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Best Movie Performances from Modern Actors

 

Al Pacino – Dog Day Afternoon

 

Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger – Predator

 

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game

 

Ben Kingsley – Gandhi

 

Bill Murray – Lost in Translation

 

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook

 

Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 

Bruce Willis – The Sixth Sense

 

Christian Bale – American Hustle

 

Christopher Walken – The Deer Hunter

 

Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

 

Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven

 

Colin Firth – The King’s Speech

 

Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

 

Dennis Quaid – The Right Stuff

 

Denzel Washington – Fences

 

Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man

 

Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

 

Edward Norton – Fight Club

 

Forest Whitaker – The Crying Game

 

Gene Hackman – Unforgiven

 

Gene Wilder – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

 

George Clooney – Up in the Air

 

Guy Pearce – Memento

 

Harrison Ford – Witness

 

Harvey Keitel – The Piano

 

Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain

 

Hugh Jackman – Logan

 

Ian McKellen – Mr. Holmes

 

Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt

 

Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler

 

James Franco – 127 Hours

 

James McAvoy – Split

 

Jeff Bridges – True Grit

 

Jeff Goldblum – The Fly

 

Joaquin Phoenix – Her

 

Joel Edgerton – Loving

 

John Hurt – The Elephant Man

 

Johnny Depp – Edward Scissorhands

 

John Travolta – Saturday Night Fever

 

Jon Voight – Coming Home

 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Don Jon

 

Jude Law – The Talented Mr. Ripley

 

Kevin Spacey – American Beauty

 

Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street

 

Liam Neeson – Schindler’s List

 

Kenneth Branagh – Henry V

 

Mark Hamill – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

 

Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight

 

Michael Caine – Alfie

 

Matt Damon – The Martian

 

Matthew Broderick – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

 

Mel Gibson – Braveheart

 

Michael Fassbender – Shame

 

Michael J. Fox – Back to the Future

 

Michael Keaton – Beetlejuice

 

Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption

 

Patrick Stewart – Logan

 

Ralph Fiennes – Schindler’s List

 

Richard Dreyfuss – The Goodbye Girl

 

Robert De Niro – Raging Bull

 

Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies

 

Robert Redford – All Is Lost

 

Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting

 

Russell Crowe – Noah

 

Ryan Gosling – La La Land

 

Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

 

Samuel L. Jackson – Django Unchained

 

Sean Penn – Milk

 

Steve Carell – The 40-Year-Old Virgin

 

Steve Martin – Planes, Trains and Automobiles

 

Sylvester Stallone – Creed

 

Tom Cruise – Rain Man

 

Tom Hanks  – Cast Away

 

Tom Hardy – Locke

 

Will Smith – I Am Legend

 

Woody Allen – Annie Hall