btop's List of 2007's Top Performances

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): 

  1. Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood (2007/08)"
  2. Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
  3. Ulrich Mühe in "The Lives of Others (2006/07)"
  4. Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose (2007)" 
  5. Anamaria Marinca in "4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (2007)"
  6. Benicio Del Toro in "Things Lost in the Fire (2007)" 
  7. Tang Wei in "Lust, Caution (2007)"
  8. Carice van Houten in "Black Book (2006/07)" 
  9. Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men (2007)"
  10. Stephen Graham in "This is England (2006/07)"
  11. Gordon Pinsent in "Away from Her (2006/07)"
  12. Laura Linney in "The Savages (2007)" 
  13. Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises (2007)" 
  14. Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone (2007)"  
  15. Ashley Judd in "Bug (2006/07)" 
  16. Helena Bonham Carter in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)"
  17. Charlize Theron in "In the Valley of Elah (2007)" 
  18. Brad Pitt in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
  19. Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)"
  20. Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Savages (2007)"
  21. Casey Affleck in "Gone Baby Gone (2007)"
  22. Sam Rockwell in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
  23. Ashraf Barhom in "The Kingdom (2007)"
  24. Jodie Foster in "The Brave One (2007)" 
  25. Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There (2007)"
  26. Ed Harris in "Gone Baby Gone (2007)" 
  27. Ryan Gosling in "Lars and the Real Girl (2007)"  
  28. Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton (2007)"
  29. James McAvoy in "Atonement (2007)" 
  30. George Clooney in "Michael Clayton (2007)"   
  31. Marketa Irglova in "Once (2006/07)" 
  32. Christian Bale in "3:10 to Yuma (2007)" 
  33. Keri Russell in "Waitress (2007)" 
  34. Ellen Page in "Juno (2007)"  
  35. Armin Mueller-Stahl in "Eastern Promises (2007)"  
  36. Paul Schneider in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
  37. Vincent Cassel in "Eastern Promises (2007)" 
  38. Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah (2007)"
  39. Albert Finney in "Amazing Grace (2006/07)"
  40. Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild (2007)"
  41. Tony Leung in "Lust, Caution (2007)" 
  42. Steve Carell in "Dan in Real Life (2007)"
  43. Ben Foster in "3:10 to Yuma (2007)" 
  44. Emile Hirsch in "Into the Wild (2007)"
  45. Christian Bale in "Rescue Dawn (2006/07)"
  46. Russel Crowe in "3:10 to Yuma (2007)"
  47. Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton (2007)"
  48. Angelina Jolie in "A Might Heart (2007)" 
  49. Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)"
  50. Tommy Lee Jones in "No Country for Old Men (2007)"
  51. Naomi Watts in "The Painted Veil (2006/07)" 
  52. Josh Brolin in "No Country for Old Men (2007)"
  53. Mathieu Amalric in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)"
  54. Ioan Gruffudd in "Amazing Grace (2006/07)"  
  55. Catherine Keener in "Into the Wild (2007)"  
  56. Emily Mortimer in "Lars and the Real Girl (2007)" 
  57. Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)"
  58. Steve Zahn in "Rescue Dawn (2006/07)" 
  59. Romola Golai in "Atonement (2007)"
  60. Glen Hansard in "Once (2006/07)"
  61. Joseph Gilgun in "This is England (2006/07)" 
  62. Sarah Michelle Gellar in "The Air I Breathe (2007/08)"
  63. Sam Shepherd in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
  64. Halle Berry in "Things Lost in the Fire (2007)"
  65. Martina Gedeck in "The Lives of Others (2006/07)"
  66. Vanessa Redgrave in "Atonement (2007)"
  67. Max von Sydow in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)"
  68. Thomas Turgoose in "This is England (2006/07)"
  69. Marie Josee-Crose in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)"  
  70. Andy Griffith in "Waitress (2007)"
  71. Naomi Watts in "Eastern Promises (2007)"
  72. Kevin Costner in "Mr. Brooks (2007)"  
  73. Gbenga Akinnagbe in "The Savages (2007)"
  74. Cillian Murphy in "Sunshine (2007)" 
  75. Edward Norton in "The Painted Veil (2006/07)"
  76. Mark Ruffalo in "Zodiac (2007)"  
  77. Will Smith in "I Am Legend (2007)" 
  78. Robert Downey Jr. in "Zodiac (2007)" 
  79. Denzel Washington in "American Gangster (2007)"
  80. Adam Sandler in "Reign Over Me (2007)" 
  81. Paul Dano in "There Will Be Blood (2007/08)"
  82. Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War (2007)"
  83. Sebastian Koch in "The Lives of Others (2006/07)"
  84. Hilary Swank in "Freedom Writers (2007)" 
  85. Jeremy Renner in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
  86. Brian Dierker in "Into the Wild (2007)"
  87. Alison Elliot in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)"
  88. Adrienne Shelly in "Waitress (2007)"
  89. Janeane Garofalo in "Ratatouille (2007)"
  90. April L. Hernandez in "Freedom Writers (2007)"
  91. Juliette Binoche in "Dan in Real Life (2007)"   
  92. Morgan Freeman in "The Bucket List (2007)
  93. Forest Whitaker in "The Air I Breathe (2007/08)" 
  94. Vincent Regan in "300 (2006/07)"
  95. Jake Gyllenhaal in "Zodiac (2007)"    
  96. William Hurt in "Mr. Brooks (2007)"
  97. Jack Nicholson in "The Bucket List (2007)"
  98. Russell Crowe in "American Gangster (2007)" 
  99. Tom Hanks in "Charlie Wilson's War" 
  100. Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement (2007)"  
  101. Kelly Macdonald in "No Country for Old Men (2007)"
  102. Morgan Freeman in "Gone Baby Gone (2007)" 
  103. Geoffrey Rush in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)"  
  104. Kevin Bacon in "The Air I Breathe (2007/08)"  
  105. Don Cheadle in "Reign Over Me (2007)" 
  106. Amy Adams in "Charlie Wilson's War (2007)" 
  107. Claire Danes in "Stardust (2007)" 
  108. Ethan Hawke in "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)"
  109. Brendan Fraser in "The Air I Breathe (2007/08)"  
  110. Andy Garcia in "The Air I Breathe (2007/08)" 
  111. Marisa Tomei in "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)"
  112. Jeremy Davies in "Rescue Dawn (2006/07)"

***Please forgive me as I have still not seen Talk to Me, Sweeney Todd, A Mighty Heart, Control, American Gangster, etc, so please don't be mad at me for missing someone on the list. :(