Your Guide to Streaming and Watching the Oscar-Nominated Movies: Are you trying to get up to speed on the Oscar-nominated movies before the 2023 Academy Awards ceremony airing on ABC on Sunday, March 12? Don’t worry, and you still have time! The Oscar-nominated movies are accessible on multiple streaming platforms to watch, including Netflix, HBO Max, Paramount+, and Disney+, among others. Some of them can also be rented through video-on-demand services.
Curious to discover the hype surrounding Andrea Riseborough’s performance, which also happens to be the controversial nomination as the Best Actress nominee in “To Leslie”? You can watch the film by streaming or renting it. While some films are still showing in theaters, this list will provide you with showtimes and tickets.
Here is where you can find all the feature films and short films nominated for Academy Awards, including those that have left theaters but are not yet accessible on streaming or VOD services. Notes are also included for your reference.
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
All Quiet on the Western Front Review: “All Quiet on the Western Front” shows the horrors of war are never-ending, and one can never be used to it. Hatred springs up in the unlikeliest of places and in unfamiliar forms.”
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, International Feature Film, Production Design, Visual Effects, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Sound
Where to Watch: Netflix
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Avatar: The Way of Water Review: Avatar: The Way of Water is less a flawed piece of cinema and more a visual treasure with exciting mysteries waiting to get unraveled. There are only two ways to watch this film, and the second way is wrong.
Nominations: Best Picture, Production Design, Visual Effects, Sound
Where to Watch: In Theaters
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The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
The Banshees of Inisherin Review: Like in his previous feature, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, McDonagh continues to see the good in people despite their intrinsic messiness and makes it discernible to the audience.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Editing, Original Score
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Subscription: HBO Max | Rent/buy: Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV
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Elvis (2022)
Elvis Review: A great biopic that’s both, a hagiography and a folktale.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Subscription: HBO Max | Rent/buy: Vudu, Prime Video
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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Everything Everywhere All at Once Review: Everything Everywhere All at Once is a spellbinding multiverse story about a family that has to find its way back to each other. Daniels goes spectacularly grand in their presentation and execution of the story, which lets the audience fall in love easily and leaves them with a wave of tears.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Editing, Original Song, Costume Design, Original Score
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Subscription: Paramount+, Showtime | Rent/buy: Vudu, Prime Video
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The Fabelmans (2022)
The Fabelmans Review: Spielberg weaves his most uplifting film from heart-breaking memory.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Production Design, Original Score
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Rent/Buy: Vudu | Buy: Apple TV+, Prime Video
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Tár (2022)
Tár Review: Tár is self-assured enough that it doesn’t rush into making statements about its themes or characters that might weaken its execution or overstate its relevance. It’s a tour-de-force with the majesty of the gospel but one that proudly defies the potential for preachiness.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Editing
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Subscription: Peacock | Rent/Buy: Apple TV+, Vudu, Prime Video
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick Review: Watch Oscar-nominated Maverick for a complete movie experience, astounding action, rivalries, drama, and exhilarating dog fights. As you slowly move to the edge of your seat with the perfectly timed cuts from multiple first-person perspectives to neutral observers, breathe, as the blockbuster’s adrenaline-filled exhilarating aerial sequences will take your breath away.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Original Song, Visual Effects, Sound
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Streaming: Paramount+ | Rent/Buy: Vudu, Prime Video
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
5 Reasons why Triangle of Sadness Should Win The Best Picture Oscar: There is a lot of dichotomy in the world. Obviously, there are the rich, powerful, and the poor, who are deprived and made to slog for their living. The film presents to us both sides of the coin. It doesn’t make a judgment but leaves it to us to decide for ourselves.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Rent/Buy: Vudu, Prime Video
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Women Talking (2022)
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay
Where to Watch: In Theaters
Aftersun (2022)
Aftersun Review: Charlotte Wells succeeds in bringing out these emotions without any contrived efforts. There is no plot, only a brief glimpse of a beautiful relationship. And that alone makes it worth watching. A triumphant feat that is both honest and sincere in its ambitions.
Nominations: Best Actor
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Rent/Buy: Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV
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The Whale (2022)
The Whale Review: A stagey but intimate character-drama that carefully treads the fine line between honesty and cynicism.
Nominations: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Makeup and Hairstyling
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Rent/Buy (preorder): Vudu, Apple TV
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Living (2022)
Nominations: Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay
Where to Watch: In Theaters
Blonde (2022)
Blonde Review: Blonde has the same tried-and-true intention as any standard biopic: it wants to remind us why Marilyn Monroe’s all too brief life and career are worth remembering. But its experimental nature, owing to the equally experimental novel it’s based on, lends itself not to celebrating her achievements but rather indulging in her nightmares and travesties.
Nominations: Best Actress
Where to Watch: Subscription: Netflix
To Leslie (2022)
To Leslie Review: “To Leslie” isn’t steered across to the finish by the director or the technical aspects but through Riseborough’s incredible central performance. She manages to understand and put to the test the feelings that broken people often have.
Nominations: Best Actress
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Rent/buy: Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV
Causeway (2022)
Causway Review: Jennifer Lawrence steers this moving but slight PTSD drama with an understated performance.
Nominations: Best Supporting Actor
Where to Watch: Subscription: Apple TV+
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Review: A sequel that re-treads upon the MCU conventions by partly disguising as an overlong tribute to the late actor.
