20 Most Intense Movie Performances Of All Time

17. Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) - Django Unchained

There's a pretty convincing school of thought that says that Leonardo DiCaprio won his Oscar for the wrong movie entirely and while The Wolf Of Wall Street might be the favoured option, DiCaprio could just as easily have won gold for Django Unchained.

Though he's not actually on screen for all that long, DiCaprio turned against type to play the plantation-owning slaver Calvin Candie. He's the kind of villain who gets under the skin - the same sort as Daniel Day-Lewis' Bill The Butcher in fact - who is charming and terrifying in equal measure.

And while he has affectations of class and refinement - including his terrible Tarantino-esque penchant for cocktails - he's an animal disguised as a gentleman, whose explosive anger and violence spills over quickly and devastatingly. And when DiCaprio is in full, furious flow, he's a sight to truly behold.