There have been some pretty powerful on-screen performances within the past 90 years. I can think of a number critically-acclaimed actors and actresses that won Oscars for their great works, and that's all very well...but, to me, the most powerful performances aren't necessarily ones that have the most emotional impact. They aren't the ones where great drama has to be balanced just so in order for the role to seem believable. To me, some of the most powerful performances are ones, merely, that cannot be played by anyone else. They handle the film with great control, subtlety, and finesse. Of the films I've seen, these are the roles in which I feel the actors own the role in totality:
In no specific order and without explanation...
1. ROBERT PRESTON as "Professor Harold Hill" (The Music Man)
2. GENE HACKMAN as "Royal Tenenbaum" (The Royal Tenenbaums)
3. GEORGE CLOONEY as "Everett" (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
4. GENE WILDER as "Willie Wonka" (Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
5. PETER FALK as "Lieutenant Columbo" (Columbo -- TV Series)
6. OWEN WILSON as "Dignan" (Bottle Rocket)
7. GEORGE CLOONEY as "Mr. Fox." (The Fantastic Mr. Fox)
8. REX HARRISON as "Professor Henry Higgins" (My Fair Lady)
9. WOODY ALLEN as Any Role He Ever Plays (Any Woody Allen Movie)
10. WILLIAM SHATNER as "Captain James T. Kirk" (Star Trek: The Original Series -- TV Series)
11. JACK BLACK as "Dewey Finn" (School of Rock)
12. MARLON BRANDO as "Don Corleone" (The Godfather)
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