Tom Hanks Philadelphia Interview

May 23, 2012 | Author admin

Top twenty performances of the ’90s?

I’m going mostly off-the-top-of-my-head here:

Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas
Tom Hanks, Philadelphia
Edward Norton, American History X
River Phoenix, My Own Private Idaho
David Thewlis, Naked
Kathy Bates, Misery
Lara Belmont, The War Zone
Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas
Emma Thompson, Howards End
Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves
Tom Cruise, Magnolia
Leonardo DiCaprio, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Ralph Fiennes, Schindler’s List
Martin Landau, Ed Wood
Jude Law, Gattaca
Helena Bonham Carter, Howards End
Kirsten Dunst, Interview with the Vampire
Julianne Moore, Boogie Nights
Samantha Morton, Sweet and Lowdown
Kate Winslet, Hamlet

I agree with a good bit of your list. And this was much more difficult than I thought it would be. I was completely blanking.

Edward Norton – Primal Fear
Ralph Fiennes – Schindler’s List
Kenneth Branagh – Hamlet
Kevin Spacey – American Beauty
Tom Hanks – Philadelphia
Johnny Depp – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Robert Downey, Jr. – Chaplin
Tobey Maguire – The Ice Storm
Robert De Niro – Cape Fear
Tommy Lee Jones – Natural Born Killers (I just really wanted him on this list, lol)
Brad Pitt – Fight Club
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Basketball Diaries (though, I prefer his performance in “…Gilbert Grape.”)
Jim Carrey – The Truman Show
Daniel Day-Lewis – The Boxer (which I watched for the first time tonight–loved it)
Tom Cruise – Magnolia
Jeff Bridges – The Big Lebowski
Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting
Kristen Dunst – The Virgin Suicides
Jason Schwartzman – Rushmore
And because I -really- want to include him, Tim Roth – Reservoir Dogs