Actor in a Leading Role

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

1997 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerShineGeoffrey RushPianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.Amazon1997 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesJerry MaguireTom CruiseAmazonSling BladeBilly Bob ThorntonAmazonThe English PatientRalph FiennesAmazonThe People vs. Larry FlyntWoody HarrelsonAmazon

1996 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerLeaving Las VegasNicolas CageBen Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera..Amazon1996 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesDead Man WalkingSean PennAmazonIl Postino: The PostmanMassimo TroisiAmazonMr. Holland's OpusRichard DreyfussAmazonNixonAnthony HopkinsAmazon

1995 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerForrest GumpTom HanksThe presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.Amazon1995 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesNobody's FoolPaul NewmanAmazonPulp FictionJohn TravoltaAmazonThe Madness of King GeorgeNigel HawthorneAmazonThe Shawshank RedemptionMorgan FreemanAmazon

1994 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerPhiladelphiaTom HanksWhen a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.Amazon1994 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesIn the Name of the FatherDaniel Day-LewisAmazonSchindler's ListLiam NeesonAmazonThe Remains of the DayAnthony HopkinsAmazonWhat's Love Got to Do with ItLaurence FishburneAmazon

1993 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerScent of a WomanAl PacinoA prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.Amazon1993 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesChaplinRobert Downey Jr.AmazonMalcolm XDenzel WashingtonAmazonThe Crying GameStephen ReaAmazonUnforgivenClint EastwoodAmazon

1992 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Silence of the LambsAnthony HopkinsA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.Amazon1992 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesBugsyWarren BeattyAmazonCape FearRobert De NiroAmazonThe Fisher KingRobin WilliamsAmazonThe Prince of TidesNick NolteAmazon

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

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

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