I only had about one hour to put this together and about 5 minutes to rank everything
. Am sure I'll regret preserving it here for posterity!
100.
Gong Li in
Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006)
99.
Emma Thompson in
The Remains of the Day (James Ivory, 1993)
98.
Alec Guiness in
The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)
97.
Takeshi Kaneshiro in
Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)
96.
Jeff Bridges in
The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, 1998)
95.
John Cusack in
High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
94.
Shirley Maclaine in
The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
93.
Emanuelle Devos in
Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004)
92.
Elliot Gould in
The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
91.
Casey Affleck in
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
90.
Issei Ogata in
Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000)
89.
Jim Carrey in
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
88.
Mathieu Amalric in
Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004)
87.
Jeremy Renier in
The Infant (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2005)
86.
Faye Dunaway in
Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
85.
Zhao Tao in
The World (Jia Zhang Ke, 2004)
84.
Jeff Goldblum in
The Fly (David Cronenberg, 1986)
83.
Danielle Darrieux in
The Earrings of Madame De...(Max Ophüls, 1953)
82.
Uma Thurman in
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
81.
Nastassja Kinski in
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
80.
Ziyi Zhang in
2046 (Wong Kar-Wai, 2004)
79.
Donald O'Connor in
Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952)
78.
Reese Witherspoon in
Election (Alexander Payne, 1999)
77.
Jason Schwartzman in
Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
76.
Soumitra Chatterjee in
The World of Apu (Satyajit Ray, 1959)
75.
Jane Wyman in
All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk, 1955)
74.
Kate Winslet in
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
73.
Adam Sandler in
Punch Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
72.
Adrienne Shelly in
Trust (Hal Hartley, 1990)
71.
Faye Wong in
Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)
70.
Anton Walbrook in
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943)
69.
Joseph Cotten in
The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
68.
Frances McDormand in
Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996)
67.
John Cameron Mitchell in
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell, 2001)
66.
Al Pacino in
Godfather II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
65.
Jack Nicholson in
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
64.
James Cagney in
White Heat (Raoul Walsh, 1949)
63.
Guillaume Depardieu in
Pola X (Leos Carax, 1999)
62.
Sharmila Tagore in
Devi (Satyajit Ray, 1960)
61.
Edward G Robinson in
Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945)
60.
Daniel Day Lewis in
There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
59.
Steve Buscemi in
Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
58.
Leslie Cheung in
Farewell My Concubine (Kaige Chen, 1993)
57.
Janet Gaynor in
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau, 1927)
56.
Brigitte Mira in
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974)
55.
Celia Johnson in
Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)
54.
William H. Macy in
Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996)
53.
James Stewart in
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
52.
F. Murray Abraham in
Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
51.
Marcello Mastroianni in
La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
50.
Shu Qi in
Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2001)
49.
Richard Widmark in
Night and the City (Jules Dassin, 1950)
48.
Bette Davis in
All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
47.
Joan Crawford in
Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954)
46.
Wu Nien-Jen in
Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000)
45.
Chishu Ryu in
Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
44.
Hongwei Wang in
Pickpocket (Jia Zhang Ke, 1997)
43.
Penelope Cruz in
Volver (Pedro Almodovar, 2006)
42.
Robert DeNiro in
Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
41.
Henry Fonda in
The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford, 1940)
40.
Klaus Kinski in
Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982)
39.
Marlon Brando in
On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
38.
Liza Minnelli in
Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)
37.
Emanuelle Riva in
Hiroshima Mon Amour (Alain Resnais, 1959)
36.
Dustin Hoffman in
Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, 1971)
35.
Isabelle Adjani in
Possession (Andrzej Zulawski, 1981)
34.
Naomi Watts in
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
33.
Irene Jacob in
Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)
32.
Anna Karina in
A Woman Is A Woman (Jean-Luc Godard, 1961)
31.
Gene Kelly in
Singin' In the Rain (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952)
30.
Orson Welles in
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
29.
Emilie Dequenne in
Rosetta (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 1999)
28.
Anthony Perkins in
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
27.
Peter Sellers in
Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
26.
Harry Dean Stanton in
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
25.
Samantha Morton in
Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)
24.
Olivier Gourmet in
The Son (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2002)
23.
Denis Lavant in
Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
22.
Catherine Deneuve in
Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
21.
Monica Vitti in
L'eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)
20.
Toshiro Mifune in
Seven Samurai (1Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
19.
Emily Watson in
Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier, 1996)
18.
Ellen Burstyn in
Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
17.
Isabelle Huppert in
The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, 2001)
16.
Guiletta Masina in
Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957)
15.
Charles Chaplin in
City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931)
14.
Maggie Cheung in
In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)
13.
Alain Delon in
Le Samourai (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)
12.
Humphrey Bogart in
In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950)
11.
Jean-Pierre Léaud in
The 400 Blows (Francois Truffaut, 1959)
10.
Juliette Binoche in
Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993)
9.
Burt Lancaster in
The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
8.
Robert Mitchum in
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
7.
Takashi Shimura in
Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
6.
Peter Lorre in
M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
5.
Gena Rowlands in
A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
4.
Tony Leung in
Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai, 1997)
3.
Cecilia Roth in
All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar, 1999)
2.
Madhabi Mukherjee in
Charulata (Satyajit Ray, 1964)
1.
Maria Falconetti in
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Thedor Dreyer, 1928)