| North by Northwest | Cary Grant | My Favorite Wife | Irene Dunne |
| Show Boat | Irene Dunne | Roberta | Randolph Scott |
| Ride the High Country | Randolph Scott | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend | James Garner |
| The Wheeler Dealers | James Garner | Sayonara | Marlon Brando |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Marlon Brando | The Teahouse of the August Moon | Glenn Ford |
| 3:10 to Yuma | Glenn Ford | Ransom! | Donna Reed |
| From Here to Eternity | Donna Reed | It's a Wonderful Life | James Stewart |
| Anatomy of a Murder | James Stewart | The Shootist | Lauren Bacall |
| To Have and Have Not | Lauren Bacall | Harper | Shelley Winters |
| A Place in the Sun | Shelley Winters | Frenchie | Joel McCrea |
| Sullivan's Travels | Joel McCrea | Buffalo Bill | Maureen O'Hara |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Maureen O'Hara | The Quiet Man | John Wayne |
| Rio Grande | John Wayne | Legend of the Lost | Sophia Loren |
| The Key | Sophia Loren | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Alec Guinness |
| Kind Hearts and Coronets | Alec Guinness | The Bridge on the River Kwai | William Holden |
| Sabrina | William Holden | Casino Royale | Deborah Kerr |
| The Night of The Iguana | Deborah Kerr | The Arrangement | Kirk Douglas |
| Champion | Kirk Douglas | The Glass Menagerie | Jane Wyman |
| Magnificent Obsession | Jane Wyman | Tail Spin | Constance Bennett |
| Topper | Constance Bennett | Bought | Ray Milland |
| The Lost Weekend | Ray Milland | Blonde Crazy | James Cagney |
| Footlight Parade | James Cagney | The Roaring Twenties | Humphrey Bogart |
| The African Queen | Humphrey Bogart | We're No Angels | Basil Rathbone |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Basil Rathbone | Romeo and Juliet | Norma Shearer |
| The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Norma Shearer | The Women | Joan Crawford |
| Mannequin | Joan Crawford | Dancing Lady | Fred Astaire |
| Easter Parade | Fred Astaire | Ziegfeld Follies | Lena Horne |
| Stormy Weather | Lena Horne | Till the Clouds Roll by | Judy Garland |
| The Wizard of Oz | Judy Garland | Judgment at Nuremberg | Spencer Tracy |
| Fury | Spencer Tracy | Pat and Mike | Katharine Hepburn |
| A Delicate Balance | Katharine Hepburn | The Philadelphia Story | Cary Grant |