These are the ten best directors, actors, and actresses of the here and now. These are the top ten people in their trade in the movie industry in my opinion of today.
Actors
10. Daniel Craig (Casino Royale, Layer Cake, Munich, Quantum of Solace)
9. Emile Hirsch (Into The Wild, The Girl Next Door, Speed Racer, Lords of Dogtown)
8. Russell Crowe (Gladiator, The Insider, Cinderella Story, American Gangster)
7. Kevin Spacey (American Beauty, Seven, Superman Returns, The Usual Suspects)
6. Johnny Deep (Pirates of the Caribbean Series, Sweeney Todd, Finding Neverland)
5. George Clooney (O Brother Where Art Thou?, Ocean's Series, Michael Clayton, Syriana)
4. Ryan Gosling (The Notebook, Half-Nelson, Lars and the Real Girl)
3. Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Seven, Ocean's Series, Babel, Snatch, Twelve Monkeys)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed, Blood Diamond, The Aviator, Catch Me If You Can)
1. Robert Downey Jr. (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man, Zodiac, Tropic Thunder)
Actresses
10. Keira Knightley (The Pirates of the Caribean Series, Atonement, Pride and Prejudice)
9. Julianne Moore (Boogie Nights, The Big Lebowski, Children of Men, Blindness)
8. Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind, Hulk, Blood Diamond, Requiem For A Dream)
7. Charlize Theron (Monster, The Italian Job, Battle in Seattle, North Country)
6. Rachel McAdams (Wedding Crashers, Mean Girls, The Notebook, Red Eye)
5. Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby, Boys Don't Cry, Insomnia, The Black Dahlia)
4. Naomi Watts (King Kong, 21 Grams, Mulholland Drive, I Heart Huckabees, The Ring)
3. Helen Bonham-Carter (Big Fish, Sweeney Todd, Fight Club, Harry Potter Series)
2. Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine, Iris, Little Children, Titanic, Finding Neverland)
1. Cate Blanchett (The Aviator, Notes on a Scandel, Elizabeth, Bandits, Babel)
Directors
10. Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, Hellboy 2, The Hobbit Movies)
Alfonso Cuaron (Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men, Y tu mamá...)
Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel)
9. Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men, X-Men 2, Superman Returns, Valkyrie)
8. Peter Jackson (The Lord of The Rings Series, KIng Kong, The Lovely Bones, Dead Alive)
7. Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited)
6. Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love)
5. Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Blade Runner, Alien, American Gangster, Black Hawk Down)
4. David Fincher (Fight Club, Seven, Zodiac, Alien 3, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
3. The Coen Brothers (No Country For Old Men, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Burn After Reading)
2. Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, The Departed, The Aviator, Raging Bull)
1. Christopher Nolan (Memento, Following, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Batman Begins)
