The 79th Best Actress of All-Time: Penelope Cruz
best film: When an actor has worked with the great Pedro Almodovar as much as Penelope Cruz has, this category is going to be pretty solid. Among their collaborations, All About My Mother (1999),
The 78th Best Actress of All-Time: Zhang Ziyi
best film: Undoubtedly, 2046 and Hero are two of the very best films of the 2000s decade and Chinese actor Zhang Ziyi is in both. Hero is a towering artistic achievement. Zhang Yimou’s film
The 77th Best Actress of All-Time: Isabelle Adjani
best film: Isabelle Adjani stands out as the bespectacled Stella in Roman Polanski’s The Tenant. This, the middle film in Polanski’s apartment trilogy, is a proud film for any actor to have as their
The 76th Best Actress of All-Time: Glenn Close
best film: Dangerous Liaisons. Stephen Frears’ 1988 films is rock solid – but a film that barely squeaks into the top ten of its given year (currently #10 of 1988) should not be any
The 75th Best Actress of All-Time: Vanessa Redgrave
best film: This category is almost impossible to answer for Vanessa Redgrave. The correct answer could be three films. The first that comes to mind is Michelangelo Antonioni’s genius 1966 film Blow-Up. Ken Russell’s
The 74th Best Actress of All-Time: Joan Crawford
best film: Johnny Guitar – and it is not terribly close. Johnny Guitar is Nicholas Ray’s masterpiece and a film that lands inside the top 200 of all-time. So, for Joan Crawford this category
The 73rd Best Actress of All-Time: Laura Dern
best film: Blue Velvet. For cinephiles, Laura Dern will always be connected to the work of David Lynch. Certainly, many movie fans will always think of her as Dr. Ellie Sattler in Jurassic Park
The 72nd Best Actress of All-Time: Grace Kelly
best film: Rear Window is Grace Kelly’s finest film. She is very strong in a top 100 all-time film from the great master Alfred Hitchcock, so this category is a strength for Kelly. Her
The 71st Best Actress of All-Time: Simone Signoret
best film: Simone Signoret has three films at the top that any actor would be proud of. She is in Max Ophüls’ La Ronde (1950), Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Diabolique (1955), and Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army of
The 70th Best Actress of All-Time: Claudette Colbert
best film: It is a two-horse race here and Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night reigns supreme above Preston Sturges’ The Palm Beach Story. Both films feature crazy good talent in front of the
The 69th Best Actress of All-Time: Michelle Williams
best film: Blue Valentine squeaks past Brokeback Mountain, Synecdoche, New York and Wendy and Lucy for the top spot here. Sadly, Michelle Williams is lacking a masterpiece on her resume and that hurts her
The 68th Best Actress of All-Time: Amy Adams
best film: As 2012 gets smaller in rearview mirror, it becomes clearer that The Master is one of the best films of the 21st century. It is easily the best film Amy Adams has