1. Holly Hunter, The Piano (1993)

2. Jeff Bridges, Fearless (1993)

3. Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

4. Willem Dafoe, The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

5. Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild (2007)

6. Ed Harris, The Abyss (1989)

7. Tim Robbins, Jacob's Ladder (1990)

8. Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction (1994)

9. Evan Rachel Wood, The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)

10. Russell Crowe, Gladiator (2000)

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