Best Actor Oscar nominees that should've won

1927/8: Emil Jannings
1929/30: George Arliss, Disraeli
1934: Clark Gable, It Happened One Night
1935: The Informer/Mutiny on the Bounty
1936: Gary Cooper, Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
1937: Fredrich March/Paul Muni, A Star is Born/The Life of Emilie Zola
1938: James Cagney, Angels with Dirty Faces
1939: Jimmy Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1940: Charlie Chaplin, the Great Dictator
1941: Orson Welles, Citizen Kane
1942: James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy
1943: Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca
1945: Bing Crosby, the Bells of St. Mary
1946: James Stewart, It's a Wonderful Life
1947: Ronald Colman, A Double Life
1948: Lawrence Olivier, Hamlet
1949: Gregory Peck, 12' o clock High
1950: Jose Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac
1951: Marlon Brando, A Streetcar named Desire
1952: Gary Cooper, High Noon
1953: Marlon Brando, Julius Caesar
1954: James Mason, A Star is Born
1956: James Dean, Giant
1959: Ben-Hur, Charlton Heston
1960: Jack Lemmon, the Apartment
1961: Paul Newman, the Hustler
1962: Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia
1963: Albert Finney, Tom Jones
1964: Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady
1966: Paul Scofeld, A Man of All Seasons
1967: Dustin Hoffman, The Graduate
1968: Peter O'Toole, The Lion in Winter
1969: Midnight Cowboy
1970: George C. Scott, Patton
1971: Gene Hackman, the French Connection
1972: Marlon Brando, the Godfather
1973: Al Pacino, Serpico, The Godfather Part II 1975: Dog Day Afternoon
1976: Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver
1977: Woody Allen, Annie Hall
1978: Robert De Niro, The Deer Hunter
1979: Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs Kramer
1980: Robert De Niro, Raging Bull
1981: Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond
1982: Paul Newman, the Verdict
1984: Tom Hulce, Amadeus
1985: Jon Voight, Runaway Train
1986: Paul Newman, the Color of Money
1987: Robin Williams/William Hurt, Good Morning, Vietnam/Broadcast News
1988: Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man
1989: Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot
1991: Robert De Niro, Cape Fear
1992: Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven/Denzel Washington Malcolm X
1993: Daniel Day-Lewis, In the Name of the Father
1994: Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump
1995: Richard Dreyffus, Mr. Holland's Opus
1996: Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade
1997: Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting
1998: Edward Norton, American History X
1999: Kevin Spacey, American Beauty, Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story
2000: Russell Crowe, Gladiator
2001: Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom
2002: Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
2003: Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
2004: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
2005: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
2006: Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
2007: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
2008: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
2009: Colin Firth, A Single Man
2010: Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
2011: Brad Pitt, Moneyball
2012: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
2013: Leonardo DiCaprio, the Wolf of Wall Street
2014: Michael Keaton, Birdman