Greatest Screen Performances per Film Actors

[Sherick]

I'm thinking Doctor Zhivago > Lawrence of Arabia

[Tim]

1. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
3. Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
4. Funny Girl (1968)
5. The Tamarind Seed (1974)
6. The Night of the Generals (1967)
7. More Than a Miracle (1967)
8. The River of Love (1960)
9. The Beginning and the End (1960)
10. A Rumor of Love (1960)

Forgot about More Than a Miracle as well.

[Tim]

Steve Buscemi (1957–)
1. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
2. Ghost World (2001)
3. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
4. Fargo (1996)
5. Trees Lounge (1996)
6. The Death of Stalin (2017)
7. The Big Lebowski (1998)
8. Living in Oblivion (1995)
9. Mystery Train (1989)
10. Con Air (1997)

Roberto Benigni (1952–)
1. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
2. Down by Law (1986)
3. Johnny Stecchino (1991)
4. The Monster (1994)
5. Nothing Left to Do But Cry (1984)
6. The Little Devil (1988)
7. Night on Earth (1991)
8. The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
9. Pinocchio (2019)
10. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)

Christoph Waltz (1956–)
1. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
2. Django Unchained (2012)
3. Big Eyes (2014)
4. The Zero Theorem (2013)
5. Carnage (2011)
6. The Consultant (2023)
7. Most Dangerous Game (2020–2023)
8. Spectre (2015)
9. Georgetown (2019)
10. Water for Elephants (2011)

Benicio del Toro (1967–)
1. Traffic (2000)
2. Che (2008)
3. One Battle After Another (2025)
4. 21 Grams (2003)
5. Sicario (2015)
6. The Usual Suspects (1995)
7. Basquiat (1996)
8. Escape at Dannemora (2018)
9. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
10. The Fan (1996)

Matthew McConaughey (1969–)
1. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
2. True Detective (2014)
3. Interstellar (2014)
4. The Beach Bum (2019)
5. Mud (2012)
6. Magic Mike (2012)
7. Killer Joe (2011)
8. Bernie (2011)
9. Dazed and Confused (1991)
10. The Rivals of Amziah King (2025)

[ManPerson]

I'd have True Detective over Dallas Buyers Club for sure.

Also, The Wolf of Wall Street should be on there as well.

[Tim]

1. True Detective (2014)
2. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
3. Interstellar (2014)
4. The Beach Bum (2019)
5. Mud (2012)
6. Magic Mike (2012)
7. Killer Joe (2011)
8. Bernie (2011)
9. Dazed and Confused (1991)
10. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

[Tim]

Ed Harris (1950–)
1. Pollock (2000)
2. A History of Violence (2005)
3. The Truman Show (1998)
4. Apollo 13 (1995)
5. The Hours (2002)
6. The Right Stuff (1983)
7. Westworld (2016–2022)
8. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
9. The Abyss (1989)
10. Knightriders (1981)

Harvey Keitel (1939–)
1. Mean Streets (1973)
2. Bad Lieutenant (1992)
3. Bugsy (1991)
4. Smoke (1995)
5. Dangerous Game (1993)
6. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
7. Blue Collar (1978)
8. Pulp Fiction (1994)
9. Taxi Driver (1976)
10. The Piano (1993)

Thomas Mitchell (1892–1962)
1. Stagecoach (1939)
2. Gone with the Wind (1939)
3. The Hurricane (1937)
4. The Long Voyage Home (1940)
5. Moontide (1942)
6. Lost Horizon (1937)
7. Flight from Destiny (1941)
8. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
9. Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
10. The Black Swan (1942)

Andrew Garfield (1983–)
1. tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
2. Silence (2016)
3. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
4. The Social Network (2010)
5. Under the Silver Lake (2018)
6. Boy A (2007)
7. Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)
8. Never Let Me Go (2009)
9. Breathe (2017)
10. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Adam Driver (1983–)
1. Marriage Story (2019)
2. Paterson (2016)
3. Girls (2012–2017)
4. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
6. Annette (2021)
7. Hungry Hearts (2014)
8. Silence (2016)
9. The Report (2019)
10. White Noise (2022)

[Tim]

Kurt Russell (1951–)
1. The Thing (1982)
2. Escape from New York (1981)
3. Tombstone (1993)
4. Death Proof (2007)
5. Miracle (2004)
6. Silkwood (1983)
7. Elvis (1979)
8. The Hateful Eight (2015)
9. Bone Tomahawk (2015)
10. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

James Woods (1947–)
1. Salvador (1986)
2. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
3. Videodrome (1983)
4. The Onion Field (1979)
5. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
6. Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
7. Promise (1987)
8. My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
9. The Boost (1988)
10. Citizen Cohn (1992)

Billy Bob Thornton (1956–)
1. Sling Blade (1996)
2. Fargo (2014)
3. A Simple Plan (1998)
4. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
5. Monster's Ball (2001)
6. Goliath (2016–2021)
7. Bad Santa (2003)
8. Bandits (2001)
9. Landman (2024–)
10. Armageddon (1998)

[Dubrow555]

All of the above looks good. I don't think "Hercules" would be a bad choice for Woods near the bottom.

[Dubrow555]

Thought I'd throw in a fun one:

Sacha Baron Cohen
1. Borat
2. The Trial of the Chicago 7
3. The Spy
4. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
5. Brüno
6. Da Ali G Show
7. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
8. Les Misérables
9. Who is America?
10. The Dictator

[Tim]

Put Sacha Baron Cohen's list on the first page. As for Woods, I considered Hercules, figured it falls just short of a top 10 spot.

[ManPerson]

I feel like Da Ali G Show should be higher.

[Tim]

1. Borat (2006)
2. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
3. The Spy (2015)
4. Da Ali G Show (2000–2004)
5. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
6. Brüno (2009)
7. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
8. Les Misérables (2012)
9. Who Is America? (2018)
10. The Dictator (2012)

[ManPerson]

I'll take it.

[Dubrow555]

Yes looks good.

[Tim]

Richard Attenborough (1923–2014)
1. Brighton Rock (1947)
2. Guns at Batasi (1964)
3. Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
4. 10 Rillington Place (1971)
5. The Chess Players (1977)
6. The Sand Pebbles (1966)
7. The Great Escape (1963)
8. The Angry Silence (1960)
9. Jurassic Park (1993)
10. Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

David Niven (1910–1983)
1. Separate Tables (1958)
2. The Moon Is Blue (1953)
3. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
4. The Pink Panther (1963)
5. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
6. My Man Godfrey (1957)
7. Carrington V.C. (1954)
8. Dawn Patrol (1938)
9. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
10. Murder by Death (1976)

Tom Courtenay (1937–)
1. The Dresser (1983)
2. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
3. 45 Years (2015)
4. King & Country (1964)
5. Billy Liar (1963)
6. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
7. Last Orders (2001)
8. A Rather English Marriage (1998)
9. Little Dorrit (2007)
10. Unforgotten (2015)

Rex Harrison (1908–1990)
1. My Fair Lady (1964)
2. Cleopatra (1963)
3. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
4. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
5. Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
6. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
7. Doctor Dolittle (1967)
8. Major Barbara (1941)
9. Escape (1948)
10. Night Train to Munich (1940)

[ManPerson]

I sense a theme here.