1949
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 22nd Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1949.
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
- The Heiress
- A Letter to Three Wives
- All the King’s Men
- Battleground
- Twelve O’Clock High
BEST DIRECTOR
- William Wyler – The Heiress
- Carol Reed – The Fallen Idol
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz – A Letter to Three Wives
- Robert Rossen – All the King’s Men
- William A. Wellman – Battleground
BEST ACTOR
- Broderick Crawford – All the King’s Men
- Kirk Douglas – Champion
- Gregory Peck – Twelve O’Clock High
- Richard Todd – The Hasty Heart
- John Wayne – Sands of Iwo Jima
BEST ACTRESS
- Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress
- Susan Hayward – My Foolish Heart
- Deborah Kerr – Edward, My Son
- Jeanne Crain – Pinky
- Loretta Young – Come to the Stable
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Ralph Richardson – The Heiress
- Arthur Kennedy – Champion
- Dean Jagger – Twelve O’Clock High
- James Whitmore – Battleground
- John Ireland – All the King’s Men
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Mercedes McCambridge – All the King’s Men
- Ethel Waters – Pinky
- Ethel Barrymore – Pinky
- Elsa Lanchester – Come to the Stable
- Celeste Holm – Come to the Stable
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Paisan – Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini
- Battleground – Robert Pirosh
- Passport to Pimlico – T. E. B. Clarke
- The Quiet One – Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, Sidney Meyers
- Jolson Sings Again – Sidney Buchman
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- The Bicycle Thief – Cesare Zavattini
- A Letter to Three Wives – Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- All the King’s Men – Robert Rossen
- The Fallen Idol – Graham Greene
- Champion – Carl Foreman
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