2014

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 87th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 2014.

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

BEST PICTURE

1. Whiplash
2. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
3. Boyhood
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Selma
6. The Imitation Game
7. The Theory of Everything
8. American Sniper

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Richard Linklater – Boyhood
2. Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
4. Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher
5. Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game

BEST ACTOR

1. Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2. Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
3. Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
4. Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
5. Bradley Cooper – American Sniper

BEST ACTRESS

1. Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
2. Julianne Moore – Still Alice
3. Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
4. Reese Witherspoon – Wild
5. Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
2. Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
3. Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
4. Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
5. Robert Duvall – The Judge

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
2. Emma Stone – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
3. Laura Dern – Wild
4. Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
5. Meryl Streep – Into the Woods

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson and Hugh Guinness
2. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo
3. Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy
4. Boyhood – Richard Linklater
5. Foxcatcher – E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Whiplash – Damien Chazelle
2. Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
3. The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
4. The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten
5. American Sniper – Jason Hall