2021

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 94th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 2021.

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. The Power of the Dog
  2. Drive My Car
  3. West Side Story
  4. Dune
  5. Licorice Pizza
  6. CODA
  7. Nightmare Alley
  8. King Richard
  9. Belfast
  10. Don’t Look Up

BEST DIRECTOR

  1. Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
  2. Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
  3. Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
  4. Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
  5. Kenneth Branagh – Belfast

BEST ACTOR

  1. Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
  2. Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!
  3. Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
  4. Will Smith – King Richard
  5. Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos

BEST ACTRESS

  1. Kristen Stewart – Spencer
  2. Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
  3. Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
  4. Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
  5. Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  1. Troy Kotsur – CODA
  2. Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
  3. Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
  4. Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
  5. J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  1. Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
  2. Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
  3. Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
  4. Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
  5. Judi Dench – Belfast

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  1. The Worst Person in the World – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
  2. Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
  3. King Richard – Zach Baylin
  4. Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
  5. Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay and David Sirota

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  1. Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe
  2. The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion
  3. The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal
  4. CODA – Sian Heder
  5. Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth

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