2023 Oscar Nominees: Where to Stream Them

Aftersun: Best Actor (Paul Mescal) – Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU

All Quiet on the Western Front: Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, International Feature Film, Production Design, Visual Effects, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Sound – on Netflix

All That Breathes: Best Documentary Feature – On HBO Max

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed: Best Documentary Feature – Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime

Argentina, 1985: Best International Feature Film – on Amazon Prime

Avatar: The Way of Water: Best Picture, Production Design, Visual Effects, Sound – Currently in theaters

Babylon: Best Production Design, Costume Design, Original Score – On Paramount+, Buy On Demand at Redbox, Pre-Order on Amazon Prime and VUDU

The Banshees of Inishirin: Best Picture, Director (Martin McDonagh), Actor (Colin Farrell), Supporting Actor (Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan), Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon), Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Original Score – on HBO Max, Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths: Best Cinematography – on Netflix

The Batman: Best Visual Effects, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound – on HBO Max, Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: Best Supporting Actress (Angela Bassett), Original Song (“Lift Me Up” by Tems, Rihnanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson), Visual Effects, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling – on Disney+ as of February 1

Blonde: Best Actress (Ana De Armas) – on Netflix

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Best Animated Short Film – on Apple TV+

Causeway: Best Supporting Actor (Brian Tyree Henry) – on Apple TV+

Close: Best International Feature Film – Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU

The Elephant Whisperers: Best Documentary Short – on Netflix

Elvis: Best Picture, Actor (Austin Butler), Cinematography, Film Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound – on HBO Max, Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU

Empire of Light: Best Cinematography – On HBO Max, Rent or Buy On Demand at Redbox

EO: Best International Feature Film – On Criterion Channel

Everything Everywhere All at Once: Best Picture, Director (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert), Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephanie Hsu), Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Original Song (“This Is a Life” by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski), Costume Design, Original Score – On Showtime Anytime, Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU

The Fabelmans: Best Picture, Director (Steven Spielberg), Actress (Michelle Williams), Supporting Actor (Judd Hirsch), Original Screenplay, Production Design, Original Score – Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU (Rentals available as of February 14)

Fire of Love: Best Documentary Feature – on Hulu and Disney+

The Flying Sailor: Best Animated Short Film – on The New Yorker

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery: Best Adapted Screenplay – on Netflix

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio: Best Animated Feature – on Netflix

Haulout: Best Documentary Short – on The New Yorker

A House Made of Splinters: Best Documentary Feature – Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime

How Do You Measure a Year?: Best Documentary Short – Not currently available

Ice Merchants: Best Animated Short Film – on The New Yorker

An Irish Goodbye: Best Live Action Short Film – Not currently available

Ivalu: Best Live Action Short – Not currently available

Le Pupille: Best Live Action Short – on Hulu (through March 11) and on Disney+

Living: Best Actor (Bill Nighy), Adapted Screenplay – Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On: Best Animated Feature – Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU

The Martha Mitchell Effect: Best Documentary Short – on Netflix

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris: Best Costume Design – on Peacock, moves to Amazon Prime on March 14

My Year of Dicks: Best Animated Short Film – on Hulu (through March 17) and on Vimeo

Navalny: Best Documentary Feature – on HBO Max

Night Ride: Best Live Action Short – on The New Yorker

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It: Best Animated Short Film – not currently available

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish: Best Animated Feature Film – On Peacock, Buy On Demand at Redbox, Amazon Prime or VUDU

The Quiet Girl: Best International Feature Film – Pre-order on VUDU

The Red Suitcase: Best Live Action Short – Not currently available

RRR: Best Original Song (“Naatu Naatu” by M.M. Keeravaani and Chandrabose) – on Netflix

The Sea Beast: Best Animated Feature – on Netflix

Stranger at the Gate: Best Documentary Short – on The New Yorker

Tár: Best Picture, Director (Todd Field), Actress (Cate Blanchett), Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing – Streaming on Peacock, Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU

Tell It Like a Woman: Best Original Song (“Applause” by Dianne Warren) – Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime

To Leslie: Best Actress (Andrea Riseborough) – Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU

Top Gun: Maverick: Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Original Song (“Hold My Hand” by Lady Gaga and Bloodpop), Visual Effects, Sound – On Paramount+, Coming to Amazon Prime on March 24, On Amazon with an MGM+ Subscription, or Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU (Bonus: Two Making-Of Featurettes are streaming on Amazon Prime now)

Triangle of Sadness: Best Picture, Director (Ruben Östlund), Original Screenplay – On Hulu beginning March 3, Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU

Turning Red: Best Animated Feature – on Disney+

The Whale: Best Actor (Brendan Fraser), Supporting Actress (Hong Chau), Makeup and Hairstyling – Buy On Demand at Redbox, Amazon Prime or VUDU

Women Talking: Best Picture, Original Screenplay – On Amazon Prime from March 8 through March 13 Only, Buy on Demand at Redbox

2022 Oscar Nominees and Where to Stream Them

• Affairs of the Art – Best Animated Short (Joanna Quinn and Les Mills); on YouTube
• Ascension – Best Documentary Feature (Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell); on Paramount+
• Attica – Best Documentary Feature (Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry); on Amazon Prime

• Audible – Best Documentary Short (Matt Ogens and Jeff McLean; on Netflix
• Being the Ricardos – Best Actor (Javier Bardem), Best Actress (Nicole Kidman), Best Supporting Actor (J.K. Simmons); on Amazon Prime

• Belfast – Best Picture, Best Director (Kenneth Branagh), Best Supporting Actor (Ciarán Hinds), Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench), Best Original Screenplay (Kenneth Branagh), Best Original Song (“Down to Joy” by Van Morrison), Best Sound; Available to Buy on Amazon Prime (also in 4K UHD) and VUDU
• Bestia – Best Animated Short (Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz); Rent or Buy on Vimeo
• CODA – Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Troy Kotsur), Best Adapted Screenplay (Siân Heder); on Apple TV+

• Coming 2 America – Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer); on Amazon Prime
• Cruella – Best Costume Design (Jenny Beavan); Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon); on Disney+

• Don’t Look Up – Best Picture, Best Original Score (Nicolas Britell), Best Original Screenplay (screenplay by Adam McKay; story by Adam McKay & David Sirota), Best Film Editing (Hank Corwin); on Netflix
• The Dress – Best Live-Action Short (Tadeusz Lysiak and Maciej Ślesicki); on YouTube
• Drive My Car – Best Picture, Best Director (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi), Best Adapted Screenplay (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe), Best International Feature Film; Rent or Buy on VUDU

• Dune – Best Picture, Best Adapated Screenplay (Jon Spaihts and Denis Villenueve and Eric Roth), Best Cinematography (Greig Fraser), Best Production Design (Patrice Vermette; set decoration: Zsuszanna Sipos); Best Costume Design (Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan), Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer), Best Film Editing (Joe Walker), Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr), Best Visual Effects (Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer), Best Sound ((Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett); Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU

• Encanto – Best Animated Feature, Best Original Song (“Dos Oruguitas” by Lin-Manuel Miranda), Best Original Score (Germaine Franco); on Disney+
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Best Actress (Jessica Chastain), Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh); Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime or VUDU

• Flee – Best Documentary Feature (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sorensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie), Best Animated Feature, Best International Feature; on Hulu
• Four Good Days – Best Song (“Somehow You Do” by Diane Warren); on Hulu
• Free Guy – Best Visual Effects (Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick); Buy or Rent on Amazon Prime (also in 4K UHD) and VUDU

• The Hand of God – Best International Feature; on Netflix
• House of Gucci – Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras); Available to Buy on Amazon Prime (also in 4K UHD) and VUDU

• King Richard – Best Picture, Best Actor (Will Smith), Best Supporting Actress (Aunjanue Ellis), Best Original Screenplay (Zach Baylin), Best Film Editing (Pamela Martin), Best Original Song (“Be Alive” by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter); on HBO Max
• Lead Me Home – Best Documentary Short (Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk); on Netflix
• Licorice Pizza – Best Picture, Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Original Screenplay (Paul Thomas Anderson); Buy on VUDU
• The Long Goodbye – Best Live-Action Short (Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed); on YouTube
• The Lost Daughter – Best Actress (Olivia Colman), Best Supporting Actress (Jessie Buckley), Best Adapted Screenplay (Maggie Glyllenhaal); on Netflix

• Luca – Best Animated Feature; on Disney+
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Best Animated Feature; on Netflix
• Nightmare Alley – Best Picture, Best Costume Design (Luis Sequeira), Best Cinematography (Dan Laustsen), Best Production Design (Tamara Deverell; set decoration: Shane Vieau); on Hulu

• No Time to Die – Best Original Song (“No Time to Die” by Billie Eilish and Finneas), Best Sound (Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor), Best Visual Effects (Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould); Rent or Buy on Amazon Prime (also in 4K UHD) and VUDU

• The Power of the Dog – Best Picture, Best Director (Jane Campion), Best Supporting Actor (Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee), Best Supporting Actress (Kirsten Dunst), Best Sound (Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb), Best Original Score (Jonny Greenwood), Best Adapted Screenplay (Jane Campion), Best Film Editing (Peter Sciberras), Best Cinematography (Ari Wegner), Best Production Design (Grant Major; set decoration: Amber Richards); on Netflix

• The Queen of Basketball – Best Documentary Short (Ben Proudfoot); on YouTube
• Raya and the Last Dragon – Best Animated Feature; on Disney+
• Robin Robin – Best Animated Short (Dan Ojari and Michael Please); on Netflix
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Best Visual Effects (Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver); on Disney+

• Spencer – Best Actress (Kristen Stewart); on Hulu
• Summer of Soul – Best Documentary Feature (Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein); on Hulu
• Three Songs for Benazir – Best Documentary Short (Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei); on Netflix

• Tick, Tick … Boom! – Best Actor (Andrew Garfield), Best Film Editing (Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum); on Netflix
• The Tragedy of Macbeth – Best Actor (Denzel Washington), Best Cinematography (Bruno Delbonnel), Best Production Design (Stefan Dechant; set decoration: Nancy Haigh); on Apple TV+
• West Side Story (2021) – Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Spielberg), Best Supporting Actress (Ariana DeBose), Best Production Design (Adam Stockhausen; set decoration: Rena DeAngelo), Best Sound (Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson, Shawn Murphy), Best Costume Design (Paul Tazewell), Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski); on Disney+ or Buy on VUDU

2020 Oscar Nominations: Where to Watch Them Online

The 2020 Academy Award nominees have been announced, and as usual, Netflix leads the streaming services with two Best Picture nominations for Netflix originals as well as strong showings in the acting categories.

Also noteworthy are the number of first-time nominees, including Antonio Banderas, Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Bong Joon Ho, Taika Waititi, Rian Johnson – and Greta Gerwig, although not for Best Director.

And also worth noting, a DC Comics universe movie is not only nominated for Best Picture, but leads the pack with the most nominations: Todd Phillips’ Joker has 11.

On Netflix:

American Factory – Documentary Feature

The Edge of Democracy – Documentary Feature

The Irishman – Picture, Director (Martin Scorsese), Supporting Actor (Al Pacino and Joe Pesci), Adapted Screenplay (Steven Zaillian), Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto), Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), Production Design (Bob Shaw and Thelma Graves), Costume Design (Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson), and Visual Effects (Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda and Stephane Grabli)

I Lost My Body – Animated Feature

Klaus – Animated Feature

Life Overtakes Me – Documentary Short Subject

Marriage Story – Picture, Actor (Adam Driver), Actress (Scarlett Johansson), Supporting Actress (Laura Dern), Original Screenplay (Noah Baumbach), and Original Score (Randy Newman)

The Two Popes – Actor (Jonathan Pryce), Supporting Actor (Anthony Hopkins),  and Adapted Screenplay (Anthony McCarten)

On Hulu:

Honeyland – International Feature Film, Documentary Feature

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Animated Feature

Missing Link – Animated Feature

On Amazon Prime:

For Sama – Documentary Feature

On PBS Frontline:

For Sama – Documentary Feature

On Field-of-Vision.org:

In the Absence – Documentary Short Subject

On The New York Times:

Walk Run Cha-Cha – Documentary Short Subject

On Vimeo:

Brotherhood – Live Action Short Subject

Nefta Football Club – Live Action Short Subject

The Neighbors’ Window – Live Action Short Subject

 

 

New on Crackle for May 1, 2019

• About Last Night (1986)
• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
• Art Heist
• The Blue Lagoon
• Blue Streak
• Blue Thunder
• The China Syndrome
• Christine
• Concussion (2015)
• Cruel Intentions 2
• The Deal (2005)
• Desperado (1995)
• Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
• The Exorcist III
• Fight Club
• Fireproof
• First Sunday
• The Fisher King
• Fright Night (1985)
• Funny Girl
• Funny Lady
• Gandhi
• Girl, Interrupted
• Heaven Is For Real
• Higher Learning
• The Hit List
• Jerry Maguire
• Knock Off
• Made of Honor
• The Mortal Instruments
• My Girl
• My Girl 2
• The Other Boleyn Girl
• Peggy Sue Got Married
• Postcards from the Edge
• Ricki and the Flash
• Risen
• Roxanne
• Rudy
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil
• Seems Like Old Times
• Sense and Sensibility (1995)
• Shampoo
• St. Elmo’s Fire
• The Stepfather (2009)
• Stir Crazy
• Stuart Little 2
• The Suburbans
• T2 Trainspotting
• Taboo (2002)
• That’s My Boy (2012)
• The Way We Were
• We Own the Night
• White Nights
• Zombieland

Palme D’or Winners Online

Fun fact: Of 72 movies have won the Palme D’or at the Cannes Film Festival, four are currently available on Netflix, and the two most recent are currently streaming on Hulu. (And I’d say a healthy percentage of them have been on Netflix at one time or another and may be again.)

By the numbers: Two are about professional assassins!

• Apocalypse Now
• Pulp Fiction
• The Pianist
• Blue Is The Warmest Color
• The Square (2017)
• Shoplifters

2019 Oscar Nominees: Where to Watch Them Online

Nominees for the 91st Annual Academy Awards were announced today, and once again the big winner among the streaming services is Netflix, with their first Best Picture nomination for a Netflix Original Film, Roma. Alfonso Cuarón’s retro drama is tied with The Favourite for the most nominations with ten, including Best Director, Best Actress for Yalitza Aparicio, Best Supporting Actress for Marina De Tavira, and Best Foreign-Language Film. If Roma wins it would be the first foreign film to win the top trophy. Some would say it also faces an additional hurdle of being a black-and-white feature, although it’s not unheard-of for one to win; it’s “only” been 25 years since Schindler’s List took Best Picture, and 17 years since The Artist did the same. Considering how relatively few major releases are shot in black-and-white anymore, that’s not surprising.

Another Netflix Original scored three nominations:  the Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is up for Best Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design and Original Song, and the Netflix Original End Game is nominated for Best Documentary Short Film.

Meanwhile, Netflix is also home to Best Picture nominee Black Panther, which is in the running for six other awards (all in the music, artistic and technical categories), and the Best Visual Effects nominees Avengers: Infinity War and Solo: A Star Wars Story

Also on Netflix, the Best Animated Feature nominee Incredibles 2 (also in Spanish) and the Documentary Short Subject nominee Period. End of Sentence.

Hulu isn’t quite shut out either, with the Best Documentary Feature nominees RBG (also nominated for Best Original Song) and Minding the Gap.

Amazon Prime members have access to Best Original Screenplay nominee First Reformed and Best Documentary Short Subject nominee Black Sheep – but see below where you can watch this one for free. (Best Animated Feature nominee Isle of Dogs and Visual Effects nominee Ready Player One are available on HBO with Amazon Prime Channels. Best Animated Short Subject nominee Bao and Sound Editing nominee A Quiet Place are available for purchase only. Best Picture nominee BlacKkKlansman, Production Design, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects nominee First Man, and Visual Effects nominee Christopher Robin are available for rental or purchase.)

VUDU has available (for purchase only) Best Picture nominee Bohemian Rhapsody

Kanopy: The free service (available through many library systems) has the Documentary Feature nominee Of Fathers and Sons and the Animated Short Subject nominee Weekends.

Watch for free online: 

Best Documentary Short Subject nominee Black Sheep, courtesy of The Guardian.

Best Documentary Short Subject Lifeboat, courtesy of The New Yorker‘s “Screening Room.”

Best Documentary Short Subject nominee A Night at the Garden, courtesy of Field of Vision.

Best Animated Short Film nominee Late Afternoon is available on Vimeo.

Best Animated Short Film nominee One Small Step is available on YouTube.

Best Live Action Short Film nominee Fauve is available on Vimeo.

2018 Oscar Winners Online

Congratulations to:

• Blade Runner 2049 – Best Cinematography (Roger Deakins); Best Visual Effects (John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer); available to rent or buy on VUDU
• Call Me By Your Name – Best Adapted Screenplay (James Ivory);  available to buy only, on VUDU
• Dear Basketball – Best Animated Short (Glen Keane & Kobe Bryant); on Go90
• Dunkirk – Best Film Editing (Lee Smith); Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing,  available to rent or buy on VUDU
• Get Out – Best Original Screenplay (Jordan Peele); available to buy (only) on VUDU
• Icarus – Best Documentary Feature; a Netflix original
• The Shape of Water – Best Picture; Best Director (Guillermo Del Toro); Best Production Design (Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau); Best Original Score (Alexandre Desplat); available to buy only, on VUDU

Last Chance to Oscar Binge-Watch

As we head into Oscar-night weekend, don’t forget to catch any of these streaming nominees you might have missed.

2018 Oscar Binge-Watching Alert!

Don’t forget, the Academy Awards are only a week away, so be sure to check out our updated list of nominees available for streaming – some just recently added!

 

More 2018 Oscar Streaming News

Boy, your movie doesn’t get any Oscar nominations and the next thing you know, they’re dumping your cupcakes at the bakery outlet like you’re day-old bread.

Anyway, heads up: Netflix has announced it will be adding the Hungarian Best Foreign Film nominee On Body and Soul to its streaming lineup on February 2nd. When that happens, I’ll be adding it to our list of 2018 Academy Award nominees streaming online.