1982

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 55th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1982.

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. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
2. Tootsie
3. The Verdict
4. Sophie’s Choice*
5. Das Boot*
6. Missing
7. Gandhi
8. Victor/Victoria*
9. An Officer and a Gentleman*

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Steven Spielberg – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
2. Sydney Pollack – Tootsie
3. Wolfgang Petersen – Das Boot
4. Sidney Lumet – The Verdict
5. Richard Attenborough – Gandhi

BEST ACTOR

1. Dustin Hoffman – Tootsie
2. Paul Newman – The Verdict
3. Ben Kingsley – Gandhi
4. Jack Lemmon – Missing
5. Peter O’Toole – My Favorite Year

BEST ACTRESS

1. Meryl Streep – Sophie’s Choice
2. Jessica Lange – Frances
3. Julie Andrews – Victor/Victoria
4. Sissy Spacek – Missing
5. Debra Winger – An Officer and a Gentleman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Louis Gossett Jr. – An Officer and a Gentleman
2. Robert Preston – Victor/Victoria
3. John Lithgow – The World According to Garp
4. James Mason – The Verdict
5. Charles Durning – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Teri Garr – Tootsie
2. Glenn Close – The World According to Garp
3. Jessica Lange – Tootsie
4. Lesley Ann Warren – Victor/Victoria
5. Kim Stanley – Frances

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Tootsie – Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal & Don McGuire
2. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Melissa Mathison
3. Diner – Barry Levinson
4. An Officer and a Gentleman – Douglas Day Stewart
5. Gandhi – John Briley

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. The Verdict – David Mamet
2. Missing – Costa-Gavras & Donald Stewart 
3. Victor/Victoria – Blake Edwards
4. Sophie’s Choice – Alan J. Pakula
5. Das Boot – Wolfgang Petersen