Movies Out of the Oscar lead actor winners in the 2010s - Which 3 are the best performances?

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

My picks:

Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour


Colin Firth - The King's Speech

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Jean Dujardin - The Artist

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Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

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Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club

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Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

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Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant

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Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea

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Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour

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Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody

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Joaquin Phoenix - Joker

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[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

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[sleepwalk]

Just to clarify, we're talking best actor and not best performance, correct?

 

[tank666]

Mccougheny, Malik and Oldman. All 3 great performances tough Bracket

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Danny
Matty
Leo

 

[TheChance]

These threads are reminding me that oscar winning movies are usually not that great

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Just to clarify, we're talking best actor and not best performance, correct?

We're going by best performance, sorry I should have been more clear on that.

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

These threads are reminding me that oscar winning movies are usually not that great

True there are plenty of great performances that weren't even nominated.

 

[Madmartigains]

Choi Min-sik in "I Saw the Devil".​

 

[Sweater of AV]

Haven't seen enough of them to give a decent answer but I have no doubt MM would be in the top 3.