The 20 Best Performances of 2010

First off, those top 5 were just great performances. Especially Bale and Portman. I have a hard time deciding which of those two I liked better. I think both actors gave their best performances to date quite possibly with their respective roles.

Ryan Reynolds, I would actually rank higher. His was a performance akin to Franco’s in 127 Hours (just not quite as good). But Reynolds gained a lot of credibility with me for Buried. Takes some real chops to pull off a movie by yourself like that.

Also, I still don’t understand what the big deal is about Annette Benning. To me, her performance was nothing special (and I still think that whole movie was boring as crap and highly overrated). But her role, it’s the same thing we see her do all the time really. There was nothing special to it.

One that isn’t on here that I would put is Jennifer Lawrence. Her turn in Winter’s Bone was a very good performance. She truly proved herself as a credible actress with that role.

How has nobody mentioned Melissa Leo? You can’t talk about great performances in The Fighter and not have her name come up. Take Kristen F*%&ing Stewart off the list, throw Melissa Leo in at number 3 or 4 and bump everyone else down a peg.