Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Performances of All Time

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Premiere Magazine (in its April 2006 issue), in an article written by numerous authors, published a list of the 100 Greatest (Movie) Performances of All-Time, to celebrate the best movie performances in film history. The defining performances were excerpted and abbreviated from the article.

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The authors described the movie performances: "They made us laugh, they made us cry....We love great movies the most - we feel the most electric connection to them - when the actors look out from that big screen, and hook into us. They make us believe that they're the people they're playing and that we, as viewers, have a genuine stake in what's coming next."

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    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    The Jerk

    1979, in 6 top lists Check
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    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
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    Sexy Beast

    2000, in 8 top lists Check
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    Born Yesterday

    1950, in 10 top lists Check
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    What's Love Got to Do with It

    1993, in 1 top list Check
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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
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    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
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    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
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    Klute

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
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    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
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    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
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    Frances

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Grifters

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
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    Boys Don't Cry

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
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    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
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    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
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    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the...

    2003, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 78 new

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
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    Street Smart

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
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    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
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    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
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    Blazing Saddles

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
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    Saturday Night Fever

    1977, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 72 new

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
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    Silkwood

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
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    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
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    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
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    Inherit the Wind

    1960, in 4 top lists Check
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    Broadcast News

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
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    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
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    The Hustler

    1961, in 15 top lists Check
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    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
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    Sid and Nancy

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
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    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
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    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
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    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
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    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
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    Pelle erobreren

    1987 — a.k.a. Pelle the Conqueror, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Accused

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
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    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
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    Gangs of New York

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Remains of the Day

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
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Last updated on Apr 6, 2018 by beasterne; source