There are great performances by leading actors in the 1960s, but oddly enough the strongest performers didn’t actually win. If you’ve been following along you know that can’t factor into the ranking here, but looking at the list of what might have been at the bottom is very revealing: the top four on that list … More Ranking Every Best Actor Oscar Winner of the 1960s

There are some truly iconic performances in the Best Actor category in the 1970s, which makes it a very difficult decade to rank. But we’re about to do it anyway. Here we go… … More Ranking Every Best Actor Oscar Winner of the 1970s

Get ready. Things are about to get brutal. Just like the Best Actor race in the 2000s, we have a lot of big contenders here. The top 8 actors here gave incredible, mostly iconic performances. Turns out the 80s were a fine decade for leading performances, because you may remember that we also had an … More Ranking Every Best Actor Oscar Winner of the 1980s

The Best Actor winners in the 90s are a wildly mixed bag–not just in terms of quality but in the variety of the roles themselves. There’s a little bit of everything here, including a cannibal. Please remember that I will comment on snubs when appropriate, but the question of whether or not an actor should … More Ranking Every Best Actor Oscar Winner of the 1990s

Ranking every Academy Award winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role from 2010-2019. … More Ranking the Best Actor Oscar Winners of the 2010s

This one is going to get ugly. Like, really ugly. Deciding between the top four Best Actor winners from 2000-2009 is actually painful. There are four actors who genuinely deserve to be top dog here, but only one can snatch the title. Feel free to hate me for my choice if you must, but understand … More Ranking Every Best Actor Oscar Winner of the 2000s