Diane Keaton’s 13 Best Performances, from ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Reds’ to ‘The First Wives Club’ and ‘Something’s Gotta Give’

Another chapter in the history of New Hollywood closed October 11 with the death of Diane Keaton at 79. Keaton’s greatest movies would barely work at all without her singular, almost impossible to replicate performances. Though perhaps best known for her collaborations with Woody Allen, Keaton was also essential to the dramatic impact of “The Godfather” movies, “Reds,” “Looking for Mr. Goodbar,” and “Shoot the Moon” — and all but single-handedly launched the Nancy Meyers brand of rom-com.

While Keaton was a product of the ’70s and the directors like Allen and Francis Ford Coppola who would define New Hollywood, what made her so appealing was the ways she stood apart from aspects of that wave. Quirky and offbeat in a way that allowed her to exist in these films, she was also accessible, almost wholesom,e and definitely lovable in a way that made her somewhat of a throwback. There’s…