Greatest Film Performances by Year (US/UK) 1990 ‑ 1999

1. Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
2. Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
3. Brad Pitt - Fight Club
4. Russell Crowe - The Insider
5. Annette Bening - American Beauty
6. Tom Cruise - Magnolia
7. Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon
8. Edward Norton - Fight Club
9. Reese Witherspoon - Election
10. Cecilia Roth - All About My Mother
11. Matt Damon - The Talented Mr. Ripley
12. Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story
13. Julianne Moore - The End of the Affair
14. John Malkovich - Being John Malkovich
15. Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted
16. Emilie Dequenne - Rosetta
17. Michael Clarke Duncan - The Green Mile
18. Haley Joel Osment - The Sixth Sense
19. Julianne Moore - Magnolia
20. Jim Broadbent - Topsy-Turvy

1. Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters
2. Edward Norton - American History X
3. Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station
4. Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth
5. Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski
6. Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan
7. Jim Carrey - The Truman Show
8. John Goodman - The Big Lebowski
9. Emily Watson - Hilary and Jackie
10. Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love
11. Jane Horrocks - Little Voice
12. Dylan Baker - Happiness
13. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Happiness
14. Cameron Diaz - There’s Something About Mary
15. Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in Love
16. Kathy Bates - Primary Colors
17. Ulrich Thomsen - The Celebration
18. Catherine Deneuve - Place Vendôme
19. Ed Harris - The Truman Show
20. Elias Coteas - The Thin Red Line

1. Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting
2. Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets
3. Robert Duvall - The Apostle
4. Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
5. Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights
6. Anthony Hopkins - Amistad
7. Roberto Benigni - Life is Beautiful
8. Pam Grier - Jackie Brown
9. Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
10. Samuel L. Jackson - Jackie Brown
11. Judi Dench - Mrs Brown
12. Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove
13. Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets
14. Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog
15. Al Pacino - Donnie Brasco
16. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai - Happy Together
17. Ian Holm - The Sweet Hereafter
18. Leslie Cheung - Happy Together
19. Homayoun Ershadi - Taste of Cherry
20. Madhuri Dixit - Dil to Pagal Hai

1. Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves
2. Frances McDormand - Fargo
3. Geoffrey Rush - Shine
4. Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
5. Edward Norton - Primal Fear
6. Brenda Blethyn - Secrets and Lies
7. Juliette Binoche - The English Patient
8. Kenneth Branagh - Hamlet
9. William H. Macy - Fargo
10. Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
11. Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
12. Woody Harrelson - The People vs. Larry Flynt
13. Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire
14. Ewan McGregor - Trainspotting
15. Steve Buscemi - Fargo
16. Robert Carlyle - Trainspotting
17. Daniel Auteuil - The Eighth Day
18. Laura Dern - Citizen Ruth
19. Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Secrets and Lies
20. Courtney Love - The People vs. Larry Flynt

1. Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
2. Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects
3. Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking
4. Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking
5. Nicole Kidman - To Die For
6. Ian McKellen - Richard III
7. Emma Thompson - Sense and Sensibility
8. Meryl Streep - The Bridges of Madison Country
9. Morgan Freeman - Seven
10. Elizabeth Shue - Leaving Las Vegas
11. Isabelle Huppert -- La Ceremonie
12. Julianne Moore - Safe
13. Mira Sorvino - Mighty Aphrodite
14. Vincent Cassel - La Haine
15. Sharon Stone - Casino
16. Harvey Keitel - Ulysses’ Gaze
17. Anthony Hopkins - Nixon
18. Brad Pitt - 12 Monkeys
19. Annie Girardot - Les Misérables
20. Gary Farmer - Dead Man

1. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
2. Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction
3. Johnny Depp - Ed Wood
4. Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption
5. Tim Robbins - The Shawshank Redemption
6. John Travolta - Pulp Fiction
7. Jessica Lange - Blue Sky
8. Martin Landau - Ed Wood
9. Faye Wong - Chungking Express
10. Linda Fiorentino - The Last Seduction
11. Jodie Foster - Nell
12. Jean Reno - Leon: The Professional
13. Jean-Louis Trintignant - Three Colours: Red
14. Ge You - To Live
15. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai - Chungking Express
16. Dianne Wiest - Bullets over Broadway
17. Massimo Troisi - Il Postino
18. Gong Li - To Live
19. Irene Jacob - Three Colours: Red
20. Uma Thurman - Pulp Fiction

1. Juliette Binoche - Three Colours: Blue
2. Holly Hunter - The Piano
3. Daniel Day-Lewis - In the Name of the Father
4. Tom Hanks - Philadelphia
5. Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List
6. Bill Murray - Groundhog Day
7. David Thewlis - Naked
8. Anthony Hopkins - The Remains of the Day
9. Angela Bassett - What's Love Got to Do with It
10. Gong Li - Farewell, My Concubine
11. Emma Thompson - The Remains of the Day
12. Val Kilmer - Tombstone
13. Liam Neeson - Schindler's List
14. Denzel Washington - Philadelphia
15. Leonardo DiCaprio - What's Eating Gilbert Grape
16. Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive
17. Robin Williams - Mrs. Doubtfire
18. Al Pacino - Carlito's Way
19. Harrison Ford - The Fugitive
20. Sean Penn - Carlito’s Way

1. Denzel Washington - Malcolm X
2. Gene Hackman - The Unforgiven
3. Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin
4. Emma Thompson - Howard's End
5. Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman
6. Clint Eastwood - The Unforgiven
7. Jack Lemmon - Glengarry Glen Ross
8. Judy Davis - Husbands and Wives
9. Catherine Deneuve - Indochine
10. Gong Li - The Story of Qiu Ju
11. Michelle Pfeiffer - Love Field
12. Al Pacino - Glengarry Glen Ross
13. Sheryl Lee - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
14. Steve Buscemi - Reservoir Dogs
15. Stephen Rea - The Crying Game
16. Brigitte Lin - Swordsman II
17. Sharon Stone - Basic Instinct
18. Marisa Tomei - My Cousin Vinny
19. Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men
20. Harvey Keitel - Bad Lieutenant

1. Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
2. Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
3. Irene Jacob - The Double Life of Veronique
4. Robin Williams - The Fisher King
5. Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides
6. Geena Davis - Thelma & Louise
7. Robert De Niro - Cape Fear
8. Gong Li - Raise the Red Lantern
9. Michel Piccoli - La Belle Noiseuse
10. Susan Sarandon - Thelma & Louise
11. River Phoenix - My Own Private Idaho
12. Maggie Cheung - Center Stage
13. Warren Beatty - Bugsy
14. Mercedes Ruehl - The Fisher King
15. Chang Chen - A Brighter Summer Day
16. Laura Dern - Rambling Rose
17. Bette Midler - For the Boys
18. Harvey Keitel - Bugsy
19. John Turturro - Barton Fink
20. Tommy Lee Jones - JFK

1. Kathy Bates - Misery
2. Joe Pesci - Goodfellas
3. Gerard Depardieu - Cyrano de Bergerac
4. Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune
5. Anjelica Huston - The Grifters
6. Robert De Niro - Goodfellas
7. Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands
8. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman
9. Ray Liotta - Goodfellas
10. Robert De Niro - Awakenings
11. Robin Williams - Awakenings
12. Al Pacino - Dick Tracy
13. Lorraine Bracco - Goodfellas
14. Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves
15. Leslie Cheung - Days of Being Wild
16. Philippe Noiret - Life, and Nothing But
17. Al Pacino - The Godfather Part III
18. Alison Steadman - Life is Sweet
19. Meryl Streep - Postcards from the Edge
20. Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost