This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.
Source: https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X
Source:
Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed
Years after 2018 come from NYT website.
work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.
#BEST ACTOR & CORRESPONDING MOVIE BY YEAR
Actors only show up next to their first movie until Trakt allows the same item multiple times on a list
Winners and nominees (Winners first)
1927/28: 1, 2, 3
1928/29: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
1929/30: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
1930/31: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
1931/32: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
1932/33: 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
1934: 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
1935: 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60
1936: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70
1937: 71 ,72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80
1938:
81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90
1939:
91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
1940:
101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110
1941:
111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120
1942:
121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130
1943:
131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140
1944:
141, 142, 143, 144, 145
1945:
146, 147, 148, 149, 150
1946:
151, 152, 153, 154, 155
1947:
156, 157, 158, 159, 160
1948:
161, 162, 163, 164, 165
1949:
166, 167, 168, 169, 170
1950:
171, 172, 173, 174, 175
1951:
176, 177, 178, 179, 180
1952:
181, 182, 183, 184, 185
1953:
186, 187, 188, 189, 190
1954:
191, 192, 193, 194, 195
1955:
196, 197, 198, 199, 200
1956: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205
1957:
206, 207, 208, 209, 210
1958:
211, 212, 213, 214, 215
1959:
216, 217, 218, 219, 220
1960:
221, 222, 223, 224, 225
1961:
226, 227, 228, 229, 230
1962:
231, 232, 233 ,234, 235
1963:
236, 237, 238, 239, 240
1964:
241, 242, 243, 244, 245
1965:
246, 247, 248, 249, 250
1966:
251, 252, 253, 254, 255
1967:
256, 257, 258, 259, 260
1968:
261, 262, 263, 264, 265
1969:
266, 267, 268, 269, 270
1970:
271, 272, 273, 274, 275
1971:
276, 277, 278, 279, 280
1972:
281, 282, 283, 284, 285
1973:
286, 287, 288, 289, 290
1974:
291, 292, 293, 294, 295
1975:
296, 297, 298, 299, 300
1976:
301, 302, 303, 304, 305
1977:
306 ,307, 308, 309, 310
1978:
311, 312, 313, 314, 315
1979:
316, 317, 318, 319, 320
1980:
321, 322, 323, 324, 325
1981:
326, 327, 328, 329, 330
1982:
331, 332, 333, 334, 335
1983:
336, 337, 338, 339, 340
1984:
341, 342, 343, 344, 345
1985:
346, 347, 348, 349, 350
1986:
351, 352, 353, 354, 355
1987:
356, 357, 358, 359, 360
1988:
361, 362, 363, 364, 365
1989:
366, 367, 368, 369, 370
1990:
371, 372, 373, 374, 375
1991:
376, 377, 378, 379, 380
1992:
381, 382, 383, 384, 385
1993:
386, 387, 388, 389, 390
1994:
391, 392, 393, 394, 395
1995:
396, 397, 398, 399, 400
1996:
401, 402, 403, 404, 405
1997:
406, 407, 408, 409, 410
1998:
411, 412, 413, 414, 415
1999:
416, 417, 418, 419, 420
2000:
421, 422, 423, 424, 425
2001:
426, 427, 428, 429, 430
2002: 431, 432, 433, 434, 435
2003:
436, 437, 438, 439, 440
2004:
442, 442, 443, 444, 445
2005: 446, 447, 448, 449, 450
2006:
451, 452, 453, 454, 455
2007:
456, 457, 458, 459, 460
2008:
461, 462, 463, 464, 465
2009:
466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475
2010:
476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485
2011:
486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494
2012:
495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503
2013:
504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512
2014:
513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520
2015: 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528
2016:
529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537
2017:
538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546
2018:
547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554
2019:
555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563
2020/21: 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571
2022: 573, 572, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581
2023: 586, 582, 583, 584, 585, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591
2024: 598, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601
List of movies that won the Academy Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a leading role (1929 to present) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
all the academy awards nominees for best picture since 1927
Todo el mejor cine de la historia
List of nominees and Winners
PAUL LUKAS "Watch on the Rhine" - WINNER
HUMPHREY BOGART "Casablanca"
GARY COOPER "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
WALTER PIDGEON "Madame Curie"
MICKEY ROONEY "The Human Comedy"
CHARLES COBURN "The More the Merrier" - WINNER
CHARLES BICKFORD "The Song of Bernadette"
J. CARROL NAISH "Sahara"
CLAUDE RAINS "Casablanca"
AKIM TAMIROFF "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
JENNIFER JONES "The Song of Bernadette" - WINNER
JEAN ARTHUR "The More the Merrier"
INGRID BERGMAN "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
JOAN FONTAINE "The Constant Nymph"
GREER GARSON "Madame Curie"
KATINA PAXINOU "For Whom the Bell Tolls" - WINNER
GLADYS COOPER "The Song of Bernadette"
PAULETTE GODDARD "So Proudly We Hail!"
ANNE REVERE "The Song of Bernadette"
LUCILE WATSON "Watch on the Rhine"
"THE SONG OF BERNADETTE" Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little - WINNER
"FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO" Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Bertram Granger
"FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM" Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller
"MADAME CURIE" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
"MISSION TO MOSCOW" Art Direction: Carl Weyl; Interior Decoration: George J. Hopkins
"THE NORTH STAR" Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb - WINNER
"FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS" Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Haldane Douglas; Interior Decoration: Bertram Granger
"THE GANG'S ALL HERE" Art Direction: James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
"THIS IS THE ARMY" Art Direction: John Hughes, Lt. John Koenig; Interior Decoration: George J. Hopkins
"THOUSANDS CHEER" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jacques Mersereau
"THE SONG OF BERNADETTE" Arthur Miller - WINNER
"AIR FORCE" James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer, Charles Marshall
"CASABLANCA" Arthur Edeson
"CORVETTE K-225" Tony Gaudio
"FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO" John Seitz
"THE HUMAN COMEDY" Harry Stradling
"MADAME CURIE" Joseph Ruttenberg
"THE NORTH STAR" James Wong Howe
"SAHARA" Sahara
"SO PROUDLY WE HAIL!" Charles Lang
"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene - WINNER
"FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS" Ray Rennahan
"HEAVEN CAN WAIT" Edward Cronjager
"HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO" Charles G. Clarke, Allen Davey
"LASSIE COME HOME" Leonard Smith
"THOUSANDS CHEER" George Folsey
"CASABLANCA" Michael Curtiz - WINNER
"HEAVEN CAN WAIT" Ernst Lubitsch
"THE HUMAN COMEDY" Clarence Brown
"THE MORE THE MERRIER" George Stevens
"THE SONG OF BERNADETTE" Henry King
"DESERT VICTORY" British Ministry of Information - WINNER
"BAPTISM OF FIRE" United States Army
"THE BATTLE OF RUSSIA" United States Department of War Special Service Division
"REPORT FROM THE ALEUTIANS" United States Army Pictorial Service
"WAR DEPARTMENT REPORT" United States Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau
"DECEMBER 7TH" United States Navy - WINNER
"CHILDREN OF MARS" RKO Radio
"PLAN FOR DESTRUCTION" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"SWEDES IN AMERICA" United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
"TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES" Walter Wanger, Producer
"TOMORROW WE FLY" United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
"YOUTH IN CRISIS" The March of Time
"AIR FORCE" George Amy - WINNER
"CASABLANCA" Owen Marks
"FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO" Doane Harrison
"FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS" Sherman Todd, John Link
"THE SONG OF BERNADETTE" Barbara McLean
Hal B. Wallis - WINNER
"THE SONG OF BERNADETTE" Alfred Newman - WINNER
"THE AMAZING MRS. HOLLIDAY" Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
"CASABLANCA" Max Steiner
"COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN" Morris Stoloff, Louis Gruenberg
"THE FALLEN SPARROW" Roy Webb, C. Bakaleinikoff
"FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS" Victor Young
"HANGMEN ALSO DIE" Hanns Eisler
"HI DIDDLE DIDDLE" Phil Boutelje
"IN OLD OKLAHOMA" Walter Scharf
"JOHNNY COME LATELY" Leigh Harline
"THE KANSAN" Gerard Carbonara
"LADY OF BURLESQUE" Arthur Lange
"MADAME CURIE" Herbert Stothart
"THE MOON AND SIXPENCE" Dimitri Tiomkin
"THE NORTH STAR" Aaron Copland
"VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER" Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, Oliver G. Wallace
"THIS IS THE ARMY" Ray Heindorf - WINNER
"CONEY ISLAND" Alfred Newman
"HIT PARADE OF 1943" Walter Scharf
"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" Edward Ward
"SALUDOS AMIGOS" Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith
"THE SKY'S THE LIMIT" Leigh Harline
"SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT" Morris Stoloff
"STAGE DOOR CANTEEN" Frederic E. Rich
"STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM" Robert Emmett Dolan
"THOUSANDS CHEER" Herbert Stothart
"You'll Never Know" in "Hello, Frisco, Hello" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon - WINNER
"A Change Of Heart" in "Hit Parade of 1943" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
"Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe" in "Cabin in the Sky" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
"My Shining Hour" in "The Sky's the Limit" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"Saludos Amigos" in "Saludos Amigos" Music by Charles Wolcott; Lyrics by Ned Washington
"Say A Pray'r For The Boys Over There" in "Hers to Hold" Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Herb Magidson
"That Old Black Magic" in "Star Spangled Rhythm" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"They're Either Too Young Or Too Old" in "Thank Your Lucky Stars" Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
"We Mustn't Say Goodbye" in "Stage Door Canteen" Music by James Monaco; Lyrics by Al Dubin
"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" in "Something to Shout About" Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
"CASABLANCA" Warner Bros. - WINNER
"FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS" Paramount
"HEAVEN CAN WAIT" 20th Century-Fox
"THE HUMAN COMEDY" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"IN WHICH WE SERVE" Two Cities
"MADAME CURIE" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"THE MORE THE MERRIER" Columbia
"THE OX-BOW INCIDENT" 20th Century-Fox
"THE SONG OF BERNADETTE" 20th Century-Fox
"WATCH ON THE RHINE" Warner Bros.
"YANKEE DOODLE MOUSE" Frederick Quimby, Producer - WINNER
"THE DIZZY ACROBAT" Walter Lantz, Producer
"THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS" George Pal, Producer
"GREETINGS BAIT!" Leon Schlesinger, Producer
"IMAGINATION" Dave Fleischer, Producer
"REASON AND EMOTION" Walt Disney, Producer
"AMPHIBIOUS FIGHTERS" Grantland Rice, Producer - WINNER
"CAVALCADE OF DANCE WITH VELOZ AND YOLANDA" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
"CHAMPIONS CARRY ON" Edmund Reek, Producer
"HOLLYWOOD IN UNIFORM" Ralph Staub, Producer
"SEEING HANDS" Pete Smith, Producer
"HEAVENLY MUSIC" Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow, Producers - WINNER
"LETTER TO A HERO" Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer
"MARDI GRAS" Walter MacEwen, Producer
"WOMEN AT WAR" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
"THIS LAND IS MINE" RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director - WINNER
"HANGMEN ALSO DIE" Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
"IN OLD OKLAHOMA" Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
"MADAME CURIE" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
"THE NORTH STAR" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
"RIDING HIGH" Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
"SAHARA" Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
"SALUDOS AMIGOS" Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director
"SO THIS IS WASHINGTON" RCA Sound, J. L. Fields, Sound Director
"THE SONG OF BERNADETTE" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
"THIS IS THE ARMY" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
"CRASH DIVE" Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman - WINNER
"AIR FORCE" Photographic Effects by Hans Koenekamp, Rex Wimpy; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
"BOMBARDIER" Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart, Roy Granville
"THE NORTH STAR" Photographic Effects by Clarence Slifer, R. O. Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
"SO PROUDLY WE HAIL!" Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart; Sound Effects by George Dutton
"STAND BY FOR ACTION" Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus; Sound Effects by Michael Steinore
"THE HUMAN COMEDY" William Saroyan - WINNER
"ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC" Guy Gilpatric
"DESTINATION TOKYO" Steve Fisher
"THE MORE THE MERRIER" Robert Russell, Frank Ross
"SHADOW OF A DOUBT" Gordon McDonell
"PRINCESS O'ROURKE" Norman Krasna - WINNER
"AIR FORCE" Dudley Nichols
"IN WHICH WE SERVE" Noel Coward
"THE NORTH STAR" Lillian Hellman
"SO PROUDLY WE HAIL!" Allan Scott
"CASABLANCA" Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch - WINNER
"HOLY MATRIMONY" Nunnally Johnson
"THE MORE THE MERRIER" Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster
"THE SONG OF BERNADETTE" George Seaton
"WATCH ON THE RHINE" Dashiell Hammett
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In his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Danny Peary provides short reviews for over 1600 “Must See” films.
104 movies missing. Imported from external source.
This list is drawn from the second edition of "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" (St. Martin's Griffin, $24.95), edited by Peter M. Nichols and published in 2004. For additional information about the list, read Peter M. Nichols's preface, or A. O. Scott's introduction.
This list is drawn from the second edition of "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made", published in 2004. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times in a time period of over seven decades. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.
This list contains all movies that have been nominated for Best Picture in the Academy Awards.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture#Winners_and_nominees
PART 2 (1947-1964)
PART 3 (1965-1984)
PART 4 (1985-2002)
PART 5 (2003-2019)
PART 6 (2020-2024)
1-10 — 1929 Winners
11-25 — 1929 Nominees
26-23 — 1930 Winners
24-52 — 1930 Nominees
53-58 — 1930 Winners
59-78 — 1930 Nominees
79-84 — 1931 Winners
85-100 — 1931 Nominees
101-110 — 1932 Winners
111-126 — 1932 Nominees
127-135 — 1934 Winners
136-154 — 1934 Nominees
155-165 — 1935 Winners
166-186 — 1935 Nominees
187-199 — 1936 Winners
200-231 — 1936 Nominees
232-244 — 1937 Winners
245-283 — 1937 Nominees
284-298 — 1938 Winners
299-339 — 1938 Nominees
340-352 — 1939 Winners
353-396 — 1939 Nominees
397-407 — 1940 Winners
408-446 — 1940 Nominees
447-462 — 1941 Winners
463-515 — 1941 Nominees
516-532 — 1942 Winners
533-612 — 1942 Nominees
613-631 — 1943 Winners
632-708 — 1943 Nominees
709-726 — 1944 Winners
727-792 — 1944 Nominees
793-805 — 1945 Winners
806-877 — 1945 Nominees
878-897 — 1946 Winners
898-961 — 1946 Nominees
This is a list of all winners of the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Movie - Drama since 1943.
The New York Times's Book of Movies
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