1993

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 66th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1993.

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. Schindler’s List
2. The Piano
3. Short Cuts*
4. Philadelphia*
5. The Remains of the Day
6. The Fugitive
7. The Age of Innocence*
8. In the Name of the Father

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Steven Spielberg – Schindler’s List
2. Jane Campion – The Piano
3. Robert Altman – Short Cuts
4. James Ivory – The Remains of the Day
5. Jim Sheridan – In the Name of the Father

BEST ACTOR

1. Tom Hanks – Philadelphia
2. Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day
3. Liam Neeson – Schindler’s List
4. Laurence Fishburne – What’s Love Got to Do with It
5. Daniel Day-Lewis – In the Name of the Father

BEST ACTRESS

1. Holly Hunter – The Piano
2. Angela Bassett – What’s Love Got to Do with It
3. Emma Thompson – The Remains of the Day
4. Stockard Channing – Six Degrees of Separation
5. Debra Winger – Shadowlands

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Ralph Fiennes – Schindler’s List
2. Leonardo DiCaprio – What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
3. Tommy Lee Jones – The Fugitive
4. Pete Postlethwaite – In the Name of the Father
5. John Malkovich – In the Line of Fire

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Anna Paquin – The Piano
2. Rosie Perez – Fearless
3. Winona Ryder – The Age of Innocence
4. Emma Thompson – In the Name of the Father
5. Holly Hunter – The Firm

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. The Piano – Jane Campion
2. Philadelphia – Ron Nyswaner
3. Sleepless in Seattle – Nora Ephron, David S. Ward & Jeff Arch
4. Dave – Gary Ross
5. In the Line of Fire – Jeff Maguire

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Schindler’s List – Steven Zaillian
2. The Remains of the Day – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
3. The Age of Innocence – Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese
4. In the Name of the Father – Terry George & Jim Sheridan
5. Shadowlands – William Nicholson