1. Gene Hackman, The French Connection (1971)
2. Jane Fonda, Klute (1971)
3. Robert De Niro, Mean Streets (1973) - Scorsese
4. Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
5. Al Pacino, Serpico (1973)
6. Dustin Hoffman, Straight Time (1978)
7. Jack Nicholson, Five Easy Pieces (1970)
8. Richard Dreyfuss, Jaws (1975)
9. Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now (1979) - Coppola
10. Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H (1975)

The French Connection	Klute	Mean Streets	Alice Doesn't Live Here

1. Debra Winger, An Officer And A Gentleman (1982)
2. Tom Hanks, Big (1988)
3. Gerard Depardieu, Camille Claudel (1988)
4. Gary Oldman, Sid And Nancy (1986)
5. Michelle Pfeiffer, Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
6. Joe Pesci, Raging Bull (1980) - Scorsese
7. Holly Hunter, Broadcast News (1987)
8. Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet (1986)
9. Melanie Griffith, Something Wild (1986)
10. Anthony Hopkins, Elephant Man (1980)

Raging Bull	Dangerous Liaisons	Apocalypse Now	An Officer and a Gentleman

1. Ralph Fiennes, Schindler's List (1993)
2. Juliette Binoche, The English Patient (1996)
3. Daniel Day-Lewis, Last of the Mohicans (1992)
4. Annette Bening, The Grifters (1990)
5. Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
6. Nicole Kidman, To Die For (1995)
7. Emma Thompson, Sense & Sensibility (1995)
8. Ray Winstone, Nil By Mouth (1998)
9. Gabriel Byrne, Miller's Crossing (1990)
10. Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny (1992)

Schindler's List	The English Patient	Miller's Crossing	Miller's Crossing