Greatest Film Performances of the 1990s (US/UK)

  Actor - Film Title (Year of Release)

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  1. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump (1994)
  2. Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  3. Denzel Washington - Malcolm X (1992)
  4. Kevin Spacey - American Beauty (1999)
  5. Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves (1996)
  6. Daniel Day-Lewis - In the Name of the Father (1993)
  7. Geoffrey Rush - Shine (1996)
  8. Tom Hanks - Philadelphia (1993)
  9. Holly Hunter - The Piano (1993)
10. Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
11. Frances McDormand - Fargo (1996)
12. Johnny Depp - Ed Wood (1994)
13. Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry (1999)
14. Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune (1990)
15. Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
16. Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters (1998)
17. Kathy Bates - Misery (1990)
18. Edward Norton - American History X (1998)
19. Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
20. Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets (1997)
21. Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth (1998)
22. Gene Hackman - The Unforgiven (1992)
23. Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction (1994)
24. Anjelica Huston - The Grifters (1990)
25. Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski (1998)
26. Joe Pesci - Goodfellas (1990)
27. Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin (1992)
28. Emma Thompson - Howard's End (1992)
29. Robert De Niro - Goodfellas (1990)
30. Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman (1992)
31. Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan (1998)
32. Brad Pitt - Fight Club (1999)
33. Robert Duvall - The Apostle (1997)
34. Sean Penn - Dead Man Walking (1995)
35. Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking (1995)
36. Russell Crowe - The Insider (1999)
37. Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting (1997)
38. Jessica Lange - Blue Sky (1994)
39. Clint Eastwood - The Unforgiven (1992)
40. Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides (1991)
41. Anthony Hopkins - The Remains of the Day (1993)
42. Geena Davis - Thelma & Louise (1991)
43. Robin Williams - The Fisher King (1991)
44. Robert De Niro - Cape Fear (1991)
45. Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects (1995)
46. Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient (1996)
47. Annette Bening - American Beauty (1999)
48. Jim Carrey - Man on the Moon (1999)
49. Edward Norton - Fight Club (1999)
50. Tom Cruise - Magnolia (1999)

51. Angela Bassett - What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
52. Tim Robbins - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
53. Edward Norton - Primal Fear (1996)
54. Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights (1997)
55. Ian McKellen - Richard III (1995)
56. John Travolta - Pulp Fiction (1994)
57. Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List (1993)
58. Bill Murray - Groundhog Day (1993)
59. Susan Sarandon - Thelma & Louise (1991)
60. Emma Thompson - Sense and Sensibility (1995)
61. Meryl Streep - The Bridges of Madison Country (1995)
62. Morgan Freeman - Seven (1995)
63. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman (1990)
64. River Phoenix - My Own Private Idaho (1991)
65. Julliette Binoche - The English Patient (1996)
66. Anthony Hopkins - Amistad (1997)
67. Matt Damon - The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
68. Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights (1997)
69. Robert De Niro - Awakenings (1990)
70. Emma Thompson - The Remains of the Day (1993)
71. Denzel Washington - Philadelphia (1993)
72. Judy Davis - Husbands and Wives (1992)
73. Michelle Pfeiffer - Love Field (1992)
74. Jack Lemmon - Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
75. Al Pacino - Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
76. Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive (1993)
77. Mira Sorvino - Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
78. Brenda Blythyn - Secrets and Lies (1996)
79. Kenneth Branagh - Hamlet (1996)
80. Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade (1996)
81. Jodie Foster - Nell (1994)
82. Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire (1996)
83. Elizabeth Shue - Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
84. Warren Beatty - Bugsy (1991)
85. Al Pacino - Dick Tracy (1990)
86. Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands (1990)
87. Sharon Stone - Casino (1995)
88. Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love (1998)
89. Emily Watson - Hilary and Jackie (1998)
90. Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold (1997)
91. Samuel L. Jackson - Jackie Brown (1997)
92. Robin Williams - Awakenings (1990)
93. Martin Landau - Ed Wood (1994)
94. Dianne Wiest - Bullets over Broadway (1994)
95. Woody Harrelson - The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
96. Ray Liotta - Goodfellas (1990)
97. Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire (1996)
98. Anthony Hopkins - Nixon (1995)
99. Julianne Moore - Safe (1995)
100. Jane Horrocks - Little Voice (1998)

