to go along with the '80s one.
Male
10. Tom Cruise as Frank T.J. Mackey in Magnolia (1999)
9. Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard in American History X (1998)
8. River Pheonix as Mike Waters in My Own Private Idaho (1992)
7. Kevin Spacey as Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects (1995)
6. Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth in Schindler's List (1993)
5. Ian McKellen as James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998)
4. Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
3. Jack Lemmon as Shelley Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
2. Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction (1994)
1. Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham in American Beauty (1999)
Oscar nominees: 8 (all except Pheonix and Lemmon)
Oscar winners: 3 (Spacey x2 and Hopkins)
Female
10. Victoire Thivisol as Ponette in Ponette (1997)
9. Kate Winslet as Ruth Barron in Holy Smoke! (1999)
8. Jodie Foster as Ellie Arroway in Contact (1997)
7. Sarah Polley as Nicole in The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
6. Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson in Fargo (1996)
5. Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999)
4. Holly Hunter as Ada in The Piano (1993)
3. Emily Watson as Bess in Breaking the Waves (1996)
2. Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1. Elisabeth Shue as Sera in Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Oscar nominees: 6 (not Thivisol, Winslet, Contact Foster, and Polley)
Oscar winners: 4 (McDormand, Swank, Hunter, Foster Silence)
Male
10. Tom Cruise as Frank T.J. Mackey in Magnolia (1999)
9. Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard in American History X (1998)
8. River Pheonix as Mike Waters in My Own Private Idaho (1992)
7. Kevin Spacey as Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects (1995)
6. Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth in Schindler's List (1993)
5. Ian McKellen as James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998)
4. Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
3. Jack Lemmon as Shelley Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
2. Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction (1994)
1. Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham in American Beauty (1999)
Oscar nominees: 8 (all except Pheonix and Lemmon)
Oscar winners: 3 (Spacey x2 and Hopkins)
Female
10. Victoire Thivisol as Ponette in Ponette (1997)
9. Kate Winslet as Ruth Barron in Holy Smoke! (1999)
8. Jodie Foster as Ellie Arroway in Contact (1997)
7. Sarah Polley as Nicole in The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
6. Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson in Fargo (1996)
5. Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999)
4. Holly Hunter as Ada in The Piano (1993)
3. Emily Watson as Bess in Breaking the Waves (1996)
2. Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1. Elisabeth Shue as Sera in Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Oscar nominees: 6 (not Thivisol, Winslet, Contact Foster, and Polley)
Oscar winners: 4 (McDormand, Swank, Hunter, Foster Silence)