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Best child performances

posted 8 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?

[–] Volley (3440) 8 years ago

Liesel Pritzker Simmons (Liesel Matthews) in 1997's Air Force One. Probably my first childhood crush as well.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Allaby - biggest child performer fan.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I'm sure there are bigger fans than me.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

That's concerning.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Not really. You see what you want to see and ignore anything else that doesn't support your already preconceived opinions.

[–] samoanjoes (58491) 2 years ago

Natalie Portman for "Leon". For male, at the top of my head I liked the kid from "Looper".

[–] xanthas (3215) 2 years ago

Quinn Cummings - The Goodbye Girl
Tatum O'Neal - Paper Moon

[–] Quesne (5) 2 years ago

#1 Carrie Henn in Aliens

Nova Pilbeam in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 version)
Freddie Bartholomew in David Copperfield, Captains Courageous
Carly Schroeder in Mean Creek
Joey King in White House Down
Hugh O’Conor in My Left Foot, The Young Poisoner's Handbook
Billy Gray in Talk About A Stranger