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

Actors : Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.

Actors : Albert Brooks, Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, while attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

Actors : Josh Charles, Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard,
Directors : Peter Weir,

English teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings.

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, Bob Gunton, William Sadler,
Directors : Frank Darabont,

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

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 : Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy,
Directors : Bryan Singer,

A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert.

Actors : Connie Nielsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

When a Roman General is betrayed, and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.

Actors : Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush,
Directors : Gore Verbinski,

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Actors : Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Actors : Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

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.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, John Travolta,
Directors : Quentin Tarantino,

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Actors : Gary Sinise, Robin Wright, Sally Field, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Robert Zemeckis,

JFK, LBJ, Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.

Actors : John Savage, John Cazale, Christopher Walken, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.

Actors : Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Actors : Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien,
Directors : Tony Kaye,

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

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 : 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 : Carol Kane, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts,
Directors : Woody Allen,

Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.