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Best Male Performances - 1970s

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Average listal rating (1390 ratings) 8.7  
1. Al Pacino

#1

as Officer Frank Serpico in "Serpico" (1973)

#9

as Don Michael Corleone in "The Godfather Part II" (1974)

#36

as Michael Corleone in "The Godfather" (1972)

#47

as Sonny Wortzik in "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975)

#70

as Arthur Kirkland in "...And Justice For All" (1979)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (1629 ratings) 8.6  
2. Jack Nicholson

#2

as Randal Patrick McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)

#12

as JJ Gittes in "Chinatown" (1974)

#34

as Robert Eroica Dupea in "Five Easy Pieces" (1970)

#56

as David Locke in "The Passenger" (1975)

#86

as Tom Logan in "The Missouri Breaks" (1976)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (333 ratings) 7.8  
3. Malcolm McDowell

#3

as Alex DeLarge in "A Clockwork Orange" (1971)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (1946 ratings) 8.6  
4. Robert De Niro

#4

as Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver" (1976)

#6

as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather Part II"

#23

as Michael in "The Deer Hunter" (1978)(1974)

#50

as Johnny Boy in "Mean Streets" (1973)

#61

as Bruce Pearson in "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973)

#83

as Jimmy Doyle in "New York, New York" (1977)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (321 ratings) 7.1  
5. Martin Sheen

#5

as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard in "Apocalypse Now" (1979)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (479 ratings) 7  
6. Steve Martin

#7

as Navin R. Johnson/Cat Juggler/Pig-Eye Jackson in "The Jerk" (1979)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (528 ratings) 7.8  
7. Gene Hackman

#8

as Jimmy Doyle in "The French Connection" (1971)

#33

as Harry Caul in "The Conversation" (1974)

#46

as Lex Luthor in "Superman" (1978)

#81

as Mary Ann in "Prime Cut" (1972)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (228 ratings) 7.9  
8. Gene Wilder

#10

as Willy Wonka in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (1971)

#73

as Dr. Frankenstein in "Young Frankenstein" (1974)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (318 ratings) 7.9  
9. Robert Redford

#11

as Johnny Hooker in "The Sting" (1973)

#19

as Bob Woodward in "All the Presidents Men" (1976)

#54

as Bill McKay in "The Candidate" (1972)

#80

as Jeremiah Johnson in "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972)

#105

as Joseph Turner/The Condor in "3 Days of the Condor (1975)

#114

as Hubbell Gardner in "The Way We Were" (1973)

Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (1126 ratings) 8.1  
10. Dustin Hoffman

#13

as Lenny Bruce in "Lenny" (1974)

#20

as Carl Bernstein in "All the Presidents Men" (1976)

#39

as Babe in "Marathon Man" (1976)

#62

as Ted Kramer in "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (853 ratings) 8.3  
11. Michael Caine

#14

as Jack Carter in "Get Carter" (1971)

#37

as Milo Tindle in "Sleuth" (1972)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (704 ratings) 8.7  
12. Marlon Brando

#15

as Don Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" (1972)

#32

as Col. Walter E. Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now" (1979)

#107

as Paul in "Last Tango in Paris" (1973)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (278 ratings) 8.1  
13. Alec Guinness

#16

as Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars" (1977)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (215 ratings) 8.2  
14. Steve McQueen

#17

as Doc McKoy in "The Getaway" (1972)

#38

as Henri 'Papillon' Charriere in "Papillon" (1973)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (404 ratings) 8.7  
15. Paul Newman

#18

as Henry Gondorff in "The Sting" (1973)

#24

as Reggie Dunlop in "Slap Shot" (1977)

#35

as Harper in "The Drowning Pool" (1975)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (115 ratings) 7.8  
16. William Holden

#21

as Max Schumacher in "Network" (1976)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (965 ratings) 8.1  
17. Sean Connery

#22

as James Bond in "Diamonds are Forever" (1971)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (118 ratings) 8.1  
18. George C. Scott

#25

as Gen. George S. Patton in "Patton" (1970)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (44 ratings) 7.8  
19. Peter Finch

#26

as Howard Beale in "Network" (1976)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (642 ratings) 7.6  
20. Harvey Keitel

#27

as Charlie in "Mean Streets" (1973)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (1179 ratings) 8.5  
21. Clint Eastwood

#28

as Police Inspector Harry Callahan in "Dirty Harry" (1971)

#42

as Philo Beddoe in "Every Which Way But Loose" (1978)

#52

as Police Inspector Harry Callahan in "Magnum Force" (1973)

#88

as Frank Morris in "Escape From Alcatraz" (1979)

