Oscar Best Actors Quiz

How the heck does Forest Whitaker keep getting into films? He's awful!

Really? I like him. I'd ask the same thing about Nicholas Cage. He gets more work than Whitaker does.

Can't even compare Cage and Whitaker. Cage is terrible

Right, and I wouldn't, except to contrast Oz's opinion for Whitaker with an actor who actually deserves it.

Cage was actually pretty good back in the day. Then I think he kinda fell apart with some of his later films like Ghost Rider, Knowing, The Wicker Man, Left Behind, etc.

Have you seen Cage in Raising Arizona, Red Rock West, Leaving Las Vegas, Bringing out the Dead, Adaptation, Lord of War, and Herzog's Bad Lieutenant? He makes many crap movies to pay for his debts, but he often teamed up with great directors in the past, and delivered good performances.

Cage is good in roles in which his weirdness is a strength rather than a weakness. He cannot control himself, so when he has to display the kind of inner tension that is common in (and crucial to) most dramas, he becomes a joke. But certain roles -- Raising Arizona, Leaving Las Vegas, Bad Lieutenant, Adaptation -- play to his nature, and then he's good. And another thing, the guy never mails it in. He treats every scene like it's life-and-death, which is definitely a huge part of the problem with him, but his terribleness is not for lack of effort.

Good observation, jmellor. I loved Cage in Raising Arizona. I think that's the only thing I've really loved him in. But he was pretty good in Adaptation and Matchstick Men, too.

I always saw cage as someone who just never said no to a roll. they just keep offering him movies and he's like O.K cool more money

Moonstruck is one of my favorites movies and I've seen it many times, but I'm still not sure whether I like Cage's performance or not. There's something really weird about him, yet something a little compelling too. At least he got Loretta away from his dull brother Johnny. (RIP Danny Aiello.)

I really hate Nicolas Cage. Not just the actor, and not even just the person, but the idea. Every time I see a picture of his face I want to destroy it and rage. Every time I think about him I think about how I vehemently hate him. I hate his awful monotone expression that makes him look like the worst person ever, which is what he is.

He was fantastic in The Shield, and I heard he should be brilliant in The Last King of Scotland.

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This quiz was way more fun than the other oscar quizzes, but I don't know why...

QM: You couldn't find a picture of Daniel Day-Lewis?

Can you accept any random combination of letters with an m, a c, an n, and a y in it for Mcgaughnahey?

I always just play it safe and go with mconahay. That works

Most typically you go by the year of the movie, not by the year of the ceremony. Therefore, the Best Actor of 2014 is Eddie Redmayne. Adjust the years and I'll like the quiz.

Yeah, that was confusing.

I somehow find that hard to believe, but if you say it's true then it probably is...

Wow.. some extorsion going on here...

This is not like googleplay or something. Do this or that and I ll give 5 stars. The quizmakers dont make money of the quizzes so you have nothing to bargain with.

not that i think the commentwriters on google play have the power they think they have. DO THIS OR THAT OR I WILL STOP PLAYING. You think they care? Sorry to rant haha, but some people truely think the rest of the world is there to cater to them, and actually believe others will do as they say (not as much about this comment anymore btw)

Leonardo DiCaprio will never win an Oscar.

he did!

My wry Irish humour. Or doing a bit of fishing, I don't know, you choose. Either way yes you're right I was aware he had just won one!

I thought he deserved it - brutal movie but he was great.

Rod Steiger got credit for the lead of In The Heat of the Night? Seriously? That is 100% Sidney Poitier's movie.

79 films in this quiz and I've only seen 16 of them. Not good.

It's criminal that Morgan Freeman has never won best actor.

At least he won a Best Supporting for Million Dollar Baby.

And Freeman was up against Tom Hanks in '94.....Tom Hanks was good in FG but Morgan Freeman OWNED Shawshank!!

wtf are you talking about?

I'd rather put Denzel Washington (Malcolm X) or Harvey Keitel (Bad Lieutenant) over Pacino.

I bet you Leo's probably gone over to Anthony Hopkins' house and stolen one of his Oscars

If that were true, then Hopkins would be Oscar-less and Leo would have two.

How did Orson Welles never win best actor for Citizen Kane? I used to think Matthew Maconaughey couldn't act until I saw him in True Detective. I'll have to see Dallas Buyers Club. Haven't seen it yet.

Same reason it didn't win Best Picture, or any of its nine nominations other than Best Writing: because William Randolph Hearst, upon whose life Kane was largely inspired, did his best to destroy the film in any way he could.

I realize I'm committing movie sacrilege here since it's supposed to be the greatest film ever made - and I am not trolling - but I did not like Citizen Kane. I had to force myself to watch the whole thing. Maybe someone can explain to me what I'm missing that made it so great. I guess I'm just a Casablanca kind of girl.

I think the reason Citizen Kane is held in such high regard is because it did a lot of things that were considered brand new for the time. There are things like low-angle shots, dissolves, non-linear storytelling, people talking over another, newsreel/documentary footage providing exposition, etc.

Of course, Welles wasn’t the first person to use these techniques but he used so many of them and used them effectively. You can tell a lot about what’s going on in just one shot. Also, not super important but a lot of the actors in the film, including Welles himself, were either brand new or had little experience with acting, and a lot of the performances are amazing.

Compare this movie to other films of the time, where they felt more like plays than cinema. Citizen Kane practically changed the way films would be made and was more groundbreaking than movies like Jurassic Park or The Matrix or Avatar.

Wow, you & me both, ander217!!! I forced myself to watch it too, because it was "Citizen Kane". Afterward, I couldn't figure out what I'd missed that made it so fantabulous. And I will never get tired of watching "Casablanca".

I echo Jack's sentiment. It has everything to do with what the film meant at the time, and little to do with how the film reads now. If you look on AFI's "Greatest Films" list, you'll also see Toy Story, which, although a great movie, is really just on the list because it was the first fully computer-animated movie. Obviously pretty much everything is computer-animated now, but that movie was mind-blowing when it came out. Casablanca and the Godfather are much better films to watch and enjoy.

It might be nice to show your highscore on a quiz while you are taking it. So you know if you are remembering any new ones that round around. For these long ones at least.

If you want another challenge, try to name every actor who was nominated for a Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

Woah you changed the picture!

Just managed to get them all with 13 seconds remaining at 7:00:14 PM on March 5, 2019.

Congratulations to Joaquin Phoenix. So deserved and great speech.

Yep, really edgy and committed of him to only have a single tux for all of his awards shows. If only we could all be so brave...

I'm so brave that I don't even own a tux.

I'm really praying that Boseman is added tomorrow night!

Yeah, about that...

Honestly though I'm kind of surprised they didn't give it to him. I think nearly everyone expected him to win.

As good as Boseman was, Hopkins's performance was much stronger and was my personal favorite.

Same, but at the same time it kinda sucks that they passed over their last chance to award Boseman. But if I were voting for the award, I'd agree that Hopkins would have my vote. Strongest performance in the category in a long time.

It obviously does, since the guy who gave the best performance won, even though all the "non-performance" factors were working against him.

Best quizz ever !!!!!!!!!!