List of European Academy Award winners and nominees
This is a list of European Academy Award winners and nominees, which includes people born and/or raised in Europe and people born outside of Europe who are citizens of European countries.
Best Picture
Best Picture
|
Year
|
Name
|
Country
|
Film
|
Status
|
Milestone / Notes
|
1938
|
Réalisation d'art cinématographique
|
|
Grand Illusion
|
Nominated
|
|
1940
|
Charles Chaplin Productions
|
|
The Great Dictator
|
Nominated
|
|
1941
|
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
|
|
The Philadelphia Story
|
Nominated
|
|
1943
|
Two Cities Films
|
|
In Which We Serve
|
Nominated
|
|
1946
|
Henry V
|
Nominated
|
|
1947
|
J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild
|
Great Expectations
|
Nominated
|
|
1948
|
J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films
|
Hamlet
|
Won
|
|
J. Arthur Rank-Archers
|
The Red Shoes
|
Nominated
|
|
1951
|
Anatole Litvak
|
/
|
Decision Before Dawn
|
Nominated
|
|
Sam Zimbalist
|
|
Quo Vadis
|
Nominated
|
|
1952
|
John Woolf and James Woolf
|
|
Moulin Rouge
|
Nominated
|
|
Robert Riskin
|
|
Here Comes The Groom
|
Nominated
|
|
1953
|
John Houseman
|
/
|
Julius Caesar
|
Nominated
|
|
William Wyler
|
/
|
Roman Holiday
|
Nominated
|
|
1954
|
Sam Spiegel
|
|
On the Waterfront
|
Won
|
|
1956
|
William Wyler
|
/
|
Friendly Persuasion
|
Nominated
|
|
1957
|
Sam Spiegel
|
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
Won
|
|
1959
|
Sam Zimbalist
|
|
Ben-Hur
|
Won
|
|
Otto Preminger
|
|
Anatomy of a Murder
|
Nominated
|
|
Henry Blanke
|
|
The Nun's Story
|
Nominated
|
|
John Woolf and James Woolf
|
|
Room at the Top
|
Nominated
|
|
1960
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
The Apartment
|
Won
|
|
Fred Zinnemann
|
The Sundowners
|
Nominated
|
|
1962
|
Sam Spiegel
|
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
Won
|
|
1963
|
Tony Richardson
|
|
Tom Jones
|
Won
|
|
Elia Kazan
|
/
|
America America
|
Nominated
|
|
1964
|
Michael Cacoyannis
|
/
|
Zorba the Greek
|
Nominated
|
|
1965
|
Joseph Janni
|
/
|
Darling
|
Nominated
|
|
Carlo Ponti
|
|
Doctor Zhivago
|
Nominated
|
|
1966
|
Fred Zinnemann
|
|
A Man For All Seasons
|
Won
|
|
Lewis Gilbert
|
|
Alfie
|
Nominated
|
|
1968
|
John Woolf
|
Oliver!
|
Won
|
|
Anthony Havelock-Allan and John Brabourne
|
Romeo and Juliet
|
Nominated
|
|
1969
|
Jacques Perrin
|
|
Z
|
Nominated
|
|
1970
|
Ingo Preminger
|
|
MASH
|
Nominated
|
|
1971
|
Sam Spiegel
|
Nicholas and Alexandra
|
Nominated
|
|
1972
|
John Boorman
|
|
Deliverance
|
Nominated
|
|
Bengt Forslund
|
|
The Emigrants
|
Nominated
|
|
1973
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
Cries and Whispers
|
Nominated
|
|
1975
|
Martin Bergman
|
|
Dog Day Afternoon
|
Nominated
|
|
1978
|
Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley and John Peverall
|
The Deer Hunter
|
Won
|
|
Alan Marshall and David Puttnam
|
Midnight Express
|
Nominated
|
|
1979
|
Peter Yates
|
Breaking Away
|
Nominated
|
|
1980
|
Claude Berri and Timothy Burrill
|
/
|
Tess
|
Nominated
|
|
1981
|
David Puttnam
|
|
Chariots of Fire
|
Won
|
|
1982
|
Richard Attenborough
|
Gandhi
|
Won
|
|
1983
|
Peter Yates
|
The Dresser
|
Nominated
|
|
1984
|
David Puttnam
|
The Killing Fields
|
Nominated
|
|
John Bradbourne
|
A Passage to India
|
Nominated
|
|
1986
|
Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam
|
/
|
The Mission
|
Nominated
|
|
1987
|
Jeremy Thomas
|
|
The Last Emperor
|
Won
|
|
John Boorman
|
Hope and Glory
|
Nominated
|
|
1988
|
Norma Heyman
|
Dangerous Liaisons
|
Nominated
|
|
1989
|
Noel Pearson
|
|
My Left Foot
|
Nominated
|
|
1992
|
Stephen Woolley
|
|
The Crying Game
|
Nominated
|
|
1993
|
Branko Lustig
|
|
Schindler's List
|
Won
|
|
Jim Sheridan
|
|
In the Name of the Father
|
Nominated
|
|
1994
|
Duncan Kenworthy
|
|
Four Weddings and a Funeral
|
Nominated
|
|
1995
|
Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Gaetano Daniele
|
|
Il Postino: The Postman
|
Nominated
|
|
1996
|
Simon Channing Williams
|
|
Secrets & Lies
|
Nominated
|
|
Jane Scott
|
Shine
|
Nominated
|
|
1997
|
Uberto Pasolini
|
|
The Full Monty
|
Nominated
|
|
1998
|
David Parfitt
|
|
Shakespeare in Love
|
Won
|
|
Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan
|
Elizabeth
|
Nominated
|
|
Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi
|
|
Life is Beautiful
|
Nominated
|
|
Ian Bryce
|
|
Saving Private Ryan
|
Nominated
|
|
1999
|
Frank Darabont
|
|
The Green Mile
|
Nominated
|
|
Pieter Jan Brugge
|
|
The Insider
|
Nominated
|
|
2000
|
Branko Lustig
|
|
Gladiator
|
Won
|
|
2002
|
Alberto Grimaldi
|
|
Gangs of New York
|
Nominated
|
|
Robert Fox
|
|
The Hours
|
Nominated
|
|
Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde
|
/
|
The Pianist
|
Nominated
|
|
2004
|
Graham King
|
|
The Aviator
|
Nominated
|
|
2005
|
Michael Ohoven
|
|
Capote
|
Nominated
|
|
Diana Ossana
|
|
Brokeback Mountain
|
Nominated
|
|
2006
|
Graham King
|
|
The Departed
|
Won
|
|
Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward
|
The Queen
|
Nominated
|
|
2007
|
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster
|
Atonement
|
Nominated
|
|
Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi and JoAnne Sellar
|
There Will Be Blood
|
Nominated
|
|
2008
|
Christian Colson
|
Slumdog Millionaire
|
Won
|
|
Eric Fellner
|
Frost/Nixon
|
Nominated
|
|
Anthony Minghella and Redmond Morris
|
/
|
The Reader
|
Nominated
|
|
2009
|
Amanda Posey
|
|
An Education
|
Nominated
|
|
2010
|
Iain Canning and Gareth Unwin
|
The King's Speech
|
Won
|
|
Danny Boyle, John Smithson and Christian Colson
|
127 Hours
|
Nominated
|
|
Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
|
Inception
|
Nominated
|
|
2011
|
Thomas Langmann
|
|
The Artist
|
Won
|
|
Graham King and Martin Scorsese
|
|
Hugo
|
Nominated
|
|
2012
|
Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz
|
///
|
Amour
|
Nominated
|
|
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh
|
|
Les Misérables
|
Nominated
|
|
2013
|
Steve McQueen
|
12 Years a Slave
|
Won
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
The Wolf of Wall Street
|
Nominated
|
|
David Heyman
|
|
Gravity
|
Nominated
|
|
Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward
|
Philomena
|
Nominated
|
|
2014
|
Christian Colson
|
Selma
|
Nominated
|
|
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
|
The Theory of Everything
|
Nominated
|
|
2015
|
Amanda Posey
|
Brooklyn
|
Nominated
|
|
Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam
|
/
|
The Martian
|
Nominated
|
|
Ed Guiney
|
|
Room
|
Nominated
|
|
2016
|
Iain Canning
|
|
Lion
|
Nominated
|
|
2017
|
Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito
|
/
|
Call Me By Your Name
|
Nominated
|
|
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
|
|
Darkest Hour
|
Nominated
|
|
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan
|
Dunkirk
|
Nominated
|
|
JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi
|
Phantom Thread
|
Nominated
|
|
Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh
|
/
|
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
|
Nominated
|
|
2018
|
Graham King
|
|
Bohemian Rhapsody
|
Nominated
|
|
Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos
|
//
|
The Favorite
|
Nominated
|
|
2019
|
David Heyman
|
|
Marriage Story
|
Nominated
|
|
Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris
|
1917
|
Nominated
|
|
David Heyman
|
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
|
Nominated
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
The Irishman
|
Nominated
|
|
2020/2021
|
David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, and Philippe Carcassonne
|
/
|
The Father
|
Nominated
|
|
Emerald Fennell
|
|
Promising Young Woman
|
Nominated
|
|
Sacha Ben Harroche
|
|
Sound of Metal
|
Nominated
|
|
2021
|
Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi
|
CODA
|
Won
|
|
Kenneth Branagh
|
/
|
Belfast
|
Nominated
|
|
Tanya Seghatchian and Iain Canning
|
|
The Power of the Dog
|
Nominated
|
|
2022
|
Malte Grunert
|
|
All Quiet on the Western Front
|
Nominated
|
|
Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin and Martin McDonagh
|
/
|
The Banshees of Inisherin
|
Nominated
|
|
Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober
|
/
|
Triangle of Sadness
|
Nominated
|
|
2023
|
David Heyman and Tom Ackeley
|
|
Barbie
|
Nominated
|
Shared with Margot Robbie and Robbie Brenner
|
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan
|
Oppenheimer
|
Won
|
Shared with Charles Roven
|
James Wilson and Ewa Puszczyńska
|
/
|
The Zone of Interest
|
Nominated
|
|
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, and Yorgos Lanthimos
|
/
|
Poor Things
|
Nominated
|
Shared with Emma Stone
|
Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion
|
|
Anatomy of a Fall
|
Nominated
|
|
2024
|
Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard
|
Emilia Pérez
|
Pending
|
|
Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell
|
|
Conclave
|
Pending
|
Shared with Michael A. Jackman
|
Best Director
Director
|
|
Year
|
Name
|
Country
|
Film
|
Status
|
Notes
|
|
1927/1928
|
Herbert Brenon
|
|
Sorrell and Son
|
Nominated
|
Born in the modern day Republic of Ireland, which was then a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Became a United States citizen in 1918
|
|
Lewis Milestone
|
|
Two Arabian Knights
|
Won
|
Born modern day Moldova, which was then a part of the Russian Empire
Became a United States citizen in 1919
|
|
1928/1929
|
Frank Lloyd
|
|
The Divine Lady
|
Won
|
|
|
Drag Weary River
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Ernst Lubitsch
|
|
The Patriot
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
|
|
1929/1930
|
Lewis Milestone
|
|
All Quiet on the Western Front
|
Won
|
Born modern day Moldova, which was then a part of the Russian Empire
Became a United States citizen in 1919
|
|
Ernst Lubitsch
|
|
The Love Parade
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
|
|
1930/1931
|
Lewis Milestone
|
|
The Front Page
|
Nominated
|
Born modern day Moldova, which was then a part of the Russian Empire
Became a United States citizen in 1919
|
|
Josef von Sternberg
|
|
Morocco
|
Nominated
|
Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Became a United States citizen in 1908
|
|
1931/1932
|
Shanghai Express
|
Nominated
|
|
1932/1933
|
Frank Lloyd
|
|
Cavalcade
|
Won
|
|
|
Frank Capra
|
|
Lady for a Day
|
Nominated
|
Born in the Kingdom of Italy
Became a United States citizen in 1920
|
|
1934
|
It Happened One Night
|
Won
|
|
1935
|
Frank Lloyd
|
|
Mutiny on the Bounty
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Michael Curtiz
|
|
Captain Blood
|
Nominated
|
Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Hungarian Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen in 1933
|
|
1936
|
Frank Capra
|
|
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
|
Won
|
Born in the Kingdom of Italy
Became a United States citizen in 1920
|
|
William Wyler
|
|
Dodsworth
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
|
|
1937
|
William Dieterle
|
|
The Life of Emile Zola
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
Became a United States citizen in 1937
|
|
1938
|
Frank Capra
|
|
You Can't Take It with You
|
Won
|
Born in the Kingdom of Italy
Became a United States citizen in 1920
|
|
Michael Curtiz
|
|
Angels with Dirty Faces
|
Nominated
|
Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to a Hungarian Jewish family
Became a United States citizen in 1933
|
|
Four Daughters
|
Nominated
|
|
1939
|
Frank Capra
|
|
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
|
Nominated
|
Born in the Kingdom of Italy
Became a United States citizen in 1920
|
|
William Wyler
|
|
Wuthering Heights
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
|
|
1940
|
Alfred Hitchcock
|
|
Rebecca
|
Nominated
|
|
|
William Wyler
|
|
The Letter
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
|
|
1941
|
The Little Foxes
|
Nominated
|
|
1942
|
Mrs. Miniver
|
Won
|
|
Michael Curtiz
|
|
Yankee Doodle Dandy
|
Nominated
|
Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to a Hungarian Jewish family
Became a United States citizen in 1933
|
|
1943
|
Casablanca
|
Won
|
|
Ernst Lubitsch
|
|
Heaven Can Wait
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
Became a United States citizen in 1936
|
|
1944
|
Alfred Hitchcock
|
|
Lifeboat
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Otto Preminger
|
|
Laura
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Ukraine, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Became a United States citizen
|
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
Double Indemnity
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to a Polish Jewish family
Became a United States citizen in 1939
|
|
1945
|
The Lost Weekend
|
Won
|
|
Alfred Hitchcock
|
|
Spellbound
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Jean Renoir
|
|
The Southerner
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1946
|
William Wyler
|
|
The Best Years of Our Lives
|
Won
|
Born in the German Empire
Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
|
|
Frank Capra
|
|
It's a Wonderful Life
|
Nominated
|
Born in the Kingdom of Italy
Became a United States citizen in 1920
|
|
David Lean
|
|
Brief Encounter
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Robert Siodmak
|
|
The Killers
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1947
|
Elia Kazan
|
|
Gentleman's Agreement
|
Won
|
Born in modern day Turkey, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, to Cappadocian Greek family
Became a United States citizen
|
|
Henry Koster
|
|
The Bishop's Wife
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
Became a United States citizen
|
|
David Lean
|
|
Great Expectations
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1948
|
Anatole Litvak
|
|
The Snake Pit
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Ukraine, which was then part of the Russian Empire, to a Lithuanian Jewish family
Became a United States citizen
|
|
Jean Negulesco
|
|
Johnny Belinda
|
Nominated
|
Became an American citizen
|
|
Laurence Olivier
|
|
Hamlet
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Fred Zinnemann
|
|
The Search
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen
|
|
1949
|
Carol Reed
|
|
The Fallen Idol
|
Nominated
|
|
|
William Wyler
|
|
The Heiress
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
|
|
1950
|
Carol Reed
|
|
The Third Man
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
Sunset Boulevard
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen in 1939
|
|
1951
|
Elia Kazan
|
|
A Streetcar Named Desire
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Turkey, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, to Cappadocian Greek parents
Became a United States citizen
|
|
William Wyler
|
|
Detective Story
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
|
|
1952
|
Fred Zinnemann
|
|
High Noon
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen
|
|
1953
|
From Here to Eternity
|
Won
|
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
Stalag 17
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen in 1939
|
|
William Wyler
|
|
Roman Holiday
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
|
|
1954
|
Elia Kazan
|
|
On the Waterfront
|
Won
|
Born in modern day Turkey, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, to Cappadocian Greek parents
Became a United States citizen
|
|
Alfred Hitchcock
|
|
Rear Window
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
Sabrina
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen in 1939
|
|
1955
|
Elia Kazan
|
|
East of Eden
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Turkey, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, to Cappadocian Greek parents
Became a United States citizen
|
|
David Lean
|
|
Summertime
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1956
|
Michael Anderson
|
Around the World in 80 Days
|
Nominated
|
|
|
William Wyler
|
|
Friendly Persuasion
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
|
|
1957
|
David Lean
|
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
Won
|
|
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
Witness for the Prosecution
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen in 1939
|
|
1959
|
William Wyler
|
|
Ben-Hur
|
Won
|
Born in the German Empire
Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
|
|
Jack Clayton
|
|
Room at the Top
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
Some Like It Hot
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen in 1939
|
|
Fred Zinnemann
|
|
The Nun's Story
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen
|
|
1960
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
The Apartment
|
Won
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Polish Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen in 1939
|
|
Jack Cardiff
|
|
Sons and Lovers
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Alfred Hitchcock
|
|
Psycho
|
Nominated
|
Became an American citizen in 1955
|
|
Fred Zinnemann
|
|
The Sundowners
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen
|
|
1961
|
Federico Fellini
|
|
La Dolce Vita
|
Nominated
|
|
|
J. Lee Thompson
|
|
The Guns of Navarone
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1962
|
David Lean
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
Won
|
|
|
Pietro Germi
|
|
Divorce Italian Style
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1963
|
Tony Richardson
|
|
Tom Jones
|
Won
|
|
|
Federico Fellini
|
|
8 1/2
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Elia Kazan
|
|
America America
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Turkey, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, to Cappadocian Greek parents
Became a United States citizen
|
|
Otto Preminger
|
|
The Cardinal
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Ukraine, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Became a United States citizen in 1943
|
|
1964
|
Michael Cacoyannis
|
|
Zorba the Greek
|
Nominated
|
Born in British Cyprus to Greek parents
|
|
Peter Glenville
|
|
Becket
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Robert Stevenson
|
|
Mary Poppins
|
Nominated
|
Became an American citizen during World War II
|
|
1965
|
David Lean
|
|
Doctor Zhivago
|
Nominated
|
|
|
John Schlesinger
|
|
Darling
|
Nominated
|
|
|
William Wyler
|
|
The Collector
|
Nominated
|
Born in the German Empire
Received Swiss citizenship from his father Became a United States citizen in 1928
|
|
1966
|
Fred Zinnemann
|
|
A Man for All Seasons
|
Won
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen
|
|
Michelangelo Antonioni
|
|
Blowup
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Claude Lelouch
|
|
A Man and a Woman
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1968
|
Carol Reed
|
|
Oliver!
|
Won
|
|
|
Anthony Harvey
|
The Lion in Winter
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Gillo Pontecorvo
|
|
The Battle of Algiers
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Franco Zeffirelli
|
Romeo and Juliet
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1969
|
John Schlesinger
|
|
Midnight Cowboy
|
Won
|
|
|
Costa-Gavras
|
|
Z
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1970
|
Federico Fellini
|
|
Fellini Satyricon
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Ken Russell
|
|
Women in Love
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1971
|
John Schlesinger
|
Sunday Bloody Sunday
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1972
|
John Boorman
|
Deliverance
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Jan Troell
|
|
The Emigrants
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1973
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
Cries and Whispers
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Bernardo Bertolucci
|
|
Last Tango in Paris
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1974
|
Roman Polanski
|
|
Chinatown
|
Nominated
|
|
|
François Truffaut
|
|
Day for Night
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1975
|
Miloš Forman
|
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
Won
|
|
|
Federico Fellini
|
|
Amarcord
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1976
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
|
Face to Face
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Lina Wertmüller
|
|
Seven Beauties
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1977
|
Fred Zinnemann
|
|
Julia
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Poland, which was then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Austrian Jewish parents
Became a United States citizen
|
|
1978
|
Alan Parker
|
|
Midnight Express
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1979
|
Edouard Molinaro
|
|
La Cage aux Folles
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Peter Yates
|
|
Breaking Away
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1980
|
Roman Polanski
|
|
Tess
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
Raging Bull
|
Nominated
|
Born in the United States
Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
|
|
1981
|
Hugh Hudson
|
|
Chariots of Fire
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Louis Malle
|
|
Atlantic City
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1982
|
Wolfgang Petersen
|
|
Das Boot
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Richard Attenborough
|
|
Gandhi
|
Won
|
|
|
1983
|
Peter Yates
|
The Dresser
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
|
Fanny and Alexander
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1984
|
Miloš Forman
|
|
Amadeus
|
Won
|
|
|
David Lean
|
|
A Passage to India
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Roland Joffe
|
|
The Killing Fields
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1986
|
The Mission
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1987
|
Bernardo Bertolucci
|
|
The Last Emperor
|
Won
|
|
|
John Boorman
|
|
Hope and Glory
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Lasse Hallstrom
|
|
My Life as a Dog
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Adrian Lyne
|
|
Fatal Attraction
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1988
|
Charles Crichton
|
A Fish Called Wanda
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Alan Parker
|
Mississippi Burning
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
The Last Temptation of Christ
|
Nominated
|
Born in the United States
Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
|
|
1989
|
Kenneth Branagh
|
|
Henry V
|
Nominated
|
Born in Northern Ireland
Moved in England in 1970
|
|
Jim Sheridan
|
|
My Left Foot
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1990
|
Stephen Frears
|
|
The Grifters
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
Goodfellas
|
Nominated
|
Born in the United States
Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
|
|
Barbet Schroeder
|
|
Reversal of Fortune
|
Nominated
|
Born in Iran to a German mother and Swiss father
|
|
1991
|
Ridley Scott
|
|
Thelma & Louise
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1992
|
Neil Jordan
|
|
The Crying Game
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1993
|
Jim Sheridan
|
In the Name of the Father
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1994
|
Krzysztof Kieslowski
|
|
Three Colours: Red
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1995
|
Mike Figgis
|
|
Leaving Las Vegas
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Michael Radford
|
|
Il Postino: The Postman
|
Nominated
|
Born in British India to a British father and Austria Jewish mother
|
|
1996
|
Anthony Minghella
|
|
The English Patient
|
Won
|
|
|
Miloš Forman
|
|
The People vs. Larry Flynt
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Mike Leigh
|
|
Secrets & Lies
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1997
|
Peter Cattaneo
|
The Full Monty
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Atom Egoyan
|
|
The Sweet Hereafter
|
Nominated
|
Born in modern day Egypt, which was then a part of the United Arab Republic, to Armenian-Egyptian parents Became a Canadian citizen Became an Armenian citizen in 2018
|
|
1998
|
Roberto Benigni
|
|
Life is Beautiful
|
Nominated
|
|
|
John Madden
|
|
Shakespeare in Love
|
Nominated
|
|
|
1999
|
Sam Mendes
|
American Beauty
|
Won
|
|
|
Lasse Hallstrom
|
|
The Cider House Rules
|
Nominated
|
|
|
2000
|
Stephen Daldry
|
|
Billy Elliot
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Ridley Scott
|
Gladiator
|
Nominated
|
|
|
2001
|
Black Hawk Down
|
Nominated
|
|
|
2002
|
Roman Polanski
|
|
The Pianist
|
Won
|
|
|
Pedro Almodóvar
|
|
Talk to Her
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
Gangs of New York
|
Nominated
|
Born in the United States
Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
|
|
Stephen Daldry
|
|
The Hours
|
Nominated
|
|
|
2004
|
Mike Leigh
|
Vera Drake
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
Aviator
|
Nominated
|
Born in the United States
Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
|
|
2006
|
Stephen Frears
|
|
The Queen
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Paul Greengrass
|
United 93
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
The Departed
|
Won
|
Born in the United States
Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
|
|
2008
|
Danny Boyle
|
|
Slumdog Millionaire
|
Won
|
|
|
Stephen Daldry
|
|
The Reader
|
Nominated
|
|
|
2010
|
Tom Hooper
|
|
The King's Speech
|
Won
|
Holds dual British/Australian citizenship
|
|
2011
|
Michel Hazanavicius
|
|
The Artist
|
Won
|
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
Hugo
|
Nominated
|
Born in the United States
Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
|
|
2012
|
Michael Haneke
|
|
Amour
|
Nominated
|
Born in Germany
|
|
2013
|
Steve McQueen
|
|
12 Years a Slave
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
The Wolf of Wall Street
|
Nominated
|
Born in the United States
Was not recognized as an Italian citizen until 2018
|
|
2014
|
Morten Tyldum
|
|
The Imitation Game
|
Nominated
|
|
|
2015
|
Lenny Abrahamson
|
|
Room
|
Nominated
|
|
|
2016
|
Damien Chazelle
|
|
La La Land
|
Won
|
Holds dual American/French citizenship
|
|
2017
|
Christopher Nolan
|
|
Dunkirk
|
Nominated
|
Holds dual British/American citizenship
|
|
2018
|
Yorgos Lanthimos
|
|
The Favourite
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Pawel Pawlikowski
|
|
Cold War
|
Nominated
|
|
|
2019
|
Sam Mendes
|
|
1917
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
The Irishman
|
Nominated
|
Holds dual American/Italian citizenship
|
|
2020/2021
|
Thomas Vinterberg
|
|
Another Round
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Emerald Fennell
|
|
Promising Young Woman
|
Nominated
|
|
|
2021
|
Kenneth Branagh
|
|
Belfast
|
Nominated
|
Born in Northern Ireland
Moved in England in 1970
|
|
2022
|
Martin McDonagh
|
|
The Banshees of Inisherin
|
Nominated
|
Holds dual British/Irish citizenship
|
|
Ruben Östlund
|
|
Triangle of Sadness
|
Nominated
|
|
|
2023
|
Justine Triet
|
|
Anatomy of a Fall
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Yorgos Lanthimos
|
|
Poor Things
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Christopher Nolan
|
|
Oppenheimer
|
Won
|
Holds dual British/American citizenship
|
|
Jonathan Glazer
|
|
The Zone of Interest
|
Nominated
|
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
Killers of the Flower Moon
|
Nominated
|
Holds dual American/Italian citizenship
|
|
2024
|
Jacques Audiard
|
|
Emilia Pérez
|
Pending
|
|
Coralie Fargeat
|
The Substance
|
Pending
|
|
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Leading Role
|
Year
|
Name
|
Country
|
Role
|
Film
|
Status
|
Milestone / Notes
|
1927/ 1928
|
Charlie Chaplin
|
|
The Tramp
|
The Circus
|
Received
|
Initially one of the nominees, the academy rescinded all three of his nominations (also for directing and writing) and instead issued him a special award for his multitasking achievements.
|
Emil Jannings
|
|
Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
|
The Last Command
|
Won
|
Born in Switzerland.
First German actor to be nominated for and win an Oscar (for both films).
|
August Schilling
|
The Way of All Flesh
|
The only Oscar-winning performance that is a lost film; currently, only two fragments are known to exist.
|
1928/ 1929
|
Paul Muni
|
|
"James Dyke"
|
The Valiant
|
Nominated
|
First actor of Austro-Hungarian (later defined as Ukrainian) background to earn an Oscar nomination.
Became a United States citizen.
|
1929/ 1930
|
George Arliss
|
|
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
|
Disraeli
|
Won
|
First British/English actor to win an Oscar. (No explanation was given as to why neither Arliss, nor Best Actress winner Norma Shearer, only won for just one of their two nominated films.)
|
The Raja
|
The Green Goddess
|
Nominated
|
|
Maurice Chevalier
|
|
Pierre Mirande
|
The Big Pond
|
Nominated
|
First French actor to be nominated for an Oscar (for both films).
|
Count Alfred Renard
|
The Love Parade
|
Ronald Colman
|
|
Capt. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
|
Bulldog Drummond
|
Nominated
|
|
Michel
|
Condemned
|
1932/ 1933
|
Charles Laughton
|
King Henry VIII of England
|
The Private Life of Henry VIII
|
Won
|
First LGBTQ+ winner in this category, albeit unknown until after his death.
|
Leslie Howard
|
Peter Standish
|
Berkeley Square
|
Nominated
|
|
Paul Muni
|
|
James Allen
|
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
|
Nominated
|
|
1935
|
Victor McLaglen
|
|
Gypo Nolan
|
The Informer
|
Won
|
|
Charles Laughton
|
Vice-Admiral William Bligh
|
Mutiny on the Bounty
|
Nominated
|
|
Paul Muni
|
|
Joe Radek
|
Black Fury
|
Write-In
|
Originally not a nominee, Muni was nominated by a write-in campaign. For 1934-1935, the AMPAS permitted this, following the controversy over Bette Davis's omission for Of Human Bondage (for which she too received a write-in nomination). The academy discontinued this process as of 1936.
|
1936
|
Louis Pasteur
|
The Story of Louis Pasteur
|
Won
|
First Jewish actor to win an Oscar. First actor of Ukrainian descent (and Austrian heritage) to win Best Actor.
|
1937
|
Émile Zola
|
The Life of Émile Zola
|
Nominated
|
|
Charles Boyer
|
|
Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte
|
Conquest
|
Nominated
|
|
1938
|
Pepé le Moko
|
Algiers
|
Nominated
|
|
Leslie Howard
|
|
Professor Henry Higgins
|
Pygmalion
|
Nominated
|
|
Robert Donat
|
Dr. Andrew Manson
|
The Citadel
|
Nominated
|
|
1939
|
Mr. Charles Edward Chipping
|
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
|
Won
|
|
Laurence Olivier
|
Heathcliff
|
Wuthering Heights
|
Nominated
|
|
1940
|
George Fortescue Maximilian "Maxim" de Winter
|
Rebecca
|
Nominated
|
|
Charlie Chaplin
|
Adenoid Hynkel / The Barber
|
The Great Dictator
|
Nominated
|
|
1941
|
Cary Grant
|
Roger Adams
|
Penny Serenade
|
Nominated
|
|
1942
|
Ronald Colman
|
Charles Rainier
|
Random Harvest
|
Nominated
|
|
1943
|
Paul Lukas
|
|
Kurt Müller
|
Watch on the Rhine
|
Won
|
First Hungarian actor to win an Oscar.
Became a United States citizen in 1937.
|
1944
|
Charles Boyer
|
|
Gregory Anton
|
Gaslight
|
Nominated
|
Although Boyer never won a competitive Academy Award, he did receive a Certificate of Merit for establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles to benefit the cinematic industry.
Became a United States citizen in 1942
|
Barry Fitzgerald
|
|
Father Fitzgibbon
|
Going My Way
|
Nominated
|
First Irish nominee in this category. Due to an anomaly in the voting process, Fitzgerald received nominations in both lead and supporting actor for the same performance/film. As a result, AMPAS amended its rules to prevent any such recurrence.
|
Cary Grant
|
|
Ernie Mott
|
None but the Lonely Heart
|
Nominated
|
Grant lost both nominations, but won an Honorary Oscar 25 years later. Became a United States citizen in 1942.
|
1945
|
Ray Milland
|
|
Don Birnam
|
The Lost Weekend
|
Won
|
First Welsh actor to win an Oscar.
|
Cornel Wilde
|
|
Frédéric Chopin
|
A Song to Remember
|
Nominated
|
Became a United States citizen.
|
1946
|
Laurence Olivier
|
|
King Henry V of England
|
Henry V
|
Nominated
|
|
1947
|
Ronald Colman
|
Anthony John
|
A Double Life
|
Won
|
|
Michael Redgrave
|
Orin Mannon
|
Mourning Becomes Electra
|
Nominated
|
|
1948
|
Laurence Olivier
|
Prince Hamlet of Denmark
|
Hamlet
|
Won
|
First Best Actor winner to also be nominated for Best Director (having directed themself to a win); and simultaneously directed the Best Picture winner.
|
1949
|
Richard Todd
|
|
Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
|
The Hasty Heart
|
Nominated
|
|
1952
|
Alec Guinness
|
|
Henry "Dutch" Holland
|
The Lavender Hill Mob
|
Nominated
|
|
1953
|
Richard Burton
|
|
Marcellus Gallio
|
The Robe
|
Nominated
|
|
1954
|
James Mason
|
|
Norman Maine (né Ernest Sidney Gubbins)
|
A Star Is Born
|
Nominated
|
|
Dan O'Herlihy
|
|
Robinson Crusoe
|
Robinson Crusoe
|
Nominated
|
|
1956
|
Yul Brynner
|
|
King Mongkut of Siam
|
The King and I
|
Won
|
First Asian actor (and specifically Russian) to win an Oscar. Won a 1952 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor – Musical for the same role.
Became a United States citizen in 1943.
|
Laurence Olivier
|
|
King Richard III of England
|
Richard III
|
Nominated
|
|
1957
|
Alec Guinness
|
Lt. Col. Nicholson
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
Won
|
|
Charles Laughton
|
Sir Wilfrid Robarts, Q.C.
|
Witness for the Prosecution
|
Nominated
|
|
1958
|
David Niven
|
Maj. Angus Pollock
|
Separate Tables
|
Won
|
Shortest Lead Actor performance to win an Oscar, clocking in at 23m39s.
|
1959
|
Laurence Harvey
|
|
Joe Lampton
|
Room at the Top
|
Nominated
|
First Lithuanian actor to be nominated for an Oscar.
|
Paul Muni
|
|
Dr. Sam Abelman
|
The Last Angry Man
|
Nominated
|
|
1960
|
Trevor Howard
|
|
Walter Morel
|
Sons and Lovers
|
Nominated
|
|
Laurence Olivier
|
Archie Rice
|
The Entertainer
|
Nominated
|
|
1961
|
Maximilian Schell
|
|
Hans Rolfe
|
Judgment at Nuremberg
|
Won
|
First Swiss actor to win an Oscar.
|
Charles Boyer
|
|
César
|
Fanny
|
Nominated
|
Most nominations for a French actor, with four.
|
1962
|
Marcello Mastroianni
|
|
Ferdinando Cefalù
|
Divorce Italian Style
|
Nominated
|
First Italian nominated for Best Actor. First foreign-language performance (fully in Italian dialogue) nominated for an Oscar.
|
Peter O'Toole
|
|
Col. T. E. Lawrence
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
Nominated
|
|
1963
|
Albert Finney
|
Tom Jones
|
Tom Jones
|
Nominated
|
Achieved the "British Triple Crown of Acting" (via the BAFTA TV Awards) in 2003.
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Richard Harris
|
|
Frank Machin
|
This Sporting Life
|
Nominated
|
|
Rex Harrison
|
|
Julius Caesar
|
Cleopatra
|
Nominated
|
|
1964
|
Prof. Henry Higgins
|
My Fair Lady
|
Won
|
Won a 1957 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor – Musical for the same role, prior to the Oscar.
|
Peter Sellers
|
Dr. Strangelove / G/C Lionel Mandrake / Pres. Merkin Muffley
|
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
|
Nominated
|
|
Peter O'Toole
|
King Henry II of England
|
Becket
|
Nominated
|
|
Richard Burton
|
|
Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury
|
Nominated
|
|
1965
|
Alec Leamas
|
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
|
Nominated
|
|
Laurence Olivier
|
|
Othello
|
Othello
|
Nominated
|
|
Oskar Werner
|
|
Dr. Willie Schümann
|
Ship of Fools
|
Nominated
|
|
1966
|
Richard Burton
|
|
George
|
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
|
Nominated
|
|
Paul Scofield
|
|
Sir Thomas More
|
A Man for All Seasons
|
Won
|
Won a 1962 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor – Play for the same role, prior to the Oscar. Achieved the "American Triple Crown of Acting" (via the Primetime Emmy) in 1969.
|
Michael Caine
|
Alfie Elkins
|
Alfie
|
Nominated
|
|
1968
|
Alan Bates
|
Yakov Bok
|
The Fixer
|
Nominated
|
|
Ron Moody
|
Fagin
|
Oliver!
|
Nominated
|
|
Peter O'Toole
|
King Henry II of England
|
The Lion in Winter
|
Nominated
|
|
1969
|
Mr. Arthur Chipping
|
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
|
Nominated
|
|
Richard Burton
|
|
King Henry VIII of England
|
Anne of the Thousand Days
|
Nominated
|
|
1971
|
Peter Finch
|
|
Dr. Daniel Hirsh
|
Sunday Bloody Sunday
|
Nominated
|
First Australian to be nominated for Best Actor. (Held dual British-Australian citizenship.)
|
1972
|
Michael Caine
|
|
Milo Tindle
|
Sleuth
|
Nominated
|
|
Laurence Olivier
|
Andrew Wyke
|
Nominated
|
|
Peter O'Toole
|
Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney
|
The Ruling Class
|
Nominated
|
|
1974
|
Albert Finney
|
Hercule Poirot, P.I.
|
Murder on the Orient Express
|
Nominated
|
|
1975
|
Maximilian Schell
|
|
Arthur Goldman
|
The Man in the Glass Booth
|
Nominated
|
|
1976
|
Peter Finch †
|
|
Howard Beale
|
Network
|
Won
|
First Australian actor to win Best Actor. First actor to win an Oscar posthumously.
|
Giancarlo Giannini
|
|
Pasqualino Frafuso
|
Seven Beauties
|
Nominated
|
|
1977
|
Marcello Mastroianni
|
Gabriele
|
A Special Day
|
Nominated
|
|
Richard Burton
|
|
Dr. Martin Dysart
|
Equus
|
Nominated
|
To date, Burton holds the record for most nominations (seven) without a win OR an Honorary Award before their death. (One less than O'Toole, who received an Honorary before his eighth nomination and subsequent death; and Glenn Close, who is still alive and working as of 2023.)
|
1978
|
Laurence Olivier
|
|
Ezra Lieberman
|
The Boys from Brazil
|
Nominated
|
Tied with Spencer Tracy for most nominations in this category, with nine each. (Olivier has additional nominations in Supporting Actor and Director, as well as two Honorary Oscars.)
|
1979
|
Peter Sellers
|
Chance the Gardener, aka Chauncey Gardiner
|
Being There
|
Nominated
|
|
1980
|
John Hurt
|
John Merrick
|
The Elephant Man
|
Nominated
|
|
Peter O'Toole
|
Eli Cross
|
The Stunt Man
|
Nominated
|
|
1981
|
Dudley Moore
|
Arthur Bach
|
Arthur
|
Nominated
|
|
1982
|
Ben Kingsley
|
Mahātmā Gandhi
|
Gandhi
|
Won
|
First actor of Indian ancestry to win an Oscar. (Kingsley was born and raised in the UK.) First Oscar-winning performance partially spoken in Hindi.
