| Year | Picture | Director | Leading Actor | Leading Actress | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| 1929 | Broadway Melody (Harry Beaumont) | Frank Lloyd 43 (the Divine Lady) |
Warner Baxter 40 (in Old Arizona) | Mary Pickford 36 (Coquette) | ||
| 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone) | Lewis Milestone 35 (All Quiet on the Werstern Front) |
George Arliss 62 (Disraeli) | Norma Shearer 28 (the Divorcee) | ||
| 1931 | Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles) | Norman Taurog 32 (Skippy) |
Lionel Barrymore 53 (a Free Soul) | Marie Dressler 63 (Min and Bill) | ||
| 1932 | Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding) | Frank Borzage 39(2) (Bad Girl) |
Fredric March 35 (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) | Helen Hayes 32 (the Sin of Madelon Claudet) | ||
| 1933 | Cavalcade (Frank Lloyd) | Frank Lloyd 47(2) (Cavalcade) |
Charles Laughton 34 (the Private Life of Henry [) | Katharine Hepburn 26 (Morning Glory) | ||
| 1934 | It Happened One Night (Frank Capra) | Frank Capra 37 (It Happened One Night) |
Clark Gable 33 (It Happened One Night) | Claudette Colbert 31 (It Happened One Night) | ||
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty (Frank Lloyd) | John Ford 41 (the Informer) |
Victor McLaglen 52 (the Informer) | Bette Davis 27 (Dangerous) | ||
| 1936 | the Great Ziegfeld (Robert Z. Leonard) | Frank Capra 39(2) (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town) |
Paul Muni 41 (the Story of Louis Pasteur) | Luise Rainer 26 (the Great Ziegfeld) |
Walter Brennan 42 (Come and Get It) | Gale Sondergaard 37 (Anthony Adverse) |
| 1937 | the Life of Emile Zola (William Dieterle) | Leo McCarey 39 (the Awful Truth) |
Spencer Tracy 37 (Captains Courageous) | Luise Rainer 27(2) (the Good Earth) |
Joseph Schildkraut 41 (the Life of Emile Zola) | Alice Brady 45 (in Old Chicago) |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You (Frank Capra) | Frank Capra 41(3) (You Can't Take It with You) |
Spencer Tracy 38(2) (Boys Town) | Bette Davis 30(2) (Jezebel) |
Walter Brennan 44(2) (Kentucky) | Fay Bainter 47 (Jezebel) |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming) | Victor Fleming 50 (Gone with the Wind) |
Robert Donat 34 (Goodbye, Mr. Chips) | Vivien Leigh 26 (Gone with the Wind) |
Thomas Mitchell 47 (Stagecoach) | Hattie McDaniel 41 (Gone with the Wind) |
| 1940 | Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock) | John Ford 46(2) (the Grapes of Wrath) |
James Stewart 32 (the Philadelphia Story) | Ginger Rogers 29 (Kitty Foyle) |
Walter Brennan 46(3) (the Westerner) | Jane Darwell 61 (the Grapes of Wrath) |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Velley (John Ford) | John Ford 47(3) (How Green Was My Valley) |
Gary Cooper 40 (Sergeant York) | Joan Fontaine 24 (Suspicion) |
Donald Crisp 61 (How Green Was My Valley) | Mary Astor 35 (the Great Lie) |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver (William Wyler) | William Wyler 40 (Mrs. Miniver) |
James Cagney 43 (Yankee Doodle Dandy) | Greer Garson 38 (Mrs. Miniver) |
Van Heflin 32 (Johooy Eager) | Teresa Wright 24 (Mrs. Miniver) |
| 1943 | Casablanca (Michael Curtiz) | Michael Curtiz 55 (Casablanca) |
Paul Lukas 56 (Watch on the Rhine) | Jennifer Jones 24 (the Song of Bernadette) |
Charles Coburn 66 (the More the Merrier) | Katina Paxinou 43 (for Whom the Bell Tolls) |
| 1944 | Going My Way (Leo McCarey) | Leo McCarey 46(2) (Going My Way) |
Bing Crosby 40 (Going My Way) | Ingrid Bergman 29 (Gaslight) |
Barry Fitzgerald 56 (Going My Way) | Ethel Barrymore 65 (None but the Lonely Heart) |
| 1945 | the Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder) | Billy Wilder 39 (the Lost Weekend) |
Ray Milland 38 (the Lost Weekend) | Joan Crawford 41 (Mildred Pierce) |
James Dunn 43 (a Tree Grows in Brooklyn) | Anne Revere 42 (National Velvet) |
| 1946 | the Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler) | William Wyler 44(2) (the Best Years of Our Lives) |
Fredric March 49(2) (the Best Years of Our Lives) | Olivia De Havilland 30 (to Each His Own) |
Harold Russell 32 (the Best Years of Our Lives) | Anne Baxter 23 (the Razor's Edge) |
| 1947 | Gentleman's Agreement (Elia Kazan) | Elia Kazan 36 (Gentleman's Agreement) |
Ronald Colman 56 (a Double Life) | Loretta Young 33 (the Farmer's Daughter) |
Edmund Gwenn 72 (Miracle on 34th Street) | Celeste Holm 28 (Gentleman's Agreement) |
| 1948 | Hamlet (Laurence Olivier) | John Husto 42 (the Treasure of the Sierra Madre) |
Laurence Olivier 41 (Hamlet) | Jane Wyman 34 (Johnny Belinda) |
Walter Huston 64 (the Treasure of the Sierra Madre) | Claire Trevor 38 (Key Largo) |
| 1949 | All the King's Men (Robert Rossen) | Joseph L. Mankiewicz 40 (a Letter to Three Wives) |
Broderick Crawford 38 (All the King's Men) | Olivia De Havilland 33(2) (the Heiress) |
Dean Jagger 46 (Twelve O'clock High) | Mercedes McCambridge 31 (All the King's Men) |
| 1950 | All about Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz) | Joseph L. Mankiewicz 41(2) (All about Eve) |
Jose Ferrer 41 (Cyrano de Bergerac) | Judy Holliday 29 (Born Yesterday) |
George Sanders 44 (All about Eve) | Josephine Hull 64 (Harvey) |
| 1951 | an American in Paris (Vincente Minnelli) | George Stevens 47 (a Place in the Sun) |
Humphrey Bogart 52 (the African Queen) | Vivien Leigh 38(2) (a Streetcar Named Desire) |
Karl Malden 39 (a Streetcar Named Desire) | Kim Hunter 29 (a Streetcar Named Desire) |
| 1952 | the Greatest Show on Earth (Cecil B. DeMille) | John Ford 58(4) (the Quiet Man) |
Gary Cooper 51(2) (High Noon) | Shirley Booth 54 (Come Back, Little Sheba) |
Anthony Quinn 37 (Viva Zapata!) | Gloria Grahame 29 (the Bad and the Beautiful) |
| 1953 | from Here to Eternity (Fred Zinnemann) | Fred Zinnemann 46 (from Here to Eternity) |
William Holden 35 (Stalag 17) | Audrey Hepburn 24 (Roman Holiday) |
Frank Sinatra 38 (from Here to Eternity) | Donna Reed 32 (from Here to Eternity) |
| 1954 | on the Waterfront (Elia Kazan) | Elia Kazan 45(2) (on the Waterfront) |
Marlon Brando 30 (on the Waterfront) | Grace Kelly 25 (the Country Girl) |
Edmond O'Brien 39 (the Barefoot Contessa) | Eva M. Saint 30 (on the Waterfront) |
| 1955 | Marty (Delbert Mann) | Delbert Mann 35 (Marty) |
Ernest Borgnine 38 (Marty) | Anna Magnani 47 (the Rose Tattoo) |
Jack Lemmon 30 (Mister Roberts) | Jo Van Fleet 41 (East of Eden) |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Anderson) | George Stevens 52(2) (Giant) |
Yul Brynner 41 (the King and I) | Ingrid Bergman 41(2) (Anastasia) |
Anthony Quinn 41(2) (Lust for Life) | Dorothy Malone 31 (Written on the Wind) |
| 1957 | the Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean) | David Lean 49 (the Bridge on the River Kwai) |
Alec Guinness 43 (the Bridge on the River Kwai) | Joanne Woodward 27 (the Three Faces of Eve) |
Red Buttons 38 (Sayonara) | Nancy Umeki 28 (Sayonara) |
| 1958 | Gigi (Vincente Minnelli) | Vincente Minnelli 55 (Gigi) |
David Niven 48 (Separate Tables) | Susan Hayward 40 (I Want to Live!) |
Burl Ives 49 (the Big Country) | Wendy Hiller 46 (Separate Tables) |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur (William Wyler) | William Wyler 57(3) (Ben-Hur) |
Charlton Heston 35 (Ben-Hur) | Simone Signoret 38 (Room at the Top) |
Hugh Griffith 47 (Ben-Hur) | Shelley Winters 39 (the Diary of Anne Frank) |
| 1960 | the Apartment (Billy Wilder) | Billy Wilder 54(2) (the Apartment) |
Burt Lancaster 47 (Elmer Gantry) | Elizabeth Taylor 28 (Butterfirld8) |
Peter Ustinov 39 (Spartacus) | Shirley Jones 26 (Elmer Gantry) |
| 1961 | West Side Story (Robert Wise) | Robert Wise 47 (West Side Story) |
Maximilian Schell 31 (Judgement at Nuremberg) | Sophia Loren 27 (La Ciociara) |
George Chakiris 27 (West Side Story) | Rita Moreno 30 (West Side Story) |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean) | David Lean 54 (Lawrence of Arabia) |
Gregory Peck 46 (to Kill a Mockingbird) | Anne Bancroft 31 (the Miracle Worker) |
Ed Begley 61 (Sweet Bird of Youth) | Angela Lansbury 37 (the Manchurian Candidate) |
| 1963 | Tom Jones (Tony Richardson) | Tony Richardson 35 (Tom Jones) |
Sidney Poitier 36 (Lilies of the Field) | Patricia Neal 37 (Hud) |
Melvyn Douglas 62 (Hud) | Margaret Rutherford 71 (the V.I.P.s) |
| 1964 | My Fair Lady (George Cukor) | George Cukor 65 (My Fair Lady) |
Rex Harrison 56 (My Fair Lady) | Julie Andrews 29 (Mary Poppins) |
Peter Ustinov 43 (Topkapi) | Lila Kedrova 46 (Zobra the Greek) |
| 1965 | the Sound of Music (Robert Wise) | John Schlesinger 39 (Darling) |
Lee Marvin 41 (Cat Ballou.) | Julie Christie 24 (Darling.) |
Oskar Werner (the Spy Who Came in from the Cold) | Shelley Winters 45 (a Patch of Blue) |
| 1966 | a Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann) | Fred Zinnemann 59 (a Man for All Seasons) |
Paul Scofield 44 (a Man for All Seasons) | Elizabeth Taylor 34 (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) |
Walter Matthau 46 (the Fortune Cookie) | Sandy Dennis 29 (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) |
| 1967 | in the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison) | Mike Nichols 36 (the Graduate) |
Rod Steiger 42 (in the Heat of the Night) | Edith Evans 79 (the Whisperers) |
George Kennedy 42 (Cool Hand Luke) | Marjorie Rhodes 70 (the Family Way) |
| 1968 | Oliver! (Carol Reed) | Carol Reed 62 (Oliver!) |
Cliff Robertson 43 (Charly) | Katharine Hepburn 61(3) (the Lion in Winter) |
Jack Albertson 61 (the Subject Was Roses) | Ruth Gordon 72 (Rosemary's Baby) |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger) | John Schlesinger 43 (Midnight Cowboy) |
John Wayne 62 (True Grit) | Maggie Smith 35 (the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) |
Gig Youn 56 (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) | Goldie Hawn 24 (Cactus Flower) |
| 1970 | Patton (Frankilin J. Schaffner) | Franklin J. Schaffner 50 (Patton) |
George C. Scott 43 (Patton) | Glenda Jackson 34 (Women in Love) |
John Mills 62 (Ryan's Daughter) | Helen Hayes 70(2) (Airport) |
| 1971 | the French Connection (William Friedkin) | William Friedkin 36 (the French Connection) |
Gene Hackman 41 (the French Connection) | Jane Fonda 34 (Klute) |
Ben Johnson 53 (the Last Picture Show) | Cloris Leachman 45 (the Last Picture Show) |
| 1972 | Cabaret (Bob Fosse) | Bob Fosse 45 (Cabaret) |
Marlon Brando 48 (the Godfather) | Liza Mineelli 26 (Cabaret) |
Joel Grey 40 (Cabaret) | Jeannie Berlin 23 (the Heartbreak Kid) |
| 1973 | la Nuit Americaine (Francois Truffaut) | Francois Truffaut 41 (la Nuit Americaine) |
Al Pacino 34 (Serpico) | Glenda Jackson 37 (a Touch of Class) |
John Houseman 71 (the Paper Chase) | Valentina Cortese 48 (la Nuit Americaine) |
| 1974 | Chinatown (Roman Polanski) | Francis F. Coppola 35 (the Godfather partU.) |
Jack Nicholson 37 (Chinatown.) | Ellen Burstyn 42 (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore) |
Holger Lowenadler 70 (Lacombe Lucien) | Ingrid Bergman 59 (Murder on the Orient Express) |
| 1975 | One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman) | Milos Forman 43 (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest) |
Jack Nicholson 38 (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest) | Isabelle Adjani 20 (L'Histoire D'Adele H.) |
Fred Astaire 76 (the Towering Inferno) | Lily Tomlin 36 (Nashville) |
| 1976 | Rocky (John G. Avildsen) | Alan J. Pakula 48 (All the President's Men) |
Peter Finch 60 (Network) | Liv Ullmann 37 (Ansike mot Ansikte) |
Jason Robards 54 (All the President's Men) | Jodie Foster 14 (Taxi Driver.) |
| 1977 | Annie Hall (Woody Allen) | Woody Allen 42 (Annie Hall) |
Richard Dreyfuss 30 (the Goodbye Girl) | Diane Keaton 31 (Annie Hall) |
Edward Fox 40 (a Bridge Too Far) | Vanessa Redgrave 40 (Julia) |
| 1978 | the Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino) | Michael Cimino 39 (the Deer Hunter) |
Jon Voight 40 (Coming Home) | Jane Fonda 41 (Coming Home.) |
John Hurt 38 (Midnight Express) | Maureen Stapleton 53 (Interiors) |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton) | Robert Benton 47 (Kramer vs. Kramer) |
Dustin Hoffman 42 (Kramer vs. Kramer) | Sally Field 33 (Norma Rae) |
Melvyn Douglas 78 (Being There.) | Meryl Streep 30 (Kramer vs. Kramer.) |
| 1980 | Ordinary People (Robert Redford) | Robert Redford 43 (Ordinary People) |
Robert De Niro 37 (Raging Bull) | Sissy Spacek 31 (Coal Miner's Daughter) |
Timothy Hutton 20 (Ordinary People) | Mary Steenburgen 27 (Melvin and Howard) |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson) | Warren Beatty 44 (Reds) |
Burt Lancaster 68 (Atlantic City) | Meryl Streep 32 (the French Lieutenant's Woman) |
John Girlgud 77 (Arthur) | Maureen Stapleton 56 (Reds) |
| 1982 | Gandhi (Richard Attenborough) | Richard Attenborough 59 (Gandhi) |
Ben Kingsley 39 (Gandhi) | Meryl Streep 33 (Sophie's Choice) |
Louis Gossett Jr. 46 (an Officer and a Gentleman) | Jessica Lange 33 (Tootsie) |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks) | James L. Brooks 43 (Terms of Endearment) |
Robert Duvall 52 (Tender Mercies) | Shirley MacLaine 49 (Terms of Endearment) |
Jack Nicholson 46 (Terms of Endearment) | Linda Hunt 38 (the Year of Living Dangerously) |
| 1984 | Amadeus (Milos Forman) | Milos Forman 52 (Amadeus) |
F. Murray Abraham 44 (Amadeus) | Sally Field 38 (Places in the Heart) |
Haing S. Ngor 44 (the Killing Fields) | Peggy Ashcroft 77 (a Passage to India) |
| 1985 | Out of Africa (Sydney Pollack) | John Huston 79 (Prizzi's Honor) |
William Hurt 35 (Kiss of the Spider Woman) | Whoopi Goldberg 30 (the Color Purple) |
Klaus M. Brandauer 41 (Out of Africa) | Anjelica Huston 34 (Prizzi's Honor) |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen) | Woody Allen 51 (Hannah and Her Sisters) |
Bob Hoskins 44 (Mona Lisa) | Marlee Matlin 21 (Children of a Lesser God) |
Daniel Day-Lewis 29 (a Room with a View.) | Dianne Wiest 38 (Hannah and Her Sisters) |
| 1987 | L'Ultimo Imperatore (Bernardo Bertolucci) | Bernardo Bertolucci 47 (L'Ultimo Imperatore) |
Michael Douglas 43 (Wall Street) | Holly Hunter 29 (Broadcast News) |
Sean Connery 57 (the Untouchables) | Olympia Dukakis 56 (Moonstruck) |
| 1988 | Rain Man (Barry Levinson) | Barry Levinson 46 (Rain Man) |
Dustin Hoffman 51 (Rain Man) | Jodie Foster 26 (the Accused) |
Dean Stockwell 52 (Tucker.) | Geena Davis 32 (the Accidental Tourist) |
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Bereford) | Oliver Stone 43 (Born on the 4th of July) |
Daniel Day-Lewis 32 (My Left Foot) | Michelle Pfeiffer 31 (the Fabulous Baker Boys) |
Denzel Washington 35 (Glory) | Brenda Fricker 44 (My Left Foot) |
| 1990 | Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese) | Martin Scorsese 48 (Goodfellas) |
Jeremy Irons 42 (Reversal of Fortune) | Kathy Bates 42 (Misery) |
Bruce Davison 44 (Longtime Companion) | Whoopi Goldberg 35 (Ghost) |
| 1991 | the Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme) | Jonathan Demme 47 (the Silence of the Lambs) |
Anthony Hopkins 54 (the Silence of the Lambs) | Jodie Foster 29 (the Silence of the Lambs) |
Jack Palance 72 (City Slickers) | Mercedes Ruehl 43 (the Fisher King) |
| 1992 | Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood) | Clint Eastwood 62 (Unforgiven) |
Al Pacino 52 (Scent of a Woman) | Emma Thompson 33 (Howards End) |
Gene Hackman 62 (Unforgiven) | Judy Davis 37 (Husbands and Wives) |
| 1993 | Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg) | Steven Spielberg 46 (Schindler's List) |
Anthony Hopkins 56 (Shadowlands.) | Holly Hunter 35 (the Piano) |
Tommy L. Jones 47 (the Fugitive) | Winona Ryder 22 (the Age of Innocence) |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis) | Quentin Tarantino 31 (Pulp Fiction) |
Tom Hanks 38 (Forrest Gump) | Jessica Lange 45 (Blue Sky) |
Martin Landau 63 (Ed Wood) | Dianne Wiest 46 (Bullets over Broadway) |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee) | Mel Gibson 39 (Braveheart) |
Nicolas Cage 31 (Leaving Las Vegas) | Nicole Kidman 28 (to Die for) |
Kevin Spacey 36 (the Usual Suspects.) | Mira Sorvino 28 (Mighty Aphrodite) |
| 1996 | the English Patient (Anthony Minghella) | Coen Brothers 42/39 (Fargo) |
Geoffrey Rush 45 (Shine) | Brenda Blethyn 50 (Secrets and Lies) |
Edward Norton 27 (Primal Fear.) | Juliette Binoche 32 (the English Patient) |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson) | Curtis Hanson 52 (L.A. Confidential) |
Jack Nicholson 60 (as Good as It Gets) | Helena B. Carter 31 (the Wings of the Dove) |
Burt Reynolds 61 (Boogie Nights) | Joan Cusack 35 (In and Out) |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg) | Steven Spielberg 51 (Saving Private Ryan) |
Ian McKellen 59 (Gods and Monsters.) | Cate Blanchett 29 (Elizabeth) |
Bill Murray 48 (Rushmore.) | Judi Dench 64 (Shakespeare in Love) |
