The Best Acting Performances of the Decade | Screen Test | The New York Times

[@lombard605]

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

[@booqrdoit9138]

exactly what I was thinking

[@joaomarcosmorais5277]

Up there with Marion's performance.

[@JustPast12]

Ya hands down your correct. That performance is top 5 ever, can easily be top 3, arguably #1. When the movie ended I was sure a man name Daniel Plainview existed.

[@toankute199x]

For me he couldn't even surpass Casey Affleck in "The assasination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford" the same year and for you he was the best of the 2000s?? Freaking subjective =]]

[@omar20000000001]

+1

[@candylev7703]

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

[@TristanMundell]

+Jasmine Ko Me either! I thought it was a joke

[@candylev7703]

haha ikr !

[@KindaSorta451]

I thought you meant her hair was short or something I was like what's the surprise and I SAW AND ALMOST FELL OVER LMFAOOO

[@candylev7703]

ahahahaha! Ikr xD

[@strongwise1255]

+Jasmine Ko thank you for the warning tbh

[@nehirakinn]

I love Leo and Tobey's friendship ❤️

[@51gan788]

brilliant choice from firth, woodsman is so underrated.

[@SmearedBlackInk2003]

+51gan788 Why did he spoil it tho... u_u

[@pukeyourguts]

+SmearedBlackInk Ⓥ ikr

[@imadeitt]

go watch the hunt you'll forget this even existed

[@51gan788]

imad temlali I love The Hunt. One of the best films of the decade imo

[@alicesrabbit7126]

kevin bacon was one of my favorite actors, ever. he's just a great actor!

[@elitheowl3896]

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....

[@mirazusta2002]

Pretty good list that of yours, too.

[@josemiguelq]

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

[@josemiguelq]

Mads Mikkelsen is the name. Brilliant performance

[@stevenmorales7744]

Jake was great in the Tom Ford movie. I think he needs to become a director though. At least for awhile. I think he has a strong personality and needs to step away from acting for a while. He was really good in that movie where he goes back in time. He and his sister and his brother in law are great together. I hope they do something together.

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

1980s : Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice and Glenn Close - Fatal Attraction 1990s : Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins - The Silence Of The Lambs and Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry 2000s : Marion Cotillard - La vi en rose, Charlize Theron - Monster and Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight 2010s : Brie Larson - Room

[@Teo717dp]

jajajaj

[@coolbrett]

Totally agree with Clooney at the end: Cotillard. I think it has to be the ONE single time I've seen a young actor play an old person convincingly. Clooney is right, she was a young person playing an old person wanting to be as young as possible. Acting like that takes enormous talent. As for male, it's really hard to go past Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood. Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain is extremely close, and The Dark Knight is close to that.

[@Starkardur]

Young person playing an old person wanting to be as young as possible? really. Really? Edith Piaf died when she was 47. That´s not old. Edith Piaf was a junkie that looked old but wasn´t. She the movie again.

[@tannenottup5036]

Gunnhild Edwards Don't call a legend like Piaf a junkie. She was an alcoholic with a morphine adiction. She was a "troubled soul" not a "junkie."

[@bikiniburger4376]

tan nenottup morphine addiction = junkie though.

[@manantial773]

She looked older than 47.

[@carlosbarton763]

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

[@noura.mohamed]

I would say Jake GYLLENHAAL in NIGHTCRAWLER was a shock to me so probably is my fav performance

[@potato-whiz]

That was in this decade not last but that was a brilliant, underrated performance. he portrayed a sociopath amazingly.

[@pocketchange6010]

I've recommended that movie so many times...I've watched everyone of his movies...one of the best of the new hollywood

[@muhammaddawood4382]

Best from 2000-18(Male)(Not in any Particular Order) Russell Crowe( Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind), Denzel(Training Day,Fences)Javier Bardem(No Country For Old Men) Jamie Foxx(Ray),leo(Aviator, The Revenant),Jim Carrey( Eternal Sunshine), Christoph Waltz( Inglorious), Mathew McConaughey(Dbc), Sean Penn(Mystic River, Milk, 21 grams), Bale( Fighter, American Hustle, American Psycho, Vice), Gary Oldman( Darkest Hour), Phillip Hoffman(Capote, Doubt), Daniel Day Lewis( There will be blood, Lincoln, Gangs Of New York), Adrien Brody( Pianist), Eddie( Theory Of Everything)

[@calebboatman9840]

Cate Blanchette - I'm not There Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will be Blood Robin Williams - Insomnia Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men Leonardo Dicaprio - The Avaitor Bill Murray - Lost in Translation Paul Giamatti - Sideways Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean

[@whoryare]

heath ledger's joker was awesome

[@sphereproductions5274]

I thought Charlize Theron in 'Monster' from 2003 was amazing

[@hithere327]

That's what I was thinking the entire time or Sean Penn in Milk

[@johntheX]

Yes,!

[@aluamorim]

Dude, how about Heath Ledger's Joker in the Dark Knight?

[@sammartin7946]

Can't believe in less than 6 months it's gonna be a decade since this video was made...guess its time for another one!

[@Caaarrl94]

joaquin phoenix in the master. michael shannon in take shelter matthew mcconaughey in true detective if that counts. ellen burstyn in requiem for a dream

[@Caaarrl94]

..that was 5 decades ago

[@Lions4322]

So what? It was still genius.

[@Caaarrl94]

yeah but the video is titled best performances of the decade haha i'm not having a go haha i totally agree with you btw, one of my favourites ever.

[@Lions4322]

m0ments-have-you Fair enough. Totally ignoring titles these days. Too many misleading ones.

[@StayFrost224]

The Master was in 2012, that's 2 years after the start of the decade. Great performance nonetheless but if we're talking from 2000-2010 than Joaquin Phoenix in Walk The Line would suffice.

[@lionelsanchez472]

Colin Firth is such a brilliant actor. And he always seems to formal and polite.

[@nadiaeastaugh3845]

Hope they another one of these for next year! I think on the top of my head Jk Simmons in Whiplash , Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln Gary Oldman in The Darkest Hours , Meryl Streep in the Iron Lady all good shouts

[@mirazusta2002]

Me too, all of your picks are excellent, the one that comes to mind right now is Mads Mikkelsen as Lucas in "Jagten (The Hunt)

[@IkePhillipRuffin]

Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator, Denzel Washington in Fences, or Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood.

[@stevenbanks1548]

George doing La Vie en Rose! Wow! Great film

[@Nautilus1972]

Sean Penn and Daniel Day Lewis have been on top of their games for a long time.

[@Grendel53]

I could watch hours of this.

[@ashleycornwell67]

This reaffirms my belief that Clooney has the most desirable voice imaginable.

[@bodhisattvaoflazyness]

Second Ulrich Muehe. Absolutely unforgettable.

[@hannahrogers7323]

I gotta say, Viola Davis and Denzel Washington in Fences brought me to tears

[@donutguy1281]

I'd have to say Robin Williams in Goodwill Hunting. Gets me everytime

[@Attitude-royale]

The best performance was George Clooney cause its so hard to play George clooney in every film.

[@harshvardhan7370]

Javier Bardem in "No country for Old Men". Tom Hardy in "Stuart a life backwards"

[@savage_skirt5386]

God... I just adore Colin Firth

[@joshkuhl5519]

Philip Seymour Hoffman in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. His subtle depression towards his father and not being accepted by him even though he was very successful was very haunting to me.

[@merryxmaswarisover]

Collin Firth, that scene also marked me.

[@Julia-ny2wt]

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

[@JS-tk2co]

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

[@izziharris5810]

I was actually thinking Heath too for brokeback mountain - clearly the man was just an incredible actor.

[@elhadik6851]

that's exactly what I'm going to say !

[@malupom5880]

you nailed all three i would have chosen

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

DDL LOL

[@shanek3453]

The Dark knight was overrated

[@millygribben5267]

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

[@Kogad9]

Dat Popular Culture tho

[@ChristopherFontes]

The lore is he was surfing living out of his car when he got Avatar.

[@Laura.D3101]

I agree with him that being able to play a lot of different characters at the same time takes a lot of talent as an actor. It's a pity Eddie Murphy only used that talent to play stupid movies mostly. I bet he would have been an awesome antagonist in a drama or suspense movie.

