Hello sajhaites, Accept my warm greetings. I just wanted to post something since it my first time here but could not think of anything else. Me being a movie buff thought of sharing some excellent performance by the actors and actresses. The list begins here: 1. Denzel Washington - In 'courage under fire' as a stressed but nonchalant army officer investigating the death of Meg Ryan and his own shortcomings. 2. Tom Hanks - No one could have portrayed a gullible youth better than him in 'Forrest Gump' 3. Robert de Nero - A malcontented american willing to change the entire system in 'Taxi driver' 4. Nicholas Cage - as an alcoholic in 'Leaving Las Vegas', remember the scene where he takes his last breath while making love to Elizabeth Shue. 5. Kevin Spacey - as a college professor protresting capital punishment in 'Life of David Gale' 6. Edward Norton - as a clever split personality pretender in ' Primal Fear' and as a colorful star of a popular children's television show in 'Death to Smoochy' 7. Matt Damon - as a shrewd con man in ' The talented Mr. Ripley' and a disgruntled youth in 'Good Will Hunting' 8. Ben Kingsley - as a trouble Persian in America in 'House of Sand and Fog' 9. Bill Murray - completely lost in 'Lost in Translation'. 10. Anthony Hopkins - A philosopher gone wrong in ' Silence of the Lambs' 11. Kevin Costner - as a wannabe Indian in 'Dances with the wolves', check out his dance around a bonfire. 12. Tim Robbins - An enigmatic prisoner who astounds everyone with his jailbreak in ' The Shawshank Redemption' 13. Brad Pitt - exhibiting his immaculate Irish accent in 'The devil's own' 14. Johnny Depp - as a bohemian pirate in 'Pirates of the Carrebian' 15. Leonadro de caprio - as Howard Hughes in 'Aviator' and a retarded kid in 'What's eating Gilbert Grape' 16. Sanjeev Kumar - as a rueful loser trying to salvage his lost pride in 'Mausam' 17. Amitabh Bachchan - as a vengeful doctor who later sacrifices himself in the altar of friendship in 'Bemisal'. 18. Aamir Khan - with his witty repartees, high voltage histrionics and out of the world one liners in 'Jo jeeta wohi sikandar' and 'Dil chahta hai' 19. Ajay Devgan - as the most unconventional mafia don in 'Company' 20. Sanjay Dutt - as a young boy in absolute predicament in 'Naam' 21. Nutan - with her vulnerable good looks and acting in 'Bandini' 22. Waheeda Rehman - as a distressed wannabe dancer who fights between love and career in 'Guide' 23. Scarlett Johansson - as a bored wife of a photographer trying to seek friendship and a little more in 'Lost in translation' 24. Kate Blanchett - as Katherine Hepburn in 'Aviator' 25. Julia Stiles - as a budding ballet dancer trying to make it to Juliard in ' Save the last dance' 26. Uma Thurman - as an invincible assassin in 'Kill Bill' 27. Sandra Bullock - in 'Forces of nature' 28. Hillary Swank - as a sexual identity crisis victim in 'Boys don't cry' and a boxing woman backed up by eastwood in ' Million dollar baby'