the films in which these actors delivered their top performance

[Milltown Row2]

This sounds like something Gary and Tony would be discussing on the sofa in Men Behaving Badly

It's coming up to the holidays

[Tony Baloney]

List the (in your opinion) films in which they delivered their top performance

Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
Al Pacino - Serpico
Robert DeNiro - Raging Bull
Michael J Fox - Back to the Future
Sean Penn - Mystic River
Christian Bale - American Psycho
Brando - The Godfather
Jack Nicholson - One Flew...
Daniel Day Lewis - My Left Foot
Tom Hanks - Big
Jimmy Stewart - Rear Window
John Wayne - True Grit
Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy
Johnny Depp - Donnie Brasco
Morgan Freeman - Se7en
Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Sidney Poitier - In The Heat Of The Night
Spencer Tracy - Bad Day at a Black Rock
Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke
Steve McQueen - The Great Escape
Russell Crowe - LA Confidential
Kirk Douglas - Spartacus
Michael Douglas - Wall Street
Jack Lemon - Odd Couple
Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects
Gene Hackman - The French Connection
Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski
Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter
Alec Guinness - Oliver Twist
Richard Burton - Where Eagles Dare

Ok only a few to get it started 

I think my list is more like "List your favourite films by the following actors".

Unashamedly sexist list MR 

[trileacman]

Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven, IMO the definite western.

Al Pacino - Godfather 1/Heat/ Any Given Sunday.

Robert DeNiro - Raging Bull by a distance, outstanding.

Christian Bale - The Fighter, middling show, great performance.

Daniel Day Lewis - There will be blood

Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson's war/ The Money pit.

Jimmy Stewart -The man who shot Liberty Valance

John Wayne - True Grit

Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean

Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed

Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy

Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning

Christopher Walken - The Deer hunter

Alec Guinness - Bridge over the river Kwai

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[Eamonnca1]

Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino.
Al Pacino - The Scent of a Woman. Awful film, awful script, but a great performance.
Robert DeNiro - Toss up between The Deer Hunter and Taxi Driver. He's a great actor.
Brando - Superman. Last Tango in Paris was overrated.
Jack Nicholson - The Shining
Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan
Jimmy Stewart - He was the same character in so many, but I'd say Rear Window
Dustin Hoffman - Kramer v Kramer
Johnny Depp - Blow
Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption
Anthony Hopkins - Amistad
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
Kirk Douglas - Spartacus
Michael Douglas - Wall Street
Gene Hackman - Hoosiers
Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter
Alec Guinness - The Ladykillers
Richard Burton - Where Eagles Dare

Disclaimer: There's a lot of films I haven't seen so I'm open to changing my mind on some of these.

[Eamonnca1]

John Travolta

Saturday Night Fever

[Jim_Murphy_74]

Jeff Bridges - Arlington Road

Big Lebowski.

/Jim.

[Black Card]

George Kennedy and Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke.

[seafoid]

Depp and Di Caprio were very good in What's eating Gilbert Grape.
Jeff Bridges in Lebowski

[Orior]

Clint Eastwood - Every Which Way but Loose
Al Pacino - Godfather I
Robert DeNiro - Goodfellas
Michael J Fox - Back to the Future
Sean Penn - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Christian Bale - 3:10 to Yuma
Brando - Godfather I
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Daniel Day Lewis - My Left Foot
Tom Hanks - Catch Me If You Can
Jimmy Stewart - Its a Wonderful Life
John Wayne - Stagecoach
Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy
Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands
Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption
Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Sidney Poitier - In The Heat Of The Night
Spencer Tracy - Bad Day at a Black Rock
Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke
Steve McQueen - The Great Escape
Russell Crowe - LA Confidential
Kirk Douglas - Spartacus
Michael Douglas - Wall Street
Jack Lemon - The Apartment
Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
Gene Hackman - Superman
Jeff Bridges - Starman
Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter
Alec Guinness - The ladykillers
Richard Burton - Where Eagles Dare