wow.. was not expecting Sandra bullocks hair to look like that !

there’s something very satisfying in hearing actors talk about film, innit?

Daniel Day Lewis in literally anything, Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman in the Master

Love Woody Hartelson for mentioning Ulrich Mühe in The Life of Others. This movie is totally brilliant and Ulrich was on of the best actors we had in Germany. He died too young. God bless him.

I love it how everyone else goes for these dramatic, emotional performances and there's Sam Worthington with Eddie Murphy

I absolutely agree with Carey Mulligan. Saoirse's performance was breathtaking in Atonement. She should have won the oscar.

Javier bardem in no country, heath in dark knight and obviously ddl in there will be blood

Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler among so many others

How come no one mentioned Adrien Brody in The Pianist? he was unreal.

Sandra pulled a Helena Bonham Carter with that hair.

Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose is, to me and to some, the greatest performance in the history of cinema.

Zac Efron in High School musical 2. That "Bet On It" scene I mean c'mon.

Just realized that peter sarsgaard is jake gyllenhaal's brother in law

That's so adorable that Jake Gyllenhaal talks about his brother-in-law.

Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford." Most underrated film of the last 20 years in my opinion.

I was gonna say that I was hurt cause nobody mentioned Marion Cotillard then George Clooney at the end did and I was so happy, you sure have taste man!

Daniel Day-Lewis in 'There Will be Blood" was absolutely best performance of the 2000s. Nothing comes even close. Nobody picked him ? Sheesh...

Adrien Brody in The Pianist is one of my favorites

I love Leo and Tobey's friendship ❤️

Jake Gyllenhaal asking himself " Do I choose one of my Performances?"...He is the best

Tobey Maguire is a real life Nick Carraway to Leonardo DiCaprio.

I created a cheatsheet. Please excuse the formatting as KZfaq comments doesn't support spreadsheets with rows and columns: Sandra Bullock Kate Winslet The Reader Jeff Bridges Mike White Chuck & Buck Julianne Moore Sean Penn Mystic River Jake Gyllenhaal Peter Sarsgaard An Education Carey Mulligan Saoirse Ronan Atonement Woody Harrelson Ulrich Mühe The Lives of Others Morgan Freeman Meryl Streep Any Film Christoph Waltz Tommy Lee Jones No Country for Old Men Sam Worthington Eddie Murphy The Nutty Professor Vera Farmiga Michael Fassbender Hunger Tobey Maguire Leonardo Dicaprio The Aviator Colin Firth Kevin Bacon The Woodsman Zoë Saldana Tang Wei Lust, Caution George Clooney Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose

Heath Ledger's Joker is the masterpiece of our time.

"Meryl Streep in anything she's done in the last 50 years" hahah I bloody love Morgan Freeman

Haha reallife Tobey Maguire is the same as how he played Peter Parker.

here are some: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain Naomi Watts - Mulholland Dr.

Please do this again for this decade!

Paul Giamatti in Sideways is one of the most tragic, realistic, beautiful and humorous performances in my opinion. I'm always waiting for somebody to pay it the attention that it deserves. Definitely my favorite performance of all time, not this decade.

Listening to Colin Firth talk is like reading a book

Kevin bacon's performance in the woodsman is so underrated.

I've been waiting for a 2019 version of this for years now. Fingers crossed they'll make one.

Tobey Maguire was like "I think my bestfriend was the best."

Glad Fassbender got a mention, Shame was the most haunting performance that stands shoulder to shoulder with Brando in Last Tango in Paris, Surprised no mention for DDL. Gangs of New York, to me he crafted the most relatable anti-hero, one who is easily the most compelling characters in film history.

Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood. INCREDIBLE performance.

Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in "Revolutionary Road"

5 new movies added to my watchlist! Thank you!

Marion in La Vie En Rose was probably one of the best performances EVER.

Leonardo DiCaprio-The Aviator Guy Pearce-The Rover Sean Penn-Milk Daniel Day-Lewis-There Will be Blood Christian Bale-American Psycho Jake Gyllenhaal- Nightcrawler Joaquin Phoenix-Gladiator Heath Ledger-The Dark Knight Jeremy Renner-The Town

Di Caprio in Django, Heath Ledger in TDK, Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men, Tom Cruise in Collateral

Colin Farrell in In Bruges! That was my favorite performance of the 2000s.

Daniel Day Lewis in There will be Blood or Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Bastards or Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight...The best performances

Everyone complaining about the choices should remember that this is their personal choice. And probably they know more about acting and what is difficult to do on the job than you guys....My personal pick would be Heath Ledger in The Dark knight or Omar Sy in The Intouchables but that is my PERSONAL pick. Everyone are allowed to have their own choice.

Heath Ledger, “Dark Knight”, Saorsie Ronan “Atonement”, whole cast “no country for old men”

I love that Zoe mentioned Tang Wei in Lust, Caution - one of my favourite films and performances! And I agree...one of the few times sexual intimacy added SO MUCH to a film's progression - it wasn't in there for the heck of it or to titillate at all.

Cristopher waltz could talk me into an eternal sleep with his liquid Austrian gold voice

brilliant choice from firth, woodsman is so underrated.

Looking forward to see the one from this decade!!

Love how Tobey chose Leo's performance ✨

Obvious one is There Will Be Blood. Daniel Day-Lewis will go down in history for that performance. Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman in The Master. Christian Bale in The Machinist, I agree with who said that one. Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight I'd even put Ryan Gosling in Drive on the list, bite me.

And then Sam Worthington appears and you are like wtf what is he doing here?

I know they said this decade but... Ellen Burstyn in Requien for a Dream, by far is the best performance ive seen. Next to Charlize Theron in Monster, same as Philip Seymour Hoffman is almost every character he did, Joaquin Phoenix in The Master is just superb, Fassbender on Shame is so believable. and of course Daniel Day Lewis whos by far is maybe the best performer of this and the previous decade.

Heath Ledger -The dark knight. I know... I know... A bit Mainstream but that Performance inspired me more than anything else to become an actor myself. Work in Theater for 7 years now since I left school. Love every second of it and i am grateful that heath Ledger did the joker. Otherwise i may have never found my love for acting.

Heath Ledger as The Joker in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight was just brilliant.

I agree with Firth. Kevin Bacon's performance in The Woodsman was incredible. The delicacy with which he handled that character was awe-inspiring. He really got me to feel bad for him, not as a criminal, but as a person trying to be good when nobody believes he can be. The conversation he has with the little girl in the park near the end is truly heart-breaking. I would also put up Ralph Fiennes in The Constant Gardener. Very, very subtle work, as always. The scene where the character learns his wife has died is one of the best pieces of acting I've ever seen. The guy is a master.

Well at least now I know how to pronounce "Saorsie" Ronan's name. I thought it was "saer-see" not "seer-shah". You learn something new every day. Thank you Carey Mulligan.

Cate Blanchet in "I'm not there" Kate Winslet in "The reader" Adrien Brody in "The Pianist" Christian Bale in "The Machinist" Tilda Swinton in "We need to talk about Kevin" Daniel Day Lewis in "There will be blood" Philip Seymor Hoffman in "Capote" Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain" Marion Cottillard in De Rouille et os (of rust and bone) Meryll Streep in "The Devil wears Prada" Not always in this order....

Phillip Seymour Hoffman in anything..... Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood might be the most astonishing thing ever done by a male actor.

Woody Harrelson is just on spot! Ulrich Mühe was on that one not an actor. He simply was the character. Little to nothing did he have to do in terms of expression, more so when he did not even have a line to speak (because that is how the script was written, as the silent character he was) in some of the most brilliant beats of that film. A pretty static character if you ask me and got me inside the story and his thoughts more than any other has ever before (and afterwards as well).

Man, it would've been so great if after every answer they switched to the favorite performance of the last person mentioned. That would've been so cool to watch, like a chain of admiration in the academy

This is amazing make more!:)

Christian Bale in American Psycho

Colin Firth in a tux. End of discussion.

Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will be Blood, Charlize Theron in Monster, Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote, Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream, and Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight round out my top 5 performances of the decade

Matthew McConaughey "Rust" in True detective.

Love George Clooney's imitation of people who portray old people at 6:36. lol

I like how Cristoph Waltz had one of the best in Bastards

It says alot about Sam Worthington when he picks Eddie Murphy in the Nutty Professor over so many great performances.

Daniel day lewis, by far the best performance in his magnus opus ' there will be blood'.

The guy in the movie The Hunt. And Marion Cotillard in Le Mome

I loved what Sandra Bullock had to say about Kate, who is in my opinion the best actress of our generation. Her performance in "The Reader" was AMAZING. I would've picked her performance in "The Eternal Sunshine...". And I do agree with George Clooney; Marion was beyond brilliant in "La Vie en Rose".

I completely agree with Christoph Waltz. I know guys like Lee's character and it was pitch perfect. Unbelievably good. His delivery of the monologues alone gave me chills.

Ulrich Muhe in The Lives of Others almost never gets brought up in these discussions, so was very surprised - and pleased - to see him be mentioned here.

My choice so far is Bruno Ganz in Downfall... nuff said.

Joaquin in "the Master" would be my winner. Some overlooked performances that are easy for me to recall? Adam Sandler in "Punch Drunk Love", Colin Farrell in "Tigerland", Samantha Morton in "Minority Report" (or The Messenger), Eddie Marsan in "Happy-Go-Lucky", Terrence Howards "Hustle and Flow", Steve buscemi in "Ghost World", Judy Dench "Notes on a Scandal", Jackie earl Haley "Little Children", Billy Bob Thornton in "Bad Santa" to be honest, a unique performance. Robin Williams in "One Hour Photo", or maybe "Insomnia" (performances bleed together in my mind). Brad Pitt in Assassination of Jesse James.... D.D Lewis in "There Will be Blood" would be my second favorite performance Denzel Washington in "Training Day" being honorable mention.....not an art film, not a special movie at all....and he was really playing his first bad guy. Relative to what a movie should have been, and how an actor elevated the material? He might be the winner for me some days. Training Day was a generic premise, but he raised the whole thing by himself. Other performances that pop in my head....Jack Nicholsen in "About Schmidt", Naomi Watts in "21 Grams", Christian Bale in "The Fighter"(if that fits the decade), Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation", Charlize Theron in "Monster", Marion Cotlliard in that Edith Piaf movie, Meryl Streep in "Doubt", Christoph Waltz in "Inglorious Basterds"( if it fits the decade.), Julianne Moore in "The Hours". I overwhelmingly watch English language movies, obviously

i love that Toby voted for his best friend LOL

julianne moore mentioning sean penn in mystic river... a big yes to that! i like him in general but that movie made me cry... so many things happen in it that i wasnt expecting... after that i would say Milk... Sean Penn has had the most growth as an actor in my opinion to go from Spiccoli in fast times at ridgemont high to his dramatic roles that really resonate... amazing

Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream). By far

Björk in Dancer in the Dark is my favorite performance of the 2000's.

So cool to see who the people I look up to look up to haha

Jake Gyllenhaal and I have similar taste. I love Peter Sarsgaad (not sure how to spell his name) in An Education- it was a superb film because Peter Sarsgaad was so well cast and his character has so much charisma - you can totally relate to the main protagonist feeling attracted to him.

Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain is the greatest performance of the last 10 years.

Daniel Day Lewis in there will be Blood ?

I would say Borat who performed by Sasha, u jus forgot he was acting.

Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge & Leo DiCaprio in The Revenant. Just two great performances off the top of my head that came in mind

I thought it was so cute that Tobey said Leo and Jake talked about his brother in law

Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood," Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight," Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men," Christopher Waltz in "Inglorious Basterds" and Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happiness". Because being mainstream is not so mainstream nowadays.

Kate Winslet in the Reader - Daniel Day Lewis in there will be blood - Judi Dench in Notes on a scandal - Ralph Fiennes in Harry Potter - Julianne Moore in the hours

Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood," Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight," Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men," Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote," Forrest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland," Christoph Waltz in "Inglorious Basterds," all won the 5 big awards (Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG and Critics' Choice Award) for those performances. I don't understand why actors don't pick performances that might actually have been the best. Plus, Daniel Day-Lewis probably would have done the same if he had been nominated for Best Supporting Actor instead Leading actor in "Gangs of New York." I just don't understand why none of them picked any of the truly great performances. Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard weren't bad choices, but most of them were.

Motherfuckin' Charlize in Monster (2003) is one of the greatest performances of all time!

Awesome video.

Heather Ledger - The Joker Daniel Day Lewis - There Will be Blood Joaquin Phoenix - The Master

Fassbender in Shame. DiCaprio in Shutter Island. Bale in The Machinist. Rockwell in Moon. Ledger in TDK.

Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote and Daniel Day Lewis in There Will BE Blood

Glad to hear that Kavin Bacon's criminally underrated performance in THE WOODSMAN and the mesmerizing and, IMHO, one of the best lead performances ever, played by the late Ulrich Mühe (RIP) in The Live of others, are recognized by some of his peers.

I really loved Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead...2007.

Imho. male: DDL - There will be blood female: Ellen Burtstyn - Requiem for a dream

Joaquin Phoenix in The Master is the best performance by an actor ever.

Patrick Stewart in Star Trek TNG The Inner Light. The final scene when he holds the flute to his chest is powerful.

More content like this please!

At least someone gave Eddie his props but my vote goes to heath ledger as the joker