EOY List - Favourite Male/Female Performances of 2013

Male Performances

Male Performer of the Year: Bradley Cooper (The Hangover Part III aside)

Honourable Mentions (in no particular order): Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips, Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained, Alexis Denisof - Much Ado About Nothing, Matthew McConaughey - Mud/The Paperboy, Zac Effron – The Paperboy, Tye Sheridan - Mud, Aaron Pedersen - Mystery Road, Simon Pegg - The World's End, Geoffrey Rush - The Best Offer, James Gandolfini - Enough Said, Jude Law - Side Effects, Gael Garcia Bernal – No, Dane DeHaan – The Place Beyond the Pines, George MacKay – For Those in Peril, Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook, Jake Johnson – Drinking Buddies, Bobby Cannavale – Blue Jasmine, Alexander Skarsgard – What Maisie Knew, Hugh Jackman – Prisoners, Miles Teller – The Spectacular Now, Keith Stanfield – Short Term 12, Chris Cooper – August: Osage County, Steve Coogan – Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Will Forte – Nebraska, Michael Douglas and Matt Damon – Behind the Candelabra, Colin Farrell - Saving Mr Banks.

15. Jason Clark - Zero Dark Thirty

14. Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

13. James Franco - Spring Breakers

12. Sam Rockwell - The Way Way Back

11. Michael B. Jordan - Fruitvale Station

10. Jake Gyllenhaal - Prisoners

9. Christian Bale – American Hustle

8. Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch - Prince Avalanche

7. Ethan Hawke - Before Midnight/Sinister

6. Bruce Dern - Nebraska

5. Denzel Washington - Flight

4. Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

3. Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook/The Place Beyond the Pines/American Hustle

2. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender - 12 Years A Slave

1. Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips/Cloud Atlas/Saving Mr Banks

Female Performances

Female Performer of the Year: Jennifer Lawrence (duh!)

Honourable Mentions (In no particular order):  Shailene Woodley - The Spectacular Now, Olivia Wilde - Drinking Buddies, Amy Acker - Much Ado About Nothing, Rooney Mara – Side Effects, Vera Farmiga – The Conjuring, Juno Temple – Magic Magic, Onata Aprile – What Maisie Knew, Naomi Watts – The Impossible, Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur – Beyond the Hills, Julia Roberts – August: Osage County, Oprah Winfrey – The Butler, Melonie Diaz – Fruitvale Station, Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine, Mia Wasikowska, Stoker, Elizabeth Debicki – The Great Gatsby and June Squibb – Nebraska, Amy Adams – American Hustle, Emma Thompson - Saving Mr Banks.

15. Amy Seimetz - Upstream Color

14. Berenice Bejo - The Past

13. Suzanne Clément - Laurence Anyways

12. Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years A Slave

11. Lea Seydoux - Blue is the Warmest Color/Sister

10. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss - Enough Said

9. Greta Gerwig - Frances Ha

8. Sandra Bullock – Gravity/The Heat

7. Meryl Streep - August: Osage County

6. Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

5. Brie Larson - Short Term 12

4. Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook/The Hunger Games: Catching Fire/American Hustle

3. Julie Delpy - Before Midnight

2. Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine

1. Adele Exarchopoulos - Blue is the Warmest Color

What are your favourite actors/performances of 2013? I still haven't seen Her, The Wolf of Wall Street and Inside Llewyn Davis, but their stars will have to wait for consideration next year.