1962

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 35th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1962.

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. Lawrence of Arabia
  2. To Kill a Mockingbird
  3. The Longest Day
  4. The Music Man
  5. Mutiny on the Bounty

BEST DIRECTOR

  1. David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia 
  2. Robert Mulligan – To Kill a Mockingbird
  3. Arthur Penn – The Miracle Worker
  4. Pietro Germi – Divorce Italian Style
  5. Frank Perry – David and Lisa

BEST ACTOR

  1. Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird
  2. Peter O’Toole – Lawrence of Arabia
  3. Jack Lemmon – Days of Wine and Roses
  4. Marcello Mastroianni – Divorce Italian Style
  5. Burt Lancaster – Birdman of Alcatraz

BEST ACTRESS

  1. Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
  2. Bette Davis – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
  3. Katharine Hepburn – Long Day’s Journey into Night
  4. Geraldine Page – Sweet Bird of Youth
  5. Lee Remick – Days of Wine and Roses

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  1. Omar Sharif – Lawrence of Arabia
  2. Ed Begley – Sweet Bird of  Youth 
  3. Victor Buono – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
  4. Terence Stamp – Billy Budd
  5. Telly Savalas – Birdman of Alcatraz

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  1. Angela Lansbury – The Manchurian Candidate
  2. Patty Duke – The Miracle Worker 
  3. Mary Badham – To Kill a Mockingbird
  4. Shirley Knight – Sweet Bird of  Youth
  5. Thelma Ritter – Birdman of Alcatraz

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  1. Divorce Italian Style – Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, Pietro Germi 
  2. Last Year at Marienbad – Alain Robbe-Grillet
  3. Through a Glass Darkly – Ingmar Bergman
  4. That Touch of Mink – Stanley Shapiro, Nate Monaster
  5. Freud – Charles Kaufman, Wolfgang Reinhardt

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  1. To Kill a Mockingbird – Horton Foote 
  2. Lawrence of Arabia – Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
  3. The Miracle Worker – William Gibson
  4. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
  5. David and Lisa – Eleanor Perry

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