Top 10 Over The Top Acting Performances In Movies
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- Scene-stealing is an art! For this list, we’ll be looking at actors who pushed their performative talents to the absolute limit. These stars yelled, cried, and screamed their way into the scenery-chewing hall of fame. Our countdown includes Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Elizabeth Taylor and more! Did we forget about an especially bold acting role? Let us know in the comments below.
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You Forgot Eric Freeman in Silent Night Deadly Night 2
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter would be my top.
@@sharklord596 "Red car! Good point!"
(Nope, I'm not saying the line you want me to say. Sorry.)
If you want to see an actor take it to 11, check out Timothy Spall in VACUUMING COMPLETELY NUDE IN PARADISE. (Now available on Prime.)
@@coolnerdlll6053 That line is equally great
GARBAGE DAY!!!!!
Gary Oldman…. “Bring me EVERYONE”
Legend
A brilliant performance 🎉
Deniro’s performance in Cape Fear is grossly underrated.
That "everyone" line from Gary Oldman still gives me the chills
It was overplayed, because Luc Besson asked him to more and more doubles for that scene. Bad acting it's bad directing.
Same
It's always made me laugh.
A brilliant performance 🎉
Kathy Bates deserved better than an honorable mention. She ran the gauntlet of emotions in Misery and absolutely nailed every one. One of the all time best performances.
Well deserved Oscar!
Good list!! I was kind of hoping to see Alan Rickman as the sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves on it!!
I think my favorite over-the-top performance is Sam Rockwell in Green Mile. He didn't just chew the scenery, he unhinged his jaw and swallowed it like a python.
Absolutely!👏
Christian Bale should’ve been there for American Psycho
And every other movie he's in
He couldn’t be there. He was busy dealing with Paul Allen.
@@Hilz28 I actually think Bale can do understated performances too if he wants to. I think Big Short, Vice and Prestige are good examples of that. Public Enemies, Flowers of War and I'm not there are also movies where he is not playing bombastic roles even if they are not that impressive. I know the batman voice may be a bit silly but when he is just Bruce Wayne he is playng him like a normal guy. Not the biggest Bale fan but I do think he has versatility and can probably be included in the top 10 male actors of his age group (men between the ages 40-60).
Definitely!
“Why isn’t it possible?”
Watchmojo: “It’s just not”
“Why not, you stupid bastard?”
Malcolm McDowell in "A Clockwork Orange". Need I say more.
Imagine making as many movies as Nicholas Cage and having so many bad film, so many great films and many "ehhh"s in between?
The guys a legend.
Alan Rickman in Robin Hood!!
Al pacino and nick cage could have their own list.
Willem Dafoe would be right along with them
As well as Nicholson
Pacino and Cage should star together in a film
Yes!
Pacino only post 70s. 70s Pacino was a really method
Shelley Duvall's reaction to Jack Nicholson in The Shining is priceless
10- Dennis Hopper 0:35
9- Faye Dunaway 1:37
8- Peter Finch 2:53
7- Gary Oldman 3:55
6 - Elizabeth Taylor 4:59
5- Leonardo DiCaprio 6:02
4- Nicolas Cage 7:14
3- Daniel Day- Lewis 8:17
2- Jack Nicholson 9:21
Honorable Mentions 10:23
-Bruce Campbell
-Jim Carrey
-Kathy Bates
1- Al Pacino 11:36
Or we could just watch the whole thing, you seem to have a lot of time on your hands. Thank you for your pointless time :)
@@onlyme219 didnt take much time no problem
Thank you for this!
@@jamesdayton2598 no problem 👍
Hard to say only 10
I miss Heath Ledger's Joker, Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver, Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now and many many many others
Deniro and Sheen aren't over the top, they are almost dead pan
Robert De Niro was not over the top in Taxi Driver
Amazing performance
Tim Curry - absolutely should've made this list multiple times. Absolutely legendary performances.
He is amazing in anything
Pennywise.
Unpopular opinion but his Pennywise was SIGNIFICANTLY better than Skarsgards…
@@HughGenvoenni agreed.
