2003

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 76th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 2003.

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. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Finding Nemo*
3. Lost in Translation
4. Mystic River
5. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
6. In America*
7. City of God*
8. Cold Mountain*
9. Seabiscuit

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation
3. Fernando Meirelles – City of God
4. Clint Eastwood – Mystic River
5. Peter Weir – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

BEST ACTOR

1. Bill Murray – Lost in Translation
2. Sean Penn – Mystic River
3. Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
4. Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog
5. Jude Law – Cold Mountain

BEST ACTRESS

1. Charlize Theron – Monster
2. Diane Keaton – Something’s Gotta Give
3. Naomi Watts – 21 Grams
4. Samantha Morton – In America
5. Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Tim Robbins – Mystic River
2. Benicio del Toro – 21 Grams
3. Ken Watanabe – The Last Samurai
4. Djimon Hounsou – In America
5. Alec Baldwin – The Cooler

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Holly Hunter – Thirteen
2. Shohreh Aghdashloo – House of Sand and Fog
3. Marcia Gay Harden – Mystic River
4. Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain
5. Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola 
2. Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds
3. In America – Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan
4. Dirty Pretty Things – Steven Knight
5. The Barbarian Invasions – Denys Arcand

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Mystic River – Brian Helgeland
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson 
3. City of God – Braulio Mantovani
4. American Splendor – Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
5. Seabiscuit – Gary Ross