Best Actress/Supporting Actor Oscar Duos Ranked! 

Yes, Vivien Leigh and Karl Malden set a precedent for excellence it will be hard to ever equal in Streetcar. Let's crown them for drama male/female duo and then second Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey for musical duo. These are cinematic greats

Liza and Joel.

Vivien and Karl are my favourite pairing. They had the most interesting dynamic, and the last scene between them is phenomenal and devastating (helped by Tennessee's writing of course). But I do love Liza and Joel singing 'Money Money' together. Fun fact - The song's lyrics inspired the lyrics for ABBA's, 'Money, Money, Money.'

1. Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan . I have known so many couples like them in this film the cynical woman and the kindhearted man . 2. Liza Minelli and Joel Grey -dazziling 3.Patricica Neal and Melvyn Douglas -their scenes may not be the most critical to the plot but they are critical to the characters and showing the contrast to Hud . 4. Frances MacDormand and Sam Rockwell -I don't care for the film but their chemsity is is what holds it together. 5. Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman another film I don't care for nor do I care for the wins .Hilary was third or fourth place for me that year .Freeman has had stronger performances and made more of an impact in other films but they punch nus in the gut . 6. Vivien Leigh and Karl Malden -Technically perfect but it doesn't really move or excite me . 7.Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson . This began a new phase for Shirley she's played similar characters ever since .I have Winger ,Alexander and Streep ahead of her that year. I don't think the chemisty was there . Jack was just playing some version of Jack . I wish Reynolds had taken the role while not a favorite of mine he would have been more convincing in that role. I would have had a different actress playing Aurora too .

I've been waiting a year for this episode!!!! Fantastic scene selection truly getting the best of both parts. The closing scene in Three Billboards is masterclass, Leigh and Malden were transcendent and I'm going to be singing Money, Money alk night. (I believe Joel Grey won on his performance merit, many say the three Godfather supporting actors split the vote). Never knew Bullock was considered for Million Dollar Baby and turned it down in favour of Miss Congeniality 2, wow! Still, she did get the Oscar that Carey Mulligan lost in 2009.

Wasn't the point of "Everything Everywhere..," that in the main alernate story, they were in a bad relationship. The relationship took on different dimesions based on the timeline they were in. The clips you chose were from the unhappy one. I thought they had plenty of chemistry as the movie star and her producer/ husband. And the superhero timeline was supposed to be slapstick/funny. Why choose outakes to prove your point when they weren't in character. Those were clips of the actors goofing around on set.

Surprised by how low key and Michelle I loved their chemistry it was portrayed as them being unhappy so when they finally show their love by the end of the film it was quite believable and so emotional although I do agree Michelle’s chemistry with Stephanie hsu especially and Jamie Lee Curtis were more stronger So far my favorite has to be Liza and Joey ohh gosh so I love cabaret and I love the dynamic between sally and the host I want to see the new immersive experience revival this year here in my hometown NYC but them tickets are …umm unpurchaseable 😂😂😂

Ah I never knew this Jennifer Jones & Terms of Endearment trivia connection. She would’ve been perfect in a role, I have problems with MacLaine in this incarnation and Nicholson’s autopilot presence; now talk about Winger + Lithgow, they operate on another level for me, such a tender duo & storyline. It looks like I can solidly call Leigh + Malden almost close to perfection kind of pair of winners, but I don’t get excited whenever their names are popping up in this regard. To my surprise, I feel gutpubched these days apropos to Swank/Freeman. And I don’t like his win very much! So that’s a shift 😮 Honorable mention to Minnelli & Gray. Yet once again, not my personal winners. McDormand et Rockwell - burn to death 💀🔥 Yeoh + Quan - Indifferent, but fun in their own way. and then I noticed the video didn’t show me legendary wins of Patricia Neal & Melvyn Douglas - woof, at least something impeccable for me to satisfy my selectiveness. Wins for ages, I will die on the hill defending Neal’s crownery as well 😈

Vivien Leigh-Karl Malden and Shirley McLaine-Jack Nicholson.

I don't know how I ended up reading about Sheldon Collins from the Andy Griffith Show after watching this video.

