Your Top 10 Greatest Supporting Performances of All Time

Way harder than Leading, these would change on a daily basis really. No order...

Al Pacino, Donnie Brasco
Robert De Niro, Mean Streets
Daniel Autueil, Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Ben Kingsley, Betrayal
Ian Bannen, The Offense
Jarl Kulle, Fanny and Alexander
Gerard Depardieu, Uranus
James Earl Jones, Matewan
Bob Hoskins, Othello

Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives
Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart
Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity
Isabelle Huppert, La Cérémonie
Madeline Kahn, Judy Berlin
Barbara Hershey, The Portrait of a Lady 
Romy Schneider, That Most Important Thing: Love 
Juliette Lewis, Hysterical Blindness
Ruby Dee, Take a Giant Step
Ingrid Bergman, Cactus Flower

Supporting actor:
1. Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
2. Jason Miller, “The Exorcist”
3. Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
4. River Phoenix, “Running on Empty”
5. Steve Buscemi, “Ghost World”
6. Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
7. Robert DeNiro, “The Godfather: Part II”
8. Clive Owen, “Closer”
9. Ed Harris, “The Hours”
10. Benicio Del Toro, “Traffic”

Supporting actress:
1. Saoirse Ronan, “Atonement”
2. Judy Davis, “Husbands and Wives”
3. Winona Ryder, “The Age of Innocence”
4. Amy Adams, “The Master”
5. Jessica Chastain, “The Tree of Life”
6. Mariel Hemingway, “Manhattan”
7. Uma Thurman, “Pulp Fiction”
8. Gwyneth Paltrow, “The Royal Tenenbaums”
9. Sônia Braga, “O Beijo Da Mulher Aranha”
10. Nastassja Kinski, “Paris, Texas”

Roughly... no order.

Actors
Daniel Henshall, Snowtown
Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet
Ray Wise, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
John Cazale, The Godfather: Part II
John Cazale, Dog Day Afternoon
Vincent D'Onofrio, Full Metal Jacket
John Goodman, The Big Lebowski
Dylan Baker, Happiness
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Orson Welles, The Third Man

Actresses
Isabella Rossellini, Blue Velvet
Chloe Sevigny, Kids
Natassja Kinski, Paris, Texas
Moira Shearer, Peeping Tom
Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives
Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction
Geraldine Page, Interiors
Blanca Guerra, Santa Sangre
Kristin Scott Thomas, Only God Forgives
Grace Kelly, Dial M for Murder

Actor in a Supporting Role:

1. George Sanders, All About Eve
2. Jaye Davidson, The Crying Game
3. Ralph Fiennes, Schindler’s List
4. Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet
5. Steve Buscemi, Ghost World
6. Alfred Molina, Frida
7. Ed Harris, The Hours
8. Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
9. Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction
10. Burl Ives, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Actress in a Supporting Role:

1. Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted
2. Beatrice Straight, Network
3. Olivia de Havilland, Gone with the Wind
4. Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire
5. Patricia Neal, Hud
6. Virginia Madsen, Sideways
7. Jennifer Connelly, Requiem for a Dream
8. Meryl Streep, Adaptation.
9. Susannah York, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
10. Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple

ACTORS
1. Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy
2. Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet
3. Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs
4. Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
5. Robert Shaw, Jaws
6. Burt Lancaster, Sweet Smell of Success
7. Daniel Day-Lewis, A Room with a View
8. Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction
9. Robert Forster, Jackie Brown
10. Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

ACTRESSES
1. Nastassja Kinski, Paris, Texas
2. Francoise Fabian, My Night at Maud's
3. Mary Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Annie Girardot, Rocco and His Brothers
5. Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer
6. Amy Adams, Junebug
7. Christine Lahti, Running On Empty
8. Chloe Sevigny, Boys Don't Cry
9. Beatrice Dalle, Night on Earth
10. Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

No order.

John Cazale, The Godfather: Part II
Robert Shaw, Jaws
Robert De Niro, Mean Streets
Hal Holbrook, All the President's Men
Gunnar Björnstrand, The Seventh Seal
Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter
John Goodman, Barton Fink
Gene Hackman, Unforgiven
James Woods, Once Upon a Time in America
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Ellen Burstyn, The Last Picture Show
Anne Bancroft, The Graduate
Andie MacDowell, Short Cuts
Natassja Kinski, Paris, Texas
Ronee Blakley, Nashville
Meryl Streep, The Deer Hunter
Emily Watson, The Proposition
Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles
Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront
Diane Ladd, Wild at Heart