Most actors are aware of their potential range and of audiences' expectations of them in terms of screen roles. "When I appear on the screen," Cary Grant once said, "I'm playing myself," though he believed that "it's harder to play yourself." Grant attributed his success to his conformity to audiences' expectations.

January 12, 2009 – The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) named Mulholland Dr., from director David Lynch, the Film of the Decade, as announced today by Brent Simon, President of LAFCA. This is the organization’s inaugural survey of the decade in cinema.

Writers Guild Award Nominations–Original Screenplay: (500) Days of Summer, Written by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber; Avatar, Written by James Cameron; The Hangover, Written by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore; The Hurt Locker, Written by Mark Boal; A Serious Man, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.

Winner of the 1966 Foreign-Language Oscar, "A Man and A Woman," directed by Claude Lelouch, was one of the most popular international hits of the decade, a stylized celebration of sounds and images and love–French style.