackman for Prisoners
Meryl Streep: Iron Lady Christoph Waltz: Inglourious Basterds or Django Gary Oldman: Darkest Hour Denzel: Fences J-law: Silver Linings Eddie Redmayne: Theory of Everything Will Smith: Pursuit of Happiness Viola Davis: The Help or Fences Sandra Bullock: Blind Side
You can't compare the role of Joaquin Phoenix with the one of heath ledger, they were two fucking different type of joker , you could compare Joaquin Phoenix in joker with Leonard DiCaprio in the aviator, and heath ledger with.. idk Christoph waltz in inglorious bastards, the is no fucking connection between the type of acting between the two jokers
There's no Waltz, most underrated actor ever! He's two performans needs to be in top 5 for sure. All of these are amazing actors in amazing role but Waltz rly needs to take somebody's place here, thats for sure.
Waltz won 2 Best Supporting Actor Oscars & was universally acclaimed for those 2 roles- so how the hell is he underrated lol? WatchMojo rankings mean even less than the Oscars bruh
I live inside your house no they aren’t generic it’s the ideals and motivations of hero that makes it feel generic because heroes have been well written for years. Villains are just now being well written and having some sort of complex.
McConaughey's performance as Cooper in the movie Interstellar was phenomenal. Remember that 23 yrs of message, no time for caution and don't let me leave Murph scene's, yeah those were absolutely fantastic
I don’t see Joaquin as the Joker I see him as Arthur Fleck, as for Heath Ledger he is the Joker, just like Robin Williams is the genie just like Arnold Schwarzenegger is the terminator other people have tried to reenact those roles but no mater what they do they cannot and will not ever beat it, you no longer see them as the actors you just see them as the character they are playing.
That’s a good way to see it because joker isn’t really the joker you see in the comics he’s someone with big mental problems he’s like a real human unlike the psychopath of heath ledgers legendary joker. I love both performances but they definitely aren’t the same character or role.
Nobody is perfect. This list is proof of that but that you didn't even list Christoph Waltz as an honorable mention when I thought there was a chance he'd be in the top 3... unforgivable.
I've come to the chilling realization that this man will forever be overlooked for anything he does. I don't kill myself thinking about it anymore I just don't.
Glad Gyllenhall in Nightcrawler got credit here! I watched the movie randomly and was blown away by how his performance made the movie so eerie and grim while staying interesting
I've heard it said that "Heath Ledger did the best Joker in the DC comic world." - "Joaquin Phoenix did the best Joker in the real world." I tend to agree with this statement. Both were fantastic.
Snubs: Christoph Waltz - Landa Adam Sandler - Howard Robert Pattison - Tom William Dafoe - Tom Jackie Earl Haley - Rosharch Bill Skarsgaard - Pennywise Andy Serkis - Ceasar U guys nailed quite a few tho, Simmonds, Gyllenhaal, Leo, Bale, Hanks, Bardem, Day-Lewis, Joaquin, and of course Health Ledger
Glad you mentioned Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler. I love that movie, he’s truly frightening in it. And Toni Collette is great in pretty much everything but she was excellent in Hereditary.
I was disagreeing with heath ledger as number one. Then I rewatched the dark knight and realized that heath kind of changed acting in superhero movies the same way Marlon Brando changed acting overall.
@@dutchvanderlinde346 I would disagree. I would not say the acting in general is just bad, it is at least serviceable most of the time. In general I would say it just really isn't anything all that special though. If you want to see really great acting, you often times find yourself watching a lot of dramas, biopics, period pieces and war films, mainly because actors know those are the kinds of movies that are most likely to win awards. Not to bash those types of films, in fact some of them, like Lincoln, 1917, Darkest Hour and Dunkirk are among some of my favorite films. But it does seem very apparent that actors who win a lot of awards most often do so for specific types of films.
@Lau G Well he was the one that got famous, and without him there will be no De Niro, Pacino, Nicholson, Hoffman and without them there would probably not be any of the great actors of today's generation. Marlon Brando changed acting and revolutionized cinema in general, his instructor might have taught him but that doesn’t mean she didn’t teach any other guys, and who got famous? And it was Brando. Anyway you look at it, Brando, changed acting.
Yes you can talk about the Ledger's and the Bardem's, but is anyone gonna talk about Andy Serkis as Gollum? Seriously it's still one of the most accurate and spine chilling performances of all time!
@@ajpat9620 ledger was better. It would make more sense to say that phoenix acted better in the master than ledger in dark Knight (tho I liked ledger more)
@@shauryaa5687 Everyone knows that Heath Ledger's performance of the Joker is iconic and legendary. To be frank, Joaquin Phoenix was also great as the Joker and he made a unique interpretation of that movie. Same statement also applies to Jack Nicholson as the Joker. The less being said on Jared Leto's horrible performance of the Joker, the better.
