1977: Best actor
The top 15 male performances of 1977
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- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniJohn VernonTwo neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938.Marcello Mastroianni as a mature gay man who lives in Mussolini's Italy, facing life as it comes
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsRichard BurtonPeter FirthColin BlakelyA psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.Richard Burton as a doctor that tries to heal a young man with a strange obsession
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsJohn TravoltaKaren Lynn GorneyBarry MillerAnxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.John Travolta as a young man who only loves music and dancing
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsJane FondaVanessa RedgraveJason RobardsAt the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.Jason Robards as an alcoholic writer that fights against his personal ghosts
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsRichard DreyfussMarsha MasonQuinn CummingsAfter being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.Richard Dreyfuss as a struggling stage actor that falls in love with a Brodway dancer
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsSonia BragaJosé WilkerMauro MendonçaIn a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money to gamble. After Vadinho dies, Flor marries Tedoror, the owner of a drugstore. Flor is happy with her new husband but misses the love life with her previous husband. When one day the ghost of Vadhino comes back to pursue her.José Wilker as lively man who dies and comes back to make love to his wife
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando ReyCarole BouquetÁngela MolinaRecounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.Fernando Rey as an obsessed man that starts a relationship with a woman divided in two
- DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsJohn CassavetesBen GazzaraA renowned actress teeters on the edge of a breakdown as she counts down the days toward a big Broadway opening.Ben Gazzara as a tough theatre man that tries to keep his star on her feet
- DirectorJuan EstelrichStarsFernando Fernán GómezMartine AudóJosé María MompínEleven years ago Fernando Tobajas, a man of a certain age, decided to live in the bathroom, in which he created a small apartment, and never leaves it. Tobajas has given up everything except vanity, and his contacts with the world are reduced to visits from friends and messages sent through the toilet inside aspirin tubes in the hope that someone will receive them and know about his existence. Arabel Lee, a beautiful girl, finds one of those messages.Fernando Fernán Gómez as an eccentric man who lives in his bathroom.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsDirk BogardeEllen BurstynJohn GielgudA dying writer bases his last book on his own perception of his family.John Gielgud as an old man who remembers his strange private life
- DirectorWim WendersStarsDennis HopperBruno GanzLisa KreuzerTom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.Bruno Ganz as a dying man who becomes a paid killer.
- DirectorJaime ChávarriStarsHéctor AlterioXabier ElorriagaMaría Rosa SalgadoJosé, a homosexual magician of 50 years, lived his childhood in Granada (Spain). His father was a gardener in the Buendía house. There he once saw Federico García Lorca. One night of July 1936, a group of fascists assassinated the father of José at the doors of the garden. Today José need to return to the place of his childhood. Maybe to recover the memory or perhaps to bury it permanently. And he also feels the need to unveil Miguel, his current lover, the most hidden of his feelings.Héctor Alterio as a gay man living a double life who wants to be clean with his past
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.Alec Guinness as a Jedi master training a young man who becomes the last hope in a far away future
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsGeraldine ChaplinFernando ReyIsabel MestresElisa has not seen her father Luis for nine years, but she receives a telegram from her sister Isabel in a moment of crisis of her marriage with Antonio telling that her father is ill and she decides to travel to the countryside of Madrid with Isabel and her brother-in-law Julián and their two children to visit Luis for his birthday. Elisa decides to stay with his father when her sister returns to Madrid with her family and she gets closer to Luis, understanding why he left her mother years ago. Later she tells him that Antonio cheated her with her best friend Sophie and their relationship has ended. When Antonio unexpectedly arrives in the house, Elisa takes a decision about her life.Fernando Rey as a father trying to deal with his daughter and his regrets.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsRichard BurtonPeter FirthColin BlakelyA psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.Peter Firth as a troubled young man facing a crisis after a strange crime.