The Oscar Quest: A Viewer’s Guide
This is it, folks. This is what it’s all been building towards. One article encompassing everything. Here is a list of every film ever nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director. A cheat sheet, of sorts. If you’re looking for Oscar films to watch, and don’t want to read all the articles (or say you’ve read the articles, but now want a list of films to see, and don’t want to reread them all), you can just go to this article and everything is right at your fingertips. Let me explain how it works:
The list descends by category (Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Director) and by year, starting with the most recent. Each film on the list will be color-coded based on how much I like it/how essential it is. I’ll explain the color code in a second. Using the colors, you can instantly know whether or not I think you should see a film as well as (generally) how I feel about it. You can also use The Oscar Quest: Rankings article to see how I ranked the films/performances in their specific categories. Between the two, you’ll have as much information as you can possibly get about my opinion of a film on its own and in the context of a category without reading anything.
And if that’s not enough, next to each category, when I list what year it is, I’ll link to the article I wrote about it, which contains in depth (or not) thoughts about the films, synopses, and just more specific information on how I rank it, how I figured out my vote, things like that. So, with this one article, you have as much or as little information you could want about every movie from this Oscar Quest. Aren’t I great?
And in case having everything in one article is too overwhelming for you, here’s this exact list broken down by category. I’m too nice, I know:
— The Oscar Quest: A Viewer’s Guide — Best Picture
— The Oscar Quest: A Viewer’s Guide — Best Actor
— The Oscar Quest: A Viewer’s Guide — Best Actress
— The Oscar Quest: A Viewer’s Guide — Best Supporting Actor
— The Oscar Quest: A Viewer’s Guide — Best Supporting Actress
— The Oscar Quest: A Viewer’s Guide — Best Director
Here’s how the color coding works (It’s so colorful):
Films in RED are films that are essential. These are films you need to see, whether you like them or not. Though you’ll probably like most of them. A few of these may be part of a personal bias, but this is my list. Just think of the films in red as films you need to see if you want to be film literate (in the most basic sense). At least 70% of these are films that, if you haven’t seen them, you should be ashamed of yourself. These are the prerequisites you need to get into the class. (5-star films.)
Films in ORANGE are films that are my personal favorites (that aren’t already marked red). While not “essential” per say, these are films that I love dearly. They’re essential to me. They’re films that I will tell you that you need to see. I’d say that 80% of the time, these are going to be films that most people would enjoy. A few of them might be subjective to me, but on the whole, these are all very good films. I tried to limit the orange ones to only the best of the best, my absolute favorites. But either way, I love them, and you should definitely see at least 80% of them. (My 5-star films. At worst, most people’s 3-star films. Generally 4’s for everybody.)
Films in YELLOW are films I rate as “very good” films. Not too many people can deny that these films are good films, and whether or not they like them will come down to personal preference. The yellows are the most expansive category. They are by far the biggest bunch. Some of them are 5 stars, but just aren’t ones I love enough to make them orange. Most are solid 4s and come highly recommended. Some are weak 4s and high 3s and come recommended. The strength of the recommendation can be gauged by checking the articles. I’d say at least 60% of them are ones that most people would definitely enjoy, sight unseen. You may want to check a synopsis to be sure, but the rule of thumb is, you see yellow, it’s a good film. You should definitely check out a good portion of these. (4-star films. Maybe a 5 or a 3 here or there.)
Films in GREEN are films that are good films, but ones that probably won’t be for everybody. These probably cover the most ground in terms of my ratings. These will be anywhere from films I feel are solidly 4 stars, to films I don’t even like so much but understand and appreciate that they’re good films. I think the major commonality among the films is that they’re very divisive. They’re all good, but, some people might really like them, some people might not. You almost definitely want to check the synopses on these. Because some of these I love, and some of these I really don’t like, but I mark them green because I know they are good films on some level and don’t want to discount them entirely. These will be the hardest to gauge in terms of my opinion on them based solely on the color. I recommend you get more information on these. But generally most people would rate these at least a 3. (These are generally 3-4 star movies. Many 3s, many 4s, it depends.)
Films in BLUE are — well — the other films. These are films that I enjoyed, but didn’t really love all that much. They’re ones that are one step above the next level below this. Think of these as films that I enjoyed, but not more than a “meh, that was pretty good” kind of way. You’ll get a feel for it when you see which ones are marked blue. They’re ones that, while not totally for me, have their high points, and are not “bad” enough to be put in the final category. Do your homework on these. You may find ones you like here that I don’t like (it’s entirely possible), or you may find something that you like a lot more than I did. This is all based on my personal opinion. The first thing you should know before doing this is how my opinions match yours. NOTE: ALL WINNERS ARE AT LEAST BLUE. Having won, they carry at least that much of a coding. I may not feel so strongly about them, but they do earn that much. So, if you see a WINNER in blue, chances are I don’t like the film too much. (3 star films. Almost exclusively. <5% 4 stars and 2 stars combined here.)
Films NOT in any color (or, whatever the default color of this page is) are films that I don’t like. I won’t go so far as to say I hate them, since they are Oscar nominees, and that at least merits a certain amount of respect, but we’ll put it like this: these are ones I DO NOT recommend. Or, they’re films that just really weren’t for me. By elimination, there have to be a few of these on this list. So, the ones that are blank are ones that either I don’t like or are completely indifferent towards. And complete indifference means, they may be good, but I don’t care. I just didn’t care for it, whether because I think it’s a bad film, a boring film, or because it just really wasn’t for me. Read the articles if you want specifics. (3 stars or 2 star here. Nothing nominated for an Oscar gets a 1. They’re not completely inept. Mostly 2s, some 3s.)
The coding should be simple enough. Where it gets dicy is when we get to the acting categories. So how it’ll work is: ALL RATINGS ARE FOR THE FILMS. I recommend films first. If you want to know about the performances, click the article for that year or check the Rankings article.
One thing I will do, is if I feel a performance is very exceptional (regardless of what I think of the film), I’ll italicize it. IF A FILM IS ITALICIZED, IT MEANS THE PERFORMANCE IS AMAZING. Those are the films that, if I’m gonna study performance, these are the ones I’m going to first. Or, the performance is so iconic you have to see it. The same goes for Best Director. If I italicize it, it means the effort is beyond amazing. If you want to know what great directing is, watch the italicized films. Watch the red ones too, but the italicized ones especially. You’ll figure it out.
And, to keep things really easy — ALL RATINGS ARE UNIFORM throughout. That is, if a film is rated yellow for Best Picture, it will be rated yellow in Best Actor, Best Actress, and whatever other categories it is nominated in. That’s how easy it is for you.
But wait, there’s more…
So you don’t need to worry about repeats, I’ve created a way for you to know if a film has been mentioned before. If you go down the list from top to bottom, you don’t want to have to keep of which films have appeared in other categories or not. So, IF A FILM HAS AN ASTERISK (*) NEXT TO IT, IT MEANS IT’S APPEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME. That way you won’t have to keep scrolling back and forth. Aren’t I great?
Get ready, folks. This is the result of two years worth of effort you’re about to see. So go ahead, get watching. This is for you. It’s like a coloring book. Go fill in the colors.
(Note: Winners appear first and bolded. If a performance/directorial effort is italicized, I consider it to be one of the best/a favorite. If an asterisk (*) appears after a film, it means it’s appearing for the first time (in the order of Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, then Director). Let me know if there are any discrepancies.)
(Anything flush right on the page is a film I’ve yet to see.)
BEST PICTURE:
2013 – 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
American Hustle (Columbia, Annapurna)
Captain Phillips (Columbia)
Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
Gravity (Warner Bros.)
Her (Warner Bros., Annapurna)
Nebraska (Paramount Vantage)
Philomena (The Weinstein Co.)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount, Universal)
2012 – Argo (Warner Bros.)
Amour (Les Films du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool, Wega Film Production)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight)
Django Unchained (The Weinstein Co., Columbia)
Les Misérables (Universal, Working Title Films)
Life of Pi (20th Century Fox)
Lincoln (Touchstone, DreamWorks, 20h Century Fox)
Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Co.)
Zero Dark Thirty (Columbia)
2011 – The Artist (The Weinstein Company)
The Descendants (Fox Searchlight)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.)
The Help (Touchstone, DreamWorks)
Hugo (Paramount)
Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics)
Moneyball (Columbia)
The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight)
War Horse (Touchstone, DreamWorks)
2010 – The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company)
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight)
The Fighter (Paramount)
Inception (Warner Bros.)
The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight)
The Social Network (Sony Pictures)
Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios)
True Grit (Paramount)
Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions)
2009 – The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
Avatar (20th Century Fox)
The Blind Side (Warner Bros.)
District 9 (TriStar Pictures)
An Education (Sony Pictures Classics)
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company, Universal Studios)
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire (Lions Gate Entertainment)
A Serious Man (Focus Features)
Up (Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios)
Up in the Air (Paramount Pictures)
2008 – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight, Warner Bros.)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount, Warner Bros.)
Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Milk (Focus Features)
The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
2007 – No Country for Old Men (Miramax, Paramount Vantage)
Atonement (Focus Features)
Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage, Miramax)
2006 – The Departed (Warner Bros.)
Babel (Paramount Vantage)
Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.)
Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight)
The Queen (Miramax)
2005 – Crash (Lions Gate Entertainment)
Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)
Capote (United Artists)
Good Night, and Good Luck (Warner Bros.)
Munich (DreamWorks, Universal)
2004 – Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros.)
The Aviator (Warner Bros., Miramax)
Finding Neverland (Miramax)
Ray (Universal)
Sideways (Fox Searchlight)
2003– The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Line Cinema)
Lost in Translation (Focus Features)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Fox, Miramax, Universal)
Mystic River (Warner Bros.)
Seabiscuit (Universal, DreamWorks)
2002 – Chicago (Miramax)
Gangs of New York (Miramax)
The Hours (Paramount, Miramax)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line Cinema)
The Pianist (Focus Features)
2001 – A Beautiful Mind (Universal, DreamWorks)
Gosford Park (USA Films)
In the Bedroom (Miramax)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (New Line Cinema)
Moulin Rouge! (20th Century Fox)
2000 – Gladiator (DreamWorks, Universal)
Chocolat (Miramax)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Erin Brockovich (Universal, Columbia)
Traffic (USA Films)
1999 – American Beauty (DreamWorks)
The Cider House Rules (Miramax)
The Green Mile (Castle Rock Entertainment, Warner Bros.)
The Insider (Touchstone Pictures)
The Sixth Sense (Hollywood Pictures)
1998 – Shakespeare in Love (Miramax/Universal)
Elizabeth (PolyGram Filmed Entertainment)
Life Is Beautiful (Miramax)
Saving Private Ryan (DreamWorks, Paramount)
The Thin Red Line (20th Century Fox)
1997 – Titanic (Paramount, 20th Century Fox)
As Good as It Gets (TriStar)
The Full Monty (Fox Searchlight)
Good Will Hunting (Miramax)
L.A. Confidential (Warner Bros.)
1996 – The English Patient (Miramax)
Fargo (Gramercy Pictures)
Jerry Maguire (TriStar)
Shine (October Films)
Secrets & Lies (Fine Line Features)
1995 – Braveheart (Paramount, Icon)
Apollo 13 (Universal, Imagine Entertainment)
Babe (Universal)
Il Postino (Miramax)
Sense and Sensibility (Columbia)
1994 – Forrest Gump (Paramount)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title)
Pulp Fiction (Miramax)
Quiz Show (Hollywood Pictures)
The Shawshank Redemption (Columbia, Castle Rock Entertainment)
1993 – Schindler’s List (Universal)
The Fugitive (Warner Bros.)
In the Name of the Father (Universal)
The Piano (Miramax)
The Remains of the Day (Columbia)
1992 – Unforgiven (Warner Bros.)
The Crying Game (Miramax)
A Few Good Men (Columbia, Castle Rock Entertainment)
Howards End (Sony Pictures Classics)
Scent of a Woman (Universal)
1991 – The Silence of the Lambs (Orion)
Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Pictures)
Bugsy (TriStar)
JFK (Warner Bros.)