It must have been incredibly hard to choose just one performance from each of those who did make the list. Tim Curry is a list unto himself.
I think Christoph Waltz's performance in Quentin Tarentino's Inglourious Basterds is one of the best performance I've watched, and in my opinion he deserved to be in this top 10.
It wasn't over the top. It was just very good acting
Absolutely one great performance 😊
I was waiting for Alan Rickman in Robin Hood, but it's still a great list
Often times I Love over the top acting. It depends on how big they get and the role. A great example is William Windom in Star Trek’s the Doomsday’s Machine. The best representation of panic, horror and shock I’ve ever seen
Honestly, who doesn't love a campy over the top performance every now and then? With actors going all in knowing exactly what kind of movie it is..
Daniel Day-Lewis is the best actor of all time hands down
Amazing actor. Gangs of NY my favorite
Greatest actor of all time. Even Phantom Thread is Day-Lewis's is his most subtle.
This list could literally just be all Nicolas Cage.
Heath Ledgers Joker??
Great list. A good actor knows how to be over the top and make it work.
4:55 one of best moments of cinema history
Actually Pacino's performance during the bank robbery scene in Dog Day Afternoon blows the Scarface scene out of the water. It's a combination of pathos, rage, insanity and unexpected tenderness that has rarely been equalled on screen.
Isabelle Adjani in Possession is the definition of insanely great over the top acting. Disappointing not to see her on this list
Love that performance as well as Sam Neil's. Couple years back my brother was like "dude I spent $40 bucks to find this film, you gotta watch it" and it's definitely one of my favorite artistic horror films. the dialogue and especially the performances blew me away
Yes!
Gee, you could have filled all ten of these spots - plus the honourable mentions - with Nic Cage.
That would be too much for him only but a list about him and Pacino, maybe.
I was happy to see Blue Velvet included; Hopper's role in Apocalypse Now was also over the top, but a minor role. A couple of other comedic ones might be Bill Murray in Caddyshack and Carol Burnett in Annie.
Pabst BLUE RIBBON!!!
@@HughGenvoenni This well dressed f***in' man is about to kill you!
It's just Nicolas Cage being Nicolas Cage
Maybe it's because he's real name Nicolas Coppola?
Toni in hereditary. So underrate still
Thats not over the top, just simply great acting
Oh wow! That’s very top notch!
👏👏👏 one of the best tops I've ever seen
I did NOT see Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf!
That's not over the top lol
Peter Finch was incredible in Network. It's over the top but amazing. Just a shame he didn't live long enough to collect his well deserved Oscar.
Does it matter ?
Willem Dafoe in Boondock Saints came to mind
Amazing video of the most over the top actors in movies,fantastic job watch mojo.
There's no surprise that Nicholas Cage is on this list.
What can we do?🤷♂️ He's Fransis Ford Coppola nephew🤦♂️
Andy Serkis as Gollum is very underated because of the cgi character. He should be on the list.
Number one is my favorite and iconic actor absolutely especially him on Scarface
Elizabeth Taylor is Who’s afraid of Virginia Wolf is breathtaking
Everyone!!! Love it!
It was Garry Oldman’s over top performance that made Leon such a great movie !
Nic Cage never casted in any Batman film makes me sad...
There will never be another performance like DDL's in There Will Be Blood.
Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.
Terrence Stamp in Superman II.
Raul Julia in Street Fighter.
Pacino in Scent of a Woman. “I’m in the dark here!!!”
7:02 always reminds me of him in What's Eating Gilbert Grape
I did enjoy this video 📸
Gary Oldman has so many great performances but it was after watching him in Leon: The Professional where I really said, "Damn, I love this guy!".
All I can think of is Adam Driver when I see that scene...lmbo
Leo is great in Wolf of Wallstreet, but as the protagonist and having several scenes that ground his character and make him sympathetic, I think he should have been below Dennis Hopper and Gary Oldman.
Al Pacino and Gary Oldman blow me away every time.
John Malkovich in Burn After Reading was wild.
