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Who's supporting who?

Times when a performance nominated in a supporting Oscar category was longer than one nominated in a leading category from the same film.

1. Ordinary People (1980)

Timothy Hutton over Mary Tyler Moore 

Difference - 32:18 / 26.05%

2. The Godfather (1972)

Al Pacino over Marlon Brando 

Difference - 26:12 / 14.95%

3. I Never Sang for My Father (1970)

Gene Hackman over Melvyn Douglas 

Difference - 24:00 / 26.07%

4. Hud (1963)

Melvyn Douglas over Patricia Neal

Difference - 19:30 / 17.47%

5. Stalag 17 (1953)

Robert Strauss over William Holden 

Difference - 19:02 / 15.81%

6. Peyton Place (1957)

Diane Varsi over Lana Turner 

Difference - 11:31 / 7.34%

7. All the King's Men (1949)

John Ireland over Broderick Crawford 

Difference - 10:57 / 9.98%

8. True Grit (2010)

Hailee Steinfeld over Jeff Bridges

Difference - 10:38 / 9.65%

9. The Favourite (2018)

Emma Stone over Olivia Colman

Difference - 7:32 / 6.31%

10. The Killing Fields (1984)

Haing S. Ngor over Sam Waterston

Difference - 6:05 / 4.31%

11. Carol (2015)

Rooney Mara over Cate Blanchett

Difference - 5:52 / 4.96%

12. The Turning Point (1977)

Leslie Browne over Anne Bancroft

Difference - 4:51 / 4.06%

13. The Hours (2002)

Julianne Moore over Nicole Kidman

Difference - 4:11 / 3.65%

14. The Subject Was Roses (1968)

Jack Albertson over Patricia Neal

Difference - 3:44 / 3.46%

15. Agnes of God (1985)

Meg Tilly over Anne Bancroft

Difference - 3:34 / 3.62%

16. August: Osage County (2013)

Julia Roberts over Meryl Streep

Difference - 3:07 / 2.58%

17. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Brad Dourif over Louise Fletcher

Difference - 1:31 / 1.13%

18. Training Day (2001)

Ethan Hawke over Denzel Washington

Difference - 1:11 / 0.97%

19. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Kim Hunter over Marlon Brando

Difference - 0:59 / 0.79%

20. Sons and Lovers (1960)

Mary Ure over Trevor Howard

Difference - 0:50 / 0.81%

21. Fargo (1996)

William H. Macy over Frances McDormand

Difference - 0:38 / 0.65%

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