Where To Watch Every Movie That Won Best Actor at the Oscars

As highly predicted, Cillian Murphy won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 96th Oscars. He won the award for his portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer. Murphy wholly transformed into the historical figure and was able to convey the conflicting life and morals of the creator of the atomic bomb. Now, he joins a list of just 86 actors to win America's most prestigious acting award. This guide will revisit all of the movies that hold Best Actor-winning performances and reveal where to stream them.

Emil Jannings was the first nominee to win Best Actor at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. Back then, actors could win the award for multiple films. Hence, he won for his roles as Grand Duke Sergius Alexander in The Last Command and August Schilling in The Way of All Flesh. Since the rules changed afterward, Jennings is the only actor to win the award for multiple roles.

While a lot has changed about the Oscars in 96 years, one thing that has not is the Best Actor category. To this day, it remains one of the Big Four awards one can win. It has been awarded to a wide variety of men for many different roles, such as Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field, Jack Nicholson for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Adrien Brody for The Pianist, and Joaquin Phoenix for Joker.

While every win is a significant achievement, several particularly notable wins have occurred. In 2012, Daniel Day-Lewis won his third Best Actor for portraying Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln. Hence, he became the only actor to have ever won Best Actor three times at the time of writing. As for the actors with the most Best Actor nominations in history, Laurence Olivier and Spencer Tracy are tied with a whopping nine nominations each.

However, several men have earned two Best Actor awards in their lifetime, including Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks, and Anthony Hopkins. In addition to being one of few actors to win Best Actor twice, Hopkins became the oldest winner when he won for The Father in 2020 at age 83.

Here’s where to watch every movie that has produced an Oscar-winning performance from newest to oldest.

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  1. Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    2023

    IMDB 8.3 (704k)

    #1

    The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

  2. The Whale

    The Whale

    2022

    IMDB 7.7 (209k)

    #2

    A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

  3. King Richard

    King Richard

    2021

    IMDB 7.5 (135k)

    #3

    The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.

  4. The Father

    The Father

    2020

    IMDB 8.2 (191k)

    #4

    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.

  5. Joker

    Joker

    2019

    IMDB 8.4 (1m)

    #5

    During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

  6. Bohemian Rhapsody

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    2018

    IMDB 7.9 (590k)

    #6

    Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

  7. Darkest Hour

    Darkest Hour

    2017

    IMDB 7.4 (193k)

    #7

    In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

  8. Manchester by the Sea

    Manchester by the Sea

    2016

    IMDB 7.8 (312k)

    #8

    After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

  9. The Revenant

    The Revenant

    2015

    IMDB 8.0 (871k)

    #9

    In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

  10. The Theory of Everything

    #10

    The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

  11. Dallas Buyers Club

    Dallas Buyers Club

    2013

    IMDB 7.9 (518k)

    #11

    Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

  12. Lincoln

    Lincoln

    2012

    IMDB 7.3 (272k)

    #12

    The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

  13. The Artist

    The Artist

    2011

    IMDB 7.9 (247k)

    #13

    Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

  14. The King's Speech

    The King's Speech

    2010

    IMDB 8.0 (706k)

    #14

    The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

  15. Crazy Heart

    Crazy Heart

    2009

    IMDB 7.2 (94k)

    #15

    When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.

  16. Milk

    Milk

    2008

    IMDB 7.5 (179k)

    #16

    The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

  17. There Will Be Blood

    There Will Be Blood

    2007

    IMDB 8.2 (639k)

    #17

    Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

  18. The Last King of Scotland

    #18

    Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

  19. Capote

    Capote

    2005

    IMDB 7.3 (140k)

    #19

    A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".

  20. Ray

    Ray

    2004

    IMDB 7.7 (157k)

    #20

    Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.