Favorite Performances From Each Decade

[Sugar Magnolia]

90's
1. Denzel Washington- Malcolm X
2. Tom Hanks- Philidelphia
3. Edward Norton- American History X
4. Jodie Foster- The Silence of the Lambs
5. Tom Hanks- Forrest Gump
6. Joe Pesci- Goodfellas
7. Kathy Bates- Misery
8. Ralph Fiennes- Schindler's List
9. Susan Sarandon- Dead Man Walking
10. Lorraine Bracco- Goodfellas

80's
1. Robert DeNiro- Raging Bull
2. Tom Cruise- Born on the Fourth of July
3. Mary Tyler Moore- Ordinary People
4. F. Murray Abraham- Amadeus
5. Ben Kingsley- Gandhi
6. Tom Berenger- Platoon
7. Cathy Moriarty- Raging Bull
8. John Hurt- The Elephant Man
9. Timothy Hutton- Ordinary People
10. Christian Bale- Empire of the Sun

70's
1. Jack Nicholson- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2. Al Pacino- The Godfather Part II
3. Robert DeNiro- Taxi Driver
4. George C. Scott- Patton
5. Louise Fletcher- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
6. Christopher Walken- The Deer Hunter
7. Marlon Brando- The Godfather
8. Meryl Streep- The Deer Hunter
9. Robert DeNiro- The Godfather Part II
10. William Holden- Network

[notchreturns]

2000s
Naomi Watts (MULHOLLAND DRIVE)
Micheal Douglas (WONDER BOYS)
Daniel Day-Lewis (GANGS OF NEW YORK)
Kate Hudson (ALMOST FAMOUS)
Ray Liotta (NARC)
Tom Wilkinson (IN THE BEDROOM)
Ethan Hawke (TAPE)
Will Ferrel (OLD SCHOOL)
Nicolas Cage (ADAPTATION.)
Sam Rockwell (CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND)

90s
Samuel L. Jackson (PULP FICTION)
Denzel Washingon (MALCOLM X)
Billy Bob Thornton (SLING BLADE)
Susan Sarandon (DEAD MAN WALKING)
Bill Murray (RUSHMORE)
Annette Benning (THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT)
Morgan Freeman (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION)
Jack Lemmon (GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS)
Jason Lee (CHASING AMY)
Frances McDormand (FARGO)

80s
John Candy (PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES)
Timothy Hutton (ORDINARY PEOPLE)
Matthew Broderick (FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF)
Gary Oldman (SID & NANCY)
Crispin Glover (RIVER'S EDGE)
Harrison Ford (RADIER'S OF THE LOST ARK)
Jack Nicholson (THE SHINING)
Danny Aiello (DO THE RIGHT THING)
Holly Hunter (RAISING ARIZONA)
Robert DeNiro (RAGING BULL)

70s
Robert DeNiro (TAXI DRIVER)
Robert Shaw (JAWS)
Peter Sellars (BEING THERE)
Jack Nicholson (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST)
Jack Nicholson (FIVE EASY PIECES)
Gene Hackman (THE CONVERSATION)
Al Pacino (THE GODFATHER)
Dustin Hoffman (LENNY)
Faye Dunaway (NETWORK)
Ruth Gordon (HAROLD AND MAUDE)


I'll be honest, I'm far too lazy to continue.

[ilovemovies]

I've already typed my favorites of the 2000's already so I'll just type my favorite performances of the 90's
Here they are in no particular order:

