#the hours

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THE HOURS (2002) dir. Stephen Daldry

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Michael Cunningham, The Hours

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Michael Cunningham, The Hours

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meryl streep on the set of the film ''the hours'' by stephen daldry (2003)

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Now that The Ringer just dropped its list (the full list here) of the 101 best movie performances of the 21st century, I wanted to make my own! So here is my personal list of the 50 best female performances I have ever seen in a film since 2000 (while in keeping with the rules of one performance per actress!). What are yours?

JULIANNE MOORE in The Hours (2002)

MICHELLE WILLIAMS in Manchester by the Sea (2016)

CATE BLANCHETT in Tár (2022)

ADÈLE EXARCHOPOULOS in La Vie d’Adèle (2013)

NAOMI WATTS in Mulholland Drive (2001)

SANDRA HÜLLER in Anatomie d’Une Chute (2023)

MERYL STREEP in The Hours (2002)

KATE WINSLET in Revolutionary Road (2008)

LESLEY MANVILLE in All or Nothing (2002)

ISABELLE HUPPERT in La Pianiste (2001)

BJÖRK in Dancer in the Dark (2000)

FRANCES MCDORMAND in Nomadland (2020)

VIOLA DAVIS in The Woman King (2022)

NOÉMIE MERLANT in Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)

GILLIAN ANDERSON in The House of Mirth (2000)

KIRSTEN DUNST in Melancholia (2011)

ZABOU BREITMAN in Le Premier Jour du Reste de Ta Vie (2008)

NICOLE KIDMAN in Birth (2004)

CATHERINE DENEUVE in Les Bien-Aimés (2011)

LILI GLADSTONE in The Unknown Country (2022)

GRETA GERWIG in Frances Ha (2012)

KIM HEE-AE in Moonlit Winter (2019)

ROONEY MARA in A Ghost Story (2017)

FLORENCE PUGH in Little Women (2019)

SCARLETT JOHANSSON in Marriage Story (2019)

SALLY HAWKINS in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

ADÈLE HAENEL in Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)

DEMI MOORE in The Substance (2024)

MAGGIE CHEUNG in In the Mood for Love (2000)

SAOIRSE RONAN in The Outrun (2024)

LÉA SEYDOUX in La Vie d’Adèle (2013)

JULIETTE BINOCHE in La Passion de Dodin Bouffant (2023)

MAGGIE SMITH in Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

ANAÏS DEMOUSTIER in Les Amours d’Anaïs (2021)

ABIGAIL BRESLIN in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

VICKY KRIEPS in Corsage (2022)

LAURE CALAMY in À Plein Temps (2021)

EMMA THOMPSON in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)

AMY ADAMS in Arrival (2016)

DÉBORAH LUKUMUENA in Divines (2016)

CAREY MULLIGAN in She Said (2022)

VEERLE BAETENS in The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)

ÉLODIE BOUCHEZ in Pupille (2018)

RENATE REINSVE in The Worst Person in the World (2021)

FRANÇOISE FABIAN in Rose (2021)

MARION COTILLARD in The Immigrant (2013)

KRISTEN STEWART in Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)

SIDSE BABETT KNUDSEN in L’Hermine (2015)

EMILY BLUNT in The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

KAITLYN DEVER in Booksmart (2019)

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Let "Morning Passages" from "The Hours" flow through my veins 💫

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'The Hours' (dir. by Stephen Daldry) [2002]