Danny Peary's "Alternate Oscars": Best Actor winners

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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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  1. 1.
    The Circus (2 Disc Special Edition)
    by Charles Chaplin

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    Steamboat Bill, Jr.
    by Charles Reisner

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    The Big House (1930)
    by George W. Hill

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  4. 4.
    Little Caesar
    by Mervyn LeRoy

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  5. 5.
    Scarface (1932)
    by Howard Hawks (dir.)

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  6. 6.
    The Private Life of Henry VIII
    by Alexander Korda

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  7. 7.
    Twentieth Century
    by Howard Hawks

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    Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
    by directed by Clyde Bruckman, starring W. C. Fields

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    The Awful Truth
    by Leo McCarey

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  11. 11.
    Angels With Dirty Faces
    by Michael Curtiz

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  12. 12.
    Goodbye, Mr. Chips
    by Sam Wood

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  13. 13.
    The Grapes of Wrath
    by John Ford

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  14. 14.
    Ball of Fire
    by Howard Hawks

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  15. 15.
    Yankee Doodle Dandy (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

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  16. 16.
    Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

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  17. 17.
    Gaslight
    by George Cukor

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  18. 18.
    The Body Snatcher
    by Robert Wise

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  19. 19.
    It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition)
    by Frank Capra

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  20. 20.
    Monsieur Verdoux
    by Charles Chaplin

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  21. 21.
    The Red Shoes - Criterion Collection
    by Emeric Pressburger

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  22. 22.
    Champion
    by Mark Robson

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  23. 23.
    Father of the Bride (Snap case)
    by Vincente Minnelli

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  24. 24.
    A Christmas Carol (Original B&W Version)
    by Brian Desmond Hurst

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  25. 26.
    The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition)
    by John Ford

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  26. 27.
    From Here to Eternity

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  29. 31.
    A Face in the Crowd
    by Elia Kazan

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  30. 32.
    The Horse's Mouth - Criterion Collection
    by Ronald Neame

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  32. 34.
    Psycho (Collector's Edition)

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  33. 35.
    The Hustler
    by Robert Rossen

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  35. 39.
    The Hill (1965)
    by Sidney Lumet

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  37. 41.
    Falstaff Chimes At Midnight [Import]
    by Orson Welles

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  38. 42.
    Bullitt (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Mimi Freedman

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  39. 43.
    Midnight Cowboy (Two Disc Collector's Edition)
    by John Schlesinger

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  40. 44.
    Five Easy Pieces
    by Bob Rafelson

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  41. 45.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  42. 46.
    Play It Again, Sam
    by Herbert Ross

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  43. 47.
    Last Tango in Paris
    by Bernardo Bertolucci

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  44. 48.
    The Conversation

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  46. 50.
    Taxi Driver (Collector's Edition)

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