[@kevinnsern968]

i can't believe the nutty profeser was mentioned as a good acting performance good movie but theirs so many other great movies with better characters

[@dylanjones268]

@@kevinnsern968 The performance, not the movie. It makes sense what Worthington was saying. How many characters did he play? I mean, that's gotta be tough. Look at the multiple personalities of split as an example. I think Eddie could have pulled off far more in his career but they always wanted him to do comedies.

[@shannonmaire]

Sandra pulled a Helena Bonham Carter with that hair.

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

+Shann Maire More like a 80's glam metal lead singer

[@iliketohearmenmoaning]

Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler among so many others

[@AdarshKumar-nj7rp]

It was amazing though it doesn't qualify.

[@cuac5869]

That film really creeped me out.

[@notwerkinginthishouse8634]

@@cuac5869 I have it on my watchlist

[@olivermalpas-sands7723]

This video was made 2010

[@paul07reds74]

Nightcrawler came out in 2014, this video is on the performances from the noighties (2000-2009) but I agree that Gyllenhaal was fantastic in Nightcrawler

[@jeremymerc]

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

[@Cesar_09_]

JAJAJAJ

[@MarkSmithhhh]

Totally agree

[@olivermalpas-sands7723]

Please tell me your joking

[@pinheadlarry553]

@@olivermalpas-sands7723 he's being sarcastic, my guy.

[@olivermalpas-sands7723]

@@pinheadlarry553 phew

[@zainery]

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

[@MorganCPaige]

Zain Rizvi adorbs

[@oliveriosteinn]

Sarsgaard is great at playing villains. I remember how he oozed sleaziness in Boys Don't Cry. Amazing film by the way.

[@Jerrongamereview]

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

[@avena2539]

+Mōmoku no what do you mean bro?

[@sonyproHD]

+Doobi Doodle the way he talks i think

[@jackieboyborden]

+Danny Carvajal It's Tugboat dammit!

[@PramitChatterjee1993]

+Garnalenpeller tobey maguire is peter parker!!!

[@strongwise1255]

+Garnalenpeller that's why he is the best peter parker

[@natalietaylor9590]

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

[@arontamas5639]

Both of them are so criminally underrated...... Carey should have won 2 Oscars by now (Specially for PYW), Saoirse at least one. My personal favourite and she totally should have won, Brooklyn. That film was so moving and she totally put her heart in that role.

[@cameronv320]

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

[@juanp7873]

Those are AMAZING but they are the next decade tho

[@alaaalaina]

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

[@ThomasF95DUS]

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

[@TruthAplomado]

We all have a man-crush bro

[@DeuceSF]

Yeah they were childhood friends

[@GhoulGrundle]

@@rajv9732 It's really unfortunate. Tobey is a phenomenal actor. If you haven't seen Brothers, you should check it out

[@tyriontargaryen4426]

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

[@moniraelmokhtar49]

Instead, he complimented his brother in law 😂

[@TheatreofSymphony]

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

[@evelynoliveira9447]

your comment is 3 years old and we still don't talk enough about how fantastic she was in the movie. I agree with you completely

[@pavelgeorgiev918]

Adrien Brody in The Pianist is one of my favorites

[@liamholloway-sw7eu]

Same but I truly love bill Murray in lost in translation I think it’s underrated

[@stevenmorales7744]

Joaquin in I walked the line.

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

absolutely

[@kendrickdinger]

That’s my answer too

[@liam_flag]

My number 1 too!

[@athenabac6757]

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

[@MissMakea]

Oh wait I don’t get it, who is he dating? I can’t find anything online?

[@wibblywobble7068]

He's married to his sister, hence Brother in-law.

[@MissMakea]

Wibbly Wobble ahh that makes sense, thank you!

[@jegrif123]

Athena Bac and not to mention they were in Jarhead together

[@josepheastmond313]

And in Rendition together. He's a good actor though lol.

[@alexanderslee]

I created a cheatsheet. Please excuse the formatting as KZbin 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

[@chandrastar5939]

Thanks! I didn't catch Zoe's answer. It's a great movie!

[@susanahoakenshield1293]

Chandra Star thank you.

[@racheljilek964]

you are an angel!

[@ushraosman]

Alexander Lee de O

[@jza66]

Alexander Lee thanks

[@lizloewenherz]

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.

