Want to know the best Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners? How about the worst Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners? Curious about Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners box office grosses or which Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which one got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place because we have all of that information.
Drivel Part: (That is what my wife calls this part of the page). A few years ago, we wrote three movie pages on Oscar winners: Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress. Originally we had intended on doing more Oscar winners pages….we sadly dropped the ball on that thought process. Well with the calendar turning to November, and our favorite time of the year officially starting….”Movie Award Season” we figured we would finally revisit these movie subjects. Our favorite Best Supporting Actor trivia? Michael Caine is one of 7 different actors to win more than one Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Those 7 actors are Walter Brennan (3 wins), Anthony Quinn, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Jason Robards, Christoph Waltz and Caine
Since 1936, there have been over 80 Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners. This page will rank Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winning movies from Best to Worst in five different sortable columns of information. If you use the sort and search buttons the massive table becomes very interactive.
Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners Can Be Ranked 5 Ways In The Table Below
The really cool thing about ther table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score. The ceiling to earn points for box office is $200 million…once a movie passes that mark it stops earning points in that category.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | UMR Score | ||||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) AA Best Picture Win |
Robert DeNiro | 47.5 | 274.1 | 541.00 | 9 | 94 | 11 / 06 | 100.0 | |
| 3 | All About Eve (1950) AA Best Picture Win |
George Sanders | 8.9 | 198.9 | 282.30 | 9 | 92 | 14 / 06 | 100.0 | |
| 2 | Ben-Hur (1959) AA Best Picture Win |
Hugh Griffith | 58.8 | 1,056.7 | 2,725.00 | 1 | 91 | 12 / 11 | 100.0 | |
| 4 | Unforgiven (1992) AA Best Picture Win |
Gene Hackman | 101.2 | 262.8 | 413.40 | 11 | 92 | 09 / 04 | 100.0 | |
| 5 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) AA Best Picture Win |
Harold Russell | 19.3 | 595.2 | 965.60 | 1 | 90 | 08 / 07 | 99.9 | |
| 6 | Oppenheimer (2023) AA Best Picture Win |
Robert Downey Jr. | 329.9 | 329.9 | 975.80 | 5 | 88 | 13 / 07 | 99.9 | |
| 7 | The Deer Hunter (1978) AA Best Picture Win |
Christopher Walken | 49.0 | 225.6 | 225.60 | 9 | 87 | 09 / 05 | 99.9 | |
| 8 | Terms of Endearment (1983) AA Best Picture Win |
Jack Nicholson | 108.4 | 371.0 | 371.00 | 2 | 83 | 11 / 05 | 99.9 | |
| 10 | How Green Was My Valley (1941) AA Best Picture Win |
Donald Crisp | 9.7 | 372.6 | 372.60 | 3 | 81 | 10 / 05 | 99.9 | |
| 9 | From Here to Eternity (1953) AA Best Picture Win |
Frank Sinatra | 30.9 | 555.3 | 555.30 | 2 | 81 | 13 / 08 | 99.9 | |
| 11 | West Side Story (1961) AA Best Picture Win |
George Chakiris | 41.3 | 602.1 | 1,188.90 | 2 | 80 | 11 / 10 | 99.8 | |
| 12 | Ordinary People (1980) AA Best Picture Win |
