Top 10 shocking acting performances in film?

[pocketrockets]

For me it's them: This is NOT a favorite actor thread but favorite performance.

Jack Nicholson in The Shining
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Danny DeVito in Batman Returns
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
Al Pacino in Scarface
Marlon Brando in the Godfather
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver
Edward Norton in Primal Fear, his debut
Johnny Depp in Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas

 

[packer2012]

Wouldn't Rain Man need to be strongly considered?

P.S. Sometimes I wonder if Brando was just an overhyped shitbag?

 

[ANOTHERDAY]

Cage in Leaving Las Vegas....

 

[pocketrockets]

Cage in Leaving Las Vegas....

awesome flick

 

[LoCalDallasGuy]

I liked Norton in American History X.

 

[CHOPTALK]

Jk in whiplash

 

[GoSooners]

Jk in whiplash

Simmons definitely gets my vote for recent films. I also thought Val Kilmer was absolutely brilliant in two different films, playing Jim Morrison in The Doors and Doc Holiday in Tombstone.

 

[pocketrockets]

Totally forgot about Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds as Coronet SS Hans Landa