Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

2012 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe DescendantsGeorge ClooneyA land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.Amazon2012 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesJ. EdgarLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonMoneyballBrad PittAmazonShameMichael FassbenderAmazonThe Ides of MarchRyan GoslingAmazon

2013 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 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 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesArbitrageRichard GereAmazonFlightDenzel WashingtonAmazonThe MasterJoaquin PhoenixAmazonThe SessionsJohn HawkesAmazon

2014 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 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 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nominees12 Years a SlaveChiwetel EjioforAmazonAll Is LostRobert RedfordAmazonCaptain PhillipsTom HanksAmazonMandela: Long Walk to FreedomIdris ElbaAmazon

2015 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe Theory of EverythingEddie RedmayneA look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.Amazon2015 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesFoxcatcherSteve CarellAmazonNightcrawlerJake GyllenhaalAmazonSelmaDavid OyelowoAmazonThe Imitation GameBenedict CumberbatchAmazon

2016 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 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 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesConcussionWill SmithAmazonSteve JobsMichael FassbenderAmazonThe Danish GirlEddie RedmayneAmazonTrumboBryan CranstonAmazon

2017 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerManchester by the SeaCasey AffleckA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.Amazon2017 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesCaptain FantasticViggo MortensenAmazonFencesDenzel WashingtonAmazonHacksaw RidgeAndrew GarfieldAmazonLovingJoel EdgertonAmazon

2018 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 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 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesCall Me by Your NameTimothée ChalametAmazonPhantom ThreadDaniel Day-LewisAmazonRoman J. Israel, Esq.Denzel WashingtonAmazonThe PostTom HanksAmazon

2019 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerBohemian RhapsodyRami MalekThe story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).Amazon2019 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesA Star Is BornBradley CooperAmazonAt Eternity's GateWillem DafoeAmazonBlacKkKlansmanJohn David WashingtonAmazonBoy ErasedLucas HedgesAmazon

1992 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe Prince of TidesNick NolteA troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.Amazon1992 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesBugsyWarren BeattyAmazonCape FearRobert De NiroAmazonJFKKevin CostnerAmazonThe Silence of the LambsAnthony HopkinsAmazon

1983 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 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 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAn Officer and a GentlemanRichard GereAmazonMissingJack LemmonAmazonShoot the MoonAlbert FinneyAmazonThe VerdictPaul NewmanAmazon