they may not be mature but their
performances sure were are you a narc do
I look like a narc yeah
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
great movie performances by kids come on
for this list we’re looking at
performances where the actors in
question were under the age of 15 when
the movie was filmed I’m not the one of
the fattest friend that means you won’t
be seeing Leonardo DiCaprio’s
performance in What’s Eating Gilbert
Grape
as he was 19 nor will you see River
Phoenix and stand by me as he was
already 15 number 10 Macaulay Culkin
home alone his early 90s turn as a child
left home alone during the holidays and
targeted by hapless robbers turned
Macaulay Culkin into one of the biggest
stars in the world
don’t you know Aikido is one gm’s to it
it though he gave fun and respected
performances and other films like the
good son my girl and Uncle Buck no other
movie role ever came close to pulling a
focus from Kevin McCallister which
brought him to the game mischievous and
fun Kevin was having the adventure that
kids everywhere thought looked
incredible and he also earned the hearts
of the adults these kids dragged to the
theater
don’t worry mom I’ll get him for you
number nine Haley Joel Osment the sixth
sense’ M night Shyamalan has become a
punch line in a lot of Hollywood circles
but there was once a time when he was
anointed by Newsweek as the next
Spielberg I don’t see anything
are you sure there
during that time he seemed poised to
rule Hollywood based on his early films
most notably The Sixth Sense a
supernatural thriller that could have
failed if it weren’t for a little boy
seeing things that scare him but
compelled to help those he sees it was
Haley Joel Osment and not megastar Bruce
Willis that anchored this popular and
respected film about a kid who could see
dead people
that’s right that’s what I think too
they just want help even the scary ones
Osmond even earned a Supporting Actor
Oscar nomination for his believable
acting
number eight kirsten dunst interview
with the vampire as an unknown actress
sharing the screen with Brad Pitt and
Tom Cruise it must have been a daunting
task to not wilt under the pressure but
you’d never be able to tell if this was
the case or not for Kirsten Dunst rats
when did you eat rats Louie it was a
long long time ago before you were born
lighting up the screen whenever she
appears Kristin’s young vampire has a
pitch-perfect monstrous quality that
plays off the leads perfectly I had a
mother once and Louie he had a wife he
was utilizing her ability to come off as
helpless her character Claudia easily
manipulates those around her to her will
which Dunst was able to bring to life so
effectively that she napped herself a
Golden Globe nomination for Best
Supporting Actress yes I killed them
unfortunately but it keeps the blood
warm
number seven henry thomas ET the
extra-terrestrial we’re taking him to
spaceship ET is the beloved and timeless
tale of a boy who befriends an alien
trapped on our planet at the time the
people behind the scenes found ET to be
ugly with even steven spielberg himself
describing the alien face as something
only a mother could love
oh my god he’s talking to food however
it was the sci-fi family film
storytelling and to a very very large
degree the child actors he cast that
gave the movies characters the emotion
we know the director for today
case in point when young actor Henry
Thomas felt the sorrow of thinking his
new friend had perished audiences felt
it too and after watching the film time
and time again it’s certain that ET
never would have worked without him
number six
Christian Bale Empire of the Sun another
actor taken under director Steven
Spielberg’s wings Christian Bale’s
fearless performance as the lead in this
coming-of-age war flick was the ultimate
harbinger of things to come
I mean it there was a joke hinting at
the depths of emotion that he would
bring to the big screen in later decades
Bale played a school boy turned P o w
that captured the hearts of viewers
worldwide already bringing the intensity
he would come to be known for to the
role of an innocent allowed him to imbue
the character and film with a complexity
that few others could create
number five Linda Blair The Exorcist
captain howdy do you think my mom’s
pretty in most movies audiences are
overcome by the desire to protect
children who are at risk however in this
supernatural horror flick the filmmakers
managed to make a child truly terrifying
can it die up there propped up by an
imaginative story Linda Blair as Regan
served as a lot of parents and
children’s worst nightmares for many
many years thereafter as a girl
possessed by a demon the range she
showcased throughout the Exorcist was
amazing and she began the film as the
picture of virtue and underwent a
transformation that gave those
unfamiliar with the plot an incredible
shock watch that holy water you keep it
away number four Natalie Portman Leone
the professional what’s your name – when
were first introduced to Natalie Portman
as Mathilda she seems capable but
unremarkable as a young girl whose life
is tormented by a dysfunctional family
when that family is murdered including
her younger kind-hearted brother she’s
overcome by sadness and the desire for
vengeance as Jesse Beck say that a sweat
and Portman’s character change allows
the actress to give a performance for
the ages I work for you in exchange you
teach me how to clean forced to mature
overnight she becomes cold and callous
in many ways yet her affection for her
current guide is undeniable and
incredibly real the girls first time is
very important it determines the rest of
her life sexually I read that once in
one of my sister’s magazines number
three Anna Paquin the piano
performing multiple roles in film and
television today it is at times easy to
forget that it was Anna Paquin’s debut
performance in this romantic drama that
really brought her to the game mother
says she can’t stand to teach piano with
the toilet of tune earning her the
Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress her role as a young girl who
acted as her mother’s voice Shawn threw
as one of the best aspects of the film
she being able to stand out when sharing
screen time with Sam Neill
Harvey Keitel and Holly Hunter is
already an impressive feat no supposed
to visit too but at the fact that
Pakenham was 10 during filming and it’s
undoubtedly
a turn to remember what did you say
number two Jodie Foster taxi driver
arguably the grittiest film on this list
this neo-noir psychological thriller
earned Jodie Foster not only an Oscar
nomination for her performance as a
teenage prostitute but also the respect
of viewers worldwide see that guy over
there yeah
you go talk to him whose name is Matthew
I’ll be over there waiting for
vulnerable yet wise beyond her years
Jody’s character serves as the breaking
point for the fictional character of
Travis Bickle as well as a real-life man
who attempted to assassinate Ronald
Reagan how’s the matter with you you
don’t have to make it god damn it don’t
you want to get out of here citing his
desire to impress the young actress
stalker John Hinckley jr. shot at the
president in 1981 and if that isn’t a
testament to foster skill then we don’t
know what is I understand it means
something do it before we reveal our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
him it was a boy if I love the boy I
still don’t see one weird Arnold drift
they tell me you’re a man with true grit
what do you want girl trouble job number
one Tatum O’Neal Paper Moon how come
you’re taking me huh how come you’re
taking me to this day she is the
youngest actor ever to be able to call
herself an Academy Award winner in a
competitive field thanks to what she
brought to the big screen in this comedy
drama where I got scruples too you know
you know what that is scruples no I
don’t know why it is but if you’ve got a
sharp ethical on somebody else in fact
it could be said that Tatum O’Neal stole
the spotlight from her co-star and
real-life father Ryan no I don’t like
you a con artist in training whom at
times gains the upper hand on her
teacher she is an absolute delight to
behold
I want night touring two dollars so many
films depend on crafty and fun cons
paper moon instead relies on the budding
relationship between the characters and
actors and obviously Tatum O’Neal’s
performance was a major part of that do
you agree with our list which movie
performance by a kid do you think is the
best for more childish top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com I know for sure you wasn’t
my pal it’s for sure I ain’t you
you
performances sure were are you a narc do
I look like a narc yeah
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
great movie performances by kids come on
for this list we’re looking at
performances where the actors in
question were under the age of 15 when
the movie was filmed I’m not the one of
the fattest friend that means you won’t
be seeing Leonardo DiCaprio’s
performance in What’s Eating Gilbert
Grape
as he was 19 nor will you see River
Phoenix and stand by me as he was
already 15 number 10 Macaulay Culkin
home alone his early 90s turn as a child
left home alone during the holidays and
targeted by hapless robbers turned
Macaulay Culkin into one of the biggest
stars in the world
don’t you know Aikido is one gm’s to it
it though he gave fun and respected
performances and other films like the
good son my girl and Uncle Buck no other
movie role ever came close to pulling a
focus from Kevin McCallister which
brought him to the game mischievous and
fun Kevin was having the adventure that
kids everywhere thought looked
incredible and he also earned the hearts
of the adults these kids dragged to the
theater
don’t worry mom I’ll get him for you
number nine Haley Joel Osment the sixth
sense’ M night Shyamalan has become a
punch line in a lot of Hollywood circles
but there was once a time when he was
anointed by Newsweek as the next
Spielberg I don’t see anything
are you sure there
during that time he seemed poised to
rule Hollywood based on his early films
most notably The Sixth Sense a
supernatural thriller that could have
failed if it weren’t for a little boy
seeing things that scare him but
compelled to help those he sees it was
Haley Joel Osment and not megastar Bruce
Willis that anchored this popular and
respected film about a kid who could see
dead people
that’s right that’s what I think too
they just want help even the scary ones
Osmond even earned a Supporting Actor
Oscar nomination for his believable
acting
number eight kirsten dunst interview
with the vampire as an unknown actress
sharing the screen with Brad Pitt and
Tom Cruise it must have been a daunting
task to not wilt under the pressure but
you’d never be able to tell if this was
the case or not for Kirsten Dunst rats
when did you eat rats Louie it was a
long long time ago before you were born
lighting up the screen whenever she
appears Kristin’s young vampire has a
pitch-perfect monstrous quality that
plays off the leads perfectly I had a
mother once and Louie he had a wife he
was utilizing her ability to come off as
helpless her character Claudia easily
manipulates those around her to her will
which Dunst was able to bring to life so
effectively that she napped herself a
Golden Globe nomination for Best
Supporting Actress yes I killed them
unfortunately but it keeps the blood
warm
number seven henry thomas ET the
extra-terrestrial we’re taking him to
spaceship ET is the beloved and timeless
