1931–32

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 5th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1931 and 1932.

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

Bold = the actual Academy Award winner

BEST PICTURE

  1. Shanghai Express
  2. Grand Hotel
  3. Five Star Final
  4. The Champ
  5. Bad Girl
  6. One Hour with You
  7. The Smiling Lieutenant
  8. Arrowsmith

BEST DIRECTOR

  1. Josef von Sternberg – Shanghai Express
  2. King Vidor – The Champ
  3. Frank Borzage – Bad Girl

BEST ACTOR

  1. Fredric March – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  2. Wallace Beery – The Champ
  3. Alfred Lunt – The Guardsman

BEST ACTRESS

  1. Marie Dressler – Emma
  2. Helen Hayes – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
  3. Lynn Fontanne – The Guardsman

BEST SCREENPLAY

  1. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein
  2. Bad Girl – Edwin Burke
  3. Arrowsmith – Sidney Howard

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