Film Awards

1938 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerCaptains CourageousSpencer TracyA spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.Amazon1938 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Star Is BornFredric MarchAmazonConquestCharles BoyerAmazonNight Must FallRobert MontgomeryAmazonThe Life of Emile ZolaPaul MuniAmazon

1939 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerBoys TownSpencer TracyWhen a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to do something about. An advocate of child...Amazon1939 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesAlgiersCharles BoyerAmazonAngels with Dirty FacesJames CagneyAmazonPygmalionLeslie HowardAmazonThe CitadelRobert DonatAmazon

1940 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerGoodbye, Mr. ChipsRobert DonatAn aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.Amazon1940 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesBabes in ArmsMickey RooneyAmazonGone with the WindClark GableAmazonMr. Smith Goes to WashingtonJames StewartAmazonWuthering HeightsLaurence OlivierAmazon

1941 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Philadelphia StoryJames StewartWhen a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.Amazon1941 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesAbe Lincoln in IllinoisRaymond MasseyAmazonRebeccaLaurence OlivierAmazonThe Grapes of WrathHenry FondaAmazonThe Great DictatorCharles ChaplinAmazon

1942 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerSergeant YorkGary CooperA marksman is drafted in World War I and ends up becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.Amazon1942 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesCitizen KaneOrson WellesAmazonHere Comes Mr. JordanRobert MontgomeryAmazonPenny SerenadeCary GrantAmazonThe Devil and Daniel WebsterWalter HustonAmazon

1943 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerYankee Doodle DandyJames CagneyThe life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.Amazon1943 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesMrs. MiniverWalter PidgeonAmazonRandom HarvestRonald ColmanAmazonThe Pied PiperMonty WoolleyAmazonThe Pride of the YankeesGary CooperAmazon

1944 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerWatch on the RhinePaul LukasA German-born engineer, his American wife and their children travel from Mexico to the United States to visit her family but their plans are complicated by a Romanian count.Amazon1944 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesCasablancaHumphrey BogartAmazonFor Whom the Bell TollsGary CooperAmazonMadame CurieWalter PidgeonAmazonThe Human ComedyMickey RooneyAmazon

1945 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerGoing My WayBing CrosbyFather Charles O'Malley, a young priest at a financially failing Church in a tough neighborhood, gains support and inspires his superior.Amazon1945 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesGaslightCharles BoyerAmazonGoing My WayBarry FitzgeraldAmazonNone But the Lonely HeartCary GrantAmazonWilsonAlexander KnoxAmazon

1946 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Lost WeekendRay MillandThe desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.Amazon1946 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Song to RememberCornel WildeAmazonAnchors AweighGene KellyAmazonThe Bells of St. Mary'sBing CrosbyAmazonThe Keys of the KingdomGregory PeckAmazon

1947 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Best Years of Our LivesFredric MarchThree World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.Amazon1947 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesHenry VLaurence OlivierAmazonIt's a Wonderful LifeJames StewartAmazonThe Jolson StoryLarry ParksAmazonThe YearlingGregory PeckAmazon