I bought this issue last night. It was a pretty good read and they got things right for the most part. I like this list because it has a lot of surprises, but they can all be argued for. I really need to utilize my Blockbuster card.


100. Malcom McDowell - Clockwork Orange
99. Steve Martin - The Jerk
98. Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity
97. Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast
96. Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday
95. Angela Bassett - Whats Love Got To Do With It
94. Peter Lorre - M
93. Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce
92. Clint Eastwood - Dirty Harry
91. Jane Fonda - Klute
90. Jeff Bridges - Big Lebowski
89. Gong Li - Farewell My Concubine
88. Christopher Walken - Deer Hunter
87. John Wayne - Searchers
86. Robert Walker - Stranges On A Train
85. Jessica Lange - Frances
84. Anjelica Huston - The Grifters
83. Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
82. George C Scott - Patton
81. Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
80. Jeanne Moreau - Jules & Jim
79. Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean
78. Toshiro Mifune - Yojimbo
77. Morgan Freeman - Street Smart
76. Burt Lancaster - Sweet Smell of Success
75. Julie Christie - Darling
74. Madeline Kahn - Blazing Saddles
73. John Travolta - Saturday Night Fever
72. Judy Garland - A Star Is Born
71. Meryl Streep - Silkwood
70. Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
69. Gloria Swanson - Sunset Blvd.
68. Cary Grant - Bringing Up Baby
67. Spencer Tracy - Inherit The Wind
66. Holly Hunter - Broadcast News
65. Jack Lemmon - Some Like It Hot
64. Paul Newman - The Hustler
63. Gena Rowlands - A Woman Under The Influence
62. Gary Oldman - Sid & Nancy
61. Ralph Fiennes - Schindlers List
60. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall
59. Catherine Deneuve - Belle De Jour
58. Sigourney Weaver - Aliens
57. Max Von Sydow - Pelle The Conqueror
56. Jodie Foster - The Accused
55. Sidney Poitier - In The Heat of The Night
54. Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story
53. Daniel Day Lewis - Gangs of New York
52. Emma Thompson - The Remains of the Day
51. Henry Fonda - Grapes of Wrath
50. Humphrey Bogart - Maltese Falcon
49. Liv Ullmann - Persona
48. Bill Murray - Groundhog Day
47. Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
46. Tom Hanks - Cast Away
45. Reese Witherspoon - Election
44. Charlie Chaplin - City Lights
43. James Dean - Rebel Without A Cause
42. Robert DeNiro - Taxi Driver
41. Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction
40. Nicole Kidman - To Die For
39. Laurence Olivier - Richard III
38. Carole Lombard - To Be Or Not To Be
37. Gene Hackman - The Conversation
36. Faye Dunaway - Chinatown
35. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
34. Buster Keaton - The General
33. Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie
32. Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast At Tiffany's
31. Jamie Foxx - Ray
30. James Stewart - Vertigo
29. Peter Sellers - Being There
28. Rosalind Russell - His Girl Friday
27. Marlon Brando - Last Tango In Paris
26. Maria Falconetti - The Passion of Joan Of Arc
25. Greta Garbo - Ninotchka
24. Humphrey Bogart - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
23. Russell Crowe - The Insider
22. Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands
21. Giuletta Masina - Nights of Caibria
20. Al Pacino - Godfater II
19. Paul Newman - The Verdict
18. Emily Watson - Breaking The Waves
17. Denzel Washington - Malcom X
16. Cary Grant - Notorious
15. Tom Hanks - Big
14. Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
13. Katherine Hepburn - The Lion in the Winter
12. Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail
11. Daniel Day Lewis - My Left Foot
10. Robert DeNiro - Raging Bull
9. Gene Wilder - Young Frankenstein
8. James Stewart - It's A Wonderful Life
7. Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy
6. James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
5. Bette Davis - All About Eve
4. Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon
3. Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice
2. Marlon Brando - On The Waterfront
1. Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia




Also, here are the next 100 that didn't make it, but in alphabetical order.


A
Julie Andrews as Maria, The Sound of Music
Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins
Fred Astaire as Tony Hunter, The Band Wagon


B
Javier Bardem as Ramon Sampedro, The Sea Inside
Carlo Battisti as Umberto Domenico Ferrari, Umberto D
Warren Beatty as George Roundy, Shampoo
John Belushi as John 'Bluto' Blutarsky, Animal House
Annette Bening as Myra Langtry, The Grifters
Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Poiccard/Laszlo Kovacs, Breathless
Ingrid Bergman as IIsa Lund, Casablanca
Ernest Borgnine as Marty Piletti, Marty
Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I, Elizabeth
Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather
Yul Brynner as King Mongkut of Siam, The King and I


C
Michael Caine as Alfie Elkins, Alfie
Nicolas Cage as Ben Sanderson, Leaving Las Vegas
Nicolas Cage as H.I. McDunnough, Raising Arizona
Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, The Truman Show
John Cazale as Sal, Dog Day Afternoon
John Cazale as Fredo, The Godfather Part II
Jackie Chan as Wong Fei-hung, The Legend of Drunken Master II
Montgomery Clift as George Eastman, A Place in the Sun
Montgomery Clift as Private Prewitt, From Here to Eternity
Montgomery Clift as Rudolph Petersen, Judgment at Nuremberg
Tom Courtney as Colin Smith, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Joseph Cotten as Jedediah Leland, Citizen Kane
Joseph Cotten as Uncle Charlie, Shadow of a Doubt
Tom Cruise as Frank T.J. Mackey, Magnolia


D
Marcel Dalio as Robert de la Cheyniest, La Regle de Jeu
Daniel Day-Lewis as Johnny, My Beautiful Laundrette
Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Robert De Niro John 'Johnny Boy' Civello, Mean Streets
Gerard Depardieu as Raoul, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko, Wall Street
Richard Dreyfuss as Duddy, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz


F
Peter Finch as Howard Beale, Network
Errol Flynn as Robin Hood, The Adventures of Robin Hood
Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding, Shawshank Redemption


G
Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, Gone With the Wind
Clark Gable as Peter Warne, It Happened One Night
Bruno Ganz as Damiel, Wings of Desire
Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar, American Splendor
John Gielgud as Carr Gomm, The Elephant Man
Lillian Gish as Letty Mason Hightower, The Wind
Alec Guinness as Col. Nicholson, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Alec Guinness as Sidney Stratton, Man in the White Suit


H
Gene Hackman as Det. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle, The French Connection
Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett, Philadelphia
Chieko Higashiyama as Tomi Hirayama, Tokyo Story
William Holden as Hal Carter, Picnic
Holly Hunter as Ada McGrath, The Piano
Isabelle Huppert as Marie, Story of Women
John Hurt as John Merrick/The Elephant Man, The Elephant Man


I
Jeremy Irons as Claus von Bulow, Reversal of Fortune


J
Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth Fielding, The Romantic Englishwoman
Emil Jannings as the hotel porter, The Last Laugh


K
Klaus Kinski as Don Lope de Aguirre, Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Anna Karina as Nana Kleinfrankenheim, Vivre Sa Vie


L
Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi, Ed Wood
Martin Landau as Judah Rosenthal, Crimes and Misdemeanors
Charles Laughton as Senator Seabright Cooley, Advise & Consent
Carole Lombard as Irene Bullock, My Man Godfrey


M
Anna Magnani as Mamma Roma, Mamma Roma
Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello Rubini, La Dolce Vita
Ewan McGregor as Renton, Trainspotting
Robert Mitchum as Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham, Out of the Past
Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell, Night Of The Hunter
Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine, Trading Places


N
Jack Nance as Henry Spencer, Eraserhead
Jack Nicholson as Jake 'J.J.' Gittes, Chinatown
Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack, Airplane!
Kim Novak as Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton, Vertigo


O
Warren Oates as G.T.O., Two Lane Blacktop


P
Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito, Goodfellas
Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli, Fast Times at Ridgmont High
Richard Pryor as Harry Monroe, Stir Crazy


R
Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs, The Natural
Lynn Redgrave as Georgy, Georgy Girl
Vanessa Redgrave as Isadora Duncan, Isadora
Vanessa Redgrave as Ruth Wilcox,Howards End
Keanu Reeves as Ted Logan, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Mickey Rourke as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell, Diner


S
Hanna Schygulla as Maria Braun, The Marriage of Maria Braun
Andy Serkis as Gollum, The Lord of the Rings
Robert Shaw as Quint, Jaws
Michel Simon as Priape Boudu, Boudu Saved From Drowning
Victor Sjsstrsm as Professor Isak Borg, Wild Strawberries
Maggie Smith as Jean Brodie, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Kevin Spacey as Roger 'Verbal' Kint, The Usual Suspects
Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, Rocky
Meryl Streep as Susan Orlean, Adaptation


T
Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos, Monster
David Thewlis as Johnny, Naked
John Travolta as Tony Manero, Saturday Night Fever


V
Jon Voight as Luke Martin, Coming Home


W
Orson Welles as Hank Quinlan, Touch of Evil
Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane, Citizen Kane
Robin Williams as the Genie, Aladdin
Jeffrey Wright as Jean Michel Basquiat, Basquiat

31. Jamie Foxx - Ray

hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahha

Can I just say that this is the most retarded list ever. I'm glad I stopped paying attention to Premiere like a decade ago..

Mainstream Pap

Michael Wilmington did a much shorter list about 6, 7 years ago.

Robert Duvall in "The Apostle," Jack Nicholson in "Chinatown," Katharine Hepburn in "Long Day's Journey Into Night," Al Pacino in "The Godfather Pt 1 & 2," Marlon Brandon in "On The Waterfront"...I think it was a top 10 list, but I can't remember the rest.

Jesus, what a bunch of bullshit. How the fuck did Jamie Foxx make it on their and Brando in "The Godfather" is left off entirely????

and in the 2nd 100 --

Keanu Reeves as Ted Logan, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

interesting, but that's got to be one of the most arbitrarily ranked lists in history. You could flip that thing upside down and it would make just as much sense (which is not much, obv), and that's never a good thing.

Brando's in the next hundred which has some more interesting choices (Serkis as Gollum, R Williams as The Genie) but yeah it looks pretty random consdering it was a countdown.

If you like films BTW Look

Way to raise awareness. I don't know how much more you can really shake things up here.
How many people voted anyways?

18 lists, 211 films.

On the other hand...you gotta love a list that recognizes Steve "He hates these cans" Martin.

No Shaq?!!

Peter O'Toole at #1 is definitely my #1 complaint about this so-called list.

my main problem

is no Joe Pesci for Goodfellas # 1 performance imo

Goodfellas is better then any of the Godfather films

and Joe Pesci is flat out perfect as Tommy

my 2nd complaint is Nic Cage as Ben is in the 2nd hundred

that's my second favorite perfromance ever

what the fuck?

glad to see malcom mcdowell on there at least

That was probably his best work.

ya, I got no problem with Hanks for Big a great film - now his placement for Cast Away is a joke surprised the Terminal didn't make it on there