1991 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerReversal of FortuneJeremy IronsWealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.Amazon1991 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesAwakeningsRobert De NiroAmazonCyrano de BergeracGérard DepardieuAmazonDances with WolvesKevin CostnerAmazonThe FieldRichard HarrisAmazon

1990 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerMy Left FootDaniel Day-LewisChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.Amazon1990 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesBorn on the Fourth of JulyTom CruiseAmazonDead Poets SocietyRobin WilliamsAmazonDriving Miss DaisyMorgan FreemanAmazonHenry VKenneth BranaghAmazon

1989 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerRain ManDustin HoffmanSelfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.Amazon1989 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesBigTom HanksAmazonMississippi BurningGene HackmanAmazonPelle the ConquerorMax von SydowAmazonStand and DeliverEdward James OlmosAmazon

1988 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerWall StreetMichael DouglasA young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.Amazon1988 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesBroadcast NewsWilliam HurtAmazonDark EyesMarcello MastroianniAmazonGood Morning, VietnamRobin WilliamsAmazonIronweedJack NicholsonAmazon

1987 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Color of MoneyPaul NewmanFast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.Amazon1987 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesChildren of a Lesser GodWilliam HurtAmazonMona LisaBob HoskinsAmazonRound MidnightDexter GordonAmazonSalvadorJames WoodsAmazon

1986 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerKiss of the Spider WomanWilliam HurtA gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.Amazon1986 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesMurphy's RomanceJames GarnerAmazonPrizzi's HonorJack NicholsonAmazonRunaway TrainJon VoightAmazonWitnessHarrison FordAmazon

1985 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerAmadeusF. Murray AbrahamThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.Amazon1985 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesAmadeusTom HulceAmazonStarmanJeff BridgesAmazonThe Killing FieldsSam WaterstonAmazonUnder the VolcanoAlbert FinneyAmazon

1984 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerTender MerciesRobert DuvallA broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.Amazon1984 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesEducating RitaMichael CaineAmazonReuben, ReubenTom ContiAmazonThe DresserAlbert FinneyAmazonThe DresserTom CourtenayAmazon

1983 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerGandhiBen KingsleyMohandas K. Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.Amazon1983 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesMissingJack LemmonAmazonMy Favorite YearPeter O'TooleAmazonThe VerdictPaul NewmanAmazonTootsieDustin HoffmanAmazon

1982 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerOn Golden PondHenry FondaNorman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.Amazon1982 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesAbsence of MalicePaul NewmanAmazonArthurDudley MooreAmazonAtlantic CityBurt LancasterAmazonRedsWarren BeattyAmazon