Top 10 best acting performances in movies

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Share your Top 10 list of best acting performances. Here's mine (no particular order, but I was particularly impressed by #s 1 and 2):

1. Matt Damon in The Talented Mr. Ripley
2. Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
3. Al Pacino in The Devil's Advocate
4. Natalie Portman in Black Swan
5. Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
6. Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs
7. Ben Kingsley in Gandhi
8. Holly Hunter in The Piano
9. Geoffrey Rush in Shine
10. Adrien Brody in The Pianist

Post your list here!