The main article for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor presents the nominees and winners by year. This is a list of movies with a cast member nominated for the award sorted by movie title (with the year the movie was released in parens following the movie title). Winners of the award are indicated in bold. Also see List of Best Supporting Actor nominees for the same information sorted by actor.

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21 Grams (2003) - Benicio Del Toro

A

Adaptation (2002) - Chris Cooper
Affliction (1998) - James Coburn
Algiers (1938) - Gene Lockhart
The Alamo (1960) - Chill Wills
Ali (2001) - Jon Voight
All About Eve (1950) - George Sanders
All the King's Men (1949) - John Ireland
All the President's Men (1976) - Jason Robards
Amistad (1997) - Anthony Hopkins
An Officer and A Gentleman (1982) - Louis Gossett, Jr.
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Arthur O'Connell
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - George C. Scott
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Anthony Quayle
The Apartment (1960) - Jack Kruschen
Apocalypse Now (1979) - Robert Duvall
Apollo 13 (1995) - Edward Harris
Arthur (1981) - John Gielgud
As Good as It Gets (1997) - Greg Kinnear
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) - Sam Jaffe
The Aviator (2004) - Alan Alda
The Awful Truth (1937) - Ralph Bellamy

B

Babe (1995) - James Cromwell
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) - Vincent Gardenia
The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - Edmond O'Brien
Barton Fink (1991) - Michael Lerner
Battleground (1949) - James Whitmore
Beau Geste (1939) - Brian Donlevy
Becket (1964) - John Gielgud
Being There (1979) - Melvyn Douglas
Ben-Hur (1959) - Hugh Griffith
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) - Charles Durning
The Best Man (1964) - Lee Tracy
The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946) - Harold Russell
The Big Country (1958) - Burl Ives
The Big Sky (1952) - Arthur Hunnicut
Billy Budd (1962) - Terence Stamp
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) - Telly Savalas
The Black Stallion (1979) - Mickey Rooney
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) - Elliott Gould
The Bold and the Brave (1956) - Mickey Rooney
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - Gene Hackman
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - Michael J. Pollard
Boogie Nights (1997) - Burt Reynolds
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Sessue Hayakawa
Broadcast News (1987) - Albert Brooks
Broken Arrow (1950) - Jeff Chandler
The Brothers Karamazov (1958) - Lee J. Cobb
Bugsy (1991) - Harvey Keitel
Bugsy (1991) - Ben Kingsley
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - Chazz Palminteri
Bus Stop (1956) - Don Murray

C

Cabaret (1972) - Joel Grey
The Caine Mutiny (1954) - Tom Tully
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) - Bobby Darin
The Cardinal (1963) - John Huston
Casablanca (1943) - Claude Rains
Catch Me If You Can (2002) - Christopher Walken
Champion (1949) - Arthur Kennedy
Chariots of Fire (1981) - Ian Holm
Chicago (2002) - John C. Reilly
The Cider House Rules (1999) - Michael Caine
City Slickers (1991) - Jack Palance
A Civil Action (1998) - Robert Duvall
Closer (2004) - Clive Owen
Cocoon (1985) - Don Ameche
Collateral (2004) - Jamie Foxx
Come Fill the Cup (1951) - Gig Young
Come and Get It (1936) - Walter Brennan
Comes a Horseman (1978) - Richard Farnsworth
Coming Home (1978) - Bruce Dern
The Contender (2000) - Jeff Bridges
Cool Hand Luke (1967) - George Kennedy
The Cooler (2003) - Alec Baldwin
The Corn Is Green (1945) - John Dall
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) - Martin Landau
Cross Creek (1983) - Rip Torn
Crossfire (1947) - Robert Ryan
Cry Freedom (1987) - Denzel Washington
The Crying Game (1992) - Jaye Davidson

D

Dances with Wolves (1990) - Graham Greene
The Day of the Locust (1975) - Burgess Meredith
Death of a Salesman (1951) - Kevin McCarthy
The Deer Hunter (1978) - Christopher Walken
The Defiant Ones (1958) - Theodore Bikel
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) - Charles Coburn
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) - Ed Wynn
Dick Tracy (1990) - Al Pacino
The Dirty Dozen (1967) - John Cassavetes
Do the Right Thing (1989) - Danny Aiello
Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Tom Courtenay
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - Chris Sarandon
Driving Miss Daisy (1989) - Dan Aykroyd
A Dry White Season (1989) - Marlon Brando

E

Easy Rider (1969) - Jack Nicholson
Ed Wood (1994) - Martin Landau
Equus (1977) - Peter Firth
Erin Brockovich (2000) - Albert Finney
Exodus (1960) - Sal Mineo
The Exorcist (1973) - Jason Miller

F

Faces (1968) - Seymour Cassel
A Farewell to Arms (1957) - Vittorio De Sica
Fargo (1996) - William H. Macy
The Farmer's Daughter (1947) - Charles Bickford
A Few Good Men (1992) - Jack Nicholson
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Leonard Frey
A Fish Called Wanda (1988) - Kevin Kline
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) - Ian Bannen
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) - Akim Tamiroff
Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Albert Basserman
Forrest Gump (1994) - Gary Sinise
The Fortune Cookie (1966) - Walter Matthau
Four Daughters (1938) - John Garfield
The French Connection (1971) - Roy Scheider
Friendly Persuasion (1956) - Anthony Perkins
From Here to Eternity (1953) - Frank Sinatra
The Fugitive (1993) - Tommy Lee Jones

G

The General Died at Dawn (1936) - Akim Tamiroff
Georgy Girl (1966) - James Mason
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) - James Woods
Gladiator (2000) - Joaquin Phoenix
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) - Al Pacino
Glory (1989) - Denzel Washington
The Godfather (1972) - James Caan
The Godfather (1972) - Robert Duvall
The Godfather (1972) - Al Pacino
The Godfather Part II (1974) - Robert De Niro
The Godfather Part II (1974) - Michael Gazzo
The Godfather Part II (1974) - Lee Strasberg
The Godfather Part III (1990) - Andy Garcia
Going My Way (1944) - Barry Fitzgerald
Good Will Hunting (1997) - Robin Williams
Goodfellas (1990) - Joe Pesci
The Great Dictator (1940) - Jack Oakie
The Great Santini (1980) - Michael O'Keefe
The Green Mile (1999) - Michael Clarke Duncan
The Green Years (1946) - Charles Coburn
Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) - Ralph Richardson
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) - Cecil Kellaway

H

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - Michael Caine
The Heartbreak Kid (1972) - Eddie Albert
Heaven Can Wait (1978) - Jack Warden
The Heiress (1949) - Ralph Richardson
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) - James Gleason
Hoosiers ( 1986) - Dennis Hopper
The Hours (2002) - Ed Harris
How Green Was My Valley (1941) - Donald Crisp
Hud (1963) - Melvyn Douglas
The Hurricane (1937) - Thomas Mitchell
The Hustler (1961) - Jackie Gleason
The Hustler (1961) - George C. Scott

I

I Never Sang for My Father (1970) - Gene Hackman
I Remember Mama (1948) - Oscar Homolka
If I Were King (1938) - Basil Rathbone
In America (2003) - Djimon Hounsou
In the Line of Fire (1993) - John Malkovich
In the Name of the Father (1993) - Pete Postlethwaite
Iris (2001) - Jim Broadbent

J

JFK (1991) - Tommy Lee Jones
Jackie Brown (1997) - Robert Forster
Jagged Edge (1985) - Robert Loggia
Jerry Maguire (1996) - Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Joan of Arc (1948) - José Ferrer
Johnny Belinda (1948) - Charles Bickford
Johnny Eager (1942) - Van Heflin
The Jolson Story (1946) - William Demarest
Juarez (1939) - Brian Aherne
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Montgomery Clift
Julia (1977) - Jason Robards
Julia (1977) - Maximilian Schell

K

The Karate Kid (1984) - Noriyuki Morita
Kentucky (1938) - Walter Brennan
The Killing Fields (1984) - Haing S. Ngor
Kiss of Death (1947) - Richard Widmark
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Justin Henry

L

Laura (1944) - Clifton Webb
The Last Detail (1973) - Randy Quaid
The Last Picture Show (1971) - Jeff Bridges
The Last Picture Show (1971) - Ben Johnson
The Last Samurai (2003) - Ken Watanabe
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Omar Sharif
The Letter (1940) - James Stephenson
The Life of Emile Zola (1937) - Joseph Schildkraut
Little Big Man (1970) - Dan George
Little Dorrit (1988) - Alec Guinness
Longtime Companion (1990) - Bruce Davison
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Ian McKellen
Lost Horizon (1937) - H. B. Warner
Love Story (1970) - John Marley
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) - Richard S. Castellano
The Luck of the Irish (1948) - Cecil Kellaway
Lust for Life (1956) - Anthony Quinn

M

Magnolia (1999) - Tom Cruise
The Maltese Falcon (1941) - Sydney Greenstreet
A Man for All Seasons (1966) - Robert Shaw
Marathon Man (1976) - Laurence Olivier
Marie Antoinette (1938) - Robert Morley
Married to the Mob (1988) - Dean Stockwell
Marty (1955) - Joe Mantell
A Medal for Benny (1945) - J. Naish
Melvin and Howard (1980) - Jason Robards
Midnight Express (1978) - John Hurt
Million Dollar Baby ( 2004) - Morgan Freeman
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Edmund Gwenn
Mister 880 (1950) - Edmund Gwenn
Mister Roberts (1955) - Jack Lemmon
Moonstruck (1987) - Vincent Gardenia
The More the Merrier (1943) - Charles Coburn
Mr. Skeffington (1944) - Claude Rains
Mr. Saturday Night (1992) - David Paymer
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - Harry Carey
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - Claude Rains
Mrs. Miniver (1942) - Henry Travers
Murder, Inc. (1960) - Peter Falk
My Cousin Rachel (1952) - Richard Burton
My Fair Lady (1964) - Stanley Holloway
My Man Godfrey (1936) - Mischa Auer
Mystic River (2003) - Tim Robbins

N

Network (1976) - Ned Beatty
Notorious (1946) - Claude Rains

O

Oliver! (1968) - Jack Wild
On the Waterfront (1954) - Lee J. Cobb
On the Waterfront (1954) - Karl Malden
On the Waterfront (1954) - Rod Steiger
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Brad Dourif
Only When I Laugh (1981) - James Coco
Ordinary People (1980) - Judd Hirsch
Ordinary People (1980) - Timothy Hutton
Othello (1965) - Frank Finlay
Out of Africa (1985) - Klaus Brandauer

P

The Paper Chase (1973) - John Houseman
Peyton Place (1957) - Arthur Kennedy
Peyton Place (1957) - Russ Tamblyn
Picnic (movie) (1955) - Arthur O'Connell
Pigskin Parade (1936) - Stuart Erwin
Places in the Heart (1984) - John Malkovich
Platoon (1986) - Tom Berenger
Platoon (1986) - Willem Dafoe
Pocketful of Miracles (1961) - Peter Falk
Primal Fear (1996) - Edward Norton
Prizzi's Honor (1985) - William Hickey
The Producers (1968) - Gene Wilder
Pulp Fiction (1994) - Samuel L. Jackson

Q

The Quiet Man (1952) - Victor McLaglen
Quiz Show (1994) - Paul Scofield
Quo Vadis (1951) - Leo Genn
Quo Vadis (1951) - Peter Ustinov

R

Raging Bull (1980) - Joe Pesci
Ragtime (1981) - Howard Rollins
The Razor's Edge (1946) - Clifton Webb
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) - Sal Mineo
Reds (1981) - Jack Nicholson
The Reivers (1969) - Rupert Crosse
Ride the Pink Horse (1947) - Thomas Gomez
The Right Stuff (1983) - Sam Shepard
Road to Perdition (2002) - Paul Newman
Rob Roy (1995) - Tim Roth
Rocky (1976) - Burgess Meredith
Rocky (1976) - Burt Young
Roman Holiday (1953) - Eddie Albert
Romeo and Juliet (1936) - Basil Rathbone
A Room with a View (1986) - Denholm Elliott
The Rose (1979) - Frederic Forrest
Runaway Train (1985) - Eric Roberts
Running on Empty (1988) - River Phoenix
Ryan's Daughter (1970) - John Mills

S

Sahara (1943) - J. Naish
Save the Tiger (1973) - Jack Gilford
The Sand Pebbles (1966) - Makoto Iwamatsu
Sayonara (1957) - Red Buttons
Schindler's List (1993) - Ralph Fiennes
Sergeant York (1941) - Walter Brennan
Seven Days in May (1964) - Edmund O'Brien
The Seventh Cross (1944) - Hume Cronyn
Sexy Beast (2001) - Ben Kingsley
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - Willem Dafoe
Shakespeare in Love (1998) - Geoffrey Rush
Shampoo (1975) - Jack Warden
Shane (1953) - Brandon de Wilde
Shane (1953) - Jack Palance
Shine (1996) - Armin Mueller-Stahl
Ship of Fools (1965) - Michael Dunn
Sideways (2004) - Thomas Haden Church
A Simple Plan (1998) - Billy Bob Thornton
Since You Went Away (1944) - Monty Woolley
The Sixth Sense (1999) - Haley Joel Osment
A Soldier's Story (1984) - Adolph Caesar
Some Came Running (1958) - Arthur Kennedy
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) - Richard Jaeckel
The Song of Bernadette (1943) - Charles Bickford
Spartacus (1960) - Peter Ustinov
Spellbound (1945) - Michael Chekhov
Stagecoach (1939) - Thomas Mitchell
Stalag 17 (1953) - Robert Strauss
Star! (1968) - Daniel Massey
Star Wars (1977) - Alec Guinness
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) - Robert Mitchum
Street Smart (1987) - Morgan Freeman
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - Karl Malden
Sudden Fear (1952) - Jack Palance
The Subject Was Roses (1968) - Jack Albertson
Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Erich von Stroheim
The Sunshine Boys (1975) - George Burns
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) - Ed Begley

T

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) - Jude Law
Teacher's Pet (1958) - Gig Young
Terms of Endearment (1983) - John Lithgow
Terms of Endearment (1983) - Jack Nicholson
They Knew What They Wanted (1940) - William Gargan
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Gig Young
A Thousand Clowns (1965) - Martin Balsam
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) - Jeff Bridges
To Be or Not to Be (1983) - Charles Durning
Tom Jones (1963) - Hugh Griffith
Topkapi (1964) - Peter Ustinov
Topper (1937) - Roland Young
Tortilla Flat (1942) - Frank Morgan
The Towering Inferno (1974) - Fred Astaire
Traffic (2000) - Benicio Del Toro
Training Day (2001) - Ethan Hawke
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) - Walter Huston
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945) - James Dunn
Trial (1955) - Arthur Kennedy
The Truman Show (1998) - Edward Harris
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) - Martin Landau
The Turning Point (1977) - Mikhail Baryshnikov
Twelve Monkeys (1995) - Brad Pitt
Twelve O'Clock High (1949) - Dean Jagger
Twilight of Honor (1963) - Nick Adams

U

Unforgiven (1992) - Gene Hackman
The Untouchables (1987) - Sean Connery
The Usual Suspects (1995) - Kevin Spacey

V

The Verdict (1982) - James Mason
Victor/Victoria (1982) - Robert Preston
Viva Zapata! (1952) - Anthony Quinn

W

Wake Island (1942) - William Bendix
West Side Story (1961) - George Chakiris
The Westerner (1940) - Walter Brennan
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - Victor Buono
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) - Leonardo DiCaprio
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - George Segal
The World According to Garp (1982) - John Lithgow
Written on the Wind (1956) - Robert Stack

X

Y

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Walter Huston
The Young Philadelphians (1959) - Robert Vaughn

Z