Academy Award Acting Winners
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Since the very first Oscar ceremony in 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has honored the year’s most outstanding performance by an actor in a leading role and most outstanding performance by an actress in a leading role.
Beginning in 1936 the Academy has honored the year’s most outstanding performance by an actor in a supporting role and most outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role.
This list includes all the movies that won at least one of its actors or actresses an Academy Award for their performance in that film.
Note that in the first year of the Oscars, 1927-1928, actors and actresses were able to be nominated and win for more than one film. Emil Jannings won the Best Actor award for both "The Last Command" and "The Way of All Flesh"; the latter film is considered lost so it is not included on this list. Janet Gaynor won for her performances in three films: "7th Heaven", "Street Angel" and "Sunrise".
Also, there have been two occurrences of more than one winner in the same acting category. In 1931-32, there was a technical tie in the Best Actor category resulting in wins for both Wallace Berry in "The Champ" and Fredric March in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". In 1968 there was a tie in the Best Actress category, with both Katharine Hepburn in "The Lion in Winter" and Barbra Streisand in "Funny Girl" named winners.
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Gone with the Wind
1939, in 31 top lists Check -
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Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
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Ryan's Daughter
1970, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
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Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
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Reds
1981, in 9 top lists Check -
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Gandhi
1982, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Diary of Anne Frank
1959, in 3 top lists Check -
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Judgment at Nuremberg
1961, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Great Ziegfeld
1936, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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Patton
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Aviator
2004, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 top lists Check -
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943, in 3 top lists Check -
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My Fair Lady
1964, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Big Country
1958, in 6 top lists Check -
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Boyhood
2014, in 16 top lists Check -
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Django Unchained
2012, in 12 top lists Check -
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A Passage to India
1984, in 5 top lists Check -
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The English Patient
1996, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
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Amadeus
1984, in 23 top lists Check -
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Les Misérables
2012, in 5 top lists Check -
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There Will Be Blood
2007, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Revenant
2015, in 11 top lists Check -
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Scent of a Woman
1992, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Song of Bernadette
1943, in 4 top lists Check -
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Gladiator
2000, in 25 top lists Check -
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Cold Mountain
2003, in 1 top list Check -
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Hamlet
1948, in 10 top lists Check -
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Inglourious Basterds
2009, in 17 top lists Check -
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West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
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Ray
2004, in 3 top lists Check -
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Funny Girl
1968, in 7 top lists Check -
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Lincoln
2012, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Pianist
2002, in 21 top lists Check -
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Sophie's Choice
1982, in 3 top lists Check -
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Sayonara
1957, in 2 top lists Check -
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Traffic
2000, in 7 top lists Check -
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Elmer Gantry
1960, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Help
2011, in 6 top lists Check -
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Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Razor's Edge
1946, in 1 top list Check -
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Alexis Zorbas
1964 — a.k.a. Zorba the Greek, in 3 top lists Check -
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Bridge of Spies
2015, in 1 top list Check -
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Forrest Gump
1994, in 25 top lists Check -
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Howards End
1992, in 9 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 13, 2023 by MovieDearest; source