Greatest Film Performances by Year
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