Actress in a Leading Role

1986 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe Trip to BountifulGeraldine PageIn 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home for one last time.Amazon1986 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesAgnes of GodAnne BancroftAmazonOut of AfricaMeryl StreepAmazonSweet DreamsJessica LangeAmazonThe Color PurpleWhoopi GoldbergAmazon

1997 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerFargoFrances McDormandJerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.Amazon1997 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesBreaking the WavesEmily WatsonAmazonMarvin's RoomDiane KeatonAmazonSecrets & LiesBrenda BlethynAmazonThe English PatientKristin Scott ThomasAmazon

1996 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerDead Man WalkingSusan SarandonA nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.Amazon1996 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesCasinoSharon StoneAmazonLeaving Las VegasElisabeth ShueAmazonSense and SensibilityEmma ThompsonAmazonThe Bridges of Madison CountyMeryl StreepAmazon

1995 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerBlue SkyJessica LangeJessica Lange stars in a period drama about a family moving to a military base, and she quickly becomes part of a cover-up involving nuclear bomb tests.Amazon1995 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesLittle WomenWinona RyderAmazonNellJodie FosterAmazonThe ClientSusan SarandonAmazonTom & VivMiranda RichardsonAmazon

1994 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe PianoHolly HunterIn the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.Amazon1994 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesShadowlandsDebra WingerAmazonSix Degrees of SeparationStockard ChanningAmazonThe Remains of the DayEmma ThompsonAmazonWhat's Love Got to Do with ItAngela BassettAmazon

1993 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerHowards EndEmma ThompsonA businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.Amazon1993 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesIndochineCatherine DeneuveAmazonLorenzo's OilSusan SarandonAmazonLove FieldMichelle PfeifferAmazonPassion FishMary McDonnellAmazon

1992 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe Silence of the LambsJodie FosterA 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 - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesFor the BoysBette MidlerAmazonRambling RoseLaura DernAmazonThelma & LouiseGeena DavisAmazonThelma & LouiseSusan SarandonAmazon

1991 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerMiseryKathy BatesAfter a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.Amazon1991 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesMr. & Mrs. BridgeJoanne WoodwardAmazonPostcards from the EdgeMeryl StreepAmazonPretty WomanJulia RobertsAmazonThe GriftersAnjelica HustonAmazon

1990 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerDriving Miss DaisyJessica TandyAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.Amazon1990 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesCamille ClaudelIsabelle AdjaniAmazonMusic BoxJessica LangeAmazonShirley ValentinePauline CollinsAmazonThe Fabulous Baker BoysMichelle PfeifferAmazon

1989 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role WinnerThe AccusedJodie FosterAfter a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.Amazon1989 Academy Awards - Actress in a Leading Role NomineesA Cry in the DarkMeryl StreepAmazonDangerous LiaisonsGlenn CloseAmazonGorillas in the MistSigourney WeaverAmazonWorking GirlMelanie GriffithAmazon