101. Jim Carrey - The Truman Show (1998)
102. Reese Witherspoon - Election (1999)
103. Steve Buscemi - Reservoir Dogs (1992)
104. Leonardo DiCaprio - What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
105. Liam Neeson - Schindler's List (1993)
106. Stephen Rea - The Crying Game (1992)
107. Brad Pitt - 12 Monkeys (1995)
108. William H. Macy - Fargo (1996)
109. Ewan McGregor - Trainspotting (1996)
110. Julianne Moore - The End of the Affair (1999)
111. John Malkovich - Being John Malkovich (1999)
112. Lorraine Bracco - Goodfellas (1990)
113. Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves (1990)
114. Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove (1997)
115. Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets (1997)
116. Mercedes Ruehl - The Fisher King (1991)
117. Nigel Hawthorne - The Madness of King George (1994)
118. Gary Sinise - Forrest Gump (1994)
119. Steve Buscemi - Fargo (1996)
120. Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog (1997)
121. John Turturro - Quiz Show (1994)
122. David Thewlis - Naked (1993)
123. Marisa Tomei - My Cousin Vinny (1992)
124. Pam Greer - Jackie Brown (1997)
125. Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men (1992)
126. Hugh Grant - Four Wedding and a Funeral (1994)
127. Harvey Keitel - Bad Lieutenant (1992)
128. Al Pacino - Carlito's Way (1993)
129. John Goodman - The Big Lebowski (1998)
130. Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story (1999)
131. Val Kilmer - Tombstone (1993)
132. Al Pacino - Donnie Brasco (1997)
133. Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted (1999)
134. Richard Dreyfuss - Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
135. Nicole Kidman - To Die For (1995)
136. Harrison Ford - The Fugitive (1993)
137. Al Pacino - The Godfather Part III (1990)
138. Sharon Stone - Basic Instinct (1992)
139. Joan Allen - Nixon (1995)
140. Dylan Baker - Happiness (1998)
141. Kate Winslet - Sense and Sensibility (1995)
142. Judi Dench - Mrs Brown (1997)
143. Jim Broadbent - Topsy-Turvy (1999)
144. Chris Cooper - American Beauty (1999)
145. Russell Crowe - L.A. Confidential (1997)
146. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Happiness (1998)
147. Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential (1997)
148. Laura Dern - Citizen Ruth (1996)
149. Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Secrets and Lied (1996)
150. Laura Dern - Rambling Rose (1991)

151. Bette Midler - For the Boys (1991)
152. Harvey Keitel - Bugsy (1991)
153. Jack Palance - City Slickers (1991)
154. John Turturro - Barton Fink (1991)
155. Val Kilmer - The Doors (1991)
156. Kate Winslet - Heavenly Creatures (1994)
157. Winona Ryder - The Age of Innocence (1993)
158. Robert De Niro - Casino (1995)
159. Al Pacino - Heat (1995)
160. Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in Love (1998)
161. Denzel Washington - Hurricane (1999)
162. Meryl Streep - Postcards from the Edge (1990)
163. Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost (1990)
164. Laurence Fishburne - Boyz n the Hood (1991)
165. Haley Joel Osment - The Sixth Sense (1999)
166. Kathy Bates - Primary Colors (1998)
167. Melanie Lynskey - Heavenly Creatures (1994)
168. Mia Farrow - Alice (1990)
169. Tommy Lee Jones - JFK (1991)
170. Michelle Pfeiffer - The Age of Innocence (1993)
171. Gary Oldman - JFK (1991)
172. Joanne Woodward - Mr.and Mrs. Bridge (1990)
173. Paul Scofield - Quiz Show (1994)
174. Greg Kinnear - As Good as It Gets (1997)
175. Paul Newman - Nobody's Foul (1994)
176. Miranda Richardson - Enchanted April (1992)
177. Minnie Driver - Good Will Hunting (1997)
178. Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting (1997)
179. Ed Harris - The Truman Show (1998)
180. Michael Caine - Cider House Rules (1999)
181. Michael Clarke Duncan - Green Mile (1999)
182. Courtney Love - The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
183. Kate Winslet - Hamlet (1996)
184. Elias Coteas - The Thin Red Line (1998)
185. Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan (1998)
186. Michael Caine - Little Voice (1998)
187. Tim Robbins - The Player (1992)
188. Alan Rickman - Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990)
189. Robert Carlyle - Trainspotting (1996)
190. Aaron Eckhart - In the Company of Men (1997)
191. Stockard Channing - Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
192. Robin Williams - Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
193. Richard Harris - The Field (1990)
194. Susan Sarandon - Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
195. Christina Ricci - Buffalo '66 (1998)
196. Bill Murray - Rushmore (1998)
197. Tom Cruise - A Few Good Men (1992)
198. Helen Mirren - The Madness of King George (1994)
199. Ralph Fiennes - Quiz Show (1994)
200. Christopher Plummer - The Insider (1999)