|
Peter O'Toole
|
Alan Swann
|
My Favorite Year
|
Nominated
|
|
1983
|
Michael Caine
|
Dr. Frank Bryant
|
Educating Rita
|
Nominated
|
|
Tom Conti
|
|
Gowan McGland
|
Reuben, Reuben
|
Nominated
|
First Scottish actor nominated in this category.
|
Tom Courtenay
|
|
Norman
|
The Dresser
|
Nominated
|
|
Albert Finney
|
Sir
|
Nominated
|
|
1984
|
Geoffrey Firmin
|
Under the Volcano
|
Nominated
|
|
1986
|
Bob Hoskins
|
George
|
Mona Lisa
|
Nominated
|
|
1987
|
Marcello Mastroianni
|
|
Romano Patroni
|
Dark Eyes
|
Nominated
|
Most nominations for an Italian-based actor, with three.
|
1988
|
Max von Sydow
|
|
Lassefar "Lasse" Karlsson
|
Pelle the Conqueror
|
Nominated
|
First Swedish actor, and Swedish-language performance, to be nominated for an Oscar.
|
1989
|
Daniel Day-Lewis
|
|
Christy Brown
|
My Left Foot
|
Won
|
Later in life, in addition to the UK, obtained dual citizenship from Ireland.
|
Kenneth Branagh
|
|
King Henry V of England
|
Henry V
|
Nominated
|
First Northern Irish actor nominated for an Oscar. Achieved the "British Triple Crown" (via the BAFTA TV Awards) in 2009.
|
1990
|
Jeremy Irons
|
|
Claus von Bülow
|
Reversal of Fortune
|
Won
|
Achieved the "American Triple Crown of Acting" (via the Primetime Emmy) in 1997.
|
Gérard Depardieu
|
|
Cyrano de Bergerac
|
Cyrano de Bergerac
|
Nominated
|
First French-language performance in this category nominated for an Oscar.
|
Richard Harris
|
|
"Bull" McCabe
|
The Field
|
Nominated
|
|
1991
|
Anthony Hopkins
|
|
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
|
The Silence of the Lambs
|
Won
|
First actor to achieve the "British Triple Crown of Acting" w/ a BAFTA Film win in 1992, albeit by way of a non-competitive '85 Honorary Olivier Award.
|
1992
|
Stephen Rea
|
|
Fergus
|
The Crying Game
|
Nominated
|
|
1993
|
Liam Neeson
|
|
Oskar Schindler
|
Schindler's List
|
Nominated
|
|
Daniel Day-Lewis
|
|
Gerry Conlon
|
In the Name of the Father
|
Nominated
|
|
Anthony Hopkins
|
|
Mr. James Stevens
|
The Remains of the Day
|
Nominated
|
|
1994
|
Nigel Hawthorne
|
|
King George III
|
The Madness of King George
|
Nominated
|
Hawthorne was outed as LGBTQ+ by the press, but nevertheless attended the ceremony with his partner, Trevor Bentham. First actor to achieve the "British Triple Crown of Acting" competitively, in 1996, via the BAFTA Film Awards.
|
1995
|
Anthony Hopkins
|
|
Pres. Richard Nixon
|
Nixon
|
Nominated
|
|
Massimo Troisi †
|
|
Mario Ruoppolo
|
Il Postino: The Postman
|
Nominated
|
Troisi suffered a fatal heart attack just 12 hours after main filming was complete. All subsequent accolades were posthumous.
|
1996
|
Ralph Fiennes
|
|
Count László de Almásy
|
The English Patient
|
Nominated
|
|
1998
|
Ian McKellen
|
James Whale
|
Gods and Monsters
|
Nominated
|
First openly LGBTQ+ British actor to be nominated for an Oscar in this category.
|
Roberto Benigni
|
|
Guido Orefice
|
Life is Beautiful
|
Won
|
First Italian-(or any)-language performance to win an Oscar for Best Actor.
|
2000
|
Javier Bardem
|
|
Reinaldo Arenas
|
Before Night Falls
|
Nominated
|
First Spanish actor nominated for an Oscar. First Spanish-language performance nominated in this category.
|
2001
|
Tom Wilkinson
|
|
Dr. Matt Fowler
|
In the Bedroom
|
Nominated
|
|
2002
|
Michael Caine
|
Thomas Fowler
|
The Quiet American
|
Nominated
|
|
Daniel Day-Lewis
|
|
William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting
|
Gangs of New York
|
Nominated
|
|
2003
|
Ben Kingsley
|
|
Col. Massoud Amir Behrani
|
House of Sand and Fog
|
Nominated
|
|
Jude Law
|
William "W. P." Inman
|
Cold Mountain
|
Nominated
|
|
2006
|
Peter O'Toole
|
Maurice Russell
|
Venus
|
Nominated
|
Tied with actress Glenn Close for the most Oscar nominations without a win. However, he did receive the Honorary Academy Award at the 75th Academy Awards.
|
2007
|
Daniel Day-Lewis
|
|
Daniel Plainview
|
There Will Be Blood
|
Won
|
|
Viggo Mortensen
|
|
Nikolai Luzhin
|
Eastern Promises
|
Nominated
|
First Danish actor nominated for an Oscar. Holds dual citizenship in Denmark and the USA.
|
2009
|
Colin Firth
|
|
George Falconer
|
A Single Man
|
Nominated
|
|
2010
|
King George VI
|
The King's Speech
|
Won
|
|
Javier Bardem
|
|
Uxbal
|
Biutiful
|
Nominated
|
|
2011
|
Jean Dujardin
|
|
George Valentin
|
The Artist
|
Won
|
First French actor to win an Oscar, and first silent film performance to win since Jannings at the 1st Academy Awards.
|
Gary Oldman
|
|
George Smiley
|
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
|
Nominated
|
|
2012
|
Daniel Day-Lewis
|
|
Pres. Abraham Lincoln
|
Lincoln
|
Won
|
With this third win, he holds the record for most wins in this category. He's tied for second-most overall behind Katharine Hepburn, who still ranks first with four for Best Actress.
|
Hugh Jackman
|
|
Jean Valjean
|
Les Misérables
|
Nominated
|
Holds dual Australian/British citizenship.
|
2013
|
Christian Bale
|
|
Irving Rosenfeld
|
American Hustle
|
Nominated
|
Holds dual American/British citizenship.
|
Chiwetel Ejiofor
|
|
Solomon Northup
|
12 Years a Slave
|
Nominated
|
|
2014
|
Benedict Cumberbatch
|
Alan Turing
|
The Imitation Game
|
Nominated
|
|
Eddie Redmayne
|
Prof. Stephen Hawking
|
The Theory of Everything
|
Won
|
|
2015
|
Lili Elbe
|
The Danish Girl
|
Nominated
|
|
Michael Fassbender
|
|
Steve Jobs
|
Steve Jobs
|
Nominated
|
|
2016
|
Andrew Garfield
|
|
Cpl. Desmond Doss
|
Hacksaw Ridge
|
Nominated
|
Holds dual British/American citizneship.
|
Viggo Mortensen
|
|
Ben Cash
|
Captain Fantastic
|
Nominated
|
|
2017
|
Timothée Chalamet
|
|
Elio Perlman
|
Call Me by Your Name
|
Nominated
|
|
Daniel Day-Lewis
|
|
Reynolds Woodcock
|
Phantom Thread
|
Nominated
|
Born in West Germany but raised in Ireland (does not hold Irish citizenship).
|
Gary Oldman
|
|
The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill
|
Darkest Hour
|
Won
|
|
Daniel Kaluuya
|
Chris Washington
|
Get Out
|
Nominated
|
|
2018
|
Christian Bale
|
|
V.P. Dick Cheney
|
Vice
|
Nominated
|
Holds dual American/British citizenship.
|
Viggo Mortensen
|
|
"Tony Lip" Vallelonga
|
Green Book
|
Nominated
|
|
2019
|
Antonio Banderas
|
|
Salvador Mallo
|
Pain and Glory
|
Nominated
|
|
Jonathan Pryce
|
|
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
|
The Two Popes
|
Nominated
|
|
2020/ 2021
|
Anthony Hopkins
|
|
Anthony
|
The Father
|
Won
|
First Welsh actor to win twice. Most nominations for a Welsh actor, with six (including two in supporting). Became a United States citizen in 2000.
|
Riz Ahmed
|
|
Ruben Stone
|
Sound of Metal
|
Nominated
|
First Pakistani actor nominated for an Oscar. First Muslim nominated in this category. Second Best Actor nominee to utilize ASL after Alan Arkin, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968).
|
Gary Oldman
|
|
Herman J. Mankiewicz
|
Mank
|
Nominated
|
|
2021
|
Benedict Cumberbatch
|
Phil Burbank
|
The Power of the Dog
|
Nominated
|
|
Andrew Garfield
|
|
Jonathan Larson
|
Tick, Tick... Boom!
|
Nominated
|
|
Javier Bardem
|
|
Desi Arnaz
|
Being the Ricardos
|
Nominated
|
Most nominations for a Spanish actor, with four (including one win in supporting).
|
2022
|
Bill Nighy
|
|
Mr. Rodney Williams
|
Living
|
Nominated
|
|
Colin Farrell
|
|
Pádraic Súilleabháin
|
The Banshees of Inisherin
|
Nominated
|
|
Paul Mescal
|
Calum Paterson
|
Aftersun
|
Nominated
|
|
2023
|
Cillian Murphy
|
J. Robert Oppenheimer
|
Oppenheimer
|
Won
|
First Irish actor to win in this category.
|
2024
|
Timothée Chalamet
|
|
Bob Dylan
|
Call Me by Your Name
|
Pending
|
|
Ralph Fiennes
|
|
Cardinal Thomas Lawrence
|
Conclave
|
Pending
|
|
Sebastian Stan
|
|
Donald J. Trump
|
The Apprentice
|
Pending
|
Born in Romania and moved to the United States as a child.
|
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actress in a Leading Role
|
Year
|
Name
|
Country
|
Role
|
Film
|
Status
|
Milestone / Notes
|
1929/ 1930
|
Greta Garbo
|
|
Anna "Christie" Christofferson
|
Anna Christie
|
Nominated
|
First Swedish actress to be nominated for an Oscar (for both films listed).
|
Mme. Rita Cavallini
|
Romance
|
1930/ 1931
|
Marlene Dietrich
|
|
Mlle. Amy Jolly
|
Morocco
|
Nominated
|
First German actress to be nominated for an Oscar.
|
1931/ 1932
|
Lynn Fontanne
|
|
The Actress
|
The Guardsman
|
Nominated
|
First British (specifically English) actress nominated for an Oscar. Later moved to America with her husband, actor Alfred Lunt (also co-star, with whom she was nominated alongside). The two Broadway theatre legends later retired to their estate, Ten Chimneys, in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin—now a National Historic Landmark.
|
1932/ 1933
|
Diana Wynyard
|
Jane Marryot
|
Cavalcade
|
Nominated
|
|
1934
|
Claudette Colbert
|
|
Ellen "Ellie" Andrews
|
It Happened One Night
|
Won
|
French-born American-citizen. Nonetheless, the first French actress to be nominated for, and subsequently win, an Oscar.
|
1935
|
Dr. Jane Everest
|
Private Worlds
|
Nominated
|
|
Elisabeth Bergner
|
|
Gemma Jones
|
Escape Me Never
|
Nominated
|
|
Merle Oberon
|
|
Kitty Vane
|
The Dark Angel
|
Nominated
|
First person of Indigenous descent nominated for an Academy Award in any category. She is of partial Sri Lankan (Ceylon/Burgher) and Māori (Polynesian) descent.
|
1936
|
Luise Rainer
|
|
Anna Held
|
The Great Ziegfeld
|
Won
|
First German & first Austrian (by homeland) to win an Academy Award.
|
1937
|
O-Lan
|
The Good Earth
|
Won
|
First person to ever win two Oscars consecutively. (Spencer Tracy would achieve the same feat just one year later.) First German/Austrian to win two Oscars.
|
Greta Garbo
|
|
Marguerite Gautier
|
Camille
|
Nominated
|
|
1938
|
Wendy Hiller
|
|
Eliza Doolittle
|
Pygmalion
|
Nominated
|
|
1939
|
Greer Garson
|
Katherine Ellis
|
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
|
Nominated
|
|
Vivien Leigh
|
|
Scarlett O'Hara
|
Gone with the Wind
|
Won
|
First actress born under the British Raj rule, in the Bengal Province territory, to win an Oscar. Longest performance to win an Oscar: 2h23m32s.
|
Greta Garbo
|
|
Nina Ivanovna "Ninotchka" Yakushova
|
Ninotchka
|
Nominated
|
Garbo never won competitively, but did receive an Honorary Oscar in 1955.
|
1940
|
Joan Fontaine
|
|
The Second Mrs. de Winter
|
Rebecca
|
Nominated
|
|
1941
|
Lina McLaidlaw-Aysgarth
|
Suspicion
|
Won
|
Fontaine was the only person to ever win an Oscar from acting in an Alfred Hitchcock-directed film.
|
Olivia de Havilland
|
Miss Emmy Brown
|
Hold Back the Dawn
|
Nominated
|
|
Greer Garson
|
|
Edna Gladney
|
Blossoms in the Dust
|
Nominated
|
|
1942
|
Mrs. Kay Miniver
|
Mrs. Miniver
|
Won
|
First English-born actress to win an Oscar. Garson gave the longest Oscar speech on record—at nearly six minutes in length, which prompted the notorious orchestral cue-offs.
|
1943
|
Marie Curie
|
Madame Curie
|
Nominated
|
|
Joan Fontaine
|
|
Tessa Sanger
|
The Constant Nymph
|
Nominated
|
|
Ingrid Bergman
|
|
María
|
For Whom the Bell Tolls
|
Nominated
|
|
1944
|
Paula Alquist-Anton
|
Gaslight
|
Won
|
First Swedish actress, let alone nordbø, to win an Academy Award in any acting category.
|
Claudette Colbert
|
|
Mrs. Anne Hilton
|
Since You Went Away
|
Nominated
|
|
Greer Garson
|
|
Susie "Sparrow" Parkington
|
Mrs. Parkington
|
Nominated
|
|
1945
|
Mary Rafferty
|
The Valley of Decision
|
Nominated
|
With this nomination, Garson tied Bette Davis for the most consecutive acting nominations—five each. (Davis received hers from 1938–1942; both in the Best Actress category.) Their shared record still stands today.
|
Ingrid Bergman
|
|
Sister Superior Mary Benedict
|
The Bells of St. Mary's
|
Nominated
|
|
1946
|
Olivia de Havilland
|
|
Josephine "Jody" Norris
|
To Each His Own
|
Won
|
|
Celia Johnson
|
|
Laura Jesson
|
Brief Encounter
|
Nominated
|
|
1948
|
Ingrid Bergman
|
|
Joan of Arc
|
Joan of Arc
|
Nominated
|
|
Olivia de Havilland
|
|
Virginia Stuart Cunningham
|
The Snake Pit
|
Nominated
|
|
1949
|
Catherine Sloper
|
The Heiress
|
Won
|
De Havilland and Fontaine became the first (and to-date, only) pair of sisters to each win Academy Awards.
|
Deborah Kerr
|
|
Evelyn Boult
|
Edward, My Son
|
Nominated
|
First Scottish actress to be nominated for an Academy Award.
|
1951
|
Vivien Leigh
|
|
Blanche DuBois
|
A Streetcar Named Desire
|
Won
|
|
1953
|
Leslie Caron
|
|
Lili Daurier
|
Lili
|
Nominated
|
|
Deborah Kerr
|
|
Karen Holmes
|
From Here to Eternity
|
Nominated
|
|
Audrey Hepburn
|
|
Crown Princess Ann
|
Roman Holiday
|
Won
|
First Belgian actress to be nominated for an Academy Award.
|
1954
|
Sabrina Fairchild
|
Sabrina
|
Nominated
|
|
1955
|
Anna Magnani
|
|
Serafina Delle Rose
|
The Rose Tattoo
|
Won
|
First Italian actress to win an Academy Award (mostly in English, with occasional Italian dialogue).
|
1956
|
Ingrid Bergman
|
|
Anna Koreff
|
Anastasia
|
Won
|
First Swedish actress to win two Oscars.
|
Deborah Kerr
|
|
Anna Leonowens
|
The King and I
|
Nominated
|
Kerr's singing voice was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who later went on to dub Natalie Wood (María) in West Side Story (1961) and Hepburn (Eliza) in My Fair Lady (1964).
|
1957
|
Sister Angela
|
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
|
Nominated
|
|
Anna Magnani
|
|
Giòia
|
Wild is the Wind
|
Nominated
|
|
Elizabeth Taylor
|
|
Susanna Drake
|
Raintree County
|
Nominated
|
|
1958
|
Margaret "Maggie the Cat" Pollitt
|
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
|
Nominated
|
|
Deborah Kerr
|
|
Sibyl Railton-Bell
|
Separate Tables
|
Nominated
|
|
1959
|
Simone Signoret
|
|
Alice Aisgill
|
Room at the Top
|
Won
|
First actress to win an acting Oscar for a foreign production (from the UK; in English).
|
Audrey Hepburn
|
|
Gabrielle van der Mal (Sister Luke)
|
The Nun's Story
|
Nominated
|
|
Elizabeth Taylor
|
|
Catherine Holly
|
Suddenly, Last Summer
|
Nominated
|
|
1960
|
Gloria Wandrous
|
BUtterfield 8
|
Won
|
|
Melina Mercouri
|
|
Ilya
|
Never on Sunday
|
Nominated
|
First Greek actress nominated for an Oscar for a primarily Greek-language role.
|
Deborah Kerr
|
|
Ida Carmody
|
The Sundowners
|
Nominated
|
Most nominated Scottish actress. With her six noms, Kerr holds the record in Best Actress for most female losses (six—tied with Thelma Ritter, who maintains that record in Supporting Actress; and Amy Adams, with five in supporting, one in lead). However, Glenn Close currently surpassed the female and overall record, with eight (four in each category), tying with Peter O'Toole. Kerr did receive an Honorary Academy Award in 1994–ironically presented by Close.
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Greer Garson
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Sunrise at Campobello
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Nominated
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1961
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Sophia Loren
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Cesira
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Two Women
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Won
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First person to win an Academy Award for a performance spoken entirely in a non-English language. (Italian, in this instance.)
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Audrey Hepburn
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Holly Golightly (née Lula-Mae Barnes)
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Nominated
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1963
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Leslie Caron
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Jane Fosset
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The L-Shaped Room
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Nominated
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Rachel Roberts
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Margaret Hammond
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This Sporting Life
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Nominated
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First Welsh actress nominated for an Oscar.
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1964
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Sophia Loren
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Filumena Marturano
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Marriage Italian Style
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Nominated
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Julie Andrews
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Mary Poppins
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Mary Poppins
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Won
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1965
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Maria von Trapp
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The Sound of Music
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Nominated
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Samantha Eggar
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Miranda Grey
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The Collector
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Nominated
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Julie Christie
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Diana Scott
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Darling
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Won
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Simone Signoret
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La Condesa
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Ship of Fools
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Nominated
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1966
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Anouk Aimée
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Anne Gauthier
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A Man and a Woman
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Nominated
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Ida Kamińska
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Rozália Lautmannová
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The Shop on Main Street
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Nominated
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Elizabeth Taylor
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Martha
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Won
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Lynn Redgrave
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Georgina "Georgy" Parkin
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Georgy Girl
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Nominated
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Vanessa Redgrave
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Leonie Delt
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Morgan! – A Suitable Case for Treatment
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Nominated
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1967
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Edith Evans
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Maggie Ross
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The Whisperers
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Nominated
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Audrey Hepburn
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Susy Hendrix
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Wait Until Dark
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Nominated
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1968
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Vanessa Redgrave
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Isadora Duncan
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Isadora
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Nominated
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1969
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Maggie Smith
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Jean Brodie
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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Won
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Jean Simmons
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Mary Wilson
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The Happy Ending
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Nominated
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1970
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Glenda Jackson
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Gudrun Brangwen
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Women in Love
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Won
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Sarah Miles
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Rosy Ryan
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Ryan's Daughter
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Nominated
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1971
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Julie Christie
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Constance Miller
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McCabe & Mrs. Miller
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Nominated
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Glenda Jackson
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Alex Greville
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
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Nominated
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Vanessa Redgrave
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Mary, Queen of Scots
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Mary, Queen of Scots
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Nominated
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Janet Suzman
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Empress Alexandra of Russia
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Nicholas and Alexandra
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Nominated
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1972
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Liv Ullmann
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Kristina Nilsson
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The Emigrants
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Nominated
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Maggie Smith
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Augusta Bertram
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Travels with My Aunt
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Nominated
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1973
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Glenda Jackson
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Vickie Allessio
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A Touch of Class
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Won
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1975
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Hedda Gabler
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Hedda
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Nominated
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Ann-Margret
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Nora Walker
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Tommy
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Nominated
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Isabelle Adjani
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Adele Hugo/Adele Lewly
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The Story of Adele H.
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Nominated
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1976
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Marie-Christine Barrault
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Marthe
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Cousin Cousine
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Nominated
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Liv Ullmann
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Jenny Isaksson
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Face to Face
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Nominated
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1978
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Ingrid Bergman
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Charlotte Andergast
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Autumn Sonata
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Nominated
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1982
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Julie Andrews
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Victor Grazinski/Victoria Grant
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Victor/Victoria
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Nominated
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1983
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Julie Walters
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Susan White/Rita
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Educating Rita
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Nominated
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1984
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Vanessa Redgrave
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Olive Chancellor
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The Bostonians
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Nominated
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1989
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Jessica Tandy
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Daisy Werthan
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Driving Miss Daisy
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Won
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Isabelle Adjani
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Camille Claudel
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Camille Claudel
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Nominated
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Pauline Collins
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Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
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Shirley Valentine
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Nominated
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1992
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Emma Thompson
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Margaret Schlegel
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Howards End
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Won
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Catherine Deneuve
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Eliane Devries
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Indochine
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Nominated
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1993
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Emma Thompson
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Sarah "Sally" Kenton
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The Remains of the Day
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Nominated
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1994
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Miranda Richardson
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Vivienne Haigh-Wood
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Tom & Viv
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Nominated
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1995
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Emma Thompson
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Elinor Dashwood
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Sense and Sensibility
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Nominated
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1996
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Brenda Blethyn
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Cynthia Rose Purley
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Secrets & Lies
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Nominated
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Kristin Scott Thomas
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Katharine Clifton
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The English Patient
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Nominated
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Emily Watson
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Bess McNeill
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Breaking the Waves
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Nominated
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1997
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Helena Bonham Carter
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Kate Croy
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The Wings of the Dove
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Nominated
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Julie Christie
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Phyllis Hart
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Afterglow
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Nominated
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Judi Dench
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Queen Victoria
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Mrs Brown
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Nominated
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Kate Winslet
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Rose DeWitt Bukater
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Titanic
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Nominated
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1998
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Emily Watson
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Jacqueline du Pre
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Hilary and Jackie
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Nominated
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1999
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Janet McTeer
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Mary Jo Walker
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Tumbleweeds
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Nominated
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Julianne Moore
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Sarah Miles
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The End of the Affair
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Nominated
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2000
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Juliette Binoche
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Vianne Rocher
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Chocolat
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Nominated
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2001
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Judi Dench
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Iris Murdoch
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Iris
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Nominated
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2002
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Julianne Moore
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Cathy Whitaker
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Far From Heaven
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Nominated
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2003
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Samantha Morton
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Sarah Sullivan
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In America
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Nominated
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Naomi Watts
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Cristina Williams-Peck
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21 Grams
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Nominated
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2004
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Imelda Staunton
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Vera Rose Drake
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Vera Drake
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Nominated
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Kate Winslet
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Clementine Kruczynski
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Nominated
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2005
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Judi Dench
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Laura Forster-Henderson
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Mrs. Henderson Presents
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Nominated
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Keira Knightley
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Elizabeth Bennet
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Pride & Prejudice
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Nominated
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2006
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Helen Mirren
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Queen Elizabeth II
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The Queen
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Won
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Penélope Cruz
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Raimunda
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Volver
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Nominated
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Judi Dench
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Barbara Covett
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Notes on a Scandal
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Nominated
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Kate Winslet
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Sarah Pierce
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Little Children
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Nominated
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2007
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Marion Cotillard
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Edith Piaf
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La Vie en Rose
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Won
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Julie Christie
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Fiona Anderson
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Away from Her
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Nominated
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2008
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Kate Winslet
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Hanna Schmitz
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The Reader
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Won
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2009
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Helen Mirren
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Sophia Tolstaya
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The Last Station
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Nominated
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Carey Mulligan
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Jenny Mellor
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An Education
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Nominated
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2012
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Emmanuelle Riva
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Anne Laurent
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Amour
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Nominated
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2013
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Judi Dench
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Philomena Lee
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Philomena
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Nominated
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2014
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Julianne Moore
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Alice Howrath
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Still Alice
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Won
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Marion Cotillard
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Sandra Bya
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Two Days, One Night
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Nominated
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Felicity Jones
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Jane Hawking
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The Theory of Everything
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Nominated
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Rosamund Pike
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Amy Elliott-Dunne/Nancy
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Gone Girl
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Nominated
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2015
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Charlotte Rampling
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Kate Mercer
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45 Years
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Nominated
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Saoirse Ronan
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Eilis Lacey
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Brooklyn
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Nominated
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2016
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Isabelle Huppert
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Michele Leblanc
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Elle
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Nominated
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Ruth Negga
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Mildred Loving
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Loving
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Nominated
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First Black European actress nominated in the Leading category.
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2017
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Sally Hawkins
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Elisa Esposito
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The Shape of Water
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Nominated
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Saoirse Ronan
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Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
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Lady Bird
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Nominated
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2018
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Olivia Colman
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Anne, Queen of Great Britain
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The Favourite
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Won
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2019
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Cynthia Erivo
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Harriet Tubman
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Harriet
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Nominated
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Saoirse Ronan
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Josephine "Jo" March
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Little Women
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Nominated
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2020/ 2021
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Vanessa Kirby
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Martha Weiss
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Pieces of a Woman
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Nominated
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Carey Mulligan
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Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
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Promising Young Woman
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Nominated
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2021
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Penélope Cruz
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Janis Martinez Moreno
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Parallel Mothers
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Nominated
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Olivia Colman
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Lena Caruso
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The Lost Daughter
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Nominated
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2022
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Andrea Riseborough
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Leslie Rowlands
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To Leslie
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Nominated
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Ana de Armas
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Marilyn Monroe
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Blonde
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Nominated
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2023
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Sandra Hüller
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Sandra Voyter
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Anatomy of a Fall
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Nominated
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Carey Mulligan
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Felicia Montealegre
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Maestro
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Nominated
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2024
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Cynthia Erivo
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Elphaba Thropp
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Wicked
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Pending
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Karla Sofía Gascón
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Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte
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Emilia Pérez
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Pending
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First transgender actor nominated at the Oscars.
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
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Year
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Name
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Country
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Film
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Status
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Milestone / Notes
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1940
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Charles Bennett and Joan Harrison
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Foreign Correspondent
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Nominated
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Charlie Chaplin
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The Great Dictator
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Nominated
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1942
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Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
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/
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
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Nominated
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1943
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Noël Coward
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In Which We Serve
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Nominated
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1945
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Richard Schweizer
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Marie-Louise
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Won
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1946
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Muriel Box and Sydney Box
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The Seventh Veil
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Won
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Raymond Chandler
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The Blue Dahlia
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Nominated
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Jacques Prevert
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Children of Paradise
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Nominated
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1947
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Charlie Chaplin
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Monsieur Verdoux
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Nominated
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Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Giulio Viola and Cesare Zavattini
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Shoeshine
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Nominated
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1949
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Sergio Amidei, Federico Fellini, Alfred Hayes, Marcello Pagliero and Roberto Rossellini
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/
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Paisan
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Nominated
|
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T. E. B. Clarke
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Passport to Pimlico
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Nominated
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1950
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Billy Wilder
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Sunset Boulevard
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Won
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1951
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The Big Carnival
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Nominated
|
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1952
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T. E. B. Clarke
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The Lavender Hill Mob
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Nominated
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Terence Rattigan
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Breaking the Sound Barrier
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Nominated
|
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1953
|
Walter Reisch
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Titanic
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Won
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1955
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Sonya Levien
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|
Interrupted Melody
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Won
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|
Henri Marquet and Jacques Tati
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|
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
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Nominated
|
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1956
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Albert Lamorisse
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The Red Balloon
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Won
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|
Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli
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La Strada
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Nominated
|
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1957
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Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli
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I Vitelloni
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Nominated
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1959
|
Marcel Moussy and François Truffaut
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|
The 400 Blows
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Nominated
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Ingmar Bergman
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|
Wild Strawberries
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Nominated
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1960
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I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder
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/
|
The Apartment
|
Won
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|
Bryan Forbes, Michael Craig and Richard Gregson
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|
The Angry Silence
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Nominated
|
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Marguerite Duras
|
|
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
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Nominated
|
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1961
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Grigori Chukhrai and Valentin Yezhov
|
|
Ballad of a Soldier
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Nominated
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Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbi and Indro Montanelli
|
|
General Della Rovere
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Nominated
|
|
Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, and Brunello Rondi
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La Dolce Vita
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Nominated
|
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1962
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Ennio De Concini, Pietro Germi, and Alfredo Giannetti
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Divorce Italian Style
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Won
|
|
Wolfgang Reinhardt
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|
Freud
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Nominated
|
|
Alain Robbe-Grillet
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|
Last Year at Marienbad
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Nominated
|
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Ingmar Bergman
|
|
Through a Glass Darkly
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Nominated
|
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1963
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Elia Kazan
|
|
America America
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Nominated
|
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Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, and Brunello Rondi
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|
8 1/2
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Nominated
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Carlo Bernari, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Nanni Loy, and Vasco Pratolini
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The Four Days of Naples
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Nominated
|
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1964
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Alun Owen
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|
A Hard Day's Night
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Nominated
|
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Age, Mario Monicelli, and Furio Scarpelli
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|
The Organizer
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Nominated
|
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Daniel Boulanger, Philipe de Broca, Ariane Mnouchkine, and Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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|
That Man from Rio
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Nominated
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1965
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Frederic Raphael
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Darling
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Won
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Age, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Tonino Guerra, Mario Monicelli, Giorgio Salvioni, and Furio Scarpelli
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|
Casanova 70
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Nominated
|
|
Ken Annakin and Jack Davies
|
|
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
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Nominated
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Jacques Demy
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|
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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Nominated
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1966
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Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven
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A Man and a Woman
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Won
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|
Michelangelo Antonioni, Edward Bond, and Tonino Guerra
|
/
|
Blowup
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Nominated
|
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I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder
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/
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The Fortune Cookie
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Nominated
|
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1967
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Jorge Semprún
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|
La Guerre Est Finie
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Nominated
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Frederic Raphael
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|
Two for the Road
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Nominated
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1968
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Gillo Pontecorvo and Franco Solinas
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|
The Battle of Algiers
|
Nominated
|
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Peter Ustinov
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|
Hot Millions
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Nominated
|
|
Arthur C. Clarke
|
|
2001: A Space Odyssey
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Nominated
|
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1969
|
Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, and Luchino Visconti
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|
The Damned
|
Nominated
|
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1970
|
Eric Rohmer
|
|
My Night at Maud's
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Nominated
|
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1971
|
Elio Petri and Ugo Pirro
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|
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
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Nominated
|
|
Penelope Gilliatt
|
|
Sunday Bloody Sunday
|
Nominated
|
|
1972
|
Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carriere
|
/
|
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
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Nominated
|
|
Louis Malle
|
|
Murmur of the Heart
|
Nominated
|
|
1973
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
|
Cries and Whispers
|
Nominated
|
|
1974
|
Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman, and François Truffaut
|
|
Day for Night
|
Nominated
|
|
1975
|
Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven
|
And Now My Love
|
Nominated
|
|
Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra
|
|
Amarcord
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Nominated
|
|
1976
|
Lina Wertmuller
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|
Seven Beauties
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Nominated
|
|
Jean-Charles Tacchella and Daniele Thompson
|
|
Cousin, Cousine
|
Nominated
|
|
1978
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
|
Autumn Sonata
|
Nominated
|
|
Michael Cimino
|
|
The Deer Hunter
|
Nominated
|
|
1979
|
Steve Tesich
|
|
Breaking Away
|
Won
|
|
1980
|
Jean Gruault
|
|
Mon oncle d'Amerique
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Nominated
|
|
1981
|
Colin Welland
|
|
Chariots of Fire
|
Won
|
|
Trevor Griffiths
|
Reds
|
Nominated
|
|
1984
|
Anna Thomas
|
|
El Norte
|
Nominated
|
|
1985
|
Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard
|
/
|
Brazil
|
Nominated
|
|
1986
|
Hanif Kureishi
|
|
My Beautiful Laundrette
|
Nominated
|
|
1987
|
Louis Malle
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|
Au Revoir Les Enfants
|
Nominated
|
|
John Boorman
|
|
Hope and Glory
|
Nominated
|
|
1988
|
John Cleese and Charles Crichton
|
|
A Fish Called Wanda
|
Nominated
|
|
1992
|
Neil Jordan
|
|
The Crying Game
|
Won
|
|
1994
|
Richard Curtis
|
|
Four Weddings and a Funeral
|
Nominated
|
|
Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz
|
|
Three Colours: Red
|
Nominated
|
|
1996
|
Mike Leigh
|
|
Secrets & Lies
|
Nominated
|
|
1997
|
Simon Beaufoy
|
The Full Monty
|
Nominated
|
|
1998
|
Tom Stoppard
|
|
Shakespeare in Love
|
Won
|
|
Roberto Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami
|
|
Life is Beautiful
|
Nominated
|
|
1999
|
Mike Leigh
|
|
Topsy-Turvy
|
Nominated
|
|
2000
|
Lee Hall
|
Billy Elliot
|
Nominated
|
|
William Nicholson
|
Gladiator
|
Nominated
|
|
2001
|
Julian Fellowes
|
Gosford Park
|
Won
|
|
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant
|
|
Amelie
|
Nominated
|
|
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan
|
|
Memento
|
Nominated
|
|
2002
|
Pedro Almodóvar
|
|
Talk to Her
|
Won
|
|
2003
|
Steven Knight
|
|
Dirty Pretty Things
|
Nominated
|
|
Steven Zaillian
|
|
Gangs of New York
|
Nominated
|
|
Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, and Naomi Sheridan
|
|
In America
|
Nominated
|
|
2004
|
Terry George
|
Hotel Rwanda
|
Nominated
|
|
Pierre Bismuth and Michel Gondry
|
|
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
|
Won
|
|
Mike Leigh
|
|
Vera Drake
|
Nominated
|
|
2006
|
Peter Morgan
|
The Queen
|
Nominated
|
|
2007
|
Jan Pinkava
|
|
Ratatouille
|
Nominated
|
|
2008
|
Mike Leigh
|
|
Happy-Go-Lucky
|
Nominated
|
|
Martin McDonagh
|
|
In Bruges
|
Nominated
|
|
2009
|
Alessandro Camon
|
|
The Messenger
|
Nominated
|
|
2010
|
David Seidler
|
|
The King's Speech
|
Won
|
|
Mike Leigh
|
Another Year
|
Nominated
|
|
Christopher Nolan
|
Inception
|
Nominated
|
|
2011
|
Michel Hazanavicius
|
|
The Artist
|
Nominated
|
|
2012
|
Michael Haneke
|
|
Amour
|
Nominated
|
|
2014
|
Hugo Guinness
|
|
The Grand Budapest Hotel
|
Nominated
|
|
2015
|
Matt Charman
|
Bridge of Spies
|
Nominated
|
|
Alex Garland
|
Ex Machina
|
Nominated
|
|
2016
|
Damien Chazelle
|
|
La La Land
|
Nominated
|
|
Efthimis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos
|
|
The Lobster
|
Nominated
|
|
2017
|
Martin McDonagh
|
|
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
|
Nominated
|
|
2019
|
Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
|
/
|
1917
|
Nominated
|
|
2020/2021
|
Emerald Fennell
|
|
Promising Young Woman
|
Won
|
|
2021
|
Kenneth Branagh
|
|
Belfast
|
Won
|
|
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
|
|
The Worst Person in the World
|
Nominated
|
|
2022
|
Martin McDonagh
|
|
The Banshees of Inisherin
|
Nominated
|
|
Ruben Östlund
|
|
Triangle of Sadness
|
Nominated
|
|
2023
|
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
|
|
Anatomy of a Fall
|
Won
|
|
2024
|
Mona Fastvold
|
|
The Brutalist
|
Pending
|
Shared with Brady Corbet
|
Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum
|
/
|
September 5
|
Pending
|
Shared with Alex David
|
Coralie Fargeat
|
|
The Substance
|
Pending
|
|
Best Adapted Screenplay
During certain ceremonies the Oscars only gave out one screenplay awards. If a screenplay is original, it will be noted as such.
