The Godfather
- Year:
- 1972
- Director:
- Francis Ford Coppola
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Sub-categories
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Year:
- 1975
- Director:
- Miloš Forman
Chinatown
- Year:
- 1974
- Director:
- Roman Polanski
Raging Bull
- Year:
- 1980
- Director:
- Martin Scorsese
Gandhi
- Year:
- 1982
- Director:
- Richard Attenborough
Patton
- Year:
- 1970
- Director:
- Franklin J. Schaffner
The French Connection
- Year:
- 1971
- Director:
- William Friedkin
Kramer vs. Kramer
- Year:
- 1979
- Director:
- Robert Benton
Equus
- Year:
- 1977
- Director:
- Sidney Lumet
Coming Home
- Year:
- 1978
- Director:
- Hal Ashby
Serpico
- Year:
- 1973
- Director:
- Sidney Lumet
On Golden Pond
- Year:
- 1981
- Director:
- Mark Rydell