Entertainment Weekly had this list years back, but for everyone's convenience:

1. Jimmy Stewart, ''Vertigo''
2. Anthony Perkins, ''Psycho''
3. Cary Grant, ''The Philadelphia Story''
4. Ingrid Bergman, ''Casablanca''
5. Samuel L. Jackson, ''Jungle Fever''
6. Susan Sarandon, ''Bull Durham''
7. John Cazale, ''The Godfather Part 2''
8. Judy Garland, ''The Wizard of Oz''
9. Marilyn Monroe, ''Some Like It Hot''
10. Dennis Hopper, ''Blue Velvet''
11. Sidney Poitier, "In the Heat of the Night"
12. Kathleen Turner, "Body Heat"
13. Orson Welles, "Touch of Evil"
14. Bette Davis, "Of Human Bondage"
15. Donald Sutherland, "Ordinary People"
16. Rosalind Russell, "His Girl Friday"
17. Malcolm McDowell, "A Clockwork Orange"
18. Katharine Hepburn, "Bringing Up Baby"
19. Robert De Niro, "Mean Streets"
20. Gene Tierney, "Laura"
21. Rita Hayworth, "Gilda"
22. Gene Kelly, "Singin' in the Rain"
23. Gary Oldman, "Sid & Nancy"
24. Denzel Washington, "Philadelphia"
25. Audrey Hepburn, "My Fair Lady"
26. Glenn Close, "Reversal of Fortune"
27. Humphrey Bogart, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
28. John Wayne, "The Searchers"
29. Anjelica Huston, "The Dead"
30. Morgan Freeman, "Glory"
31. Jack Nicholson, "The Shining"
32. Frank Sinatra, "The Manchurian Candidate"
33. James Cagney, "White Heat"
34. Julie Christie, "Doctor Zhivago"
35. Toshiro Mifune, "Throne of Blood"
36. Carole Lombard, "Nothing Sacred"
37. Kathy Bates, "Dolores Claiborne"
38. Robert Shaw, "Jaws"
39. Nicole Kidman, "The Others"
40. Edward G. Robinson, "Double Indemnity"
41. Sean Penn, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
42. Al Pacino, "Donnie Brasco"
43. Tim Curry, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
44. Sigourney Weaver, "The Ice Storm"
45. Julianne Moore, "Safe"
46. Kirk Douglas, "Paths of Glory"
47. Lana Turner, "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
48. Mia Farrow, "Rosemary's Baby"
49. Ed Harris, "The Right Stuff"
50. Dylan Baker, "Happiness"
51. Gene Wilder, "Young Frankenstein"
52. Boris Karloff, "Frankenstein"
53. Peter Sellers, "The Pink Panther"
54. Marlene Dietrich, "Witness for the Prosecution"
55. Errol Flynn, "Gentleman Jim"
56. Cher, "Mask"
57. Robert Mitchum, "The Night of the Hunter"
58. Sissy Spacek, "Badlands"
59. Ewan McGregor, "Moulin Rouge"
60. Johnny Depp, "Ed Wood"
61. Alec Guinness, "Kind Hearts and Coronets"
62. Jean-Pierre Leaud, "The 400 Blows"
63. Alan Rickman, "Die Hard"
64. Michelle Yeoh, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
65. Tony Curtis, "Sweet Smell of Success"
66. Buster Keaton, "The General"
67. Richard Pryor, "Blue Collar"
68. Falconetti, 'The Passion of Joan of Arc"
69. Vincent D'Onofrio, "Full Metal Jacket"
70. Robert Walker, "Strangers on a Train"
71. Alfre Woodard, "Crooklyn"
72. Maureen O'Hara, "The Quiet Man"
73. Bill Murray, "Groundhog Day"
74. Joseph Cotten, "Shadow of a Doubt"
75. Joanne Woodward, "The Glass Menagerie"
76. Kate Winslet, "Heavenly Creatures"
77. Christina Ricci, "The Opposite of Sex"
78. Faye Dunaway, "Mommie Dearest"
79. John Malkovich, "Being John Malkovich"
80. Eric Roberts, "Star 80"
81. Lionel Barrymore, "It's a Wonderful Life"
82. Liv Ullmann, "Scenes from a Marriage"
83. Matt Damon, "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
84. Annette Bening, "Valmont"
85. Angela Bassett, "Waiting to Exhale"
86. Mieko Harada, "Ran"
87. Michael Caine, "The Man Who Would Be King"
88. Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Georgia"
89. Gillian Anderson, "The House of Mirth"
90. Laurence Fishburne, "Boyz in the Hood"
91. Divine, "Hairspray"
92. Ralph Fiennes, "Quiz Show"
93. Steve Martin, "All of Me"
94. Eddie Murphy, "The Nutty Professor"
95. Nick Nolte, "North Dallas Forty"
96. Sean Connery, "From Russia with Love"
97. Harry Belafonte, "Kansas City"
98. Christopher Walken, "Pennies from Heaven"
99. Lauren Bacall, "To Have and Have Not"
100. Molly Ringwald, "Sixteen Candles"

Magnificent list. I'm glad they recognized Stewart's role in Vertigo. Oh, that last scene in the belltower is just pure raw drama.

