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
- Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine *
- Cate Blanchett, Carol
- Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
- Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
- Christopher Plummer, Beginners *
- Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
- Viola Davis, The Help
- Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln *
- Edward Norton, Birdman
- Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
- Michael Keaton, Birdman
- Christian Bale, The Fighter *
- Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
- Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
- Rooney Mara, Carol
- Melissa Leo, The Fighter *
- Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables *
- Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
- Brad Pitt, Moneyball
- Jean DuJardin, The Artist *
- Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave *
🔺the awesomeness...
...just love em 🔻 - Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood *
- Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
- Amy Adams, The Fighter
- Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
- Brie Larson, Room *
- Sally Field, Lincoln
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
- Bruce Dern, Nebraska
- Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
- Jessica Chastain, The Help
- Helen Hunt, The Sessions
- Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
- Natalie Portman, Black Swan *
- Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
- John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
- Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
- Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
- Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
- Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
worthy fine choices. They brought it - Matt Damon, The Martian
- Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice *
- Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
- Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
- James Franco, 127 Hours
- Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
- Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyer's Club *
- Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
- Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
- Sylvester Stallone, Creed
- Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
- Denzel Washington, Flight
- Demian Bichir, A Better Life
- Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
- Amy Adams, American Hustle
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything *
- Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies *
- Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl *
- Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
- Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
- Judi Dench, Philomena
- Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
- Jeremy Renner, The Town
i get it even if I wouldn't necessarily have gone there... - Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady *
- Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
- Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
- Naomi Watts, The Impossible
- Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
- Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
- Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
- Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant *
- Colin Firth, The King's Speech *
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
- Octavia Spencer, The Help *
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
- Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
- Jeff Bridges, True Grit
- Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
- JK Simmons, Whiplash *
- Javier Bardem, Biutiful
- Sandra Bullock, Gravity
- June Squibb, Nebraska
- Jared Leto, Dallas Buyer's Club *
things that make you go "hmmmm..." - Julia Roberts, August Osage County
- Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
- Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
- Tom Hardy, The Revenant
- Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
- Christian Bale, The Big Short
- Laura Dern, Wild
- Emma Stone, Birdman
- Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
- Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook *
- Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
- Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
- Nick Nolte, Warrior
Was this really necessary??? - Jonah Hall, Moneyball
- Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
- Amy Adams, The Master
- Berenice Bejo, The Artist
- Alan Arkin, Argo
- Christian Bale, American Hustle
- Jonah Hill, Wolf of Wall Street
- George Clooney, The Descendants
- Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
- Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
- Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained *
- Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
- Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
- Robert Duvall, The Judge
- Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
- 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)