A Fish Called Wanda

Award: Best Actor
Award Year: 1988
Recipient(s): John Cleese
Theatrical Release Date: Jul 13, 1988

Synopsis:

Tour-de-force performances from an unparalleled comic cast highlight this much-loved hit that RogerEbert calls "the funniest movie I have seen in a long time!" Monty Pythoners John Cleese and Michael Palin (Search For The Holy Grail, The Meaning Of Life) join Oscar winner Kevin Kline (In & Out) and Jamie Lee Curtis (True Lies) in an entertainment so impeccably timed and executed that Time Magazine hailed it as: "Genius [a film that] redefines agreat comic tradition!"

Four conniving jewel thieves... three yorkshire terriers... two heaving bosoms and one proper British barrister. It all adds up to "a non-stop barrage of... outrageous plot twists and over-the top performances" (L.A. Weekly) when a girl called Wanda (Curtis) tries to deceive her Nietzche-quoting boyfriend (Kline), an animal-loving hitman (Palin) and an embarrassment-prone counselor (Cleese) out of a fortune in jewels in this hilariously funny farce!

Avanti!

Award: Best Actor - Musical/Comedy
Award Year: 1972
Recipient(s): Jack Lemmon
Theatrical Release Date: Dec 17, 1972

Synopsis: Jack Lemmon, along with Juliet Mills, delivers a brilliant performance in this comedy about death's lengthy red tape from writer/director Billy Wilder.

Bandits

Award: Best Actor
Award Year: 2001
Recipient(s): Billy Bob Thornton
Theatrical Release Date: Oct 12, 2001

Synopsis: Suave, irresistible Joe (Bruce Willis) and his hypochondriac partner Terry (Billy Bob Thornton) have escaped from prison. Cutting a swath from Oregon through California, these fugitives rob banks in order to finance their scheme for a new and somewhat legitimate life south of the border, leaving a trail of terrified bankers, bad wigs - and an adoring public - in their wake.
Unfortunately, things get more complicated when they meet Kate Wheeler (Cate Blanchett), an ordinary housewife sick of her boring life - who happens to run into Terry with her car. Kate joins the bandits on their cross-country spree, and eventually she steals something, too - their hearts. Both guys fall in love with Kate - and Kate falls for both of them. Joe and Terry are far from ideal on their own, but together they make up the perfect man...

Birdman Of Alcatraz

Award: Best Actor
Award Year: 1962
Recipient(s): Burt Lancaster
Theatrical Release Date: Jul 28, 1962

Synopsis: Burt Lancaster stars as a murderer sentenced to Alcatraz, who becomes a world renowned authority on birds. The excellent supporting cast includes Thelma Ritter, Telly Savalas and Karl Malden.

Blood Simple

Award: Best Actor
Award Year: 1985
Recipient(s): M. Emmet Walsh
Theatrical Release Date: Jan 18, 1985

Synopsis: In this homage to film noir, a jealous husband hires a sleazy detective to kill his wife and her bartender boyfriend...but that's only the beginning.

Bound For Glory

Award: Best Actor
Award Year: 1976
Recipient(s): David Carradine
Theatrical Release Date: Dec 05, 1976

Synopsis: David Carradine gives a brilliant performance as Woody Guthrie, the hard-travelin', ramblin' balladeer who sang of America's sorrows and joys during the Great Depression.

Carrington

Award: Best Actor
Award Year: 1995
Recipient(s): Jonathan Pryce
Theatrical Release Date: Nov 10, 1995

Synopsis: Carrington is the true story of the tragic relationship between the English painter Dora Carrington and writer, Lytton Strachey. Between the First World War and the early 1930's, they experimented with a way of life beyond the conventional standards of their time, a life which broke all the taboos of society of their desire to live as freely and honestly as they could. They acknowledged openly what most of us are aware of but still reluctant to discuss: that a great many differences can exist between spiritual love and physical desire.

Coming Home

Award: Best Actor
Award Year: 1978
Recipient(s): Jon Voight
Theatrical Release Date: Feb 15, 1978

Synopsis: Jane Fonda and Jon Voight were awarded Best Actress and Actor Oscars for their performances in this riveting drama about three people whose lives are forever changed by the Vietnam War.

Cyrano De Bergerac

Award: Best Actor
Award Year: 1991
Recipient(s): Gerard Depardieu
Theatrical Release Date: Nov 16, 1990

Synopsis: A retelling of Edmond Rostand's classic tale of the unattractive cavalier Cyrano de Bergerac, a French soldier with a gift of poetry and an ego as large as his nose.

Dead Man Walking

Award: Best Actor
Award Year: 1996
Recipient(s): Sean Penn
Theatrical Release Date: Dec 29, 1995

Synopsis: Dead Man Walking is the compelling true story based on the experience of Sister Helen Prejean, a Catholic nun caught in a moral crisis; her role as a spiritual advisor to a convicted murderer on death row leads her to become an outspoken advocate against the death penalty, but her confrontation with the grieving families of his victims throws her into a deeper crisis of faith than she could ever have imagined.

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