1973

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 46th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1973.

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 Exorcist
2. Cries and Whispers
3. Paper Moon*
4. American Graffiti
5. The Sting
6. Last Tango in Paris*
7. The Way We Were*
8. Save the Tiger*
9. A Touch of Class

BEST DIRECTOR

1. William Friedkin – The Exorcist
2. Ingmar Bergman – Cries and Whispers
3. George Lucas – American Graffiti
4. Bernardo Bertolucci – Last Tango in Paris
5. George Roy Hill – The Sting

BEST ACTOR

1. Al Pacino — Serpico
2. Jack Lemmon — Save the Tiger
3. Jack Nicholson — The Last Detail
4. Marlon Brando – Last Tango in Paris
5. Robert Redford — The Sting

BEST ACTRESS

1. Ellen Burstyn — The Exorcist
2. Barbra Streisand — The Way We Were
3. Glenda Jackson — A Touch of Class
4. Joanne Woodward — Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
5. Marsha Mason — Cinderella Liberty

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Jason Miller — The Exorcist
2. John Houseman — The Paper Chase
3. Randy Quaid — The Last Detail
4. Vincent Gardenia — Bang the Drum Slowly
5. Jack Gilford — Save the Tiger

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Tatum O’Neal — Paper Moon
2. Linda Blair — The Exorcist
3. Madeline Kahn — Paper Moon
4. Sylvia Sidney — Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
5. Candy Clark — American Graffiti

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. American Graffiti – George Lucas, Gloria Katz & Willard Huyck
2. Cries and Whispers – Ingmar Bergman
3. The Sting – David S. Ward 
4. Save the Tiger – Steve Shagan
5. A Touch of Class – Melvin Frank, Jack Rose

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty 
2. Paper Moon – Alvin Sargent
3. Serpico – Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler
4. The Last Detail – Robert Towne
5. The Paper Chase – James Bridges