2015
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 88th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 2015.
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
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Spotlight
- Room
- The Revenant
- Brooklyn
- The Big Short
- The Martian
- Bridge of Spies
BEST DIRECTOR
- George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
- Lenny Abrahamson – Room
- Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
- Adam McKay – The Big Short
BEST ACTOR
- Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
- Matt Damon – The Martian
- Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
- Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
BEST ACTRESS
- Brie Larson – Room
- Cate Blanchett – Carol
- Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
- Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
- Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Sylvester Stallone – Creed
- Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
- Tom Hardy – The Revenant
- Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
- Christian Bale – The Big Short
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Rooney Mara – Carol
- Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
- Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
- Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Inside Out – Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley and Ronnie del Carmen
- Spotlight – Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy
- Ex Machina – Alex Garland
- Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
- Straight Outta Compton – Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Carol – Phyllis Nagy
- Room – Emma Donoghue
- Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
- The Big Short – Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
- The Martian – Drew Goddard
