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Has an action movie ever won best actor actress leading or supporting at the Oscars?
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∙ 11y ago
The first Best Picture winner was an action war film: Wings (1927). And since then there were a few other pure action movies that were nominated (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Fugitive). Additional action movies that won Best Picture are The French Connection (1971), Braveheart (1995) and to some extent The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and The Departed(2006).
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoTommy Lee Jones won Best Supporting Actor for The Fugitive(1993).
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