Every picture has a story and every movie has an actor or actress that made it special. These special celebs created their best performances of all year. Check out how was the best of the best.

Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

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Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”

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Justin Timberlake & Andrew Garfield in “The Social Network”

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Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”

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Julianne Moore in “The Kids Are All Right”

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Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”

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Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”

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Michael Douglas in “Solitary Man” and “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”

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Jonah Hill in “Cyrus”

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Dakota Fanning in “The Runaways”

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Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”

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Robert Duvall in “Get Low” (pictured with wife Luciana Pedraza)

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Mila Kunis in “Black Swan”

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Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”

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Elle Fanning in “Somewhere”

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Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”

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Vincent Cassel in “Mesrine”

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Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”

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Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”

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