#108

as Josey Wales in "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (186 ratings) 6.9  
22. Richard Dreyfuss

#29

as Roy Neary in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

#48

as Elliot Garfield in "The Goodbye Girl" (1977)

#74

as Matt Hooper in "Jaws" (1975)

#92

as Curt in "American Graffiti" (1973)

Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (1182 ratings) 6.9  
23. Mel Gibson

#30

as Max in "Mad Max" (1979)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (1286 ratings) 7.9  
24. Christopher Walken

#31

as Nick in "The Deer Hunter" (1978)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (110 ratings) 7.6  
25. John Belushi

#40

as John Blutarsky in "Animal House" (1978)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (152 ratings) 6.8  
26. Roger Moore

#41

as James Bond in "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (152 ratings) 7.8  
27. Charles Bronson

#43

as Paul Kersey in "Death Wish" (1974)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (542 ratings) 7.8  
28. Robert Duvall

#44

as Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now" (1979)

#64

as Tom Hagen in "The Godfather Part II" (1974)

#75

as Tom Hagen in "The Godfather" (1972)

#106

as Frank Hackett in "Network" (1976)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (242 ratings) 8.5  
29. Peter Sellers

#45

as Chance in "Being There" (1979)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (175 ratings) 7.1  
30. Christopher Reeve

#49

Clark Kent/Superman in "Superman" (1978)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (142 ratings) 7.5  
31. John Cazale

#51

as Frodo Corleone in "The Godfather Part II" (1974)

#67

as Stan in "The Conversation" (1974)

#94

as Sal in "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975)

#117

as Stan in "The Deer Hunter" (1978)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (107 ratings) 7.4  
32. Roy Scheider

#53

as Chief Martin Brody in "Jaws" (1975)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (97 ratings) 7.4  
33. Warren Beatty

#55

as Joe Pendlteton in "Heaven Can Wait" (1978)

#76

as John McCabe in "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971)

#109

as George Roundy in "Shampoo" (1975)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (844 ratings) 7.8  
34. Woody Allen

#57

as Alvy Singer in "Annie Hall" (1977)

#110

as Isaac in "Manhattan" (1979)

#118

as Allan in "Play it Again, Sam" (1972)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (776 ratings) 6.5  
35. Sylvester Stallone

#58

as Rocky Balboa in "Rocky" (1976)

#79

as Rocky Balboa in "Rocky II" (1979)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (34 ratings) 6  
36. Ryan O'Neal

#59

as Barry Lyndon/Redmond Barry in "Barry Lyndon" (1975)

#103

as Oliver Barrett IV in "Love Story" (1970)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (182 ratings) 7.1  
37. Alan Arkin

#60

as Capt. John Yassarian in "Catch-22" (1970)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (101 ratings) 7.5  
38. Richard Pryor

#63

as Grover Muldoon in "Silver Streak" (1976)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (127 ratings) 7.6  
39. Graham Chapman

#65

as King Arthur/God/Middle Head & Others in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (1233 ratings) 6.9  
40. John Travolta

#66

as Danny Zuko in "Grease" (1978)

#89

as Tony Manero in "Saturday Night Fever" (1977)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (27 ratings) 5.9  
41. Tim Matheson

#68

as Eric Stratton in "Animal House" (1978)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (41 ratings) 6.2  
42. Charles Grodin

#69

as Lenny Cantrow in "The Heartbreak Kid" (1972)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (142 ratings) 6.2  
43. Elliott Gould

#71

as Trapper John McIntyre in "MASH" (1970)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (115 ratings) 8  
44. Lee Marvin

#72

as Nick Devlin in "Prime Cut" (1972)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (125 ratings) 7.9  
45. Walter Matthau

#77

as Lt. Zachary Garber in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (1974)

#93

as Willy Clark in "The Sunshine Boys" (1975)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (86 ratings) 7.2  
46. Alan Alda

#78

as George in "Same Time, Next Year" (1978)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (241 ratings) 8.5  
47. Jack Lemmon

#82

as Jack Godell in "The China Syndrome" (1979)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (473 ratings) 7.8  
48. Jeff Bridges

#84

as Duane Jackson in "The Last Picture Show" (1971)

#101

as Lightfoot in "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (1974)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (67 ratings) 7.2  
49. Karl Malden

#85

as Gen. Omar Bradley in "Patton" (1970)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (420 ratings) 7.5  
50. Donald Sutherland

#87

as John Klute in "Klute" (1971)
Stehako's rating:



My favorite decade in film naturally hosted some of my favorite male performances with stars emerging (DeNiro, Pacino, Nicholson) old classics fading with one or two final solid roles (Lancaster, Wayne, Scott)


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