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Best Performances that Didn't Win an Oscar

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Rated 0 points - posted 13 years ago by BradHemphill in category Movies.

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Grace Kelly in Rear Window

88 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits

55 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Courtney Love in "The People vs larry Flint"

She might be a train wreck in real life, but she did a pretty good job in this film and was snubbed by Hollywood.

49 points - added 8 years ago by redbarron80 -

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Paul Newman in The Sting

40 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

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James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause

37 points - added 11 years ago by guest -

6.

Anthony Perkins in Psycho

36 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill - 1 comment

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Norman Bates is, and will always be, one of the greatest movie villains of all time. I will never understanding why this truly remarkable performance failed to even get nominated.

Added 11 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men

29 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Toshiro Mifune in Throne of Blood

27 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

9.

Tony Curtis in Some Like it Hot

27 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

10.

Steve Martin

As Roger Cobb in All of Me, Martin gives one of the greatest physical performances ever caught on film.

27 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Geraldine Page in Interiors

26 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

12.

Bill Murray in Groundhog Day

21 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Robert Shaw

Quint in Jaws is one of the great characters of the 1970's.

21 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Glenn Ford in Blackboard Jungle

20 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Gene Hackman in The Conversation

19 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

16.

Mieko Harada

In Ran, Harada is a force playing the evil Lady Kaede.

18 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

17.

Sean Astin

Samwise was the heart of The Lord of the Rings, and Astin was brilliant.

18 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

18.

Jeff Bridges

His roles as the Dude, and as the radio host in Fisher King are miles ahead of his winning performance in Crazy Heart.

16 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Sidney Poitier from In the Heat of the Night

14 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

20.

Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet

13 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

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Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby

13 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

22.

Alan Rickman in Die Hard

4 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Eric Roberts in Star 80

4 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

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Holly Hunter in Raising Arizona

3 points - added 13 years ago by BradHemphill -

25.

Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant

2 points - added 10 years ago by guest -

26.

Roy Scheider in All That Jazz

1 point - added 10 years ago by guest -

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Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest

1 point - added 10 years ago by guest -