These GIFs Prove These Actors Deserve Their Oscar Nominations

Blanchett's character's verge of a nervous breakdown is signified by her penchant for a crisp vodka martini.

This is pretty much the moment when this hostage situation becomes real.

This may be one of Roberts's best bits of movie dialogue, ever.

DiCaprio does a lot to impress us in The Wolf of Wall Street, but it's his dance moves that really stuck with us.

Best actress nominee Adams plays a character who's so good at keeping up a facade, fake British accent and all, so when she breaks, she's the most affecting.

Best supporting actor frontrunner Leto is incredible in this drama, and his best scenes are these emotional ones.

What made Gravity transcend just being an action movie? Bullock's emotional performance . . . in space.

Bale's transformation into an overweight con artist is epitomized by his devotion to his complicated hairstyle, the construction of which kicks off the film.

Streep is a grieving, pill-addicted matriarch in this movie, and she may be soft spoken, but she means business.

The film 12 Years a Slave is a hard watch, but what makes it bearable is Ejiofor's resistance to losing his hope as Solomon.

The foul mouth on Squibb's character got her lots of attention — and laughs.

What makes Hill's character so compelling, the performance so good? His willingness to do anything to show his lack of inhibitions, like eat a goldfish.

Cooper gives a nuanced performance as a man you come to dislike, and he's great in the moments where he loses his swagger and realizes he's been had.

How awful is Fassbender's character in 12 Years a Slave? It's the mark of a truly great performance.

Lawrence's bored housewife puts her all into a midchore rock-out to Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die."