Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in actor in a leading role category

Actors : Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Tess Harper, Robert Duvall,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.

Actors : Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Jack Nicholson, Michael O'Keefe,
Directors : Hector Babenco,

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his home town of Albany, NY after returning there for the first time in decades.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Richard Burton, Colin Blakely, Peter Firth,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.

Actors : Vincent Perez, Anne Brochet, Jacques Weber, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Jean-Paul Rappeneau,

Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.

Actors : Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim, Sally Field, James Garner,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

Emma is a divorced woman with a teen-aged son who moves into a small town and tries to make a go of a horse ranch. Murphy is the widowed town druggist who steers business her way. Things ...

Actors : Sissy Spacek, John Shea, Melanie Mayron, Jack Lemmon,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.

Actors : Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips,
Directors : Bertrand Tavernier,

In 'Round Midnight, real-life jazz legend Dexter Gordon brilliantly portrays the fictional tenor sax player Dale Turner, a musician slowly losing the battle with alcoholism, estranged from ...

Actors : Jessica Tandy, Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Robert Benton,

A stubborn man past his prime reflects his life of strict independence and seeks more out of himself.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Albert Finney, Ignacio López Tarso, Anthony Andrews,
Directors : John Huston,

The last 24 hours in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a lonely, depressed English consul who retreats to alcohol for solace.

Actors : Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Tom Courtenay, Zena Walker,
Directors : Peter Yates,

An effeminate personal assistant of a deteriorating veteran actor struggles to get him through a difficult performance of King Lear.

Actors : John Hurt, Richard Harris, Frances Tomelty, Sean Bean,
Directors : Jim Sheridan,

"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing endlessly for the sake of the land, and when the widow, who owns the field, decides to sell the field in a public ...

Actors : Roberts Blossom, Kelly McGillis, Tom Conti, Joel Fabiani,
Directors : Robert Ellis Miller,

A drunken Scottish poet, who has not written a word in years, feels compelled to regain control of his life and work after meeting a beautiful young woman.

Actors : Robby Benson, Jack Lemmon, Colleen Dewhurst, Lee Remick,
Directors : Bob Clark,

A shallow Broadway press agent learns he is dying just as his son by his ex-wife arrives for a visit.