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The 50 Best Movie Performances of the 2000s

"Even with a total of 50 slots in mind for this particular list, choosing among the acting work of an entire decade proved virtually impossible. It always is! Even choosing amongst the performances of a single star was heartbreaking (such was the case with the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman, whose incredible body of work could have populated far more entries on this list; we hope the single entry we've chosen is representative enough of his prolific, chameleonic skills in front the camera).
We couldn't bear to rank our final choices, and so the list below is presented in alphabetical order. Selected from a decade's worth of indelible performances, here are the 50 that we just couldn't seem to shake."
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Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart ("The House of Mirth") (2000)
Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart ("The House of Mirth") (2000)
2
Amitabh Bachchan as Debraj Sahai ("Black") (2005)
Amitabh Bachchan as Debraj Sahai ("Black") (2005)
3
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men (2007)
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men (2007)
4
Angela Bettis as May Dove Canady ("May") (2002)
Angela Bettis as May Dove Canady ("May") (2002)
5
Björk as Selma Jezkova (Dancer in the Dark) (2000)
Björk as Selma Jezkova (Dancer in the Dark) (2000)
6
Maggie Cheung - In the Mood for Love (2000)
Maggie Cheung - In the Mood for Love (2000)
7
Fatoumata Coulibaly as Collé Gallo Ardo Sy ("Moolaadé") (2004)
Fatoumata Coulibaly as Collé Gallo Ardo Sy ("Moolaadé") (2004)
8
Daniel Craig as James Bond ("Casino Royale") (2006)
Daniel Craig as James Bond ("Casino Royale") (2006)
9
Penélope Cruz as Raimunda ("Volver") (2006)
Penélope Cruz as Raimunda ("Volver") (2006)
10
Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview (There Will Be Blood) (2013)
Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview (There Will Be Blood) (2013)
11
Julie Delpy as Céline ("Before Sunset") (2004)
Julie Delpy as Céline ("Before Sunset") (2004)
12
Alex Descas as Lionel ("35 Shots of Rum") (2009)
Alex Descas as Lionel ("35 Shots of Rum") (2009)
13
Jeon Do-Yeon as Lee Shin-Ae ("Secret Sunshine") (2007)
Jeon Do-Yeon as Lee Shin-Ae ("Secret Sunshine") (2007)
14
Hossein Emadeddin as Hossein ("Crimson Gold") (2003)
Hossein Emadeddin as Hossein ("Crimson Gold") (2003)
15
Olivier Gourmet as Olivier ("The Son") (2002)
Olivier Gourmet as Olivier ("The Son") (2002)
16
Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
17
Werner Herzog as Werner Herzog ("Grizzly Man") (2005)
Werner Herzog as Werner Herzog ("Grizzly Man") (2005)
18
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Synecdoche, New York (2008)
19
Isabelle Huppert in "The Piano Teacher" (2001)
Isabelle Huppert in "The Piano Teacher" (2001)
20
Song Kang-Ho as Park Doo-Man ("Memories of Murder") (2003)
Song Kang-Ho as Park Doo-Man ("Memories of Murder") (2003)
21
Q'orianka Kilcher - The New World (2005)
Q'orianka Kilcher - The New World (2005)
22
Sanaa Lathan as Monica Wright ("Love & Basketball") (2000)
Sanaa Lathan as Monica Wright ("Love & Basketball") (2000)
23
Heath Ledger as the Joker (The Dark Knight) (2008)
Heath Ledger as the Joker (The Dark Knight) (2008)
24
Tony Leung in In the Mood for Love (2000)
Tony Leung in In the Mood for Love (2000)
25
Anamaria Marinca – 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007)
Anamaria Marinca – 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007)
26
Ian Mcdiarmid as Palpatine in 'Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith' (2005)
Ian Mcdiarmid as Palpatine in 'Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith' (2005)
27
Choi Min-Sik as Dae-Su Oh (Oldboy) (2003)
Choi Min-Sik as Dae-Su Oh (Oldboy) (2003)
28
John Cameron Mitchell as Hedwig Robinson/Hansel Schmidt ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch") (2001)
John Cameron Mitchell as Hedwig Robinson/Hansel Schmidt ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch") (2001)
29
Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven (2002)
Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven (2002)
30
Samantha Morton as Morvern Callar ("Morvern Callar") (2002)
Samantha Morton as Morvern Callar ("Morvern Callar") (2002)
31
Bill Murray- Lost in Translation (2003)
Bill Murray- Lost in Translation (2003)
32
María Onetto as Verónica ("The Headless Woman") (2008)
María Onetto as Verónica ("The Headless Woman") (2008)
33
Haley Joel Osment as David ("A.I.") (2001)
Haley Joel Osment as David ("A.I.") (2001)
34
Shu Qi as May/Courtesan/Jing ("Three Times") (2005)
Shu Qi as May/Courtesan/Jing ("Three Times") (2005)
35
Adam Sandler as George Simmons ("Funny People") (2009)
Adam Sandler as George Simmons ("Funny People") (2009)
36
Andy Serkis as Gollum (Lord of the Rings Trilogy) (2001)
Andy Serkis as Gollum (Lord of the Rings Trilogy) (2001)
37
Will Smith as Muhammad Ali ("Ali") (2001)
Will Smith as Muhammad Ali ("Ali") (2001)
38
Michael Stuhlbarg as Larry Gopnik ("A Serious Man") (2009)
Michael Stuhlbarg as Larry Gopnik ("A Serious Man") (2009)
39
Tilda Swinton as Julia ("Julia") (2008)
Tilda Swinton as Julia ("Julia") (2008)
40
Uma Thurman as the Bride ("Kill Bill") (2003)
Uma Thurman as the Bride ("Kill Bill") (2003)
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