Power Rankings: Best Movie Performances of the 2010s

The SAW Power Rankings is our weekly ranking of a certain movie-related topic. Please feel free to comment on our rankings and provide a list of your own in the comments below.

We are continuing our look at some of the best from the past decade and this week, we rank the best performances from the 2010s. The 10s were chalked full of outstanding but we fell that some stood out above the rest.

Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell in The Master and Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers in Black Swan appeared the most at three lists apiece. J.K. Simmons in Whiplash and Toni Collete in Hereditary are the only other two to appear on multiple lists. Let us know what you think of the performances listed and give us some of you consider the best from the past decade!

Vincent Kane:

1. J.K. Simmons  as Fletcher in Whiplash (2014)
2. Toni Collette as Annie in Hereditary (2018)
3. Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers in Black Swan (2010)
4. Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody (2019)
5. Ethan Hawke as Pastor Ernst Toller in First Reformed (2017)

Billy Dhalgren:

1. Tom Hardy as Ivan Locke in Locke (2013)
2. Jake Gyllenhaal as Louis Bloom in Nightcrawler (2014)
3. Jennifer Lawrence as Ree Dolly in Winter’s Bone (2010)
4. Robert Pattinson as Reynolds in The Rover (2014)
5. Scarlett Johansson as Samantha in Her (2013)

DryButSoupy:

1. Kelly Marie Tran as Rose Tico in The Last Jedi (2017)
2. Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman (2017)
3. Leslie Jones as Patty Tolan in Ghostbusters (2016)
4. Tom Cruise as Nick Morton in The Mummy (2017)
5. Luke Evans as Vlad/Dracula in Dracula Untold (2014)

Marmaduke Karlston:

1. Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
2. Jessica Rothe as Tree Gelbman in Happy Death Day (2017)
3. Colin Firth as Harry Hart in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
4. Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
5. Keanu Reeves as John Wick in John Wick (2014)

Sailor Monsoon:

1. Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell in The Master (2012)
2. Ralph Fiennes as M. Gustav in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
3. Toni Collette as Annie in Hereditary (2018)
4. Scarlett Johansson as The Female in Under the Skin (2013)
5. Jake Gyllenhaal as Louis Bloom in Nightcrawler (2014)

Lee McCutcheon:

1. Mads Mikkelsen as Lucas in The Hunt (2012)
2. J.K. Simmons as Fletcher in Whiplash (2014)
3. Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers in Black Swan (2010)
4. Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell in The Master (2012)
5. Michael Fassbender as Brandon in Shame (2011)

Mitch Roush:

1. Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell in The Master (2012)
2. Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers in Black Swan (2010)
3. Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in The Favourite (2018)
4. Mahershala Ali as Juan in Moonlight (2016)
5. Kirsten Dunst as Justine in Melancholia (2011)