Academy Awards

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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