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Top 10 Works by 2015 Oscars® Nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role

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We love movies - who doesn't? So with the Oscars® right around the corner, we thought it would be fun to find what other works by the nominees are popular with libraries. We found the top movies and or TV shows held by libraries for nominees in the Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories.

Below you'll find the top 10 works held by libraries for this year's nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Happy binge watching!

Best Actor — in a Leading Role

And the nominees are...

Steve Carell

  1. Despicable Me
  2. Little Miss Sunshine
  3. Over the Hedge
  4. Crazy, Stupid, Love
  5. Bruce Almighty
  6. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
  7. Despicable Me 2
  8. Get Smart
  9. Date Night
  10. The 40 Year Old Virgin
— nominated for: Foxcatcher

Bradley Cooper

  1. Silver Linings Playbook
  2. American Hustle
  3. The Hangover
  4. Limitless
  5. Failure to Launch
  6. He's Just Not That Into You
  7. The A-Team
  8. Valentine's Day
  9. Yes Man
  10. The Place Beyond the Pines
— nominated for: American Sniper

Benedict Cumberbatch

  1. War Horse
  2. 12 Years a Slave
  3. Atonement
  4. Amazing Grace
  5. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  6. Star Trek
  7. The Other Boleyn Girl
  8. Sherlock:Season One
  9. Sherlock:Season Two
  10. The Hobbit an Unexpected Journey
— nominated for: The Imitation Game

Michael Keaton

  1. Batman
  2. Toy story 3
  3. Beetlejuice
  4. Much Ado About Nothing
  5. Cars
  6. Herbie Fully Loaded
  7. The Other Guys
  8. Jackie Brown
  9. Jack Frost
  10. Robocop
— nominated for: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Eddie Redmayne

  1. Les Misérables
  2. My Week with Marilyn
  3. The Other Boleyn Girl
  4. The Good Shepherd
  5. The Pillars of the Earth
  6. Birdsong
  7. Tess of the D'Urbervilles
  8. Black Death
  9. The Yellow Handkerchief
  10. Powder Blue
— nominated for: The Theory of Everything


This list was generated using WorldCat Identities on 10 February 2015. The list order is based on the number of OCLC member libraries that hold a given title.


WorldCat is the world's largest and most comprehensive catalog of library resources from around the world, with more than 314 million bibliographic records that represent more than 2 billion items held by participating libraries, including books, movies, music, e-books, licensed databases, online periodicals, digital collections and more. Because of its scale, WorldCat can be used to represent a large part of the scholarly and cultural record.