Monday, September 26, 2011

Top 100 Actors: Part IX (#20-11)

The first part of the series to use "Top 10 Performances" lists instead of Top 5. Enjoy!



20. John Hurt

Top 5 Performances:
1. The Elephant Man [1980]
2. Midnight Express [1978]
3. Love And Death On Long Island [1997]
4. 10 Rillington Place [1971]
5. Scandal [1989]
6. Owning Mahowny [2003]
7. Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984]
8. A Man For All Seasons [1966]
9. Alien [1979]
10. Beyond The Gates [2006]





19. Russell Crowe

Top 5 Performances:
1. L.A. Confidential [1997]
2. Gladiator [2000]
3. A Beautiful Mind [2001]
4. Romper Stomper [1992]
5. 3:10 To Yuma [2007]
6. The Insider [1999]
7. Cinderella Man [2005]
8. Master And Commander [2003]
9. Proof [1991]
10. American Gangster [2007]





18. Jeff Bridges

Top 5 Performances:
1. The Big Lebowski [1998]
2. Crazy Heart [2009]
3. American Heart [1992]
4. The Door In The Floor [2004]
5. The Fisher King [1991]
6. Tucker: The Man And His Dream [1988]
7. Thunderbolt And Lightfoot [1974]
8. Fearless [1993]
9. True Grit [2010]
10. The Contender [2000]





17. Michael Caine

Top 5 Performances:
1. Alfie [1966]
2. Hannah And Her Sisters [1986]
3. Educating Rita [1983]
4. Get Carter [1971]
5. Sleuth [1972]
6. Little Voice [1998]
7. The Cider House Rules [1999]
8. Is Anybody There? [2009]
9. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels [1988]
10. The Quiet American [2002]





16. Dustin Hoffman

Top 5 Performances:
1. Rain Man [1988]
2. Lenny [1974]
3. Tootsie [1982]
4. Kramer Vs. Kramer [1979]
5. Midnight Cowboy [1969]
6. The Graduate [1967]
7. Straight Time [1978]
8. Wag The Dog [1997]
9. Finding Neverland [2004]
10. All The President's Men [1976]





15. Kirk Douglas

Top 5 Performances:
1. Ace In The Hole [1951]
2. Champion [1949]
3. Paths Of Glory [1957]
4. Lust For Life [1956]
5. Detective Story [1951]
6. The Bad And The Beautiful [1952]
7. Lonely Are The Brave [1962]
8. Out Of The Past [1947]
9. Spartacus [1960]
10. Seven Days In May [1964]





14. Fredric March

Top 5 Performances:
1. A Star Is Born [1937]
2. Death Of A Salesman [1951]
3. The Best Years Of Our Lives [1946]
4. Inherit The Wind [1960]
5. The Royal Family Of Broadway [1930]
6. Middle Of The Night [1959]
7. The Eagle And The Hawk [1933]
8. Executive Suite [1954]
9. Seven Days In May [1964]
10. Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde [1931]





13. Burt Lancaster

Top 5 Performances:
1. Sweet Smell Of Success [1957]
2. Birdman Of Alcatraz [1962]
3. From Here To Eternity [1953]
4. Atlantic City [1981]
5. The Swimmer [1968]
6. Elmer Gantry [1960]
7. Seven Days In May [1964]
8. The Leopard [1963]
9. The Rainmaker [1956]
10. The Train [1964]





12. Robert De Niro

Top 5 Performances:
1. The Deer Hunter [1978]
2. Taxi Driver [1976]
3. The Godfather Part II [1974]
4. Raging Bull [1980]
5. Goodfellas [1990]
6. The King Of Comedy [1983]
7. Once Upon A Time In America [1984]
8. Mean Streets [1973]
9. Heat [1995]
10. Awakenings [1990]





11. Laurence Olivier

Top 5 Performances:
1. Wuthering Heights [1939]
2. Carrie [1952]
3. Rebecca [1940]
4. The Entertainer [1960]
5. Marathon Man [1976]
6. Hamlet [1948]
7. Sleuth [1972]
8. Henry V [1944]
9. Pride And Prejudice [1940]
10. The Boys From Brazil [1978]

5 comments:

Sara C said...

Once again a fabulous list. I'm glad Rain Man is top of your Hoffman list, even though he's superb in all of those films. I completely forgot about Michael Caine, completely agree. SO excited about tomorrow's insert (as you may have gathered)

Jeff SC said...

Haha, thanks Sara! I'll try not to be a letdown :P

OMFGITSROHIT said...

Great list.

Aditya Gokhale said...

Wow dude! This is getting better and better!
But hey!! Judgment at Nuremberg is not a Burt Lancaster Top 10????


Why doesn't anyone like that performance of his!?

Jeff SC said...

I thought it was a great performance, but so are all of the movies in his top ten, so I had to cut something :P

Thanks everybody for reading!