Timothy Hutton | 54.8 | 227.1 | 227.10 | 12 | 82 | 06 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 13 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) AA Best Picture Win |
Morgan Freeman | 100.5 | 174.4 | 376.30 | 24 | 90 | 07 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 14 | Going My Way (1944) AA Best Picture Win |
Barry Fitzgerald | 17.1 | 575.9 | 575.90 | 1 | 75 | 10 / 07 | 99.8 | |
| 15 | The Life of Emile Zola (1937) AA Best Picture Win |
Joseph Schildkraut | 7.7 | 319.8 | 660.20 | 7 | 72 | 10 / 03 | 99.7 | |
| 16 | The Dark Knight (2008) | Heath Ledger | 533.3 | 800.8 | 1,506.00 | 1 | 95 | 08 / 02 | 99.7 | |
| 17 | Cabaret (1972) AA Best Picture Nom |
Joel Grey | 61.4 | 389.1 | 389.10 | 5 | 85 | 10 / 08 | 99.7 | |
| 18 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) AA Best Picture Nom |
Karl Malden | 13.7 | 295.7 | 295.70 | 4 | 85 | 12 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 19 | The Fugitive (1993) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tommy Lee Jones | 183.9 | 478.8 | 960.50 | 3 | 90 | 07 / 01 | 99.6 | |
| 21 | No Country for Old Men (2007) AA Best Picture Win |
Javier Bardem | 74.3 | 116.4 | 268.90 | 36 | 92 | 08 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 20 | The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom |
Ben Johnson | 39.7 | 259.6 | 259.60 | 7 | 87 | 08 / 02 | 99.6 | |
| 22 | Sayonara (1957) AA Best Picture Nom |
Red Buttons | 24.6 | 473.0 | 706.90 | 3 | 83 | 10 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 23 | Spartacus (1960) | Peter Ustinov | 31.7 | 495.5 | 495.50 | 2 | 91 | 06 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 24 | All the President's Men (1976) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jason Robards | 90.9 | 460.1 | 460.10 | 4 | 83 | 08 / 04 | 99.5 | |
| 25 | Django Unchained (2012) AA Best Picture Nom |
Christoph Waltz | 162.8 | 220.5 | 572.60 | 15 | 88 | 05 / 02 | 99.5 | |
| 26 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Edmund Gwenn | 7.2 | 208.7 | 208.70 | 35 | 86 | 04 / 03 | 99.5 | |
| 27 | Good Will Hunting (1997) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robin Williams | 138.4 | 325.1 | 530.60 | 7 | 83 | 09 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 28 | Twelve O'Clock High (1949) AA Best Picture Nom |
Dean Jagger | 9.2 | 229.8 | 229.80 | 13 | 86 | 04 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 29 | Mister Roberts (1955) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jack Lemmon | 21.4 | 444.2 | 499.60 | 4 | 88 | 03 / 01 | 99.4 | |
| 30 | Traffic (2000) AA Best Picture Nom |
Benicio Del Toro | 124.1 | 248.2 | 415.00 | 15 | 81 | 05 / 04 | 99.2 | |
| 32 | Stagecoach (1939) AA Best Picture Nom |
Thomas Mitchell | 5.0 | 191.3 | 298.80 | 30 | 83 | 07 / 02 | 99.2 | |
| 31 | Jerry Maguire (1996) AA Best Picture Nom |
Cuba Gooding Jr. | 154.0 | 375.5 | 667.20 | 4 | 82 | 05 / 01 | 99.1 | |
| 33 | Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) AA Best Picture Win |
Ke Huy Quan | 76.9 | 78.7 | 113.50 | 25 | 91 | 11 / 07 | 99.1 | |
| 34 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) AA Best Picture Nom |
Walter Huston | 6.1 | 163.1 | 290.40 | 45 | 90 | 04 / 03 | 99.0 | |
| 36 | The More the Merrier (1943) AA Best Picture Nom |
Charles Coburn | 5.1 | 184.8 | 271.60 | 57 | 82 | 06 / 01 | 98.8 | |
| 37 | The Big Country (1958) | Burl Ives | 10.6 | 191.2 | 191.20 | 11 | 89 | 02 / 01 | 98.8 | |
| 35 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) | James Dunn | 8.3 | 264.2 | 264.20 | 28 | 86 | 02 / 01 | 98.7 | |
| 39 | Mystic River (2003) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tim Robbins | 90.1 | 161.1 | 280.40 | 33 | 87 | 06 / 02 | 98.5 | |
| 38 | The Untouchables (1987) | Sean Connery | 76.3 | 210.3 | 513.60 | 6 | 83 | 04 / 01 | 98.5 | |
| 41 | Green Book (2018) AA Best Picture Win |
Mahershala Ali | 85.1 | 100.7 | 376.40 | 36 | 83 | 05 / 03 | 98.4 | |
| 40 | An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) | Louis Gossett Jr. | 128.5 | 471.0 | 471.00 | 3 | 78 | 06 / 02 | 98.4 | |
| 42 | Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Brad Pitt | 142.5 | 167.7 | 437.80 | 20 | 79 | 10 / 02 | 98.4 | |
| 43 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | George Kennedy | 18.2 | 162.6 | 162.60 | 15 | 93 | 04 / 01 | 98.4 | |
| 44 | Arthur (1981) | John Gielgud | 107.7 | 417.6 | 417.60 | 3 | 78 | 04 / 02 | 98.2 | |
| 45 | Hud (1963) | Melvyn Douglas | 14.3 | 179.1 | 179.10 | 18 | 79 | 07 / 03 | 97.8 | |
| 46 | Goodfellas (1990) AA Best Picture Nom |
Joe Pesci | 46.8 | 119.4 | 119.40 | 26 | 95 | 06 / 01 | 97.7 | |
| 47 | The Barefoot Contessa (1954) | Edmond O'Brien | 9.4 | 221.0 | 221.00 | 28 | 77 | 02 / 01 | 97.4 | |
| 48 | Julia (1977) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jason Robards | 35.3 | 170.6 | 170.60 | 26 | 71 | 11 / 03 | 97.4 | |
| 49 | The Fighter (2010) AA Best Picture Nom |
Christian Bale | 93.6 | 127.8 | 176.40 | 35 | 88 | 07 / 02 | 97.1 | |
| 51 | A Fish Called Wanda (1988) | Kevin Kline | 62.5 | 163.9 | 163.90 | 12 | 86 | 03 / 01 | 96.9 | |
| 50 | Cocoon (1985) | Don Ameche | 76.1 | 231.1 | 259.10 | 6 | 73 | 02 / 02 | 96.8 | |
| 53 | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) AA Best Picture Nom |
Michael Caine | 35.4 | 102.8 | 102.80 | 30 | 90 | 07 / 03 | 96.1 | |
| 52 | Johnny Eager (1941) | Van Heflin | 6.4 | 247.9 | 370.80 | 12 | 72 | 01 / 01 | 96.1 | |
| 54 | The Killing Fields (1984) AA Best Picture Nom |
Haing S. Ngor | 34.7 | 111.3 | 111.30 | 26 | 85 | 07 / 03 | 95.8 | |
| 56 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | Christoph Waltz | 120.5 | 173.3 | 462.00 | 24 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 55 | City Slickers (1991) | Jack Palance | 124.0 | 317.6 | 458.40 | 5 | 69 | 01 / 01 | 95.4 | |
| 57 | Ryan's Daughter (1970) | John Mills | 44.4 | 308.6 | 308.60 | 7 | 62 | 04 / 02 | 94.5 | |
| 58 | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) AA Best Picture Nom |
Alan Arkin | 59.9 | 98.1 | 164.70 | 51 | 88 | 04 / 02 | 94.5 | |
| 59 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) | Gig Young | 16.9 | 128.0 | 128.00 | 20 | 81 | 09 / 01 | 94.4 | |
| 60 | Being There (1979) | Melvyn Douglas | 29.0 | 124.5 | 124.50 | 32 | 88 | 02 / 01 | 94.3 | |
| 61 | Bridge of Spies (2015) AA Best Picture Nom |
Mark Rylance | 72.3 | 92.5 | 211.60 | 39 | 88 | 06 / 01 | 94.1 | |
| 62 | Kentucky (1938) | Walter Brennan | 7.0 | 279.5 | 279.50 | 12 | 63 | 01 / 01 | 93.9 | |
| 63 | The Cider House Rules (1999) AA Best Picture Nom |
Michael Caine | 57.5 | 122.6 | 188.60 | 41 | 76 | 07 / 02 | 93.8 | |
| 64 | Moonlight (2016) AA Best Picture Win |
Mahershala Ali | 27.9 | 34.7 | 81.10 | 96 | 80 | 08 / 03 | 93.6 | |
| 65 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) AA Best Picture Nom |
Sam Rockwell | 54.5 | 65.5 | 189.30 | 52 | 90 | 07 / 02 | 93.0 | |
| 66 | The Westerner (1940) | Walter Brennan | 3.5 | 134.2 | 134.20 | 41 | 79 | 03 / 01 | 92.9 | |
| 67 | Come and Get It (1936) | Walter Brennan | 2.9 | 126.0 | 126.00 | 65 | 79 | 02 / 01 | 91.8 | |
| 68 | CODA (2021) AA Best Picture Win |
Troy Kotsur | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.40 | 193 | 87 | 03 / 03 | 91.3 | |
| 69 | The Sunshine Boys (1975) | George Burns | 21.8 | 114.7 | 114.70 | 31 | 76 | 04 / 01 | 90.3 | |
| 70 | Glory (1989) | Denzel Washington | 26.8 | 72.8 | 72.80 | 43 | 86 | 05 / 03 | 90.1 | |
| 71 | Lust for Life (1956) | Anthony Quinn | 4.6 | 89.3 | 150.90 | 67 | 83 | 04 / 01 | 89.8 | |
| 72 | Dallas Buyers Club (2013) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jared Leto | 27.3 | 36.2 | 73.20 | 95 | 87 | 06 / 03 | 89.1 | |
| 74 | Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) | Ed Begley | 7.7 | 110.9 | 110.90 | 31 | 74 | 03 / 01 | 88.9 | |
| 73 | Whiplash (2014) AA Best Picture Nom |
J.K. Simmons | 13.1 | 17.3 | 64.60 | 133 | 93 | 05 / 03 | 88.9 | |
| 75 | Viva Zapata! (1952) | Anthony Quinn | 5.3 | 103.4 | 103.40 | 60 | 73 | 05 / 01 | 88.1 | |
| 76 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | Kevin Spacey | 23.3 | 57.8 | 85.40 | 76 | 87 | 02 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 77 | Topkapi (1964) | Peter Ustinov | 7.0 | 80.3 | 80.30 | 43 | 80 | 01 / 01 | 86.8 | |
| 79 | Syriana (2005) | George Clooney | 50.8 | 85.6 | 158.30 | 56 | 76 | 02 / 01 | 86.4 | |
| 78 | Adaptation. (2002) | Chris Cooper | 22.5 | 41.8 | 61.00 | 102 | 88 | 04 / 01 | 86.4 | |
| 80 | The Paper Chase (1973) | John Houseman | 12.1 | 73.8 | 73.80 | 30 | 78 | 03 / 01 | 86.1 | |
| 81 | A Thousand Clowns (1965) AA Best Picture Nom |
Martin Balsam | 6.5 | 68.6 | 68.60 | 46 | 72 | 04 / 01 | 85.7 | |
| 82 | Judas and the Black Messiah (2020) AA Best Picture Nom |
Daniel Kaluuya | 5.4 | 6.4 | 7.30 | 39 | 83 | 06 / 02 | 83.0 | |
| 83 | The Fortune Cookie (1966) | Walter Matthau | 4.2 | 41.2 | 41.20 | 61 | 79 | 04 / 01 | 82.0 | |
| 84 | Ed Wood (1994) | Martin Landau | 5.9 | 15.6 | 15.60 | 139 | 84 | 02 / 02 | 79.6 | |
| 85 | Iris (2001) | Jim Broadbent | 5.6 | 10.7 | 30.80 | 146 | 84 | 03 / 01 | 78.8 | |
| 86 | The Subject Was Roses (1968) | Jack Albertson | 3.9 | 32.3 | 32.30 | 77 | 78 | 02 / 01 | 78.7 | |
| 87 | Affliction (1997) | James Coburn | 6.3 | 14.9 | 14.90 | 134 | 82 | 02 / 01 | 77.3 | |
| 88 | Beginners (2010) | Christopher Plummer | 5.8 | 7.9 | 19.60 | 139 | 83 | 01 / 01 | 75.4 |
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HI BOB
I am glad to hear that your dad is responding to chemo [though I’m sorry about his fall] and that your mum is experience a “new lease of life”.
I wish you and your family the best of continuing luck in these matters. Meanwhile it is heartening to learn that your father is joining you in prayer.
Cogerson, congratulations. i am surviving. my father is responding to chemotherapy but fell and spent a week in hospital and has now moved to assisted living after much contention. my mother is experiencing a new lease on life after stabilizing her broken back she is walking again after 18 months of resigning to motorized wheelchair only. blessing , my dad(an atheist of 74 years) prayed with me for first time in 55 years. miracles happen, it must have been a very cold day in hades.
Wow….finally finished writing a page on every single Best Supporting Actor Oscar winners. On the acting side….still have a few more Best Actors and a ton of Best Supporting Actress Oscar winners to go.