1987

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 60th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1987.

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. Broadcast News
2. Moonstruck
3. The Last Emperor
4. Empire of the Sun*
5. The Untouchables*
6. Fatal Attraction
7. Hope and Glory
8. My Life as a Dog*
9. Cry Freedom*

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor
2. Norman Jewison – Moonstruck
3. Adrian Lyne – Fatal Attraction
4. John Boorman – Hope and Glory
5. Lasse Hallström – My Life as a Dog

BEST ACTOR

1. Michael Douglas – Wall Street
2. Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam
3. William Hurt – Broadcast News
4. Jack Nicholson – Ironweed
5. Marcello Mastroianni – Dark Eyes

BEST ACTRESS

1. Glenn Close – Fatal Attraction
2. Holly Hunter – Broadcast News
3. Cher – Moonstruck
4. Meryl Streep – Ironweed
5. Sally Kirkland – Anna

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Albert Brooks – Broadcast News
2. Sean Connery – The Untouchables
3. Morgan Freeman – Street Smart
4. Vincent Gardenia – Moonstruck
5. Denzel Washington – Cry Freedom

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Olympia Dukakis – Moonstruck
2. Anne Ramsey – Throw Momma from the Train
3. Anne Archer – Fatal Attraction
4. Norma Aleandro – Gaby: A True Story
5. Ann Sothern – The Whales of August

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Moonstruck – John Patrick Shanley 
2. Broadcast News – James L. Brooks
3. Au revoir les enfants – Louis Malle
4. Radio Days – Woody Allen
5. Hope and Glory – John Boorman

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Full Metal Jacket – Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford
2. Fatal Attraction – James Dearden
3. The Last Emperor – Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci 
4. The Dead – Tony Huston
5. My Life as a Dog – Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson, Brasse Brännström, Per Berglund