Best Actor Oscar Winners Available for Netflix Instant Viewing that Make the Roku Worth It

A number of really terrific actors have taken home the Academy Award for Best Actor. Just as immense, sadly, is the number of really terrific actors who never won an Academy Award. If you want to watch some fantastic acting, or even just humdrum acting that managed to steal an Oscar from someone more deserving, simply get yourself a Netflix subscription of at least three movies out at once and then buy a Roku. Stream these movies from your Netflix instant viewing queue directly to your TV whenever you want and as often as you want.

Tom Hanks, Academy Award Winner for Philadelphia.
The next year Tom Hanks would win an Oscar he deserved for Forrest Gump. Hanks' first Oscar rightfully should have gone to Liam Neeson for Schindler's List. Still, he is the best thing about this well-intentioned film about AIDS that is essentially little more than a TV-movie. There are better movies to send to your Netflix Roku, but if you find yourself in the mood for one of Hollywood's attempts to catch up to the world of independent movie makers when it comes to addressing "controversial" subjects, Philadelphia might give you a sense of brotherly love.

F. Murray Abraham, Academy Award Winner for Amadeus.
Now this one deserves to be near the top of your Netflix instant viewing queue. A masterful adaptation of Peter Shaffer's play about the mostly fictional rivalry between Mozart and Salieri. Abraham gives a perfectly modulated performance that reveals both his profound envy of Mozart and his profound appreciation of the music he made. This is a sumptuous performance that crackles with subtlety and humor.