@@ajpat9620 ledgers joker felt much better to me than Phoenix's joker. Yes, Nicholson, ledger and phoenix all portrayed much different kinds of The Joker but in terms of acting I think ledger completely stood when compared to any other joker. The more playful, insane, intelligent joker. The kind of messy joker makeup with the brilliant detailing of the scars on his face actually looked better than Phoenix's clean and immaculate joker/clown makeup. You could feel the tension everytime he comes on the screen and yet you would keep waiting for him to show when he's not on the screen. The fact that despite being the supporting character in the movie, joker took the spotlight from the Batman (this speaks more about Nolan's writing of the joker character in the film in a way tho) is enough to make him the quintessential joker in any Batman film. I think phoenix in the master gave one of the GOAT acting performances just like ledger in Dark Knight and if phoenix has ledger beat in terms of acting, it would because of his role in the master rather than the one in Joker. P.s I don't agree with ledger at no. 1 spot. Him and DDL's positions should be swapped imo but it's not that big a deal. Both deserve to be in the top 2.
Great list even though some spots missing: 1) Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Bastards 2) Russel Crow in Gladiator 3) Hugh Jackman in Prisoners 4) Di caprio in Shutter Island (My favorite Di caprio performance, underrated) 5) Ian McKellen in Fellowship of the rings 6) Michael Fassbender in Shame 7) Michael Fassbender in Hunger 8) Daniel Bruhl in Rush as Niki Lauda 9) Del Toro in Traffic 10) Andrew Garfield in Social Network
Eoghan Whelan awsome movie I watched it when I was twelve on Hulu which wasn’t a smart decision but I was raised on reservoir dogs and goodfellas. It does sound wrong but I was very mature for twelve . I was twelve 7 years ago !
Casey Affleck for Manchester by the sea, Kate Winslet for eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Marillon Cotillard for La vie en rose and Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Basterds should be here imo. Otherwise the list is fine (though I think Day-Lewis in There will be blood is the best performance in this century)
I feel like Leo should get an honorable mention for “Catch Me If You Can”, even though I couldn’t stand the character, that was the whole point, to love/hate him which he did astonishingly well.
Before watching the video I just knew Daniel Day Lewis was going to be on the list ❤️ watching his performance in There Will Be Blood inspired me to pursue acting. His truly an inspiration 😊
Ones you missed: Michael Fassbender in Shame Géza Röhrig in Son of Saul Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds Min-Sik Choi in Oldboy Sean Penn in Mystic River Saoirse Ronan in Atonement Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others Kevin Bacon in the Woodsman Tony Leung in In the Mood for Love And last but not least... Tommy Wiseau in The Room
saorise ronan in atonement shes in that movie for 15 minutes to compare that to all these great performances is disgusting sean penn mystic river? its not even the best performance in the movie
OMG! THANK YOU SO MUCH Watchmojo, for including Toni Collette's in Hereditary! Her performance was mind blowing and so underrated. I'm really surprised that Meryl Streep's performance in the Iron Lady is not even on this list though.
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose Mo'Nique - Precious Meryl Streep - Doubt / The Iron Lady Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine / The Aviator Forrest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland Viola Davis - Doubt / The Help / Fences Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Glad and surprised to see Toni Colette on this list. She usually doesn’t get the recognition she deserves. Phenomenal performance in Hereditary for sure.
I feel so validated that so many people are pissed that Christoph Waltz wasn't on this list. IMHO he should be #1. It invalidates the whole list! Yes, I've been in quarantine too long and am quite emotional. MOJO owes me and apology-LOL!!!
Hard to just pick 20, but Christoph Waltz’s definitely was a snub. I was expecting to see him in the top 5. Daniel Day Lewis is my number one. Ledger’s Broke Back could have also been a top 5. Same with Joaquin’s The Master. I also would have liked to see Bradley Cooper’s Silver Lining performance at least as an honorable mention. So underrated. Same with Octavia Spencer’s performance in The Help. Adrian Brody in the Pianist. Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk. Nicole Kidman in Dogville. Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There.
Cristoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds, Jack nicholson in the Departed, Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Fences, Casey Afflec in Manchester by the Sea, Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, Hillary Swank in Million Dollar Baby, Cate Blanchet in Blue Jasmine and Olivia Colman all definitly belong on this list!
Joaquin phoenix’s portrayal as someone with pseudobulbar disorder (uncontrollable laughter) in joker was some of the best acting of all time. I know he has been credited so much but somehow i still feel like he doesn’t get the praise he deserves. Maybe because of how mainstream the joker film got
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men Christopher Waltz - Inglorious Bastards Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street Matthew McCounaghey - Dallas Buyers Club Jake Gyleenhal - Nightcrawler Christian Bale - American Psycho Adrian Brody - The Pianist JK Simmons - Whiplash Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Sam Rockwell - Three Bilboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Toni Collette - Hereditary The best performances in my opinion.
Daniel day lewis in there will be blood is my favorite peformance of all time (joaquin phoenix on the master, Robert paterson in the lighthouse and jim carrey in Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is also just as good)
Strangely I’ve only seen two of these performances (Castaway and the Dark Knight) but I have to say that both of them undoubtedly deserve to be on this list. Castaway in particular was a film that made me cry. Over a ball. And I’ve only ever cried at two films so this is a testament to what an incredible performance was given here. Also, even though I’ve not seen the particular performance you referred to, I’m very glad Joaquin Phoenix made it onto this list. His performances as the Joker in Joker and Commodus in Gladiator blew me away. I think Phoenix has to be one of my favourite actors of all time.
