The following is the average ranking of Best Picture Oscar nominees by the Twitter followers of And the Runner-Up Is.
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
* = not an official Best Picture nominee; selected by And the Runner-Up Is followers as a film that would be nominated in the current up-to-10 Best Picture system
1920s
Year
Film and rank
1927–28
1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
2. The Crowd
3. Wings
4. 7th Heaven
5. The Racket
6. Chang
1928–29
1. In Old Arizona
2. Alibi
3. The Broadway Melody
4. The Hollywood Revue of 1929
5. The Patriot
1930s
Year
Film and rank
1929–30
1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. The Big House
3. The Divorcee
4. The Love Parade
5. Disraeli
1930–31
1. The Front Page
2. Skippy
3. East Lynne
4. Cimarron
5. Trader Horn
1931–32
1. Shanghai Express
2. Grand Hotel
3. Five Star Final
4. The Champ
5. Bad Girl
6. One Hour with You
7. The Smiling Lieutenant
8. Arrowsmith
1932–33
1. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
2. 42nd Street
3. The Private Life of Henry VIII
4. Lady for a Day
5. A Farewell to Arms
6. Little Women
7. She Done Him Wrong
8. Cavalcade
9. State Fair
10. Smilin' Through
1934
1. It Happened One Night
2. The Thin Man
3. Imitation of Life
4. The Gay Divorcee
5. The Barretts of Wimpole Street
6. Cleopatra
7. One Night of Love
8. Viva Villa!
9. The House of Rothschild
10. Here Comes the Navy
11. Flirtation Walk
12. The White Parade
1935
1. The Informer
2. Top Hat
3. Mutiny on the Bounty
4. Alice Adams
5. Captain Blood
6. Les Misérables
7. David Copperfield
8. Ruggles of Red Gap
9. A Midsummer Night's Dream
10. Broadway Melody of 1936
11. Naughty Marietta
12. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1936
1. Libeled Lady
2. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
3. Dodsworth
4. A Tale of Two Cities
5. The Great Ziegfeld
6. San Francisco
7. The Story of Louis Pasteur
8. Romeo and Juliet
9. Three Smart Girls
10. Anthony Adverse
1937
1. The Awful Truth
2. Stage Door
3. A Star Is Born
4. Dead End
5. Captains Courageous
6. Lost Horizon
7. The Life of Emile Zola
8. The Good Earth
9. In Old Chicago
10. One Hundred Men and a Girl
1938
1. Grand Illusion
2. The Adventures of Robin Hood
3. Pygmalion
4. You Can't Take It with You
5. Jezebel
6. The Citadel
7. Boys Town
8. Test Pilot
9. Alexander's Ragtime Band
10. Four Daughters
1939
1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Gone with the Wind
3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
4. Stagecoach
5. Ninotchka
6. Wuthering Heights
7. Dark Victory
8. Of Mice and Men
9 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
10. Love Affair
1940s
Year
Film and rank
1940
1. Rebecca
2. The Grapes of Wrath
3. The Philadelphia Story
4. The Great Dictator
5. The Letter
6. Foreign Correspondent
7. The Long Voyage Home
8. Kitty Foyle
9. All This, and Heaven Too
10. Our Town
1941
1. Citizen Kane
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. The Little Foxes
4. How Green Was My Valley
5. Suspicion
6. Here Comes Mr. Jordan
7. Sergeant York
8. Hold Back the Dawn
9. Blossoms in the Dust
10. One Foot in Heaven
1942
1. The Magnificent Ambersons
2. Mrs. Miniver
3. Yankee Doodle Dandy
4. Random Harvest
5. The Talk of the Town
6. 49th Parallel
7. The Pride of the Yankees
8. Kings Row
9. The Pied Piper
10. Wake Island
1943
1. Casablanca
2. The Ox-Bow Incident
3. The More the Merrier
4. Heaven Can Wait
5. The Song of Bernadette
6. Watch on the Rhine
7. The Human Comedy
8. In Which We Serve
9. Madame Curie
10. For Whom the Bell Tolls
1944
1. Double Indemnity
2. Gaslight
3. Since You Went Away
4. Going My Way
5. Wilson
1945
1. Mildred Pierce
2. The Lost Weekend
3. Spellbound
4. Anchors Aweigh
