The 100 Best Male Performances of All Time

Films from the last 10 years have not been included on this list, and will be eligible in future updates when the moratorium has passed.

FilmActorYear
1. Raging BullRobert de Niro1980
2. There Will Be BloodDaniel Day-Lewis2007
3. Taxi DriverRobert de Niro1976
4. The Godfather Part IIAl Pacino1974
5. On the WaterfrontMarlon Brando1954
6. Lawrence of ArabiaPeter O’Toole1962
7. Seven SamuraiToshirô Mifune1954
8. The GodfatherMarlon Brando1972
9. Malcolm XDenzel Washington1992
10. 8 1/2Marcello Mastroianni1961
11. The MasterJoaquin Phoenix2012
12. The GodfatherAl Pacino1972
13. IkiruTakashi Shimura1952
14. The Dark KnightHeath Ledger2007
15. Aguirre, the Wrath of GodKlaus Kinski1972
16. A Clockwork OrangeMalcolm McDowell1971
17. VertigoJames Stewart1958
18. BreathlessJean-Paul Belmondo1960
19. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestJack Nicholson1975
20. A Streetcar Named DesireMarlon Brando1952
21. The SearchersJohn Wayne1956
22. The Grapes of WrathHenry Fonda1940
23. In The Mood For LoveTony Leung2000
24. The GraduateDustin Hoffman1967
25. GoodfellasJoe Pesci1990
26. NakedDavid Thewlis1993
27. The Treasure of the Sierra MadreHumphrey Bogart1948
28. The Gold RushCharlie Chaplin1925
29. La Dolce VitaMarcello Mastroianni1960
30. Winter LightGunnar Björnstrand1963
31. Last Tango in ParisMarlon Brando1972
32. The Last LaughEmil Jannings1924
33. CasablancaHumphrey Bogart1942
34. The Godfather: Part IIRobert de Niro1974
35. ShameMichael Fassbender2011
36. Dead RingersJeremy Irons1988
37. The Human ConditionTatsuya Nakadai1959-61
38. Cool Hand LukePaul Newman1967
39. White HeatJames Cagney1949
40. It’s a Wonderful LifeJames Stewart1946
41. Inside Llewyn DavisOscar Isaac2013
42. The MasterPhilip Seymour Hoffman2012
43. The Big LebowskiJeff Bridges1998
44. Gone with the WindClark Gable1939
45. MPeter Lorre1931
46. Inglourious BasterdsChristoph Waltz2009
47. Once Upon a Time in the WestHenry Fonda1968
48. The Seventh SealMax von Sydow1957
49. American PsychoChristian Bale2000
50. The Night of the HunterRobert Mitchum1955
51. Dog Day AfternoonAl Pacino1975
52. The Silence of the LambsAnthony Hopkins1991
53. Blade RunnerRutger Hauer1982
54. The LeopardBurt Lancaster1963
55. City LightsCharlie Chaplin1931
56. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her LoverMichael Gambon1989
57. Andrei RublevAnatoliy Solonitsyn1966
58. The Grand Budapest HotelRalph Fiennes2014
59. Dr. StrangelovePeter Sellers1964
60. Sweet Smell of SuccessBurt Lancaster1957
61. MagnoliaTom Cruise1999
62. Umberto D.Carlo Battisti1952
63. Lost in TranslationBill Murray2003
64. Blue VelvetDennis Hopper1986
65. The ConformistJean-Louis Trintignant1970
66. PsychoAnthony Perkins1960
67. Touch of EvilOrson Welles1958
68. The Blue AngelEmil Jannings1930
69. Paths of GloryKirk Douglas1957
70. Gangs of New YorkDaniel Day-Lewis2002
71. The RevenantLeonardo DiCaprio2015
72. The 400 BlowsJean-Pierre Léaud1959
73. YojimboToshirô Mifune1961
74. Modern TimesCharlie Chaplin1936
75. Punch-Drunk LoveAdam Sandler2002
76. The French ConnectionGene Hackman1971
77. Bicycle ThievesLamberto Maggiorani1948
78. Raiders of the Lost ArkHarrison Ford1981
79. The SacrificeErland Josephson1986
80. GoodfellasRay Liotta1990
81. BirdmanMichael Keaton2014
82. UnforgivenClint Eastwood1992
83. North by NorthwestCary Grant1959
84. 2046Tony Leung2004
85. Bad LieutenantHarvey Keitel1992
86. Apocalypse NowMartin Sheen1979
87. ChinatownJack Nicholson1974
88. RashomonToshirô Mifune1950
89. Pulp FictionSamuel L. Jackson1994
90. Rebel Without a CauseJames Dean1955
91. The Social NetworkJesse Eisenberg2010
92. Brokeback MountainHeath Ledger2005
93. The Godfather: Part IIJohn Cazale1974
94. Le SamouraïAlain Delon1967
95. FitzcarraldoKlaus Kinski1982
96. Synecdoche, New YorkPhilip Seymour Hoffman2007
97. Pierrot Le FouJean-Paul Belmondo1965
98. Rocco and his BrothersAlain Delon1960
99. Red RiverJohn Wayne1948
100. BrazilJonathan Pryce1985
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007).