Ten Favorite John Lithgow Performances

(including films, TV movies, and non-serial TV anthology episodes, in order of preference)

1. “The Doll”: Amazing Stories, Season One, Episode 22 (directed by Phil Joanou, 1986)

2. Twilight Zone: The Movie—Segment Four, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” (directed by George Miller, 1983)

3. Love Is Strange (directed by Ira Sachs, 2014)

4. The World According to Garp (directed by George Roy Hill, 1982)

5. Miss Sloane (directed by John Madden, 2016)

6. Terms of Endearment (directed by James L. Brooks, 1983)

7. 2010: The Year We Make Contact (directed by Peter Hyams, 1984)

8. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (directed by Rupert Wyatt, 2011)

9. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (directed by W. D. Richter, 1984)

10. The Day After (directed by Nicholas Meyer, 1983)

— May 14, 2021

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