1997

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 70th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1997.

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. L.A. Confidential
2. Boogie Nights*
3. Titanic
4. Good Will Hunting
5. As Good as It Gets
6. The Sweet Hereafter*
7. The Full Monty
8. Amistad*
9. The Wings of the Dove*

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
2. James Cameron – Titanic
3. Gus Van Sant – Good Will Hunting
4. Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter
5. Peter Cattaneo – The Full Monty

BEST ACTOR

1. Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets
2. Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting
3. Robert Duvall – The Apostle
4. Peter Fonda – Ulee’s Gold
5. Dustin Hoffman – Wag the Dog

BEST ACTRESS

1. Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets
2. Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
3. Judi Dench – Mrs. Brown
4. Kate Winslet – Titanic
5. Julie Christie – Afterglow

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting
2. Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights
3. Robert Forster – Jackie Brown
4. Greg Kinnear – As Good as It Gets
5. Anthony Hopkins – Amistad

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights
2. Joan Cusack – In & Out
3. Kim Basinger – L.A. Confidential
4. Minnie Driver – Good Will Hunting
5. Gloria Stuart – Titanic

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Good Will Hunting – Matt Damon & Ben Affleck
3. As Good as It Gets – Mark Andrus & James L. Brooks
4. The Full Monty – Simon Beaufoy
5. Deconstructing Harry – Woody Allen

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. L.A. Confidential – Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson
2. The Sweet Hereafter – Atom Egoyan
3. Wag the Dog – David Mamet & Hilary Henkin
4. Donnie Brasco – Paul Attanasio
5. The Wings of the Dove – Hossein Amini