The Prince of Tides (Columbia)
1990 – Dances with Wolves (Orion)
Awakenings (Columbia)
Ghost (Paramount)
The Godfather Part III (Paramount)
Goodfellas (Warner Bros.)
1989 – Driving Miss Daisy (Warner Bros.)
Born on the Fourth of July (Universal)
Dead Poet’s Society (Touchstone Pictures)
Field of Dreams (Universal)
My Left Foot (Miramax)
1988 – Rain Man (United Artists)
The Accidental Tourist (Warner Bros.)
Dangerous Liaisons (Warner Bros.)
Mississippi Burning (Orion)
Working Girl (20th Century Fox)
1987 – The Last Emperor (Columbia)
Broadcast News (20th Century Fox)
Fatal Attraction (Paramount)
Hope and Glory (Columbia)
Moonstruck (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
1986 – Platoon (Orion)
Children of a Lesser God (Paramount)
Hannah and Her Sisters (Orion)
The Mission (Warner Bros.)
A Room With a View (Cinecom)
1985 – Out of Africa (Universal)
The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Island Alive)
Prizzi’s Honor (20th Century Fox, ABC Motion Pictures)
Witness (Paramount)
1984 – Amadeus (Orion)
The Killing Fields (Warner Bros.)
A Passage to India (Columbia)
Places in the Heart (TriStar)
A Soldier’s Story (Columbia)
1983 – Terms of Endearment (Paramount)
The Big Chill (Columbia)
The Dresser (Columbia)
The Right Stuff (Warner Bros., The Ladd Company)
Tender Mercies (Universal, AFD)
1982 – Gandhi (Columbia)
E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (Universal)
Missing (Universal)
Tootsie (Columbia)
The Verdict (20th Century Fox)
1981 – Chariots of Fire (The Ladd Company, Warner Bros.)
Atlantic City (Paramount)
On Golden Pond (IFC Films)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Paramount)
Reds (Paramount)
1980 – Ordinary People (Paramount)
Coal Miner’s Daughter (Universal)
The Elephant Man (Paramount)
Raging Bull (United Artists)
Tess (Columbia)
1979 – Kramer vs. Kramer (Columbia)
All That Jazz (20th Century Fox)
Apocalypse Now (United Artists)
Breaking Away (20th Century Fox)
Norma Rae (20th Century Fox)
1978 – The Deer Hunter (Universal)
Coming Home (United Artists)
Heaven Can Wait (Paramount)
Midnight Express (Columbia)
An Unmarried Woman (20th Century Fox)
1977 – Annie Hall (United Artists)
The Goodbye Girl (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros.)
Julia (20th Century Fox)
Star Wars (20th Century Fox)
The Turning Point (20th Century Fox)
1976 – Rocky (United Artists)
All the President’s Men (Warner Bros.)
Bound for Glory (United Artists)
Network (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists)
Taxi Driver (Columbia)
1975 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (United Artists)
Barry Lyndon (Warner Bros.)
Dog Day Afternoon (Warner Bros.)
Jaws (Universal)
Nashville (Paramount)
1974 – The Godfather Part II (Paramount)
Chinatown (Paramount)
The Conversation (Paramount)
Lenny (United Artists)
The Towering Inferno (20th Century Fox, Warner Bros.)
1973 – The Sting (Universal)
American Graffiti (Universal)
Cries and Whispers (New World Pictures)
The Exorcist (Warner Bros.)
A Touch of Class (Avco Embassy)
1972 – The Godfather (Paramount)
Cabaret (Allied Artists)
Deliverance (Warner Bros.)
The Emigrants (Warner Bros.)
Sounder (20th Century Fox)
1971 – The French Connection (20th Century Fox)
A Clockwork Orange (Warner Bros.)
Fiddler on the Roof (United Artists)
The Last Picture Show (Columbia)
Nicholas and Alexandra (Columbia)
1970 – Patton (20th Century Fox)
Airport (Universal)
Five Easy Pieces (Columbia)
Love Story (Paramount)
MASH (20th Century Fox)
1969 – Midnight Cowboy (United Artists)
Anne of the Thousand Days (Universal)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (20th Century Fox)
Hello, Dolly! (20th Century Fox)
Z (Cinema V)
1968 – Oliver! (Columbia)
Funny Girl (Columbia)
The Lion in Winter (Avco Embassy)
Rachel, Rachel (Warner Bros.)
Romeo and Juliet (Paramount)
1967 – In the Heat of the Night (United Artists)
Bonnie and Clyde (Warner Bros., Seven Arts)
Doctor Dolittle (20th Century Fox)
The Graduate (Embassy)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Columbia)
1966 – A Man for All Seasons (Columbia)
Alfie (Paramount)
The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming (United Artists)
The Sand Pebbles (20th Century Fox)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Warner Bros.)
1965 – The Sound of Music (20th Century Fox)
Darling (Embassy)
Doctor Zhivago (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Ship of Fools (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
A Thousand Clowns (United Artists)
1964 – My Fair Lady (Warner Bros.)
Becket (Paramount)
Doctor Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Columbia)
Mary Poppins (Disney, Buena Vista)
Zorba the Greek (20th Century Fox)
1963 – Tom Jones (United Artists)
America, America (Warner Bros.)
Cleopatra (20th Century Fox)
How the West Was Won (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Lilies of the Field (United Artists)
1962 – Lawrence of Arabia (Columbia)
The Longest Day (20th Century Fox)
The Music Man (Warner Bros.)
Mutiny on the Bounty (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
To Kill a Mockingbird (U-I)
1961 – West Side Story (United Artists)
Fanny (Warner Bros.)
The Guns of Navarone (Columbia)
The Hustler (20th Century Fox)
Judgment at Nuremberg (United Artists)
1960 – The Apartment (United Artists)
The Alamo (United Artists)
Elmer Gantry (United Artists)
Sons and Lovers (20th Century Fox)
The Sundowners (Warner Bros.)
1959 – Ben-Hur (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Anatomy of a Murder (Columbia)
The Diary of Anne Frank (20th Century Fox)
The Nun’s Story (Warner Bros.)
Room at the Top (Continental)
1958 – Gigi (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Auntie Mame (Warner Bros.)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The Defiant Ones (Kramer, United Artists)
Separate Tables (United Artists)
1957 – Bridge on the River Kwai (Columbia)
Peyton Place (20th Century Fox)
Sayonara (Warner Bros.)
12 Angry Men (United Artists)
Witness for the Prosecution (United Artists)
1956 – Around the World in 80 Days (United Artists)
Friendly Persuasion (Allied Artists)
Giant (Warner Bros.)
The King and I (20th Century Fox)
The Ten Commandments (Paramount)
1955 – Marty (United Artists)
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (20th Century Fox)
Mister Roberts (Warner Bros.)
Picnic (Columbia)
The Rose Tattoo (Paramount)
1954 – On the Waterfront (Columbia)
The Caine Mutiny (Columbia)
The Country Girl (Paramount)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Three Coins in the Fountain (20th Century Fox)
1953 – From Here to Eternity (Columbia)
Julius Caesar (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The Robe (20th Century Fox)
Roman Holiday (Paramount)
Shane (Paramount)
1952 – The Greatest Show on Earth (Paramount)
High Noon (United Artists)
Ivanhoe (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Moulin Rouge (United Artists)
The Quiet Man (Republic)
1951 – An American in Paris (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Decision Before Dawn (20th Century Fox)
A Place in the Sun (Paramount)
Quo Vadis (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Warner Bros.)
1950 – All About Eve (20th Century Fox)
Born Yesterday (Columbia)
Father of the Bride (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
King Solomon’s Mines (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Sunset Boulevard (Paramount)
1949 – All the King’s Men (Rossen, Columbia)
Battleground (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The Heiress (Paramount)
A Letter to Three Wives (20th Century Fox)
Twelve O’Clock High (20th Century Fox)
1948 – Hamlet (J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films, Universal International)
Johnny Belinda (Warner Bros.)
The Red Shoes (Rank Organisation, Powell & Pressburger, Eagle-Lion Films)
The Snake Pit (20th Century Fox)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Warner Bros.)
1947 – Gentleman’s Agreement (20th Century Fox)
The Bishop’s Wife (RKO Radio)
Crossfire (RKO Radio)
Great Expectations (Rank-Cineguild, U-I)
Miracle on 34th Street (20th Century Fox)
1946 – The Best Years of Our Lives (RKO Radio)
Henry V (United Artists)
It’s a Wonderful Life (RKO Radio)
The Razor’s Edge (20th Century Fox)
The Yearling (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
1945 – The Lost Weekend (Paramount)
Anchors Aweigh (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The Bells of St. Mary’s (RKO Radio)
Mildred Pierce (Warner Bros.)
Spellbound (United Artists)
1944 – Going My Way (Paramount)
Double Indemnity (Paramount)
Gaslight (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Since You Went Away (Selznick, United Artists)
Wilson (20th Century Fox)
1943 – Casablanca (Warner Bros.)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paramount)
Heaven Can Wait (20th Century Fox)
The Human Comedy (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
In Which We Serve (United Artists)
Madame Curie (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The More the Merrier (Columbia)
The Ox-Bow Incident (20th Century Fox)
The Song of Bernadette (20th Century Fox)
Watch on the Rhine (Warner Bros.)
1942 – Mrs. Miniver (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
49th Parallel (GFD, Columbia)
Kings Row (Warner Bros.)
The Magnificent Ambersons (Mercury, RKO Radio)
The Pied Piper (20th Century Fox)
The Pride of the Yankees (Goldwyn, RKO Radio)
Random Harvest (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The Talk of the Town (Columbia)
Wake Island (Paramount)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (Warner Bros.)
1941 – How Green Was My Valley (20th Century Fox)
Blossoms in the Dust (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Citizen Kane (RKO Radio)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Columbia)
Hold Back the Dawn (Paramount)
The Little Foxes (RKO Radio)
The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros.)
One Foot in Heaven (Warner Bros.)
Sergeant York (Warner Bros.)
Suspicion (RKO Radio)
1940 – Rebecca (Selznick, United Artists)
All This, and Heaven Too (Warner Bros.)
Foreign Correspondent (Wanger, United Artists)
The Grapes of Wrath (20th Century Fox)
The Great Dictator (Chaplin, United Artists)
Kitty Foyle (RKO Radio)
The Letter (Warner Bros.)
The Long Voyage Home (Argosy, Wanger, United Artists)
Our Town (Lesser, United Artists)
The Philadelphia Story (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
1939 – Gone With the Wind (Selznick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Dark Victory (Warner Bros.)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Love Affair (RKO Radio)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia)
Ninotchka (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Of Mice and Men (Roach, United Artists)
Stagecoach (United Artists)
The Wizard of Oz (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Wuthering Heights (Goldwyn, United Artists)
1938 – You Can’t Take It With You (Columbia)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Warner Bros.)
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (20th Century Fox)
Boys Town (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The Citadel (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Four Daughters (Warner Bros., First National)
Grand Illusion (R.A.O., World Pictures)
Jezebel (Warner Bros.)
Pygmalion (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Test Pilot (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
1937 – The Life of Emile Zola (Warner Bros.)
The Awful Truth (Columbia)
Captains Courageous (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Dead End (Goldwyn, United Artists)
The Good Earth (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
In Old Chicago (20th Century Fox)
Lost Horizon (Columbia)
One Hundred Men and a Girl (Universal)
Stage Door (RKO Radio)
A Star is Born (Selznick International, United Artists)
1936 – The Great Ziegfeld (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Anthony Adverse (Warner Bros.)
Dodsworth (Goldwyn, United Artists)
Libeled Lady (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Columbia)
Romeo and Juliet (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
San Francisco (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The Story of Louis Pasteur (Warner Bros.)
A Tale of Two Cities (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Three Smart Girls (Universal)
1935 – Mutiny on the Bounty (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Alice Adams (RKO Radio)
The Broadway Melody of 1936 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Captain Blood (Warner Bros. Cosmopolitan)
David Copperfield (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The Informer (RKO Radio)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (Paramount)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Warner Bros.)
