We love the Oscars, but they don’t really mean anything, do they? Last year we looked at When Oscar Blew It: Nine Times The Wrong Film Won Best Picture. This year we’re looking at Oscar worthy performances from actors who weren’t even nominated. From truly great comic performances to baddies who went too dark for the Academy, these performances hold up well past the year they were in contention. Today…part two of a four part series.  Read part one, with one through 10, here, read part two with eleven through twenty here.

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(click here to see 1-10)

(click here to see 11-20)

(click here to see 21-30)

31.  Burt Lancaster, The Sweet Smell of Success

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32.  Johnny Depp, Edward Scissorhands

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33.  Steve Buscemi, Fargo

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34.  George C. Scott, Dr. Strangelove

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35. Brad Davis, Midnight Express

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36.  James Mason, North By Northwest

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37.  Malcolm MacDowall, A Clockwork Orange

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38.  Timothy Bottoms, The Paper Chase

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39.  Kevin Bacon, The Woodsman

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40.  Peter Falk, Wings of Desire