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

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

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

2004 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerMystic RiverSean PennThe lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.Amazon2004 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesCold MountainJude LawAmazonHouse of Sand and FogBen KingsleyAmazonLost in TranslationBill MurrayAmazonPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlJohnny DeppAmazon

2003 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe PianistAdrien BrodyA Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.Amazon2003 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesAbout SchmidtJack NicholsonAmazonAdaptation.Nicolas CageAmazonGangs of New YorkDaniel Day-LewisAmazonThe Quiet AmericanMichael CaineAmazon

2002 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerTraining DayDenzel WashingtonOn his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes beyond a full work day in training within the narcotics division of the L.A.P.D. with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.Amazon2002 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Beautiful MindRussell CroweAmazonAliWill SmithAmazonI Am SamSean PennAmazonIn the BedroomTom WilkinsonAmazon