A Tribute to Film Posters

And the Oscar Goes to…

The movies introduced audiences to memorable characters and unforgettable performers. Here you will find a list of Oscar’s best actors and actresses (in a lead).

2006: Forest Whitaker -- The Last King of Scotland
Helen Mirren -- The Queen

2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Capote
Reese Witherspoon -- Walk the Line

2004: Jamie Foxx -- Ray
Hilary Swank -- Million Dollar Baby

2003: Sean Penn - Mystic River
Charlize Theron -- Monster

2002: Adrien Brody - The Pianist
Nicole Kidman - The Hours

2001: Denzel Washington - Training Day
Halle Berry - Monster's Ball

2000: Russell Crowe - Gladiator
Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich

1999: Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry

1998: Roberto Benigni - Life is Beautiful
Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love

1997: Jack Nicholson - As Good as it Gets
Helen Hunt - As Good as it Gets

1996: Geoffrey Rush - Shine
Frances McDormand - Fargo

1995: Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking

1994: Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
Jessica Lange - Blue Sky

1993: Tom Hanks - Philadelphia
Holly Hunter - The Piano

1992: Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman
Emma Thompson - Howards End

1991: Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs

1990: Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune
Kathy Bates - Misery

1989: Daniel Day Lewis - My Left Foot
Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy

1988: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
Jodie Foster - The Accused

1987: Michael Douglas - Wall Street
Cher - Moonstruck

1986: Paul Newman - The Color of Money
Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God

1985: William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman
Geraldine Page - The Trip to Bountiful

1984: F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
Sally Field - Places in the Heart

1983: Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment

1982: Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice

1981: Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond
Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond

1980: Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter

1979: Dustin Hoffman - Kramer VS Kramer
Sally Field - Norma Rae

1978: Jon Voight - Coming Home
Jane Fonda - Coming Home

1977: Richard Dreyfuss - The Goodbye Girl
Diane Keaton - Annie Hall

1976: Peter Finch - Network
Faye Dunaway - Network

1975: Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1974: Art Carney - Harry and Tonto
Ellen Burstyn - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1973: Jack Lemmon - Save the Tiger
Glenda Jackson - A Touch of Class

1972: Marlon Brando - The Godfather
Liza Minnelli - Cabaret

1971: Gene Hackman - The French Connection
Jane Fonda - Klute

1970: George C. Scott - Patton
Glenda Jackson - Women in Love

1969: John Wayne - True Grit
Maggie Smith - The Prime of Jean Brodie

1968: Cliff Robertson - Charly
Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl

1967: Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night
Katharine Hepburn - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1966: Paul Scofield - A Man for all Seasons
Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1965: Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou
Julie Christie - Darling

1964: Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady
Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins

1963: Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field
Patricia Neal - Hud

1962: Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird
Anne Bancroft - The Miracle Worker

1961: Maximilian Schell - Judgement at Nuremburg
Sophia Loren - Two Women

1960: Burt Lancaster - Elmer Gantry
Elizabeth Taylor - Butterfield 8

1959: Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur
Simone Signoret – Room at the Top

1958: David Niven – Separate Tables
Susan Hayward – I Want to Live!

1957: Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai
Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve

1956: Yul Brynner – The King and I
Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia

1955: Ernest Borgnine – Marty
Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo

1954: Marlon Brando – On the Waterfront
Grace Kelly – The Country Girl

1953: William Holden – Stalag 17
Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday

1952: Gary Cooper – High Noon
Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba

1951: Humphrey Bogart – The African Queen
Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire

1950: Jose Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac
Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday

 

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