Oh I was actually waiting for her. Cate Blanchett's not on the list? She's at the top of my list of best performance by an actress list. That's sad. You can't really trust Mojo making a list.
i really though marion would be no.1. Heath is a great pick though, cant believe Marion wasnt even on here though, but then its not a great list. Some great movies on here, but.. best of the last 2 decades..? No.
My list would be: 1.Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight & Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood 2. Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything 3. Joaquin Phoenix - Joker 4. Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds 5. Cassey Affleck - Manchester By the Sea 6. Sean Penn - Mystic River 7. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street 8. Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 9. Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain 10. Adrien Brody - The Pianist Honorable mentions: Toni Collette - Hereditary Gary Oldman - The Darkest Hour Denzel Washington - Training Day Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant Kate Winslet - The Reader P.S. The list is an opinion and might change overtime 😊...
Which performance of the last 20 years is your fav?
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Charlize Theron.
Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines in "The Butler."
Samuel L Jackson as Samuel L Jackson. He's in almost every "big" movie
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Ciao 😙 Adamo da Torino Italia
The fact that Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa isn’t on here is a crime.
Nathalie White yes
I gotta agree. One of the best characters ive seen, intimidated me into nervous laughter whenever hes in a scene
Nathalie White I haven’t watched it yet but please tell me that at least Dr. King Shultz is.
Mega MovieZ nope. Not even an honorable mention.
Nathalie White Wow! Now that’s despicable!
I’m infuriated that Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa is not on this list
S0uNdWave yeah same
Seriously
The green hornet
No freaking way. Both supporting characters in Tarantino's film deserve to be on this list. SMDH
Or as King Schultz in Django! The fact that not one actor from a single Tarantino movie is on here is blasphemous!
I think we need a watch mojo video called “Top 10 Times Heath Ledger Won A Top Ten List”
Lol
Well, they are not wrong.
He deserve it tho
Thank you dude. Watch Mojo goes way over the top about his performance any time they can lol
@@tylerharless226 Greatest performance imo in cinematic history. I feel damn good looking at Heath's joker portrait on my arm every day... Just wish he was still here!
Did everybody seem to have forgotten about Matthew Mcconaughey? The dude was literally listed as the decade defining actor of the 2010s on watchmojo's own list. His performance in Dallas Buyers Club was nothing but spectacular.
good one
seeing the guy go from rom coms to that spectacular performance really blows my mind
I thought he would top this list! How odd!
As was Jared Leto's performance in Dallas Buyer's Club.
Well when he stole the oscar from Leo in the wolf of wall street it takes it down a couple notches
Christian bale is my favorite actor of this century. He’s been in so many iconic movies and performances this century so far
Totally agree on that, he's such a phenomenal actor
GOSPEL‼️
so... you don't watch well and much
He should have been on the list for The Machinist.
Bale is definitely top tier
Never seen hereditary, but that one shot of Toni Collete hitting her head over and over has already traumatized me
Soren Olsen it’s one of the scariest films i’ve seen. It’s incredible.
I know everybody likes Hereditary, but I think it's a little overrated.
You can always trust Toni Collete on giving an amazing performance though...and she definitely delivered a chilling one
Same here.
Overrated movie Overrated performance
Soren Olsen if u haven’t seen it don’t you’ll never hear clicks the same
Where's Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds!?
Ikr
That's not a Bingo. Landa got snubbed
Im bout to shoot the watchmojo team thats hiding under the floorboards
You rigth
They had to make room for Jesse Eisenberg 😂🤣🤣
Christoph Walts in Inglorious Basterds???
the green hornet
Lol you spelled the last word wrong
@@TricklingBananas no boddy that's right but his name is spelled wrong
Brad Pitt was awesome in this movie
I'm appreciating that I'm seeing so many comments about Christoph Waltz's exclusion. IMHO, that's the #1.
My Top 5
1. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
2. Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
3. Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
4. Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
5. JK Simmons - Whiplash
I'd personally switch heath with Daniel but great list
@@paddyjohnson2313 Thank you
Honestly, it can go either way with Daniel & Heath in the Top 2
omg exactlyy!! specially no.1
damn dude, there are other roles, you only like the villains
@@joaopedroperazzi4708 Cause it's hard to play a villain or a psycho
Happy to see Jake Gyllenhall getting the recognition he deserves for nightcrawler
I was looking for ONE person to be as proud/happy as I am about his mention.
I loved Nightcrawler!!
If an actor can make me hate their character despite being the “protagonist,” that instantly propels them to God-tier status in my books. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman both did that in The Prestige. Hell, Christian Bale has done that for me in numerous movies
Health Ledger: *deceased*
Joaquin Phoenix: _That’s not funny._
It should BE joaquin Phoenix Mother
Its a lil funny, ironic how he died before seeing his best work get an oscar haha rip heath tho
Manuel Garcia lol ikr
Health ledger😂
HEATH did an awesome job as joker
Looks like some of them were added just coz they won an Oscar.... This list should have also included-
Christoph Waltz (Hans Landa)
Marion Cotillard (Edith Piaf)
Eddie Redmayne (Stephen Hawking)
Amy Adams for Arrival
Cumberbatch for Imitation Game
Micheal Keaton for Birdman
Atleast an honorable mention....