Is this Osbourne Cox?
good video
Anything that Klaus Kinski has ever done. I guess if he just said "Good morning" he would have been on high voltage and more over-the-top than anybody else.
Surprised Heath Ledgers Joker wasn’t here. As well as Jack Black in Nacho Libre
You put Jack Black along with Heath Ledgers performance? Jack was no where near legendary in that role
@@phishstx8328 I agree. Doesn’t change the fact it’s an over the top performance. Heath should’ve been top 3. While Jack could’ve been an honorable mention.
Gary Oldmans performances are usually legendary
I don’t see Tommy wiseau in the room
Many of these may be over the top.. but they were awesome movies. I mean.. Nicholas Cage thinking he's a vampire? That film is hilarious. (Vampire's Kiss). When Cage goes through the alphabet, hahaha! Also, REAL glad to see Army of Darkness as an honorable mention. That movie is a classic.
Leonardo DiCaprio is simply perfect in everything he does! Legendary actor! ❤
8:16
WHAT?!
If anyone is over the top in that movie, it sure as hell isn’t Daniel Day-Lewis! It’s Paul Dano, shrieking his lungs out and mangling his vocal cords during the church scenes!
Both of them are brilliant, but Dano is the winner in the over the top category. Over the stratosphere.
Yep! Paul Dano stole that movie imo, I hated him so much that I loved him.
@@rockywaters9592
I could not agree more!
Gary Oldman is just amazing.
Tom Hardy, Klaus Kinski, Charles Laughton, Bette Davis, Bruce Dern, Charlton Heston, Anthony Hopkins, Shelley Winters.
All Charter Members of the OTT Hall of Fame.
James Cagney in White Heat should be there . Iconic
Paul Dano was more ott in TWBB than Daniel Day Lewis, his performance was insane.
My favorite movie quotes are "It reminds me of Beethoven" and "EVERYONE!"
Man, Nicholas cage, Al Pacino and Kathy bates impressed as hell. Not to mention Jackie Nicholson with the shinning. which i only rewatch some scenes, not the whole movie.
Can't believe he forgot The Joker from the Dark Knight 😅
#11. Pee Wee Herman Death Scene in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". LOL. (smile)
Bravo! Al Pacino number one...
Jim Carrey as
The Grinch and Doctor Robotnik/Eggman
Two of my favorite over-the-top performances from him
And Flecther Reed in Liar, Liar, Cable Guy, The Riddler...
Daniel Day-Lewis scares the living s$%t out of me!! But Gary Oldman😍....ahhh, I fell in love with him when Bram Stoker's Dracula came out - he's fantastic! 🥰
Whom do you think is a better actor - Lewis or Oldman?
@@akshaybijuvinayak5561 Gary Oldman for sure. He can play ANY role that he's given.
And Daniel Day-Lewis not? For sure he can, one of the greatest actors of all time, imo.👏
@@Bundy72 Yes, Daniel is an exceptional actor also, I think once I seen him in Gangs of New York his character Bill, just stuck with me because it seemed like he truly was Bill - vicious & cold. That character is what scared me- so Daniel played that character so remarkably for me to actually be like "Wow, he's terrifying" is truly a compliment - I'm a huge horror fan & no character from ANY horror flick ever "stuck" with me like Bill from Gangs of New York. So yes, he is a fantastic actor, but Oldman is it for me.👍🏻😊
@@jodiebusson6133 No problem Jodie, we all have our favorites, right?😊👍
You forgot Heath Ledger as the Joker, Brad Pitt as Mickey in Snatch, Johnny Depp as Cpt. Jack Sparrow in Pirates series (mostly the first one though), John Leguizamo as Clown in Spawn, Ben Stiller in Zoolander, Tom Cruise and Robert Downy Jr in Tropic Thunder..
