Greatest Film Performances by Year (US/UK) (Revision Version)

[Tim]

How about this for top 10:

1. Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
2. Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
3. Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
4. Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
5. Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
6. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
7. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
8. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
9. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
10. Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value

[ManPerson]

I'd move Leo ahead of Penn.

[Tim]

1. Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
2. Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
3. Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
4. Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
5. Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
6. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
7. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
8. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
9. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
10. Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value

11. Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein 
12. Amy Madigan – Weapons 
13. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
14. Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice
15. Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another 
16. Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another 
17. Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
18. Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
19. Emma Stone – Bugonia 
20. Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value

[Dubrow555]

Just my opinion - but I'm thinking we are underrating Sean Penn while overrating Michael B. Jordan. Other than that, the list looks great.

[ManPerson]

How about this?

1. Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
2. Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
3. Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
4. Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
5. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
6. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
7. Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
8. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
9. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
10. Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value

11. Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
12. Amy Madigan – Weapons
13. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
14. Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice
15. Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
16. Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
17. Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
18. Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
19. Emma Stone – Bugonia
20. Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value

[Tim]

Think we can just switch Sean Penn and MBJ on my latest list, think Penn's and Leo's performances in OBAA are similarly acclaimed with Academy win maybe being a tiebreaker in favor of the former.

[Dubrow555]

Ya very good point. I don't think Leo needs to be moved down. However, I feel like MBJ's Oscar win shouldn't give too much credence, I don't remember too many critics singling out his performance back in spring of 2025.

[Dubrow555]

MP's latest update looks great, btw.

[Tim]

Think we can put it on the first page? Guess Man could still argue Leo v Penn & Stellan v MBJ.

1. Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
2. Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
3. Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
4. Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
5. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
6. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
7. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
8. Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
9. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
10. Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value

11. Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
12. Amy Madigan – Weapons
13. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
14. Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice
15. Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
16. Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
17. Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
18. Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
19. Emma Stone – Bugonia
20. Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value

[ManPerson]

I'm fine with this list.

[Dubrow555]

Looks very "front page worthy" to me, thank you both.

[Sherick]

Man I really need to see If I Had Legs if the performance is better than Hamnet*.

*not what we're actually saying

[Dubrow555]

It is 100%

[Tim]

Out of curiousity, how I would rank the top 10 of the 2020s so far.

1. Anthony Hopkins - The Father (2020)
2. Cate Blanchett - Tár (2022)
3. Emma Stone - Poor Things (2023)
4. Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer (2023)
5. Adrien Brody - The Brutalist (2024)
6. Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here (2024)
7. Mikey Madison - Anora (2024)
8. Frances McDormand - Nomadland (2020)
9. Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme (2025)
10. Kristen Stewart - Spencer (2021)

[ManPerson]

Looks good.

[Dubrow555]

Caught a weird mistake on the main page: Maureen Stapleton is listed twice for "Reds" in 1981

[Tim]

Here's how I would update the top of 1990s decade list (which may be helpful for an all time performances list) using Man's yearly lists updates. 'Foreign' performances in bold.

1. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump (1994)
2. Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
3. Denzel Washington - Malcolm X (1992)
4. Juliette Binoche - Three Colours: Blue (1993)
5. Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
6. Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves (1996)
7. Frances McDormand - Fargo (1996)
8. Holly Hunter - The Piano (1993)
9. Kevin Spacey - American Beauty (1999)
10. Daniel Day-Lewis - In the Name of the Father (1993)
11. Geoffrey Rush - Shine (1996)
12. Tom Hanks - Philadelphia (1993)
13. Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List (1993)
14. Kathy Bates - Misery (1990)
15. Joe Pesci - Goodfellas (1990)
16. Gérard Depardieu - Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
17. Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
18. Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction (1994)
19. Johnny Depp - Ed Wood (1994)
20. Hilary Swank - Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
21. Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
22. Gene Hackman - The Unforgiven (1992)
23. Brad Pitt - Fight Club (1999)
24. Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters (1998)
25. Edward Norton - American History X (1998)
26. Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune (1990)
27. Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting (1997)
28. Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets (1997)
29. Robert Duvall - The Apostle (1997)
30. Tim Robbins - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
31. Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station (1998)
32. Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth (1998)
33. Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski (1998)
34. Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan (1998)
35. Russell Crowe - The Insider (1999)
36. Anjelica Huston - The Grifters (1990)
37. Robert De Niro - Goodfellas (1990)
38. Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands (1990)
39. Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin (1992)
40. Emma Thompson - Howard's End (1992)
41. Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman (1992)
42. Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects (1995)
43. Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking (1995)
44. Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking (1995)
45. Nicole Kidman - To Die For (1995)
46. John Travolta - Pulp Fiction (1994)
47. Clint Eastwood - The Unforgiven (1992)
48. Irene Jacob - The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
49. Robin Williams - The Fisher King (1991)
50. Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides (1991)
51. Jim Carrey - The Truman Show (1998)
52. John Goodman - The Big Lebowski (1998)
53. Jessica Lange - Blue Sky (1994)

Old top 40:

1. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump (1994)
2. Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
3. Denzel Washington - Malcolm X (1992)
4. Kevin Spacey - American Beauty (1999)
5. Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves (1996)
6. Daniel Day-Lewis - In the Name of the Father (1993)
7. Geoffrey Rush - Shine (1996)
8. Tom Hanks - Philadelphia (1993)
9. Holly Hunter - The Piano (1993)
10. Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
11. Frances McDormand - Fargo (1996)
12. Johnny Depp - Ed Wood (1994)
13. Hilary Swank - Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
14. Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune (1990)
15. Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
16. Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters (1998)
17. Kathy Bates - Misery (1990)
18. Edward Norton - American History X (1998)
19. Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
20. Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets (1997)
21. Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth (1998)
22. Gene Hackman - The Unforgiven (1992)
23. Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction (1994)
24. Anjelica Huston - The Grifters (1990)
25. Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski (1998)
26. Joe Pesci - Goodfellas (1990)
27. Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin (1992)
28. Emma Thompson - Howard's End (1992)
29. Robert De Niro - Goodfellas (1990)
30. Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman (1992)
31. Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan (1998)
32. Brad Pitt - Fight Club (1999)
33. Robert Duvall - The Apostle (1997)
34. Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking (1995)
35. Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking (1995)
36. Russell Crowe - The Insider (1999)
37. Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting (1997)
38. Jessica Lange - Blue Sky (1994)
39. Clint Eastwood - The Unforgiven (1992)
40. Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides (1991)

[ManPerson]

Jessica Lange in Blue Sky seems high.