Academy Award Best Actor

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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.

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  1. 33 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  2. 56 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
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    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 46 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
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    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 20 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
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    My Fair Lady

    1964, in 18 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 24 top lists Check
  10. 81 -

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 89 -

    The Revenant

    2015, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 66 -

    Scent of a Woman

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 74 -

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
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    Hamlet

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 78 -

    Ray

    2004, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 86 -

    Lincoln

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 76 -

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
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    Elmer Gantry

    1960, in 6 top lists Check
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    King Richard

    2021, in 3 top lists
    Check
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    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
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    As Good as It Gets

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 77 -

    Mystic River

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 90 -

    Manchester by the Sea

    2016, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 92 -

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    2018, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 15 -

    Sergeant York

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 30 -

    The King and I

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 49 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  28. 62 -

    Rain Man

    1988, in 14 top lists Check
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    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
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    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 82 -

    Milk

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 43 -

    True Grit

    1969, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 52 -

    Coming Home

    1978, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 18 -

    Going My Way

    1944, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 61 -

    Wall Street

    1987, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 16 -

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    1942, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 91 -

    Darkest Hour

    2017, in 1 top list
    Check
  38. 67 -

    Philadelphia

    1993, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 80 -

    The Last King of Scotland

    2006, in 1 top list Check
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    The Theory of Everything

    2014, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 73 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 93 -

    Joker

    2019, in 13 top lists
    Check
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    Training Day

    2001, in 1 top list Check
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    Network

    1976, in 14 top lists Check
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    Kiss of the Spider Woman

    1985, in 5 top lists Check
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    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
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    Stalag 17

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Color of Money

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 84 -

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
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