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Best child performances

posted 7 years ago by [deleted]
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Here is my list of best kiddie performances in films: (in alphabetical order)

David Bennent, The Tin Drum (1979)
Linda Blair, The Exorcist (1973)
Jodie Foster, Taxi Driver (1976)
Patricia Gozzi, Sundays and Cybele (1962)
Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Zoé Héran, Tomboy (2011)
Alex R. Hibbert, Moonlight (2016)
Dafne Keen, Logan (2017)
Sue Lyon, Lolita (1962)
Ursula Parker, Take Me to the River (2015)
Sunny Pawar, Lion (2016)
Natalie Portman, Leon (1994)
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement (2007)
Jaroslava Schallerová, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Lucia Snieg, Kept and Dreamless (2005)
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit (2010)
Shirley Temple, Bright Eyes (1934)
Jacob Tremblay, Room (2015)
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Annika Wedderkopp, The Hunt (2012)

How many have you seen and what are your favourite child performances in film?

[–] God (311) 7 years ago

Nice list.

What about Alex Vincent in Child's Play (1988)

Jonathan Brandis The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

Carrie Henn as Rebecca "Newt" Jorden in Aliens (1986)

Home Alone Macaulay Culkin

and many others

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Those ones are all good, but none made enough of an impression on me to make my personal favourites list.

[–] CountJohn (579) 7 years ago

The top picks for me are Natalie Portman in The Professional, Haley Joel Osment in AI, and Peggy Ann Garner in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[–] keybored (2654) 7 years ago

Catinca Untaru in The Fall.
Asa Butterfield in Ender's Game
Anna Paquin in The Piano

[–] Nostromo (212) 7 years ago

Royalty Hightower (The Fits), 2015

[–] slimone (7996) 7 years ago

I liked the kid in Sixth Sense.

[–] TexasJack (12515) 7 years ago

haley joel osment. Yes, he was amazing in that film. He was also very good in "Pay it Forward", but I didnt like the movie that much.

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

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[–] GlenEllyn (21078) 7 years ago

It's a very small part but I liked James DiGiacomo's performance as Tony's little brother, Frankie, in "Brooklyn."

[–] slimone (7996) 7 years ago

Brandon deWilde was excellent in Shane. He died way too young.

[–] pancine (40) 7 years ago

I don't know about best but I'd have to include Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed 1956

[–] clashwho (746) 7 years ago

Haley Joel Osment is amazing in A.I. Artificial Intelligence.