tale of a boy who befriends an alien
trapped on our planet at the time the
people behind the scenes found ET to be
ugly with even steven spielberg himself
describing the alien face as something
only a mother could love
oh my god he’s talking to food however
it was the sci-fi family film
storytelling and to a very very large
degree the child actors he cast that
gave the movies characters the emotion
we know the director for today
case in point when young actor Henry
Thomas felt the sorrow of thinking his
new friend had perished audiences felt
it too and after watching the film time
and time again it’s certain that ET
never would have worked without him
number six
Christian Bale Empire of the Sun another
actor taken under director Steven
Spielberg’s wings Christian Bale’s
fearless performance as the lead in this
coming-of-age war flick was the ultimate
harbinger of things to come
I mean it there was a joke hinting at
the depths of emotion that he would
bring to the big screen in later decades
Bale played a school boy turned P o w
that captured the hearts of viewers
worldwide already bringing the intensity
he would come to be known for to the
role of an innocent allowed him to imbue
the character and film with a complexity
that few others could create
number five Linda Blair The Exorcist
captain howdy do you think my mom’s
pretty in most movies audiences are
overcome by the desire to protect
children who are at risk however in this
supernatural horror flick the filmmakers
managed to make a child truly terrifying
can it die up there propped up by an
imaginative story Linda Blair as Regan
served as a lot of parents and
children’s worst nightmares for many
many years thereafter as a girl
possessed by a demon the range she
showcased throughout the Exorcist was
amazing and she began the film as the
picture of virtue and underwent a
transformation that gave those
unfamiliar with the plot an incredible
shock watch that holy water you keep it
away number four Natalie Portman Leone
the professional what’s your name – when
were first introduced to Natalie Portman
as Mathilda she seems capable but
unremarkable as a young girl whose life
is tormented by a dysfunctional family
when that family is murdered including
her younger kind-hearted brother she’s
overcome by sadness and the desire for
vengeance as Jesse Beck say that a sweat
and Portman’s character change allows
the actress to give a performance for
the ages I work for you in exchange you
teach me how to clean forced to mature
overnight she becomes cold and callous
in many ways yet her affection for her
current guide is undeniable and
incredibly real the girls first time is
very important it determines the rest of
her life sexually I read that once in
one of my sister’s magazines number
three Anna Paquin the piano
performing multiple roles in film and
television today it is at times easy to
forget that it was Anna Paquin’s debut
performance in this romantic drama that
really brought her to the game mother
says she can’t stand to teach piano with
the toilet of tune earning her the
Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress her role as a young girl who
acted as her mother’s voice Shawn threw
as one of the best aspects of the film
she being able to stand out when sharing
screen time with Sam Neill
Harvey Keitel and Holly Hunter is
already an impressive feat no supposed
to visit too but at the fact that
Pakenham was 10 during filming and it’s
undoubtedly
a turn to remember what did you say
number two Jodie Foster taxi driver
arguably the grittiest film on this list
this neo-noir psychological thriller
earned Jodie Foster not only an Oscar
nomination for her performance as a
teenage prostitute but also the respect
of viewers worldwide see that guy over
there yeah
you go talk to him whose name is Matthew
I’ll be over there waiting for
vulnerable yet wise beyond her years
Jody’s character serves as the breaking
point for the fictional character of
Travis Bickle as well as a real-life man
who attempted to assassinate Ronald
Reagan how’s the matter with you you
don’t have to make it god damn it don’t
you want to get out of here citing his
desire to impress the young actress
stalker John Hinckley jr. shot at the
president in 1981 and if that isn’t a
testament to foster skill then we don’t
know what is I understand it means
something do it before we reveal our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
him it was a boy if I love the boy I
still don’t see one weird Arnold drift
they tell me you’re a man with true grit
what do you want girl trouble job number
one Tatum O’Neal Paper Moon how come
you’re taking me huh how come you’re
taking me to this day she is the
youngest actor ever to be able to call
herself an Academy Award winner in a
competitive field thanks to what she
brought to the big screen in this comedy
drama where I got scruples too you know
you know what that is scruples no I
don’t know why it is but if you’ve got a
sharp ethical on somebody else in fact
it could be said that Tatum O’Neal stole
the spotlight from her co-star and
real-life father Ryan no I don’t like
you a con artist in training whom at
times gains the upper hand on her
teacher she is an absolute delight to
behold
I want night touring two dollars so many
films depend on crafty and fun cons
paper moon instead relies on the budding
relationship between the characters and
actors and obviously Tatum O’Neal’s
performance was a major part of that do
you agree with our list which movie
performance by a kid do you think is the
best for more childish top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com I know for sure you wasn’t
my pal it’s for sure I ain’t you
you
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