1955
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 28th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1955.
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
- Marty
- Picnic
- Mister Roberts
- The Rose Tattoo
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
BEST DIRECTOR
- Elia Kazan – East of Eden
- Delbert Mann – Marty
- David Lean – Summertime
- John Sturges – Bad Day at Black Rock
- Joshua Logan – Picnic
BEST ACTOR
- Ernest Borgnine – Marty
- James Dean – East of Eden
- Spencer Tracy – Bad Day at Black Rock
- Frank Sinatra – The Man with the Golden Arm
- James Cagney – Love Me or Leave Me
BEST ACTRESS
- Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
- Katharine Hepburn – Summertime
- Susan Hayward – I’ll Cry Tomorrow
- Eleanor Parker – Interrupted Melody
- Jennifer Jones – Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Sal Mineo – Rebel Without a Cause
- Jack Lemmon – Mister Roberts
- Arthur O’Connell – Picnic
- Arthur Kennedy – Trial
- Joe Mantell – Marty
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Jo Van Fleet – East of Eden
- Natalie Wood – Rebel Without a Cause
- Betsy Blair – Marty
- Marisa Pavan – The Rose Tattoo
- Peggy Lee – Pete Kelly’s Blues
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- It’s Always Fair Weather – Betty Comden, Adolph Green
- Mr. Hulot’s Holiday – Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet
- Interrupted Melody – William Ludwig, Sonya Levien
- The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell – Milton Sperling, Emmet Lavery
- The Seven Little Foys – Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Marty – Paddy Chayefsky
- East of Eden – Paul Osborn
- Bad Day at Black Rock – Millard Kaufman
- Blackboard Jungle – Richard Brooks
- Love Me or Leave Me – Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart
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