Kevin Costnor in JFK
Denzel Washinton in Malcolm X
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs
Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects
Michael Douglas in Falling Down
Kevin Spacey in American Beauty
Denzel Washington in The Hurricane
Russell Crowe in The Insider
Tom Hanks in Philadelphia
Elizabeth Shue in Leaving Las Vegas
Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas
Robert DeNiro in A Bronx Tale
Chazz Palminteri in A Bronx Tale
Al Pacino in Carlito's Way
Sean Penn in Carlito's Way
Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets
Kate Winslet in Titanic
Jodi Foster in Contact
Kevin Spacey in LA Confidential
Russell Crowe in LA Confidential
Guy Pierce in LA Confidential
Kim Basinger in LA Confidential
Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights
Bill Murray in Groundhog Day
Harrison Ford in The Fugitive
Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive
John Malkovich in In the Line of Fire
Clint Eastwood in In the Line of Fire
Nicolas Cage in Amos and Andrew
Samuel L. Jackson in Amos and Andrew
Brad Pitt in Kalifornia
David Duchovney in Kalifornia
Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin
Macaulay Culkin in The Good Son
Kurt Russell in Tombstone
Val Kilmer in Tombstone
Alfre Woodard in Heart and Souls
Kyra Sedgewick in Heart and Souls
Robert Downey Jr. in Heart and Souls
Tom Sizemore in Heart and Souls
Charles Grodin in Heart and Souls
Jodi Foster in Maverick
Natalie Portman in The Professional
Natalie Portman in Anywhere but Here
Susan Surandon in Dead Man Walking
Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking
Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon
Meg Ryan in Courage Under Fire
Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman
Winona Ryder in Little Women
Liesel Mathews in A Little Princess
Nicole Kidman in To Die For
Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut
Harrison Ford in Sabrina
Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry Maguire
Renee Zellwegger in Jerry Maguire
John Travolta in Get Shorty
Gene Hackman in Get Shorty
Denis Farina in Get Shorty
Gene Hackman in The Bird Cage
Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting
Robin Williams in What Dreams May Come
Courtney Love in The People vs Larry Flynt

Lots of others but I'm getting tired of this. I'll post more later.

[Hannibal21]

30's:
Bette Davis in Dangerous
Bette Davis in Jezebel
Katharine Hepburn in Stage Door
Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz
Charlie Chaplin in City Lights
James Cagney in The Public Enemy
Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Greta Garbo in Ninotchka
Clark Gable in Mutiny on the Bounty
Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night

40's:
Orson Welles in Citizen Kane
Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story
Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca
Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
Joan Fontaine in Rebecca
Orson Welles in The Third Man
Ingrid Bergman in Notorious
James Cagney in White Heat
Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon
Laurence Olivier in Hamlet
Dame Judith Anderson in Rebecca
Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend
Jimmy Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life

50's:
Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront
Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday
Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard
William Holden in Sunset Boulevard
Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen
Jean Pierre-Leaud in The 400 Blows
George Sanders in All About Eve
Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire
Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire
Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny
Bette Davis in All About Eve
Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter

60's:
Elizabeth Taylor in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate
Liv Ullman in Persona
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate
Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia
Anthony Perkins in Psycho
Kirk Douglas in Spartacus
Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird

70's:
Marlon Brando in The Godfather
Al Pacino in The Godfather I & II
Faye Dunaway in Chinatown
Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Diane Keaton in Annie Hall
Dustin Hoffman in Lenny
Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
Faye Dunaway in Network
Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange
Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

80's:
Meryl Streep in Out of Africa
Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man
Jack Nicholson in The Shining
Harrison Ford in The Indiana Jones movies
Michael Douglas in Wall Street
Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction
Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice
Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot
John Cusack in Say Anything

90's:
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs
Ray Liotta in Goodfellas
Kathy Bates in Misery
Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking
Liam Neeson in Schindler's List
Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights
Denzel Washington in Malcolm X

00's:
Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge!
Nicole Kidman in The Hours
Julianne Moore in Far From Heaven
Halle Berry in Monster's Ball
Tom Wilkinson in In the Bedroom
Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York
Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream

[Trinity]

30s
Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
Olivia de Havilland in Gone with the Wind
Clarke Gable in Gone with the Wind
Bette Davis in Jezebel
Bette Davis in Dark Victory
Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Greta Garbo in Ninotchka

