• Marlon Brando as "Vito Corleone" | The Godfather (1972) ☆
• Robert de Niro as "Jake Lamotta" | Raging Bull (1980)
• Dennis Hopper as "Frank Booth" | Blue Velvet (1986)
• Michael Douglas as "Gordon Gekko" | Wall Street (1987)
• Robert de Niro as "Max Cady" | Cape Fear (1991)
• Anthony Hopkins as "Hannibal Lecter" | The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Daniel Day-Lewis as "Bill the Butcher" | Gangs of New York (2002)
• Adrien Brody as "Władysław Szpilman" | The Pianist (2002)
• Charlize Theron as "Aileen Wuornos" | Monster (2003)
• Bruno Ganz as "Adolf Hitler" | Der Untergang (2004)
• Daniel Day-Lewis as "Daniel Plainview" | There Will Be Blood (2008) ☆
• Rosamund Pike as "Amy Dunne" | Gone Girl (2014)
• Andy Serkis as "Caesar" | War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

☆ personal fav