Greatest Film Performances by Year 2000 ‑ 2009

1. Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
2. Colin Firth - A Single Man
3. Mo'Nique - Precious
4. Carey Mulligan - An Education
5. Tahar Rahim - A Prophet
6. Gabourey Sidibé - Precious
7. Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
8. George Clooney - Up in the Air
9. Morgan Freeman - Invictus
10. Kim Hye-Ja - Mother
11. Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
12. Sharlto Copley - District 9
13. Mélanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds
14. Sam Rockwell - Moon
15. Niels Arestrup - A Prophet
16. Viggo Mortensen - The Road
17. Ricardo Darin - The Secret in Their Eyes
18. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
19. Nicolas Cage - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
20. Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones

1. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
2. Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
3. Sean Penn - Milk
4. Meryl Streep - Doubt
5. Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
6. Yolande Moreau - Seraphine
7. Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
8. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
9. Kate Winslet - The Reader
10. Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
11. Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
12. Michael Fassbender - Hunger
13. Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
14. Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
15. Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
16. Colin Farrell - In Bruges
17. Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man
18. Angelina Jolie - Changeling
19. Tom Hardy - Bronson
20. Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road

1. Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
2. Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
3. Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
4. Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
5. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
6. Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood
7. Anamaria Marinca - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
8. Mathieu Amalric - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
9. Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
10. Jeon-Do Yeon - Secret Sunshine
11. Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
12. Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
13. Keira Knightley - Atonement
14. Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
15. Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
16. Denzel Washington - American Gangster
17. George Clooney - Michael Clayton
18. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai - Lust, Caution
19. Vlad Ivanov - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
20. Elliott Page - Juno

1. Penelope Cruz - Volver
2. Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
3. Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
4. Ulrich Muhe - The Lives of Others
5. Helen Mirren - The Queen
6. Julie Christie - Away from Her
7. Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
8. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
9. Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
10. Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
11. Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
12. Kate Winslet - Little Children
13. Laura Dern - Inland Empire
14. Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
15. Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
16. Christian Bale - The Prestige
17. Clive Owen - Children of Men
18. Song Kang-Ho - The Host
19. Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
20. Peter O'Toole - Venus

1. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
2. Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
3. Viggo Mortensen - A History of Violence
4. Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
5. Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
6. Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
7. Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
8. Amy Adams - Junebug
9. Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
10. Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
11. Daniel Auteuil - Cache
12. Keira Knightley - Pride and Prejudice
13. Ed Harris - A History of Violence
14. Charlize Theron - North Country
15. Romain Duris - The Beat That My Heart Skipped
16. Luminita Gheorghiu - The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
17. Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
18. George Clooney - Syriana
19. Juliette Binoche - Cache
20. Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale

1. Bruno Ganz - Downfall
2. Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
4. Jamie Foxx - Ray
5. Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside
6. Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
7. Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
9. Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
10. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai - 2046
11. Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
12. Nicole Kidman - Birth
13. Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
14. Julie Delpy - Before Sunset
15. Paul Giamatti - Sideways
16. Gael Garcia Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries
17. Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
18. Tom Cruise - Collateral
19. Yuya Yagira - Nobody Knows
20. Annette Bening - Being Julia

1. Charlize Theron - Monster
2. Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
3. Choi Min-Sik - Oldboy
4. Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
5. Sean Penn - Mystic River
6. Naomi Watts - 21 Grams
7. Tim Robbins - Mystic River
8. Uma Thurman - Kill Bill: Vol. 1
9. Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation
10. Nicole Kidman - Dogville
11. Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog
12. Peter Dinklage - The Station Agent
13. Benicio del Toro - 21 Grams
14. Song Kang-Ho - Memories of Murder
15. Shoreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog
16. Holly Hunter - Thirteen
17. Paul Giamatti - American Splendor
18. Jennifer Connelly - House of Sand and Fog
19. Sean Astin - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
20. Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider

1. Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
2. Adrien Brody - The Pianist
3. Nicolas Cage - Adaptation.
4. Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven
5. Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
6. Meryl Streep - Adaptation.
7. Renée Zellweger - Chicago
8. Nicole Kidman - The Hours
9. Chris Cooper - Adaptation.
10. Salma Hayek - Frida
11. Adam Sandler - Punch-Drunk Love
12. Andy Serkis - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
13. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai - Infernal Affairs
14. Robin Williams - One Hour Photo
15. Leonardo DiCaprio - Catch Me If You Can
16. Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago
17. Tom Hanks - Road to Perdition
18. Edward Norton - 25th Hour
19. Javier Camara - Talk To Her
20. Olivier Gourmet - The Son

1. Naomi Watts - Mulholland Dr.
2. Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher
3. Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
4. Denzel Washington - Training Day
5. Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
6. Audrey Tautou - Amelie
7. Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums
8. Halle Berry - Monster's Ball
9. Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
10. Judi Dench - Iris
11. Benoit Magimel - The Piano Teacher
12. Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom
13. Nicole Kidman - The Others
14. Renée Zellweger - Bridget Jones's Diary
15. Laura Harring - Mulholland Dr.
16. Maribel Verdu - Y Tu Mama Tambien
17. Gael Garcia Bernal - Y Tu Mama Tambien
18. Steve Buscemi - Ghost World
19. Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom
20. Haley Joel Osment - A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

1. Maggie Cheung - In the Mood for Love
2. Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream
3. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai - In the Mood for Love
4. Tom Hanks - Cast Away
5. Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
6. Christian Bale - American Psycho
7. Russell Crowe - Gladiator
8. Benicio del Toro - Traffic
9. Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast
10. Björk - Dancer in the Dark
11. Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire
12. Michelle Yeoh - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
13. Laura Linney - You Can Count on Me
14. Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator
15. Gary Oldman - The Contender
16. Guy Pearce - Memento
17. Gael Garcia Bernal - Amores Perros
18. Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls
19. Zhang Ziyi - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
20. Chow Yun-Fat - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon