2026 Oscar Predictions – Promising Best Actor Contenders - Awards Daily
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Hollywood has shifted its priorities away from actor-driven content. Last year, for instance, all five of the Best Actress contenders were in Best Picture, but only three out of five Best Actors were in Best Picture. That is a reversal of the status quo, which may or may not signal a trend.1934-It happened One Night1936-The Great Zegfield1939-Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind1942-Mrs. Miniver1975-One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest1977-Annie Hall1983-Terms of Endearment1989-Driving Miss Daisy1991-Silence of the Lambs1998-Shakespeare in Love2004-Million Dollar Baby2020-Nomadland2022-Everything Everywhere All At Once2024-AnoraThat’s it for Best Actress–Best Picture. If you’ll notice, they happen more frequently in the expanded ballot eras. Now let’s do Best Actor–Best Picture:1934-It Happened One Night1944-Going My Way1945-The Lost Weekend1946-The Best Years of Our Lives1948-Hamlet1949-All the King’s Men1954-On the Waterfront1955-Marty1957-The Bridge on the River Kwai1959-Ben-Hur1964-My Fair...