120 Nominated Performances, Ranked. Who's Next?
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 1:15PM
NATHANIEL R in Best Actor, Best Actress, List-Mania, Oscar Trivia, Oscars (10s), Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress

As you will undoubtedly understand, I'm not up to speed at the moment. But I find a weird comfort in list-making and cine-dreaming, wondering what our next batch of Oscar contenders will look like. Will it be a great vintage or a weak one? Or, more usual, a weird combo of both. It's far too early to tell though we're hopeful. As I was wandering aimlessly around the web this morning I found this very enjoyable video from Ali Benz ranking all Oscar acting nominees this decade. Like a moving scrapbook of Oscar's classes for the past six years (2010-2015). Some things about the order make me so crazy but that is the joy and discussability of list-making. 

Here's the video and after the jump I'll rank them all myself. Busywork is good for me today.

120 Oscar-nominated Performances of the Decade - RANKED - from Ali Benzekri on Vimeo.

 

ALL THE OSCAR NOMINATED PERFORMANCES RANKED (2010-2015)
by Nathaniel
New predictions here | Asterisks indicate Oscar winners

 

  1. Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine *
  2. Cate Blanchett, Carol
  3. Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
  4. Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
  5. Christopher Plummer, Beginners *
  6. Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
  7. Viola Davis, The Help
  8. Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln *
  9. Edward Norton, Birdman
  10. Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
  11. Michael Keaton, Birdman
  12. Christian Bale, The Fighter *
  13. Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
  14. Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
  15. Rooney Mara, Carol
  16. Melissa Leo, The Fighter *
  17. Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables *
  18. Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
  19. Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
  20. Brad Pitt, Moneyball
  21. Jean DuJardin, The Artist *
  22. Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave *
    🔺the awesomeness...


    ...just love em 🔻
  23. Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
  24. Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
  25. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood *
  26. Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
  27. Amy Adams, The Fighter
  28. Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
  29. Brie Larson, Room *
  30. Sally Field, Lincoln
  31. Reese Witherspoon, Wild
  32. Bruce Dern, Nebraska
  33. Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
  34. Jessica Chastain, The Help
  35. Helen Hunt, The Sessions
  36. Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
  37. Natalie Portman, Black Swan *
  38. Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
  39. John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
  40. Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
  41. Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
  42. Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
  43. Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game



    worthy fine choices. They brought it
  44. Matt Damon, The Martian
  45. Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
  46. Julianne Moore, Still Alice *
  47. Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
  48. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
  49. James Franco, 127 Hours
  50. Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
  51. Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyer's Club *
  52. Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
  53. Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
  54. Sylvester Stallone, Creed
  55. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
  56. Denzel Washington, Flight
  57. Demian Bichir, A Better Life
  58. Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
  59. Amy Adams, American Hustle
  60. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything *
  61. Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies *
  62. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl *
  63. Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
  64. Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
  65. Judi Dench, Philomena
  66. Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
  67. Jeremy Renner, The Town



    i get it even if I wouldn't necessarily have gone there... 
  68. Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady *
  69. Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
  70. Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
  71. Naomi Watts, The Impossible
  72. Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
  73. Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
  74. Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
  75. Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
  76. Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  77. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant * 
  78. Colin Firth, The King's Speech *
  79. Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
  80. Octavia Spencer, The Help *
  81. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
  82. Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
  83. Jeff Bridges, True Grit
  84. Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
  85. JK Simmons, Whiplash *
  86. Javier Bardem, Biutiful
  87. Sandra Bullock, Gravity
  88. June Squibb, Nebraska
  89. Jared Leto, Dallas Buyer's Club *



    things that make you go "hmmmm..."
  90. Julia Roberts, August Osage County
  91. Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
  92. Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
  93. Tom Hardy, The Revenant
  94. Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
  95. Christian Bale, The Big Short
  96. Laura Dern, Wild
  97. Emma Stone, Birdman
  98. Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
  99. Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook *
  100. Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
  101. Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
  102. Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
  103. Nick Nolte, Warrior



    Was this really necessary??? 
  104. Jonah Hall, Moneyball
  105. Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
  106. Amy Adams, The Master
  107. Berenice Bejo, The Artist
  108. Alan Arkin, Argo
  109. Christian Bale, American Hustle
  110. Jonah Hill, Wolf of Wall Street
  111. George Clooney, The Descendants
  112. Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit 
  113. Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
  114. Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
  115. Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained *
  116. Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
  117. Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
  118. Robert Duvall, The Judge
  119. Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
  120. Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight

Most Nominated This Decade
Four nominations: Jennifer Lawrence (nominated for 66% of this decade's Oscar nights); Three nominations: Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Mark Ruffalo, Meryl Streep and Christian Bale (nominated for 50% of this decade's Oscar nights)

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