Les Misérables (20th Century, United Artists)
Naughty Marietta (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Ruggles of Red Gap (Paramount)
Top Hat (RKO Radio)
1934 – It Happened One Night (Columbia)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Cleopatra (Paramount)
Flirtation Walk (First National)
The Gay Divorcée (RKO Radio)
Here Comes the Navy (Warner Bros.)
The House of Rothschild (20th Century, United Artists)
Imitation of Life (Universal)
One Night of Love (Columbia)
The Thin Man (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Viva Villa! (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The White Parade (Fox)
1932-1933 – Cavalcade (Fox)
42nd Street (Warner Bros.)
A Farewell to Arms (Paramount)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Warner Bros.)
Lady for a Day (Columbia)
Little Women (RKO Radio)
The Private Life of Henry VIII (London Films, United Artists)
She Done Him Wrong (Paramount)
Smilin’ Through (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
State Fair (Fox)
1931-1932 – Grand Hotel (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Arrowsmith (Goldwyn, United Artists)
Bad Girl (Fox)
The Champ (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Five Star Final (First National)
One Hour with You (Paramount)
Shanghai Express (Paramount)
The Smiling Lieutenant (Paramount)
1930-1931 – Cimarron (RKO Radio)
East Lynne (Fox)
The Front Page (Caddo, United Artists)
Skippy (Paramount)
Trader Horn (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
1929-1930 – All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal)
The Big House (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Disraeli (Warner Bros.)
The Divorcée (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The Love Parade (Paramount)
1928-1929 – The Broadway Melody (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Alibi (Feature Productions, United Artists)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
In Old Arizona (Fox)
The Patriot (Paramount) (LOST)
1927-1928 (Outstanding Picture, Production) – Wings (Paramount, Famous Players-Lasky)
The Racket (Caddo, Paramount)
Seventh Heaven (Fox)
1927-1928 (Unique or Artistic Production) – Sunrise (Fox)
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (Paramount, Famous Players-Lasky)
The Crowd (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
BEST ACTOR
2013 – Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
2012 – Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master *
Denzel Washington, Flight *
2011 – Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Demián Bichir, A Better Life *
George Clooney, The Descendants
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy *
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
2010 – Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Javier Bardem, Biutiful *
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
James Franco, 127 Hours
2009 – Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart *
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man *
Morgan Freeman, Invictus *
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
2008 – Sean Penn, Milk
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor *
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler *
2007 – Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street *
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah *
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises *
2006 – Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland *
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond *
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson *
Peter O’Toole, Venus *
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness *
2005 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow *
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line *
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck
2004 – Jamie Foxx, Ray
Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda *
Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
2003 – Sean Penn, Mystic River
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl *
Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog *
Jude Law, Cold Mountain *
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
2002 – Adrien Brody, The Pianist
Nicolas Cage, Adaptation. *
Michael Caine, The Quiet American *
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt *
2001 – Denzel Washington, Training Day *
Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
Sean Penn, I Am Sam *
Will Smith, Ali *
Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom
2000 – Russell Crowe, Gladiator
Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls *
Tom Hanks, Cast Away *
Ed Harris, Pollock *
Geoffrey Rush, Quills *
1999 – Kevin Spacey, American Beauty
Russell Crowe, The Insider
Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story *
Sean Penn, Sweet and Lowdown *
Denzel Washington, The Hurricane *
1998 – Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
Tom Hanks, Saving Private Ryan
Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters *
Nick Nolte, Affliction *
Edward Norton, American History X *
1997 – Jack Nicholson, As Good as It Gets
Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting
Robert Duvall, The Apostle *
Peter Fonda, Ulee’s Gold *
Dustin Hoffman, Wag the Dog *
1996 – Geoffrey Rush, Shine
Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire
Ralph Fiennes, The English Patient
Woody Harrelson, The People vs. Larry Flynt *
Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade *
1995 – Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas *
Richard Dreyfuss, Mr. Holland’s Opus *
Anthony Hopkins, Nixon *
Sean Penn, Dead Man Walking *
Massimo Troisi, Il Postino
1994 – Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump
Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption
Nigel Hawthorne, The Madness of King George *
Paul Newman, Nobody’s Fool *
John Travolta, Pulp Fiction
1993 – Tom Hanks, Philadelphia *
Daniel Day-Lewis, In the Name of the Father
Laurence Fishburne, What’s Love Got to Do with It *
Anthony Hopkins, The Remains of the Day
Liam Neeson, Schindler’s List
1992 – Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman
Robert Downey Jr., Chaplin *
Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
Stephen Rea, The Crying Game
Denzel Washington, Malcolm X *
1991 – Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs
Warren Beatty, Bugsy
Robert De Niro, Cape Fear *
Nick Nolte, The Prince of Tides
Robin Williams, The Fisher King *
1990 – Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune *
Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves
Robert De Niro, Awakenings
Gérard Depardieu, Cyrano de Bergerac *
Richard Harris, The Field *
1989 – Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot
Kenneth Branagh, Henry V *
Tom Cruise, Born on the Fourth of July
Morgan Freeman, Driving Miss Daisy
Robin Williams, Dead Poet’s Society
1988 – Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man
Gene Hackman, Mississippi Burning
Tom Hanks, Big *
Edward James Olmos, Stand and Deliver *
Max von Sydow, Pelle the Conqueror *
1987 – Michael Douglas, Wall Street *
William Hurt, Broadcast News
Marcello Mastroianni, Dark Eyes *
Jack Nicholson, Ironweed *
Robin Williams, Good Morning, Vietnam *
1986 – Paul Newman, The Color of Money *
Dexter Gordon, Round Midnight *
Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa *
William Hurt, Children of a Lesser God
James Woods, Salvador *
1985 – William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Harrison Ford, Witness
James Garner, Murphy’s Romance *
Jack Nicholson, Prizzi’s Honor
Jon Voight, Runaway Train *
1984 – F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus
Jeff Bridges, Starman *
Albert Finney, Under the Volcano *
Tom Hulce, Amadeus
Sam Waterston, The Killing Fields
1983 – Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies
Michael Caine, Educating Rita *
Tom Conti, Reuben, Reuben *
Tom Courtenay, The Dresser
Albert Finney, The Dresser
1982 – Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie
Jack Lemmon, Missing
Paul Newman, The Verdict
Peter O’Toole, My Favorite Year *
1981 – Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond
Warren Beatty, Reds
Burt Lancaster, Atlantic City
Dudley Moore, Arthur *
Paul Newman, Absence of Malice *
1980 – Robert De Niro, Raging Bull
Robert Duvall, The Great Santini *
John Hurt, The Elephant Man
Jack Lemmon, Tribute *
Peter O’Toole, The Stunt Man *
1979 – Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer
Jack Lemmon, The China Syndrome *
Al Pacino, …And Justice for All *
Roy Scheider, All That Jazz
Peter Sellers, Being There *
1978 – Jon Voight, Coming Home
Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait
Gary Busey, The Buddy Holly Story *
Robert De Niro, The Deer Hunter
Laurence Olivier, The Boys From Brazil *
1977 – Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl
Woody Allen, Annie Hall
Richard Burton, Equus *
Marcello Mastroianni, A Special Day *
John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever *
1976 – Peter Finch, Network
Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver
Giancarlo Giannini, Seven Beauties *
William Holden, Network
Sylvester Stallone, Rocky
1975 – Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Walther Matthau, The Sunshine Boys *
Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon
Maximilian Schell, The Man in the Glass Booth *
James Whitmore, Give ‘em Hell, Harry! *
1974 – Art Carney, Harry and Tonto *
Albert Finney, Murder on the Orient Express *
Dustin Hoffman, Lenny
Jack Nicholson, Chinatown
Al Pacino, The Godfather, Part II
1973 – Jack Lemmon, Save the Tiger *
Marlon Brando, Last Tango in Paris *
Jack Nicholson, The Last Detail *
Al Pacino, Serpico *
Robert Redford, The Sting
1972 – Marlon Brando, The Godfather
Michael Caine, Sleuth *
Laurence Olivier, Sleuth
Peter O’Toole, The Ruling Class *
Paul Winfield, Sounder
1971 – Gene Hackman, The French Connection
Peter Finch, Sunday Bloody Sunday *
Walther Matthau, Kotch *
George C. Scott, The Hospital *
Chaim Topol, Fiddler on the Roof
1970 – George C. Scott, Patton
Melvyn Douglas, I Never Sang for My Father *
James Earl Jones, The Great White Hope *
Jack Nicholson, Five Easy Pieces
Ryan O’Neal, Love Story
1969 – John Wayne, True Grit *
Richard Burton, Anne of the Thousand Days
Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy
Peter O’Toole, Goodbye, Mr. Chips *
Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy
1968 – Cliff Robertson, Charly *
Alan Arkin, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter *
Alan Bates, The Fixer *
Ron Moody, Oliver!
Peter O’Toole, The Lion in Winter
1967 – Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night
Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clyde
Dustin Hoffman, The Graduate
Paul Newman, Cool Hand Luke *
Spencer Tracy, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
1966 – Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasons
Alan Arkin, The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming
Richard Burton, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Michael Caine, Alfie
Steve McQueen, The Sand Pebbles
1965 – Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou *
Richard Burton, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold *
Laurence Olivier, Othello *
Rod Steiger, The Pawnbroker *
Oskar Werner, Ship of Fools
1964 – Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady
Richard Burton, Becket
Peter O’Toole, Becket
Anthony Quinn, Zorba the Greek
Peter Sellers, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1963 – Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field
Albert Finney, Tom Jones
Richard Harris, This Sporting Life *
Rex Harrison, Cleopatra
Paul Newman, Hud *
1962 – Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
Burt Lancaster, Birdman of Alcatraz *
Jack Lemmon, Days of Wine and Roses *
Marcello Mastroianni, Divorce, Italian Style *
Peter O’Toole, Lawrence of Arabia
1961 – Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg
Charles Boyer, Fanny
Paul Newman, The Hustler
Spencer Tracy, Judgment at Nuremberg
Stuart Whitman, The Mark *
1960 – Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry
Trevor Howard, Sons and Lovers
Jack Lemmon, The Apartment
Laurence Olivier, The Entertainer *
Spencer Tracy, Inherit the Wind *
1959 – Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur
Laurence Harvey, Room at the Top
Jack Lemmon, Some Like it Hot *
Paul Muni, The Last Angry Man *
James Stewart, Anatomy of a Murder
1958 – David Niven, Separate Tables
Tony Curtis, The Defiant Ones
Paul Newman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Sidney Poitier, The Defiant Ones
Spencer Tracy, The Old Man and the Sea *
1957 – Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Marlon Brando, Sayonara
Anthony Franciosa, A Hatful of Rain *
Charles Laughton, Witness for Prosecution
Anthony Quinn, Wild is the Wind *
1956 – Yul Brynner, The King and I
James Dean, Giant
Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life *
Rock Hudson, Giant
Laurence Olivier, Richard III *
1955 – Ernest Borgnine, Marty
James Cagney, Love Me or Leave Me *
James Dean, East of Eden *
Frank Sinatra, The Man with the Golden Arm *
Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock *
1954 – Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
Humphrey Bogart, The Caine Mutiny
Bing Crosby, The Country Girl
James Mason, A Star is Born *
Dan O’Herlihy, Robison Crusoe *
1953 – William Holden, Stalag 17 *
Marlon Brando, Julius Caesar
Richard Burton, The Robe
Montgomery Clift, From Here to Eternity
Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity
1952 – Gary Cooper, High Noon
Marlon Brando, Viva Zapata! *
Kirk Douglas, The Bad and the Beautiful *
José Ferrer, Moulin Rouge
Alec Guinness, The Lavender Hill Mob *
1951 – Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen *
Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire
Montgomery Clift, A Place in the Sun
Arthur Kennedy, Bright Victory *
Fredric March, Death of a Salesman *
1950 – José Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac *
Louis Calhern, The Magnificent Yankee *
William Holden, Sunset Boulevard
James Stewart, Harvey *
Spencer Tracy, Father of the Bride
1949 – Broderick Crawford, All the King’s Men
Kirk Douglas, Champion *
Gregory Peck, Twelve O’Clock High
Richard Todd, The Hasty Heart *
John Wayne, Sands of Iwo Jima *
1948 – Laurence Olivier, Hamlet
Lew Ayres, Johnny Belinda
Montgomery Clift, The Search *
Dan Dailey, When My Baby Smiles at Me *
Clifton Webb, Sitting Pretty *
1947 – Ronald Colman, A Double Life *
John Garfield, Body and Soul *
Gregory Peck, Gentleman’s Agreement
William Powell, Life with Father *
Michael Redgrave, Mourning Becomes Electra *
1946 – Fredric March, The Best Years of Our Lives
Laurence Olivier, Henry V
Larry Parks, The Jolson Story *
Gregory Peck, The Yearling
James Stewart, It’s a Wonderful Life
1945 – Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend
Bing Crosby, The Bells of St. Mary’s
Gene Kelley, Anchors Aweigh
Gregory Peck, The Keys of the Kingdom *
Cornel Wilde, A Song to Remember *
1944 – Bing Crosby, Going My Way
Charles Boyer, Gaslight
Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way
Cary Grant, None But the Lonely Heart *
Alexander Knox, Wilson
1943 – Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine
Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca
Gary Cooper, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Walter Pidgeon, Madame Curie
Mickey Rooney, The Human Comedy
1942 – James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ronald Colman, Random Harvest
Gary Cooper, The Pride of the Yankees
Walter Pidgeon, Mrs. Miniver
Monty Woolley, The Pied Piper
1941 – Gary Cooper, Sergeant York
Cary Grant, Penny Serenade *
Walter Huston, The Devil and Daniel Webster *
Robert Montgomery, Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Orson Welles, Citizen Kane
1940 – James Stewart, The Philadelphia Story
Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator
Henry Fonda, The Grapes of Wrath
Raymond Massey, Abe Lincoln in Illinois *
Laurence Olivier, Rebecca
1939 – Robert Donat, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Clark Gable, Gone With the Wind
Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights
Mickey Rooney, Babes in Arms *
James Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1938 – Spencer Tracy, Boys Town
Charles Boyer, Algiers *
James Cagney, Angels with Dirty Faces *
Robert Donat, The Citadel
Leslie Howard, Pygmalion
1937 – Spencer Tracy, Captains Courageous
Charles Boyer, Conquest *
Fredric March, A Star is Born
Robert Montgomery, Night Must Fall *
Paul Muni, The Life of Emile Zola
1936 – Paul Muni, The Story of Louis Pasteur
Gary Cooper, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Walter Huston, Dodsworth
William Powell, My Man Godfrey *
Spencer Tracy, San Francisco
1935 – Victor McLaglen, The Informer
Clark Gable, Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Laughton, Mutiny on the Bounty
Paul Muni, Black Fury *
Franchot Tone, Mutiny on the Bounty
1934 – Clark Gable, It Happened One Night
Frank Morgan, The Affairs of Cellini *
William Powell, The Thin Man
1932-1933 – Charles Laughton, The Private Life of Henry VIII
Leslie Howard, Berkeley Square *
Paul Muni, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1931-1932 – Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde *
Wallace Beery, The Champ
Alfred Lunt, The Guardsman *
1930-1931 – Lionel Barrymore, A Free Soul *
Adolphe Menjou, The Front Page
Jackie Cooper, Skippy
Richard Dix, Cimarron
Fredric March, The Royal Family of Broadway *
1929-1930 – George Arliss, Disraeli
George Arliss, The Green Goddess *
Wallace Beery, The Big House
Maurice Chevalier, The Big Pond * & The Love Parade
Ronald Colman, Bulldog Drummond * & Condemned *
Lawrence Tibbett, The Rogue Song *
1928-1929 – Warner Baxter, In Old Arizona
George Bancroft, Thunderbolt *
Chester Morris, Alibi
Paul Muni, The Valiant *
Lewis Stone, The Patriot (LOST)
1927-1928 – Emil Jannings, The Last Command * & The Way of All Flesh (LOST)
Richard Barthelmess, The Noose * & The Patent Leather Kid *
BEST ACTRESS
2013 – Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County *
2012 – Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts, The Impossible *
2011 – Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady *
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs *
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo *
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn *
2010 – Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole *
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine *
2009 – Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station *
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Meryl Streep, Julia and Julia *
2008 – Kate Winslet, The Reader
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married *
Angelina Jolie, Changeling *
Melissa Leo, Frozen River *
Meryl Streep, Doubt *
2007 – Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose *
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age *
Julie Christie, Away from Her *
Laura Linney, The Savages *
Ellen Page, Juno
2006 – Helen Mirren, The Queen
Penèlope Cruz, Volver *
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal *
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada *
Kate Winslet, Little Children *
2005 – Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents *
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica *
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice *
Charlize Theron, North Country *
2004 – Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Annette Bening, Being Julia *
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace *
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake *
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind *
2003 – Charlize Theron, Monster *
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider *
Diane Keaton, Something’s Gotta Give *
Samantha Morton, In America *
Naomi Watts, 21 Grams *
2002 – Nicole Kidman, The Hours
Salma Hayek, Frida *
Diane Lane, Unfaithful *
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven *
Renée Zellweger, Chicago
2001 – Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball *
Judi Dench, Iris *
Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge!
Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones’s Diary *
2000 – Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich
Joan Allen, The Contender *
Juliette Binoche, Chocolat
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream *
Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me *
1999 – Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry *
Annette Bening, American Beauty
Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds *
Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair *
Meryl Streep, Music of the Heart *
1998 – Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station *
Meryl Streep, One True Thing *
Emily Watson, Hilary and Jackie *
1997 – Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets
Helena Bonham Carter, The Wings of the Dove *
Julie Christie, Afterglow *
Judi Dench, Mrs. Brown *
Kate Winslet, Titanic
1996 – Frances McDormand, Fargo
Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies
Diane Keaton, Marvin’s Room *
Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient
Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves *
1995 – Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking
Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas
Sharon Stone, Casino *
Meryl Streep, The Bridges of Madison County *
Emma Thompson, Sense and Sensibility
1994 – Jessica Lange, Blue Sky *
Jodie Foster, Nell *
Miranda Richardson, Tom & Viv *
Winona Ryder, Little Women *
Susan Sarandon, The Client *
1993 – Holly Hunter, The Piano
Angela Bassett, What’s Love Got to Do with It
Stockhard Channing, Six Degrees of Separation *
Emma Thompson, The Remains of the Day
Debra Winger, Shadowlands *
1992 – Emma Thompson, Howards End
Catherine Deneuve, Indochine *
Mary McDonnell, Passion Fish *
Michelle Pfeiffer, Love Field *
Susan Sarandon, Lorenzo’s Oil *
1991 – Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
Geena Davis, Thelma & Louise *
Laura Dern, Rambling Rose *
Bette Midler, For the Boys *
Susan Sarandon, Thelma & Louise
1990 – Kathy Bates, Misery *
Anjelica Huston, The Grifters *
Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman *
Meryl Streep, Postcards from the Edge *
Joanne Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge *
1989 – Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy
Isabelle Adjani, Camille Claudel *
Pauline Collins, Shirley Valentine *
Jessica Lange, Music Box *
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys *
1988 – Jodie Foster, The Accused *
Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons
Melanie Griffith, Working Girl
Meryl Streep, A Cry in the Dark *
Sigourney Weaver, Gorillas in the Mist *
1987 – Cher, Moonstruck
Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
Holly Hunter, Broadcast News
Sally Kirkland, Anna *
Meryl Streep, Ironweed
1986 – Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God
Jane Fonda, The Morning After *
Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart *
Kathleen Turner, Peggy Sue Got Married *
Sigourney Weaver, Aliens *
1985 – Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful *
Anne Bancroft, Agnes of God *
Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams *
Meryl Streep, Out of Africa
1984 – Sally Field, Places in the Heart
Judy Davis, A Passage to India
Jessica Lange, Country *
Vanessa Redgrave, The Bostonians *
Sissy Spacek, The River *
1983 – Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
Jane Alexander, Testament *
Meryl Streep, Silkwood *
Julie Walters, Educating Rita
Debra Winger, Terms of Endearment
1982 – Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice *
Julie Andrews, Victor Victoria *
Jessica Lange, Frances *
Sissy Spacek, Missing
Debra Winger, An Officer and a Gentleman *
1981 – Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond
Diane Keaton, Reds
Marsha Mason, Only When I Laugh *
Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City
Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant’s Woman *
1980 – Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner’s Daughter
Ellen Burstyn, Resurrection *
Goldie Hawn, Private Benjamin *
Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People
Gena Rowlands, Gloria *
1979 – Sally Field, Norma Rae
Jill Clayburgh, Starting Over *
Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome
Marsha Mason, Chapter Two *
Bette Midler, The Rose *
1978 – Jane Fonda, Coming Home
Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata *
Ellen Burstyn, Same Time, Next Year *
Jill Clayburgh, An Unmarried Woman
Geraldine Page, Interiors *
1977 – Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
Anne Bancroft, The Turning Point
Jane Fonda, Julia
Shirley MacLaine, The Turning Point
Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl
1976 – Faye Dunaway, Network
Marie-Christine Barrault, Cousin, cousine *
Talia Shire, Rocky
Sissy Spacek, Carrie *
Liv Ullmann, Face to Face *
1975 – Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Ann-Margret, Tommy *
Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H. *
Glenda Jackson, Hedda *
Carol Kane, Hester Street *
1974 – Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Diahann Carroll, Claudine *
Faye Dunaway, Chinatown
Valerie Perrine, Lenny
Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence *
1973 – Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class
Ellen Burstyn, The Exorcist
Marsha Mason, Cinderella Liberty *
Barbra Streisand, The Way We Were *
Joanne Woodward, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams *
1972 – Liza Minnelli, Cabaret
Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues *
Maggie Smith, Travels with My Aunt *
Cicely Tyson, Sounder
Liv Ullmann, The Emigrants
1971 – Jane Fonda, Klute *
Julie Christie, McCabe & Mrs. Miller *
Glenda Jackson, Sunday Bloody Sunday
Vanessa Redgrave, Mary, Queen of Scots *
Janet Suzman – Nicholas and Alexandra
1970 – Glenda Jackson, Women in Love *
Jane Alexander, The Great White Hope
Ali MacGraw, Love Story
Sarah Miles, Ryan’s Daughter *
Carrie Snodgress, Diary of a Mad Housewife *
1969 – Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie *
Geneviève Bujold, Anne of the Thousand Days
Jane Fonda, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? *
Liza Minnelli, The Sterile Cuckoo *
Jean Simmons, The Happy Ending *
1968 – Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter
Barbra Streisand, Funny Girl
Patricia Neal, The Subject Was Roses *
Vanessa Redgrave, Isadora *
Joanne Woodward, Rachel, Rachel
1967 – Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Anne Bancroft, The Graduate
Faye Dunaway, Bonnie and Clyde
Edith Evans, The Whisperers *
Audrey Hepburn, Wait Until Dark *
1966 – Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Anouk Aimée, A Man and a Woman *
Ida Kaminska, The Shop on Main Street *
Lynn Redgrave, Georgy Girl *
Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan! *
1965 – Julie Christie, Darling
Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
Samantha Eggar, The Collector *
Elizabeth Hartman, A Patch of Blue *
Simone Signoret, Ship of Fools
1964 – Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins
Anne Bancroft, The Pumpkin Eater *
Sophia Loren, Marriage Italian Style *
Debbie Reynolds, The Unsinkable Molly Brown *
Kim Stanley, Séance on a Wet Afternoon *
1963 – Patricia Neal, Hud
Leslie Caron, The L-Shaped Room *
Shirley MacLaine, Irma La Douce *
Rachel Roberts, This Sporting Life
Natalie Wood, Love with the Proper Stranger *
1962 – Anne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker *
Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? *
Katharine Hepburn, Long Day’s Journey Into Night *
Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth *
Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses
1961 – Sophia Loren, Two Women *
Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s *
Piper Laurie, The Hustler
Geraldine Page, Summer and Smoke *
Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass *
1960 – Elizabeth Taylor, BUtterfield 8 *
Greer Garson, Sunrise at Campobello *
Deborah Kerr, The Sundowners
Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment
Melina Mercouri, Never on Sunday *
1959 – Simone Signoret, Room at the Top
Doris Day, Pillow Talk *
Audrey Hepburn, The Nun’s Story
Katharine Hepburn, Suddenly, Last Summer *
Elizabeth Taylor, Suddenly, Last Summer
1958 – Susan Hayward, I Want to Live! *
Deborah Kerr, Separate Tables
Shirley MacLaine, Some Came Running *
Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame
Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1957 – Joanne Woodward, The Three Faces of Eve *
Deborah Kerr, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison *
Anna Magnani, Wild is the Wind
Elizabeth Taylor, Raintree County *
Lana Turner, Peyton Place
1956 – Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia *
Carroll Baker, Baby Doll *
Katharine Hepburn, The Rainmaker *
Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed *
Deborah Kerr, The King and I
1955 – Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo
Susan Hayward, I’ll Cry Tomorrow *
Katharine Hepburn, Summertime *
Jennifer Jones, Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
Eleanor Parker, Interrupted Melody *
1954 – Grace Kelly, The Country Girl
Dorothy Dandridge, Carmen Jones *
Judy Garland, A Star is Born
Audrey Hepburn, Sabrina *
Jane Wyman, Magnificent Obsession *
1953 – Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
Leslie Caron, Lili *
Ava Gardner, Mogambo *
Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity
Maggie McNamara, The Moon is Blue *
1952 – Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba *
Joan Crawford, Sudden Fear *
Bette Davis, The Star *
Julie Harris, The Member of the Wedding *
Susan Hayward, With a Song in My Heart *
1951 – Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
Katharine Hepburn, The African Queen
Eleanor Parker, Detective Story *
Shelley Winters, A Place in the Sun
Jane Wyman, The Blue Veil *
1950 – Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
Anne Baxter, All About Eve
Betty Davis, All About Eve
Eleanor Parker, Caged *
Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard
1949 – Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress
Jeanne Crain, Pinky *
Susan Hayward, My Foolish Heart *
Deborah Kerr, Edward, My Son *
Loretta Young, Come to the Stable *
1948 – Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda
Ingrid Bergman, Joan of Arc *
Olivia de Havilland, The Snake Pit
Irene Dunne, I Remember Mama *
Barbara Stanwyck, Sorry, Wrong Number *
1947 – Loretta Young, The Farmer’s Daughter *
Joan Crawford, Possessed *
Susan Hayward, Smash-up, the Story of a Woman *
Dorothy McGuire, Gentleman’s Agreement
Rosalind Russell, Mourning Becomes Electra
1946 – Olivia de Havilland, To Each His Own *
Celia Johnson, Brief Encounter *
Jennifer Jones, Duel in the Sun *
Rosalind Russell, Sister Kenny *
Jane Wyman, The Yearling
1945 – Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce
Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. Mary’s
Greer Garson, The Valley of Decision *
Jennifer Jones, Love Letters *
Gene Tierney, Leave Her to Heaven *
1944 – Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight
Claudette Colbert, Since You Went Away
Bette Davis, Mr. Skeffington *
Greer Garson, Mrs. Parkington *
Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity
1943 – Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette
Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier
Ingrid Bergman, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Joan Fontaine, The Constant Nymph *
Greer Garson, Madame Curie
1942 – Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver
Bette Davis, Now, Voyager *
Katharine Hepburn, Woman of the Year *
Rosalind Russell, My Sister Eileen *
Teresa Wright, The Pride of the Yankees
1941 – Joan Fontaine, Suspicion
Bette Davis, The Little Foxes
Olivia de Havilland, Hold Back the Dawn
Greer Garson, Blossoms in the Dust
Barbara Stanwyck, Ball of Fire *
1940 – Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle
Bette Davis, The Letter
Joan Fontaine, Rebecca
Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story
Martha Scott, Our Town
1939 – Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind
Bette Davis, Dark Victory
Irene Dunne, Love Affair
Greta Garbo, Ninotchka
Greer Garson, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1938 – Bette Davis, Jezebel
Fay Bainter, White Banners *
Wendy Hiller, Pygmalion
Norma Shearer, Marie Antoinette *
Margaret Sullivan, Three Comrades *
1937 – Luise Rainer, The Good Earth
Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth
Greta Garbo, Camille *
Janet Gaynor, A Star is Born
Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas *
1936 – Luise Rainer, The Great Ziegfeld
Irene Dunne, Theodora Goes Wild *
Gladys George, Valiant is the Word for Carrie *
Carole Lombard, My Man Godfrey
Norma Shearer, Romeo and Juliet
1935 – Bette Davis, Dangerous *
Elisabeth Bergner, Escape Me Never *
Claudette Colbert, Private Worlds *
Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams
Miriam Hopkins, Becky Sharp *
Merle Oberon, The Dark Angel *
1934 – Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Night
Grace Moore, One Night of Love
Norma Shearer, The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Bette Davis, Of Human Bondage (write-in) *
1932-1933 – Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory *
May Robson, Lady for a Day
Diana Wynyard, Cavalcade
1931-1932 – Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet *
Marie Dressler, Emma *
Lynn Fontaine, The Guardsman
1930-1931 – Marie Dressler, Min and Bill *
Marlene Dietrich, Morocco *
Irene Dunne, Cimarron
Ann Harding, Holiday *
Norma Shearer, A Free Soul
1929-1930 – Norma Shearer, The Divorcée
Nancy Carroll, The Devil’s Holiday *
Ruth Chatterton, Sarah and Son *
Greta Garbo, Anna Christie * & Romance *
Norma Shearer, Their Own Desire *
Gloria Swanson, The Tresspasser *
1928-1929 – Mary Pickford, Coquette *
Ruth Chatterton, Madame X *
Betty Compson, The Barker *
Jeanne Eagels, The Letter *
Corrinne Griffith, The Divine Lady *
Bessie Love, The Broadway Melody
1927-1928 – Janet Gaynor, Seventh Heaven & Street Angel * & Sunrise
Louise Dresser, A Ship Comes In *
Gloria Swanson, Sadie Thompson *
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
2013 – Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
2012 – Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
2011 – Christopher Plummer, Beginners *
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior *
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
2010 – Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town *
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
2009 – Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger *
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones *
2008 – Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight *
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder *
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road *
2007 – Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford *
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War *
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild *
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
2006 – Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls *
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
2005 – George Clooney, Syriana *
Matt Dillon, Crash
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man *
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt, A History of Violence *
2004 – Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Alan Alda, The Aviator
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Jamie Foxx, Collateral *
Clive Owen, Closer *
2003 – Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Alec Baldwin, The Cooler *
Benicio del Toro, 21 Grams
Djimon Hounsou, In America
Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai *
2002 – Chris Cooper, Adaptation.
Ed Harris, The Hours
Paul Newman, Road to Perdition *
John C. Reilly, Chicago
Christopher Walken, Catch Me if You Can *
2001 – Jim Broadbent, Iris
Ethan Hawke, Training Day
Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast *
Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Jon Voight, Ali
2000 – Benicio del Toro, Traffic
Jeff Bridges, The Contender
Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire *
Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich
Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator
1999 – Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules
Tom Cruise, Magnolia *
Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile
Jude Law, The Talented Mr. Ripley *
Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense
1998 – James Coburn, Affliction
Robert Duvall, A Civil Action *
Ed Harris, The Truman Show *
Geoffrey Rush, Shakespeare in Love
Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan *
1997 – Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting
Robert Forster, Jackie Brown *
Anthony Hopkins, Amistad *
Greg Kinnear, As Good as It Gets
Burt Reynolds, Boogie Nights *
1996 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jerry Maguire
William H. Macy, Fargo
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Shine
Edward Norton, Primal Fear *
James Woods, Ghosts of Mississippi *
1995 – Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects *
James Cromwell, Babe
Ed Harris, Apollo 13
Brad Pitt, Twelve Monkeys *
Tim Roth, Rob Roy *
1994 – Martin Landau, Ed Wood *
Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction
Chazz Palminteri, Bullets Over Broadway *
Paul Scofield, Quiz Show
Gary Sinise, Forrest Gump
1993 – Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive
Leonardo DiCaprio, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape *
Ralph Fiennes, Schindler’s List
John Malkovich, In the Line of Fire *
Pete Postlethwaite, In the Name of the Father
1992 – Gene Hackman, Unforgiven
Jaye Davidson, The Crying Game
Jack Nicholson, A Few Good Men
Al Pacino, Glengarry Glen Ross *
David Paymer, Mr. Saturday Night *
1991 – Jack Palance, City Slickers *
Tommy Lee Jones, JFK
Harvey Keitel, Bugsy
Ben Kingsley, Bugsy
Michael Lerner, Barton Fink *
1990 – Joe Pesci, Goodfellas
Bruce Davidson, Longtime Companion *
Andy Garcia, The Godfather Part III
Graham Greene, Dances with Wolves
Al Pacino, Dick Tracy *
1989 – Denzel Washington, Glory *
Danny Aiello, Do the Right Thing *
Dan Aykroyd, Driving Miss Daisy
Marlon Brando, A Dry White Season *
Martin Landau, Crimes and Misdemeanors *
1988 – Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda *
Alec Guinness, Little Dorrit *
Martin Landau, Tucker: The Man and His Dream *
River Phoenix, Running on Empty *
Dean Stockwell, Married to the Mob *
1987 – Sean Connery, The Untouchables *
Albert Brooks, Broadcast News
Morgan Freeman, Street Smart *
Vincent Gardenia, Moonstruck
Denzel Washington, Cry Freedom *
1986 – Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters
Tom Berenger, Platoon
Willem Dafoe, Platoon
Denholm Elliott, A Room with a View
Dennis Hopper, Hoosiers *
1985 – Don Ameche, Cocoon *
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Out of Africa
William Hickey, Prizzi’s Honor
Robert Loggia, Jagged Edge *
Eric Roberts, Runaway Train
1984 – Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields
Adolph Caesar, A Soldier’s Story
John Malkovich, Places in the Heart
Pat Morita, The Karate Kid *
Ralph Richardson, Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes *
1983 – Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment
Charles Durning, To Be or Not to Be *
John Lithgow, Terms of Endearment
Sam Shepard, The Right Stuff
Rip Torn, Cross Creek *
1982 – Louis Gossett, Jr. An Officer and a Gentleman
Charles Durning, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas *
John Lithgow, The World According to Garp *
James Mason, The Verdict
Robert Preston, Victor Victoria
1981 – John Gielgud, Arthur
James Coco, Only When I Laugh
Ian Holm, Chariots of Fire
Jack Nicholson, Reds
Howard Rollincs, Ragtime *
1980 – Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People
Judd Hirsch, Ordinary People
Michael O’Keefe, The Great Santini
Joe Pesci, Raging Bull
Jason Robards, Melvin and Howard *
1979 – Melvyn Douglas, Being There
Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
Justin Henry, Kramer vs. Kramer
Frederic Forrest, The Rose
Mickey Rooney, The Black Stallion *
1978 – Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter
Bruce Dern, Coming Home
Richard Farnsworth, Comes a Horseman *
John Hurt, Midnight Express
Jack Warden, Heaven Can Wait
1977 – Jason Robards, Julia
Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Turning Point
Peter Firth, Equus
Alec Guinness, Star Wars
Maximilian Schell, Julia
1976 – Jason Robards, All the President’s Men
Ned Beatty, Network
Burgess Meredith, Rocky
Laurence Olivier, Marathon Man *
Burt Young, Rocky
1975 – George Burns, The Sunshine Boys
Brad Dourif, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Burgess Meredith, The Day of the Locust *
Chris Sarandon, Dog Day Afternoon
Jack Warden, Shampoo *
1974 – Robert De Niro, The Godfather Part II
Fred Astaire, The Towering Inferno
Jeff Bridges, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot *
Michael V. Gazzo, The Godfather Part II
Lee Strasberg, The Godfather Part II
1973 – John Houseman, The Paper Chase *
Vincent Gardenia, Bang the Drum Slowly *
Jack Gilford, Save the Tiger
Jason Miller, The Exorcist
Randy Quaid, The Last Detail
1972 – Joel Grey, Cabaret
Eddie Albert, The Heartbreak Kid *
James Caan, The Godfather
Robert Duvall, The Godfather
Al Pacino, The Godfather
1971 – Ben Johnson, The Last Picture Show
Jeff Bridges, The Last Picture Show
Leonard Frey, Fiddler on the Roof
Richard Jaeckel, Sometimes a Great Notion *
Roy Scheider, The French Connection
1970 – John Mills, Ryan’s Daughter
Richard S. Castellano, Lovers and Other Strangers *
Dan George, Little Big Man *
Gene Hackman, I Never Sang for My Father
John Marley, Love Story
1969 – Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Rupert Crosse, The Reivers *
Elliott Gould, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice *
Jack Nicholson, Easy Rider *
Anthony Quayle, Anne of the Thousand Days
1968 – Jack Albertson, The Subject Was Roses
Seymour Cassel, Faces *
Daniel Massey, Star! *
Jack Wild, Oliver!
Gene Wilder, The Producers *
1967 – George Kennedy, Cool Hand Luke
John Cassavetes, The Dirty Dozen *
Gene Hackman, Bonnie and Clyde
Cecil Kellaway, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Michael J. Pollard, Bonnie and Clyde
1966 – Walther Matthau, The Fortune Cookie *
Mako, The Sand Pebbles
James Mason, Georgy Girl
George Segal, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Robert Shaw, A Man for All Seasons
1965 – Martin Balsam, A Thousand Clowns
Ian Bannen, Flight of the Phoenix *
Tom Courtenay, Doctor Zhivago
Michael Dunn, Ship of Fools
Frank Finlay, Othello
1964 – Peter Ustinov, Topkapi *
John Gielgud, Becket
Stanley Holloway, My Fair Lady
Edmond O’Brien, Seven Days in May *
Lee Tracy, The Best Man *
1963 – Melvyn Douglas, Hud
Nick Adams, Twilight of Horror *
Bobby Darin, Captain Newman, M.D. *
Hugh Griffith, Tom Jones
John Huston, The Cardinal *
1962 – Ed Begely, Sweet Bird of Youth
Victor Buono, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Telly Savalas, Birdman of Alcatraz
Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia
Terence Stamp, Billy Budd *
1961 – George Chakiris, West Side Story
Montgomery Clift, Judgment at Nuremberg
Peter Falk, Pocketful of Miracles *
Jackie Gleason, The Hustler
George C. Scott, The Hustler
1960 – Peter Ustinov, Spartacus *
Peter Falk, Murder, Inc. *
Jack Kruschen, The Apartment
Sal Mineo, Exodus *
Chill Wills, The Alamo
1959 – Hugh Griffith, Ben-Hur
Arthur O’Connell, Anatomy of a Murder
George C. Scott, Anatomy of a Murder
Robert Vaughn, The Young Philadelphians *
Ed Wynn, The Diary of Anne Frank
1958 – Burl Ives, The Big Country *
Theodore Bikel, The Defiant Ones
Lee J. Cobb, The Brothers Karamozov *
Arthur Kennedy, Some Came Running
Gig Young, Teacher’s Pet *
1957 – Red Buttons, Sayonara
Vittorio de Sica, A Farewell to Arms *
Sessue Hayakawa, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Arthur Kennedy, Peyton Place
Russ Tamblyn, Peyton Place
1956 – Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life
Don Murray, Bus Stop *
Anthony Perkins, Friendly Persuasion
Mickey Rooney, The Bold and the Brave *
Robert Stack, Written on the Wind *
1955 – Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts
Arthur Kennedy, Trial *
Joe Mantell, Marty
Sal Mineo, Rebel Without a Cause *
Arthur O’Connell, Picnic
1954 – Edmond O’Brien, The Barefoot Contessa *
Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront
Karl Malden, On the Waterfront
Rod Steiger, On the Waterfront
Tom Tully, The Caine Mutiny
1953 – Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity
Eddie Albert, Roman Holiday
Brandon de Wilde, Shane
Jack Palance, Shane
Robert Strauss, Stalag 17
1952 – Anthony Quinn, Viva Zapata!
Richard Burton, My Cousin Rachel *
Arthur Hunnicutt, The Big Sky *
Victor McLaglen, The Quiet Man
Jack Palance, Sudden Fear
1951 – Karl Malden, A Streetcar Named Desire
Leo Genn, Quo Vadis
Kevin McCarthy, Death of a Salesman
Peter Ustinov, Quo Vadis
Gig Young, Come Fill the Gap *
1950 – George Sanders, All About Eve
Jeff Chandler, Broken Arrow *
Edmund Gwenn, Mister 880 *
Sam Jaffe, The Asphalt Jungle *
Erich von Stroheim, Sunset Boulevard
1949 – Dean Jagger, Twelve O’Clock High
John Ireland, All the King’s Men
Arthur Kennedy, Champion
Ralph Richardson, The Heiress
James Whitmore, Battleground
1948 – Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Charles Bickford, Johnny Belinda
José Ferrer, Joan of Arc
Oskar Homolka, I Remember Mama
Cecil Kellaway, The Luck of the Irish *
1947 – Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th Street
Charles Bickford, The Farmer’s Daughter
Thomas Gomez, Ride the Pink Horse *
Robert Ryan, Crossfire
Richard Widmark, Kiss of Death *
1946 – Harold Russell, The Best Years of Our Lives
Charles Coburn, The Green Years *
William Demarest, The Jolson Story
Claude Rains, Notorious *
Clifton Webb, The Razor’s Edge
1945 – James Dunn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn *
Michael Chekhov, Spellbound
John Dall, The Corn is Green *
Robert Mitchum, The Story of G.I. Joe *
J. Carrol Naish, A Medal for Benny *
1944 – Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way
Hume Cronyn, The Seventh Cross *
Claude Rains, Mr. Skeffington
Clifton Webb, Laura *
Monty Woolley, Since You Went Away
1943 – Charles Coburn, The More the Merrier
Charles Bickford, The Song of Bernadette
J. Carrol Naish, Sahara *
Claude Rains, Casablanca
Akim Tamiroff, For Whom the Bell Tolls
1942 – Van Heflin, Johnny Eager *
William Bendix, Wake Island
Walter Huston, Yankee Doodle Dandy
Frank Morgan, Tortilla Flat *
Henry Travers, Mrs. Miniver
1941 – Donald Crisp, How Green Was My Valley
Walter Brennan, Sergeant York
Charles Coburn, The Devil and Miss Jones *
James Gleason, Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sydney Greenstreet, The Maltese Falcon
1940 – Walter Brennan, The Westerner *
Albert Basserman, Foreign Correspondent
William Gargan, They Knew What They Wanted *
Jack Oakie, The Great Dictator
James Stephenson, The Letter
1939 – Thomas Mitchell, Stagecoach
Brian Aherne, Juarez *
Harry Carey, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Brian Donlevy, Beau Geste *
Claude Rains, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1938 – Walter Brennan, Kentucky *
John Garfield, Four Daughters
Gene Lockhart, Algiers
Robert Morely, Marie Antoinette
Basil Rathbone, If I Were King *
1937 – Joseph Schildkraut, The Life of Emile Zola
Ralph Bellamy, The Awful Truth
Thomas Mitchell, The Hurricane *
H.B. Warner, Lost Horizon
Roland Young, Topper *
1936 – Walter Brennan, Come and Get It *
Mischa Auer, My Man Godfrey
Stuart Erwin, Pigskin Parade *
Basil Rathbone, Romeo and Juliet
Akim Tamiroff, The General Died at Dawn *
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
2013 – Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
2012 – Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Helen Hunt, The Sessions *
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
2011 – Octavia Spencer, The Help
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids *
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
2010 – Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom *
2009 – Mo’Nique, Precious
Penélope Cruz, Nine *
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
2008 – Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona *
Amy Adams, Doubt
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
2007 – Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There *
Ruby Dee, American Gangster *
Saorise Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone *
2006 – Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
2005 – Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener *
Amy Adams, Junebug *
Catherine Keener, Capote
Frances McDormand, North Country
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
2004 – Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Laura Linney, Kinsey *
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda
Natalie Portman, Closer
2003 – Renée Zellweger, Cold Mountain
Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog
Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April *
Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River
Holly Hunter, Thirteen *
2002 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago
Kathy Bates, About Schmidt
Julianne Moore, The Hours
Queen Latifah, Chicago
Meryl Streep, Adaptation.
