What was Diane Keaton's greatest film performance?
I've been trying to take stock of her remarkable oeuvre. Obviously I can't list all her great films, so if I didn't name the one you wanted, just vote for "Other" and list the one you wanted.
I didn't list the first Godfather because other than the great final scene she really doesn't really have much to do in that movie--she got much more to do in The Godfather Part II. I also left off other films where she had supporting roles, like the Father of the Bride films. I wish i had had room to list Interiors, Love and Death (a huge favorite of mine), Baby Boom, and The First Wives' Club--feel free to vote for them under "Other" (or for any other film I didn;t have space to list).
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 17, 2025 1:14 AM
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I loved Reds and she was terrific in it.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 15, 2025 4:02 AM
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It’s Annie Hall and we all know it.
I watched it again this weekend. I’ve seen it many times, and while I might not be able to recite the script, I always know what’s going to happen.
And yet Keaton still surprises me every time. It’s a performance that always has more to discover.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 15, 2025 4:27 AM
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Hers was a career of under acknowledged range. We all know and love ‘Annie Hall,’ but she was devastating in ‘Shoot the Moon,’ opposite an equally impressive Albert Finney and Dana Hill. All three of them deserved Oscar nominations.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 15, 2025 4:32 AM
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[quote] It’s Annie Hall and we all know it.
Then why isn't it currently in first place?
it's certainly her most ICONIC performance, but that's not necessarily the same thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 15, 2025 4:46 AM
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How can Annie Hall be her greatest performance, when she's totally playing herself? Diane Hall is even her real name.
It's her most endearing character, but not much of a stretch.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 15, 2025 11:07 AM
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Not you, OP, but the minimizing of her excellent work in The Godfather 1 on DL never ceases to amaze me. The most eccentric woman in Hollywood was a stand-in for the audience, curious about, attracted to, mistrustful of and ultimately humiliated by the glamour of organised crime’s grotesque human mask.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 15, 2025 11:20 AM
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The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 15, 2025 11:39 AM
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I loved her in The Little Dummer Girl r7. The reviews were very unfair, I feel. She was maybe 5-10 years at most, but her performance was excellent.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 15, 2025 11:42 AM
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Have to disagree about Drummer Girl. If you read the novel you’d know she was completely miscast. She did pretty well anyway but that was a role that needed Judy Davis (LeCarre wanted Davis for the role, but she wasn’t enough of a name for the studio people).
Florence Pugh was also underwhelming in the same part in the miniseries.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 15, 2025 6:24 PM
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No one gives two fucks for Mrs. Soffel 😕
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 15, 2025 10:16 PM
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Oops. I guess I'm the one slipping. I see now it's a poll choice.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 15, 2025 10:19 PM
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"Playing yourself" is not as easy as it may seem.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 15, 2025 10:23 PM
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I voted Goodbar. Loved hervin Annie Hall but Goodbar impressed me more at the time.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 15, 2025 10:34 PM
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Reds is my favorite movie of hers,, but I'd say Goodbar was the best performance.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 15, 2025 10:39 PM
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I stand by Shoot The Moon.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 16, 2025 12:54 AM
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She as great in Crimea Of The Heart but it suffers from mediocre direction from Bruce Beresford.
And she outdid Finney in SHOOT THE MOON for sure.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 16, 2025 4:06 AM
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[quote] No one gives two fucks for Mrs. Soffel 😕
People voted for it.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 17, 2025 1:14 AM
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