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James Cameron / Sigourney Weaver

Tom Hanks

Split choices: Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock

David Fincher wins through three explicit affirmative responses; the Zodiac killer is then raised as a provocative alternative because the film burnishes his myth.

Michael Myers wins two ballots; Donald Pleasence receives one for Loomis’s dominant comic commitment and character arc.

Robert Redford was the stated choice for directing this late-career high point.

Anthony Hopkins wins unanimously because the role made him an iconic, bankable movie star and remains endlessly imitated and referenced.

Tom Hanks wins the three audible ballots for making the character, emotion, and entire movie work.

Tommy Lee Jones / Harrison Ford

Tommy Lee Jones won for carrying the film into The Fugitive and an enduring career.

Danny McBride wins both audible choices for a breakthrough that leads toward Kenny Powers; Rogen’s future cannabis-business legacy is the alternative case.

Daniel Day-Lewis wins the two-to-one host vote over Paul Thomas Anderson after an extended dispute; Craig finds Sean’s PTA case more compelling but does not cast a candidate ballot.