Oscar Worthy Performances

- Sean Penn, Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
- Natalie Portman, Closer (2004)
- Matt Damon, The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
- Kathy Bates & Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt (2002)
- Robert Duvall, The Apostle (1997)
- Annette Bening, American Beauty (1999)
- Dustin Hoffman, Wag the Dog (1997)
- Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
- Sean Penn, Dead Man Walking (1995)
- Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Bruno Ganz, Der Untergang (2004)

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[iwbtssothy]

Leonardo DiCaprio - What's eating Gilbert Grape

[JWQuartana]

nice job

[sonotquiet]

@ILOVEMATTDAMON1439 yes. omg yes. amazing

[tenola86]

Good thinging all actors say they stay in the business for the reward of acting, rather then actual awards because there are so many great performances that go unoticed! Tragic.

[stigludwigsen]

wheres arnold??

[cinemapsycho91]

More Oscar-Worthy Performances: Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future (1985) Sean Penn in Casualties of War (1989) Michael Keaton in Batman (1989) Ray Liotta in Goodfellas (1990) Tim Roth in Reservoir Dogs (1992) Kevin Bacon in Digging to China (1997) Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon (1999) Guy Pearce in Memento (2000) Christian Bale in American Psycho (2000) Philip Seymour Hoffman in Love Liza (2002) Christian Bale in The Machinist (2004) Tom Hardy in Bronson (2008)

[tokiswartooths]

@MuginovT Its called oscar WORTHY performances not oscar WINING performances...

[MondoBeno]

How about Mickey Rourke in Animal Factory and The Rainmaker?

How about Chris Rock in New Jack City?

How about Morgan Freeman in Street Smart?

How about Rip Torn in Cross Creek?

[MuginovT]

@honggiangvogia well ok, in this case it's definetely Leonardo DiCaprio in Aviator; Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd; Cate Blanchett in I'm not there; Adrianna Barraza in Babel; Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean; Benicio Del Toro in 21 gramms; Russel Crowe in Beautiful Mind; Tom Hanks in Cast Away; Brad Pitt in Benjamin Button; Edward Norton in American History X; John Travolta in Pulp Fiction; Morgan Freeman in Shawshank Redemption, well actually there are a lot of oscar worsy roles

[honggiangvogia]

@MuginovT Most of the roles you mentioned above won an Oscar. This video is about the performances that "should have won" an Oscar but didn't.

[MuginovT]

awwww c'mon!!! where is Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump? Leo DiCaprio & Cate Blanchett in Aviator? Robert De Niro in Godfather 2? Marlon Brando in Godfather? Al Pacino in Scent of Woman? Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line? Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby? Russel Crowe in Gladiator? Kim Basinger in LA Confidential? Geoffrey Rush in Shine? Angelina Jolie in Interrupted Girl? Roberto Benigni in Vita è bella? Anthony Hpokins and Judi Dench in Silence of the lambs? Marion Cotillard in La môme? ETC!!