50 Greatest Perfomances of the Past Decade...That Oscar DID Honor!

A couple of weeks ago, I had a pretty popular post where I counted down the 50 best performances from the past decade that Oscar inexplicably snubbed (my rule was that I had to have nominated all of them for trophies, as I hate the whole "snub" situation where you claim 20 performances were overlooked each year-the Oscars only has five per category people)!

Anyway, to start our week out in a different direction, I thought it'd be fun to do a countdown of the 50 best performances Oscar DID choose to site from the past decade, because I like having bookends on my list articles.  Note, to be fair to Oscar, I'm sticking to my rule of "I would have nominated all of these" here as well, so if you're curious know all of these would be on my short ballot.  Also, for the record, I have seen all 200 nominated performances from the past decade, so this list is comprehensive!  Without further adieu...

50. Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)

49. Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

48. Michael Keaton (Birdman)

47. Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)

46. Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

45. Octavia Spencer (The Help)

44. Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)

43. Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

42. Kate Winslet (The Reader)

41. Melissa Leo (Frozen River)

40. Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)

39. Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

38. Carey Mulligan (An Education)

37. Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

36. Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread)

35. Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)

34. Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

33. Naomie Harris (Moonlight)

32. Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

31. Sean Penn (Milk)

30. Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

29. Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

28. Brie Larson (Room)

27. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

26. Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

25. Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)

24. Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

23. Viola Davis (Doubt)

22. Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)

21. Colin Firth (A Single Man)

20. Viola David (The Help)

19. Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

18. Gabourey Sidibe (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)

17. Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)

16. Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)

15. Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)

14. Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

13. Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)

12. Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

11. Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

10. Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

9. Natalie Portman (Jackie)

8. Cate Blanchett (Carol)

7. Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

6. Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

5. Mo'Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)

4. Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)

3. Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

2. Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

1. Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)