1941

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 14th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1941.

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. Citizen Kane
  2. The Maltese Falcon
  3. The Little Foxes
  4. How Green Was My Valley
  5. Suspicion
  6. Here Comes Mr. Jordan
  7. Sergeant York
  8. Hold Back the Dawn
  9. Blossoms in the Dust
  10. One Foot in Heaven

BEST DIRECTOR

  1. Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
  2. John Ford – How Green Was My Valley 
  3. William Wyler – The Little Foxes
  4. Howard Hawks – Sergeant York
  5. Alexander Hall – Here Comes Mr. Jordan

BEST ACTOR

  1. Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
  2. Cary Grant – Penny Serenade
  3. Robert Montgomery – Here Comes Mr. Jordan
  4. Walter Huston – All That Money Can Buy
  5. Gary Cooper – Sergeant York

BEST ACTRESS

  1. Barbara Stanwyck – Ball of Fire
  2. Bette Davis – The Little Foxes
  3. Joan Fontaine – Suspicion 
  4. Olivia de Havilland – Hold Back the Dawn
  5. Greer Garson – Blossoms in the Dust

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  1. Sydney Greenstreet – The Maltese Falcon
  2. Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley
  3. Charles Coburn – The Devil and Miss Jones
  4. James Gleason – Here Comes Mr. Jordan
  5. Walter Brennan – Sergeant York

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  1. Patricia Collinge – The Little Foxes
  2. Mary Astor – The Great Lie
  3. Sara Allgood – How Green Was My Valley
  4. Teresa Wright – The Little Foxes
  5. Margaret Wycherly – Sergeant York

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  1. Citizen Kane – Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles 
  2. The Devil and Miss Jones – Norman Krasna
  3. Sergeant York – Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Huston
  4. Tom, Dick and Harry – Paul Jarrico
  5. Tall, Dark and Handsome – Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  1. The Maltese Falcon – John Huston
  2. The Little Foxes – Lillian Hellman
  3. How Green Was My Valley – Philip Dunne
  4. Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller 
  5. Hold Back the Dawn – Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder