| Cimarron | Richard Dix | Too Many Kisses | Harpo Marx |
| Monkey Business | Harpo Marx | A Day at the Races | Groucho Marx |
| Duck Soup | Groucho Marx | The Story of Mankind | Hedy Lamarr |
| Samson and Delilah | Hedy Lamarr | The Female Animal | Jane Powell |
| Royal Wedding | Jane Powell | Nancy Goes to Rio | Ann Sothern |
| A Letter to Three Wives | Ann Sothern | Brother Orchid | Humphrey Bogart |
| Casablanca | Humphrey Bogart | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Susan Hayward |
| I Want to Live! | Susan Hayward | Adam Had Four Sons | Ingrid Bergman |
| Gaslight | Ingrid Bergman | Cactus Flower | Walter Matthau |
| The Bad News Bears | Walter Matthau | Charade | Audrey Hepburn |
| Roman Holiday | Audrey Hepburn | The Unforgiven | Burt Lancaster |
| Trapeze | Burt Lancaster | Sorry, Wrong Number | Barbara Stanwyck |
| Baby Face | Barbara Stanwyck | The Other Love | David Niven |
| Separate Tables | David Niven | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Doris Day |
| The Pajama Game | Doris Day | Pillow Talk | Rock Hudson |
| Giant | Rock Hudson | Something of Value | Sidney Poitier |
| Duel at Diablo | Sidney Poitier | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Katharine Hepburn |
| The African Queen | Katharine Hepburn | State of the Union | Angela Lansbury |
| The Manchurian Candidate | Angela Lansbury | Till the Clouds Roll By | Van Johnson |
| Battleground | Van Johnson | The Caine Mutiny | Lee Marvin |
| The Dirty Dozen | Lee Marvin | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Claire Trevor |
| Born to Kill | Claire Trevor | The High and the Mighty | John Wayne |
| The Long Voyage Home | John Wayne | Circus World | Rita Hayworth |
| The Lady from Shanghai | Rita Hayworth | Only Angels Have Wings | Cary Grant |
| Holiday | Cary Grant | In Name Only | Carole Lombard |
| Mr. and Mrs. Smith | Carole Lombard | Made for Each Other | James Stewart |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | James Stewart | Ziegfeld Girl | Lana Turner |
| Johnny Eager | Lana Turner | The Postman Always Rings Twice | John Garfield |
| They Made Me a Criminal | John Garfield | Gentleman's Agreement | Gregory Peck |
| Twelve O'Clock High | Gregory Peck | Duel in the Sun | Joseph Cotten |
| A Delicate Balance | Joseph Cotten | | Bela Lugosi |
| Dracula; Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | Bela Lugosi | | Groucho Marx |