Greatest Film Performances of the 1980s (US/UK)

  Actor - Film Title (Year of Release)

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  1. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull (1980)
  2. Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice (1982)
  3. Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot (1989)
  4. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man (1988)
  5. Ben Kingsley - Gandhi (1982)
  6. Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment (1983)
  7. F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus (1984)
  8. Kenneth Branagh - Henry V (1989)
  9. Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie (1982)
10. Meryl Streep - The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
11. Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet (1986)
12. Sissy Spacek - The Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
13. John Hurt - The Elephant Man (1980)
14. Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond (1981)
15. Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond (1981)
16. Robert De Niro - The King of Comedy (1982)
17. Willem Dafoe - Platoon (1986)
18. Michael Douglas - Wall Street (1987)
19. Meryl Streep - Silkwood (1983)
20. Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City (1980)
21. Jack Nicholson - The Shining (1980)
22. Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies (1983)
23. Albert Finney - Under the Volcano (1984)
24. Sally Field - Places in the Heart (1984)
25. Robert De Niro - Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
26. Al Pacino - Scarface (1983)
27. Jodie Foster - The Accused (1988)
28. William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
29. Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
30. Paul Newman - The Color of Money (1986)
31. Gary Oldman - Sid & Nancy (1986)
32. Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
33. Glenn Close - Fatal Attraction (1987)
34. Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor (1985)
35. Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment (1983)
36. Tom Courtenay - The Dresser (1983)
37. Paul Newman - The Verdict (1982)
38. Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People (1980)
39. Jack Lemmon - Missing (1982)
40. Jon Voight - Runaway Train (1985)
41. James Woods - Salvador (1986)
42. Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
43. Glenn Close - Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
44. Tom Hanks - Big (1988)
45. Raúl Juliá - Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
46. Kevin Kline - A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
47. Sean Connery - The Untouchables (1987)
48. Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
49. Denzel Washington - Glory (1989)
50. Morgan Freeman - Street Smart (1987)

51. Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple (1985)
52. Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God (1986)
53. Harrison Ford - Witness (1985)
54. Pauline Collins - Shirley Valentine (1989)
55. Michelle Pfeiffer - The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
56. Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
57. Andie MacDowell - Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
58. Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society (1989)
59. Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning (1988)
60. Robert Downey Jr. - Less Than Zero (1987)
61. Haing S. Ngor - The Killing Fields (1984)
62. Peggy Ashcroft - A Passage to India (1984)
63. Albert Finney - The Dresser (1983)
64. Joe Pesci - Raging Bull (1980)
65. Peter O'Toole - The Stunt Man (1980)
66. Mary Tyler Moore - Ordinary People (1980)
67. Dianne Wiest - Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
68. Bob Hoskins - Mona Lisa (1986)
69. Gena Rowland - Gloria (1980)
70. John Malkovich - Places in the Heart (1984)
71. James Woods - Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
72. Jeff Bridges - Starman (1984)
73. Christopher Walken - The Dead Zone (1983)
74. Tom Hulce - Amadeus (1984)
75. Robert Redford - Out Of África (1985)
76. Edward James Olmos - Stand and Deliver (1988)
77. Meryl Streep - Out of Africa (1985)
78. Jessica Lange - Frances (1982)
79. Peter O'Toole - My Favourite Year (1982)
80. John Gielgud - Arthur (1981)
81. Jane Alexander - Testament (1983)
82. Vanessa Redgrave - The Bostonians (1984)
83. Cher - Silkwood (1983)
84. Jeremy Irons - Dead Ringers (1988)
85. Meryl Streep - Ironweed (1987)
86. Cher - Moonstruck (1987)
87. Sigourney Weaver - Aliens (1986)
88. Danny Aiello - Do the Right Thing (1989)
89. Morgan Freeman - Glory (1989)
90. Jack Nicholson - Ironweed (1987)
91. Albert Brooks - Broadcast News (1987)
92. Robin Williams - Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
93. Debra Winger - Terms of Endearment (1983)
94. Diane Keaton - Reds (1981)
95. Julie Andrews - Victor/Victoria (1982)
96. Diane Keaton - Shoot the Moon (1982)
97. Donald Sutherland - Ordinary People (1980)
98. Paul Newman - Absence of Malice (1981)
99. Jack Nicholson - Prizzi's Honor (1985)
100. Holly Hunter - Broadcast News (1987)

