1981 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerRaging BullRobert De NiroThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.Amazon1981 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesThe Elephant ManJohn HurtAmazonThe Great SantiniRobert DuvallAmazonThe Stunt ManPeter O'TooleAmazonTributeJack LemmonAmazon

1980 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerKramer vs. KramerDustin HoffmanTed Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.Amazon1980 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role Nominees...and justice for all.Al PacinoAmazonAll That JazzRoy ScheiderAmazonBeing TherePeter SellersAmazonThe China SyndromeJack LemmonAmazon

1979 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerComing HomeJon VoightA woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.Amazon1979 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesHeaven Can WaitWarren BeattyAmazonThe Boys from BrazilLaurence OlivierAmazonThe Buddy Holly StoryGary BuseyAmazonThe Deer HunterRobert De NiroAmazon

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

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

1974 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerSave the TigerJack LemmonA disillusioned aging decent man and once proud WWII veteran is dealing with midlife crisis as well as a tough moral dilemma. If he wants his small near-bankrupt clothing company to survive, he has two days to let go of his shaken morals.Amazon1974 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesLast Tango in ParisMarlon BrandoAmazonSerpicoAl PacinoAmazonThe Last DetailJack NicholsonAmazonThe StingRobert RedfordAmazon

1973 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe GodfatherMarlon BrandoThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.Amazon1973 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesSleuthLaurence OlivierAmazonSleuthMichael CaineAmazonSounderPaul WinfieldAmazonThe Ruling ClassPeter O'TooleAmazon

1972 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe French ConnectionGene HackmanA pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.Amazon1972 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesFiddler on the RoofTopolAmazonKotchWalter MatthauAmazonSunday Bloody SundayPeter FinchAmazonThe HospitalGeorge C. ScottAmazon