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

Actors : Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Directors : Jane Campion,

Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, Emmy Rossum, Sean Penn,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one has a family tragedy.

Actors : Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Diego Luna,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.

Actors : Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon,

A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy,
Directors : Tomas Alfredson,

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.

Actors : George Clooney, Amara Miller, Shailene Woodley, Nick Krause,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.

Actors : Jennifer Lawrence, Jacki Weaver, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro,
Directors : David O. Russell,

After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Actors : Bob Odenkirk, Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.

Actors : Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy,
Directors : Alejandro González Iñárritu,

A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Michael Fassbender, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels,
Directors : Danny Boyle,

Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.

Actors : Mark Gatiss, Olivia Colman, Anthony Hopkins, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams,
Directors : Florian Zeller,

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

Actors : Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Yuh-Jung Youn, Alan S. Kim, Noel Cho,
Directors : Lee Isaac Chung,

A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Roy Dotrice, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge,
Directors : Milos Forman,

The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Thora Birch, Annette Bening, Wes Bentley,
Directors : Sam Mendes,

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Actors : Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Fox, Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Actors : Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Mark Margolis, Evan Rachel Wood,
Directors : Darren Aronofsky,

A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.

Actors : Amber Tamblyn, James Franco, Sean Bott, Kate Mara,
Directors : Danny Boyle,

An adventurous mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

Actors : Matthew McConaughey, Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Actors : Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Viola Davis, Glynn Turman,
Directors : George C. Wolfe,

Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.