Nominations: Best Supporting Actress, Original Song, Visual Effects, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Subscription: Disney+ | Buy: Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Review: Glass Onion (2022) is a more lavish and outwardly funny affair, even if these elements have now become the promise rather than the surprise.
Nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay
Where to Watch: Subscription: Netflix
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Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Review: But in terms of watchability, the task of breaking it down to understand and make sense is endlessly impossible. Even the purists will find Bardo’s expansive personality and iconic imagery to be a bit too tedious.
Starring: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Iker Sanchez Solano, Andres Almeida, Francisco Rubio
Where to Watch: Subscription: Netflix
Empire of Light (2022)
Nominations: Best Cinematography
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Subscription: HBO Max | Rent/Buy: Vudu | Buy: Prime Video, Apple TV
All That Breathes (2022)
All That Breathes (2022) Review: In the director’s statements, Sen writes how he wished to harness the enchantment of the sky through this film. I think this film succeeds many steps more; these brothers, “unique philosophers of the urban” are boldly, quietly guiding all of us with immeasurable grace and fortitude, showing a way out of the morass of our times.
Nominations: Best Documentary
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Subscription: HBO Max
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
Nominations: Best Documentary
Where to Watch: In Theaters
Fire of Love (2022)
Nominations: Best Documentary
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Subscription: Hulu, Disney+
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A House Made of Splinters (2022)
Nominations: Best Documentary
Where to Watch: New York screening information available on production company’s official site
Navalny (2022)
Nominations: Best Documentary
Where to Watch: Subscription: HBO Max
Argentina, 1985 (2022)
Argentina, 1985 (2022) Review: Anchored by the powerful performances of Ricardo Darín as Julio César Strassera and Peter Lanzani as Luis Moreno Ocampo, Argentina 1985 secures consistent intrigue of the viewers. The focus on the personal never overwhelms the focus on the political.
Nominations: Best International Picture
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Prime Video
Close (2022)
Nominations: Best International Picture
Where to Watch: In Theaters
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EO (2022)
Nominations: Best International Picture
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Buy: Apple TV
The Quiet Girl (2022)
Nominations: Best International Picture
Where to Watch: In Theaters
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Tell It Like a Woman (2022)
Nominations: Best Original Song
Where to Watch: NA
RRR (2022)
RRR Review: It’s truly fascinating to see Rajamouli evolving from one movie to another, polishing his craft, and perfecting his penchant for grandiosity without losing the intimacy of his characters’ emotional journeys.
Nominations: Best Original Song
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Subscription: Netflix, ZEE5
Babylon (2022)
Babylon Review: There are many entries in the metatextual “love-letter-to-cinema” genre, including Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, and more. Babylon is perhaps the most maximalist out of all of these. It’s a biting critique of Hollywood and an unabashed worship of cinema. An odyssey that, albeit divisive, deserves to be seen by all self-proclaimed cinephiles.
Nominations: Best Production Design, Costume Design, Original Score
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Rent/Buy: Vudu, Prime Video
The Batman (2022)
The Batman Review: To see the character be so authentically in vein with its vast, meandering history (both live-action and comics), while etching a legacy of his very own, is evidence enough of the triumph that Reeves’ The Batman is.
Nominations: Best Visual Effects, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound
Where to Watch: Subscription: HBO Max | Rent/Buy: Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Review: Stacked with beautiful and moving visuals from the get-go to its final moments, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a cinematic delight.
Nominations: Animated Feature
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Subscription: Netflix
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
Nominations: Animated Feature
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Rent/Buy: Vudu, Prime Video
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Review: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish feels like the embodiment of a fairy tale, with beautifully drawn art and brilliantly animated sequences, giving new life to a character that has more than one to offer.
Nominations: Animated Feature
Where to Watch: In Theaters | Rent/Buy: Vudu, Prime Video
The Sea Beast (2022)
The Sea Beast Review: It is fascinating how it packs solid punches throughout its 115-minute running time without boring the shit out of its audience. Additionally, it is increasingly self-aware and mostly succeeds in leaving a smile on your face.
Nominations: Animated Feature
Where to Watch: Subscription: Netflix
Turning Red (2022)
Nominations: Animated Feature
Where to Watch: Subscription: Disney+ | Buy: Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
Nominations: Costume Design
Where to Watch: Subscription: Peacock | Rent/Buy: Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM NOMINEES
The Elephant Whisperers (2022)
Where to Watch: Subscription: Netflix
Haulout (2022)
Where to Watch: The New Yorker
How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)
Where to Watch: Find “Documentary” shorts program screenings at Shorts.TV
The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022)
Where to Watch: Subscription: Netflix
Stranger at the Gate (2022)
Where to Watch: Official site
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) NOMINEES
The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022)
Where to Watch: Subscription: Apple TV+
The Flying Sailor (2022)
Where to Watch: The New Yorker
Ice Merchants (2022)
Where to Watch: The New Yorker
My Year of D… (2022)
Where to Watch: Vimeo
An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It (2022)
Where to Watch: Find “Animated” shorts program screenings at Shorts.TV
SHORT FILM (LIVE-ACTION) NOMINEES
An Irish Goodbye (2022)
Where to Watch: Find “Live-Action” shorts program screenings at Shorts.TV
Ivalu (2023)
Where to Watch: Find “Live-Action” shorts program screenings at Shorts.TV
The Pupils (2022)
Where to Watch: Subscription: Disney+
Night Ride
Where to Watch: YouTube/@NewYorker
The Red Suitcase (2022)
Where to Watch: Find “Live-Action” shorts program screenings at Shorts.TV
