Triumphs in Performance and Character on Film

Submitted by Zacharyyy on Thu, 12/09/2010 - 18:42
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  • Ensembles!

  • 01. Faces (John Cassavetes). 1966:
  • John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassell, Fred Draper, Gena Rowlands, etc.
  • 02. Abigail's Party (Mike Leigh). 1977:
  • Alison Steadman, Tim Stern, Janine Duvitski, John Salthouse, Harriet Reynolds.
  • 03. It's A Wonderful Life (Frank Capra). 1946:
  • James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, etc.
  • 04. Something Wild (Jack Garfein). 1960:
  • Caroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock, etc.
  • 05. Late Autumn (Yasujiro Ozu). 1960:
  • Setsuko Hara, Yoko Tsukasa, Miyuki Kuwano, Shinichiro Mikami, etc.
  • 06. Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky). 1966:
  • Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev, Irma Raush, Nikolay Burlyawv, etc.
  • 07. The Earrings Of Madame De... (Max Ophüls). 1953:
  • Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, etc.
  • 08. Dogville (Lars Von Trier). 2003:
  • Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Tom Bettany, John Hurt, etc.
  • 09. Marriage Italian Style (Vittorio De Sica). 1964:
  • Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano, etc.
  • 10. Black Narcissus (Powell & Pressburger). 1947:
  • Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird, Judith Furse, Sabu, etc.
  • 11. Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci). 1972:
  • Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Leaud, etc.

  • Actress!

  • 01. Renee Maria Falconetti. Passion of Joan Of Arc (Carl Theodore Dreyer). 1928.
  • 02. Gena Rowlands. A Woman Under The Influence (John Cassavetes). 1974.
  • 03. Gloria Swanson. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder). 1950.
  • 04. Setsuko Hara. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu). 1953.
  • 05. Brigitte Mira. Angst Essen Seele Auf (Rainer Werner Fassbinder). 1974.
  • 06. Claire Bloom. Limelight (Charlie Chaplin). 1952.
  • 07. Isuzu Yamada. Throne Of Blood (Akira Kurosawa). 1957.
  • 08. Holly Woodlawn. Trash (Paul Morrissey). 1970.
  • 09. Laura Dern. INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch). 2007.
  • Janet Gaynor. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F W Murnau). 1927.
  • Ann Carter. Curse of the Cat People (Gunther Fritsch/Robert Wise/Val Lewton). 1944.
  • Rita Hayworth. Gilda (Charles Vidor). 1946.
  • Gloria Grahame. In A Lonely Place (Nicolas Ray). 1950.
  • Shelley Winters. A Place In The Sun (George Stevens). 1951.
  • Jane Wyman. All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk). 1955.
  • Marilyn Clark. Murder For Credit (John Cassavetes). 1959.
  • Monica Vitti. Red Desert (Michleangelo Antonioni). 1964.
  • Elizabeth Taylor. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols). 1966.
  • Toni Basil. Breakaway (Bruce Conner). 1966.
  • Mirella Freni. La Boheme (Franco Zeffirelli). 1967.
  • Ewa Fröling. Fanny & Alexander (Ingmar Bergman). 1982.
  • Katie Firth. Honey (David Ball). 1999.
  • Laura Flanegan. Honey (David Ball). 1999.
  • Bjork. Dancer In The Dark (Lars Von Trier). 2000.
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg. Antichrist (Lars Von Trier). 2009.
  • Kirsten Dunst. Melancholia (Lars Von Trier). 2011.

  • Actor!

  • 01. John Cassavetes. Mikey & Nicky (Elaine May). 1976.
  • 02. Peter O'Toole. The Ruling Class (Peter Medak). 1972.
  • 03. Bas Jan Ader. I'm Too Sad To Tell You (Bas Jan Ader). 1971.
  • 04. Toshiro Mifune. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa). 1954.
  • 05. Charlie Chaplin. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin). 1931.
  • 06. Peter Lorre. M (Fritz Lang). 1931.
  • 07. Joe Dallesandro. Flesh (Paul Morrissey). 1968.
  • 08. James Dean. Rebel Without A Cause (Nicholas Ray). 1955.
  • Buster Keaton. Steamboat Bill Jr (Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner). 1928.
  • Boris Karloff. The Mummy (Karl Freund). 1932.
  • Bela Lugosi. The Black Cat (Edgar G Ulmer). 1934.
  • Fred Astaire. Swing Time (Hermes Pan/Fred Astaire/George Stevens). 1936.
  • Chishu Ryu. Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu). 1949.
  • Humphrey Bogart. In A Lonely Place (Nicolas Ray). 1950.
  • Gene Kelly. An American In Paris (Vincente Minelli). 1951.
  • Charlie Chaplin. Limelight (Charlie Chaplin). 1952.
  • Gene Kelly. Singin' In the Rain (Stanley Donen). 1952.
  • Burt Lancaster. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti). 1963.
  • Peter Falk. Mikey & Nicky (Elaine May). 1976.
  • Matthew Barney. Cremaster Cycle (Matthew Barney). 1994-2002.

  • Voice-acting

  • Ensemble (english dub). Samurai Pizza Cats (Tim Reid, Kunitoshi Okajima). 1991.
  • Ensemble. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki). 1997.
  • Mary Kay Bergman. South Park (Trey Parker, Matt Stone). 1997-9.
  • Ensemble (english dub). Cromartie High School (Hiroaki Sakurai, Steven Foster). 2004.
  • Lori Alan. Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater/Subsistence (Hideo Kojima). 2004.

  • Filmed plays

  • Burgess Meredith. Waiting For Godot (Alan Schneider). 1961.
  • Joanna Gleeson. Into The Woods (James Lapine). 1991.
  • Sarah Connolly. Dido & Aeneas (Wayne McGregor/Christopher Hogwood). 2009.
  • Bryn Terfel. Das Rheingold/Die Walkuere (Robert LePage/James Levine). 2010-1.
  • Jay Hunter Morris. Siegfried/Gotterdammerung (Robert LePage/James Levine). 2011-2.
Author Comments: 

Partially ranked and ordered, and then chronological order. Including videogames in the voiceacting segment just to make it less empty.
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EMOTIONS...

For ENSEMBLE, I guess you could call that a TRIUMPH IN CASTING FOR FILM too! Heh.

There are some movies with two people given nods on this list but not in the ensemble thing because I felt like two or maybe even three people would be okay to list individually when I don't feel strongly about the rest of the cast.