5. The Bells of St. Mary's
1946
1. The Best Years of Our Lives
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. Henry V
4. The Razor's Edge
5. The Yearling
1947
1. Miracle on 34th Street
2. Great Expectations
3. Crossfire
4. Gentleman's Agreement
5. The Bishop's Wife
1948
1. The Red Shoes
2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3. Hamlet
4. The Snake Pit
5. Johnny Belinda
1949
1. The Heiress
2. A Letter to Three Wives
3. All the King's Men
4. Battleground
5. Twelve O'Clock High
1950s
Year
Film and rank
1950
1. All About Eve
2. Sunset Boulevard
3. Born Yesterday
4. Father of the Bride
5. King Solomon's Mines
1951
1. A Streetcar Named Desire
2. A Place in the Sun
3. An American in Paris
4. Quo Vadis
5. Decision Before Dawn
1952
1. High Noon
2. The Quiet Man
3. Moulin Rouge
4. Ivanhoe
5. The Greatest Show on Earth
1953
1. From Here to Eternity
2. Shane
3. Roman Holiday
4. Julius Caesar
5. The Robe
1954
1. On the Waterfront
2. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
3. The Country Girl
4. The Caine Mutiny
5. Three Coins in the Fountain
1955
1. Marty
2. Picnic
3. Mister Roberts
4. The Rose Tattoo
5. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1956
1. Giant
2. The King and I
3. The Ten Commandments
4. Friendly Persuasion
5. Around the World in 80 Days
1957
1. The Bridge on the River Kwai
2. 12 Angry Men
3. Witness for the Prosecution
4. Peyton Place
5. Sayonara
1958
1. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2. Auntie Mame
3. The Defiant Ones
4. Separate Tables
5. Gigi
1959
1. Anatomy of a Murder
2. Ben-Hur
3. Room at the Top
4. The Diary of Anne Frank
5. The Nun's Story
1960s
Year
Film and rank
1960
1. The Apartment
2. Elmer Gantry
3. Sons and Lovers
4. The Sundowners
5. The Alamo
1961
1. West Side Story
2. The Hustler
3. Judgment at Nuremberg
4. The Guns of Navarone
5. Fanny
1962
1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. The Longest Day
4. The Music Man
5. Mutiny on the Bounty
1963
1. How the West Was Won
2. Tom Jones
3. Lilies of the Field
4. America America
5. Cleopatra
1964
1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
2. Mary Poppins
3. Becket
4. My Fair Lady
5. Zorba the Greek
1965
1. The Sound of Music
2. Doctor Zhivago
3. Darling
4. A Thousand Clowns
5. Ship of Fools
1966
1. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2. A Man for All Seasons
3. The Sand Pebbles
4. Alfie
5. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
1967
1. The Graduate
2. Bonnie and Clyde
3. In the Heat of the Night
4. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
5. Doctor Dolittle
1968
1. The Lion in Winter
2. Funny Girl
3. Romeo and Juliet
4. Oliver!
5. Rachel, Rachel
1969
1. Midnight Cowboy
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3. Z
4. Hello, Dolly!
5. Anne of the Thousand Days
1970s
Year
Film and rank
1970
1. Five Easy Pieces
2. M*A*S*H
3. Patton
4. Women in Love*
5. Love Story
6. I Never Sang for My Father*
7. Airport
8. Ryan's Daughter*
9. Tora! Tora! Tora!*
1971
1. The Last Picture Show
2. The French Connection
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday*
5. Fiddler on the Roof
6. Klute*
7. The Hospital*
8. Nicolas and Alexandra
9. Summer of '42*
1972
1. The Godfather
2. Cabaret
3. Deliverance
4. Sounder
5. Sleuth*
6. The Emigrants
7. The Poseidon Adventure*
8. The Candidate*
9. Lady Sings the Blues*
1973
1. The Exorcist
2. Cries and Whispers
3. Paper Moon*
4. American Graffiti
5. The Sting
6. Last Tango in Paris*
7. The Way We Were*
8. Save the Tiger*
9. A Touch of Class
1974
1. The Godfather Part II
2. Chinatown
3. The Conversation
4. A Woman Under the Influence*
5. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore*
6. Lenny
7. Day for Night*