Best Adapted Screenplay
|
Year
|
Name
|
Country
|
Film
|
Status
|
Milestone / Notes
|
1929
|
Hanns Kräly
|
|
The Patriot
|
Won
|
|
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
|
Nominated
|
|
1932
|
Samuel Hoffenstein
|
|
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
|
Nominated
|
|
1933
|
Sonya Levien
|
State Fair
|
Nominated
|
|
Victor Heerman
|
|
Little Women
|
Won
|
|
1937
|
Heinz Herald and Géza Herczeg
|
/
|
The Life of Emile Zola
|
Won
|
1938
|
George Bernard Shaw, Ian Dalrympe, Cecil Arthur Lewis, and W. P. Lipscomb
|
/
|
Pygmalion
|
Won
|
|
1939
|
Holt Marvell, R. C. Sherriff, and Claudine West
|
|
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
|
Nominated
|
|
Walter Reisch and Billy Wilder
|
|
Ninotchka
|
Nominated
|
|
1940
|
Joan Harrison
|
|
Rebecca
|
Nominated
|
|
1941
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
Hold Back the Dawn
|
Nominated
|
|
1942
|
George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis
|
/
|
Mrs. Miniver
|
Won
|
|
Random Harvest
|
Nominated
|
|
Jo Swerling
|
|
The Pride of the Yankees
|
Nominated
|
|
Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger
|
/
|
49th Parallel
|
Nominated
|
|
1944
|
Samuel Hoffenstein
|
|
Laura
|
Nominated
|
|
John Van Druten
|
|
Gaslight
|
Nominated
|
|
Walter Reisch
|
|
Nominated
|
|
Raymond Chandler
|
|
Double Indemnity
|
Nominated
|
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
Nominated
|
|
1945
|
The Lost Weekend
|
Won
|
|
1946
|
Sergio Amidel and Federico Fellini
|
|
Rome, Open City
|
Nominated
|
|
David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, and Ronald Neame
|
|
Brief Encounter
|
Nominated
|
|
1947
|
Great Expectations
|
Nominated
|
|
1948
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
A Foreign Affair
|
Nominated
|
|
Irma Von Cube
|
|
Johnny Belinda
|
Nominated
|
|
Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler [de]
|
|
The Search
|
Nominated
|
|
Frank Partos
|
|
The Snake Pit
|
Nominated
|
|
1949
|
Cesare Zavattini
|
|
Bicycle Thieves
|
Nominated
|
|
Graham Greene
|
|
The Fallen Idol
|
Nominated
|
|
1951
|
Jacques Natanson and Max Ophüls
|
/
|
La Ronde
|
Nominated
|
|
Robert Wyler
|
|
Detective Story
|
Nominated
|
|
1952
|
John Dighton and Roger MacDougall
|
/
|
Sabrina
|
Nominated
|
|
1953
|
John Dighton and Ian McLellan Hunter
|
|
Roman Holiday
|
Nominated
|
|
Eric Ambler
|
The Cruel Sea
|
Nominated
|
|
1954
|
Billy Wilder
|
|
Sabrina
|
Nominated
|
|
1956
|
Ivan Moffat
|
|
Giant
|
Nominated
|
|
1957
|
Pierre Boulle
|
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
Won
|
|
1958
|
Alec Guinness
|
|
The Horse's Mouth
|
Nominated
|
|
1959
|
I. A. L. Diamond and Billy Wilder
|
/
|
Some Like It Hot
|
Nominated
|
|
Neil Paterson
|
|
Room at the Top
|
Won
|
|
1960
|
T. E. B. Clarke and Gavin Lambert
|
|
Sons and Lovers
|
Nominated
|
|
James Kennaway
|
|
Tunes of Glory
|
Nominated
|
|
1962
|
Vladimir Nabokov
|
|
Lolita
|
Nominated
|
|
Robert Bolt
|
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
Nominated
|
|
1963
|
John Osborne
|
Tom Jones
|
Won
|
|
Serge Bourguignon and Antoine Tudal
|
|
Sundays and Cybele
|
Nominated
|
|
1964
|
Peter George
|
|
Dr. Strangelove
|
Nominated
|
|
Michael Cacoyannis
|
|
Zorba the Greek
|
Nominated
|
|
1965
|
Robert Bolt
|
|
Doctor Zhivago
|
Won
|
|
1966
|
A Man for All Seasons
|
Won
|
|
Vernon Harris
|
|
Alfie
|
Nominated
|
|
1968
|
Roman Polanski
|
|
Rosemary's Baby
|
Nominated
|
|
Vernon Harris
|
|
Oliver!
|
Nominated
|
|
1969
|
Bridget Boland
|
|
Anne of the Thousand Days
|
Nominated
|
|
Costa-Gavras and Jorge Semprún
|
/
|
Z
|
Nominated
|
|
1970
|
Joseph Bologna
|
|
Lovers and Other Strangers
|
Nominated
|
|
1971
|
Bernardo Bertolucci
|
The Conformist
|
Nominated
|
|
Vittorio Bonicelli and Ugo Pirro
|
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
|
Nominated
|
|
1972
|
Bengt Forslund and Jan Troell
|
|
The Emigrants
|
Nominated
|
|
1974
|
Paul Dehn
|
|
Murder on the Orient Express
|
Nominated
|
|
Lionel Chetwynd
|
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
|
Nominated
|
|
1975
|
Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi
|
|
Profumo di donna
|
Nominated
|
|
1976
|
Federico Fellini and Bernardino Zapponi
|
Fellini's Casanova
|
Nominated
|
|
David Butler
|
|
Voyage of the Damned
|
Nominated
|
|
1977
|
Gavin Lambert
|
|
|
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
|
Nominated
|
|
Peter Shaffer
|
Equus
|
Nominated
|
|
Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière
|
/
|
That Obscure Object of Desire
|
Nominated
|
|
1979
|
Marcello Danon, Édouard Molinaro, Jean Poiret, and Francis Veber
|
|
La Cage aux Folles
|
Nominated
|
|
1981
|
Harold Pinter
|
|
The French Lieutenant's Woman
|
Nominated
|
|
Dennis Potter
|
Pennies from Heaven
|
Nominated
|
|
1982
|
Costa-Gavras
|
|
Missing
|
Won
|
|
Wolfgang Petersen
|
|
Das Boot
|
Nominated
|
|
1983
|
Harold Pinter
|
|
Betrayal
|
Nominated
|
|
Willy Russell
|
Educating Rita
|
Nominated
|
|
Ronald Harwood
|
|
The Dresser
|
Nominated
|
Harwood was born in South Africa.
|
1985
|
Menno Meyjes
|
|
The Color Purple
|
Nominated
|
|
1986
|
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
|
|
A Room with a View
|
Won
|
|
1987
|
Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe
|
/
|
The Last Emperor
|
Won
|
|
Per Berglund, Brasse Brännström, Lasse Hallström and Reidar Jönsson
|
|
My Life as a Dog
|
Nominated
|
|
James Dearden
|
|
Fatal Attraction
|
Nominated
|
|
1988
|
Christopher Hampton
|
Dangerous Liaisons
|
Won
|
|
Christine Edzard
|
|
Little Dorrit
|
Nominated
|
|
Jean-Claude Carrière
|
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
|
Nominated
|
|
1989
|
Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan
|
|
My Left Foot
|
Nominated
|
|
1990
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
Goodfellas
|
Nominated
|
|
1991
|
Agniezska Holland
|
|
Europa Europa
|
Nominated
|
|
1992
|
Peter Barnes
|
|
Enchanted April
|
Nominated
|
|
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
|
|
Howards End
|
Won
|
|
1993
|
The Remains of the Day
|
Nominated
|
|
Martin Scorsese
|
|
Age of Innocence
|
Nominated
|
|
Terry George and Jim Sheridan
|
|
In the Name of the Father
|
Nominated
|
|
1994
|
Alan Bennett
|
|
The Madness of King George
|
Nominated
|
|
1995
|
Emma Thompson
|
Sense and Sensibility
|
Won
|
|
Mike Figgis
|
Leaving Las Vegas
|
Nominated
|
|
Michael Radford, Anna Pavignano, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, and Massimo Troisi
|
/
|
Il Postino: The Postman
|
Nominated
|
|
1996
|
Kenneth Branagh
|
|
Hamlet
|
Nominated
|
|
John Hodge
|
|
Trainspotting
|
Nominated
|
|
Anthony Minghella
|
|
The English Patient
|
Nominated
|
|
1997
|
Atom Egoyan
|
|
The Sweet Hereafter
|
Won
|
|
1999
|
Anthony Minghella
|
|
The Talented Mr. Ripley
|
Nominated
|
|
2002
|
David Hare
|
The Hours
|
Nominated
|
|
Ronald Harwood
|
|
The Pianist
|
Won
|
|
2004
|
Julie Delpy
|
|
Before Sunset
|
Nominated
|
|
2005
|
Jeffrey Caine
|
|
Philomena
|
Nominated
|
|
2006
|
Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, and Dan Mazer
|
/
|
Borat
|
Nominated
|
|
Hawk Ostby
|
|
Children of Men
|
Nominated
|
|
Patrick Marber
|
|
Notes on a Scandal
|
Nominated
|
|
2007
|
Christopher Hampton
|
Atonement
|
Nominated
|
|
Ronald Harwood
|
|
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
|
Nominated
|
|
2008
|
Simon Beaufoy
|
|
Slumdog Millionaire
|
Won
|
|
Peter Morgan
|
Frost/Nixon
|
Nominated
|
|
David Hare
|
The Reader
|
Nominated
|
|
2009
|
Nick Hornby
|
An Education
|
Nominated
|
|
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche
|
/
|
In the Loop
|
Nominated
|
|
2010
|
Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
|
|
127 Hours
|
Nominated
|
|
2011
|
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
|
Nominated
|
|
2013
|
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
|
Philomena
|
Nominated
|
|
Julie Delpy
|
|
Before Midnight
|
Nominated
|
|
2014
|
Damien Chazelle
|
|
Whiplash
|
Nominated
|
|
2015
|
Emma Donoghue
|
|
Room
|
Nominated
|
|
Nick Hornby
|
|
Brooklyn
|
Nominated
|
|
2020/2021
|
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
|
/
|
The Father
|
Won
|
|
Sacha Baron Cohen, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer
|
/
|
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
|
Nominated
|
|
2022
|
Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell
|
/
|
All Quiet on the Western Front
|
Nominated
|
|
Kazuo Ishiguro
|
|
Living
|
Nominated
|
|
2023
|
Christopher Nolan
|
|
Oppenheimer
|
Nominated
|
|
Jonathan Glazer
|
The Zone of Interest
|
Nominated
|
|
2024
|
Jacques Audiard Thomas Bidegain Léa Mysius Nicolas Livecchi
|
|
Emilia Pérez
|
Pending
|
|
Peter Straughan
|
|
Conclave
|
Pending
|
|
Best Story
Best Animated Feature
Best Animated Short Film
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Original Score
Best Original Score
|
Year
|
Name
|
Country
|
Film
|
Status
|
Milestone / Notes
|
1950
|
Franz Waxman
|
|
Sunset Boulevard
|
Won
|
Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
|
Max Steiner
|
|
The Flame and the Arrow
|
Nominated
|
Adolph Deutsch
|
|
Annie Get Your Gun
|
Won
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Roger Edens
|
Oliver Wallace
|
Cinderella
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Paul Smith
|
André Previn
|
|
Three Little Words
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture
|
1951
|
Franz Waxman
|
A Place in the Sun
|
Won
|
Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
|
Miklós Rózsa
|
|
Quo Vadis
|
Nominated
|
Oliver Wallace
|
|
Alice in Wonderland
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture
|
Peter Herman Adler
|
|
The Great Caruso
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Johnny Green
|
Adolph Deutsch
|
|
Show Boat
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Conrad Salinger
|
1952
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
|
High Noon
|
Won
|
Music Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
|
Miklós Rózsa
|
|
Ivanhoe
|
Nominated
|
Max Steiner
|
|
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
|
Nominated
|
The Jazz Singer
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Ray Heindorf
|
Gian Carlo Menotti
|
|
The Medium
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture
|
1953
|
Bronisław Kaper
|
|
Lili
|
Won
|
Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
|
Miklós Rózsa
|
|
Julius Caesar
|
Nominated
|
Friedrich Hollaender
|
|
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Morris Stoloff
|
Adolph Deutsch
|
|
The Band Wagon
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture
|
André Previn
|
|
Kiss Me Kate
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Saul Chaplin
|
1954
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
|
The High and the Mighty
|
Won
|
Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
|
Max Steiner
|
|
The Caine Mutiny
|
Nominated
|
Franz Waxman
|
|
The Silver Chalice
|
Nominated
|
Adolph Deutsch
|
|
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
|
Won
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Saul Chaplin
|
1955
|
Max Steiner
|
|
Battle Cry
|
Nominated
|
Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
|
Adolph Deutsch
|
|
Oklahoma!
