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What is it that makes a performance resonate so deeply it lingers with you for months or years? Thomas Flight explores the challenges of judging great acting, and shares the 11 examples of the best acting he's ever seen in this video.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 What is The Best Acting I've Ever Seen?
01:14 What Makes Acting Great?
05:17 The List
05:39 Oscar Isaac
08:37 Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore
10:28 Brenda Blethyn
12:32 Orson Welles
15:28 Al Pacino
18:05 Liv Ullman
20:04 Daniel Day-Lewis
21:53 Philip Seymour Hoffman
23:37 Michelle Williams
24:59 Ben Mendelsohn
27:26 Tilda Swinton