These are in my opinion the strongest performances of the year. For your consideration, check these movies out if you want to see quality acting. Might I add that this list only has a couple dozen performances out of some 1000's in 2007. I found these to be the most impressive, but if you disagree with me, don't be angry.
Top Performances of 2007 List (those that stand out):
- Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood (2007/08)"
- Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
- Ulrich Mühe in "The Lives of Others (2006/07)"
- Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose (2007)"
- Anamaria Marinca in "4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (2007)"
- Benicio Del Toro in "Things Lost in the Fire (2007)"
- Tang Wei in "Lust, Caution (2007)"
- Carice van Houten in "Black Book (2006/07)"
- Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men (2007)"
- Stephen Graham in "This is England (2006/07)"
- Gordon Pinsent in "Away from Her (2006/07)"
- Laura Linney in "The Savages (2007)"
- Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises (2007)"
- Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone (2007)"
- Ashley Judd in "Bug (2006/07)"
- Helena Bonham Carter in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)"
- Charlize Theron in "In the Valley of Elah (2007)"
- Brad Pitt in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)"
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Savages (2007)"
- Casey Affleck in "Gone Baby Gone (2007)"
- Sam Rockwell in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
- Ashraf Barhom in "The Kingdom (2007)"
- Jodie Foster in "The Brave One (2007)"
- Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There (2007)"
- Ed Harris in "Gone Baby Gone (2007)"
- Ryan Gosling in "Lars and the Real Girl (2007)"
- Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton (2007)"
- James McAvoy in "Atonement (2007)"
- George Clooney in "Michael Clayton (2007)"
- Marketa Irglova in "Once (2006/07)"
- Christian Bale in "3:10 to Yuma (2007)"
- Keri Russell in "Waitress (2007)"
- Ellen Page in "Juno (2007)"
- Armin Mueller-Stahl in "Eastern Promises (2007)"
- Paul Schneider in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
- Vincent Cassel in "Eastern Promises (2007)"
- Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah (2007)"
- Albert Finney in "Amazing Grace (2006/07)"
- Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild (2007)"
- Tony Leung in "Lust, Caution (2007)"
- Steve Carell in "Dan in Real Life (2007)"
- Ben Foster in "3:10 to Yuma (2007)"
- Emile Hirsch in "Into the Wild (2007)"
- Christian Bale in "Rescue Dawn (2006/07)"
- Russel Crowe in "3:10 to Yuma (2007)"
- Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton (2007)"
- Angelina Jolie in "A Might Heart (2007)"
- Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)"
- Tommy Lee Jones in "No Country for Old Men (2007)"
- Naomi Watts in "The Painted Veil (2006/07)"
- Josh Brolin in "No Country for Old Men (2007)"
- Mathieu Amalric in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)"
- Ioan Gruffudd in "Amazing Grace (2006/07)"
- Catherine Keener in "Into the Wild (2007)"
- Emily Mortimer in "Lars and the Real Girl (2007)"
- Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)"
- Steve Zahn in "Rescue Dawn (2006/07)"
- Romola Golai in "Atonement (2007)"
- Glen Hansard in "Once (2006/07)"
- Joseph Gilgun in "This is England (2006/07)"
- Sarah Michelle Gellar in "The Air I Breathe (2007/08)"
- Sam Shepherd in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
- Halle Berry in "Things Lost in the Fire (2007)"
- Martina Gedeck in "The Lives of Others (2006/07)"
- Vanessa Redgrave in "Atonement (2007)"
- Max von Sydow in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)"
- Thomas Turgoose in "This is England (2006/07)"
- Marie Josee-Crose in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)"
- Andy Griffith in "Waitress (2007)"
- Naomi Watts in "Eastern Promises (2007)"
- Kevin Costner in "Mr. Brooks (2007)"
- Gbenga Akinnagbe in "The Savages (2007)"
- Cillian Murphy in "Sunshine (2007)"
- Edward Norton in "The Painted Veil (2006/07)"
- Mark Ruffalo in "Zodiac (2007)"
- Will Smith in "I Am Legend (2007)"
- Robert Downey Jr. in "Zodiac (2007)"
- Denzel Washington in "American Gangster (2007)"
- Adam Sandler in "Reign Over Me (2007)"
- Paul Dano in "There Will Be Blood (2007/08)"
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War (2007)"
- Sebastian Koch in "The Lives of Others (2006/07)"
- Hilary Swank in "Freedom Writers (2007)"
- Jeremy Renner in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
- Brian Dierker in "Into the Wild (2007)"
- Alison Elliot in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
- Adrienne Shelly in "Waitress (2007)"
- Janeane Garofalo in "Ratatouille (2007)"
- April L. Hernandez in "Freedom Writers (2007)"
- Juliette Binoche in "Dan in Real Life (2007)"
- Morgan Freeman in "The Bucket List (2007)
- Forest Whitaker in "The Air I Breathe (2007/08)"
- Vincent Regan in "300 (2006/07)"
- Jake Gyllenhaal in "Zodiac (2007)"
- William Hurt in "Mr. Brooks (2007)"
- Jack Nicholson in "The Bucket List (2007)"
- Russell Crowe in "American Gangster (2007)"
- Tom Hanks in "Charlie Wilson's War"
- Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement (2007)"
- Kelly Macdonald in "No Country for Old Men (2007)"
- Morgan Freeman in "Gone Baby Gone (2007)"
- Geoffrey Rush in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)"
- Kevin Bacon in "The Air I Breathe (2007/08)"
- Don Cheadle in "Reign Over Me (2007)"
- Amy Adams in "Charlie Wilson's War (2007)"
- Claire Danes in "Stardust (2007)"
- Ethan Hawke in "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)"
- Brendan Fraser in "The Air I Breathe (2007/08)"
- Andy Garcia in "The Air I Breathe (2007/08)"
- Marisa Tomei in "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)"
- Jeremy Davies in "Rescue Dawn (2006/07)"