..........and DENZEL
NOPE! I don't know if I agree with most of these. In my mind, over-the-top would be excessive, outrageous, or so extreme to the point that it is unwatchable. Over-the-top isn't used to describe something good or excellent. It is something that could have been great but they took it way too far and made it awful. Though that may be subjective to a point; however, I don't think so in this case. Though a few of these selections may apply in that regard, most of them don't. I feel there are some top-notch performances here that should be celebrated and not tarnished by calling them over-the-top. Gary Oldman's performance in The Professional was masterful! Al Pacino as Tony Montana was some of the best acting I have ever seen. Jack Nicholson in The Shining was brilliant! (See what I did there?) Peter Finch was absolutely amazing! Danial Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our time. Mommie Dearest and Vampire's Kiss... YES! DEFINITELY! However, this list is way off base.
Thumbnail be like: *"You don't say?"*
Nicolas, Gary, Jack, Bruce and Kathy
If you like Peter Finch you should check out 'Jam for World in Action ' featuring Howard Beele....it's just the perfect music for the monologue.
End where is Christopher Walken?
Tommy Lee Jones?
1. DiCaprio in "The Wolf of Wall Street" merely picks up where Michael Douglas left off as Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street" and expands the character to its logical consequence; it wasn't a difficult template to follow...2. Daniel Day-Lewis is a Shakespearean actor on loan from the 16th Century... KDM
I watched Léon the Professional tonight, there were parts of it that were disgusting but the acting was 100% on point. Oldman was flawless even though he was loud and obnoxious
Anticlimatic
@@lexkanyima2195 yeah I really wanted to like it, the acting was good but besides that i didn't really like it, it was kinda disgusting
John Hurt in V for Vendetta.
Jim Carey in The Mask, Steve Martin in The Jerk, Heath Ledger as Joker in The Dark Knight.
Jack Nicholson deserved the #1 spot.
Could you imagine a movie with Gary Oldman, Nicholas Cage, and Daniel Day-Lewis?
It would be insane and perfect.
De Niro performance in awakening is world class..... Yet underrated
Dennis Hopper in Speed. Jack Nicholson in Batman( 1989). Tim Curry in It or Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy and Steve Carell as Brick from The Anchorman movies. Best Over-the-top Acting Ever. 👨🏿💻
It's comedy. That doesn't count
@@franklingoodwin You do know The Wolf of Wall Street was a Comedy right?
@@user-em6ie2be7x It wasn't a comedy. Was it funny at times, yes. It's still a drama though
@@franklingoodwin Look Up the Golden Globe Leo won for The Wolf of Wall Street the category was for Best in a Musical or Comedy.
Tom Cruise in Magnolia
Ed Harris in Knightriders
Kevin Kline in Sophie's Choice
Dwight Yoakum in Slingblade
Robert DeNiro in The Untouchables
Pacino in Heat.
I just think there should be alist of actors' and actresses' best acting performances. So many of them were missing here!
I’ve never seen blue velvet, is it worth a watch?
If depends on what you think of David Lynch. Like much of Lynch's work it's simultaneously mesmerizing and cringe at the same time. I remember seeing it when it came out and people hotly debating with each other while leaving the movie theatre. The best succinct description I have heard of the movie is "brilliantly disturbing". If you're squeamish you may have problems. If you're a more adventurous film type it takes you on a ride. The one thing almost everyone agrees on is the entire cast is top notch and it's brilliantly acted. Isabella Rosellini is astonishingly good and Dennis Hopper is dangerous and terrifying. Like in any scene you are totally unsure what he will actually do. Another thing that is sure if you see it you will never think of the title song in the same way again. Lynch would explore many of the same motifs from this movie in his Twin Peaks TV series. I personally consider it one of the top 10 films of the 1980s and an American masterpiece. But some noted film critics, such as Gene Siskel, hated it on release and never changed their view of it.
Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood. Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman
Completely missed Joaquin Phoenix in Joker.
Let's not forget about Jeff Bridges on Arlington Road.
What about Andrew Robinson (Scorpio)?👏
Forgot Christian Bale, American Psycho. Al Pacino could have had an honorable mention in the Devil’s Advocate.
Heath Ledger/Joker: Am I a joke to you?
Jeremy Irons in Dungeons and Dragons and John Travolta in Battlefield Earth.