1957

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 30th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1957.

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 Bridge on the River Kwai
  2. 12 Angry Men
  3. Witness for the Prosecution
  4. Peyton Place
  5. Sayonara

BEST DIRECTOR

  1. Sidney Lumet – 12 Angry Men
  2. David Lean – The Bridge on the River Kwai 
  3. Billy Wilder – Witness for the Prosecution
  4. Mark Robson – Peyton Place
  5. Joshua Logan – Sayonara

BEST ACTOR

  1. Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai
  2. Charles Laughton – Witness for the Prosecution
  3. Anthony Franciosa – A Hatful of Rain
  4. Anthony Quinn – Wild Is the Wind
  5. Marlon Brando – Sayonara

BEST ACTRESS

  1. Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
  2. Deborah Kerr – Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
  3. Lana Turner – Peyton Place
  4. Anna Magnani – Wild Is the Wind
  5. Elizabeth Taylor – Raintree County

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  1. Sessue Hayakawa – The Bridge on the River Kwai
  2. Red Buttons – Sayonara
  3. Arthur Kennedy – Peyton Place
  4. Russ Tamblyn – Peyton Place
  5. Vittorio De Sica – A Farewell to Arms

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  1. Elsa Lanchester – Witness for the Prosecution
  2. Hope Lange – Peyton Place
  3. Diane Varsi – Peyton Place
  4. Miyoshi Umeki – Sayonara
  5. Carolyn Jones – The Bachelor Party

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  1. Vitelloni – Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli
  2. Designing Woman – George Wells 
  3. The Tin Star – Barney Slater, Joel Kane; Dudley Nichols
  4. Funny Face – Leonard Gershe
  5. Man of a Thousand Faces – Ralph Wheelwright; R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  1. 12 Angry Men – Reginald Rose
  2. The Bridge on the River Kwai – Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle 
  3. Peyton Place – John Michael Hayes
  4. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison – John Lee Mahin, John Huston
  5. Sayonara – Paul Osborn

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