101. Jack Nicholson - Reds (1981)
102. Dudley Moore - Arthur (1981)
103. Sissy Spacek - Missing (1982)
104. Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner (1982)
105. Jeremy Irons - The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
106. Sissy Spacek - Crimes of the Heart (1986)
107. Klaus Maria Brandauer - Out of Africa (1985)
108. Michelle Pfeiffer - Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
109. Glenn Close - The World According to Garp (1982)
110. Michael Caine - Educating Rita (1983)
111. Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
112. Kathleen Turner - Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
113. Michael Caine - Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
114. Sally Kirkland - Anna (1987)
115. Robert Redford - The Natural (1984)
116. Tom Conti - Reuben, Reuben (1983)
117. Julie Walters - Educating Rita (1983)
118. Mary Steenburger - Melvin and Howard (1980)
119. Cathy Moriarty - Raging Bull (1980)
120. Jack Lemmon - Tribute (1980)
121. Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck (1987)
122. Melanie Griffith - Working Girl (1988)
123. Bruce Davison - Longtime Companion (1989)
124. Jessica Lange - Music Box (1989)
125. Robert Preston - Victor/Victoria (1982)
126. Anthony Hopkins - The Elephant Man (1980)
127. Bob Hoskins - The Long Good Friday (1980)
128. Robin Williams - Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
129. Frances McDormand - Blood Simple (1984)
130. Susan Sarandon - Bull Durham (1988)
131. Peter O'Toole - The Last Emperor (1987)
132. Jessica Lange - Sweet Dreams (1985)
133. Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future (1985)
134. Denzel Washington - Cry Freedom (1987)
135. Meryl Streep - A Cry in the Dark (1988)
136. Christine Lahti - Swing Shift (1984)
137. Kathleen Turner - Romancing the Stone (1984)
138. Martin Landau - Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
139. Dexter Gordon - Round Midnight (1986)
140. Jane Fonda - The Morning After (1986)
141. Shirley MacLaine - Madame Sousatzka (1988)
142. Tom Berenger - Platoon (1986)
143. Gene Hackman - Hoosiers (1986)
144. Roberto Benigni - Down by Law (1986)
145. Daniel Day-Lewis - A Room with a View (1986)
146. Robert De Niro - The Untouchables (1987)
147. Linda Hunt - The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
148. Louis Gossett Jr. - An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
149. Harrison Ford - Blade Runner (1982)
150. Alec Guinness - Little Dorrit (1988)

151. Brenda Fricker - My Left Foot (1989)
152. Robert De Niro - Midnight Run (1988)
153. Marlon Brando - A Dry White Season (1989)
154. Meg Ryan - When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
155. Roddy McDowall - Fright Night (1985)
156. Bernadette Peters - Pennies from Heaven (1981)
157. Howard E. Rollins - Ragtime (1981)
158. Jason Robards - Melvin and Howard (1980)
159. Susan Sarandon - Atlantic City (1980)
160. Maureen Stapleton - Reds (1981)
161. Ian Holm - Chariots of Fire (1981)
162. Warren Beatty - Reds (1981)
163. Maggie Smith - A Private Function (1984)
164. Bill Murray - Ghostbusters (1984)
165. Mia Farrow - The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
166. Vanessa Redgrave - Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
167. Julia Roberts - Steel Magnolias (1989)
168. Gary Oldman - Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
169. John Gielgud - Plenty (1985)
170. Anne Bancroft - Agnes of God (1985)
171. Richard E. Grant - Withnail & I (1987)
172. R. Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket (1987)
173. Martin Landau - Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
174. John Cleese - A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
175. Sean Connery - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
176. Ellen Burstyn - Ressurection (1980)
177. Leslie Nielsen - Airplane! (1980)
178. Jerry Lewis - The King of Comedy (1982)
179. Melinda Dillon - Absence of Malice (1981)
180. Ben Cross - Chariots of Fire (1981)
181. Ian Charleson - Chariots of Fire (1981)
182. Chloe Webb - Sid & Nancy (1986)
183. Jeff Goldblum - The Fly (1986)
184. Christian Bale - Empire of the Sun (1987)
185. Dennis Hopper - Hoosiers (1986)
186. Eric Roberts - Star 80 (1983)
187. Charles Durning - To Be or Not to Be (1983)
188. John Lithgow - The World According to Garp (1982)
189. Debra Winger - An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
190. John Lithgow - Terms of Endearment (1983)
191. Alfre Woodard - Cross Creek (1983)
192. Sam Shepard - The Right Stuff (1983)
193. Tom Cruise - Risky Business (1983)
194. Don Ameche - Cocoon (1985)
195. Eric Stoltz - Mask (1985)
196. Jeff Daniels - The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
197. Sissy Spacek - Raggedy Man (1981)
198. Christopher Walken - Pennies from Heaven (1981)
199. Tom Hulce - Dominick and Eugene (1988)
200. Geena Davis - The Accidental Tourist (1988)