1927–28

The following is the average ranking of Oscar nominees by the Twitter followers of And the Runner-Up Is. Followers ranked the nominees of the above-the-line categories for the 1st Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1927 and 1928.

Results are tallied using a positional voting system, where the nominees receive points based on their rank position on each submission and the nominee with the most points overall wins

*The Best Picture ranking combined both the Best Picture and Best Unique and Artistic Picture categories

Bold = the actual Academy Award winner

BEST PICTURE

  1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  2. The Crowd
  3. Wings
  4. 7th Heaven
  5. The Racket
  6. Chang

BEST DIRECTOR

  1. King Vidor – The Crowd
  2. Frank Borzage – 7th Heaven
  3. Ted Wilde – Speedy
  4. Lewis Milestone – Two Arabian Knights
  5. Herbert Brenon – Sorrell and Son

BEST ACTOR

  1. Emil Jannings – The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh
  2. Richard Barthelmess – The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid

BEST ACTRESS

  1. Janet Gaynor – 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  2. Gloria Swanson – Sadie Thompson
  3. Louise Dresser – A Ship Comes In

BEST SCREENPLAY

  1. 7th Heaven – Benjamin Glazer
  2. The Jazz Singer – Alfred Cohn
  3. Glorious Betsy – Anthony Coldeway

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