[@rwd6005]

Lisa absoluter Ehrenmann!

[@starlight0002]

He was absolutely right, that performance was a masterclass

[@catsadilla324]

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

[@dildonius]

m I o . o I m It’s *A* masterpiece. Reel it in, buddy.

[@Nautilus1972]

Child please. You need to watch some more films ...

[@michaeldonovan4793]

absolutely...

[@tom5kk577]

Nautilus1972 are you kidding? That performance was one of the best ever!

[@thegreatest1176]

@@Nautilus1972 why so serious

[@soubhagyasekhar4568]

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

[@TheDan744]

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

[@Rash23215]

This was 2010,avatar came out a year ago and became the highest grossing movie ever...he was supposed to be the next big thing...lol...how things change...

[@colinclean46]

@@Rash23215 he aint bad at all

[@CrystalJupiter]

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.

[@jorg1206]

Nice pick, I'd change Ryan Gosling' Drive into Half Nelson

[@CrystalJupiter]

Hadn't seen Half Nelson when I wrote this, but definitely agree.

[@grantmccloud2076]

CrystalJupiter I also thought about Ryan Gosling specifically in Half Nelson, Drive, or Lars and the Real Girl.

[@grantmccloud2076]

I forgot to also mention Blue Valentine. That might be my favorite performance by him.

[@jorg1206]

Grant McCloud Very beautiful performance indeed! By both Ryan & Michelle

[@HeliRy]

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.

[@emmawalker1120]

yes!

[@TheJubanne1]

I'd say more Casey than Brad

[@HeliRy]

@@TheJubanne1 True, Casey was brilliant in this.

[@JackSmith-te6kj]

Nah much better out there

[@hotrodkimball]

Christian Bale in American Psycho

[@javierforster8313]

One of the most quotable performances of the decade as well. "I'm sorry. You're not terribly important to me." it's my personal favouirte.

[@HelloHello-tm7uc]

I think you mean Christian Babe

[@ckbs1]

My initial thoughts

[@kriptodjali9235]

"Dont just look at it, eat it"

[@worldwidehappiness]

Christian Bale in everything he's been in.

[@michaelhasfel7]

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

[@maanveersingh25]

I loved that

[@joehughey3213]

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.

[@nao-xj1fq]

Joe Hughey I don't know why people didn't choose Charlize in Monster.

[@joguttulsrud6978]

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.

[@jubsology]

+Jo Guttulsrud I totally agree.

[@TyMcLeod]

+Jo Guttulsrud I was looking for someone to comment about Omar in the Intouchables. SUCH a great film.

[@StermaPerma]

Omfg, I was about to say that my pick would be heath ledger in the dark knight...

[@joaomarcosmorais5277]

The intouchables was released in 2011, this video is from 2010, but good choice.

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

shut up

[@TheRealDarrylStrawberry]

Colin Firth in a tux. End of discussion.

[@dignoragonzalez9652]

+Nick Rodriguez RIGHT!!?? So Dashing!!;)

[@tatehildyard5332]

Nick Rodriguez I had to uncross my legs and now I can't cross them again.

[@ginargent5077]

Nick Rodriguez manners maketh man

[@Liz-vd4lj]

So handsome!

[@AshleyB-uf8im]

Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in "Revolutionary Road"

[@dantebad]

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.

[@fluff975]

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.

[@MehmetOezil]

Congratulations! Your opinion has been chosen as The Right One by the board of the Movies Are Not a Matter of Taste organization. Your prize will arrive shortly by mail to your closest post office.

[@fluff975]

MehmetOezil ....heh. i'm just done with youtube commenting. why did you have to reply to me like this? why? why is every youtube commenter just trying to start a fight over a harmless disagreement. why couldn't you have just kindly stated which performance you prefer and turned this into a friendly discussion rather than just being a sarcastic ass?

[@MehmetOezil]

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[@MehmetOezil]

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[@fluff975]

MehmetOezil i uh... i can't tell if you're making fun of youtube trolls or if you actually are one... but if psh and and ddl are your favorite actors... that's great! my favorite psh performance was probably The Master. favorite ddl was there will be blood. i love paul thomas anderson's films as you can see haha. what are your favorites of theirs?

[@CheriseMonetFilmmaking]

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

[@TheProphegy]

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

[@saeedhossieni8957]

Matthew McConaughey "Rust" in True detective.

[@calebroth6035]

He's brilliant in that

[@DonVal86]

My man!

[@CrimeaRiver]

Donald Trump in 'The 2016 US Election'.

[@endriasy3807]

ayyyyy.... MAGA

[@nofxdude89]

Is it acting if it really happened? I mean...it doesn't seem real...but unfortunately it is...

[@Gretsch0997]

Bahhhhhhhhh

[@freddiemercury4evr]

Crimea, 🤣😂 perfect.

[@fashizzlebadizzle6552]

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

[@gpeddino]

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

[@Kaotai1]

I jumped out of my bed when Clooney talked about it. It was the 1st movie that came to my mind and whats funny is that Ive just watched it again tonight. Vibrant&stunning Cotillard made me burst into tearsagain.

[@kristiemnn]

+Kaotai1 I agree! George Clooney is right on this one. Marion Cotillard was beyond amazing

[@joaomarcosmorais5277]

If I had to choose between her performance and Daniel Day-Lewis's performance in There Will be blood I wouldn't know how to choose.

[@alannamarie9381]

I found her performance in Macbeth to be pretty stunning as well!

[@13blanket]

Sara Glenys Williams It was so good.

[@AnthonyEdwardStarkIronMan]

Po in Kung Fu Panda

[@theshawshankinception1220]

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

[@waqasiqbal265]

Yeah

[@rwd6005]

The Shawshank Inception that movie is soo underrated!

[@rotyler2177]

Fookin' Bruges

[@flavio7180]

I liked Ralph Fiennes a lot more in that movie.

[@MrUndersolo]

@@rwd6005 Interesting mashup, sir!

[@TrueIronMaidenFan]

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

[@TitsMcWooty]

Michael Colby Keep in mind this was 2000-2010 so Nightcrawler wouldn't count although I do agree it was a fantastic performance and my favorite one thus far from Jake.

[@TrueIronMaidenFan]

Frosty FTW indeed

[@spidavenom4]

Michael Colby if you’re going to say the aviator you have to Jamie Foxx in Ray which came out the same year

[@yahiaham6774]

Daniel Day Lewis in there will be Blood ?

[@staindman00]

RIGHT?? LIKE WTF??? THAT IS A MASTERPIECE !

[@dmkappa62]

Lewis as usual is ridiculous. But the movie, boring! It’s so slow. But DDL just does what he does maybe that’s why people overlooked him

[@DarinMichaelGrant]

@@dmkappa62 The film is a _work of art_ and one of the most perfect pieces of cinema. Not sure what _you_ saw.

[@dsbnh]

@@dmkappa62 You need better taste.

[@dsbnh]

@@dmkappa62 You're intellectually inferior and a waste of space. I can only conclude that so were your parents.

[@garymacmillan6401]

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

[@matthewrichmond4139]

I agree it is up there with DDL

[@garymacmillan6401]

He was brilliant in that, agreed

[@misko693]

no ddl in there will be blood or gangs of new york is the best and i would put heath in dark knight

[@boppob1343]

@So K I disagree. He's was great in TDK but the emotions he portrayed in brokeback was incredible. He makes you cry, he makes you wonder, he makes you happy. All in one performance.

[@MRoriz-ls8hg]

alongside with jake

[@mehmetyakar4187]

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

[@Usman0611]

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.

[@rjsmind]

Listening to Colin Firth talk is like reading a book

[@carlhiller9659]

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

[@DojoMuppet]

You do understand he’s talking more about the acting process than the acc performance right?

[@maddog2439]

Daniel Day Lewis, There Will be Blood. Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds. Heath Ledger, the Dark Knight. Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men.

[@underratedcritic1983]

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

[@ricardocorreia2542]

Together with Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote and Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood, Those three are the Best of the decade

[@sminer27]

YES YES YES

[@daanw6270]

Completely agree but Id like to add Heath Ledger in TDK but that is my personal opinion!

[@johntheX]

Oh yes!!

[@loveanimals6981]

Can't believe she wasn't cited by at least one of these actors interviewed (wondered if it wasn't something personal toward her, honestly... or perhaps too predictable a mention; But worthy, so who cares?). Her performance was the first one that jumped to my mind about this question. I'd say that Clooney actually mentioned the most impressive performance from the ones cited here.

[@ski-retro]

Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream). By far

[@Eternelspotlessmind]

+Alexx87 I agree!! So so good!! Among all the great performances in that movie she was my fav by far

[@ed-zb2gx]

i'm gonna be on television!!!

[@lefthook6804]

By far LOL

[@Sebastian37s]

By Gold far b ;-P

[@naturalallnaturalwhitepist1789]

Got halfway though horrific movie

[@ELLIOTTA]

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

[@golden_boundaries]

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

[@matthewrichmond4139]

I think his performance in The Phantom Thread rivals it

[@auro8210]

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!

[@anish4555]

best performance is by heath ledger in Dark Knight!

[@anaam7662]

No it's by Meryl Streep in sophie's choice

[@cwm8565]

Shah Anaam wrong decade lol

[@danepotmo2513]

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

[@hackfraud7842]

The master is from 2010s dude

[@joaomarcosmorais5277]

Joaquin in The master is at the same level as Daniel Day-Lewis in There will be blood, and this is from 2010.

[@joaomarcosmorais5277]

All the movies you mentioned are famous and the performances are good, but Best performances of the 2000's are Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream, Daniel day-lewis in There will be blood, Marion Cotillard in la vie en rose Philip Seymour Hoffman in capote, and Heath ledger in the dark knight.

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

Don't forget Bugs Bunny

[@pocketchange6010]

yup Naomi Watts is very good...Hush, The Sea of Trees, 21 Grams

[@carlosserraalco]

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).

[@ethanmanning938]

Daniel Day Lewis and Joaquin Phoenix have delivered the best performances in recent years

[@cameronyoung5874]

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.

[@georgedwwyatt]

Christoph waltz in django unchained and inglourious basterds

[@maxyorke1234]

Django was 2012 not the 00s

[@nicko2864]

+George Wyatt his bastards performance was better, but yes, i agree with you

[@007josiah]

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

[@rokaanalzeer]

Alcoholocaust I agree. You weren't watching a bad guy on screen, you were watching a straight up monster

[@second3118]

This video is 11 years old. Back then there was no The dark knight.

[@jordangoulet6536]

@@second3118 dark knight came out 13 years ago.

[@second3118]

@@jordangoulet6536 oh you are right. My bad, then

[@gracielamia94]

Oh my god did he really say Eddie Murphy -.-

[@olumideijandipe3992]

Yes he did

[@alanaronald244]

+Graciela Berrios-Silva Yes, & I'm glad someone recognized that a comic actor can be a great one. Comedy is the hardest to do well.

[@geoffschannel94]

+Alana Ronald I hope you're not implying that something like Norbit was good

[@alanaronald244]

The Best Ryan Please! Although I only saw segments of "Norbit" I certainly saw enough to know this was a dog of the most shaggy kind. Not only unkempt but not funny. I simply mean that Murphy has a huge talent that unfortunately has strayed into a fallow field.

[@irrationalman2363]

+Graciela Berrios-Silva I found it confusing as well

[@rachelsouth1589]

Adrien Brody in The Pianist. I mean, come on.

[@anthonycordina4185]

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

[@syukrihantu]

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

[@tamimdari997]

syukrihantu I definitely agree with you dude.

[@endlessetudes2029]

+ Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda.

[@calebboatman9840]

Shame and Shutter Island don't count since they were from the 2010s, not the 2000s

[@NoOne-ky1er]

I would put Bale above DeCaprio, from 2000-2010.. Bale killed in every role. Even Jake Gyllenhaal is so underrated, he didn't get the fame of DiCaprio. So many characters from him that could become iconic. He needs Scorsese and Tarantino

[@NoOne-ky1er]

1 Garoto 2 Mundos Bro DDL and Marlon Brando are god.

[@ricardocorreia2542]

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

[@wxwxwx7777777]

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

[@sanjuro2024]

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

[@jerkybruh_2904]

Joaquin Phoenix in the Master. And Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

[@tomdekeijzer1569]

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