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Slim Pickens Dr Strangelove (1964)
Bette Davis What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
The Performance: The film’s about the rocky relationship between two sisters, but it’s Bette Davis as former child star Jane who comes out on top.
Unnerving, ghoulish and, totally cuckoo, she’s a devastatingly human movie monster.
If They Had Their Own Movie: We’d see everything from Jane’s warped perspective – cue loads of dreamy musical segments and rampant weirdness.
Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Performance: A performance that deservedly earned Waltz an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, he’s mesmerising and menacing as SD Colonel Hans Landa – and totally owns that ball-busting opening scene.
If They Had Their Own Movie : It would be the best movie ever.
Ralph Brown Withnail And I (1987)
The Performance: A drug dealer that we actually care about? Ralph Brown pulls off the impossible in Withnail And I as Danny, a shaggy-haired shades-wearer who talks like his jaw’s been wired shut.
See also: Wayne’s World 2.
If They Had Their Own Movie: We’d follow him as he attempts to take down hairdressers – they’re all working for the government as spies, after all.
Robert Carlyle Trainspotting (1996)
The Performance: Unstable and terrifying because of it, Carlyle’s Begbie is a car crash of a character who just can’t seem to help inciting chaos anywhere he goes.
Which makes him the perfect embodiment of a scene-stealer.
If They Had Their Own Movie : It would be a symphony of carnage.
Robert Shaw Jaws (1975)
The Performance: Crotchety and no-nonsense, Shaw’s turn as shark hunter Quint brings serious bite to Spielberg’s watery drama.
His chemistry with Richard Dreyfuss is fantastic.
If They Had Their Own Movie: We’d get to see if Quint’s stories were all true – including the Hiroshima one.
Jack Nicholson A Few Good Men (1992)
The Performance: “You can’t handle the truth!” Jack Nicholson seethes as Col Nathan R. Jessep, jaw set, eyes like a shark’s.
He owns the courtroom scene, one of the greatest moments in cinema history.
If They Had Their Own Movie: It would be very shouty.
Heath Ledger The Dark Knight (2008)
The Performance: Ledger showed audiences what he was made of despite overwhelming initial negativity over his casting as The Joker in Chris Nolan’s Bat sequel.
Heavily mannered but never hammy, it’s a lived-in, robust performance that completely overshadows The Bat.
If They Had Their Own Movie: We’d probably come out of it still not knowing any personal details about The Joker – which is as it should be.
Alec Baldwin Glengarry Glenn Ross (1992)
The Performance: Though he only appears in one scene, Alec Baldwin’s frenzied performance as ‘motivator’ Blake leaves the rest of the film in tatters.
Aggressive, confrontational and expletive-loving, it’s a career-defining turn for the 30 Rock star.
If They Had Their Own Movie: It would be a really fuckin’ angry movie.
Harrison Ford Star Wars (1977-1983)
The Performance: A space cowboy, Harrison Ford’s Han Solo single-handedly ensured that George Lucas’ original Star Wars trilogy had snap and snark – but also surprising pathos.
Thank God Lucas refused to kill him off in Return Of The Jedi ; we’re weak at the knees at the thought of seeing Solo’s comeback in Episode VII.
If They Had Their Own Movie: Solo Wars ? Bring it.
