Russell Crowe winning Best Actor

The way Joaquin Phoenix reacted to his win is incredible. He is a great person

Joaquin Phoenix deserved an oscar too. His performance was so good, I think everyone hated his character.

The musical score from Gladiator playing as he rose from his seat was so epic. The audience should have chanted “Maximus, Maximus, Maximus”

That opening joke was honestly one of the best jokes I have ever heard. So simple, so perfectly timed and phrased... wow.

He looks truly shocked about his name being called. I love how Joaquin is so excited for him.

Joaquin was so genuinely happy for him. What a great guy.

That is one of the best Oscar acceptance speech I've ever heard.

"If anybody's who's on the downside of advantage, and relying purely on courage....it's possible." Fucking deep. They don't make simple, uplifting acceptance speeches like they used to.

i wanted the crowd to yell "MAXIMUS!!, MAXIMUS!! MAXIMUS!!

his role as maximus in gladiator is one of the best acting performance i have ever seen.

I watched gladiator when I was a kid and 20 yrs later I still remember it as an outstanding movie that will surely stand the test of time.

You can tell from his reaction he's a humble person, and the guy behind him who gave him a hug and was celebrating harrd, we all need a friend like that😂😂

2001: Russell Crowe won the Best Actor award for Gladiator. 2020: Joaquin Phoenix wins Best Actor for Joker.

2:08 Joaquin Phoenix hugged him and whispered in his ear: smile for me my brother!

What an awesome line, "for anybody who is on downside of advantage and relying purely on courage, it's possible."😇😇😇

His closing speech is truly inspiring. One of the best Oscar's acceptance

I’m surprised they all didn’t start screaming “Maximus”

Crowe should have won for a Beautiful Mind as well.

Can we just talk about how loud the crowd went the second he was announced winner. I’ve never seen a crowd react the way they did for any event, even when other actors win an Oscar. Truly incredible.

Years later, this is still one of the best acceptance speeches I've ever heard. It was heartfelt, he gave names without listing a hundred of them and made it personal and inspiring to others. This was a strong field that year. Anyone of those men could have won and it would have been deserved. What really made the moment for me was that it was so obvious he was NOT expecting it. The shocked look on his face was priceless. And their choice has been confirmed , everyone still remembers the movie and it's held up over time.