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Rank the greatest British film performances of all time β whose acting genuinely floored you?
From quiet character studies to scene-stealing turns, British actors have delivered some of cinema's most unforgettable performances. Which one stands tallest in your memory?
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A
Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot
Day-Lewis's commitment to playing the Irish writer and painter with cerebral palsy redefined method acting and earned him his first Oscar. Decades on, it remains a benchmark few have matched.
B
Anthony Hopkins in The Remains of the Day
As the repressed butler Stevens, Hopkins conveys a lifetime of unspoken feeling with the smallest of glances. It's a masterclass in saying everything by saying nothing.
C
Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal
Dench turns a lonely schoolteacher into one of cinema's most unsettling figures. Every diary entry voiceover lands like a knife.
D
Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Oldman's hushed, watchful turn as the veteran spymaster is all coiled intelligence and weary patience. He carries the entire Cold War in a pair of spectacles.
E
Olivia Colman in The Favourite
Colman's Oscar-winning performance is by turns hilarious, pitiful and terrifying. She makes a fragile monarch feel painfully, recognisably human.
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