The Oscars have just announced their nominations for the best in film of 2018, which means it’s time for casual movie fans and hardcore Oscar predictors alike to catch up on this year’s big contenders. While many Best Picture nominees are still playing in theaters, there are multiple movies among this year’s nominated crop that are available to stream right now on platforms like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu.
Below you will find a list of all the Oscar nominated films this year with links to where you can watch them. Indicated next to each title is where you can stream it, whether it is free with your subscription or you need to rent or buy it, or if it is still in theaters. Additionally, you will find the categories the film was nominated for. Films with the most significant nominations should be your highest priority, so these will be listed towards the top.
Happy viewing!
Black Panther – FREE on Netflix
Nominated for 7 Oscars:
-Best Picture
-Best Costume Design
-Best Original Score
-Best Original Song (“All the Stars”)
-Best Production Design
-Best Sound Editing
-Best Sound Mixing
BlacKkKlansman – RENT or BUY on Amazon, iTunes and more
Nominated for 6 Oscars:
-Best Picture
-Best Director (Spike Lee)
-Best Supporting Actor (Adam Driver)
-Best Adapted Screenplay
-Best Film Editing
-Best Original Score
Bohemian Rhapsody – RENT or BUY on Amazon, iTunes and more
Nominated for 5 Oscars:
-Best Picture
-Best Actor (Rami Malek)
-Best Film Editing
-Best Sound Editing
-Best Sound Mixing
The Favourite – BUY on Amazon, iTunes and more
Nominated for 10 Oscars:
-Best Picture
-Best Director (Yorgos Lanthimos)
-Best Actress (Olivia Colman)
-Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone)
-Best Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz)
-Best Original Screenplay
-Best Cinematography
-Best Costume Design
-Best Film Editing
-Best Production Design
Green Book – In theaters
Nominated for 5 Oscars:
-Best Picture
-Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen)
-Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali)
-Best Original Screenplay
-Best Film Editing
Roma – FREE on Netflix
Nominated for 10 Oscars:
-Best Picture
-Best Director (Alfonso CuarĂ³n)
-Best Actress (Yalitza Aparicio)
-Best Supporting Actress (Marina de Tavira)
-Best Original Screenplay
-Best Cinematography
-Best Production Design
-Best Sound Editing
-Best Sound Mixing
-Best Foreign Language Film
A Star Is Born – BUY on iTunes, YouTube and more
Nominated for 8 Oscars:
-Best Picture
-Best Actor (Bradley Cooper)
-Best Actress (Lady Gaga)
-Best Supporting Actor (Sam Elliott)
-Best Adapted Screenplay
-Best Cinematography
-Best Original Song (“Shallow”)
-Best Sound Mixing
Vice – In theaters
Nominated for 8 Oscars:
-Best Picture
-Best Director (Adam McKay)
-Best Actor (Christian Bale)
-Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell)
-Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams)
-Best Original Screenplay
-Best Film Editing
-Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Cold War – In limited theaters
Nominated for 3 Oscars:
-Best Director (Pawel Pawlikowski)
-Best Cinematography
-Best Foreign Language Film
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – BUY on iTunes, Amazon and more
Nominated for 3 Oscars:
-Best Actress (Melissa McCarthy)
-Best Supporting Actor (Richard E. Grant)
-Best Adapted Screenplay
If Beale Street Could Talk – In theaters
Nominated for 3 Oscars:
-Best Supporting Actress (Regina King)
-Best Adapted Screenplay
-Best Original Score
The Wife – RENT or BUY on Amazon, iTunes and more
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Actress (Glenn Close)
At Eternity’s Gate – RENT or BUY on Amazon, iTunes and more
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Actor (Willem Dafoe)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – FREE on Netflix
Nominated for 3 Oscars:
-Best Adapted Screenplay
-Best Costume Design
-Best Original Song (“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings”)
First Reformed – FREE on Amazon and Kanopy
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Original Screenplay
First Man – RENT or BUY on Amazon, iTunes and more
Nominated for 4 Oscars:
-Best Production Design
-Best Sound Editing
-Best Sound Mixing
-Best Visual Effects
Mary Poppins Returns – In theaters
Nominated for 4 Oscars:
-Best Costume Design
-Best Original Score
-Best Original Song (“The Place Where Lost Things Go”)
-Best Production Design
Mary Queen of Scots – In theaters
Nominated for 2 Oscars:
-Best Costume Design
-Best Makeup & Hairstyling
A Quiet Place – FREE on Epix, RENT on PlayStation, BUY on Amazon, iTunes and more
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Sound Editing
Avengers: Infinity War – FREE on Netflix
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Visual Effects
Christopher Robin – RENT or BUY on Amazon, iTunes and more
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Visual Effects
Ready Player One – FREE on HBO NOW / HBO Go
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Visual Effects
Solo: A Star Wars Story – FREE on Netflix
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Visual Effects
Border – In limited theaters
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Incredibles 2 – FREE on Netflix
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Animated Feature
Isle of Dogs – FREE on HBO NOW / HBO Go
Nominated for 2 Oscars:
-Best Animated Feature
-Best Original Score
Mirai – In theaters starting Feb. 18
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Animated Feature
Ralph Breaks the Internet – BUY on Amazon, iTunes and more
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Animated Feature
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – In theaters
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Animated Feature
Capernaum – In limited theaters
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Foreign Language Film
Never Look Away – In limited theaters
Nominated for 2 Oscars:
-Best Cinematography
-Best Foreign Language Film
Shoplifters – FREE on Hoopla
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Foreign Language Film
Free Solo – In limited theaters
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Documentary Feature
Hale County This Morning, This Evening – RENT or BUY on iTunes
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Documentary Feature
Minding the Gap – FREE on Hulu
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Documentary Feature
Of Fathers and Sons – FREE on Kanopy
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Documentary Feature
RBG – FREE on Hulu and Hoopla
Nominated for 1 Oscar:
-Best Documentary Feature
Short Films — In theaters
Animated Short
- Animal Behaviour – TBD
- Bao – TBD
- Late Afternoon – TBD
- One Small Step – TBD
- Weekends – FREE on Kanopy
Documentary Short
- Black Sheep – FREE on YouTube
- End Game – FREE on Netflix
- Lifeboat – FREE on YouTube
- A Night at the Garden – FREE on YouTube
- Period. End of Sentence. – FREE on Netflix
Live Action Short
- Detainment – TBD
- Fauve – TBD
- Marguerite – TBD
- Mother – FREE in Spanish (no English subtitles)
- Skin – TBD