2005

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 78th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 2005.

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. Brokeback Mountain
2. A History of Violence*
3. Munich
4. Capote
5. Good Night, and Good Luck
6. Walk the Line*
7. The Constant Gardener*
8. Crash

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
2. Steven Spielberg – Munich
3. George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck.
4. Bennett Miller – Capote
5. Paul Haggis – Crash

BEST ACTOR

1. Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
3. Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
4. David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck
5. Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow

BEST ACTRESS

1. Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
2. Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
3. Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
4. Charlize Theron – North Country
5. Judi Dench – Mrs. Henderson Presents

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
2. Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man
3. William Hurt – A History of Violence
4. George Clooney – Syriana
5. Matt Dillon – Crash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Amy Adams – Junebug
2. Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain
3. Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
4. Catherine Keener – Capote
5. Frances McDormand – North Country

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Good Night, and Good Luck. – George Clooney & Grant Heslov
2. Match Point – Woody Allen
3. The Squid and the Whale – Noah Baumbach
4. Crash – Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
5. Syriana – Stephen Gaghan

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
2. A History of Violence – Josh Olson
3. Capote – Dan Futterman
4. Munich – Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
5. The Constant Gardener – Jeffrey Caine