Alternate Oscars (Danny Peary) - Best Actor
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These are the movies with performances that film critic Danny Peary picked as his “best actor” choices from 1927-28 to 1991 in his book “Alternate Oscars” from 1993. Note that Peary selected two “best actors” for 1951.
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
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Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
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Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
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Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
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Strangers on a Train
1951, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Conversation
1974, in 23 top lists Check -
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966, in 19 top lists Check -
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Rebel Without a Cause
1955, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
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Midnight Cowboy
1969, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Hustler
1961, in 15 top lists Check -
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Tootsie
1982, in 17 top lists Check -
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Scarface
1932, in 16 top lists Check -
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Saturday Night Fever
1977, in 13 top lists Check -
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Five Easy Pieces
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
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Ultimo tango a Parigi
1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check -
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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989 — a.k.a. My Left Foot, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Circus
1928, in 10 top lists Check -
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Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928, in 13 top lists Check -
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A Face in the Crowd
1957, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Awful Truth
1937, in 15 top lists Check -
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Gaslight
1944, in 12 top lists Check -
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Bullitt
1968, in 11 top lists Check -
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From Here to Eternity
1953, in 13 top lists Check -
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Monsieur Verdoux
1947, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Quiet Man
1952, in 15 top lists Check -
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Angels with Dirty Faces
1938, in 9 top lists Check -
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Play It Again, Sam
1972, in 3 top lists Check -
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Ball of Fire
1941, in 6 top lists Check -
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942, in 12 top lists Check -
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House of Games
1987, in 7 top lists Check -
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Campanadas a medianoche
1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check -
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Scrooge
1951 — a.k.a. A Christmas Carol, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Nutty Professor
1963, in 11 top lists Check -
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Salvador
1986, in 7 top lists Check -
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Hill
1965, in 1 top list Check -
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Little Caesar
1931, in 10 top lists Check -
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Father of the Bride
1950, in 4 top lists Check -
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Educating Rita
1983, in 3 top lists Check -
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Prizzi's Honor
1985, in 6 top lists Check
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