Academy Awards

2009 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerMilkSean PennThe story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.Amazon2009 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesFrost/NixonFrank LangellaAmazonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonBrad PittAmazonThe VisitorRichard JenkinsAmazonThe WrestlerMickey RourkeAmazon

2011 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe King's SpeechColin FirthThe story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.Amazon2011 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role Nominees127 HoursJames FrancoAmazonBiutifulJavier BardemAmazonThe Social NetworkJesse EisenbergAmazonTrue GritJeff BridgesAmazon

2012 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe ArtistJean DujardinAn egomaniacal film star develops a relationship with a young dancer against the backdrop of Hollywood's silent era.Amazon2012 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesA Better LifeDemián BichirAmazonMoneyballBrad PittAmazonThe DescendantsGeorge ClooneyAmazonTinker Tailor Soldier SpyGary OldmanAmazon

2013 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerLincolnDaniel Day-LewisAs the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.Amazon2013 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesFlightDenzel WashingtonAmazonLes MisérablesHugh JackmanAmazonSilver Linings PlaybookBradley CooperAmazonThe MasterJoaquin PhoenixAmazon

2014 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerDallas Buyers ClubMatthew McConaugheyIn 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.Amazon2014 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role Nominees12 Years a SlaveChiwetel EjioforAmazonAmerican HustleChristian BaleAmazonNebraskaBruce DernAmazonThe Wolf of Wall StreetLeonardo DiCaprioAmazon

2015 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe Theory of EverythingEddie RedmayneA look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.Amazon2015 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesAmerican SniperBradley CooperAmazonBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Michael KeatonAmazonFoxcatcherSteve CarellAmazonThe Imitation GameBenedict CumberbatchAmazon

2016 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerThe RevenantLeonardo DiCaprioA frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.Amazon2016 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesSteve JobsMichael FassbenderAmazonThe Danish GirlEddie RedmayneAmazonThe MartianMatt DamonAmazonTrumboBryan CranstonAmazon

2017 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerManchester by the SeaCasey AffleckA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.Amazon2017 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesCaptain FantasticViggo MortensenAmazonFencesDenzel WashingtonAmazonHacksaw RidgeAndrew GarfieldAmazonLa La LandRyan GoslingAmazon

2018 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role WinnerDarkest HourGary OldmanIn May 1940, the fate of Western Europe hangs on British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean a humiliating defeat for Britain and its empire.Amazon2018 Academy Awards - Actor in a Leading Role NomineesCall Me by Your NameTimothée ChalametAmazonGet OutDaniel KaluuyaAmazonPhantom ThreadDaniel Day-LewisAmazonRoman J. Israel, Esq.Denzel WashingtonAmazon