The 2025 Oscars ceremony is around the corner, and you can watch films up for awards without abandoning your cozy spot on the couch.
Emilia Pérez — the most-nominated movie this year — has 13 nods, and The Brutalist and Wicked aren’t far behind with 10 nominations apiece. The list of films vying for best picture includes those three, along with Anora, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys and The Substance.
Many award contenders are on streaming services — just a few clicks away if you have a subscription — and we’ll continue to update this roundup as more join that club. This guide includes all the nominees you can watch in the US and where to find them. You have until Sunday, March 2, when the Oscars air on ABC and Hulu, to check them out.
Note: These descriptions have been pulled straight from official websites for the films and from press websites and occasionally edited for style.
On Paramount Plus
Note: September 5 will begin streaming on Paramount Plus on Feb. 25.
Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.
Nomination
In this sequel to 2000’s Gladiator, Commodus’ nephew Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors, who now lead Rome with an iron fist.
Nomination
In the days leading up to his execution, Texas death row prisoner John Henry Ramirez seeks redemption from his victim’s son.
Nomination
Note: This film isn’t available with the $8-per-month Paramount Plus Essential plan. To watch it, you’ll need the $13-per-month Paramount Plus with Showtime plan.
The documentary follows director and journalist Shiori Ito’s courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender.
Nomination
Available for purchase or rental
Note: Wicked will begin streaming on Peacock on March 21.
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, centers on Elphaba, a young woman misunderstood because of her green skin who has yet to discover her true power, and Glinda, a popular young woman gilded by privilege who has yet to discover her true heart. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star.
Nominations
- Best picture
- Best actress
- Best supporting actress
- Best costume design
- Best makeup and hairstyling
- Best original score
- Best film editing
- Best production design
- Best sound
- Best visual effects
Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce are among the cast.
Nominations
- Best picture
- Best directing
- Best actor
- Best supporting actor
- Best supporting actress
- Best original screenplay
- Best original score
- Best cinematography
- Best film editing
- Best production design
Note: Anora will begin streaming on Hulu on March 17.
This comedy-drama follows Ani, a young sex worker from Brooklyn whose life takes an unexpected turn when she meets and impulsively marries Vanya, the impetuous son of a Russian billionaire.
Nominations
- Best picture
- Best directing
- Best actress
- Best supporting actor
- Best original screenplay
- Best film editing
Note: Sing Sing will begin streaming on Max on March 21.
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. Colman Domingo stars.
Nominations
- Best actor
- Best adapted screenplay
- Best original song
Note: Nickel Boys will begin streaming on MGM Plus on Feb. 28.
This book adaptation chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
Nominations
- Best picture
- Best adapted screenplay
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry second son of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong star.
Nominations
- Best actor
- Best supporting actor
Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears.
Nomination
- Best international feature film
The film interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today’s geopolitical climate.
Nomination
This musical film is based on the meteoric rise, dramatic fall and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams.
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On Netflix
In this musical, the fearsome cartel leader Emilia enlists Rita, an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self. Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez star.
Nominations
- Best picture
- Best directing
- Best actress
- Best supporting actress
- Best adapted screenplay
- Best makeup and hairstyling
- Best original score
- Best cinematography
- Best film editing
- Best international feature film
- Best original song (2 nominations)
- Best sound
In this claymation adventure, Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own.
Nomination
This biopic follows the American-Greek soprano Maria Callas as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye.
Nomination
This drama is inspired by the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in WWII.
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This short film is about trailblazing double bassist Orin O’Brien, the first female musician in the New York Philharmonic.
Nomination
Anuja tells the story of a gifted 9-year-old girl who, alongside her sister Palak, faces a life-changing opportunity that tests their bond and mirrors the struggles of girls worldwide.
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On Max
A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood.
Nominations
- Best animated feature
- Best international feature film
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance.
Nomination
- Best makeup and hairstyling
On Max and Netflix
Dune: Part Two continues the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s acclaimed bestseller.
Nominations
- Best picture
- Best cinematography
- Best production design
- Best sound
- Best visual effects
On AMC Plus
This stop-motion film centers on Grace Pudel, a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books.
Nomination
On Mubi
This body horror film follows a former A-lister drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn — temporarily — as a gorgeous twentysomething. Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star.
Nominations
- Best picture
- Best directing
- Best actress
- Best original screenplay
- Best makeup and hairstyling
Young factory worker Karoline struggles to survive in Copenhagen in the aftermath of World War I. She meets Dagmar, a charismatic woman running an underground adoption agency that helps mothers find foster families for their unwanted children.
Nomination
- Best international feature film
On Hulu
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin star in the dramedy.
Nominations
- Best supporting actor
- Best original screenplay
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Nomination
In this entry in the sci-fi franchise, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
Nomination
On Peacock
This thriller follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events — selecting the new pope. Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini are among the cast.
Nominations
- Best picture
- Best actor
- Best supporting actress
- Best adapted screenplay
- Best costume design
- Best original score
- Best film editing
- Best production design
This film is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Nominations
- Best costume design
- Best makeup and hairstyling
- Best cinematography
- Best production design
On Disney Plus
The sequel returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new emotions.
Nomination
Elton John takes audiences back in time and recounts the extraordinary highs and heartbreaking lows of his early years and how he overcame adversity, abuse and addiction to become the icon he is today.
Nomination
On Disney Plus and Hulu
This documentary is set amidst a ground-breaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school.
Nomination
On Vimeo
On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.
Nomination
On YouTube
A collection of surveillance and body-camera footage offers a raw look at the 2018 shooting of Harith Augustus, and at the immediate attempts to shape the story.
Nomination
After repeatedly failing CAPTCHA tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: Could she be a robot?
Nomination
A look into the Japanese educational system’s delicate balance between teamwork, discipline and personal growth.
Nomination
Only in theaters
The electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history, Bob Dylan. Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton and Monica Barbaro are among the cast.
Nominations
- Best picture
- Best directing
- Best actor
- Best supporting actor
- Best supporting actress
- Best adapted screenplay
- Best costume design
- Best sound
The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.
Nominations
- Best picture
- Best actress
- Best international feature film
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