My Favorite Performances of 2016 (Male)

Juan - Moonlight
"At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you."

Troy Maxson - Fences
"Like you? I go outta here every morning, I bust my butt 'cause I like you? You're about the biggest fool I ever saw. A man is supposed to take care of his family. You live in my house, feed your belly with my food, put your behind on my bed because you're my son. It's my duty to take care of you, I owe a responsibility to you, I ain't got to like you!"

Connie Nikas - Good Time
"I think I'm invincible. It's the only thing that makes sense. I don't think I can die."

Honorable Mentions:
Sebastian - La La Land

Bobby Andes - Nocturnal Animals
"It's gonna be rough on them out there, not knowing how it's gonna come. Maybe Ray get killed, for resisting arrest, or coming at home late at night, might get shot by a burglar."

Marcus Hamilton - Hell or High Water
"You'll never be done with it no matter what. It's gonna haunt you, son, for the rest of your days. But you won't be alone. It's gonna haunt me too."

Count Fujiwara - The Handmaiden
"At least I'll die with my cock intact."

Ben - Captain Fantastic
"My face is mine, my hands are mine, my mouth is mine, but I'm not. I'm yours."

Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade - Split
"You are different from the rest. Your heart is pure! Rejoice! The broken are the more evolved. Rejoice."

Chiron - Moonlight
"I should have cried too much sometimes I feel like I'm just gonna turn into drops."

Howard - 10 Cloverfield Lane
"Crazy is building your ark after the flood has already come."

Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield - Nocturnal Animals
"When you love someone you have to be careful with it, you might never get it again."

Lee Chandler - Manchester by the Sea
"I can't beat it. I can't beat it. I'm sorry."

Honorable Mentions:
Ray Sybert - The Finest Hours
Chris Allen - Triple 9

Rodrigues - Silence
"I pray but I am lost. Am I just praying to silence?"

Honorable Mentions:
Desmond Doss - Hacksaw Ridge

Hec - Hunt for the Wilderpeople
"You keep up with yourself, young player. Get in my way I'll have your guts for garters."

Black - Moonlight
"You the only man that's ever touched me... You're the only one... I haven't really touched anyone since..."

Tanner Howard - Hell or High Water
"I never met nobody get away with anything... ever, you?"

Finnegan - Everybody Wants Some!!
"Have you noticed whenever we're around baseball all we talk about is pussy. Now, we're actually around a few potentially interesting young women, all you talk about is baseball. It's a little fucked up!"

Sang-hwa - Train to Busan
"Hey, asshole. Felt good to see your kid thanks to me? Are you grateful or what?"

Rodrigues - Silence
"I pray too, Rodrigues. It doesn't help. Go on, pray. But pray with your eyes open."

Honorable Mentions:
The Monster - A Monster Calls

Uncle Kouzuki - The Handmaiden
"You'll have a week of freedom, but always remember the basement."

Mr. Bruner - The Edge of Seventeen
"I actually was writing my own suicide note just now. I have 32 fleeting minutes of happiness during lunch, which has been eaten up again and again by the same especially badly dressed student, and I finally thought I would rather have the dark nothingness."

Honorable Mentions:
Jeffrey Allen - Triple 9

Hank - Swiss Army Man
"Manny, if you don't know Jurassic Park, you don't know shit."

Jackson Healy - The Nice Guys
"Sometimes I feel okay about things. Not often."

Seok-woo - Train to Busan
"I'll take you to mom no matter what."

The Blind Man - Don't Breathe
"There is nothing a man cannot do once he accepts the fact that there is no God."