Edit: Hugh Jackman for Prisoners
Or maybe Hugh Jackman for Logan! 😉
Wiliem Dafoe for The Lighthouse
yes yes yes YES YES YES
Absolutely agree. Especially about Hugh Jackman's, Cumberbutch's, Adams', and Radmayne's roles.
Sarang Nambiar eddie redmayne role was just overrated becoz it’s was a biopic
Jake Gyllenhaal was much better than Hugh jackman in prisoners in my opinion
Natalie Portman in Black Swan - One of the best acting performances by an actress in history.
Totally agree.
lol lol lol ...i laughed when she cries
If we talking about extremely underrated let me tell you about Andy Serkis as Gollum
Yes yess thank you!
I know, right?
Or Caesar in the Apes trilogy
Yep dough Jones also
That acting is precious.
Meryl Streep: Iron Lady
Christoph Waltz: Inglourious Basterds or Django
Gary Oldman: Darkest Hour
Denzel: Fences
J-law: Silver Linings
Eddie Redmayne: Theory of Everything
Will Smith: Pursuit of Happiness
Viola Davis: The Help or Fences
Sandra Bullock: Blind Side
But, But, but facebook movie...
Agreed with J-Law
Daniel Day Lewis could have been on this list four times: Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood, Lincoln, and Phantom Thread.
Philip Seymour Hoffman could have also.
@@user-wx8mi1pd6g Completely agree, I'd probably include Christian Bale too
Mank I may just be stupid right now but who is PSH?
@@dutchvanderlinde346 Phillip Seymour Hoffman
@@user-wx8mi1pd6g Gary Oldman
Let’s be honest, we all knew Heath Ledger was gonna be #1
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood is the best performance of the century.
Mank then you clearly don’t understand a good movie performance when you see one
Mank of course I’ve seen it. Dark knight is better
Mank the dark knight is better I’m sorry bro my opinion and you have yours
Mank it’s just personal preference
I don't care what anyone says, Heath Ledger is my undefeated Joker. The End.
You can't compare the role of Joaquin Phoenix with the one of heath ledger, they were two fucking different type of joker , you could compare Joaquin Phoenix in joker with Leonard DiCaprio in the aviator, and heath ledger with.. idk Christoph waltz in inglorious bastards, the is no fucking connection between the type of acting between the two jokers
Winston Churchill it’s not that deep bro
@@Ca9ineTuK thank you. Let's move on.
@@abigailbartley for you heath for my phoenix is the 🐐 as joker
@@piewdisiegaming and I respect that. Everyone has a favorite.
There's no Waltz, most underrated actor ever! He's two performans needs to be in top 5 for sure. All of these are amazing actors in amazing role but Waltz rly needs to take somebody's place here, thats for sure.
Waltz won 2 Best Supporting Actor Oscars & was universally acclaimed for those 2 roles- so how the hell is he underrated lol? WatchMojo rankings mean even less than the Oscars bruh
@@arjunmanoj2155 You literally answered your own question in your first sentence.
@@karawigley6231 The fact that he's won 2 oscars and is recognised by everyone for his work means he isn't underrated you dunce
@@karawigley6231 bro you can't read go to school
What's more shocking to me is that Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone wasn't on this list.
DDL as Daniel Plainview is the best performance I've seen in my lifetime..
Watch more movies !
@@Gma00001 are you on crack?
Tell me one better preformance than this?
That’s definitely not a bad opinion to have
@@fortniteburger7878 thats a fact, not opinion lol
@@candre5204 how is the best performance he’s seen in his lifetime a fact. I also personally love the performance but I prefer Chigur
When you realize that most of those performances on this list are villains...
Including mark zuckerberg
We all know villains are usually a more fun and usually better written characters, the heroes most of the time are generic.
And mojo should be embarassed Hans Landa wasn't in here!
I live inside your house no they aren’t generic it’s the ideals and motivations of hero that makes it feel generic because heroes have been well written for years. Villains are just now being well written and having some sort of complex.
It's easy to write a villain,
just as it's easy to be one.
Ellen Burstyn was SOOOOOOO GOOD in Requiem For A Dream!
And SOOOOOOOO robbed of an Oscar!
The fact that she lost the Oscars to Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich is the proof that that award is a joke.
U forgot Tommy Wiseau in The Room! He nailed that role
Haha what a storie marck so how's your sex life
Stop man it's getting painfully old
Hey Marshall how's your sexy life
@@mariuskristensen1867 man u got roasted so hard. not gonna respond? It's ok man
Will the real Marshall Mathers please stand up
McConaughey's performance as Cooper in the movie Interstellar was phenomenal. Remember that 23 yrs of message, no time for caution and don't let me leave Murph scene's, yeah those were absolutely fantastic
I don’t see Joaquin as the Joker I see him as Arthur Fleck, as for Heath Ledger he is the Joker, just like Robin Williams is the genie just like Arnold Schwarzenegger is the terminator other people have tried to reenact those roles but no mater what they do they cannot and will not ever beat it, you no longer see them as the actors you just see them as the character they are playing.
This comment will hit 2k in like five more days. Just saying.
Just like RDJ is Iron man
That’s a good way to see it because joker isn’t really the joker you see in the comics he’s someone with big mental problems he’s like a real human unlike the psychopath of heath ledgers legendary joker. I love both performances but they definitely aren’t the same character or role.
