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.

Lost film The Way of All Flesh not included on list.

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  1. 46 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 65 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 73 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 49 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  5. 68 -

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 74 -

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 81 -

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 54 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  9. 58 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 31 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  11. 84 -

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 28 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  13. 76 -

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 36 -

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 33 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 77 -

    Mystic River

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 72 -

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 45 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 8 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 44 -

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 62 -

    Rain Man

    1988, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 50 -

    Network

    1976, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 85 -

    The Artist

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 56 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 26 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 38 -

    My Fair Lady

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 14 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  28. 25 -

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 19 -

    The Lost Weekend

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 82 -

    Milk

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 71 -

    As Good as It Gets

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 20 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  33. 75 -

    Training Day

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  34. 67 -

    Philadelphia

    1993, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 53 -

    Kramer vs. Kramer

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 89 -

    The Revenant

    2015, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 35 -

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 27 -

    Stalag 17

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 61 -

    Wall Street

    1987, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 41 -

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 80 -

    The Last King of Scotland

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  42. 87 -

    Dallas Buyers Club

    2013, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 79 -

    Capote

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 66 -

    Scent of a Woman

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 69 -

    Leaving Las Vegas

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 29 -

    Marty

    1955, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 40 -

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 78 -

    Ray

    2004, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 83 -

    Crazy Heart

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 22 -

    Hamlet

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
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