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

[Tim]

Moved her at #53 for now.

[Tim]

The 1980s update:

1. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull (1980)
2. Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice (1982)
3. Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot (1989)
4. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man (1988)
5. Ben Kingsley - Gandhi (1982)
6. Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment (1983)
7. F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus (1984)
8. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (1989)
9. Robert De Niro - The King of Comedy (1982)
10. Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie (1982)
11. Isabelle Adjani - Possession (1981)
12. Meryl Streep - The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
13. Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet (1986)
14. Jack Nicholson - The Shining (1980)
15. Sissy Spacek - The Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
16. John Hurt - The Elephant Man (1980)
17. Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond (1981)
18. Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond (1981)
19. Willem Dafoe - Platoon (1986)
20. Michael Douglas - Wall Street (1987)
21. Al Pacino - Scarface (1983)
22. Meryl Streep - Silkwood (1983)
23. Catherine Deneuve - The Last Metro (1980)
24. Glenn Close - Fatal Attraction (1987)
25. Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City (1980)
26. Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies (1983)
27. Albert Finney - Under the Volcano (1984)
28. Sally Field - Places in the Heart (1984)
29. Robert De Niro - Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
30. Jodie Foster - The Accused (1988)
31. Tom Hanks - Big (1988)
32. Jeremy Irons - Dead Ringers (1988)
33. William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
34. Sandrine Bonnaire - Vagabond (1985)
35. Harry Dean Stanton - Paris, Texas (1984)
36. Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple (1985)
37. Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
38. Daniel Auteuil - Jean de Florette (1986)
39. Gary Oldman - Sid & Nancy (1986)
40. Gérard Depardieu - Jean de Florette (1986)
41. Denzel Washington - Glory (1989)
42. Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
43. Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor (1985)
44. Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
45. Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment (1983)
46. Tom Courtenay - The Dresser (1983)
47. Paul Newman - The Verdict (1982)
48. Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People (1980)
49. Jack Lemmon - Missing (1982)
50. Klaus Kinski - Fitzcarraldo (1982)
51. Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner (1982)
52. Jon Voight - Runaway Train (1985)
53. Paul Newman - The Color of Money (1986)

Old list:

1. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull (1980)
2. Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice (1982)
3. Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot (1989)
4. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man (1988)
5. Ben Kingsley - Gandhi (1982)
6. Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment (1983)
7. F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus (1984)
8. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (1989)
9. Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie (1982)
10. Meryl Streep - The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
11. Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet (1986)
12. Sissy Spacek - The Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
13. John Hurt - The Elephant Man (1980)
14. Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond (1981)
15. Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond (1981)
16. Robert De Niro - The King of Comedy (1982)
17. Willem Dafoe - Platoon (1986)
18. Michael Douglas - Wall Street (1987)
19. Meryl Streep - Silkwood (1983)
20. Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City (1980)
21. Jack Nicholson - The Shining (1980)
22. Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies (1983)
23. Albert Finney - Under the Volcano (1984)
24. Sally Field - Places in the Heart (1984)
25. Robert De Niro - Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
26. Al Pacino - Scarface (1983)
27. Jodie Foster - The Accused (1988)
28. William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
29. Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
30. Paul Newman - The Color of Money (1986)
31. Gary Oldman - Sid & Nancy (1986)
32. Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
33. Glenn Close - Fatal Attraction (1987)
34. Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor (1985)
35. Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment (1983)
36. Tom Courtenay - The Dresser (1983)
37. Paul Newman - The Verdict (1982)
38. Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People (1980)
39. Jack Lemmon - Missing (1982)
40. Jon Voight - Runaway Train (1985)

[ManPerson]

I'd add Bill Murray in Groundhog Day and David Thewlis in Naked to the 1990s list. I'd also move up Irene Jacob in The Double Life of Veronique.

I'd add Philippe Noiret in Cinema Paradiso (#2 on my 1988 list) to the 1980s list. Max Von Sydow in Pelle the Conqueror, Marcello Mastroianni in Dark Eyes, Aleksei Kravchenko in Come and See and Erland Josephson in The Sacrifice as well. I don't think Paul Newman in The Color of Money needs to be there either, it's not really considered one of his best performances, necessarily, despite the oscar win. I'd have Isabelle Adjani in Possession even higher.

