Actor in a Leading Role

1978 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Goodbye GirlRichard DreyfussAfter being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.Amazon1978 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Special DayMarcello MastroianniAmazonAnnie HallWoody AllenAmazonEquusRichard BurtonAmazonSaturday Night FeverJohn TravoltaAmazon

1977 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerNetworkPeter FinchA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.Amazon1977 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesNetworkWilliam HoldenAmazonRockySylvester StalloneAmazonSeven BeautiesGiancarlo GianniniAmazonTaxi DriverRobert De NiroAmazon

1976 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestJack NicholsonA criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.Amazon1976 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesDog Day AfternoonAl PacinoAmazonGive 'em Hell, Harry!James WhitmoreAmazonThe Man in the Glass BoothMaximilian SchellAmazonThe Sunshine BoysWalter MatthauAmazon

2009 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerMilkSean PennThe story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.Amazon2009 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesFrost/NixonFrank LangellaAmazonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonBrad PittAmazonThe VisitorRichard JenkinsAmazonThe WrestlerMickey RourkeAmazon

2020 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerJokerJoaquin PhoenixIn Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: the Joker.Amazon2020 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesMarriage StoryAdam DriverAmazonOnce Upon a Time... in HollywoodLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonPain and GloryAntonio BanderasAmazonThe Two PopesJonathan PryceAmazon

2019 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerBohemian RhapsodyRami MalekThe story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).Amazon2019 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Star Is BornBradley CooperAmazonAt Eternity's GateWillem DafoeAmazonGreen BookViggo MortensenAmazonViceChristian BaleAmazon

2018 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerDarkest HourGary OldmanIn May 1940, the fate of Western Europe hangs on British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean a humiliating defeat for Britain and its empire.Amazon2018 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesCall Me by Your NameTimothée ChalametAmazonGet OutDaniel KaluuyaAmazonPhantom ThreadDaniel Day-LewisAmazonRoman J. Israel, Esq.Denzel WashingtonAmazon

2017 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerManchester by the SeaCasey AffleckA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.Amazon2017 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesCaptain FantasticViggo MortensenAmazonFencesDenzel WashingtonAmazonHacksaw RidgeAndrew GarfieldAmazonLa La LandRyan GoslingAmazon

2016 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe RevenantLeonardo DiCaprioA frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.Amazon2016 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesSteve JobsMichael FassbenderAmazonThe Danish GirlEddie RedmayneAmazonThe MartianMatt DamonAmazonTrumboBryan CranstonAmazon

2015 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Theory of EverythingEddie RedmayneA look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.Amazon2015 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesAmerican SniperBradley CooperAmazonBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Michael KeatonAmazonFoxcatcherSteve CarellAmazonThe Imitation GameBenedict CumberbatchAmazon