K. Nadeau that aged well...
I still can’t believe Arnold Schwarzenegger was the governor of fucking California 😂
Ah, I see the academy aren't the only ones snubbing Willem Dafoe for the lighthouse
Where is Marion Cotillard? Her performance as Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose was astonishing
I doubt they watched it smh
My favorite Love song ever
Man shush. Aint nobody watching that bullshit
Seriously. That was a very incredible sad performance. Just as good as Charlize Theron in Monster.
Agreed, she surpassed every performance here tbh…on par with Charlize Theron in monster
Nobody is perfect. This list is proof of that but that you didn't even list Christoph Waltz as an honorable mention when I thought there was a chance he'd be in the top 3... unforgivable.
In my mind Christoph Waltz was #1. I agree, unforgivable!
@@nancilane5069 welll heath ledger desers the spot . i dont sau christoph is a bad actor in compare to those
but heath ledger as joker was perfect
Tom Hanks should’ve won his 3rd oscar with Cast Away, that was a life time role.
True story.
Russell Crowe was outstanding as well. Two of the greatest performances of all time in my opinion.
Joaquin and Phillip are just perfect in the master
Finally my man Jake Gyllenhaal get some recognition
IKR
Jake is my fav actor of all time, man deserves Oskar for almost all of his performances
OSCARs Are FRAUD, he totally was looted for Nightcrawler :(
@@ksandhyanasankeerti1298 he was also amazing in prisoners
He’s really just frickin amazing in everything
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club should've at least been in the honorable mentions ,imo
Jared's performance outshined Matthew's
Joe Thomas oh hell no
They both did great
or true detective but seriously just the guy in general should've been on here
Even “Killer Joe”. McConaughey has portrayed some excellent characters the last decade. It’s been amazing to watch.
Forest whitaker-the last King of scotland.
Christoph waltz-Hans Landa
Yes!
I've come to the chilling realization that this man will forever be overlooked for anything he does. I don't kill myself thinking about it anymore I just don't.
Glad Gyllenhall in Nightcrawler got credit here! I watched the movie randomly and was blown away by how his performance made the movie so eerie and grim while staying interesting
Yes. Daniel Day-Lewis’ performance in There Will be Blood was phenomenal! He should be #1 on this list. He is such a superb actor!!
no heath deserves #1.
I've heard it said that "Heath Ledger did the best Joker in the DC comic world." - "Joaquin Phoenix did the best Joker in the real world." I tend to agree with this statement. Both were fantastic.
Snubs:
Christoph Waltz - Landa
Adam Sandler - Howard
Robert Pattison - Tom
William Dafoe - Tom
Jackie Earl Haley - Rosharch
Bill Skarsgaard - Pennywise
Andy Serkis - Ceasar
U guys nailed quite a few tho, Simmonds, Gyllenhaal, Leo, Bale, Hanks, Bardem, Day-Lewis, Joaquin, and of course Health Ledger
Keagan Mckay Also Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking. He deserved at least an honorable mention.
what movie was robert pattison character played as tom?
Nano Senpai i think the lighthouse
Willem Defoe??
@@rastivicyco2661 the lighthouse
Christoph Waltez deserve his spotr in the list with his two legendary roles "Dr Sholtz" and "The Nazi"
Glad you mentioned Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler. I love that movie, he’s truly frightening in it. And Toni Collette is great in pretty much everything but she was excellent in Hereditary.
I hated Jake Gyllenhaal’s character so much in that movie. Which proves to me that Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the best actors there is today
I love that Nupita Nyong’o was mentioned for 12 years a slave, but I feel like her performance in Us should have been included too
Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind deserves to be on this list! Such an underrated dramatic actor
True
He won golden globes like three years in a row, I don't really know but the awards says lot about his performance.
Very underrated movie and performance by Carrey
Trumanov show..
Samuel L Jackson as Samuel L Jackson. He's in almost every "big" movie
That sounds like the rock
I was disagreeing with heath ledger as number one. Then I rewatched the dark knight and realized that heath kind of changed acting in superhero movies the same way Marlon Brando changed acting overall.
Tbh I disagree. Superhero movie acting is usually bad. Really the only exceptions are Ledger and Phoenix’s Joker, and Jackman’s Wolverine
@@dutchvanderlinde346 I would disagree. I would not say the acting in general is just bad, it is at least serviceable most of the time. In general I would say it just really isn't anything all that special though. If you want to see really great acting, you often times find yourself watching a lot of dramas, biopics, period pieces and war films, mainly because actors know those are the kinds of movies that are most likely to win awards. Not to bash those types of films, in fact some of them, like Lincoln, 1917, Darkest Hour and Dunkirk are among some of my favorite films. But it does seem very apparent that actors who win a lot of awards most often do so for specific types of films.
Marlon Brando didn’t. A woman, his instructor did. I studied it
@Lau G
Well he was the one that got famous, and without him there will be no De Niro, Pacino, Nicholson, Hoffman and without them there would probably not be any of the great actors of today's generation. Marlon Brando changed acting and revolutionized cinema in general, his instructor might have taught him but that doesn’t mean she didn’t teach any other guys, and who got famous? And it was Brando. Anyway you look at it, Brando, changed acting.
Looking at the world through a key hole
Denzel in “Training Day” honorable mention? Come on
should easily be in the top three
Yeah they should have removed all those female acting performances.
80 years later, number one: Heath Ledger's Joker
800 years later will still be #1
@sillydilly chillynilly so any suggestions for #1
@@KrishnaTripathi1709 I know right, lol.
@sillydilly chillynilly And you stop watching kid's movies
I've always felt it's been over rated especially because of his death, he did a great job but not that great
Denzel - American Gangster
Russell Crowe - Gladiator & Beautiful Mind
timoback3000 no
Denzel in Training Day
Gladiator was amazing excellent performance
Spot on
I think you putting Rosamund Pike on the list for “Gone Girl” was great
Yes you can talk about the Ledger's and the Bardem's, but is anyone gonna talk about Andy Serkis as Gollum? Seriously it's still one of the most accurate and spine chilling performances of all time!
thats for another list. top 10 underrated performances of the century.
Night crawler by Jake Gyllenhaal was criminally underrated. His character was a genuine psycho
Heath Ledger's Joker all the way.
Nah, both Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix as both Joker, all the way....
@@ajpat9620 Agree, both are equal and great potrayal in different way. But i talk about role on this list.
@@ajpat9620 ledger was better. It would make more sense to say that phoenix acted better in the master than ledger in dark Knight (tho I liked ledger more)
@@shauryaa5687 Everyone knows that Heath Ledger's performance of the Joker is iconic and legendary.
To be frank, Joaquin Phoenix was also great as the Joker and he made a unique interpretation of that movie. Same statement also applies to Jack Nicholson as the Joker.
The less being said on Jared Leto's horrible performance of the Joker, the better.
@@ajpat9620 ledgers joker felt much better to me than Phoenix's joker. Yes, Nicholson, ledger and phoenix all portrayed much different kinds of The Joker but in terms of acting I think ledger completely stood when compared to any other joker. The more playful, insane, intelligent joker. The kind of messy joker makeup with the brilliant detailing of the scars on his face actually looked better than Phoenix's clean and immaculate joker/clown makeup. You could feel the tension everytime he comes on the screen and yet you would keep waiting for him to show when he's not on the screen. The fact that despite being the supporting character in the movie, joker took the spotlight from the Batman (this speaks more about Nolan's writing of the joker character in the film in a way tho) is enough to make him the quintessential joker in any Batman film. I think phoenix in the master gave one of the GOAT acting performances just like ledger in Dark Knight and if phoenix has ledger beat in terms of acting, it would because of his role in the master rather than the one in Joker.
P.s I don't agree with ledger at no. 1 spot. Him and DDL's positions should be swapped imo but it's not that big a deal. Both deserve to be in the top 2.
Heath’s performance is not just the best of the century so far, it is one of the best performances of all time.
What about James mcavoy in Split?
His performance was great. Sadly its underrated.
@@johnlark9986 THANK YOU!
Definitely
We're gonna need a bigger list.
Yes! Incredible!
20.Adam Driver(Marriage Story),
19.Judi Dench(Skyfall),
18.Amy Adams(Arrival),
17.Phillip Seymour(the Master),
16.David Thewlis(An Inspector Calls),
15.Colin Firth(the King’s Speech),
14.Jake Gyllenhaal(Nightcrawler),
13.Javier Bardem(No Country For Old Men),
12.JK Simmons(Whiplash),
11.Meryl Streep(the Iron Lady),
10.Alan Rickman(Harry Potter),
9.Lupita Nyongo(Us),
8.Charlize Theron(Monster),
7.Viola Davis(Fences),
6.Christoph Waltz(Inglorious Basterds),
5.Rosamund Pike(Gone Girl),
4.Gary Oldman(Darkest Hour),
3.Heath Ledger(the Dark Knight),
2.Daniel Day Lewis(There Will Be Blood),
1.Joaquin Phoenix(Joker),
Great list even though some spots missing:
1) Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Bastards
2) Russel Crow in Gladiator
3) Hugh Jackman in Prisoners
4) Di caprio in Shutter Island (My favorite Di caprio performance, underrated)
5) Ian McKellen in Fellowship of the rings
6) Michael Fassbender in Shame
7) Michael Fassbender in Hunger
8) Daniel Bruhl in Rush as Niki Lauda
9) Del Toro in Traffic
10) Andrew Garfield in Social Network
Rdj as iron man
@Patrick Bateman Yes! I really thought he was going to be top 3 in this video.
Haven't seen Wolf of Wall Street but I thought DiCaprio's take as Howard Hughes was pretty damn good
I liked DiCaprio in aviator but I thought the movie overall was a bit boring
Nope. He was shitty in that movie
The wolf of wall street is the one movie everyone needs to see at least once in their lifetime
One of the best films real talk
Eoghan Whelan awsome movie I watched it when I was twelve on Hulu which wasn’t a smart decision but I was raised on reservoir dogs and goodfellas. It does sound wrong but I was very mature for twelve . I was twelve 7 years ago !
Casey Affleck for Manchester by the sea, Kate Winslet for eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Marillon Cotillard for La vie en rose and Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Basterds should be here imo. Otherwise the list is fine (though I think Day-Lewis in There will be blood is the best performance in this century)
Thank you for recognizing Toni Collett's performance! She was robbed by the Oscars. That dinner table scene was outstanding!