8. Murder on the Orient Express*
9. The Towering Inferno
1975
1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2. Jaws
3. Dog Day Afternoon
4. Nashville
5. Barry Lyndon
6. Amarcord*
7. Shampoo*
8. The Man Who Would Be King*
9. The Sunshine Boys*
1976
1. Network
2. Taxi Driver
3. All the President's Men
4. Rocky
5. Seven Beauties*
6. Bound for Glory
7. Face to Face*
8. Voyage of the Damned*
1977
1. Annie Hall
2. Star Wars
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind*
4. Saturday Night Fever*
5. The Goodbye Girl
6. Julia
7. That Obscure Object of Desire*
8. The Turning Point
9. Equus*
1978
1. The Deer Hunter
2. Days of Heaven*
3. Coming Home
4. Interiors*
5. Autumn Sonata*
6. Midnight Express
7. An Unmarried Woman
8. Heaven Can Wait
9. California Suite*
1979
1. Apocalypse Now
2. All That Jazz
3. Kramer vs. Kramer
4. Manhattan*
5. Being There*
6. The China Syndrome*
7. Norma Rae
8. Breaking Away
9. La Cage aux Folles*
1980s
Year
Film and rank
1980
1. Raging Bull
2. The Elephant Man
3. Ordinary People
4. Coal Miner's Daughter
5. Tess
6. Fame*
7. Private Benjamin*
8. The Stunt Man*
9. Melvin and Howard*
1981
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Reds
3. Atlantic City
4. On Golden Pond
5. Chariots of Fire
6. Arthur*
7. Absence of Malice*
8. Ragtime*
9. The French Lieutenant's Woman*
1982
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
2. Tootsie
3. The Verdict
4. Sophie's Choice*
5. Das Boot*
6. Missing
7. Gandhi
8. Victor/Victoria*
9. An Officer and a Gentleman*
1983
1. Terms of Endearment
2. Fanny and Alexander*
3. The Right Stuff
4. Silkwood*
5. The Big Chill
6. Tender Mercies
7. Yentl*
8. The Dresser
9. Educating Rita*
1984
1. Amadeus
2. The Killing Fields
3. Broadway Danny Rose*
4. A Passage to India
5. The Natural*
6. Places in the Heart
7. A Soldier's Story
8. The River*
9. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes*
1985
1. The Color Purple
2. Back to the Future*
3. Witness
4. Ran*
5. The Purple Rose of Cairo*
6. Kiss of the Spider Woman
7. Prizzi's Honor
8. Out of Africa
9. The Trip to Bountiful*
1986
1. Blue Velvet*
2. Hannah and Her Sisters
3. Platoon
4. Aliens*
5. A Room with a View
6. Children of a Lesser God
7. The Mission
8. The Color of Money*
9. Crimes of the Heart*
1987
1. Broadcast News
2. Moonstruck
3. The Last Emperor
4. Empire of the Sun*
5. The Untouchables*
6. Fatal Attraction
7. Hope and Glory
8. My Life as a Dog*
9. Cry Freedom*
1988
1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit*
2. Dangerous Liaisons
3. A Fish Called Wanda*
4. Big*
5. Rain Man
6. Mississippi Burning
7. Working Girl
8. Gorillas in the Mist*
9. The Accidental Tourist
1989
1. Do the Right Thing*
2. Born on the Fourth of July
3. Crimes and Misdemeanors*
4. Dead Poets Society
5. My Left Foot
6. Glory*
7. Driving Miss Daisy
8. Field of Dreams
9. Henry V*
1990s
Year
Film and rank
1990
1. GoodFellas
2. The Grifters*
3. Dances With Wolves
4. Ghost
5. Reversal of Fortune*
6. Awakenings
7. The Godfather Part III
8. Avalon*
9. Cyrano de Bergerac*
1991
1. The Silence of the Lambs
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. JFK
4. Thelma & Louise*
5. Boyz n the Hood*
6. The Fisher King*
7. Bugsy
8. The Prince of Tides
1992
1. Unforgiven
2. The Player*
3. The Crying Game
4. Howards End
5. A Few Good Men
6. Husbands and Wives*
7. A River Runs Through It*
8. Scent of a Woman
1993
1. Schindler's List
2. The Piano
3. Short Cuts*
4. Philadelphia*
5. The Remains of the Day
6. The Fugitive
7. The Age of Innocence*
8. In the Name of the Father
1994
1. Pulp Fiction
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. The Lion King*
4. Forrest Gump
5. Quiz Show
6. Three Colours: Red*
7. Bullets over Broadway*
