Top ten male/female performances in a Woody Allen movie...

Male
1. Owen Wilson - Midnight in Paris
2. Alan Alda - Crimes and Misdemeanors
3. Larry David - Whatever Works
4. Jeff Daniels - Purple Rose of Cairo
5. Andrew Dice Clay - Blue Jasmine
6. Jose Ferrer - A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
7. Gene Wilder - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask!)
8. Tony Roberts - Annie Hall
9. Wallace Shawn - Radio Days
10. Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Match Point


Female
1. Diane Keaton - Annie Hall
2. Scarlett Johansson - Match Point
3. Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
4. Mariel Hemingway - Manhattan
5. Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
6. Dianne Wiest - Hannah and Her Sisters
7. Mia Farrow - Broadway Danny Rose
8. Mira Sorvino - Mighty Aphrodite
9. Emma Stone - Magic in the Moonlight
10. Kathy Bates - Midnight in Paris

It pained me to leave off several actors from these lists. Anjelica Huston, in particular, I tried to find the room for her, but I just couldn't. Michael Caine from the men, and of course, Roberto Benigni.

I found that starting the male list was harder because I thought of Allen himself about three times before I could start thinking of other memorable men in his films. (I confess, that might have contributed to Larry David's making my list - no Allen? Close enough)

Male

1. Martin Landau, Crimes and Misdemeanors
2. Sydney Pollack, Husbands and Wives
3. Alan Alda, Crimes and Misdemeanors
4. Chazz Palminteri, Bullets Over Broadway
5. Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters
6. Jeff Daniels, Purple Rose of Cairo
7. Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris
8. Andrew Dice Clay, Blue Jasmine
9. Wallace Shawn, Radio Days
10. Christopher Walken, Annie Hall

Female

1. Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
2. Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives
3. Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
4. Dianne Wiest, Bullets Over Broadway
5. Mia Farrow, The Purple Rose of Cairo
6. Scarlett Johansson, Match Point
7. Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite
8. Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
9. Kathy Bates, Midnight in Paris
10. Gena Rowlands, Another Woman

Male

1. Chazz Palminteri - Bullets Over Broadway
2. Michael Caine - Hannah and Her Sisters
3. Owen Wilson - Midnight in Paris
4. Andrew Dice Clay - Blue Jasmine
5. Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Match Point
6. John Cusack - Bullets Over Braodway
7. Martin Landau - Crimes and Misdemeanours
8. Alan Alda - Manhattan Murder Mystery
9. Sydney Pollack - Husbands and Wives
10. Liam Neeson - Husbands and Wives

Female

1. Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
2. Judy Davis - Husbands and Wives
3. Jennifer Tilly - Bullets Over Broadway
4. Diane Keaton - Love & Death
5. Dianne Wiest - Bullets Over Broadway
6. Scarlett Johansson - Match Point
7. Anjelica Huston - Manhattan Murder Mystery
8. Meryl Streep - Manhattan
9. Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
10. Mia Farrow - The Purple Rose of Cairo

The best performance in ANY Allen film has got to be Geraldine Page in Interiors.