2001 – Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind
Helen Mirren, Gosford Park
Maggie Smith, Gosford Park
Marisa Tomei, In the Bedroom
Kate Winslet, Iris
2000 – Marcia Gay Harden, Pollock
Judi Dench, Chocolat
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous *
Frances McDormand, Almost Famous
Julie Walters, Billy Elliot *
1999 – Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted *
Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense
Catherine Keener, Being John Malkovich *
Samantha Morton, Sweet and Lowdown
Chloë Sevigny, Boys Don’t Cry
1998 – Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love
Kathy Bates, Primary Colors *
Brenda Blethyn, Little Voice *
Rachel Griffiths, Hilary and Jackie
Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters
1997 – Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential
Joan Cusack, In & Out *
Minnie Driver, Good Will Hunting
Julianne Moore, Boogie Nights
Gloria Stuart, Titanic
1996 – Juliette Binoche, The English Patient
Joan Allen, The Crucible *
Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces *
Barbara Hershey, The Portrait of a Lady *
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets & Lies
1995 – Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite *
Joan Allen, Nixon
Kathleen Quinlan, Apollo 13
Mare Winningham, Georgia *
Kate Winslet, Sense and Sensibility
1994 – Dianne Wiest, Bullets Over Broadway
Rosemary Harris, Tom & Viv
Helen Mirren, The Madness of King George
Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction
Jennifer Tilly, Bullets Over Broadway
1993 – Anna Paquin, The Piano
Holly Hunter, The Firm *
Rosie Perez, Fearless *
Winona Ryder, The Age of Innocence *
Emma Thompson, In the Name of the Father
1992 – Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny *
Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives *
Joan Plowright, Enchanted April *
Vanessa Redgrave, Howards End
Miranda Richardson, Damage *
1991 – Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King
Diane Ladd, Rambling Rose
Juliette Lewis, Cape Fear
Kate Nelligan, The Prince of Tides
Jessica Tandy, Fried Green Tomatoes *
1990 – Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost
Annette Bening, The Grifters
Lorraine Bracco, Goodfellas
Diane Ladd, Wild at Heart *
Mary McDonnell, Dances with Wolves
1989 – Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot
Anjelica Huston, Enemies, A Love Story *
Lena Olin, Enemies, A Love Story
Julia Roberts, Steel Magnolias *
Dianne Wiest, Parenthood *
1988 – Geena Davis, The Accidental Tourist
Joan Cusack, Working Girl
Frances McDormand, Mississippi Burning
Michelle Pfeiffer, Dangerous Liaisons
Sigourney Weaver, Working Girl
1987 – Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck
Norma Aleandro, Gaby: A True Story *
Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction
Anne Ramsey, Throw Momma From the Train *
Ann Sothern, The Whales of August *
1986 – Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sisters
Tess Harper, Crimes of the Heart
Piper Laurie, Children of a Lesser God
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, The Color of Money
Maggie Smith, A Room with a View
1985 – Anjelica Huston, Prizzi’s Honor
Margaret Avery, The Color Purple
Amy Madigan, Twice in a Lifetime *
Meg Tilly, Agnes of God
Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple
1984 – Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India
Glenn Close, The Natural *
Lindsay Crouse, Places in the Heart
Christine Lahti, Swing Shift *
Geraldine Page, The Pope of Greenwich Village *
1983 – Linda Hunt, The Year of Living Dangerously *
Cher, Silkwood
Glenn Close, The Big Chill
Amy Irving, Yentl *
Alfre Woodard, Cross Creek
1982 – Jessica Lange, Tootsie
Glenn Close, The World According to Garp
Teri Garr, Tootsie
Kim Stanley, Frances
Lesley Ann Warren, Victor Victoria
1981 – Maureen Stapleton, Reds
Melinda Dillon, Absence of Malice
Jane Fonda, On Golden Pond
Joan Hackett, Only When I Laugh
Elizabeth McGovern, Ragtime
1980 – Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard
Eileen Brennan, Private Benjamin
Eva Le Gallienne, Resurrection
Cathy Moriarty, Raging Bull
Diana Scarwid, Inside Moves *
1979 – Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer
Jane Alexander, Kramer vs. Kramer
Barbara Barrie, Breaking Away
Candice Bergen, Starting Over
Mariel Hemingway, Manhattan *
1978 – Maggie Smith, California Suite *
Dyan Cannon, Heaven Can Wait
Penelope Milford, Coming Home
Maureen Stapleton, Interiors
Meryl Streep, The Deer Hunter
1977 – Vanessa Redgrave, Julia
Leslie Browne, The Turning Point
Quinn Cummings, The Goodbye Girl
Melinda Dillon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind *
Tuesday Weld, Looking for Mr. Goodbar *
1976 – Beatrice Straight, Network
Jane Alexander, All the President’s Men
Jodie Foster, Taxi Driver
Lee Grant, Voyage of the Damned *
Piper Laurie, Carrie
1975 – Lee Grant, Shampoo
Ronnee Blakley, Nashville
Sylvia Miles, Farewell, My Lovely *
Lily Tomlin, Nashville
Brenda Vaccaro, Jacqueline Susan’s Once Is Not Enough *
1974 – Ingrid Bergman, Murder on the Orient Express
Valentina Cortese, Day for Night *
Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles *
Diane Ladd, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Talia Shire, The Godfather Part II
1973 – Tatum O’Neal, Paper Moon *
Linda Blair, The Exorcist
Candy Clark, American Graffiti
Madeline Kahn, Paper Moon
Sylvia Sydney, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1972 – Eileen Heckart, Butterflies are Free
Jeannie Berlin, The Heartbreak Kid
Geraldine Page, Pete ‘n’ Tillie *
Susan Tyrell, Fat City *
Shelley Winters, The Poseidon Adventure *
1971 – Cloris Leachman, The Last Picture Show
Ellen Burstyn, The Last Picture Show
Barbara Harris, Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? *
Margaret Leighton, The Go-Between *
Ann-Margret, Carnal Knowledge *
1970 – Helen Hayes, Airport
Karen Black, Five Easy Pieces
Lee Grant, The Landlord *
Sally Kellerman, MASH
Maureen Stapleton, Airport
1969 – Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower *
Catherine Burns, Last Summer *
Dyan Cannon, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Sylvia Miles, Midnight Cowboy
Susannah York, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
1968 – Ruth Gordon, Rosemary’s Baby *
Lynn Carlin, Faces
Sondra Locke, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Kay Medford, Funny Girl
Estelle Parsons, Rachel, Rachel
1967 – Estelle Parsons, Bonnie and Clyde
Carol Channing, Thoroughly Modern Millie *
Mildred Natwick, Barefoot in the Park *
Beah Richards, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Katharine Ross, The Graduate
1966 – Sandy Dennis, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Wendy Hiller, A Man for All Seasons
Jocelyne LaGarde, Hawaii *
Vivien Merchant, Alfie
Geraldine Page, You’re a Big Boy Now *
1965 – Shelley Winters, A Patch of Blue
Ruth Gordon, Inside Daisy Clover *
Joyce Redman, Othello
Maggie Smith, Othello
Peggy Wood, The Sound of Music
1964 – Lila Kedrova, Zorba the Greek
Gladys Cooper, My Fair Lady
Edith Evans, The Chalk Garden *
Grayson Hall, The Night of the Iguana *
Agnes Moorehead, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte *
1963 – Margaret Rutherford, The V.I.P.s *
Diane Cilento, Tom Jones
Edith Evans, Tom Jones
Joyce Redman, Tom Jones
Lilia Skala, Lilies of the Field
1962 – Patty Duke, The Miracle Worker
Mary Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird
Shirley Knight, Sweet Bird of Youth
Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate *
Thelma Ritter, Birdman of Alcatraz
1961 – Rita Moreno, West Side Story
Fay Bainter, The Children’s Hour *
Judy Garland, Judgment at Nuremberg
Lotte Lenya, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone *
Una Merkel, Summer and Smoke
1960 – Shirley Jones, Elmer Gantry
Glynis Johns, The Sundowners
Shirley Knight, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs *
Janet Leigh, Psycho *
Mary Ure, Sons and Lovers
1959 – Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank
Hermione Baddeley, Room at the Top
Susan Kohner, Imitation of Life *
Juanita Moore, Imitation of Life
Thelma Ritter, Pillow Talk
1958 – Wendy Hiller, Separate Tables
Peggy Cass, Auntie Mame
Martha Hyer, Some Came Running
Maureen Stapleton, Lonelyhearts *
Cara Williams, The Defiant Ones
1957 – Miyoshi Umeki, Sayonara
Carolyn Jones, The Bachelor Party *
Elsa Lanchester, Witness for Prosecution
Hope Lange, Peyton Place
Diane Varsi, Peyton Place
1956 – Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind
Mildred Dunnock, Baby Doll
Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed
Mercedes McCambridge, Giant
Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed
1955 – Jo Van Fleet, East of Eden
Betsy Blair, Marty
Peggy Lee, Pete Kelly’s Blues *
Marisa Pavan, The Rose Tattoo
Natalie Wood, Rebel Without a Cause
1954 – Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront
Nina Foch, Executive Suite *
Katy Jurado, Broken Lance *
Jan Sterling, The High and the Mighty
Claire Trevor, The High and the Mighty
1953 – Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity
Grace Kelly, Mogambo
Geraldine Page, Hondo *
Marjorie Rambeau, Torch Song *
Thelma Ritter, Pickup on South Street *
1952 – Gloria Grahame, The Bad and the Beautiful
Jean Hagan, Singin’ in the Rain *
Collette Marchand, Moulin Rouge
Terry Moore, Come Back, Little Sheba
Thelma Ritter, With a Song in My Heart
1951 – Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire
Joan Blondell, The Blue Veil
Mildred Dunnock, Death of a Salesman
Lee Grant, Detective Story
Thelma Ritter, The Mating Season *
1950 – Josephine Hull, Harvey
Hope Emerson, Caged
Celeste Holm, All About Eve
Nancy Olson, Sunset Boulevard
Thelma Ritter, All About Eve
1949 – Mercedes McCambridge, All the King’s Men
Ethel Barrymore, Pinky
Celeste Holm, Come to the Stable
Elsa Lanchester, Come to the Stable
Ethel Waters, Pinky
1948 – Claire Trevor, Key Largo *
Barbara Bel Geddes, I Remember Mama
Ellen Corby, I Remember Mama
Agnes Moorehead, Johnny Belinda
Jean Simmons, Hamlet
1947 – Celeste Holm, Gentleman’s Agreement
Ethel Barrymore, The Paradine Case
Gloria Grahame, Crossfire
Marjorie Mann, The Egg and I *
Anne Revere, Gentleman’s Agreement
1946 – Anne Baxter, The Razor’s Edge
Ethel Barrymore, The Spiral Staircase *
Lillian Gish, Duel in the Sun
Flora Robson, Saratoga Trunk *
Gale Sondergaard, Anna and the King of Siam *
1945 – Anne Revere, National Velvet *
Eve Arden, Mildred Pierce
Ann Blyth, Mildred Pierce
Angela Lansbury, The Picture of Dorian Gray *
Joan Lorring, The Corn is Green
1944 – Ethel Barrymore, None But the Lonely Heart
Jennifer Jones, Since You Went Away
Angela Lansbury, Gaslight
Aline MacMahon, Dragon Seed *
Agnes Moorhead, Mrs. Parkington
1943 – Katina Paxinou, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Gladys Cooper, The Song of Bernadette
Paulette Godard, So Proudly We Hail *
Anne Revere, The Song of Bernadette
Lucile Watson, Watch on the Rhine
1942 – Teresa Wright, Mrs. Miniver
Gladys Cooper, Now, Voyager
Agnes Moorehead, The Magnificent Ambersons
Susan Peters, Random Harvest
Dame Mae Whitty, Mrs. Miniver
1941 – Mary Astor, The Great Lie *
Sara Allgood, How Green Was My Valley
Patricia Collinge, The Little Foxes
Teresa Wright, The Little Foxes
Margaret Wycherly, Sergeant York
1940 – Jane Darwell, The Grapes of Wrath
Judith Anderson, Rebecca
Ruth Hussey, The Philadelphia Story
Barbara O’Neil, All This and Heaven Too
Marjorie Rambeau, Primrose Path *
1939 – Hattie McDaniel, Gone With the Wind
Olivia de Havilland, Gone With the Wind
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wuthering Heights
Edna May Oliver, Drums Along the Mohawk *
Maria Ouspenskaya, Love Affair
1938 – Fay Bainter, Jezebel
Beulah Bondi, Of Human Hearts *
Billie Burke, Merrily We Live *
Spring Byington, You Can’t Take It with You
Miliza Korjus, The Great Waltz *
1937 – Alice Brady, In Old Chicago
Andrea Leeds, Stage Door
Anne Shirley, Stella Dallas
Claire Trevor, Dead End
Dame Mae Whitty, Night Must Fall
1936 – Gale Sondergaard, Anthony Adverse
Beulah Bondi, The Gorgeous Hussy *
Alice Brady, My Man Godfrey
Bonita Granville, These Three *
Maria Ouspenskaya, Dodsworth
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2013 – Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
2012 – Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Michael Haneke, Amour
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
2011 – Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
2010 – Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
David O. Russell, The Fighter
2009 – Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
2008 – Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk
2007 – Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman, Juno
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly *
2006 – Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Paul Greengrass, United 93 *
Alexander Gonzalez Iñárritu, Babel
2005 – Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Paul Haggis, Crash
Bennett Miller, Capote
Steven Spielberg, Munich
2004 – Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Taylor Hackford, Ray
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
2003 – Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood, Mystic River
Fernando Meirelles, City of God *
Peter Weir, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2002 – Roman Polanski, The Pianist
Pedro Almodóvar, Talk to Her *
Stephen Daldry, The Hours
Rob Marshall, Chicago
Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York
2001 – Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind
Robert Altman, Gosford Park
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
David Lynch, Mulholland Drive *
Ridley Scott, Black Hawk Down *
2000 – Steven Soderbergh, Traffic
Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot
Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Ridley Scott, Gladiator
Steven Soderbergh, Erin Brockovich
1999 – Sam Mendes, American Beauty
Lasse Hallström, The Cider House Rules
Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich
Michael Mann, The Insider
M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense
1998 – Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan
Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful
John Madden, Shakespeare in Love
Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line
Peter Weir, The Truman Show
1997 – James Cameron, Titanic
Peter Cattaneo, The Full Monty
Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter *
Gus Hanson, L.A. Confidential
Gus Van Sant, Good Will Hunting
1996 – Anthony Minghella, The English Patient
Joel & Ethan Coen, Fargo
Miloš Forman, The People vs. Larry Flynt
Scott Hicks, Shine
Mike Leigh, Secrets and Lies
1995 – Mel Gibson, Braveheart
Mike Figgis, Leaving Las Vegas
Chris Noonan, Babe
Michael Radford, Il Postino
Tim Robbins, Dead Man Walking
1994 – Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump
Woody Allen, Bullets Over Broadway
Krystof Kieślowski, Three Colors: Red *
Robert Redford, Quiz Show
Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction
1993 – Steven Spielberg, Schindler’s List
Robert Altman, Short Cuts *
Jane Campion, The Piano
James Ivory, The Remains of the Day
Jim Sheridan, In the Name of the Father
1992 – Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
Robert Altman, The Player *
Martin Brest, Scent of a Woman
James Ivory, Howards End
Neil Jordan, The Crying Game
1991 – Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs
Barry Levinson, Bugsy
Ridley Scott, Thelma and Louise
John Singleton, Boyz N the Hood *
Oliver Stone, JFK
1990 – Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves
Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part III
Stephen Frears, The Grifters
Barbet Schroeder, Reversal of Fortune
Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas
1989 – Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July
Woody Allen, Crimes and Misdemeanors
Kenneth Branagh, Henry V
Jim Sheridan, My Left Foot
Peter Weir, Dead Poet’s Society
1988 – Barry Levinson, Rain Man
Charles Crichton, A Fish Called Wanda
Mike Nichols, Working Girl
Alan Parker, Mississippi Burning
Martin Scorsese, The Last Temptation of Christ *
1987 – Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
John Boorman, Hope and Glory
Lasse Hallström, My Life as a Dog *
Norman Jewison, Moonstruck
Adrian Lyne, Fatal Attraction
1986 – Oliver Stone, Platoon
Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
James Ivory, A Room with a View
Roland Joffé, The Mission
David Lynch, Blue Velvet *
1985 – Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa
Héctor Babenco, Kiss of the Spider Woman
John Huston, Prizzi’s Honor
Akira Kurosawa, Ran *
Peter Weir, Witness
1984 – Miloš Forman, Amadeus
Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose *
Robert Benton, Places in the Heart
Roland Joffé, The Killing Fields
David Lean, A Passage to India
1983 – James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
Bruce Beresford, Tender Mercies
Ingmar Bergman, Fanny and Alexander *
Mike Nichols, Silkwood
Peter Yates, The Dresser
1982 – Richard Attenborough, Gandhi
Sidney Lumet, The Verdict
Wolfgang Petersen, Das Boot *
Sydney Pollack, Tootsie
Steven Spielberg, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
1981 – Warren Beatty, Reds
Hugh Hudson, Chariots of Fire
Louis Malle, Atlantic City
Mark Rydell, On Golden Pond
Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980 – Robert Redford, Ordinary People
David Lynch, The Elephant Man
Roman Polanski, Tess
Richard Rush, The Stunt Man
Martin Scorsese, Raging Bull
1979 – Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer
Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now
Bob Fosse, All That Jazz
Édouard Molinaro, La Cage aux Folles *
Peter Yates, Breaking Away
1978 – Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter
Woody Allen, Interiors
Hal Ashby, Coming Home
Warren Beatty & Buck Henry, Heaven Can Wait
Alan Parker, Midnight Express
1977 – Woody Allen, Annie Hall
George Lucas, Star Wars
Herbert Ross, The Turning Point
Steven Spielberg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Fred Zinnemann, Julia
1976 – John G. Avildsen, Rocky
Ingmar Bergman, Face to Face
Sidney Lumet, Network
Alan J. Pakula, All the President’s Men
Lina Wertmüller, Seven Beauties
1975 – Miloš Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Robert Altman, Nashville
Federico Fellini, Amarcord *
Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon
Sidney Lumet, Dog Day Afternoon
1974 – Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II
John Cassavetes, A Woman Under the Influence
Bob Fosse, Lenny
Roman Polanski, Chinatown
François Truffaut, Day for Night
1973 – George Roy Hill, The Sting
Ingmar Bergman, Cries and Whispers
Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Tango in Paris
William Friedkin, The Exorcist
George Lucas, American Graffiti
1972 – Bob Fosse, Cabaret
John Boorman, Deliverance
Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sleuth
Jan Troell, The Emigrants
1971 – William Friedkin, The French Connection
Peter Bogdanovich, The Last Picture Show
Norman Jewison, Fiddler on the Roof
Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange
John Schlesinger, Sunday Bloody Sunday
1970 – Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton
Robert Altman, MASH
Federico Fellini, Satyricon *
Arthur Hiller, Love Story
Ken Russell, Women in Love
1969 – John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy
Costa Gravas, Z
George Roy Hill, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Arthur Penn, Alice’s Restaurant *
Sydney Pollack, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
1968 – Carol Reed, Oliver!
Anthony Harvey, The Lion in Winter
Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey *
Gillo Pontecorvo, The Battle of Algiers *
Franco Zeffirelli, Romeo and Juliet
1967 – Mike Nichols, The Graduate
Richard Brooks, In Cold Blood *
Norman Jewison, In the Heat of the Night
Stanley Kramer, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Arthur Penn, Bonnie and Clyde
1966 – Fred Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons
Michelanelo Antonioni, Blowup *
Richard Brooks, The Professionals *
Claude Lelouch, A Man and a Woman
Mike Nichols, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1965 – Robert Wise, The Sound of Music
David Lean, Doctor Zhivago
John Schlesinger, Darling
Hiroshi Teshigahara, Woman in the Dunes *
William Wyler, The Collector
1964 – George Cukor, My Fair Lady
Michael Cacoyannis, Zorba the Greek
Peter Glenville, Becket
Stanley Kubrick, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Robert Stevenson, Mary Poppins
1963 – Tony Richardson, Tom Jones
Federico Fellini, 8½ *
Elia Kazan, America, America
Otto Preminger, The Cardinal
Martin Ritt, Hud
1962 – David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia
Pietro Germi, Divorce, Italian Style
Robert Mulligan, To Kill a Mockingbird
Arthur Penn, The Miracle Worker
Frank Perry, David and Lisa *
1961 – Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, West Side Story
Federico Fellini, La Dolce Vita *
Stanley Kramer, Judgment at Nuremberg
Robert Rossen, The Hustler
J. Lee Thompson, The Guns of Navarone
1960 – Billy Wilder, The Apartment
Jack Cardiff, Sons and Lovers
Jules Dassin, Never on Sunday
Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho
Fred Zinnemann, The Sundowners
1959 – William Wyler, Ben-Hur
Jack Clayton, Room at the Top
George Stevens, The Diary of Anne Frank
Billy Wilder, Some Like it Hot
Fred Zinnemann, The Nun’s Story
1958 – Vincente Minnelli, Gigi
Richard Brooks, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Stanley Kramer, The Defiant Ones
Mark Robson, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness *
Robert Wise, I Want to Live!
1957 – David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai
Joshua Logan, Sayonara
Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men
Mark Robson, Peyton Place
Billy Wilder, Witness for the Prosecution
1956 – George Stevens, Giant
Michael Anderson, Around the World in 80 Days
Walter Long, The King and I
King Vidor, War and Peace *
William Wyler, Friendly Persuasion
1955 – Delbert Mann, Marty
Elia Kazan, East of Eden
David Lean, Summertime
Joshua Logan, Picnic
John Sturges, Bad Day at Black Rock
1954 – Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront
Alfred Hitchcock, Rear Window *
George Seaton, The Country Girl
William A. Wellman, The High and the Mighty
Billy Wilder, Sabrina
1953 – Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity
George Stevens, Shane
Charles Walters, Lili
Billy Wilder, Stalag 17
William Wyler, Roman Holiday
1952 – John Ford, The Quiet Man
Cecil B. DeMille, The Greatest Show on Earth
John Huston, Moulin Rouge
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 5 Fingers *
Fred Zinnemann, High Noon
1951 – George Stevens, A Place in the Sun
John Huston, The African Queen
Elia Kazan, A Streetcar Named Desire
Vincente Minnelli, An American in Paris
William Wyler, Detective Story
1950 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve
George Cukor, Born Yesterday
John Huston, The Asphalt Jungle
Carol Reed, The Third Man *
Billy Wilder, Sunset Boulevard
1949 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives
Carol Reed, The Fallen Idol *
Robert Rossen, All the King’s Men
William A. Wellman, Battleground
William Wyler, The Heiress
1948 – John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Anatole Litvak, The Snake Pit
Jean Negulesco, Johnny Belinda
Laurence Olivier, Hamlet
Fred Zinnemann, The Search
1947 – Elia Kazan, Gentleman’s Agreement
George Cukor, A Double Life
Edward Dmytryk, Crossfire
Henry Koster, The Bishop’s Wife
David Lean, Great Expectations
1946 – William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives
Clarence Brown, The Yearling
Frank Capra, It’s a Wonderful Life
David Lean, Brief Encounter
Robert Siodmak, The Killers *
1945 – Billy Wilder, The Lost Weekend
Clarence Brown, National Velvet
Alfred Hitchcock, Spellbound
Leo McCarey, The Bells of St. Mary’s
Jean Renoir, The Southerner *
1944 – Leo McCarey, Going My Way
Alfred Hitchcock, Lifeboat
Henry King, Wilson
Otto Preminger, Laura
Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity
1943 – Michael Curtiz, Casablanca
Clarence Brown, The Human Comedy
Henry King, The Song of Bernadette
Ernst Lubitsch, Heaven Can Wait
George Stevens, The More the Merrier
1942 – William Wyler, Mrs. Miniver
Michael Curtiz, Yankee Doodle Dandy
John Farrow, Wake Island
Mervyn LeRoy, Random Harvest
Sam Wood, Kings Row
1941 – John Ford, How Green Was My Valley
Alexander Hall, Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Howard Hawks, Sergeant York
Orson Welles, Citizen Kane
William Wyler, The Little Foxes
1940 – John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath
George Cukor, The Philadelphia Story
Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca
Sam Wood, Kitty Foyle
William Wyler, The Letter
1939 – Victor Fleming, Gone With the Wind
Frank Capra, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
John Ford, Stagecoach
Sam Wood, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
William Wyler, Wuthering Heights
1938 – Frank Capra, You Can’t Take it With You
Michael Curtiz, Angels with Dirty Faces
Michael Curtiz, Four Daughters
Norman Taurog, Boys Town
King Vidor, The Citadel
1937 – Leo McCarey, The Awful Truth
William Dieterle, The Life of Emile Zola
Sidney Franklin, The Good Earth
Gregory La Cava, Stage Door
William A. Wellman, A Star is Born
1936 – Frank Capra, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Gregory La Cava, My Man Godfrey
Robert Z. Leonard, The Great Ziegfeld
W. S. Van Dyke, San Francisco
William Wyler, Dodsworth
1935 – John Ford, The Informer
Michael Curtiz, Captain Blood (write-in)
Henry Hathaway, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Frank Lloyd, Mutiny on the Bounty
1934 – Frank Capra, It Happened One Night
Victor Schertzinger, One Night of Love
W. S. Van Dyke, The Thin Man
1932- 1933 – Frank Lloyd, Cavalcade
Frank Capra, Lady for a Day
George Cukor, Little Women
1931-1932 – Frank Borzage, Bad Girl
King Vidor, The Champ
Josef von Sternberg, Shanghai Express
1930-1931 – Norman Taurog, Skippy
Clarence Brown, A Free Soul
Lewis Milestone, The Front Page
Wesley Ruggles Cimarron
Josef von Sternberg, Morocco
1929-1930 – Lewis Milestone, All Quiet on the Western Front
Clarence Brown, Anna Christie & Romance
Robert Z. Leonard, The Divorcée
Ernst Lubitsch, The Love Parade
King Vidor, Hallelujah *
1928-1929 – Frank Lloyd, The Divine Lady
Lionel Barrymore, Madame X
Harry Beaumont, The Broadway Melody
Irving Cummings, In Old Arizona
Frank Lloyd, Drag & Weary River *
Ernst Lubitsch, The Patriot (LOST)
1927-1928, Comedy – Lewis Milestone, Two Arabian Nights *
Ted Wilde, Speedy *
1927-1928, Dramatic – Frank Borzage, Seventh Heaven
Herbert Brenon, Sorrell and Son *
King Vidor, The Crowd
You are very very organized. Thanks for all the movie recommendations!
August 30, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Well done. Your perseverance in making this post needs to be applauded. I agree with you on most of the films you flagged as you don’t like. A bit interesting to see in that category ‘A Room with a View’ and ‘A Portrait of a Lady’. Somehow it reminds of my dislike for the film ‘The Age of Innocence’. Though this film is regarded as very good by many, I can criticise it non-stop )
December 8, 2011 at 2:15 pm
:O So many movies to see!
May 2, 2012 at 9:12 pm