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Poll: Words Can Hurt
A poll by borimor
Results of 2,232 votes:
409
John Coffey
281
Liam Neeson
in
Schindler's List (1993)
120
Still frame
103
Jake Gyllenhaal
in
Donnie Darko (2001)
103
River Phoenix
,
Corey Feldman
,
Wil Wheaton
, and
Jerry O'Connell
in
Stand by Me (1986)
97
Jake Gyllenhaal
in
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
91
Jim Carrey
and
Kate Winslet
in
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
87
Sean Bean
in
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
83
Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder star in Edward Scissorhands
80
Richard Kind
in
Inside Out (2015)
79
Sally Field
in
Steel Magnolias (1989)
79
Marlon Brando in "On The Waterfront" 1954 Columbia
78
Morgan Freeman
and
Tim Robbins
in
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
77
Sean Penn
in
Mystic River (2003)
69
Michael Caine
in
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
56
Robin Williams
,
Robert Sean Leonard
,
Josh Charles
, and
Gale Hansen
in
Dead Poets Society (1989)
53
Jim Carrey
and
Jeff Daniels
in
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
46
Sylvester Stallone
in
Rocky (1976)
45
Mandy Moore
and
Shane West
in
A Walk to Remember (2002)
33
Sean Penn
in
Mystic River (2003)
31
Demi Moore
and
Patrick Swayze
in
Ghost (1990)
29
Teruko Nagaoka
,
Chishû Ryû
, and
Hisao Toake
in
Tokyo Story (1953)
28
Johnny Depp
and
Freddie Highmore
in
Finding Neverland (2004)
24
Claire Danes
,
Winona Ryder
,
Susan Sarandon
,
Kirsten Dunst
, and
Trini Alvarado
in
Little Women (1994)
22
Alan Ladd
in
Shane (1953)
20
Renée Zellweger
in
Jerry Maguire (1996)
5
Robin Williams
and
John Lithgow
in
The World According to Garp (1982)
4
Djimon Hounsou
in
In America (2002)
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