[Tim]

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. Bill Murray - Groundhog Day (1993)
28. David Thewlis - Naked (1993)
29. Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting (1997)
30. Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets (1997)
31. Irene Jacob - The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
32. Robert Duvall - The Apostle (1997)
33. Tim Robbins - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
34. Fernanda Montenegro - Central Station (1998)
35. Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth (1998)
36. Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski (1998)
37. Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan (1998)
38. Russell Crowe - The Insider (1999)
39. Anjelica Huston - The Grifters (1990)
40. Robert De Niro - Goodfellas (1990)
41. Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands (1990)
42. Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin (1992)
43. Emma Thompson - Howard's End (1992)
44. Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman (1992)
45. Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects (1995)
46. Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking (1995)
47. Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking (1995)
48. Nicole Kidman - To Die For (1995)
49. John Travolta - Pulp Fiction (1994)
50. Clint Eastwood - The Unforgiven (1992)
51. Robin Williams - The Fisher King (1991)
52. Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides (1991)
53. Jim Carrey - The Truman Show (1998)
54. John Goodman - The Big Lebowski (1998)

1. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull (1980)
2. Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice (1982)
3. Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot (1989)
4. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man (1988)
5. Ben Kingsley - Gandhi (1982)
6. Isabelle Adjani - Possession (1981)
7. Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment (1983)
8. F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus (1984)
9. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (1989)
10. Robert De Niro - The King of Comedy (1982)
11. Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie (1982)
12. Meryl Streep - The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
13. Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet (1986)
14. Jack Nicholson - The Shining (1980)
15. Sissy Spacek - The Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
16. John Hurt - The Elephant Man (1980)
17. Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond (1981)
18. Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond (1981)
19. Willem Dafoe - Platoon (1986)
20. Michael Douglas - Wall Street (1987)
21. Al Pacino - Scarface (1983)
22. Meryl Streep - Silkwood (1983)
23. Catherine Deneuve - The Last Metro (1980)
24. Glenn Close - Fatal Attraction (1987)
25. Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City (1980)
26. Philippe Noiret - Cinema Paradiso (1988)
27. Max von Sydow - Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
28. Marcello Mastroianni - Dark Eyes (1987)
29. Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies (1983)
30. Albert Finney - Under the Volcano (1984)
31. Sally Field - Places in the Heart (1984)
32. Robert De Niro - Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
33. Jodie Foster - The Accused (1988)
34. Tom Hanks - Big (1988)
35. Jeremy Irons - Dead Ringers (1988)
36. William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
37. Sandrine Bonnaire - Vagabond (1985)
38. Harry Dean Stanton - Paris, Texas (1984)
39. Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple (1985)
40. Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
41. Daniel Auteuil - Jean de Florette (1986)
42. Gary Oldman - Sid & Nancy (1986)
43. Gérard Depardieu - Jean de Florette (1986)
44. Erland Josephson - The Sacrifice (1986)
45. Denzel Washington - Glory (1989)
46. Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
47. Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor (1985)
48. Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
49. Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment (1983)
50. Tom Courtenay - The Dresser (1983)
51. Paul Newman - The Verdict (1982)
52. Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People (1980)
53. Jack Lemmon - Missing (1982)
54. Klaus Kinski - Fitzcarraldo (1982)
55. Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner (1982)
56. Jon Voight - Runaway Train (1985)
57. Aleksei Kravchenko - Come and See (1985)

[Tim]

The 1970s update:

1. Marlon Brando - The Godfather (1972)
2. Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver (1976)
3. Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
4. Al Pacino - The Godfather Part II (1974)
5. Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
6. Gena Rowland - A Woman Under Influence (1974)
7. Liv Ullmann - Scenes from a Marriage (1974)
8. George C. Scott - Patton (1970)
9. Gene Hackman - The French Connection (1971)
10. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall (1977)
11. Jack Nicholson - Chinatown (1974)
12. Ellen Burstyn - Alice Don't Live Here Anymore (1974)
13. Al Pacino - Serpico (1973)
14. Jane Fonda - Klute (1971)
15. Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
16. Peter Finch - Network (1976)
17. Liv Ullmann - Face to Face (1976)
18. Klaus Kinski - Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)
19. Al Pacino - The Godfather (1972)
20. Marlon Brando - Last Tango in Paris (1972)
21. Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
22. Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
23. Peter Sellers - Being There (1979)
24. Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter (1978)
25. Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail (1973)
26. Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter (1978)
27. Gene Hackman - The Conversation (1974)
28. Isabelle Adjani - The Story of Adele H. (1975)
29. Delphine Seyrig - Jeanne Dielman (1975)
30. Faye Dunaway - Network (1976)
31. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky (1976)
32. Ingrid Bergman - Autumn Sonata (1978)
33. Jon Voight - Coming Home (1978)
34. Jane Fonda - Coming Home (1978)
35. Liv Ullmann - Autumn Sonata (1978)
36. Robert De Niro - The Godfather Part II (1974)
37. Robert De Niro - Mean Streets (1973)
38. Topol - Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
39. Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
40. Faye Dunaway - Chinatown (1974)
41. Gene Wilder - Young Frankenstein (1974)
42. Vittorio Gassman - Scent of a Woman (1974)
43. Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now (1979)
44. Sally Field - Norma Rae (1979)
45. Meryl Streep - Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
46. Al Pacino - ...And Justice for All (1979)
47. Robert Duvall - The Great Santini (1979)
48. Liza Minneli - Cabaret (1972)
49. Stephane Audran - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
50. Liv Ullmann - Cries and Whispers (1972)
51. Laurence Olivier - Sleuth (1972)
52. Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces (1970)
53. Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger (1973)
54. Dustin Hoffman - Lenny (1974)
55. Gene Hackman - I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
56. Art Carney - Harry & Tonto (1974)

