1981

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 54th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1981.

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. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Reds
3. Atlantic City
4. On Golden Pond
5. Chariots of Fire
6. Arthur*
7. Absence of Malice*
8. Ragtime*
9. The French Lieutenant’s Woman*

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Steven Spielberg – Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Warren Beatty – Reds
3. Louis Malle – Atlantic City
4. Mark Rydell – On Golden Pond
5. Hugh Hudson – Chariots of Fire

BEST ACTOR

1. Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond
2. Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City
3. Dudley Moore – Arthur
4. Warren Beatty – Reds
5. Paul Newman – Absence of Malice

BEST ACTRESS

1. Diane Keaton – Reds
2. Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond
3. Susan Sarandon – Atlantic City
4. Marsha Mason – Only When I Laugh
5. Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant’s Woman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. John Gielgud – Arthur
2. Jack Nicholson – Reds
3. Howard E. Rollins, Jr. – Ragtime
4. Ian Holm – Chariots of Fire
5. James Coco – Only When I Laugh

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Maureen Stapleton – Reds
2. Jane Fonda – On Golden Pond
3. Joan Hackett – Only When I Laugh
4. Elizabeth McGovern – Ragtime
5. Melinda Dillon – Absence of Malice

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Reds – Warren Beatty & Trevor Griffiths
2. Atlantic City – John Guare
3. Arthur – Steve Gordon
4. Absence of Malice – Kurt Luedtke
5. Chariots of Fire – Colin Welland

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. On Golden Pond – Ernest Thompson 
2. The French Lieutenant’s Woman – Harold Pinter
3. Ragtime – Michael Weller
4. Pennies from Heaven – Dennis Potter
5. Prince of the City – Jay Presson Allen & Sidney Lumet