I feel like Leo should get an honorable mention for “Catch Me If You Can”, even though I couldn’t stand the character, that was the whole point, to love/hate him which he did astonishingly well.
hated him ? i was rooting for him lol
@@user-bd6hn ditto
Before watching the video I just knew Daniel Day Lewis was going to be on the list ❤️ watching his performance in There Will Be Blood inspired me to pursue acting. His truly an inspiration 😊
Ones you missed:
Michael Fassbender in Shame
Géza Röhrig in Son of Saul
Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Min-Sik Choi in Oldboy
Sean Penn in Mystic River
Saoirse Ronan in Atonement
Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others
Kevin Bacon in the Woodsman
Tony Leung in In the Mood for Love
And last but not least...
Tommy Wiseau in The Room
Big up to this list.
To be fair though Michel Fassbender and Tommy Wiseau were great in everything
@@majesticcheese2247 It's Michael. Michael Fassbender. And yes, he is.
terrible list laughable
saorise ronan in atonement shes in that movie for 15 minutes to compare that to all these great performances is disgusting sean penn mystic river? its not even the best performance in the movie
Simmons was incredible “Whiplash “. I think it was the best performance on the list.
Turd Ferguson bardem better
Phoenix and Hoffman in the master is the best duo I've seen ever
no
Rip Heath. U will be missed & treasured forever & ur legacy will forever live on.
OMG! THANK YOU SO MUCH Watchmojo, for including Toni Collette's in Hereditary! Her performance was mind blowing and so underrated. I'm really surprised that Meryl Streep's performance in the Iron Lady is not even on this list though.
The no:1 and 2 are interchangeable
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Mo'Nique - Precious
Meryl Streep - Doubt / The Iron Lady
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine / The Aviator
Forrest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Viola Davis - Doubt / The Help / Fences
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
decent list except for monique
Gary Oldman’s best performance wasn’t even Darkest Hour. He should have multiple oscars right now for Leon, Dracula, State of Grace, etc.
@@Jay23445 Dracula LMFAO
makaveli89cm I mean its better than anything Dicaprio has done
The last king of Scotland, Forrest's performance was a masterpiece
WatchMojo keeps recognizing Jake Gyllenhaal and I love it cause he's one of the best.
WatchMojo is a stupid channel. But yeah. Gyllenhaal is amazing.
Nightcrawler was Jake's Taxi Driver role, and don't forget his performance in Donnie Darko.
Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
Gladiator over A Beautiful Mind IMO
@@NP148 Definitely!
Agreed both are up there.
Glad and surprised to see Toni Colette on this list. She usually doesn’t get the recognition she deserves. Phenomenal performance in Hereditary for sure.
This list will remain invalid until Christoph Waltz is on it for HANS LANDA
I feel so validated that so many people are pissed that Christoph Waltz wasn't on this list. IMHO he should be #1. It invalidates the whole list! Yes, I've been in quarantine too long and am quite emotional. MOJO owes me and apology-LOL!!!
When I read caption century
Then I got
Heath ledger as joker
Day Lewis as there will be blood
These performances really stand out 👌
Rewatched The Dark Knight. Heath steals the performance and every scene he's in. I agree completely.
@@user-wx8mi1pd6g I've seen There Will be Blood. Not the Master.
@@user-wx8mi1pd6g in your opinion. The list proved otherwise and is the result of public opinion. Heath in this role > ddl.
@@user-wx8mi1pd6g I just said the list was of public opinion. Majority rules. Sorry you feel that way.
@@katra777 so its a popularity contest
Hard to just pick 20, but Christoph Waltz’s definitely was a snub. I was expecting to see him in the top 5. Daniel Day Lewis is my number one. Ledger’s Broke Back could have also been a top 5. Same with Joaquin’s The Master. I also would have liked to see Bradley Cooper’s Silver Lining performance at least as an honorable mention. So underrated. Same with Octavia Spencer’s performance in The Help. Adrian Brody in the Pianist. Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk. Nicole Kidman in Dogville. Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There.
Agreed, I loved silver linings playbook I think it is very underrated
Mo'Nique re-drew the boundaries of emotional upheaval with Precious. The "who was gonna love me?" scene is completely untouchable.
When I watched a previous WatchMojo video, I didn’t know she had no acting skills but she nailed it and deserved an award
Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood will always be my favorite!
Jake was AMAZING in Nightcrawler! Glad to see him on the list!
#1: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" (2008)
#2: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood" (2007)
#3: Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master" (2012)
#4: Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler" (2014)
#5: Toni Collette, "Hereditary" (2018)
#6: Javier Bardem, "No Country For Old Men" (2007)
#7: Charlize Theron, "Monster" (2003)
#8: Tom Hanks, "Cast Away" (2000)
#9: Natalie Portman, "Black Swan" (2010)
#10: Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf Of Wall Street" (2013)
#11: J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash" (2014)
#12: Jamie Foxx, "Ray" (2004)
#13: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote" (2005)
#14: Christian Bale, "American Psycho" (2000)
#15: Ellen Burstyn, "Requiem For A Dream" (2000)
#16: Halle Berry, "Monster's Ball" (2001)
#17: Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" (2017)
#18: Mahershala Ali, "Moonlight" (2016)
#19: Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl" (2014)
#20: Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network" (2010)
Cristoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds, Jack nicholson in the Departed, Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Fences, Casey Afflec in Manchester by the Sea, Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, Hillary Swank in Million Dollar Baby, Cate Blanchet in Blue Jasmine and Olivia Colman all definitly belong on this list!