40s
Joan Fontaine in Rebecca
Joan Fontaine in Letter From an Unknown Woman
Rita Haywoth in Gilda
Bette Davis in Now, Voyager
Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress
Olivia de Havilland in The Snake Pit
Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver
Gene Tierney in Laura
Ingrid Bergman in Notorious
Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca
Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
Lauren Bacall in To Have And Have Not
Lauren Bacall in The Big Sleep

50s
Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire
Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire
Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen
Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen
Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday
Bette Davis in All About Eve
Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard
Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
James Dean in Rebel without a Cause

60s
Elizabeth Taylor in Who's Afriad of Virginia Woolf
Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde
Ava Gardner in Night of the Iguana
Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird
Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate

70s
Marlon Brando in the Godfather
Al Pacino in The Godfather I & II
Diane Keaton in Annie Hall
Meryl Streep in Kramer vs. Kramer
Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

80s
Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man
Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Arc
Sally Field in Steel Magnolias
Glenn Close in Dangerous Liaisons
Jodie Foster in The Accused
Geena Davis in Accidental Tourist

90s
Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster in Contact
Julianne Moore in The End of the Affair
Julianne Moore in Magnolia
Renee Zellweger in Jerry Maguire
Jude Law in The Talented Mr. Ripley
Winona Ryder in Little Women
Angelina Jolie in Gia
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth

00s
Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge!
Nicole Kidman in The Others
Nicole Kidman in The Hours
Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones's Diary
Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!
Julia Roberts in Erin Brokovich
Bjork in Dancer in the Dark
Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago
Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive
Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt
Adrien Brody in The Pianist

[Sugar Magnolia]

Hey, I don't even remember making this topic...

Oh well, I guess I'll just update my list...

00's

1. Ellen Burstyn...Requiem for a Dream...
2. Daniel Day-Lewis...Gangs of New York...
3. Naomi Watts...Mulholland Dr...
4. Eric Bana...Chopper...
5. Kate Hudson...Almost Famous...
6. Christian Bale...America Psycho...
7. Jack Nicholson...About Schmidt...
8. Ray Liotta...Narc...
9. Julianne Moore...Far From Heaven...
10. Tom Hanks...Cast Away...

90's

1. Ralph Fiennes...Schindler's List...
2. Joe Pesci...Goodfellas...
3. Anthony Hopkins...The Silence of the Lambs...
4. Susan Sarandon...Dead Man Walking...
5. Samuel L. Jackson...Pulp Fiction...
6. Edward Norton...American History X...
7. Kevin Spacey...American Beauty...
8. Jodie Foster...The Silence of the Lambs...
9. Joey Lauren Adams...Chasing Amy...
10. Kathy Bates...Misery...

80's

1. Robert DeNiro...Raging Bull...
2. Meryl Streep...Sophie's Choice...
3. Dennis Hopper...Blue Velvet...
4. F. Murray Abraham...Amadeus...
5. Tom Cruise...Born on the Fourth of July...
6. John Hurt...The Elephant Man...
7. Dustin Hoffman...Rain Man...
8. Tom Berenger...Platoon...
9. River Phoenix...Stand By Me...
10. Timothy Hutton...Ordinary People...

70's

1. Robert DeNiro...Taxi Driver...
2. Jack Nicholson...One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest...
3. Al Pacino...The Godfather Part II
4. Liv Ullman...Autumn Sonata...
5. Peter Finch...Network...
6. George C. Scott...Patton...
7. Robert Shaw...Jaws...
8. Robert Duvall...Apocalypse Now...
9. Christopher Walken...The Deer Hunter...
10. Marlon Brando...The Godfather...

60's

1. George C. Scott...Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb...
2. Dustin Hoffman...The Graduate...
3. Paul Newman...Cool Hand Luke...
4. Katharine Hepburn...The Lion in Winter...
5. Gregory Peck...To Kill a Mockingbird...
6. John Voight...Midnight Cowboy...
7. Paul Newman and Robert Redford...Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...
8. Peter Sellers...Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb...
9. Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty...Bonnie and Clyde...
10. Anthony Perkins...Psycho...

