AwardsWatch Forums’ 50 Favourite Performances of 2017

– 111 ballots were received (99 in 2016)
– 20 male and 30 female performances made it to the final list (21 vs 29 in 2016)
– 46 performances received #1 placement (44 in 2016)

Before we begin, here are the top 10 lists from 2013-2016.

AW’s 50 Favourite Performances of 2016
1. Isabelle Huppert, Elle
2. Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
3. Amy Adams, Arrival
4. Sandra Hüller, Toni Erdmann
5. Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
6. Isabelle Huppert, Things to Come
7. Sonia Braga, Aquarius
8. Trevante Rhodes, Moonlight
9. Natalie Portman, Jackie
10. Ashton Sanders, Moonlight

AW’s 50 Favourite Performances of 2015
1. Rooney Mara, Carol
2. Cate Blanchett, Carol
3. Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
4. Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
5. Oscar Isaac, Ex Machina
6. Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
7. Nina Hoss, Phoenix
8. Juliette Binoche, Clouds of Sils Maria
9. Emory Cohen, Brooklyn
10. Brie Larson, Room

AW’s 50 Favourite Performances of 2014
1. Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
3. Julianne Moore, Still Alice
4. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
5. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Beyond the Lights
6. Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
7. Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant
8. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
9. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
10. Essie Davis, The Babadook

AW’s 50 Favourite Performances of 2013
1. Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
2. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
3. Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color
4. Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
5. Suzanne Clement, Laurence Anyways
6. Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
7. Juliette Binoche, Camille Claudel 1915
8. James Franco, Spring Breakers
9. Mads Mikkelsen, The Hunt
10. Brie Larson, Short Term 12

THE 2017 LIST…50-41