1928–29

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 2nd Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1928 and 1929.

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. In Old Arizona
2. Alibi
3. The Broadway Melody
4. The Hollywood Revue of 1929

– The Patriot

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Frank Lloyd – The Divine Lady
2. Irving Cummings – In Old Arizona
3. Harry Beaumont – The Broadway Melody
4. Lionel Barrymore – Madame X
5. Frank Lloyd – Weary River
6. Frank Lloyd – Drag

– Ernst Lubitsch – The Patriot

BEST ACTOR

1. Paul Muni – The Valiant
2. Warner Baxter – In Old Arizona
3. Chester Morris – Alibi
4. George Bancroft – Thunderbolt

– Lewis Stone – The Patriot

BEST ACTRESS

1. Jeanne Eagels – The Letter
2. Bessie Love – The Broadway Melody
3. Ruth Chatterton – Madame X
4. Mary Pickford – Coquette
5. Corinne Griffith – The Divine Lady
6. Betty Compson – The Barker

BEST SCREENPLAY

1. Our Dancing Daughters – Josephine Lovett
2. The Valiant – Tom Barry
3. The Last of Mrs. Cheyney – Hans Kraly
4. A Woman of Affairs – Bess Meredyth
5. In Old Arizona – Tom Barry
6. The Leatherneck – Elliott Clawson
7. Skyscraper – Elliott Clawson

– The Cop – Elliott Clawson
– The Patriot – Hans Kraly
– Sal of Singapore – Elliott Clawson
– Wonder of Women – Bess Meredyth