50 Best Male Performances of the Decade

Alright, here we go – our top 50 performances by male actors in feature films over the last decade! (in no particular order)

50 Best Male Performances: Feature Films

#1 Rami Malek ~ Freddie Mercury ~ Bohemian Rhapsody

#2 Christian Bale ~ Dick Cheney ~ Vice

#3 Bradley Cooper ~ Jackson Maine ~ A Star Is Born

#4 Gary Oldman ~ Winston Churchill ~ Darkest Hour

#5 Timothée Chalamet ~ Elio Perlman ~ Call Me by Your Name

#6 Daniel Day-Lewis ~ Reynolds Woodcock ~ Phantom Thread

#7 Casey Affleck ~ Lee Chandler ~ Manchester by the Sea

#8 Andrew Garfield ~ Desmond Doss ~ Hacksaw Ridge

#9 Eddie Redmayne ~ Lili Elbe ~ The Danish Girl

#10 Leonardo DiCaprio ~ Hugh Glass ~ The Revenant

#11 Bryan Cranston ~ Dalton Trumbo ~ Trumbo

#12 Matt Damon ~ Mark Watney ~ The Martian

#13 Benedict Cumberbatch ~ Alan Turing ~ The Imitation Game

#14 Michael Keaton ~ Riggan Thomson ~ Birdman

#15 Leonardo DiCaprio ~ Jordan Belfort ~ The Wolf of Wall Street

#16 Chiwetel Ejiofor ~ Solomon Northup ~ 12 Years a Slave

#17 Eddie Redmayne ~ Stephen Hawking ~ The Theory of Everything

#18 Matthew McConaughey ~ Ron Woodroof ~ Dallas Buyers Club

#19 Daniel Day-Lewis ~ Abraham Lincoln ~ Lincoln

#20 Bradley Cooper ~ Patrizio Solitano ~ Silver Linings Playbook

#21 Hugh Jackman ~ Jean Valjean ~ Les Misérables

#22 Joaquin Phoenix ~ Freddie Quell ~ The Master

#23 Joaquin Phoenix ~ Arthur Fleck ~ Joker

#24 Gary Oldman ~ George Smiley Tinker ~ Tailor Soldier Spy

#25 Brad Pitt ~ Billy Beane ~ Moneyball

#26 Colin Firth ~ King George VI ~ The King’s Speech

#27 Javier Bardem ~ Uxbal ~ Biutiful

#28 Jeff Bridges ~ Reuben Cogburn ~ True Grit

#29 Jesse Eisenberg ~ Mark Zuckerberg ~ The Social Network

#30 James Franco ~ Aron Ralston ~ 127 Hours

#31 Jean Dujardin ~ George Valentin ~ The Artist

#32 Timothee Chalamet ~ Hal ~ The King

#33 Robert Pattinson ~ Connie Nikkas ~ Good Time

#34 Daniel Kaluuya ~ Chris Washington ~ Get Out

#35 Oscar Issac ~ Llewyn Davis ~ Inside Llewyn Davis

#36 Ralph Fiennes ~ M. Gustave ~ Grand Budapest Hotel

#37 Mahershala Ali ~ Juan ~ Moonlight

#38 John Cho ~ David Kim ~ Searching

#39 Phillip Seymour Hoffman ~ Lancaster Dodd ~ The Master

#40 J.K. Simmons ~ Fletcher ~ Whiplash

#41 Jake Gyllenhaal ~ Louis Bloom ~ Nightcrawler

#42 Joaquin Phoenix ~ Theodore ~ Her

#43 Robert De Niro ~ Frank Sheeran ~ The Irishman

#44 Michael Fassbender ~ Brandon ~ Shame

#45 Joaquin Phoenix ~ John Callahan ~ Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot

#46 Keanu Reeves ~ John Wick ~ John Wick

#47 Ben Mendelsohn ~ Henry ~ Baby Teeth

#48 Benedict Cumberbatch ~ Richard III ~ The Hollow Crown

#49 Chadwick Boseman ~ Black Panther ~ Black Panther

#50 Ryan Gosling ~ Luke ~ The Place Beyond the Pines