My ‘Best Performances’ dynamic lists are a lot like my Film lists, but slightly different. For starters, while every film I see makes it onto my Film lists… only the most noteworthy performance make it onto my Best Performances lists. Also, I only rank order what I consider the Top 5 Performances of the year. However, I also maintain an Honorable Mentions list for each category, which is populated by performances that have either been bumped from the Top 5 or performances that are particularly noteworthy but not Top 5 worthy. The honorable mentions are listed in alphabetical order by last name and are not rank ordered.
That said, my Best Performances lists are just as dynamic and
ever changing as my Film lists.
Best Performances of 2011:
Best Actor
- Jean Dujardin - 'The Artist'
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt - '50/50'
- Paul Giamatti - 'Win Win'
- Ryan Gosling - 'Drive'
- George Clooney - 'The Descendants'
Honorable Mentions:
- Steve Carell - 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'
- Brendan Gleeson - 'The Guard'
- Ryan Gosling - 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'
- Ryan Gosling - 'The Ides of March'
- Ed Helms - 'Cedar Rapids'
- Thomas Horn - 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'
- Danny McBride - 'Your Highness'
- Brad Pitt - 'Moneyball'
- John C. Reilly - 'Carnage'
- Michael Shannon - 'Take Shelter'
- Paul Rudd - 'Our Idiot Brother'
- Christoph Waltz - 'Carnage'
- Owen Wilson - 'Midnight in Paris'
Best Actress
- Tilda Swinton - 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'
- Viola Davis - 'The Help'
- Charlize Theron - 'Young Adult'
- Michelle Williams - 'My Week with Marilyn'
- Beranice Bejo - 'The Artist'
Honorable Mention
- Kirsten Dunst – ‘Melancholia’
- Jodie Foster - 'Carnage'
- Rooney Mara - 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'
- Julian Moore - 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'
- Saorise Ronan - 'Hanna'
- Emma Stone - 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'
- Emma Stone - 'The Help’
- Kristen Wiig - 'Bridesmaids'
- Kate Winslet - 'Carnage'
Best Supporting Actor
- Ezra Miller - 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'
- Christopher Plummer - 'Beginners'
- Kevin Spacey - 'Margin Call'
- Albert Brooks - 'Drive'
- Seth Rogen - '50/50'
Honorable Mentions:
- Kevin Bacon - 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'
- Paul Bettany - 'Margin Call'
- Kenneth Branagh - 'My Week with Marilyn'
- Kyle Chandler - 'Super 8'
- George Clooney - 'The Ideas of March'
- Sasha Baron Cohen - 'Hugo'
- Jonah Hill - 'Moneyball'
- Jeremy Irons - 'Margin Call'
- Ben Kingsley - 'Hugo'
- Patton Oswalt - 'Young Adult'
- John C. Reilly - 'Cedar Rapids'
- Alex Shaffer - 'Win Win'
- Alexander Skarsgard - 'Straw Dogs'
- Stanley Tucci - 'Margin Call'
- Max von Sydow - 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'
- Christopher Waltz – ‘Water for Elephants’
Best Supporting Actress
- Octavia Spencer - 'The Help'
- Shailene Woodley - 'The Descendants'
- Amy Ryan - 'Win Win'
- Carey Mulligan - 'Drive'
- Jessica Chastain - 'The Debt'
Honorable Mentions:
- Cate Blanchett - 'Hanna'
- Jessica Chastain - 'The Help'
- Jessica Chastain - 'Take Shelter'
- Elle Fanning - 'Super 8'
- Charlotte Gainsbourg – ‘Melancholia’
- Anne Heche - 'Cedar Rapids'
- Bryce Dallas Howard - 'The Help'
- Demi Moore - 'Margin Call'
- May Rudolph - 'Bridesmaids'
- Analeigh Tipton - 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'
- Marisa Tomei - 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'
- Emma Watson - 'My Week with Marilyn'
- Evan Rachel Wood - 'The Ides of March'
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