potential future oscar winners

The criteria for this is that only actors/actresses with one previous Oscar nomination or less are eligible (no Peter O'Toole). Also only first time future winners, so no one who has won an Oscar previously. The movies used for justification (minimum 2) will not include the Oscar nominated role. Since it's potential future, trying not to include actors who haven't had a good recent performance (no Steve Martin)

15. Viggo Mortensen

justification : The Road; Appaloosa, A History of Violence;

14.Mathieu Amalric

justification : The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Kings and Queen; Munich; Un Conte de Noel

13. Natalie Portman

justification: V for Vendetta; Brothers; Cold Mountain; garden state

12. Sergi Lopez

justification: dirty pretty things; Pan's labyrinth;Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien

11. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

justification: Lust, Caution; In the Mood for Love;Internal Affairs; Chungking Express;2046

10. Gael Garcia Bernal

justification : Amores Perros; Y tu mama tambien; The Motorcyle Diaries;

9. Audrey Tautou

justification: Amelie; Coco avant Chanel; Dirty Pretty Things; A very Long Engagement

8. Paul Giamatti

justification: Sideways; American Splendor;Cold Souls

7. Michael Sheen

justification: The Queen; The Damned United; Frost/Nixon

6. Gary Oldman

justification: Sid and Nancy;Dracula;Prick up your Ears; JFK, The Contender

5. Christian Bale

justification : The machinist;American Psycho; 3:10 to Yuma

4. Alan Rickman

justification: Die Hard; Sense and Sensibility; Michael Collins

3. Christopher Plummer

justification: The Sound of Music; The insider; Syriana;

2. Ken Watanabe

justification: Letters from Iwo Jima; Memoirs of a Geisha; Kizuna; Shizumano Taiyo

1. Gerard Depardieu

justification: Bon Voyage; Quand j'eatis chanteur; green Card;

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best comedians of the decade

criteria : must do stand-up comedy. only judged from stand up and sketch . 10.Demetri Martin why: He likes constructing palindromes. That's reason enough. Uses all sorts of visual aids and sketches. Great with the one liners too. Most unconventional comedian since Gallagher.Maybe. 9. Russell Brand why: Obnoxious, loud and very strange. Known as much for his off stage antics than his comedy. But one of the best young 'angry' comedians out there. Although there's a sneaking suspicion the accent makes him cool (er). 8. Robin Williams why: Back in2002 with LIVE on Broadway, the show broke several records for a comedy show. Showed he's still funny, hasn't let success go to his head and can still make it all up on the spot. 7. Ricky Gervais why: In the Office for the first part of the century, everywhere else for the last. Most people know him for his film roles, but he's great on the stage too. Doesn't shy away from the controversial topics. And it isn't

Best Films of the Decade - 2010s - Third Part

11. Get Out (2017)- Directed and written by Jordan Peele. Horror seems to be an excellent medium to describe racism and it's somewhat amazing how obvious it seems in hindsight. One of the best debuts of a director in recent times, with a script that amps up the tension marvelously and serves up a twist in the tale that was impossible to see coming. Normally horror movies are seen as niche, but this film was popular with the wide audience and also at the award ceremonies further proving everyone was able to be captured by the film's quality. There has been talk of the film fitting into horror-comedy, probably due to Peele's comedy background, but while it is never laughably funny but does serve as a clever satire on the state of racial affairs. 12. The Death of Stalin (2017) - Directed by Armando Iannuci. Written by Armando Iannuci, David Schneider and Ian Martin. Few topics are as ripe for satire as the workings of communist governments (provided one can

Best Films of the Decade - 2010s - Second Part

As always, a giant list. The first 10 can be pretty much interchangeable depending on my mood. 21. John Wick (2014) - Directed by Chad Stalehski . Written by Derek Kolstad. Keanu Reeves already had experience as the face of an action franchise but it's possible in the future that we remember more for John Wick than as Neo. A film that came out of almost nowhere and managed to simultaneously be a homage and a way forward for action movies. Building off of an extensive source of knowledge of the films of John Woo, Jean Pierre Melville, anime and spaghetti westerns, it's the closest anyone has come to replicating the Gun-Fu Hong Kong classics. The well crafted world of John Wick keeps expanding too, with even more additions to the series in the works. Long may it continue. 22. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) - Directed by Denis Villeneuve . Written by Michael Green and Hampton Fancher. A sequel to one of the most beloved and acclaimed sci-film films of

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