in continuation (can you tell i was thinking of this while sleeping?): top 5 off-beat comedies: rushmore; harold and maude; slums of beverly hills; the big lebowski; living in oblivion
top 5 performances in movies that aren't as good as they are: angelina jolie in girl, interrupted; kevin spacey in american beauty; jeneane garofolo in reality bites; jim carrey in truman show; faye dunaway in mommie dearest (alternate: brad pitt in legends of the fall)
top 5 mainstream comedies: clue; clueless; ace ventura; ferris bueller's day off; groundhog day

oh, and one of the tom tykwer films is going to have to make way for in the mood for love, which i entirely forgot about and which is one of the best foreign films i've ever seen. but i'm not sure which.
all of these are still in progress. no worries.

top 5 funny women (modern): jeneane garofolo, christina ricci, renee zellweger, catharine keener, uma thurman
top 5 funny men ( " " ): (early) robin williams, jim carrey, bill murray, kevin kline, john cusack
top 5 women actors ( " " ): faye dunaway, katharine hepburn, emily watson, helena bonham carter, kate winslet
top 5 men actors ( " " ): jack nicholson, morgan freeman, kevin spacey, edward norton, steve buscemi
(alternates: cameron diaz, jeff bridges, emma thompson, guy pearce)