MacLaine/Nicholson, Leigh/Malden and then Minnelli/Grey....the other films I haven't seen or haven't seen in a very long time (eg. Hud)

If you simply go by how the duo worked together, then the winners have to be MacLaine and Nicholson

Vivian Leigh and Carl Malden were mind-blowing in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), and Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey, musically, were smashing in Cabaret (1972), who won Oscars for their resounding performances. But the duo achievement between Shirley Maclaine and Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment (1983) is my choice as the most appealing and beloved of any of the acting couples in this poll. What is confounding regarding the lead actors is they are an unlikely pair to work together. But Oscar winners Jack and Shirley's commitments in this film are so well-acted, mixed with humor and heartache, that Aurora's (Maclaine) interludes with Garrett (Nicholson), a womanizing ex-astronaut and next-door neighbor, are quite tenuous but heartwarming. Even the dialogue between them is enchanting in every sense throughout the movie and packs a real emotional wallop, even in its tragic conclusion. It's most unfortunate they can't work again after the sequel to the 1983 film due to Nicholson's recent health issues, despite Maclaine wanting to work with him on another film project before concluding her acting career. It's a shame it can't be so. 😞

Liza and Joel were my favourites. I'm not normally into musicals but Cabaret was brilliant in every way.

Shirley McLean and Jack Nicholson were the best

Good afternoon, all: I have a question. I noticed that in various forums, a lot of people are highly critical of Hilary Swank's performance in MILLION DOLLAR BABY. I thought she was most deserving. Any opinions?

Neal/Douglas ❤

I think each contributes to their own here in the best for the year. Best Lead and Best Supporting is really a matter of navigating certain points in the story and how they relate and change each other. Vivien and Karl had a blossoming romance with their characters as we see Blanche's rekindling of illusion. When it darkens and truths come out, Mitch's shattering is our shattering and Blanche needs the illusion. Neal and Douglas are both foibles to Paul Newman's Hud character. Their distance is intentional almost. Douglas has a more moral approach to his character's son. Neal experiences the brutality more upclose, and makes strides Douglas cannot. Their relation by not relating because Hud has some semblance of control over both. Liza and Joel's characters relationships was layered. He knew her better than she allowed herself with Brian. She knew she was his star attraction. The Money song is musical frosting, but the cake under it is the scenes where they look at each other and say nothing verbal. Frances and Sam's characters were beautifully antagonistic. It doesn't exactly resolve in the end. There is still a tension. I haven't seen EEATO yet, but I can assume the detachment reflects their characters' detachment well and chemistry in a conflicted relationship doesn't have to mean likeability.

Swank and Freeman are my favorites in this vid. McDormand and Rockwell were pretty spectacular as well.

I hated "Three Billboards..." the way you hated "EEAAO"...although I'd have to agree, ZERO chemistry between Yeoh and Quan...I think Terms of Endearment shows nicely what this thought provoking video is about...Two old pros going at it. Thanks! (and why is Swank, after 2 Oscars, kinda diddling around Hollywood???)

You're not alone on your sentiments about EEAAO. Michelle Yeoh probably had more chemistry with Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu than with Key Huy Quan. My favorite two are the Streetcar and Billboards duos. Their onscreen chemistry (and performances) get better and better as the films progress and end.

Vivien and Karl, Joel and Liza, Shirley and Jack, and this is the only decent performance he ever gave, must have been because he was playing against Shirley.

The top 3 are perfect, I'd have neal and Douglas placed higher. The top 3 pairings are all outstanding.

However wait! Aren't A Streetcar Named Desire and Everything And Everyone All At Once also the only 2 films to win a leading Oscar and both supporting Oscars? 🤔

Liza and Joel,both indelible and irreplaceable.

I have never been a big fan of CABERET on stage or on film. I find CABERET to be so depressing that I consider CABERET to be a musical tragedy. Nonetheless, I have no problem with Minelli and Grey winning their Oscars, they were sensational. CABERET get revived a lot on stage and I think the roles of Sally and the Emcee attract actors of different stripes. I do wish Liza Minelli would lose the Sally Bowles look and return to a less made up look. She was quite attractive in THE STERILE CUCKOO.

I hated EEAAO. I still don’t know what it’s about. One of the ten worst Best Picture winners of all time-and I’ve seen them all

I despise that asian movie... All the others are terrific.

Million Dollar Baby was an excellent movie, but so disturbing I never want to see it again. Sam Rockwell's character in 3 Billlboards undergoes the biggest transformation. He more than holds his own against the powerhouse that is Frances McDormand. Jack's line you show in Terms of Endearment is hilarious. One of the (many) highlights of the movie. Their best moment together is when they're sharing pillow talk afterwards in bed. He's describing the best moment of his life (his character was an astronaut) which was the feeling of weightlessness. Her reply is, "This is mine." It's a beautiful and touching moment. Both Oscars were thoroughly deserved. I cannot imagine Burt Reynolds in that role. Nicholson can act rings around him. Forgot about Cabaret's dynamic duo. Can't see anyone else but Liza in that part. It's the best thing she ever did onscreen. And Grey also won a Tony as the emcee. But, even though they didn't have a scene together, you forgot Ben Johnson and the great Chloris Leachman in The Last Picture Show.