Oscar for Best Actor Films

Name the films in which these actors won their Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Year = year that the films were released
As an additional bonus, I have given the actor's names.
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Year
Actor
Movie
2023
Cillian Murphy
Oppenheimer
2022
Brendan Fraser
The Whale
2021
Will Smith
King Richard
2020
Anthony Hopkins
The Father
2019
Joaquin Phoenix
Joker
2018
Rami Malek
Bohemian Rhapsody
2017
Gary Oldman
Darkest Hour
2016
Casey Affleck
Manchester by the Sea
2015
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant
2014
Eddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything
2013
Matthew McConaughey
Dallas Buyers Club
2012
Daniel Day-Lewis
Lincoln
2011
Jean Dujardin
The Artist
2010
Colin Firth
The King's Speech
2009
Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart
2008
Sean Penn
Milk
2007
Daniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood
2006
Forest Whitaker
The Last King of Scotland
2005
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Capote
2004
Jamie Foxx
Ray
2003
Sean Penn
Mystic River
2002
Adrian Brody
The Pianist
2001
Denzel Washington
Training Day
2000
Russell Crowe
Gladiator
1999
Kevin Spacey
American Beauty
1998
Roberto Benigni
Life is Beautiful
1997
Jack Nicholson
As Good as it Gets
1996
Geoffrey Rush
Shine
1995
Nicholas Cage
Leaving Las Vegas
1994
Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump
1993
Tom Hanks
Philadelphia
1992
Al Pacino
Scent of a Woman
1991
Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs
1990
Jeremy Irons
Reversal of Fortune
1989
Daniel Day-Lewis
My Left Foot
1988
Dustin Hoffman
Rain Man
1987
Michael Douglas
Wall Street
1986
Paul Newman
The Color of Money
1985
William Hurt
The Kiss of the Spider Woman
1984
F. Murray Abraham
Amadeus
1983
Robert Duvall
Tender Mercies
1982
Ben Kingsley
Gandhi
1981
Henry Fonda
On Golden Pond
1980
Robert DeNiro
Raging Bull
1979
Dustin Hoffman
Kramer vs. Kramer
1978
Jon Voight
Coming Home
1977
Richard Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl
1976
Peter Finch
Network
1975
Jack Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1974
Art Carney
Harry and Tonto
1973
Jack Lemmon
Save the Tiger
1972
Marlon Brando
The Godfather
1971
Gene Hackman
The French Connection
1970
George C. Scott
Patton
1969
John Wayne
True Grit
1968
Cliff Robertson
Charly
1967
Rod Steiger
In the Heat of the Night
1966
Paul Scofield
A Man for All Seasons
1965
Lee Marvin
Cat Ballou
1964
Rex Harrison
My Fair Lady
1963
Sidney Poitier
Lilies of the Field
1962
Gregory Peck
To Kill a Mockingbird
1961
Maximillian Schell
Judgment at Nuremberg
1960
Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
1959
Charlton Heston
Ben-Hur
1958
David Niven
Separate Tables
1957
Alec Guinness
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956
Yul Brynner
The King and I
1955
Ernest Borgnine
Marty
1954
Marlon Brando
On the Waterfront
1953
William Holden
Stalag 17
1952
Gary Cooper
High Noon
1951
Humphrey Bogart
The African Queen
1950
José Ferrer
Cyrano de Bergerac
1949
Broderick Crawford
All the King's Men
1948
Laurence Olivier
Hamlet
1947
Ronald Colman
A Double Life
1946
Frederic March
The Best Years of Our Lives
1945
Ray Milland
The Lost Weekend
1944
Bing Crosby
Going My Way
1943
Paul Lukas
Watch on the Rhine
1942
James Cagney
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1941
Gary Cooper
Sergeant York
1940
James Stewart
The Philadelphia Story
1939
Robert Donat
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1938
Spencer Tracy
Boys Town
1937
Spencer Tracy
Captains Courageous
1936
Paul Muni
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1935
Victor McLaglen
The Informer
1934
Clark Gable
It Happened One Night
1933
Charles Laughton
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1932
Wallace Beery
The Champ
1932
Frederic March
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931
Lionel Barrymore
A Free Soul
1930
George Arliss
Disraeli
1929
Warner Baxter
In Old Arizona
1928
Emil Jannnings
The Last Command
1927
Emil Jannnings
The Way of All Flesh
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Level 62
Jun 9, 2021
Surprisingly hard - forgot some movies that I've seen! And I can't believe I noticed only one Tom Hanks - of course I would have known Forrest Gump too!
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Level 93
Jun 9, 2021
In your defense, when you scroll down it blurs both 'Tom Hanks' boxes together. Glad you enjoyed it and found it challenging!
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Level 62
Jun 10, 2021
Thanks, that actually makes me feel better! :)