Old list:

1. Marlon Brando - The Godfather (1972)
2. Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver (1976)
3. Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
4. Al Pacino - The Godfather Part II (1974)
5. George C. Scott - Patton (1970)
6. Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
7. Gene Hackman - The French Connection (1971)
8. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall (1977)
9. Jack Nicholson - Chinatown (1974)
10. Ellen Burstyn - Alice Don't Live Here Anymore (1974)
11. Gena Rowland - A Woman Under Influence (1974)
12. Al Pacino - Serpico (1973)
13. Jane Fonda - Klute (1971)
14. Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
15. Peter Finch - Network (1976)
16. Al Pacino - The Godfather (1972)
17. Marlon Brando - Last Tango in Paris (1972)
18. Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
19. Peter Sellers - Being There (1979)
20. Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter (1978)
21. Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail (1973)
22. Jon Voight - Coming Home (1978)
23. Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
24. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky (1976)
25. Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter (1978)
26. Jane Fonda - Coming Home (1978)
27. Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger (1973)
28. Robert De Niro - The Godfather Part II (1974)
29. Robert De Niro - Mean Streets (1973)
30. Gene Hackman - The Conversation (1974)
31. Dustin Hoffman - Lenny (1974)
32. Sally Field - Norma Rae (1979)
33. Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now (1979)
34. Al Pacino - ...And Justice for All (1979)
35. Robert Duvall - The Great Santini (1979)
36. Laurence Olivier - Sleuth (1972)
37. Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces (1970)
38. Gene Hackman - I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
39. Topol - Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
40. Art Carney - Harry & Tonto (1974)

[ManPerson]

Gene Hackman in The Conversation seems low. So does Klaus Kinski in Aguirre.

[Tim]

1. Marlon Brando - The Godfather (1972)
2. Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver (1976)
3. Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
4. Al Pacino - The Godfather Part II (1974)
5. Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
6. Gena Rowland - A Woman Under Influence (1974)
7. Liv Ullmann - Scenes from a Marriage (1974)
8. Klaus Kinski - Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)
9. George C. Scott - Patton (1970)
10. Gene Hackman - The French Connection (1971)
11. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall (1977)
12. Jack Nicholson - Chinatown (1974)
13. Ellen Burstyn - Alice Don't Live Here Anymore (1974)
14. Al Pacino - Serpico (1973)
15. Jane Fonda - Klute (1971)
16. Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
17. Peter Finch - Network (1976)
18. Liv Ullmann - Face to Face (1976)
19. Gene Hackman - The Conversation (1974)
20. Al Pacino - The Godfather (1972)
21. Marlon Brando - Last Tango in Paris (1972)
22. Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
23. Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
24. Peter Sellers - Being There (1979)
25. Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter (1978)
26. Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail (1973)
27. Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter (1978)
28. Isabelle Adjani - The Story of Adele H. (1975)
29. Delphine Seyrig - Jeanne Dielman (1975)
30. Faye Dunaway - Network (1976)
31. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky (1976)
32. Ingrid Bergman - Autumn Sonata (1978)
33. Jon Voight - Coming Home (1978)
34. Jane Fonda - Coming Home (1978)
35. Liv Ullmann - Autumn Sonata (1978)
36. Robert De Niro - The Godfather Part II (1974)
37. Robert De Niro - Mean Streets (1973)
38. Topol - Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
39. Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
40. Faye Dunaway - Chinatown (1974)
41. Gene Wilder - Young Frankenstein (1974)
42. Vittorio Gassman - Scent of a Woman (1974)
43. Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now (1979)
44. Sally Field - Norma Rae (1979)
45. Meryl Streep - Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
46. Al Pacino - ...And Justice for All (1979)
47. Robert Duvall - The Great Santini (1979)
48. Liza Minneli - Cabaret (1972)
49. Stephane Audran - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
50. Liv Ullmann - Cries and Whispers (1972)
51. Laurence Olivier - Sleuth (1972)
52. Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces (1970)
53. Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger (1973)
54. Dustin Hoffman - Lenny (1974)
55. Gene Hackman - I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
56. Art Carney - Harry & Tonto (1974)

[Tim]

The 1960s update:

1. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove (1964)
2. Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
3. Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
4. Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
5. Catherine Deneuve - Belle de Jour (1967)
6. Katharine Hepburn - The Lion In Winter (1968)
7. Marcello Mastroianni - La Dolce Vita (1960)
8. Bibi Andersson - Persona (1966)
9. Sophia Loren - Two Women (1960)
10. Shirley MacLaine - The Apartment (1960)
11. Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter (1968)
12. Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons (1966)
13. Richard Burton - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
14. Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy (1969)
15. Anthony Quinn - Zorba the Greek (1964)
16. Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke (1967)
17. Paul Newman - The Hustler (1961)
18. Toshiro Mifune - Yojimbo (1961)
19. Sidney Poitier - In the Heat of the Night (1967)
20. Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night (1967)
21. Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field (1963)
22. Paul Newman - Hud (1963)
23. Marcello Mastroianni - 8½ (1963)
24. Anthony Perkins - Psycho (1960)
25. Jean-Paul Belmondo - Breathless (1960)
26. Jack Lemmon - The Apartment (1960)
27. Glenda Jackson - Women in Love (1969)
28. Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate (1967)
29. Alain Delon - Le Samouraï (1967)
30. Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy (1969)
31. Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
32. Monica Vitti - L’avventura (1960)
33. Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry (1960)
34. Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl (1968)
35. Henry Fonda - Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
36. Jeanne Moreau - Jules and Jim (1962)
37. Bette Davis - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
38. Tatsuya Nakadai - Harakiri (1962)
39. Anne Bancroft - The Miracle Worker (1962)
40. Catherine Deneuve - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
41. Audrey Hepburn - My Fair Lady (1964)
42. Katharine Hepburn - Long Day's Journey into Night (1962)
43. Anne Bancroft - The Graduate (1967)
44. Robert Mitchum - Cape Fear (1962)
45. Kirk Douglas - Spartacus (1960)
46. Liv Ullmann - Persona (1966)
47. Anouk Aimee - A Man and a Woman (1966)
48. Michael Caine - Alfie (1966)
49. Jane Fonda - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
50. Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
51. Julie Christie - Darling (1965)
52. Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou (1965)
53. Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
54. Julie Andrews - The Sound of Music (1965)
55. Peter O'Toole - Becket (1964)

Old list:

1. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove (1964)
2. Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
3. Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
4. Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
5. Shirley MacLaine - The Apartment (1960)
6. Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter (1968)
7. Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons (1966)
8. Richard Burton - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
9. Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy (1969)
10. Anthony Quinn - Zorba the Greek (1964)
11. Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke (1967)
12. Katharine Hepburn - The Lion In Winter (1968)
13. Paul Newman - The Hustler (1961)
14. Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night (1967)
15. Sidney Poitier - In the Heat of the Night (1967)
16. Glenda Jackson - Women in Love (1969)
17. Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy (1969)
18. Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field (1963)
19. Paul Newman - Hud (1963)
20. Jack Lemmon - The Apartment (1960)
21. Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
22. Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry (1960)
23. Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl (1968)
24. Henry Fonda - Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
25. Anne Bancroft - The Miracle Worker (1962)
26. Kirk Douglas - Spartacus (1960)
27. Michael Caine - Alfie (1966)
28. Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
29. Julie Christie - Darling (1965)
30. Anthony Perkins - Psycho (1960)
31. Katharine Hepburn - Long Day's Journey into Night (1962)
32. Bette Davis - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
33. Robert Mitchum - Cape Fear (1962)
34. Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou (1965)
35. Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate (1967)
36. Jane Fonda - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
37. Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
38. Julie Andrews - The Sound of Music (1965)
39. Anne Bancroft - The Graduate (1967)
40. Peter O'Toole - Becket (1964)

[ManPerson]

I'd have Perkins and Belmondo higher.

[Tim]

1. Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove (1964)
2. Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
3. Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
4. Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
5. Catherine Deneuve - Belle de Jour (1967)
6. Katharine Hepburn - The Lion In Winter (1968)
7. Marcello Mastroianni - La Dolce Vita (1960)
8. Bibi Andersson - Persona (1966)
9. Sophia Loren - Two Women (1960)
10. Shirley MacLaine - The Apartment (1960)
11. Peter O'Toole - The Lion in Winter (1968)
12. Paul Scofield - A Man for All Seasons (1966)
13. Richard Burton - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
14. Anthony Perkins - Psycho (1960)
15. Jean-Paul Belmondo - Breathless (1960)
16. Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy (1969)
17. Anthony Quinn - Zorba the Greek (1964)
18. Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke (1967)
19. Paul Newman - The Hustler (1961)
20. Toshiro Mifune - Yojimbo (1961)
21. Sidney Poitier - In the Heat of the Night (1967)
22. Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night (1967)
23. Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field (1963)
24. Paul Newman - Hud (1963)
25. Marcello Mastroianni - 8½ (1963)
26. Jack Lemmon - The Apartment (1960)
27. Glenda Jackson - Women in Love (1969)
28. Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate (1967)
29. Alain Delon - Le Samouraï (1967)
30. Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy (1969)
31. Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
32. Monica Vitti - L’avventura (1960)
33. Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry (1960)
34. Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl (1968)
35. Henry Fonda - Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
36. Jeanne Moreau - Jules and Jim (1962)
37. Bette Davis - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
38. Tatsuya Nakadai - Harakiri (1962)
39. Anne Bancroft - The Miracle Worker (1962)
40. Catherine Deneuve - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
41. Audrey Hepburn - My Fair Lady (1964)
42. Katharine Hepburn - Long Day's Journey into Night (1962)
43. Anne Bancroft - The Graduate (1967)
44. Robert Mitchum - Cape Fear (1962)
45. Kirk Douglas - Spartacus (1960)
46. Liv Ullmann - Persona (1966)
47. Anouk Aimee - A Man and a Woman (1966)
48. Michael Caine - Alfie (1966)
49. Jane Fonda - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
50. Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
51. Julie Christie - Darling (1965)
52. Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou (1965)
53. Peter O'Toole - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
54. Julie Andrews - The Sound of Music (1965)
55. Peter O'Toole - Becket (1964)

[Tim]

The 1950s update:

1. Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront (1954)
2. Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard (1950)
3. Bette Davis - All About Eve (1950)
4. Giulietta Masina - Nights of Cabiria (1957)
5. Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
6. Toshiro Mifune - Seven Samurai (1954)
7. Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
8. James Dean - Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
9. Takashi Shimura - Ikiru (1952)
10. Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
11. Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen (1951)
12. Henry Fonda - 12 Angry Men (1957)
13. Judy Garland - A Star Is Born (1954)
14. Giulietta Masina - La Strada (1954)
15. Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot (1959)
16. James Stewart - Vertigo (1958)
17. Elizabeth Taylor - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
18. Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday (1953)
19. William Holden - Stalag 17 (1953)
20. Setsuko Hara - Tokyo Story (1953)
21. Robert Mitchum - The Night of the Hunter (1955)
22. Laurence Olivier - Richard lll (1955)
23. Toshiro Mifune - Rashomon (1950)
24. Burt Lancaster - The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
25. Max von Sydow - The Seventh Seal (1957)
26. Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
27. Cary Grant - North by Northwest (1959)
28. Jean-Pierre Léaud - The 400 Blows (1959)
29. Gary Cooper - High Noon (1952)
30. Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! (1958)
31. Simone Signoret - Room at the Top (1959)
32. Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain (1952)
33. Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba! (1952)
34. Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata! (1952)
35. John Wayne - The Searchers (1956)
36. Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot (1959)
37. Anthony Quinn - Viva Zapata! (1952)
38. Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones (1958)
39. Paul Newman - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
40. Toshiro Mifune - Throne of Blood (1957)
41. Kirk Douglas - Paths of Glory (1957)
42. Claude Laydu - Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
43. Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen (1951)
44. Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo (1955)
45. William Holden - Sunset Boulevard (1950)
46. Joan Crawford - Sudden Fear (1952)
47. David Niven - Separate Tables (1958)
48. Takashi Shimura - Seven Samurai (1954)
49. Jean Gabin - Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (1954)
50. James Stewart - Rear Window (1954)
51. Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar (1953)
52. Montgomery Clift - From Here to Eternity (1953)
53. Masayuki Mori - Ugetsu (1953)
54. Burt Lancaster - From Here to Eternity (1953)
55. Humphrey Bogart - In a Lonely Place (1950)
56. Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday (1950
57. James Stewart - Harvey (1950)
58. José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
59. Machiko Kyo - Ugetsu (1953)
60. Jacques Tati - Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

Old list:

1. Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront (1954)
2. Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard (1950)
3. Bette Davis - All About Eve (1950)
4. Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
5. Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
6. James Dean - Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
7. Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen (1951)
8. Henry Fonda - 12 Angry Men (1957)
9. Judy Garland - A Star Is Born (1954)
10. Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot (1959)
11. Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
12. Elizabeth Taylor - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
13. Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday (1953)
14. William Holden - Stalag 17 (1953)
15. Laurence Olivier - Richard lll (1955)
16. Gary Cooper - High Noon (1952)
17. Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
18. Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! (1958)
19. Simone Signoret - Room at the Top (1959)
20. Cary Grant - North by Northwest (1959)
21. Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata! (1952)
22. Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba! (1952)
23. Burt Lancaster - The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
24. John Wayne - The Searchers (1956)
25. Anthony Quinn - Viva Zapata! (1952)
26. Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain (1952)
27. Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen (1951)
28. Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo (1955)
29. William Holden - Sunset Boulevard (1950)
30. Joan Crawford - Sudden Fear (1952)
31. David Niven - Separate Tables (1958)
32. James Stewart - Vertigo (1958)
33. Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones (1958)
34. Robert Mitchum - The Night of the Hunter (1955)
35. James Stewart - Rear Window (1954)
36. Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar (1953)
37. Montgomery Clift - From Here to Eternity (1953)
38. Paul Newman - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
39. Burt Lancaster - From Here to Eternity (1953)
40. José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)

[ManPerson]

I'd have Robert Mitchun in TNotH a bit higher.

