1968

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 41st Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1968.

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 Lion in Winter
2. Funny Girl
3. Romeo and Juliet
4. Oliver!
5. Rachel, Rachel

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Gillo Pontecorvo – The Battle of Algiers
3. Anthony Harvey – The Lion in Winter
4. Franco Zeffirelli – Romeo and Juliet
5. Carol Reed – Oliver!

BEST ACTOR

1. Peter O’Toole — The Lion in Winter
2. Alan Arkin — The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
3. Ron Moody — Oliver!
4. Alan Bates — The Fixer
5. Cliff Robertson — Charly 

BEST ACTRESS

1. Katharine Hepburn — The Lion in Winter
2. Barbra Streisand — Funny Girl
3. Joanne Woodward — Rachel, Rachel
4. Vanessa Redgrave — Isadora
5. Patricia Neal — The Subject Was Roses

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Gene Wilder — The Producers
2. Jack Albertson — The Subject Was Roses 
3. Seymour Cassel — Faces
4. Jack Wild — Oliver!
5. Daniel Massey — Star!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Ruth Gordon — Rosemary’s Baby 
2. Estelle Parsons — Rachel, Rachel
3. Lynn Carlin — Faces
4. Sondra Locke — The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
5. Kay Medford — Funny Girl

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. The Producers – Mel Brooks 
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
3. The Battle of Algiers – Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
4. Faces – John Cassavetes
5. Hot Millions – Ira Wallach, Peter Ustinov

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Rosemary’s Baby – Roman Polanski
2. The Lion in Winter – James Goldman 
3. The Odd Couple – Neil Simon
4. Rachel, Rachel – Stewart Stern
5. Oliver! – Vernon Harris