Actor in a Leading Role

2014 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerDallas Buyers ClubMatthew McConaugheyIn 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.Amazon2014 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role Nominees12 Years a SlaveChiwetel EjioforAmazonAmerican HustleChristian BaleAmazonNebraskaBruce DernAmazonThe Wolf of Wall StreetLeonardo DiCaprioAmazon

2013 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerLincolnDaniel Day-LewisAs the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.Amazon2013 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesFlightDenzel WashingtonAmazonLes MisérablesHugh JackmanAmazonSilver Linings PlaybookBradley CooperAmazonThe MasterJoaquin PhoenixAmazon

2012 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe ArtistJean DujardinAn egomaniacal film star develops a relationship with a young dancer against the backdrop of Hollywood's silent era.Amazon2012 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Better LifeDemián BichirAmazonMoneyballBrad PittAmazonThe DescendantsGeorge ClooneyAmazonTinker Tailor Soldier SpyGary OldmanAmazon

2011 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe King's SpeechColin FirthThe story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.Amazon2011 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role Nominees127 HoursJames FrancoAmazonBiutifulJavier BardemAmazonThe Social NetworkJesse EisenbergAmazonTrue GritJeff BridgesAmazon

1975 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerHarry and TontoArt CarneyWhen his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.Amazon1975 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesChinatownJack NicholsonAmazonLennyDustin HoffmanAmazonMurder on the Orient ExpressAlbert FinneyAmazonThe Godfather: Part IIAl PacinoAmazon

2008 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThere Will Be BloodDaniel Day-LewisA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.Amazon2008 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesEastern PromisesViggo MortensenAmazonIn the Valley of ElahTommy Lee JonesAmazonMichael ClaytonGeorge ClooneyAmazonSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetJohnny DeppAmazon

2007 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Last King of ScotlandForest WhitakerBased on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.Amazon2007 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesBlood DiamondLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonHalf NelsonRyan GoslingAmazonThe Pursuit of HappynessWill SmithAmazonVenusPeter O'TooleAmazon

2006 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerCapotePhilip Seymour HoffmanIn 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.Amazon2006 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesBrokeback MountainHeath LedgerAmazonGood Night, and Good Luck.David StrathairnAmazonHustle & FlowTerrence HowardAmazonWalk the LineJoaquin PhoenixAmazon

2005 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerRayJamie FoxxThe story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.Amazon2005 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesFinding NeverlandJohnny DeppAmazonHotel RwandaDon CheadleAmazonMillion Dollar BabyClint EastwoodAmazonThe AviatorLeonardo DiCaprioAmazon