Where to watch the 2025 Oscar nominees
All the streamers, rental services, and theatrical visits you'll need to catch up for the Oscars.
Half the battle of Oscars season, after diligently watching all year and following the political roller coaster of its races, is cleaning up those pesky blind spots. Regular audiences simply didn’t get access to half of the movies that critics and awards voters snuck in during the cold winter months, and only some of those films ever rolled out into theaters in a meaningful way. The dozen or so streamers the other nominated films are spread across will have entire Oscar pools sharing passwords. To make matters a bit easier, The A.V. Club collected where to watch all the 2025 Oscar nominees.
This list is focused on the features, because, if the big-name films seem hard to track down, the shorts—which quietly release to an even more insular community—are usually contained to film festivals. Though some of the short film nominees are available online (usually the documentaries), the best and most reliable way to find them all is as part of their theatrical all-in-one rollout that will start February 14.
Most PopularWhen there are multiple available destinations where audiences can access the nominees, we’ve prioritized streaming services that you might already have a subscription to—most of these films that are available to stream are also available to rent. That said, some of the newest releases are still hanging out in theaters, be they wide releases at the multiplex or blink-and-you-miss-’ems at the indie spot on the outskirts of town.
Alien: Romulus
Nominations: Best Visual Effects
Related ContentWhere to watch: Hulu
Anora
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing
Where to watch: In theaters and available to rent
The Apprentice
Nominations: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor
Where to watch: Available to rent
Better Man
Nominations: Best Visual Effects
Where to watch: In theaters
Black Box Diaries
Nominations: Best Documentary Feature
Where to watch: Paramount+
The Brutalist
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Original Score
Where to watch: In theaters and available to buy
A Complete Unknown
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Sound
Where to watch: In theaters
Conclave
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Original Score
Where to watch: Peacock
A Different Man
Nominations: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Where to watch: Max
Dune: Part Two
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects
Elton John: Never Too Late
Nominations: Best Original Song
Where to watch: Disney+
Emilia Pérez
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best International Feature Film, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Sound
Where to watch: Netflix
Flow
Nominations: Best Animated Feature, Best International Feature Film
Where to watch: Max
The Girl With The Needle
Nominations: Best International Feature Film
Where to watch: Mubi
Gladiator II
Nominations: Best Costume Design
Where to watch: MGM+
I’m Still Here
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress, Best International Feature Film
Where to watch: In theaters
Inside Out 2
Nominations: Best Animated Feature
Where to watch: Disney+
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Nominations: Best Visual Effects
Where to watch: Hulu
Maria
Nominations: Best Cinematography
Where to watch: Netflix
Memoir Of A Snail
Nominations: Best Animated Feature
Where to watch: AMC+
Nickel Boys
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay
Where to watch: In theaters and available to buy
No Other Land
Nominations: Best Documentary Feature
Where to watch: Almost without exceptions, you can’t. Here’s why.
Nosferatu
Nominations: Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design
Where to watch: In theaters, on Peacock on February 21
Porcelain War
Nominations: Best Documentary Feature
Where to watch: Select theaters
A Real Pain
Nominations: Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay
Where to watch: Hulu
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
Nominations: Best International Feature Film
Where to watch: In theaters and available to rent
September 5
Nominations: Best Original Screenplay
Where to watch: In theaters and available to rent
Sing Sing
Nominations: Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song
Where to watch: In theaters and available to rent
The Six Triple Eight
Nominations: Best Original Song
Where to watch: Netflix
Soundtrack To A Coup d’Etat
Nominations: Best Documentary Feature
Where to watch: Kanopy
The Substance
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Where to watch: In theaters, and on Mubi
Sugarcane
Nominations: Best Documentary Feature
Where to watch: Hulu
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Nominations: Best Animated Feature
Where to watch: Netflix
Wicked
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects
Where to watch: In theaters and available to buy
The Wild Robot
Nominations: Best Animated Feature, Best Original Score, Best Sound
Where to watch: Peacock
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