1951

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 24th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1951.

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. A Streetcar Named Desire
2. A Place in the Sun
3. An American in Paris
4. Quo Vadis
5. Decision Before Dawn

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Elia Kazan – A Streetcar Named Desire
2. George Stevens – A Place in the Sun
3. John Huston – The African Queen
4. Vincente Minnelli – An American in Paris
5. William Wyler – Detective Story

BEST ACTOR

1. Marlon Brando – A Streetcar Named Desire
2. Montgomery Clift – A Place in the Sun
3. Humphrey Bogart – The African Queen
4. Fredric March – Death of a Salesman
5. Arthur Kennedy – Bright Victory

BEST ACTRESS

1. Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
2. Katharine Hepburn – The African Queen
3. Shelley Winters – A Place in the Sun
4. Eleanor Parker – Detective Story
5. Jane Wyman – The Blue Veil

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Karl Malden – A Streetcar Named Desire 
2. Peter Ustinov – Quo Vadis
3. Kevin McCarthy – Death of a Salesman
4. Gig Young – Come Fill the Cup
5. Leo Genn – Quo Vadis

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Kim Hunter – A Streetcar Named Desire
2. Thelma Ritter – The Mating Season
3. Lee Grant – Detective Story
4. Mildred Dunnock – Death of a Salesman
5. Joan Blondell – The Blue Veil

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Ace in the Hole – Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman
2. An American in Paris – Alan Jay Lerner
3. The Well – Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse
4. Go for Broke! – Robert Pirosh
5. David and Bathsheba – Philip Dunne

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams
2. A Place in the Sun – Michael Wilson, Harry Brown
3. La Ronde – Max Ophuls, Jacques Natanson
4. The African Queen – James Agee, John Huston
5. Detective Story – Philip Yordan, Robert Wyler