1972

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 45th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1972.

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

* = not an official Best Picture nominee; selected by And the Runner-Up Is followers as a film that would be nominated in the current up-to-10 Best Picture system

BEST PICTURE

1. The Godfather
2. Cabaret
3. Deliverance
4. Sounder
5. Sleuth*
6. The Emigrants
7. The Poseidon Adventure*
8. The Candidate*
9. Lady Sings the Blues*

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather
2. Bob Fosse – Cabaret
3. John Boorman – Deliverance
4. Jan Troell – The Emigrants
5. Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Sleuth

BEST ACTOR

1. Marlon Brando — The Godfather
2. Laurence Olivier — Sleuth
3. Peter O’Toole — The Ruling Class
4. Paul Winfield — Sounder
5. Michael Caine — Sleuth

BEST ACTRESS

1. Liza Minnelli — Cabaret
2. Diana Ross — Lady Sings the Blues
3. Cicely Tyson — Sounder
4. Liv Ullmann — The Emigrants
5. Maggie Smith — Travels with My Aunt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Al Pacino — The Godfather
2. Joel Grey — Cabaret
3. James Caan — The Godfather
4. Robert Duvall — The Godfather
5. Eddie Albert — The Heartbreak Kid

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Shelley Winters — The Poseidon Adventure
2. Eileen Heckart — Butterflies Are Free
3. Susan Tyrrell — Fat City
4. Jeannie Berlin — The Heartbreak Kid
5. Geraldine Page — Pete ‘n’ Tillie

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie – Luis Buñuel & Jean-Claude Carrière
2. The Candidate – Jeremy Larner
3. Murmur of the Heart – Louis Malle
4. Lady Sings the Blues – Terence McCloy, Chris Clark & Suzanne de Passe
5. Young Winston – Carl Foreman

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. The Godfather – Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola 
2. Cabaret – Jay Allen
3. Sounder – Lonne Elder, III
4. The Emigrants – Jan Troell & Bengt Forslund
5. Pete ‘n’ Tillie – Julius J. Epstein