50's

1. Vivien Leigh...A Streetcar Named Desire...
2. Marlon Brando...A Streetcar Named Desire...
3. Karl Malden...On the Waterfront...
4. Bette Davis...All About Eve...
5. Henry Fonda...12 Angry Men...
6. Humphrey Bogart...The Caine Mutiny...
7. Jimmy Stewart...Vertigo...
8. Marlon Brando...On the Waterfront...
9. Toshiro Mifune...Seven Samurai...
10. Anne Baxter...All About Eve...

40's

1. Orson Welles...The Third Man...
2. Humphrey Bogart...The Maltese Falcon...
3. Katharine Hepburn...The Philadelphia Story...
4. Orson Welles...Citizen Kane...
5. Ingrid Bergman...Casablanca...

I don't feel Like going on any further...

[zeppelin]

2000's (so far)
1. Ellen Burstyn in REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
2. Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK
3. Julianne Moore in FAR FROM HEAVEN
4. Bill Murray in LOST IN TRANSLATION
5. Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION
6. Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST
7. Jennifer Connelly in A BEAUTIFUL MIND
8. Scarlett Johansson in LOST IN TRANSLATION
9. Nicolas Cage in ADAPTATION
10. Jack Nicholson in ABOUT SCHMIDT

90's
1. Ralph Fiennes in SCHINDLER'S LIST
2. Anthony Hopkins in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
3. Emily Watson in BREAKING THE WAVES
4. Sean Penn in DEAD MAN WALKING
5. Denzel Washington in MALCOLM X
6. Joe Pesci in GOODFELLAS
7. Susan Sarandon in DEAD MAN WALKING
8. Julianne Moore in BOOGIE NIGHTS
9. Martin Landau in ED WOOD
10. Jodie Foster in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

80's
1. Robert De Niro in RAGING BULL
2. F. Murray Abraham in AMADEUS
3. Dustin Hoffman in RAIN MAN
4. John Hurt in THE ELEPHANT MAN
5. Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE
6. Joe Pesci in RAGING BULL
7. Anthony Hopkins in THE ELEPHANT MAN
8. Dennis Hopper in BLUE VELVET
9. Tom Cruise in BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
10. Daniel Day-Lewis in MY LEFT FOOT

70's
1. Robert De Niro in TAXI DRIVER
2. Jack Nicholson in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
3. Marlon Brando in THE GODFATHER
4. Al Pacino in THE GODFATHER
5. Al Pacino in THE GODFATHER PART II
6. Louise Fletcher in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
7. Faye Dunaway in NETWORK
8. Robert De Niro in THE GODFATHER PART II
9. Malcolm McDowell in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
10. Al Pacino in DOG DAY AFTERNOON

60's
1. Peter O'Toole in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
2. Dustin Hoffman in MIDNIGHT COWBOY
3. Jon Voight in MIDNIGHT COWBOY
4. George C. Scott in DR. STRANGELOVE
5. Peter Sellers in DR. STRANGELOVE
6. Gregory Peck in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
7. Anthony Perkins in PSYCHO
8. Faye Dunaway in BONNIE AND CLYDE
9. Elizabeth Taylor in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
10. Dustin Hoffman in THE GRADUATE

50's
1. Marlon Brando in ON THE WATEFRONT
2. Marlon Brando in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
3. Karl Malden in ON THE WATERFRONT
4. Giulietta Masina in LA STRADA
5. Rod Steiger in ON THE WATERFRONT
6. Gloria Swanson in SUNSET BLVD.
7. Eva Marie Saint in ON THE WATERFRONT
8. Lee J. Cobb in ON THE WATERFRONT
9. James Dean in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
10. Vivien Leigh in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
11. Jimmy Stewart in VERTIGO
12. Toshiro Mifune in SEVEN SAMURAI
13. Jack Lemmon in SOME LIKE IT HOT
14. Jimmy Stewart in REAR WINDOW
15. Toshiro Mifune in RASHOMON