2016

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 89th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 2016.

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. Arrival
2. Moonlight
3. La La Land
4. Manchester by the Sea
5. Hell or High Water
6. Lion
7. Hidden Figures
8. Hacksaw Ridge
9. Fences

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
2. Damien Chazelle – La La Land
3. Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
4. Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
5. Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge

BEST ACTOR

1. Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
2. Denzel Washington – Fences
3. Ryan Gosling – La La Land
4. Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
5. Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge

BEST ACTRESS

1. Natalie Portman – Jackie
2. Isabelle Huppert – Elle
3. Emma Stone – La La Land
4. Ruth Negga – Loving
5. Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
2. Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
3. Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
4. Dev Patel – Lion
5. Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Viola Davis – Fences
2. Naomie Harris – Moonlight
3. Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
4. Nicole Kidman – Lion
5. Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
2. The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
3. 20th Century Women – Mike Mills
4. Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
5. La La Land – Damien Chazelle

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Moonlight – Barry Jenkins; story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
2. Arrival – Eric Heisserer
3. Fences – August Wilson
4. Lion – Luke Davies
5. Hidden Figures – Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi