Movies Who is the 4 best male lead Oscar winning performances in the past 40 years?

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Academy_Award_Best_Actor_winners_by_age

Robert De Niro - Raging Bull

Ben Kingsley - Gandhi

F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus

Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man

Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot

Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs

Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman

Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump

Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas

Russell Crowe - Gladiator

Denzel Washington - Training Day

Sean Penn - Mystic River

Jamie Foxx - Ray

Philip Seymour-Hoffman - Capote

Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club

Leonardo Dicaprio - The Revenant

Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour

Joaquin Phoenix - Joker

 

[HARRISON_3]

I'll just add this to the list.

 

[Seiryoku Zenyo]

Can't be sure of the Top 4. But, definitely, is not Russell Crowe on Gladiator (come on) or Al Pacino (on Scent of a woman or any other film).

 

[Fox by the Sea]

al pacino's acting is 90% screaming.
overrated imo.

 

[Da Speeit]

I think they were all shit other than De Niro, Penn and DDL tbh
Hopkins and Kingsley are tremendous actors obviously but they were acting out very well written movies.

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

Daniel day Lewis ‘in the name of the father’ should be in there

 

[Chest Rockwell]

Henry Fonda
On Golden Pond.

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Daniel day Lewis ‘in the name of the father’ should be in there

He didn't win an Oscar for that role unfortunately for him.

 

[JSN]

That lists really shows what a joke the Acamedy Awards are. Correct answer is who cares.

 

[DiarrheaPerlmans]

 

[ufcfan4]

Penn really had that visceral quality in Mystic River. When he finds out about his daughter’s murder, that’s some really impacting work from him.

I don’t love that movie though I think Eastwood did a very good job. One of the things that I can very much praise about it though is that the actors all hit the absolute right notes and never felt like they were acting but rather fully embodying the characters. Penn, Robbins, Linney, Harden, Bacon, Fishburne, etc- authentic work from all of them.

 

[Trotsky]

Leo in The Revenant and Crowe in Gladiator are both extremely mediocre performances.

Hell, neither were even the best performances in their movies. That would be Tom Hardy (Revenant) and Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator). Leo is just a bad actor, and Crowe's role in Gladiator didn't call for much expression.

Of the list, PSH in Capote and Penn in Mystic River.

 

[Texan6533]

Jamie Fox - Best celebrity impression I have ever seen.
Denzel
Hanks
Lewis

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

He didn't win an Oscar for that role unfortunately for him.

ah my bad thought he did

 

[JSN]

Jamie Fox - Best celebrity impression I have ever seen.

that was amazing how he put on dark glasses and shook his head around. He really looked blind!

 

[burningspear]

al pacino's acting is 90% screaming.
overrated imo.

DDL also laughably over the top. Phoenix is good and I enjoyed Denzel, even if he gets this 'honoury oscar' bs.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

Leo in The Revenant and Crowe in Gladiator are both extremely mediocre performances.

Hell, neither were even the best performances in their movies. That would be Tom Hardy (Revenant) and Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator). Leo is just a bad actor, and Crowe's role in Gladiator didn't call for much expression.

Of the list, PSH in Capote and Penn in Mystic River.

cant believe there is another human being hat doesnt buy the dicaprio hype.
he is not that good and people are kissing his ass because there's just a draught of talent around.

 

[Tulsa]

McConaughey’s performance in DBC is one of my favorites of all time. Leto seemed to get a lot of credit (and an Oscar) for his role as a supporting actor in the movie, but MM (also got a best actor Oscar, but less hyped than Leto) is what made that movie for me.

 

[Substance Abuse]

McConaughey’s performance in DBC is one of my favorites of all time. Leto seemed to get a lot of credit (and an Oscar) for his role as a supporting actor in the movie, but MM (also got a best actor Oscar, but less hyped than Leto) is what made that movie for me.

Leto really wasn't all that great in that movie.

 

[TheLinguist]