1996

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 69th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1996.

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. Fargo
2. Secrets & Lies
3. Jerry Maguire
4. The English Patient
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt*
6. Sling Blade*
7. Shine
8. Evita*

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Joel Coen – Fargo
2. Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
3. Anthony Minghella – The English Patient
4. Miloš Forman – The People vs. Larry Flynt
5. Scott Hicks – Shine

BEST ACTOR

1. Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire
2. Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient
3. Woody Harrelson – The People vs. Larry Flynt
4. Geoffrey Rush – Shine
5. Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade

BEST ACTRESS

1. Frances McDormand – Fargo
2. Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
3. Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves
4. Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient
5. Diane Keaton – Marvin’s Room

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. William H. Macy – Fargo
2. Edward Norton – Primal Fear
3. Cuba Gooding, Jr. – Jerry Maguire
4. Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shine
5. James Woods – Ghosts of Mississippi

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Juliette Binoche – The English Patient
2. Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies
3. Joan Allen – The Crucible
4. Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces
5. Barbara Hershey – The Portrait of a Lady

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Fargo – Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
2. Secrets & Lies – Mike Leigh
3. Jerry Maguire – Cameron Crowe
4. Lone Star – John Sayles
5. Shine – Jan Sardi & Scott Hicks

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Trainspotting – John Hodge
2. Sling Blade – Billy Bob Thornton
3. The English Patient – Anthony Minghella
4. The Crucible – Arthur Miller
5. Hamlet – Kenneth Branagh