| Film starred in | Name of actor |
|---|
| Sweet and Lowdown | |
| The Straight Story | |
| The Insider | |
| American Beauty | |
| The Hurricane | |
| Cast Away | |
| Gladiator | |
| Pollock | |
| Quills | |
| Before Night Falls | |
| Ali | |
| I Am Sam | |
| In the Bedroom | |
| Training Day | |
| A Beautiful Mind | |
| The Pianist | |
| About Schmidt | |
| Adaptation | |
| Gangs of New York | |
| The Quiet American | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | |
| Lost in Translation | |
| House of Sand and Fog | |
| Cold Mountain | |
| Mystic River | |
| | Film starred in | Name of actor |
|---|
| Hotel Rwanda | |
| Finding Neverland | |
| The Aviator | |
| Ray | |
| Million Dollar Baby | |
| Good Night, and Good Luck | |
| Walk the Line | |
| Brokeback Mountain | |
| Hustle & Flow | |
| Capote | |
| The Last King of Scotland | |
| Blood Diamond | |
| Half Nelson | |
| Venus | |
| The Pursuit of Happyness | |
| Michael Clayton | |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
| In the Valley of Elah | |
| Eastern Promises | |
| There Will Be Blood | |
| The Visitor | |
| The Wrestler | |
| Frost/Nixon | |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | |
| Milk | |
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Most Oscar Nominations
Jack Nicholson's Oscar Nominations
Best Actor Nominations ('90s)
