The Film-Lover's Check List: Academy Award Nominees

Best Actor Nominees

2023

Cillian Murphy, winner


	Oppenheimer (2023)
	Maestro (2023)
	Rustin (2023)
	The Holdovers (2023)
	American Fiction (2023)

2022

Brendan Fraser, winner


	The Whale (2022)
	Elvis (2022)
	The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
	Aftersun (2022)
	Living (2022)

2021

Will Smith, winner


	King Richard (2021)
	Being the Ricardos (2021)
	The Power of the Dog (2021)
	tick, tick...Boom! (2021)
	The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

2020

Anthony Hopkins, winner


	The Father (2020)
	Sound of Metal (2019)
	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
	Mank (2020)
	Minari (2020)

2019

Joaquin Phoenix, winner


	Joker (2019)
	Dolor y gloria (2019)
	Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (2019)
	Marriage Story (2019)
	The Two Popes (2019)

2018

Rami Malek, winner


	Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
	Vice (2018)
	A Star Is Born (2018)
	At Eternity's Gate (2018)
	Green Book (2018)

2017

Gary Oldman, winner


	Darkest Hour (2017)
	Call Me By Your Name (2017)
	Phantom Thread (2017)
	Get Out (2017)
	Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)

2016

Casey Affleck, winner


	Manchester By the Sea (2016)
	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
	La La Land (2016)
	Captain Fantastic (2016)
	Fences (2016)

2015

Leonardo DiCaprio, winner


	The Revenant (2015)
	Trumbo (2015)
	The Martian (2015)
	Steve Jobs (2015)
	The Danish Girl (2015)

2014

Eddie Redmayne, winner


	The Theory of Everything (2014)
	Foxcatcher (2014)
	American Sniper (2014)
	The Imitation Game (2014)
	Birdman (2014)

2013

Matthew McConaughey, winner


	Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
	American Hustle (2013)
	Nebraska (2013)
	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
	12 Years a Slave (2013)

2012

Daniel Day-Lewis, winner


	Lincoln (2012)
	Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
	Les Miserables (2012)
	The Master (2012)
	Flight (2012)

2011

Jean Dujardin, winner


	The Artist (2011)
	A Better Life (2011)
	The Descendants (2011)
	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
	Moneyball (2011)

2010

Colin Firth, winner


	The King's Speech (2010)
	Biutiful (2010)
	True Grit (2010)
	The Social Network (2010)
	127 Hours (2010)

2009

Jeff Bridges, winner


	Crazy Heart (2009)
	Up In the Air (2009)
	A Single Man (2009)
	Invictus (2009)
	The Hurt Locker (2009)

2008

Sean Penn, winner


	Milk (2008)
	The Visitor (2008)
	Frost/Nixon (2008)
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
	The Wrestler (2008)

2007

Daniel Day-Lewis, winner


	There Will Be Blood (2007)
	Michael Clayton (2007)
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
	In the Valley of Elah (2007)
	Eastern Promises (2007)

2006

Forest Whitaker, winner


	The Last King of Scotland (2006)
	Blood Diamond (2006)
	Half Nelson (2006)
	Venus (2006)
	The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

2005

Philip Seymour Hoffman, winner


	Capote (2005)
	Hustle & Flow (2005)
	Brokeback Mountain (2005)
	Walk the Line (2005)
	Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)

2004

Jamie Foxx, winner


	Ray (2004)
	Hotel Rwanda (2004)
	Finding Neverland (2004)
	The Aviator (2004)
	Million Dollar Baby (2004)

2003

Sean Penn, winner


	Mystic River (2003)
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
	House of Sand and Fog (2003)
	Cold Mountain (2003)
	Lost In Translation (2003)

2002

Adrian Brody, winner


	The Pianist (2002)
	Adaptation (2002)
	The Quiet American (2002)
	Gangs of New York (2002)
	About Schmidt (2002)

2001

Denzel Washington, winner


	Training Day (2001)
	A Beautiful Mind (2001)
	I Am Sam (2001)
	Ali (2001)
	In the Bedroom (2001)

2000

Russell Crowe, winner


	Gladiator (2000)
	Before Night Falls (2000)
	Cast Away (2000)
	Pollock (2000)
	Quills (2000)

1999

Kevin Spacey, winner


	American Beauty (1999)
	The Insider (1999)
	The Straight Story (1999)
	Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
	The Hurricane (1999)

1998

Roberto Benigni, winner


	Life Is Beautiful (1997)
	Saving Private Ryan (1998)
	Gods and Monsters (1998)
	Affliction (1998)
	American History X (1998)

1997

Jack Nicholson, winner


	As Good As It Gets (1997)
	Good Will Hunting (1997)
	The Apostle (1997)
	Ulee's Gold (1997)
	Wag the Dog (1997)

1996

Geoffrey Rush, winner


	Shine (1996)
	Secrets & Lies (1996)
	The English Patient (1996)
	The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
	Sling Blade (1996)

1995

Nicolas Cage, winner


	Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
	Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
	Nixon (1995)
	Dead Man Walking (1995)
	Il Postino (1994)

1994

Tom Hanks, winner


	Forrest Gump (1994)
	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
	The Madness of King George (1994)
	Nobody's Fool (1994)
	Pulp Fiction (1994)

1993

Tom Hanks, winner


	Philadelphia (1993)
	In the Name of the Father (1993)
	What's Love Got To Do With It (1993)
	The Remains of the Day (1993)
	Schindler's List (1993)

1992

Al Pacino, winner


	Scent of a Woman (1992)
	Chaplin (1992)
	Unforgiven (1992)
	The Crying Game (1992)
	Malcolm X (1992)

1991

Anthony Hopkins, winner


	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
	Bugsy (1991)
	Cape Fear (1991)
	The Prince of Tides (1991)
	The Fisher King (1991)

1990

Jeremy Irons, winner


	Reversal of Fortune (1990)
	Dances With Wolves (1990)
	Awakenings (1990)
	Cyrano De Bergerac (1990)
	The Field (1990)

1989

Daniel Day-Lewis, winner


	My Left Foot (1989)
	Henry V (1989)
	Born On the Fourth of July (1989)
	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
	Dead Poets Society (1989)

1988

Dustin Hoffman, winner


	Rain Man (1988)
	Mississippi Burning (1988)
	Big (1988)
	Stand and Deliver (1988)
	Pelle the Conqueror (1987)

1987

Michael Douglas, winner


	Wall Street (1987)
	Broadcast News (1987)
	Dark Eyes (1987)
	Ironweed (1987)
	Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

1986

Paul Newman, winner


	The Color of Money (1986)
	'Round Midnight (1986)
	Mona Lisa (1986)
	Children of a Lesser God (1986)
	Salvador (1986)

1985

William Hurt, winner


	Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
	Witness (1985)
	Murphy's Romance (1985)
	Prizzi's Honor (1985)
	Runaway Train (1985)

1984

F. Murray Abraham, winner


	Amadeus (1984)
	Starman (1984)
	Under the Volcano (1984)
	Amadeus (1984)
	The Killing Fields (1984)

1983

Robert Duvall, winner


	Tender Mercies (1983)
	Educating Rita (1983)
	Reuben, Reuben (1983)
	The Dresser (1983)
	The Dresser (1983)

1982

Ben Kingsley, winner


	Gandhi (1982)
	Tootsie (1982)
	Missing (1982)
	The Verdict (1982)
	My Favorite Year (1982)

1981

Peter Fonda, winner


	On Golden Pond (1981)
	Reds (1981)
	Atlantic City (1980)
	Arthur (1981)
	Absence of Malice (1981)

1980

Robert De Niro, winner


	Raging Bull (1980)
	The Great Santini (1979)
	The Elephant Man (1980)
	Tribute (1980)
	The Stunt Man (1980)

1979

Dustin Hoffman, winner


	Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
	The China Syndrome (1979)
	...And Justice For All (1979)
	All That Jazz (1979)
	Being There (1979)

1978

Jon Voigt, winner


	Coming Home (1978)
	Heaven Can Wait (1978)
	The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
	The Deer Hunter (1978)
	The Boys From Brazil (1978)