|
Won
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Robert Russell Bennett and Jay Blackton
|
Cyril J. Mockridge
|
Guys and Dolls
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Jay Blackton
|
André Previn
|
|
It's Always Fair Weather
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture
|
1956
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
|
Giant
|
Nominated
|
Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
|
1957
|
Malcolm Arnold
|
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
Won
|
|
1958
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
|
The Old Man and the Sea
|
Won
|
Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
|
Oliver Wallace
|
|
White Wilderness
|
Nominated
|
André Previn
|
|
Gigi
|
Won
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture
|
Yuri Fayer Gennady Rozhdestvensky
|
|
The Bolshoi Ballet
|
Nominated
|
1959
|
Miklós Rózsa
|
|
Ben-Hur
|
Won
|
Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
|
Franz Waxman
|
|
The Nun's Story
|
Nominated
|
Ernest Gold
|
|
On the Beach
|
Nominated
|
André Previn
|
|
Porgy and Bess
|
Won
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Ken Darby
|
1960
|
Ernest Gold
|
|
Exodus
|
Won
|
Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
|
The Alamo
|
Nominated
|
André Previn
|
|
Elmer Gantry
|
Nominated
|
Bells Are Ringing
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture Shared with Red Mitchell
|
1961
|
Miklós Rózsa
|
|
El Cid
|
Nominated
|
Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
|
The Guns of Navarone
|
Nominated
|
Dmitri Shostakovich
|
|
Khovanshchina
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture
|
1962
|
Maurice Jarre
|
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
Won
|
Music Score — Substantially Original
|
Bronisław Kaper
|
|
Mutiny on the Bounty
|
Nominated
|
Franz Waxman
|
|
Taras Bulba
|
Nominated
|
Michel Magne
|
|
Gigot
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment
|
1963
|
John Addison
|
|
Tom Jones
|
Won
|
Music Score — Substantially Original
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
|
55 Days at Peking
|
Nominated
|
Ernest Gold
|
|
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
|
Nominated
|
André Previn
|
|
Irma la Douce
|
Won
|
Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment
|
Maurice Jarre
|
|
Sundays and Cybele
|
Nominated
|
1964
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
|
The Fall of the Roman Empire
|
Nominated
|
Music Score — Substantially Original
|
André Previn
|
|
My Fair Lady
|
Won
|
Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment
|
George Martin
|
|
A Hard Day's Night
|
Nominated
|
Leo Arnaud
|
|
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment Shared with Robert Armbruster, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, and Leo Shuken
|
1965
|
Maurice Jarre
|
Doctor Zhivago
|
Won
|
Music Score — Substantially Original
|
Jacques Demy Michel Legrand
|
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
|
Nominated
|
Michel Legrand
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment
|
1966
|
John Barry
|
|
Born Free
|
Won
|
Original Music Score
|
Ken Thorne
|
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment
|
Luis Bacalov
|
|
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
|
Nominated
|
1967
|
Leslie Bricusse
|
|
Doctor Dolittle
|
Nominated
|
Original Music Score
|
Richard Rodney Bennett
|
Far from the Madding Crowd
|
Nominated
|
André Previn
|
|
Thoroughly Modern Millie
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment Shared with Joseph Gershenson
|
1968
|
John Barry
|
|
The Lion in Winter
|
Won
|
Original Score — For a Motion Picture (Not a Musical)
|
Michel Legrand
|
|
The Thomas Crown Affair
|
Nominated
|
Michel Legrand Jacques Demy
|
The Young Girls of Rochefort
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture — Original or Adaptation
|
1969
|
Georges Delerue
|
Anne of the Thousand Days
|
Nominated
|
Original Score — For a Motion Picture (Not a Musical)
|
Ernest Gold
|
|
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
|
Nominated
|
Leslie Bricusse
|
|
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
|
Nominated
|
Scoring of a Musical Picture — Original or Adaptation Shared with John Williams
|
1970
|
Francis Lai
|
|
Love Story
|
Won
|
Original Score
|
Frank Cordell
|
|
Cromwell
|
Nominated
|
The Beatles
|
Let It Be
|
Won
|
Original Song Score
|
Leslie Bricusse Ian Fraser
|
Scrooge
|
Nominated
|
1971
|
Michel Legrand
|
|
Summer of '42
|
Won
|
Original Dramatic Score
|
John Barry
|
|
Mary, Queen of Scots
|
Nominated
|
Richard Rodney Bennett
|
Nicholas and Alexandra
|
Nominated
|
Peter Maxwell Davies Peter Greenwell
|
The Boy Friend
|
Nominated
|
Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
/
|
Tchaikovsky
|
Nominated
|
Leslie Bricusse Anthony Newley
|
|
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
|
Nominated
|
1972
|
Charlie Chaplin
|
Limelight
|
Won
|
Original Dramatic Score Shared with Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell
|
Nino Rota
|
|
The Godfather
|
Nominated
|
Original Dramatic Score Nomination rescinded
|
John Addison
|
|
Sleuth
|
Nominated
|
Original Dramatic Score
|
1973
|
Georges Delerue
|
|
The Day of the Dolphin
|
Nominated
|
Original Dramatic Score
|
John Cameron
|
|
A Touch of Class
|
Nominated
|
André Previn Andrew Lloyd Webber
|
/
|
Jesus Christ Superstar
|
Nominated
|
Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation Shared with Herbert W. Spencer
|
1974
|
Nino Rota
|
|
The Godfather Part II
|
Won
|
Original Dramatic Score Shared with Carmine Coppola
|
Richard Rodney Bennett
|
|
Murder on the Orient Express
|
Nominated
|
Original Dramatic Score
|
Frederick Loewe Angela Morley
|
/
|
The Little Prince
|
Nominated
|
Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation Shared with Alan Jay Lerner and Douglas Gamley
|
1975
|
Pete Townshend
|
|
Tommy
|
Nominated
|
Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation
|
1977
|
Georges Delerue
|
|
Julia
|
Nominated
|
Original Dramatic Score
|
Maurice Jarre
|
Mohammad, Messenger of God
|
Nominated
|
Angela Morley
|
|
The Slipper and the Rose
|
Nominated
|
Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score Shared with the Sherman Brothers
|
1978
|
Giorgio Moroder
|
|
Midnight Express
|
Won
|
Original Score
|
Ennio Morricone
|
Days of Heaven
|
Nominated
|
1979
|
Georges Delerue
|
|
A Little Romance
|
Won
|
Original Score
|
1980
|
Philippe Sarde
|
Tess
|
Nominated
|
|
1981
|
Vangelis
|
|
Chariots of Fire
|
Won
|
|
1982
|
George Fenton
|
|
Gandhi
|
Nominated
|
Original Score Shared with Ravi Shankar
|
Leslie Bricusse
|
Victor/Victoria
|
Won
|
Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score Shared with Henry Mancini
|
1983
|
Michel Legrand
|
|
Yentl
|
Won
|
Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score Shared with Alan and Marilyn Bergman
|
1984
|
Maurice Jarre
|
A Passage to India
|
Won
|
Original Score
|
1985
|
John Barry
|
|
Out of Africa
|
Won
|
|
Georges Delerue
|
|
Agnes of God
|
Nominated
|
|
Jeremy Lubbock Rod Temperton
|
|
The Color Purple
|
Nominated
|
Shared with Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Andraé Crouch, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Randy Kerber, Joel Rosenbaum, Caiphus Semenya, and Fred Steiner
|
Maurice Jarre
|
|
Witness
|
Nominated
|
|
1986
|
Ennio Morricone
|
|
The Mission
|
Nominated
|
|
1987
|
David Byrne
|
/
|
The Last Emperor
|
Won
|
Shared with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su
|
George Fenton
|
|
Cry Freedom
|
Nominated
|
Shared with Jonas Gwangwa
|
Ennio Morricone
|
|
The Untouchables
|
Nominated
|
|
1988
|
George Fenton
|
|
Dangerous Liaisons
|
Nominated
|
|
Maurice Jarre
|
|
Gorillas in the Mist
|
Nominated
|
|
Hans Zimmer
|
|
Rain Man
|
Nominated
|
|
1990
|
John Barry
|
|
Dances with Wolves
|
Won
|
|
Maurice Jarre
|
|
Ghost
|
Nominated
|
|
1991
|
Ennio Morricone
|
|
Bugsy
|
Nominated
|
|
George Fenton
|
|
The Fisher King
|
Nominated
|
|
1992
|
John Barry
|
Chaplin
|
Nominated
|
|
1994
|
Hans Zimmer
|
|
The Lion King
|
Won
|
|
1995
|
Luis Bacalov
|
/
|
The Postman
|
Won
|
Dramatic Score.
|
Patrick Doyle
|
|
Sense and Sensibility
|
Nominated
|
1996
|
Gabriel Yared
|
/
|
The English Patient
|
Won
|
Patrick Doyle
|
|
Hamlet
|
Nominated
|
Rachel Portman
|
Emma
|
Won
|
Musical or Comedy Score.
|
Hans Zimmer
|
|
The Preacher's Wife
|
Nominated
|
1997
|
Anne Dudley
|
|
The Full Monty
|
Won
|
Hans Zimmer
|
|
As Good as It Gets
|
Nominated
|
1998
|
Nicola Piovani
|
|
Life Is Beautiful
|
Won
|
Dramatic Score.
|
Stephen Warbeck
|
|
Shakespeare in Love
|
Won
|
Musical or Comedy Score.
|
Hans Zimmer
|
|
The Thin Red Line
|
Nominated
|
Dramatic Score.
|
The Prince of Egypt
|
Nominated
|
Musical or Comedy Score. Shared with Stephen Schwartz.
|
1999
|
Rachel Portman
|
|
The Cider House Rules
|
Nominated
|
|
Gabriel Yared
|
/
|
The Talented Mr. Ripley
|
Nominated
|
|
2000
|
Rachel Portman
|
|
Chocolat
|
Nominated
|
|
Hans Zimmer
|
|
Gladiator
|
Nominated
|
|
Ennio Morricone
|
|
Malèna
|
Nominated
|
|
2003
|
Gabriel Yared
|
/
|
Cold Mountain
|
Nominated
|
|
2004
|
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
|
|
Finding Neverland
|
Won
|
|
2005
|
Alberto Iglesias
|
|
The Constant Gardener
|
Nominated
|
|
Dario Marianelli
|
|
Pride & Prejudice
|
Nominated
|
|
2006
|
Javier Navarrete
|
|
Pan's Labyrinth
|
Nominated
|
|
Alexandre Desplat
|
|
The Queen
|
Nominated
|
|
2007
|
Dario Marianelli
|
|
Atonement
|
Won
|
|
Alberto Iglesias
|
|
The Kite Runner
|
Nominated
|
|
2008
|
Alexandre Desplat
|
|
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
|
Nominated
|
|
2009
|
Fantastic Mr. Fox
|
Nominated
|
|
Hans Zimmer
|
|
Sherlock Holmes
|
Nominated
|
|
2010
|
Atticus Ross
|
|
The Social Network
|
Won
|
Shared with Trent Reznor.
|
John Powell
|
How to Train Your Dragon
|
Nominated
|
|
Hans Zimmer
|
|
Inception
|
Nominated
|
|
Alexandre Desplat
|
|
The King's Speech
|
Nominated
|
|
2011
|
Ludovic Bource
|
The Artist
|
Won
|
|
Alberto Iglesias
|
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
|
Nominated
|
|
2012
|
Dario Marianelli
|
|
Anna Karenina
|
Nominated
|
|
Alexandre Desplat
|
|
Argo
|
Nominated
|
|
2013
|
Steven Price
|
|
Gravity
|
Won
|
|
Alexandre Desplat
|
|
Philomena
|
Nominated
|
|
2014
|
The Grand Budapest Hotel
|
Won
|
|
The Imitation Game
|
Nominated
|
|
Hans Zimmer
|
|
Interstellar
|
Nominated
|
|
Gary Yershon
|
|
Mr. Turner
|
Nominated
|
|
Jóhann Jóhannsson
|
|
The Theory of Everything
|
Nominated
|
|
2015
|
Ennio Morricone
|
|
The Hateful Eight
|
Won
|
|
Jóhann Jóhannsson
|
|
Sicario
|
Nominated
|
|
2016
|
Micachu
|
|
Jackie
|
Nominated
|
|
Hauschka
|
|
Lion
|
Nominated
|
Shared with Dustin O'Halloran.
|
2017
|
Jonny Greenwood
|
|
Phantom Thread
|
Nominated
|
|
Hans Zimmer
|
|
Dunkirk
|
Nominated
|
|
Alexandre Desplat
|
|
The Shape of Water
|
Won
|
|
2018
|
Isle of Dogs
|
Nominated
|
|
Ludwig Göransson
|
|
Black Panther
|
Won
|
|
2019
|
Hildur Guðnadóttir
|
|
Joker
|
Won
|
|
Alexandre Desplat
|
|
Little Women
|
Nominated
|
|
2020/2021
|
Atticus Ross
|
|
Soul
|
Won
|
Shared with Jon Batiste and Trent Reznor.
|
Mank
|
Nominated
|
Shared with Trent Reznor.
|
2021
|
Hans Zimmer
|
|
Dune
|
Won
|
|
Jonny Greenwood
|
|
The Power of the Dog
|
Nominated
|
|
Alberto Iglesias
|
|
Parallel Mothers
|
Nominated
|
|
2022
|
Hauschka
|
|
All Quiet on the Western Front
|
Won
|
|
2023
|
Ludwig Göransson
|
|
Oppenheimer
|
Won
|
|
Jerskin Fendrix
|
|
Poor Things
|
Nominated
|
|
2024
|
Daniel Blumberg
|
The Brutalist
|
Pending
|
|
John Powell
|
Wicked
|
Pending
|
Shared with Stephen Schwartz
|
Best International Feature Film
References
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