As the 97th Academy Awards approach we want to watch all this year’s nominated films! Many of these movies are available across multiple platforms, including streaming services, digital rentals, and theatrical releases. So that you don’t miss anything, here’s a guide on how to watch the 2025 Oscars nominated films. Ready?
Here we go!
How to Watch the Ten Best Picture Nominees
Emilia Pérez
What is it nominated for:
Apart from for best picture, the film is also nominated for Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best International Feature Film, Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Original Song (x2), Best Sound, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Achievement in Cinematography, and Best Achievement in Film Editing.
What is it about:
“Lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer. She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever, becoming the woman she has always dreamed of being.”
Where to watch: Streaming on Netflix and also in select theatres.
Wicked
What is it nominated for:
Also nominated for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Score, Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Achievement in Film Editing, Best Achievement in Production Design, Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Sound, and Best Achievement in Visual Effects.
What is it about:
“The story of how a young green-skinned girl is framed by the Wizard of Oz and becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. The first in a two-part film adaptation of the Broadway musical.”
Where to Watch: Available to rent or own on demand. Scheduled to stream on Peacock starting March 21.
The Brutalist
What is it nominated for:
Also nominated for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Film Editing, and Best Achievement in Production Design.
What is it about:
“When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are turned upside down by a mysterious, wealthy client.”
Where to Watch: Currently showing in select theaters. Available to rent or own on demand.
A Complete Unknown
What is it nominated for:
Also nominated for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Achievement in Costume Design, and Best Sound.
What is it about:
“A young Bob Dylan shakes up the folk music scene when he plugs in his electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.”
Where to Watch: In theaters nationwide. Digital pre-orders available on Apple TV and Prime Video, with streaming commencing on February 25.
Conclave
What is it nominated for:
Also nominated for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Achievement in Film Editing, Best Achievement in Production Design, Best Achievement in Costume Design, and Best Original Score.
What is it about:
“Follows Cardinal Lomeli as he oversees the group of cardinals tasked with electing a new leader of the Church, while also trying to uncover a secret about the late Pontiff.”
Where to Watch: Streaming on Peacock.
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Dune: Part Two
What is it nominated for:
Also nominated for Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Visual Effects, Best Achievement in Production Design, and Best Sound.
What is it about:
“Duke Paul Atreides joins the Fremen and begins his training to become Muad’Dib, all the while trying to prevent the terrible future he has foreseen: a holy war in his name, spreading across the known universe.”
Where to Watch: Streaming on Max.
Nickel Boys
What is it nominated for:
Also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
What is it about:
“Based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African-American boys who navigate the trials of Florida’s reform school together.”
Where to Watch: Available to rent or own on demand.
I’m Still Here
What is it nominated for:
Also nominated for Best Actress and Best International Feature Film.
What is it about:
“Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s best-selling memoir, in which his mother is forced into activism when her husband is captured by a military regime in Brazil in 1971.”
Where to Watch: Exclusively in select theaters.
Anora
What is it nominated for:
Also nominated for Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Achievement in Film Editing.
What is it about:
“Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, has the chance to make a Cinderella story come true when she impulsively meets and marries an oligarch’s son. But when news reaches Russia, her fairy tale threatens to come crashing down as the parents travel to New York intent on annulling the marriage.”
Where to Watch: Available for rent or own demand.
The Substance
What is it nominated for:
Also nominated for Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling.
What is it about:
“Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself? You, but better in every way. You must try this new product: The Substance. IT CHANGED MY LIFE.”
Where to Watch: Streaming on Mubi.
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How to Watch Other Important 2025 Oscar Nominees
The Apprentice
What is it nominated for:
Nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
What is it about:
“A young Donald Trump, eager to make a name for himself as the hungry second son of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, falls under the spell of Roy Cohn, the ruthless lawyer who would help create the Donald Trump we know today.”
Where to Watch: Available for rent or own demand.
Sing Sing
What is it nominated for:
Nominated for Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Song.
What is it about:
“Incarcerated in the Sing Sing maximum security facility for a crime he did not commit, Divine G finds purpose performing in a theatre workshop alongside other incarcerated men. His dream is to stage his own original production in this story of resilience, humanity and the transformative power of art.”
Where to Watch: Available to rent or own demand.
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A Real Pain
What is it nominated for:
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
What is it about:
“Two cousins travel to Poland after their grandmother dies to see where they come from and end up joining a Holocaust tour.”
Where to Watch: Streaming on Hulu.
The 2025 Oscars will air on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. PT on ABC.