1977

Richard Dreyfuss, winner


	The Goodbye Girl (1977)
	Annie Hall (1977)
	Equus (1977)
	Una Giornata Particolare (1977)
	Saturday Night Fever (1977)

1976

Peter Finch, winner


	Network (1976)
	Taxi Driver (1976)
	Seven Beauties (1975)
	Network (1976)
	Rocky (1976)

1975

Jack Nicholson, winner


	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
	The Sunshine Boys (1975)
	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
	The Man In the Glass Booth (1975)
	Give 'Em Hell, Harry! (1975)

1974

Art Carney, winner


	Harry and Tonto (1974)
	Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
	Lenny (1974)
	Chinatown (1974)
	The Godfather, Part II (1974)

1973

Jack Lemmon, winner


	Save the Tiger (1973)
	Last Tango In Paris (1972)
	The Last Detail (1973)
	Serpico (1973)
	The Sting (1973)

1972

Marlon Brando, winner


	The Godfather (1972)
	Sleuth (1972)
	Sleuth (1972)
	The Ruling Class (1972)
	Sounder (1972)

1971

Gene Hackman, winner


	The French Connection (1971)
	Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
	Kotch (1971)
	The Hospital (1971)
	Fiddler On the Roof (1971)

1970

George C. Scott, winner


	Patton (1970)
	I Never Sang For My Father (1970)
	The Great White Hope (1970)
	Five Easy Pieces (1970)
	Love Story (1970)

1969

John Wayne, winner


	True Grit (1969)
	Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
	Midnight Cowboy (1969)
	Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
	Midnight Cowboy (1969)

1968

Cliff Robertson, winner


	Charly (1968)
	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
	The Fixer (1968)
	Oliver! (1968)
	The Lion In Winter (1968)

1967

Rod Steiger, winner


	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
	The Graduate (1967)
	Cool Hand Luke (1967)
	Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)

1966

Paul Scofield, winner


	A Man For All Seasons (1966)
	The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
	Alfie (1966)
	The Sand Pebbles (1966)

1965

Lee Marvin, winner


	Cat Ballou (1965)
	The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1965)
	Othello (1965)
	The Pawnbroker (1965)
	Ship of Fools (1965)

1964

Rex Harrison, winner


	My Fair Lady (1964)
	Becket (1964)
	Becket (1964)
	Zorba the Greek (1964)
	Dr. Strangelove (1964)

1963

Sidney Poiter, winner


	Lilies of the Field (1963)
	Tom Jones (1963)
	This Sporting Life (1963)
	Cleopatra (1963)
	Hud (1963)

1962

Gregory Peck, winner


	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
	Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
	Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
	Divorce, Italian Style (1961)
	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

1961

Maximilian Schell, winner


	Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
	Fanny (1961)
	The Hustler (1961)
	Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
	The Mark (1961)

1960

Burt Lancaster, winner


	Elmer Gantry (1960)
	Sons and Lovers (1960)
	The Apartment (1960)
	The Entertainer (1960)
	Inherit the Wind (1960)

1959

Charlton Heston, winner


	Ben-Hur (1959)
	Room At the Top (1959)
	Some Like It Hot (1959)
	The Last Angry Man (1959)
	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

1958

David Niven, winner


	Separate Tables (1958)
	The Defiant Ones (1958)
	Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
	The Defiant Ones (1958)
	The Old Man and the Sea (1958)

1957

Alec Guinness, winner


	The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
	Sayonara (1957)
	A Hatful of Rain (1957)
	Witness For the Prosecution (1957)
	Wild Is the Wind (1957)

1956

Yul Brynner


	The King and I (1956)
	Giant (1956)
	Lust For Life (1956)
	Giant (1956)
	Richard III (1955)

1955

Ernest Borgnine, winner


	Marty (1955)
	Love Me Or Leave Me (1955)
	East of Eden (1955)
	The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)
	Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)

1954

Marlon Brando, winner


	On the Waterfront (1954)
	The Caine Mutiny (1954)
	The Country Girl (1954)
	A Star Is Born (1954)
	Robinson Crusoe (1954)

1953

William Holden, winner


	Stalag 17 (1953)
	Julius Caesar (1953)
	The Robe (1953)
	From Here To Eternity (1953)
	From Here To Eternity (1953)

