Your 5 Favorites of Meryl Streep's 21 Nominations?

that's a tall order. Ultimately I'd say:

1. Silkwood
2. Sohpie's Choice
3. Ironweed
4. The Post
5. Kramer vs Kramer

On a different day I might go for something else. There's a lot of greatness in that list.

Silkwood obviously, as it's my favourite performance from an actress.

The other two untouchables for me have always been Sophie's Choice and Adaptation.

It gets way tougher after that to choose a final couple to round out the Top 5. I've gone with The Deer Hunter, as there's a beautiful elegance to her in it. Soft but powerful, I've always appreciated the hell out of it.

Then to rounding out the last spot, I've gone from her very first to her most recent nomination. For all the crap that is thrown at her post Prada nominations, most of which I don't agree with (they may not have all been nomination worthy, but they were all good or more), her work in The Post could easily sit among her so called 80's peak.

1:The Devil Wears Prada
2:Kramer vs Kramer
3:Sophie's Choice
4:Doubt
5:The Post

A Cry in the Dark
Postcards from the Edge
Silkwood
Adaptation.
The Bridges of Madison County

She started regurgitating old Streep performances.  For instance, The Devil Wears Prada is Streep doing the same thing as in She-Devil - getting too comfortable in her own skin.

Yes... The Devil Wears Prada is where it started to go downhill, and it's alarming how there are 9+ votes for her performance in Doubt and The Devil Wears Prada.  I don't even hate those because there are lots of bad acting in those films and Streep was actually one of the better actors in either.  But they simply don't compare to the pure Americanism of Streep from 1982-2002.

Sophie's Choice
Kramer v Kramer
Ironweed
The Deer Hunter
Bridges

So, right now, our Top 5 is:

1. Sophie's Choice
2. Adaptation.
3. The Devil Wears Prada
4. Kramer vs. Kramer
5. Silkwood

What do we think?

Mattsby pacinoyes

1. Silkwood
2. Sophie’s Choice
3. The Bridges of Madison County
4. Ironweed
5. Doubt

there's my five, for now, and I like her in all of her nods really - n/s Out of Africa or two with 0 votes here One True Thing and Into the Woods. I'll defend Florence Foster Jenkins which has 0 votes where Streep is laugh out loud funny, and heartbreaking, and has wonderful chemistry with Hugh Grant...

Same. 

I highly, highly recommend Out of Africa - I'm surprised you haven't already seen it! I know it's not very popular on this board, but I personally love it. The production values, costumes, and score are all-time worthy, and for me, this is Streep at her most sexy and relaxed.