| 1999 | American Beauty (Sam Mendes) | Sam Mendes 34 (American Beauty) |
Russell Crowe 35 (the Insider) | Hilary Swank 25 (Boys Don't Cry) |
Christopher Plummer 72 (the Insider) | Angelina Jolie 24 (Girl, Interrupted) |
| 2000 | Gladiator (Ridley Scott) | Steven Soderbergh 37 (Traffic.) |
Tom Hanks 44 (Cast Away) | Julia Roberts 33 (Erin Brockovich) |
Benicio Del Toro 33 (Traffic) | Frances McDormand 43 (Almost Famous.) |
| 2001 | a Beautiful Mind (Ron Howard) | Robert Altman 76 (Gosford Park) |
Russell Crowe 37 (a Beautiful Mind) | Sissy Spacek 52 (in the Bedroom) |
Jim Broadbent 52 (Iris.) | Jennifer Connelly 31 (a Beautiful Mind) |
| 2002 | Chicago (Rob Marshall) | Roman Polanski 69 (the Pianist) |
Jack Nicholson 65 (about Schmidt) | Nicole Kidman 35 (the Hours) |
Chris Cooper 51 (Adaptation) | Catherine Z. Jones 33 (Chicago) |
| 2003 | the Lord of the Rings 3 (Peter Jackson) | Peter Jackson 42 (the Lord of the Rings 3) |
Bill Murray 53 (Lost in Translation) | Charlize Theron 28 (Monster) |
Tim Robbins 45 (Mystic River) | Renee Zellweger 34 (Cold Mountain) |
| 2004 | Sideways (Alexander Payne) | Clint Eastwood 74 (Million Dollar Baby) |
Jamie Foxx 37 (Ray) | Imelda Staunton 48 (Vera Drake) |
Thomas H. Church 44 (Sideways) | Virginia Madsen 41 (Sideways) |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee) | Ang Lee 51 (Brokeback Mountain) |
Philip S. Hoffman 38 (Capote) | Reese Witherspoon 29 (Walk the Line) |
George Clooney 44 (Syriana) | Rachel Weisz 34 (the Constant Gardener) |
| 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood) | Martin Scorsese 64 (the Departed) |
Forest Whitaker 45 (the Last King of Scotland) | Helen Mirren 61 (the Queen) |
Alan Arkin 72 (Little Miss Sunshine) | Jennifer Hudson 25 (Dreamgirls) |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers) | Coen Brothers 53/50 (No Country for Old Men) |
Daniel Day-Lewis 50 (There Will Be Blood) | Julie Christie 66 (Away from Her) |
Javier Bardem 38 (No Country for Old Men) | Amy Ryan 38 (Gone Baby Gone.) |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle) | Danny Boyle 52 (Slumdog Millionaire) |
Sean Penn 48 (Milk) | Kate Winslet 33 (the Reader.) |
Heath Ledger 29 (the Dark Knight) | Penelope Cruz 34 (Vicky Cristina Barcelona.) |
| 2009 | the Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) | Kathryn Bigelow 58 (the Hurt Locker) |
Jeff Bridges 60 (Crazy Heart) | Sandra Bullock 45 (the Blind Side) |
Christoph Waltz 53 (Inglourious Basterds) | Mo'Nique 42 (Precious) |
| 2010 | the Social Network (David Fincher) | David Fincher 48 (the Social Network) |
Colin Firth 50 (the King's Speech) | Natalie Portman 29 (Black Swan) |
Christian Bale 36 (the Fighter) | Melissa Leo 50 (the Fighter) |
| 2011 | the Artist (Michel Hazanavicius) | Michel Hazanavicius 44 (the Artist) |
George Clooney 50 (the Descendants) | Meryl Streep 62 (the Iron Lady) |
Christopher Plummer 82 (Beginners) | Octavia Spencer 41 (the Help) |
| 2012 | Argo (Ben Affleck) | Ben Affleck 40 (Argo) |
Daniel Day-Lewis 55 (Lincoln) | Jessica Chastain 35 (Zero Dark Thirty) |
Christoph Waltz 56 (Django) | Anne Hathaway 30 (les Miserables) |
| 2013 | 12 Years A Slave (Steve McQueen) | Alfonso Cuaron 52 (Gravity) |
Matthew McConaughey 44 (Dallas Buyers Club) | Cate Blanchett 44 (Blue Jasmine) |
Jared Leto 42 (Dallas Buyers Club) | Jennifer Lawrence 23 (American Hustle) |