1952

Gary Cooper, winner


	High Noon (1952)
	Viva Zapata! (1952)
	The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
	Moulin Rouge (1952)
	The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

1951

Humphrey Bogart, Winner


	The African Queen (1951)
	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
	A Place In the Sun (1951)
	Bright Victory (1951)
	Death of a Salesman (1951)

1950

Jose Ferrer, winner


	Cyrano De Bergerac (1950)
	The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
	Sunset Boulevard (1950)
	Harvey (1950)
	Father of the Bride (1950)

1949

Broderick Crawford, winner


	All the King's Men (1949)
	Champion (1949)
	Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
	Hasty Heart (1949)
	Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

1948

Laurence Olivier, winner


	Hamlet (1948)
	Johnny Belinda (1948)
	The Search (1948)
	When My Baby Smiles At Me (1948)
	Sitting Pretty (1948)

1947

Ronald Colman, winner


	A Double Life (1947)
	Body and Soul (1947)
	Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
	Life With Father (1947)
	Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

1946

Frederic March, winner


	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
	Henry V (1944)
	The Jolson Story (1946)
	The Yearling (1946)
	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

1945

Ray Milland, winner


	The Lost Weekend (1945)
	The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
	Anchors Aweigh (1945)
	The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
	A Song To Remember (1945)

1944

Bing Crosby, winner


	Going My Way (1944)
	Gaslight (1944)
	Going My Way (1944)
	None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
	Wilson (1944)

1943

Paul Lukas, winner


	Watch On the Rhine (1943)
	Casablanca (1942)
	For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
	Madame Curie (1943)
	The Human Comedy (1943)

1942

James Cagney, winner


	Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
	Random Harvest (1942)
	The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
	Mrs. Miniver (1942)
	The Pied Piper (1942)

1941

Gary Cooper, winner


	Sergeant York (1941)
	Penny Serenade (1941)
	The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
	Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
	Citizen Kane (1941)

1940

Jimmy Stewart, winner


	The Philadelphia Story (1940)
	The Great Dictator (1940)
	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
	Abe Lincoln In Illinois (1940)
	Rebecca (1940)

1939

Robert Donat, winner


	Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
	Gone With the Wind (1939)
	Wuthering Heights (1939)
	Babes In Arms (1939)
	Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)

1938

Spencer Tracy, winner


	Boys Town (1938)
	Algiers (1938)
	Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
	The Citadel (1938)
	Pygmalion (1938)

1937

Spencer Tracy, winner


	Captains Courageous (1937)
	Conquest (1937)
	A Star Is Born (1937)
	Night Must Fall (1937)
	The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

1936

Paul Muni, winner


	The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
	Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
	Dodsworth (1936)
	My Man Godfrey (1936)
	San Francisco (1936)

1935

Victor McLaglen, winner


	The Informer (1935)
	Mutiny On the Bounty (1935)
	Mutiny On the Bounty (1935)
	Mutiny On the Bounty (1935)
	Black Fury (1935)

1934

Clark Gable, winner


	It Happened One Night (1934)
	The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
	The Thin Man (1934)

1932-33

Charles Laughton, winner


	The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
	Berkeley Square (1933)
	I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)

1931-32

Wallace Beery & Frederic March, winners


	The Champ (1931)
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
	The Guardsman (1931)

1930-31

Lionel Barrymore, winner


	A Free Soul (1931)
	Skippy (1931)
	Cimarron (1931)
	The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
	The Front Page (1931)

1929-30

George Arliss, winner


	Disraeli (1929)
	The Green Goddess (1930)
	The Big House (1930)
	The Big Pond (1930)
	The Love Parade (1929)
	Bulldog Drummond (1929)
	Condemned To Devil's Island (1929)
	The Rogue Song (1930)

1928-29

Warner Baxter, winner


	In Old Arizona (1928)
	Thunderbolt (1929)
	Alibi (1929)
	The Valiant (1929)
	The Patriot (1928)

1927-28

Emil Jannings, winner


	The Last Command (1928)
	The Way of All Flesh (1927)
	The Noose (1928)
	The Patent Leather Kid (1927)