2004

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 77th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 2004.

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. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*
2. Sideways
3. The Aviator
4. The Incredibles*
5. Million Dollar Baby
6. Vera Drake*
7. Hotel Rwanda*
8. Ray
9. Finding Neverland

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
2. Alexander Payne – Sideways
3. Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
4. Mike Leigh – Vera Drake
5. Taylor Hackford – Ray

BEST ACTOR

1. Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator
2. Jamie Foxx – Ray
3. Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda
4. Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
5. Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland

BEST ACTRESS

1. Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
3. Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
4. Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace
5. Annette Bening – Being Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Clive Owen – Closer
2. Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
3. Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby
4. Jamie Foxx – Collateral
5. Alan Alda – The Aviator

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Cate Blanchett – The Aviator
2. Virginia Madsen – Sideways
3. Natalie Portman – Closer
4. Sophie Okonedo – Hotel Rwanda
5. Laura Linney – Kinsey

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth 
2. The Incredibles – Brad Bird
3. The Aviator – John Logan
4. Vera Drake – Mike Leigh
5. Hotel Rwanda – Keir Pearson & Terry George

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Before Sunset – Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Kim Krizan
2. Sideways – Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor 
3. Million Dollar Baby – Paul Haggis
4. The Motorcycle Diaries – José Rivera
5. Finding Neverland – David Magee