John Wayne won with the patch on his eye.. True Grit. He mentioned if he knew "that is what it took" he would have put a patch on LONG BEFORE.
I think Nicholson in As Good as It Gets was excellent ..also The Shining (but it is scary,,, or I recall it the one time I saw it)
At the Oscar Ceremonies, it is forbidden to refer to someone as an "actress" . The pc term is "female actor".
That has always grated on me.
Maybe that's why I so seldom go to the movies these days.
John Wayne was great in The Searchers.