All film lovers know two things: one) there is no reason to get upset over the Oscars because the Academy never gets it right, and two) we get really angry over who does and doesn’t get nominated and we definitely care who wins. Yeah, it’s a weird dynamic.
But even though Hollywood’s biggest night of the year will never be “perfect,” it’s still fun to celebrate our favorite movies and root for the performances and actors we loved watching the most. So if you want to be prepared for this year’s show by seeing as many nominated films as you can without having to leave the comfort of your home, here’s how you can watch many of them from your couch before the 90th Academy Awards on March 4th, and for as little money as possible.
AVAILABLE TO RENT, STREAM, OR PURCHASE AT HOME
Dunkirk
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing
Where to watch:Â Amazon, YouTube, and Google Play
Get Out
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director (Jordan Peele), Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya), Best Original Screenplay
Where to watch: HBO, HBO Go
Blade Runner 2049
Nominations: Best Production Design, Best Original Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects
Where to watch: iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, Google Play
The Big Sick
Nominations: Best Original Screenplay
Where to watch: Amazon
Mudbound
Nominations: Best Supporting Actress (Mary J. Blige), Best Cinematography, Best Original Song, Best Adapted Screenplay
Where to watch: Netflix
Beauty and the Beast
Nominations: Best Costume Design, Best Production Design
Where to watch: Netflix
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Nominations: Best Visual Effects
Where to watch: Netflix
Logan
Nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay
Where to watch: HBO, HBO Go
Last Men in Aleppo
Nominations: Best Documentary Feature
Where to watch: Netflix
Victoria and Abdul
Nominations: Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hair
Where to watch: YouTube, Amazon, iTunes, Google Play
Baby Driver
Nominations: Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing
Where to watch: Amazon, iTunes, YouTube, Google Play
Kong: Skull Island
Nominations: Best Visual Effects
Where to watch: HBO
War for the Planet of the Apes
Nominations: Best Visual Effects
Where to watch: Amazon, YouTube, iTunes, Google Play
The Boss Baby
Nominations: Best Animated Feature
Where to watch: Netflix, Amazon
Loving Vincent
Nominations: Best Animated Feature
Where to watch: YouTube, Google Play, iTunes
Marshall
Nominations: Best Original Song
Where to watch: YouTube, Google Play
Strong Island
Nominations: Best Documentary Feature
Where to watch: Netflix
Icarus
Nominations: Best Documentary Feature
Where to watch: Netflix
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Nominations: Best Documentary Feature
Where to watch: Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, YouTube
Of course countless other movies that will be up for at least one award this year, including some of the most nominated films in the biggest categories, are still in theaters. (Here’s a complete list of all of this year’s nominations.) You can find a list of them below, just in case you want to make sure you’re the favorite to win your Oscar party pool.
Plus, sometimes it’s nice to get off our couch and go sit somewhere else.
Which nominated movie that you haven’t see yet are you most excited to check out? Which films and performances do you hope to see win? Open up the envelope on your thoughts in our comments below.
Featured Image: Universal, Disney, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox
STILL IN THEATERS
- Phantom Thread
- Darkest Hour
- Ladybird
- The Shape of Water
- Call Me By Your Name
- The Post
- I, Tonya
- Roman J. Israel, Esq.
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- The Last Jedi
- All the Money in the World
- Coco
- Wonder
- The Florida Project
- All the Money in the World
- Molly’s World
- The Disaster Artist
- Ferdinand
- The Bread Winner
- The Greatest Showman
- Faces Places
Images: Warner Bros/Blumhouse/Universal/Disney/Fox
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