2002

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 75th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 2002.

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. Adaptation*
2. Far from Heaven*
3. Chicago
4. The Pianist
5. Talk to Her*
6. The Hours
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
8. Road to Perdition*
9. Gangs of New York

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Pedro Almodóvar – Talk to Her
2. Roman Polanski – The Pianist
3. Rob Marshall – Chicago
4. Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York
5. Stephen Daldry – The Hours

BEST ACTOR

1. Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York
2. Adrien Brody – The Pianist
3. Nicolas Cage – Adaptation
4. Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt
5. Michael Caine – The Quiet American

BEST ACTRESS

1. Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven
2. Nicole Kidman – The Hours
3. Renée Zellweger – Chicago
4. Diane Lane – Unfaithful
5. Salma Hayek – Frida

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Chris Cooper – Adaptation
2. Christopher Walken – Catch Me If You Can
3. Paul Newman – Road to Perdition
4. Ed Harris – The Hours
5. John C. Reilly – Chicago

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago
2. Meryl Streep – Adaptation
3. Julianne Moore – The Hours
4. Kathy Bates – About Schmidt
5. Queen Latifah – Chicago

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Talk to Her – Pedro Almodóvar 
2. Far from Heaven – Todd Haynes
3. Y Tu Mamá También – Carlos Cuarón & Alfonso Cuarón
4. My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Nia Vardalos
5. Gangs of New York – Jay Cocks, Steve Zaillian & Kenneth Lonergan

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Adaptation – Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman
2. The Hours – David Hare
3. The Pianist – Ronald Harwood 
4. Chicago – Bill Condon
5. About a Boy – Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz