Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

1994 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 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 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesIn the Name of the FatherDaniel Day-LewisAmazonSchindler's ListLiam NeesonAmazonThe FugitiveHarrison FordAmazonThe Remains of the DayAnthony HopkinsAmazon

1995 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 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 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesLegends of the FallBrad PittAmazonNobody's FoolPaul NewmanAmazonPulp FictionJohn TravoltaAmazonThe Shawshank RedemptionMorgan FreemanAmazon

1996 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 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 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesDead Man WalkingSean PennAmazonMr. Holland's OpusRichard DreyfussAmazonNixonAnthony HopkinsAmazonRichard IIIIan McKellenAmazon

1997 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 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 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesMichael CollinsLiam NeesonAmazonRansomMel GibsonAmazonThe English PatientRalph FiennesAmazonThe People vs. Larry FlyntWoody HarrelsonAmazon

1998 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerUlee's GoldPeter FondaA reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts.Amazon1998 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAmistadDjimon HounsouAmazonGood Will HuntingMatt DamonAmazonThe BoxerDaniel Day-LewisAmazonTitanicLeonardo DiCaprioAmazon

1999 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe Truman ShowJim CarreyAn insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.Amazon1999 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAfflictionNick NolteAmazonGods and MonstersIan McKellenAmazonSaving Private RyanTom HanksAmazonWildeStephen FryAmazon

2000 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe HurricaneDenzel WashingtonThe story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.Amazon2000 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAmerican BeautyKevin SpaceyAmazonThe InsiderRussell CroweAmazonThe Straight StoryRichard FarnsworthAmazonThe Talented Mr. RipleyMatt DamonAmazon