TOP 5 MALE LEAD PERFORMANCES EVER!

(Now its time for the men)
Presenting my Top Favorite Male LEAD Performances of All-Time...
These flamboyant men were the perfect leading men to their respective films. From dark, to edgy, to funny these men can do anything and has given us a very brilliant outcome with the performances they came up with. With awe, all the performances are heavily breathtaking and will not only shock but keep you entertained during the duration of the film. (NOTE: None of these performances won an Oscar!)

1. Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A film that requires a "f'd" up performance can only be given by such a actor. Malcolm McDowell brings to life the fatal Alex DeLarge in the film adaptation of the controversial book. He opens our "gullivars" and we "viddy" such a wonderful performance, "O my brother". In the film, McDowell plays the twisted teen Alex, who enjoys rape, drugs and stealing every night with his three "droogs". But when he names himself LEADER of their gang, the other three want to teach him a lesson and frame him for killing a woman. But in jail, it seems like our Little-Alex would do anything to get out. Even if it requires...finding Bog. One of the biggest crimes the Academy ever did was: NOT NOMINATING HIM...ugh...sometimes they make the biggest mistakes...

"There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova Milkbar sold Milk-Plus, milk-plus vellocent or symthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking."

2. Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
In 1952 it did seem like Marlon Brando was the "cursed" cast member. He, from the four principal actors, was the only one who did not win an Oscar for his destructive role as meddling husband Stanley Kowalski. He brings terror and sub humanness onto the screen and makes every housewife wish that this, as handsome as he is, isn't their husband. In the movie, Brando portrays a savage to his wife Stella (Kim Hunter) and her live-in sister, Blanche DuBios (Vivien Leigh). Stanley's attempts to get rid of Blanche drives to her madness. He goes from tensing her, being cruel to her and even...rape.

"Those types of words have been on your tougue and your sister's togue just way too much around here. What do you think you are? A pair of queens? Now just remember what Huey Long said - that every man's a king - and I'm the king around here, and don't you forget it."

3. Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Playing opposite Vivien Leigh's phenomenal performance as Scarlet O'Hare in the Southern, Civil War epic, Clark Gable plays Rhett Butler, a man in love with a woman that is hard to be in love with. He grazes the screen with charm, wit and a pureness to his role that makes him embody the character perfectly. From every hair, from every wink, from every expression - Gable is a master. Here, he plays Rhett Butler, the only man who can put up with the selfish Southern Belle Scarlet (Vivien Leigh), and the only one with a buck load of money during the war. Rhett explores the world and tries to make his marriage work, but it crumbles down when the death of their daughter and another man gets in the way. Sadly, Gable did not win an Oscar for his remarkable performance.

"Here's a soldier of the South who loves you, Scarlet. Wants to feel your arms around him, wants to carry the memory of you kisses into battle with him. Nevermind about loving me, you're a woman sending a solider to his death with a beautiful memory. Scarlet! Kiss me!"

4. Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels in Tootise (1982)
By this time, Dustin Hoffman was renowned and already an Oscar winner, but he brought to screen one of the most beloved characters when he played Dorothy Michaels in 1982's "Tootsie". In "Tootsie", Hoffman plays a struggling actor in New York who cannot find a job...that would accept him. So he goes to a TV station and discovers they need a woman character for a soap opera. Dressing up, Dorsey gets the role of Emily Kimberly as DOROTHY MICHAELS. Do you follow? Anyways...his popularity across America and the world expands but how long could he keep this running? And how long could he hide it from the woman he loves...his actress co-worker Julie Nichols (Jessica Lange). Hoffman proves he could do more than drama and makes us laugh in "Tootsie", not only a brilliant performance but a memorable one to boot. He recieved yet another Oscar nomination.

"Look, you don't know me from Adam. But I was a better man with you, as a woman...that I ever was with a woman, as a man. You know what I mean? I just gotta learn to do it without the dress. At this point, there might be an advantage to my wearing pants. The hard parts over, you know? We were already...good friends."

5. Leonard Whiting as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1968)
This performance is disgustingly underrated. Leonard Whiting's portrayal as the young Romeo is not only of-age and proper in looks, but he pulls of such a remarkable performance and THE best performance in a "Shakespearean" movie or play I've seen. He was just a brilliant, young lead. Playing Romeo, he falls in love with Juliet (Olivia Hussey) who belongs to the family his is suppose to hate. Without a doubt, Romeo and Juliet do the best they can to unite the families...even going so far to marry each other. But misfortune happens when Romeo, kills Juliet's cousin for revenge for killing his friend. This is when the tragic lover's face the real truth. Whiting was just too good to be true and pulled a surprise performance. I cannot believe he wasn't even nominated...

"Oh, I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks. Two of the fairest stars in all the heavens, having some buisness, do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres till they return. See how she leans her cheeks upon her hand. Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek."