Oscars Best Actor/Actress
2010
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
(The King & Queen Amidala)
2011
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
(The Artist and a real artist - Streep)
2012
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
(Argo - L - Lee)
2013
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers' Club)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
(slave vs aids vs poor)
2014
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
(a birdlike man, president mockingjay)
2015
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Brie Larson (Room)
(Leo on the poster in Room)
2016
Casey Affleck (Manchester by Sea)
Emma Stone (La La Land)
(Moonlight's beach -> Manchester by SEA)
2017
Gary Oldman (The Darkest Hour)
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
2018
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Olivia Coleman (The Favourite)
(Green [Book] & two Queens)
2019
Joaquin Phoenix (The Joker)
Renee Zellweger (Judy)
(J - Joon Ho)
2020
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
2021
Will Smith (King Richard)
Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
2022
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything, Everywhere)
2000
Russell Crowe (Gladiator)
Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich)
(gladiator and a real fighter)
2001
Denzel Washington (Training Day)
Halle Berry (Monster Ball)
(not 2 for Crowe, 2 blacks)
2002
Adrien Brody (The Pianist)
Nicole Kidman (The Hours)
(Spider-man, Kid-man)
2003
Sean Penn (Mystic River)
Charlize Theron (Monster)
(LOTR, river to a monster)
2004
Jamie Foxx (Ray)
Hillary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)
(swank-y, fox-y)
2005
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
(Crash [Brokenback] Cash/Cap)
2006
Forest Whittaker (Last King of Scotland)
Helen Mirren (The Queen)
(Departed - Last King & Queen)
2007
Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
(Film confused with No Country, Blood / Rose)
2008
Sean Penn (Milk)
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
([Slum]Dog + Milk + Tag-reader)
2009
Jeff Bridges (Crazy Wild)
Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
(ABC - Avatar, Cameron, Bigelow-Bullock-Bridges)
1990
Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune)
Kathy Bates (Misery)
(Home Alone -> Dancing? Misery/reversal)
1991
Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs)
Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs)
1992
Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman)
Emma Thompson (Howard's End)
(Aladdin/Al, E - Eastwood, Emma)
1993
Tom Hanks (Philadelphia)
Holly Hunter (The Piano)
(Spielberg <-> Hanks; H - Hanks, Holly Huter)
1994
Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)
Jessica Lange (Blue Sky)
(Gump - feather through BLUE SKY)
1995
Nicholas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas)
Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking)
(Me leaving school, leaving - walking)
1996
Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
Frances McDormand (Fargo)
(English patient - one word - Shine/Fargo)
1997
Jack Nicholson (As Good As It Gets)
Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets)
(middle aged titantic)
1998
Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love)
(Shakespeare - Benigni play acting)
1999
Kevin Spacey (American Beauty)
Hillary Swank (Boys Don't Cry)
(Spacey's boys did cry)