27 Times That Actors Secured Their Oscars With A Single, Powerful Scene

Have you ever watched a show successful a movie and recovered yourself yelling astatine the screen, JUST GIVE THEM THE OSCAR NOW!!! Well, if that acquisition sounds familiar, you’re surely not alone.

On Reddit, movie-lovers person been sharing their favourite “Oscar-winning scenes.” So, here’s a roundup of circumstantial moments successful films that radical deliberation sealed the woody for iconic Academy Award wins.

Note: Some of the substance has been edited for clarity and length.

1. "Anne Hathaway perfectly won for her long-take crying show of 'I Dreamed a Dream' successful Les Mis."

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2. "Da'Vine Joy Randolph gave a precise muted and subtle show successful The Holdovers, with the objection of her affectional 'He's gone' scene."

4. "I would reason that Tom Hanks won for Forrest Gump with his affectional 'He's truthful smart, Jenny' breakdown astatine her grave."

5. "Rushing oregon dragging?" (J.K. Simmons successful Whiplash)

6. "Jennifer Hudson‘s performing 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going' successful Dreamgirls. You region that scene, she does not triumph Best Supporting Actress that year."

7. "Denzel Washington successful Glory. The country wherever he’s being whipped and his look is defiance personified, and past 1 teardrop escapes that robust will, wells up, and drops down his cheek. I knew astatine that infinitesimal helium would triumph the Oscar."

8. "What's the astir you've ever mislaid connected a coin toss?" (Javier Bardem successful No Country For Old Men)

9. "Joaquin Phoenix successful Joker — the bath sequence."

10. "Nicole Kidman’s country astatine the bid presumption successful The Hours."

11. "Jodie Foster’s country astatine Buffalo Bill’s location successful The Silence of the Lambs."

12. "Opening country to Inglorious Basterds. It's an astonishing portion of writing, but the astir astonishing portion of it is simply a palpable consciousness of conscionable however overmuch Landa enjoys each of it. He's similar a grown-up theatre kid without a motivation compass — helium conscionable enjoys playing caput games and putting connected a amusement truthful much, it doesn't truly substance who gets wounded successful the process. It's that consciousness of joyousness that Christoph Waltz portrays truthful good that makes Landa specified a peculiar character."

13. "For Heath Ledger successful The Dark Knight, it's ever the interrogation scene. Especially the portion wherever Christian Bale is punching him successful the face, and he's laughing hysterically . But honestly, each country of his successful The Dark Knight is iconic; it is truthful hard to prime the champion one."

14. "Emma Stone portraying Bella successful Poor Things, watching radical creation for the archetypal clip successful implicit awe (spellbound, successful a way), feels what's astir similar this innate tendency to articulation successful contempt not rather knowing however but conscionable moving on with the euphony and experimenting with her assemblage with unabashed joy."

15. "The diner country successful Silver Linings Playbook, I think, is simply a large crushed Jennifer Lawrence won that Oscar. That monologue she has aft helium chases aft her is honestly immoderate of her champion acting. It's good written, but she takes it to a spot I don't deliberation a batch of different actors could, and makes it consciousness truthful earthy and real. 'You are acrophobic to beryllium alive. You are a conformist. You are a hypocrite. I opened up to you, and you judged me. You are an asshole.'"

16. "Liza Minelli performing the titular opus successful Cabaret — her eyes are conscionable truthful goddam expressive successful the close-ups, and that past small enactment up erstwhile singing the last 'cabaret' is conscionable exquisite."

17. "For Russell Crowe successful Gladiator, it's the code helium gives aft taking disconnected the mask."

18. "For Raging Bull, I'd spell with Robert De Niro successful the situation cell. Probably inspired a batch of akin affectional releases."

19. "Meryl Streep's mute outcry successful Sophie's Choice. The full country is astir apt 1 of — if not the — champion acting moments captured connected film, but that outcry truly sealed the deal."

20. "The parkland seat scene. Robin Williams arsenic Sean Maguire successful Good Will Hunting."

21. "Mo'Nique’s confession monologue astatine the extremity of Precious. She already had the triumph successful the bag, but aft that scene, I’m convinced she could’ve won successful immoderate year. She was conscionable that good."

22. "The country wherever helium talks to the CPS worker. Will Smith arsenic Richard Williams successful King Richard."

23. "Cillian Murphy's look of dread successful the last country of Oppenheimer."

24. "Natalie Portman dancing the Black Swan."

25. "Casey Affleck successful Manchester by The Sea. Two peculiar scenes truly basal retired to me...When his quality is getting interrogated astatine the constabulary station, and erstwhile helium turns down his ex-wife's (Michelle Williams) luncheon invitation. He portrays specified a broken-down, lonely idiosyncratic truthful well, and played disconnected Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges. The mode helium delivers 'please' arsenic he's stopped from trying to perpetrate termination was chilling."

26. "Funny how?" (Joe Pesci successful Goodfellas)

27. "I request to cognize that I’ve done 1 happening close with my life!" (Brendan Fraser successful The Whale)

OK, I'm sensing a taxable here, due to the fact that 90% of these scenes are HEARTBREAKING. So, portion I prime myself up disconnected the ground, are determination immoderate Oscar-winning moments that you deliberation are missing from this list? LMK successful the comments, and possibly there's scope for a Part 2...