2nd Best Acting Performance By Year (1939-2022)

This is a sequel to my other list (Best Acting Performances By Year 1939-2018) of performances that I considered for the first list. I will also change this list as time goes on.

1939 Vivien Leigh – Gone With The Wind
1940 Charlie Chaplin – The Great Dictator
1941 Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley
1942 Bette Davis – Now Voyager
1943 Ingrid Bergman – Casablanca
1944 Charles Boyer – Gaslight
1945 Ray Milland – The Lost Weekend
1946 Ceila Johnson – Brief Encounter
1947 James Mason – Odd Man Out
1948 Jane Wyman – Johnny Belinda
1949 Kirk Douglas – Champion
1950...