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

[Tim]

2020-2029
2010-2019
2000-2009
1990-1999
1980-1989
1970-1979
1960-1969
1950-1959
1940-1949
1928-1939

2025
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. Inde Navarrette - Obsession
14. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
15. Lee Byung-hun - No Other Choice
16. Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another
17. Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
18. Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams
19. Jesse Plemons - Bugonia
20. Emma Stone - Bugonia

2020 (update)
1. Anthony Hopkins - The Father
2. Frances McDormand - Nomadland
3. Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
4. Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman
5. Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
6. Mads Mikkelsen - Another Round
7. Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman
8. Youn Yuh-jung - Minari
9. Gary Oldman - Mank
10. Steven Yeun - Minari

11. Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami...
12. Delroy Lindo - Da 5 Bloods
13. Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
14. Olivia Colman - The Father
15. Amanda Seyfried - Mank
16. Ellen Burstyn - Pieces of a Woman
17. Sidney Flanigan - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
18. Jasna Đuričić - Quo Vadis, Aida?
19. Elisabeth Moss - The Invisible Man
20. Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7

2009 (update)
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. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Antichrist
19. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
20. Nicolas Cage - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

2004 (update)
1. Bruno Ganz - Downfall
2. Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
4. Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside
5. Jamie Foxx - Ray
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. Christian Bale - The Machinist
20. Yuya Yagira - Nobody Knows

[Dubrow555]

Great! Thanks Tim.

[Tim]

I remember us agreeing a while ago that Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story got a little overrated and arguably does not belong over Charlie Chaplin and Henry Fonda on the 1940 list.

[Tim]

A top 10 draft plus some other candidates for 2024:

1. Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
2. Mikey Madison - Anora
3. Nicole Kidman - Babygirl
4. Demi Moore - The Substance
5. Yura Borisov - Anora
6. Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
7. Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths
8. Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
9. Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
10. Daniel Craig - Queer

Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
Stanley Tucci - Conclave
Jesse Plemons - Kinds of Kindness
Gabriel LaBelle - Saturday Night
Denzel Washington - Gladiator II
Angelina Jolie - Maria
Pamela Anderson - The Last Showgirl
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Jonathan Bailey - Wicked
Hugh Grant - Heretic
Margaret Qualley - The Substance
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

[Dubrow555]

I remember us agreeing a while ago that Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story got a little overrated and arguably does not belong over Charlie Chaplin and Henry Fonda on the 1940 list.

I remember this as well, and would also support the change.

[Dubrow555]

Tim...you beat me to the punch!! Here is my draft:

1. Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
2. Mikey Madison - Anora
3. Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths
4. Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
5. Demi Moore - The Substance
6. Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
7. Daniel Craig - Queer
8. Ariana Grande - Wicked
9. Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
10. Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown

11. Margaret Qualley - The Substance
12. Yura Borisov - Anora
13. Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
14. Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson
15. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor - Nickel Boys
16. Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
17. Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
18. Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
19. Hugh Grant - Heretic
20. Denzel Washington - Gladiator II

[Tim]

Not saying she should be necessary as high as I had her but given her wins at Venice Film Festival and National Board of Reviews Awards I'd say Kidman is a top 20 lock at least, top 10 I'd say.

[Dubrow555]

I know what...I think you are right. I currently have her + Jolie just outside the top 20. My initial perception was that Kidman (and Jolie as well) is one of the biggest stars in the world and has a natural advantage. I didn't really see this performance as some of the best of her career (also her missing a SAG nomination was a bit suspicious), but I could see her in the top 20.

[Dubrow555]

Here's also my list of contenders/honorable mentions (no particular order):

-Angelina Jolie - Maria
-Nicole Kidman - Babygirl
-Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
-Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice
-Sebastian Stan - A Different Man
-Amy Adams - Nightbitch
-Lily-Rose Depp - Nosferatu
-Pamela Anderson - The Last Showgirl
-Zendaya - Challengers
-Natasha Lyonne - His Three Daughters
-Jesse Plemmons - Kinds of Kindness
-Anya Taylor-Joy - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
-Timothée Chalamet - Dune: Part Two
-Stanley Tucci - Conclave
-Mark Eydelshteyn - Anora
-Dev Patel - Monkey Man
-Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown


*Ineligible: all performances from “Emilia Pérez” + “I’m Still Here”

Performances from 2023: “Sing Sing” + “Hit Man”

[Dubrow555]

Also, also - how would you feel about this update for 2023?:

2023
1. Emma Stone - Poor Things
2. Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer
3. Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers
5. Da’Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers
6. Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer
7. Ryan Gosling - Barbie
8. Leonardo DiCaprio - Killers of the Flower Moon
9. Charles Melton - May December
10. Greta Lee - Past Lives

11. Carey Mulligan - Maestro
12. Bradley Cooper - Maestro
13. Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
14. Andrew Scott - All of Us Strangers
15. Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things
16. Margot Robbie - Barbie
17. Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction
18. Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon
19. Natalie Portman - May December
20. Julianne Moore - May December

In other words: Colman Domingo has been replaced by............................Colman Domingo

[Tim]

Another case of notable performances which are ineligible is Tilda Swinton & Julianne Moore in The Room Next Door as it's an English-language Spanish film.

[Tim]

I am good with your 2023 update, Dubrow.

[Dubrow555]

TY - Tim

[Tim]

Discuss:

1. Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
2. Mikey Madison - Anora
3. Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths
4. Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
5. Demi Moore - The Substance
6. Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
7. Yura Borisov - Anora
8. Ariana Grande - Wicked
9. Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
10. Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown

11. Daniel Craig - Queer
12. Nicole Kidman - Babygirl
13. Margaret Qualley - The Substance
14. Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
15. Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson
16. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor - Nickel Boys
17. Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
18. Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice
19. Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
20. Felicity Jones - The Brutalist

[Dubrow555]

So this was my most recent update, which is pretty similar to your list:

1. Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
2. Mikey Madison - Anora
3. Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths
4. Demi Moore - The Substance
5. Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
6. Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
7. Daniel Craig - Queer
8. Ariana Grande - Wicked
9. Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
10. Yura Borisov - Anora

11. Margaret Qualley - The Substance
12. Nicole Kidman - Babygirl
13. Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
14. Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
15. Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
16. Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
17. Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson
18. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor - Nickel Boys
19. Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
20. Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

21. Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice
22. Hugh Grant - Heretic
23. Angelina Jolie - Maria
24. Denzel Washington - Gladiator II
25. Sebastian Stan - A Different Man
26. Pamela Anderson - The Last Showgirl
27. Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
28. Mark Eydelshteyn - Anora
29. Amy Adams - Nightbitch
30. Zendaya - Challengers

[Tim]

Anyone besides myself and Dubrow plans submitting a list?