1939

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 12th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1939.

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. The Wizard of Oz
2. Gone with the Wind
3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
4. Stagecoach
5. Ninotchka
6. Wuthering Heights
7. Dark Victory
8. Of Mice and Men
9. Goodbye, Mr. Chips
10. Love Affair

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Victor Fleming – Gone with the Wind
2. Frank Capra – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
3. John Ford – Stagecoach
4. William Wyler – Wuthering Heights
5. Sam Wood – Goodbye, Mr. Chips

BEST ACTOR

1. James Stewart – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
2. Clark Gable – Gone with the Wind
3. Robert Donat – Goodbye, Mr. Chips
4. Laurence Olivier – Wuthering Heights
5. Mickey Rooney – Babes in Arms

BEST ACTRESS

1. Vivien Leigh – Gone with the Wind
2. Greta Garbo – Ninotchka
3. Bette Davis – Dark Victory
4. Irene Dunne – Love Affair
5. Greer Garson – Goodbye, Mr. Chips

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Claude Rains – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
2. Thomas Mitchell – Stagecoach
3. Harry Carey – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
4. Brian Donlevy – Beau Geste
5. Brian Aherne – Juarez

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Hattie McDaniel – Gone with the Wind
2. Olivia de Havilland – Gone with the Wind
3. Geraldine Fitzgerald – Wuthering Heights
4. Edna May Oliver – Drums Along the Mohawk
5. Maria Ouspenskaya – Love Affair

BEST SCREENPLAY

1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Sidney Buchman
2. Gone with the Wind – Sidney Howard
3. Ninotchka – Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch
4. Goodbye, Mr. Chips – R.C. Sherriff, Claudine West, Eric Maschwitz
5. Wuthering Heights – Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht