As anticipated, the Oscar nominations delivered plenty of good news for Netflix, with Don’t Look Up, The Power of the Dog and The Lost Daughter all raking in nominations across a variety of categories. Obviously, that’s also good news for anyone looking to catch up on their awards viewing from their sofa ahead of the March 27 awards ceremony.
And they aren’t the only big prospects to be available to stream right now: Dune (with six noms) is streaming on a variety of platforms. Animation-lovers will find almost all the movies in that category on streaming platforms, including The Mitchells vs the Machines (Netflix).
A few of the big hitters aren’t available to watch at home yet, although as Time Out’s five star reviews suggest, but are well worth the trip (or trips) to the cinema. Here’s what you can watch:
Being the Ricardos
Aaron Sorkin’s barbed love story about Lucille Ball and her partner Desi Arnaz is a feast of acting. No surprise, then, that it scored three nominations in those categories, including a welcome, if unexpected nod for JK Simmons. An Amazon Prime film, it’s available to watch on the platform now.
Nominations: Best Actress (Nicole Kidman), Best Actor (Javier Bardem), Best Supporting Actor (JK Simmons)
Where to stream it: Amazon Prime Video
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Joel Coen’s solo project is a monochromatic feast of Machiavellian scheming, Shakespearean dialogue and rich – and now Oscar-nominated – acting from Denzel Washington. It’s available on Apple TV+, and thanks to Bruno Delbonnel’s immaculate lighting, it will look regal on your HD telly.
Nominations: Best Actor (Denzel Washington), Best Cinematography, Best Production Design
Where to stream it: Apple TV+ worldwide (subscription)
King Richard
Will Smith has long been tipped for an Oscar nomination – and very possibly an Oscar – for his portrayal of Serena and Venus William’s hard-driving, complex, doting dad, Richard, in a biopic with real spin on it. If you missed it in cinemas, good news: it’s available to stream now. The bad news is that it costs a fortune.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Will Smith), Best Supporting Actress (Aunjanue Ellis), Best Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Song
Where to stream it: Amazon Prime (buy $19.99)
CODA
Apple TV famously paid a record-breaking $25m to pick up this touching family drama at last year’s Sundance – and this is probably why: it has secured a Best Picture nod. Someone at Apple is feeling very smug, because the streaming platform is the only place you’ll be able to watch it and soak up the historic performance by Troy Kotsur, the first-ever Oscar nod for a deaf male actor.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Troy Kotsur)
Where to stream it: Apple TV+ worldwide (subscription)
Don’t Look Up
If you spent Christmas arguing about whether Adam McKay’s climate crisis satire was a wry masterpiece or a total abomination, you’ll be either delighted or seething at its presence on the ten-strong Best Picture shortlist. To see what all the fuss is about, head to Netflix. Only don’t be too surprised if you end up somewhere in the middle.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Score, Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay
Where to stream it: Netflix worldwide (subscription)
The Power of the Dog
This year’s big, well, dog, Jane Campion’s western is a trailblazer in a multitude of categories. Notably, all four of its main cast members have scored acting nominations, which means that almost every frame of the film is filled with Academy Award-nominated amazingness. Check it out for yourself on Netflix.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Best Supporting Actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons), Best Supporting Actress (Kirsten Dunst), Best Editing, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Production Design
Where to stream it: Netflix worldwide (subscription)
No Time to Die
A Best Picture nod or even a sentimental nomination for Daniel Craig’s swan song– where is your heart, Academy? – did always feel like a long shot. Bond is just that bit too genre for that kind of Oscar endorsement, although the Academy has no qualms in dishing out nods in the technical categories and one for the moody and magnificent title song. Soak them all up across a variety of streaming platforms now.
Nominations: Best VFX, Best Song, Best Sound
Where to stream it: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV
The Lost Daughter
Maggie Gyllenhaal announced herself as a filmmaker of real chops with this adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel. It misses out on Best Picture and Best Director nods, but Gyllenhaal screenplay is up for a statuette, alongside the two acting nominations – for Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley. It’s on Netflix everywhere now.
Nominations: Best Actress (Olivia Colman), Best Supporting Actress (Jessie Buckley), Best Adapted Screenplay
Where to stream it: Netflix worldwide (subscription)
Dune
One to see on the hugest cinema screen available, but if that’s not possible – and in fairness, it may no longer be an option several months after release – Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic is streaming on a variety of platforms worldwide. Hans Zimmer’s Best Score nod suggests, you should crank up the surround sound speakers and strap yourself to the sofa.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Score, Best Editing, Best VFX, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make-up and Hairstyling, Best Adapted Screenplay
Where to stream it: Amazon Prime Video
Belfast
Kenneth Branagh’s wistful remembrance of his childhood in north Belfast is up for a host of awards on March 29, including, surprisingly, a Best Supporting Actress one for National Treasure Judi Dench, and, less surprising, a Best Supporting Actor nod for Ciarán Hinds. Belfast has been out in the US since December and has made its way – expensively – onto a few streaming sites.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Ciarán Hinds), Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench), Best Original Screenplay, Best Song, Best Sound
Where to stream it: Microsoft store (buy UHD $19.99)
House of Gucci
Ridley Scott’s spaghetti drama was tipped in a number of nominations, including for Jared Leto and Lady Gaga in the acting categories, so a solitary nod for Best Make-up and Hairstyling will definitely feel like a letdown for team Gucci – however insanely great the hair is. None of this, of course, will dampen the world’s appetite to enjoy its mad Ital-iano accents and plotting. Alas, for the most part the world has a little longer to wait.
Nomination: Best Make-up and Hairstyling
Where to stream it: Amazon Prime ($19.99)
