Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

1958 Best Picture Ashes and Diamonds Gigi Jalsaghar Touch of Evil *Vertigo Best Actor Zbigniew Cybulski, Ashes and Diamonds Paul Newman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Sidney Poitier, The Defiant Ones *James Stewart, Vertigo Spencer Tracy, The Last Hurrah Best Actress Susan Hayward, I Want to Live Virginia M...

1948 Best Picture *The Bicycle Thieves The Fallen Idol Germany, Year Zero Red River The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Best Actor Humphrey Bogart, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre *Laurence Olivier, Hamlet Ralph Richardson, The Fallen Idol Zachary Scott, Ruthless John Wayne, Red River Best Actress Oli...

1944 Best Picture Double Indemnity Henry V *Laura Lifeboat Meet Me in St. Louis Best Actor Humphrey Bogart, To Have and Have Not Charles Boyer, Gaslight Gene Kelly, Cover Girl Fred MacMurray, Double Indemnity *Laurence Olivier, Henry V Best Actress Tallulah Bankhead, Lifeboat Joan Bennett, The Woman...

Was M a 1933 release in the U.S.? I had it down on my list for 1931!

I recall watching Henry VIII fairly recently and thought Robert Donat was merely ok - had hardly anything ''major'' to do. Laughton and Lanchester had the meaty roles. Even Merle Oberon as Anne Boleyn was mere decoration.

1933 Best Picture The Bitter Tea of General Yen Dinner at Eight King Kong Little Women *M Best Actor Nils Asther, The Bitter Tea of General Yen Warner Baxter, 42nd Street James Cagney, Footlight Parade *Charles Laughton, The Private Life of Henry VIII Groucho Marx, Duck Soup Best Actress *Greta Garb...

I think it was released in its country of origin in 1991 when it was up for foreign film at the Academy Awards. So I assumed that it would have been eligible for awards during 1992. The foreign film issue is very confusing to me. In my lists I sometimes use the year of eligibility and sometimes the ...

1945 Best Picture Brief Encounter *Les Enfants du Paradis The Lost Weekend Mildred Pierce Rome, Open City Best Actor Jean-Louis Barrault, Les Enfants du Paradis Trevor Howard, Brief Encounter James Mason, The Seventh Veil *Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend Edward G. Robinson, Scarlet Street Best Actress...

1955 Best Picture *All That Heaven Allows East of Eden Les diaboliques The Night of the Hunter Summertime Best James Cagney, Love Me or Leave Me *James Dean, East of Eden Rock Hudson, All That Heaven Allows Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock Best Actress Dor...

1965 Best Picture Darling Doctor Zhivago Repulsion The Spy Who Came in From the Cold *The Sound of Music Best Actor *Richard Burton, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold Sean Connery, The Hill Terence Stamp, The Collector Rod Steiger, The Pawnbroker Oskar Werner, Ship of Fools Best Actress *Julie Andre...

1972 Best Picture Cabaret Cries and Whispers The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie *The Godfather What's Up Doc? Best Actor Marlon Brando, Last Tango in Paris Michael Caine, Sleuth Laurence Olivier, Sleuth Peter O'Toole, The Ruling Class *Al Pacino, The Godfather Best Actress *Liza Minnelli, Cabaret...

1992 Best Picture Un coeur en hiver The Crying Game *Howards End Malcolm X The Player Best Actor Daniel Auteuil, Un coeur en hiver Jeff Bridges, American Heart Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven Jack Lemmon, Glengarry Glen Ross *Denzel Washington, Malcolm X Best Actress Catherine Deneuve, Indochine Mary McD...

1984 Best Picture Amadeus The Killing Fields *A Passage to India Paris, Texas Places in the Heart Best Actor F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus Jeff Bridges, Starman *Albert Finney, Under the Volcano Tom Hulce, Amadeus Steve Martin, All of Me Best Actress Judy Davis, A Passage to India Sally Field, Places i...

1998 Best Picture Gods and Monsters Life is Beautiful Saving Private Ryan *Shakespeare in Love The Truman Show Best Actor Warren Beatty, Bulworth Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful Jim Carrey, The Truman Show *Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters Edward Norton, American History XXX Best Actress *Cate Bl...

1997 Happy Together *L.A. Confidential Mrs Brown Titanic The Wings of the Dove Best Actor Billy Connolly, Mrs Brown Leonardo DiCaprio, Titanic Ian Holm, The Sweet Hereafter Tony Leung, Happy Together *Jack Nicholson, As Good As It Gets Best Actress *Joey Lauren Adams, Chasing Amy Helena Bonham Carte...

1985 Best Picture Brazil Kiss of the Spider Woman Prizzi's Honor The Purple Rose of Cairo *Ran Best Actor Harrison Ford, Witness *James Garner, Murphy's Romance William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman Raul Julia, Kiss of the Spider Woman Jack Nicholson, Prizzi's Honor Best Actress Norma Aleandro, The...