Top Favorite Performances of the 21st Century

1. Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will be Blood
2. Joaquin Phoenix - The Master 
3. Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski 
4. Heath Ledger - The Dark Night
5. Natalie Portman - Black Swan
6. Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
7. Denzil Washington - Training Day
8. Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
9. Charlize Theron - Monster
10. Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
11. Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
12. J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
13. Halle Berry - Monsters Ball
14. Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
15. Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
16. Merryl Streep - The Iron Lady
17. Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
18. Phillip Seymore Hoffman- Capote
19. Merryl Streep - Doubt
20. Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
21. Annette Bening - American Beauty 
22. Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the  Spotless Mind
23. Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
24. Michael Keaton - Birdman
25. Naomi Watts - Mulholland Drive
26. Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain 
27. Leonardo Dicaprio - The Wolf of Wallstreet
28. Joaquin Phoenix - Her 
29. Anthony Hopkins - The Father
30. Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
31. Monique - Precious
32. Amy Adams - The Master
33. Cate Blanchet - Blue Jasmine 
34. Kim Min-Hee - The Handmaiden 
35. Bruno Ganz - Downfall
36. Leonardo Dicaprio - The Revenant
37. Christen Balle - American Pyscho 
38. Jessie Eisenberg - The Social Network
39. Lupita Nyong - 12 Years a Slave
40. Willem Dafoe - The Lighthouse
41. Ellen Burstyn- Requiem for a Dream
42. Viola Davis - Fences
43. Amy Adams - Arrival
44. Toni Collette - Hereditary
45. Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
46. Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
47. Merryl Streep - Julia and Julia 
48. Michelle Willams - My Week with Marilyn 
49. Olivia Coleman - The Favourite 
50. Viola Davis - The Help
51. Song Kang Ho - Parasite
52. Rob Morgan - Mudbound
53. Jake Gyllenhaal  - Nightcrawler 
54. Amy Adams - American Hustle
55. Robert Pattison - The Lighthouse
56. Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
57. Denzil Washington - Fences
58. Merryl Streep - Devil Wears Prada
59. Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
60. Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
61. Carey Mulligan - An Education
62. Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
63. Sean Penn - Milk
64. Jamie Foxx -Ray
65. Timothèe Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
66. Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
67. Emma Stone - Birdman
68. Natalie Portman - Jackie
69. Tom Hardy - Warrior
70. Cate Blanchette - Carol 
71. Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
72. Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 
73. James Franco - Spring Breakers
74. Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
75. Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
76. Paul Giamatti - Sideways
77. Adam Sandler - Uncut Gems
78. Rosamond Pike - Gone Girl
79. Denzil Washington - Flight
80. Nicolas Cage - Adaptation
81. Tom Hanks - Castaway
82. Robert Pattison - Good Time
83. Elsie Fisher - Eighth Grade