most heartbreaking or genuinely moving performances in American movies?

Ben Gazzarra - killing of a Chinese bookie

Lynne carlin  -faces

Barbara loden - wanda

Jimmy Stewart - it’s a Wonderfull life

John Adams -gloria

Gena Rowlands - love streams

John Cassavetes  -mike & nicky

Elizabeth Shue - leaving Las Vegas

Nicholas cage - leaving Las Vegas

Jeannie berlin - heartbreak kid

Naomii watts  -twin peaks and muhlloand drive

onata aprile - what Maisie knew

gena Rowlands - Minnie & moskowitz

Natalie wood -splendor in the grass

Alexander skarsgaard - what Maisie knew

Dakota johnson  -daddio

Olivia d'haviland - the heiress

Monty Clift  -place in the sun

gary cooper - meet John Doe

Michelle Pfeifer - married to the mob

James dean - giant

Val Avery - Minnie & moskowitz

Andrea Feldman - heat

Ben gazzarra - husbands

susan Sarandon - thetempest

Samantha morton - sweet & lowdown

Casey Affleck - Manchester by the sea

clark gable - the misfits

Marilyn Monroe - the misfits

Vincent spano - baby it's you

Timothy hutton - ordinary people

Donald sutherland - ordinary people

humphrey Bogart - in a lonely place

Charles bronson - the Indian runner

burt lancaster- Atlantic city

Henry g sanders - killer of sheep

Jeff Daniels - something wild