Imagine not putting christoph waltz in this list
Thanks for including Toni Collette. But Hugh Jackman in Prisoners is always overlooked
Heath Ledger is extreme legend
Rest in peace
No Joker performance has ever come close to how phenomenal and perfect Ledger’s was
No Acting Performance I would say.
Exactly ! he is untouchable and he knew that !
@The ManHammerAR15 you need that punk
Joaquin Phoenix out does ledger in every single eay and there are far better performances overall than ledgers joker.
@The ManHammerAR15 ay man are you like 9 years old or something
Joaquin phoenix’s portrayal as someone with pseudobulbar disorder (uncontrollable laughter) in joker was some of the best acting of all time. I know he has been credited so much but somehow i still feel like he doesn’t get the praise he deserves. Maybe because of how mainstream the joker film got
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
Christopher Waltz - Inglorious Bastards
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Matthew McCounaghey - Dallas Buyers Club
Jake Gyleenhal - Nightcrawler
Christian Bale - American Psycho
Adrian Brody - The Pianist
JK Simmons - Whiplash
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sam Rockwell - Three Bilboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Toni Collette - Hereditary
The best performances in my opinion.
Great list would just add christoph waltz
@@aryankaushik93 But he's on the list.
@@JoaoGuilherme-or5cf for django
Daniel day lewis in there will be blood is my favorite peformance of all time (joaquin phoenix on the master, Robert paterson in the lighthouse and jim carrey in Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is also just as good)
Daniel Day Lewis is head and shoulders above those other performances.
@@herbertnelsonjr.9899 have u watched the lighthouse?
Dafoe stole the show in the lighthouse
herbert nelson While Day Lewis is IMO the greatest actor of all time, Joaquin is about on his level I’d have to say
@@herbertnelsonjr.9899 Heath deserves no 1. Do you know how hard it is to play the Joker?
Michael Shannon in “Take Shelter”
Michael Shannon in “Take Shelter”
Michael Shannon in “Take Shelter”
Yeah i for sure thought about it. i wouldn't say it is a lock tho. He is damn good in Revolutionary Road.
100%
Give it a couple years and loads of Michael Shannon roles will be popping up in these lists. The guy is insanely good
@@Harkness78 there ya go
@@tristanivanku5151 is right mate
Strangely I’ve only seen two of these performances (Castaway and the Dark Knight) but I have to say that both of them undoubtedly deserve to be on this list.
Castaway in particular was a film that made me cry. Over a ball. And I’ve only ever cried at two films so this is a testament to what an incredible performance was given here.
Also, even though I’ve not seen the particular performance you referred to, I’m very glad Joaquin Phoenix made it onto this list. His performances as the Joker in Joker and Commodus in Gladiator blew me away. I think Phoenix has to be one of my favourite actors of all time.
Mickey Rourke in the Wrestler is AT LEAST top5! In fact, easily one of the best ever...
Ther should have been Eddie Redmayne in The theory of everything
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine” or “Carol”. Marion Cotillard in “La Vie En Rose”????? Where are they?
Oh I was actually waiting for her. Cate Blanchett's not on the list? She's at the top of my list of best performance by an actress list. That's sad. You can't really trust Mojo making a list.
i really though marion would be no.1. Heath is a great pick though, cant believe Marion wasnt even on here though, but then its not a great list. Some great movies on here, but.. best of the last 2 decades..? No.
How in the hell is Denzel Washington's Training Day merely an honorable mention?!? That in itself is dishonorable
Watchmojo put his performance in undeserving oscar wins list, i'm confused
@@ambrosaur3646 it is typical of undeserving
@@ambrosaur3646 AND Sam Rockwell was the heart of Three Billboards. I understand McDormand won the award, but did we see the same movie??
@@ambrosaur3646 compare Malcom x and then say the same
Russell Crowe either both in Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind are top 10 performances of the century for me.
My list would be:
1.Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
& Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
2. Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
3. Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
4. Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
5. Cassey Affleck - Manchester By the Sea
6. Sean Penn - Mystic River
7. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
8. Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
9. Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
10. Adrien Brody - The Pianist
Honorable mentions:
Toni Collette - Hereditary
Gary Oldman - The Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington - Training Day
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Kate Winslet - The Reader
P.S. The list is an opinion and might change overtime 😊...
Thank you for putting Toni Collete for her performance in Hereditary! She deserved a nomination.
Gary oldman in darkest hour!!!
Gary Oldman in all of his movies
@@pollschranke2075 No, no, no. He doesn't have to be in movies to be the greatest. He just is.
honorble mention
Wow. You completely whiffed on Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin in "Last King of Scotland".
Jake Gyllenhaal finally gets appreciated for his work..
Your #1 was PERFECTLY chosen ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Joaquin phoenix as joker isn't on here is a terrible crime