Premiere magazine chose these as the greatest performances in movie history:
1. Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence in “Lawrence of Arabia,” 1962.
2. Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in “On the Waterfront,” 1954.
3. Meryl Streep as Sophie Zawistowska in “Sophie's Choice,” 1982.
4. Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik in “Dog Day Afternoon,” 1975.
5. Bette Davis as Margo Channing in “All About Eve,” 1950
6. James Cagney as George M. Cohan in “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” 1942.
7. Dustin Hoffman as “Ratso” Rizzo in “Midnight Cowboy,” 1969.
8. James Stewart as George Bailey in “It's a Wonderful Life,” 1946.
9. Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in “Young Frankenstein,” 1974.
10. Robert De Niro as Jack La Motta in “Raging Bull,” 1980.
11. Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown in “My Left Foot,” 1989.
12. Jack Nicholson as Billy Buddusky in “The Last Detail,” 1973.
13. Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine in “The Lion in Winter,” 1968
14. Robert Duvall as Mac Sledge in “Tender Mercies,” 1983.
15. Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin in “Big,” 1988.
16. Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin in “Notorius,” 1946.
17. Denzel Washington in the title role of “Malcolm X,” 1992.
18. Emily Watson as Bess McNeill in “Breaking the Waves,” 1996.
19. Paul Newman as Frank Galvin in “The Verdict,” 1982.
20. Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in “The Godfather Part II,” 1974.