9. Ryan Gosling, 'Drive'

It was the year of Gosling: from his street fight-stopping to his shirtlessness to his smirk. It's that latter accoutrement that helped Gosling own 'Drive,' which might be his most Gos-y performance ever. Taciturn to almost catatonic levels, Gosling makes his satin jacket-wearing driver an enigma: part sociopath, part teenager, all hero. The results speaking -- or don't -- for themselves.