Some of the greatest performers in film history belong to the actors who never won an Oscar club. These six slides rank the nomination records and heartbreaks fans still debate decades later.

Peter O'Toole and Glenn Close each earned eight competitive acting nominations without a win — the modern benchmark among actors who never won an Oscar. O'Toole received an Honorary Oscar in 2003.

Richard Burton lost seven Best Actor races from the 1950s through 1984, including Becket and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He remains a pillar of the actors who never won an Oscar conversation.

Amy Adams has six acting nominations across supporting and lead categories without a competitive win. She anchors the active roster of actors who never won an Oscar heading into future ceremonies.

Samuel L. Jackson and Peter O'Toole received Honorary Oscars after competitive droughts — but those prizes do not remove them from lists of actors who never won an Oscar in the four acting categories.