69. FALCONETTI
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

Shot mostly in claustrophobic close-ups, her face stripped of makeup and her hair lopped off, French theater star Renee Falconetti's Joan — alternately naive, beatific, and palpably frightened as the tormented martyr — is possibly the most harrowing depiction of a human being under extreme duress ever. And remember, this power is achieved without the benefit of sound.