Vertigo is a top 3 movie of all time and Stewart's performance is a huge reason. Can't believe he didn't win an Oscar.

Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco?

How about The Godfather, Part II?

How about Dustin Hoffman not winning for The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Papillon or Lenny? I mean, they gave it to John Wayne for True Grit over both Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman? Puh-leeze!

Now THAT is number one. Arguably the greatest on-screen performance of all time and no oscar. A shame.

Sometimes, the legend/emotional factor weighs in heavier than the performance factor. That year, John Wayne got the votes not only because of his gritty, robust charactization of Rooster Cogburn...but also because most Academy members knew it might be his last chance for an Oscar. And it was.

Sometimes things eventually work out for the losers, as both Voight & Hoffman would go on to win Oscars of their own.

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Apple, do you mean like they gave it Art Carney for Harry and Tonto over Al Pacino for GF2 or Dustin Hoffman for Lenny?

Sicilian Babe...

Have you ever seen 'Harry & Tonto'???

I have. A brilliantly understated performance by Art Carney. I too remember being quite surprised that he was the winner that year...but yes, it's quite possible that sentimentality for 'Ed Norton' also played a role in how people voted that year.

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It was a lovely movie. However, I don't consider Carney's performance on the same level as Pacino's or Hoffman's. And I think that the true test of Hoffman's performance in Midnight Cowboy was that it showed his incredible range as an actor. To go from playing the young, seduced college boy in The Graduate, to the slime he played in Midnight Cowboy. I believe that was even more important than how great his performance was, and made it even more Oscar-worthy.

Well, some 30 years ago there were apparently enough who did not share your feelings. And again, Pacino & Hoffman both eventually won in the years to follow. Dustin's second for 'Rain Man' was probably one of the most deserved wins in Oscar history. So sometimes, it all works out.

Face it, fair or not there have been several times in 'Oscar' history when sentimental vote has won out.

Take Elizabeth Taylor in 1960. 'Butterfield 8' was just not one of her better performances, and in Liz's own opinion the film was a piece of trash. Yet...she nearly died the year it was released and somehow Ms. Taylor got the first of her two Oscars when any of her fellow nominees were probably more deserving.

That's the way the cookie crumbles.

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We've forgoten Bogart in "The Maltese Falcon". He didn't even get a nod for what may very well be his finest hour on screen.

Bogie's 'finest hour' onscreen was in 'The Caine Mutiny' for which he at least received a nomination (but lost to Marlon Brando).

Talking about true Oscar snubs...Barbara Stanwyck nominated several times but never a winner was one of the biggest screwups in Academy history. No matter how many times I watch 'Double Indemnity' her performance gives me chills. But then again, no one could've possibly beaten out Ingrid Bergman in 'Gaslight' that same year (1944).

I tell you...sometimes it's all a matter of who you're up against.

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I agree with many of the considered performances above, but I think Pacino's roles in The Godfather Part 2 and Dog Day Afternoon should have been mentioned too. Also Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia. One of the finest performances in Cinema IMO.

20. Gene Tierney, "Laura"

TB?

Ironic since Brando lost to Bogart in 1951 when Bogart got the Award for "The African Queen". Brando didn't get his statuette for "A Streetcar Named Desire". I think that "The Caine Mutiny" is certainly amoung his greatest moments but Bogart's finest hour comes in the climzx of two films that define the 1940's: "Casablanca" and "The Maltese Falcon". When Bogart looks into Mary Astor's eyes and tells her "Your taking the fall" you have to get a chill up your spine.

And Mike, who can forget the entire airport scene in Casablanca? "Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life." Bogart proved that a man can be forceful, noble, loving and compassionate all in one, and still be a man's man.

Hell, at least Bogart got nominated for that role. He got snubed the year before for "Falcon" and that is one of the biggest traveties ever.

Costner was nominated but DID NOT get awarded for "JFK" which is also angering. He was a normal man engulphed in one of the greatest conspiracies ever and the madness and obseesion he shows is so subtle but it's there and he gives one of his best performances.

Actually, you know who impressed me in JFK? Kevin Bacon. I think it was the first time he showed his range as an actor.

Pacino's performance was amazing in this film. In my opinion Pacino's second best performance ever.

You should see his best performance, and one of the best of 2004, The Woodsman. He really pulled his talents together.

Actually, Kevin Costner's only Best Actor nomination to date was for his role in 'Dances With Wolves'. He lost in that category, but did receive Best Director and as Producer also the Best Picture Oscar for that film.

The one acting nomination for JFK went to Tommy Lee Jones. He lost the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, but went on to win it a few years later, for 'The Fugitive'.
Another 'snub' in my opinion, for although I adore Tommy Lee Jones, the award he took home that year should have gone to John Malkovich for his chilling portrayal of the psychotic assasin in 'In The Line of Fire'.

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