8. Four Weddings and a Funeral
1995
1. Toy Story*
2. Apollo 13
3. The Usual Suspects*
4. Babe
5. Dead Man Walking*
6. Sense and Sensibility
7. Leaving Las Vegas*
8. Braveheart
9. The Postman (Il Postino)
1996
1. Fargo
2. Secrets & Lies
3. Jerry Maguire
4. The English Patient
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt*
6. Sling Blade*
7. Shine
8. Evita*
1997
1. L.A. Confidential
2. Boogie Nights*
3. Titanic
4. Good Will Hunting
5. As Good as It Gets
6. The Sweet Hereafter*
7. The Full Monty
8. Amistad*
9. The Wings of the Dove*
1998
1. The Truman Show*
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Shakespeare in Love
4. The Thin Red Line
5. Gods and Monsters*
6. Out of Sight*
7. Elizabeth
8. Life Is Beautiful
1999
1. American Beauty
2. Being John Malkovich*
3. Magnolia*
4. The Sixth Sense
5. The Insider
6. The Talented Mr. Ripley*
7. The Green Mile
8. Topsy-Turvy*
9. The Cider House Rules
2000s
Year
Film and rank
2000
1. Almost Famous*
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3. Erin Brockovich
4. Traffic
5. Gladiator
6. Billy Elliot*
7. Wonder Boys*
8. Chocolat
2001
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Moulin Rouge!
3. In the Bedroom
4. Amélie*
5. Gosford Park
6. Shrek*
7. Black Hawk Down*
8. A Beautiful Mind
9. Monster's Ball*
2002
1. Adaptation*
2. Far from Heaven*
3. Chicago
4. The Pianist
5. Talk to Her*
6. The Hours
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
8. Road to Perdition*
9. Gangs of New York
2003
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Finding Nemo*
3. Lost in Translation
4. Mystic River
5. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
6. In America*
7. City of God*
8. Cold Mountain*
9. Seabiscuit
2004
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*
2. Sideways
3. The Aviator
4. The Incredibles*
5. Million Dollar Baby
6. Vera Drake*
7. Hotel Rwanda*
8. Ray
9. Finding Neverland
2005
1. Brokeback Mountain
2. A History of Violence*
3. Munich
4. Capote
5. Good Night, and Good Luck
6. Walk the Line*
7. The Constant Gardener*
8. Crash
2006
1. Children of Men*
2. The Departed
3. Pan's Labyrinth*
4. United 93*
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. The Queen
7. Letters from Iwo Jima
8. Babel
9. Dreamgirls*
2007
1. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Ratatouille*
4. Atonement
5. Juno
6. Into the Wild*
7. The Diving Bell & the Butterfly*
8. Michael Clayton
9. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*
2008
1. The Dark Knight*
2. WALL-E*
3. The Wrestler*
4. Milk
5. Doubt*
6. Slumdog Millionaire
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. Frost/Nixon
9. The Reader
2009
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Up
4. Up in the Air
5. District 9
6. A Serious Man
7. Avatar
8. An Education
9. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
10. The Blind Side
2010s
Year
Film and rank
2010
1. The Social Network
2. Inception
3. Black Swan
4. Toy Story 3
5. True Grit
6. The Fighter
7. Winter's Bone
8. The King's Speech
9. 127 Hours
10. The Kids Are All Right
2011
1. The Tree of Life
2. Moneyball
3. Hugo
4. The Artist
5. The Descendants
6. Midnight in Paris
7. The Help
8. War Horse
9. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2012
1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Silver Linings Playbook
3. Life of Pi
4. Amour
5. Django Unchained
6. Argo
7. Lincoln
8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. Les Misérables
2013
1. Her
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. Gravity
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Captain Phillips
6. Nebraska
7. American Hustle
8. Dallas Buyers Club
9. Philomena
2014
1. Whiplash
2. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