[Tim]

1. Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront (1954)
2. Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard (1950)
3. Bette Davis - All About Eve (1950)
4. Giulietta Masina - Nights of Cabiria (1957)
5. Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
6. Toshiro Mifune - Seven Samurai (1954)
7. Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
8. James Dean - Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
9. Takashi Shimura - Ikiru (1952)
10. Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
11. Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen (1951)
12. Henry Fonda - 12 Angry Men (1957)
13. Judy Garland - A Star Is Born (1954)
14. Giulietta Masina - La Strada (1954)
15. Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot (1959)
16. James Stewart - Vertigo (1958)
17. Robert Mitchum - The Night of the Hunter (1955)
18. Elizabeth Taylor - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
19. Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday (1953)
20. William Holden - Stalag 17 (1953)
21. Setsuko Hara - Tokyo Story (1953)
22. Laurence Olivier - Richard lll (1955)
23. Toshiro Mifune - Rashomon (1950)
24. Burt Lancaster - The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
25. Max von Sydow - The Seventh Seal (1957)
26. Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
27. Cary Grant - North by Northwest (1959)
28. Jean-Pierre Léaud - The 400 Blows (1959)
29. Gary Cooper - High Noon (1952)
30. Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! (1958)
31. Simone Signoret - Room at the Top (1959)
32. Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain (1952)
33. Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba! (1952)
34. Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata! (1952)
35. John Wayne - The Searchers (1956)
36. Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot (1959)
37. Anthony Quinn - Viva Zapata! (1952)
38. Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones (1958)
39. Paul Newman - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
40. Toshiro Mifune - Throne of Blood (1957)
41. Kirk Douglas - Paths of Glory (1957)
42. Claude Laydu - Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
43. Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen (1951)
44. Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo (1955)
45. William Holden - Sunset Boulevard (1950)
46. Joan Crawford - Sudden Fear (1952)
47. David Niven - Separate Tables (1958)
48. Takashi Shimura - Seven Samurai (1954)
49. Jean Gabin - Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (1954)
50. James Stewart - Rear Window (1954)
51. Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar (1953)
52. Montgomery Clift - From Here to Eternity (1953)
53. Masayuki Mori - Ugetsu (1953)
54. Burt Lancaster - From Here to Eternity (1953)
55. Humphrey Bogart - In a Lonely Place (1950)
56. Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday (1950
57. James Stewart - Harvey (1950)
58. José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
59. Machiko Kyo - Ugetsu (1953)
60. Jacques Tati - Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

[ManPerson]

I could also see Mifune in Seven Samurai as high as 3.

[Tim]

Sure, why not?

1. Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront (1954)
2. Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard (1950)
3. Toshiro Mifune - Seven Samurai (1954)
4. Bette Davis - All About Eve (1950)
5. Giulietta Masina - Nights of Cabiria (1957)
6. Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
7. Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
8. James Dean - Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
9. Takashi Shimura - Ikiru (1952)
10. Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
11. Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen (1951)
12. Henry Fonda - 12 Angry Men (1957)
13. Judy Garland - A Star Is Born (1954)
14. Giulietta Masina - La Strada (1954)
15. Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot (1959)
16. James Stewart - Vertigo (1958)
17. Robert Mitchum - The Night of the Hunter (1955)
18. Elizabeth Taylor - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
19. Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday (1953)
20. William Holden - Stalag 17 (1953)
21. Setsuko Hara - Tokyo Story (1953)
22. Laurence Olivier - Richard lll (1955)
23. Toshiro Mifune - Rashomon (1950)
24. Burt Lancaster - The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
25. Max von Sydow - The Seventh Seal (1957)
26. Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
27. Cary Grant - North by Northwest (1959)
28. Jean-Pierre Léaud - The 400 Blows (1959)
29. Gary Cooper - High Noon (1952)
30. Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! (1958)
31. Simone Signoret - Room at the Top (1959)
32. Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain (1952)
33. Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba! (1952)
34. Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata! (1952)
35. John Wayne - The Searchers (1956)
36. Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot (1959)
37. Anthony Quinn - Viva Zapata! (1952)
38. Sidney Poitier - The Defiant Ones (1958)
39. Paul Newman - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
40. Toshiro Mifune - Throne of Blood (1957)
41. Kirk Douglas - Paths of Glory (1957)
42. Claude Laydu - Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
43. Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen (1951)
44. Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo (1955)
45. William Holden - Sunset Boulevard (1950)
46. Joan Crawford - Sudden Fear (1952)
47. David Niven - Separate Tables (1958)
48. Takashi Shimura - Seven Samurai (1954)
49. Jean Gabin - Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (1954)
50. James Stewart - Rear Window (1954)
51. Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar (1953)
52. Montgomery Clift - From Here to Eternity (1953)
53. Masayuki Mori - Ugetsu (1953)
54. Burt Lancaster - From Here to Eternity (1953)
55. Humphrey Bogart - In a Lonely Place (1950)
56. Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday (1950
57. James Stewart - Harvey (1950)
58. José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
59. Machiko Kyo - Ugetsu (1953)
60. Jacques Tati - Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

[Tim]

The 1940s update:

1. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet (1948)
2. Orson Welles - Citizen Kane (1941)
3. Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator (1940)
4. Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story (1940)
5. Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca (1942)
6. Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity (1944)
7. Ingrid Bergman - Casablanca (1942)
8. Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce (1945)
9. Henry Fonda - The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
10. James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
11. Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight (1944)
12. Laurence Olivier - Henry V (1944)
13. Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend (1945)
14. Anna Magnani - Rome, Open City (1945)
15. James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
16. Humphrey Bogart - The Maltese Falcon (1941)
17. Humphrey Bogart - Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
18. Lamberto Maggiorani - Bicycle Thieves (1948)
19. James Cagney - White Heat (1949)
20. Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress (1949)
21. Setsuko Hara - Late Spring (1949)
22. Alec Guinness - Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
23. Barbara Stanwyck - The Lady Eve (1941)
24. Fredric March - The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
25. Chishū Ryū - Late Spring (1949)
26. Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda (1948)
27. Robert Mitchum - Out of the Past (1947)
28. Orson Welles - The Third Man (1949)
29. Cary Grant - Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)
30. Charles Boyer - Gaslight (1944)
31. Humphrey Bogart - To Have and Have Not (1944)
32. Nikolai Cherkasov - Ivan the Terrible Part I (1944)
33. Katharine Hepburn - Adam's Rib (1949)
34. Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men (1949)
35. Celia Johnson - Brief Encounter (1945)
36. Mercedes McCambridge - All the King's Men (1949)
37. Vittorio Gassman - Bitter Rice (1949)
38. Ralph Richardson - The Heiress (1949)
39. Joseph Cotten - Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
40. Jennifer Jones - The Song Of Bernadette (1943)
41. Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine (1943)
42. Ingrid Bergman - For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
43. James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story (1940)
44. Laurence Olivier - Rebecca (1940)
45. Ingrid Bergman - Spellbound (1945)
46. Joan Fontaine - Suspicion (1941)
47. Cary Grant - His Girl Friday (1940)
48. Montgomery Clift - Red River (1948)
49. Edward G. Robinson - Key Largo (1948)
50. Joan Fontaine - Rebecca (1940)
51. Rosalind Russell - His Girl Friday (1940)
52. Gary Cooper - Sergeant Yorke (1941)
53. Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver (1942)
54. Carole Lombard - To Be or Not To Be (1942)
55. Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own (1946)
56. Charlie Chaplin - Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
57. Richard Widmark - Kiss of Death (1947)
58. Ronald Colman - A Double Life (1947)
59. Deborah Kerr - Black Narcissus (1947)
60. Ingrid Bergman - Notorious (1946)
61. Cary Grant - Notorious (1946)
62. Claude Rains - Notorious (1946)

Old list:

1. Laurence Olivier - Hamlet (1948)
2. Orson Welles - Citizen Kane (1941)
3. Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story (1940)
4. Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator (1940)
5. Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca (1942)
6. Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight (1944)
7. Henry Fonda - The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
8. Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity (1944)
9. James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
10. Laurence Olivier - Henry V (1944)
11. James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
12. Ingrid Bergman - Casablanca (1942)
13. Humphrey Bogart - The Maltese Falcon (1941)
14. Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda (1948)
15. Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend (1945)
16. James Cagney - White Heat (1949)
17. Fredric March - The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
18. Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress (1949)
19. Joan Fontaine - Suspicion (1941)
20. Barbara Stanwyck - The Lady Eve (1941)
21. Alec Guinness - Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
22. Katharine Hepburn - Adam's Rib (1949)
23. Jennifer Jones - The Song Of Bernadette (1943)
24. Robert Mitchum - Out of the Past (1947)
25. Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce (1945)
26. Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine (1943)
27. Joseph Cotten - Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
28. Cary Grant - Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)
29. Ingrid Bergman - For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
30. James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story (1940)
31. Laurence Olivier - Rebecca (1940)
32. Ingrid Bergman - Spellbound (1945)
33. Joan Fontaine - Rebecca (1940)
34. Gary Cooper - Sergeant Yorke (1941)
35. Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver (1942)
36. Carole Lombard - To Be or Not To Be (1942)
37. Charles Boyer - Gaslight (1944)
38. Humphrey Bogart - Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
39. Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own (1946)
40. Ronald Colman - A Double Life (1947)

[Tim]

The 1930s update:

1. Vivien Leigh - Gone With the Wind (1939)
2. James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
3. Peter Lorre - M (1931)
4. Charlie Chaplin - City Lights (1931)
5. Charlie Chaplin - The Modern Times (1936)
6. Marlene Dietrich - The Blue Angel (1930)
7. Clark Gable - Gone With the Wind (1939)
8. James Cagney - The Public Enemy (1931)
9. Cary Grant - Bringing Up Baby (1938)
10. Bette Davis - Jezebel (1938)
11. Bette Davis - Of Human Bondage (1934)
12. Greta Garbo - Camille (1936)
13. Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
14. Edward G. Robinson - Little Caesar (1931)
15. Charles Laughton - Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
16. Greta Garbo - Ninotchka (1939)
17. Judy Garland - The Wizard of Oz (1939)
18. Jean Gabin - Pépé le Moko (1937)
19. Jean Gabin - The Grand Illusion (1937)
20. James Cagney - Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
21. Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights (1939)
22. Katharine Hepburn - Bringing Up Baby (1938)
23. Katharine Hepburn - Holiday (1938)
24. Bette Davis - Dark Victory (1939)
25. Boris Karloff - Frankenstein (1931)
26. Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
27. Paul Muni - I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
28. Greta Garbo - Anna Christie (1930)
29. Norma Shearer - The Divorcee (1930)
30. Clark Gable - It Happened One Night (1934)
31. Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night (1934)
32. Emil Jannings - The Blue Angel (1930)
33. Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
34. Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
35. Thomas Mitchell - Stagecoach (1939)
36. John Wayne - Stagecoach (1939)
37. William Powell - The Thin Man (1934)
38. Spencer Tracy - Boys Town (1938)
39. Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous (1937)
40. Jean Harlow - Red Dust (1932)
41. Paul Muni - Scarface (1932)
42. Katharine Hepburn - Little Women (1933)
43. Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory (1933)
44. Greta Garbo - Queen Christina (1933)
45. Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
46. Leslie Howard - Pygmalion (1938)
47. Wendy Hiller - Pygmalion (1938)
48. Victor McLaglen - The Informer (1935)
49. Katharine Hepburn - Alice Adams (1935)
50. Fred Astaire - Top Hat (1935)
51. Bette Davis - Dangerous (1935)
52. Paul Muni - The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
53. Irene Dunne - Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
54. Walter Huston - Dodsworth (1936)
55. Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey (1936)
56. William Powell - My Man Godfrey (1936)
57. Fredric March - The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
58. Marie Dressler - Min and Bill (1930)
59. Wallace Beery - The Champ (1931)
60. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (1931)

Old list:

1. James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
2. Charlie Chaplin - City Lights (1931)
3. Vivien Leigh - Gone With the Wind (1939)
4. Charlie Chaplin - The Modern Times (1936)
5. Clark Gable - Gone With the Wind (1939)
6. James Cagney - The Public Enemy (1931)
7. Cary Grant - Bringing Up Baby (1938)
8. Bette Davis - Jezebel (1938)
9. Gary Cooper - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
10. Greta Garbo - Camille (1936)
11. Bette Davis - Of Human Bondage (1934)
12. Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory (1933)
13. Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
14. Paul Muni - I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
15. Greta Garbo - Anna Christie (1930)
16. Norma Shearer - The Divorcee (1930)
17. Clark Gable - It Happened One Night (1934)
18. Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night (1934)
19. James Cagney - Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
20. Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights (1939)
21. Spencer Tracy - Boys Town (1938)
22. Bette Davis - Dangerous (1935)
23. Katharine Hepburn - Holiday (1938)
24. Greta Garbo - Ninotchka (1939)
25. Charles Laughton - Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
26. Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
27. Edward G. Robinson - Little Caesar (1931)
28. Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
29. Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous (1937)
30. William Powell - The Thin Man (1934)
31. Jean Harlow - Red Dust (1932)
32. Paul Muni - Scarface (1932)
33. Bette Davis - Dark Victory (1939)
34. Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
35. Leslie Howard - Pygmalion (1938)
36. Katharine Hepburn - Bringing Up Baby (1938)
37. Thomas Mitchell - Stagecoach (1939)
38. Judy Garland - The Wizard of Oz (1939)
39. John Wayne - Stagecoach (1939)
40. Katharine Hepburn - Little Women (1933)

[ManPerson]

Looks good at first glance.