Oscar Winning Classic Movies
These are the classic movies that won the top Oscars for best picture, directing, acting, screenplay, and more during the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s - the best films of Hollywood's Golden Era.
Classic Movie Oscars
Folks in the entertainment industry love to hand out awards, and the Oscar, the Academy Award, is the great-grand-daddy of them all. Since the early days of classic movies, Oscar has honored Hollywood’s best, and the big three have always been part of the program: Best Movie, Best Actor, Best Actress. Here are lists of the winners from Hollywood's golden pas
Folks in the entertainment industry love to hand out awards, and the Oscar, the Academy Award, is the great-grand-daddy of them all. Since the early days of classic movies, Oscar has honored Hollywood’s best, and the big three have always been part of the program: Best Movie, Best Actor, Best Actress. Here are lists of the winners from Hollywood's golden pas
Best Actress Oscar Winners of the 1960s
The 1960s offered a lot of meaty dramatic roles for women, and featured nominees in several foreign films, something of rarity for Oscar. Except for one sunny musical role – Mary Poppins – the Oscars in the 1960s went to actresses for dramatic parts – a teacher, a couple of prostitutes, a widow in wartime, a foul-mouthed college faculty wife and an aging queen. The decade featured t…
The 1960s offered a lot of meaty dramatic roles for women, and featured nominees in several foreign films, something of rarity for Oscar. Except for one sunny musical role – Mary Poppins – the Oscars in the 1960s went to actresses for dramatic parts – a teacher, a couple of prostitutes, a widow in wartime, a foul-mouthed college faculty wife and an aging queen. The decade featured t…
Best Actress Oscar Winners of the 1950s
Actresses new to the silver screen did well among the Best Actress Oscar winners of the 1950s, often beating out established actresses in great roles. As usual, the academy tended to favor women in big, juicy dramatic roles over those in comedies and romances, no matter their caliber or public appeal. In a decade filled with strong roles for women, some great actresses were never recognized.
Actresses new to the silver screen did well among the Best Actress Oscar winners of the 1950s, often beating out established actresses in great roles. As usual, the academy tended to favor women in big, juicy dramatic roles over those in comedies and romances, no matter their caliber or public appeal. In a decade filled with strong roles for women, some great actresses were never recognized.
Best Actress Oscar Winners of the 1940s
Oscar seemed to like his women, drunk, disabled, deranged or in immediate danger (often at the hands of their husbands) during the 1940s. As always, dramatic roles dominated the Best Actress Oscar winners, and many fine comic performances were bypassed. The Academy also seemed to reward heroines over villainesses in the decade, although I always think the bad girls are more fun to watch
Oscar seemed to like his women, drunk, disabled, deranged or in immediate danger (often at the hands of their husbands) during the 1940s. As always, dramatic roles dominated the Best Actress Oscar winners, and many fine comic performances were bypassed. The Academy also seemed to reward heroines over villainesses in the decade, although I always think the bad girls are more fun to watch
Best Actor Oscar Winners of the 1950s
The 1950s were part of Hollywood’s Golden Age, but as usual, some of the great performances were justly rewarded, while others never received their due. The Academy Awards finally made up its long snub of Humphrey Bogart, but continued to ignore great performances in terrific films directed by Best Actor Oscar Winners in the 1940s
The Academy posted a very uneven record in the 1940s, recognizing some wonderful male performances with the Best Actor statuette and utterly ignoring roles in classics that would stand the test of time. Cray Grant, Humphrey Bogart and John Wayne were snubbed by Oscar for many of their best roles during a lively dec…
The 1950s were part of Hollywood’s Golden Age, but as usual, some of the great performances were justly rewarded, while others never received their due. The Academy Awards finally made up its long snub of Humphrey Bogart, but continued to ignore great performances in terrific films directed by Best Actor Oscar Winners in the 1940s
The Academy posted a very uneven record in the 1940s, recognizing some wonderful male performances with the Best Actor statuette and utterly ignoring roles in classics that would stand the test of time. Cray Grant, Humphrey Bogart and John Wayne were snubbed by Oscar for many of their best roles during a lively dec…
Best Actor Oscar Winners of the 1960s
Oscar tends to favor big, dramatic performances in big, “important” films. While many worthy performances were best Actor Oscar winners in the 1960s, the academy sometimes missed the mark, failing to honor or even nominate many of the most memorable and groundbreaking performances of the decade. The envelope for Best Actor, pleas
Oscar tends to favor big, dramatic performances in big, “important” films. While many worthy performances were best Actor Oscar winners in the 1960s, the academy sometimes missed the mark, failing to honor or even nominate many of the most memorable and groundbreaking performances of the decade. The envelope for Best Actor, pleas
Best Picture Oscar Winners of the 1940s
As the Best Picture Oscar winners of the 1940s prove, sometimes the Academy hits – and sometimes it misses by a mile. 1941 may have seen the most controversial Best Picture dust-up of all time, when the immortal Citizen Kane was beaten by the merely excellent How Green Was My Valley. Nevertheless, the 1940s were part of the Golden Age of Hollywood, hits and misses alike - a decad…
As the Best Picture Oscar winners of the 1940s prove, sometimes the Academy hits – and sometimes it misses by a mile. 1941 may have seen the most controversial Best Picture dust-up of all time, when the immortal Citizen Kane was beaten by the merely excellent How Green Was My Valley. Nevertheless, the 1940s were part of the Golden Age of Hollywood, hits and misses alike - a decad…
Best Picture Oscar Winners of the 1950s
In the 1950s, Oscar favored a mix of big-time epics, sunny musicals and dark melodramas for its top award. Here are the classic movies that captured the Best Picture Oscar in that decade of American post-war prosperity - and the movies that lost.
In the 1950s, Oscar favored a mix of big-time epics, sunny musicals and dark melodramas for its top award. Here are the classic movies that captured the Best Picture Oscar in that decade of American post-war prosperity - and the movies that lost.
The Best Picture Oscar Winners of the 1960s
Big musicals were the big Best Picture Oscar winners of the 1960s, along with tough social dramas and British historical and literary epics with wit and high style. It was a decade that brought forth both frothy entertainment and sharp social commentary, and fierce competition for Oscar’s top prize in every year
Big musicals were the big Best Picture Oscar winners of the 1960s, along with tough social dramas and British historical and literary epics with wit and high style. It was a decade that brought forth both frothy entertainment and sharp social commentary, and fierce competition for Oscar’s top prize in every year