Happy New Year everyone! 2018 has come at last, and we now have several amazing titles streaming on Netflix, Amazon and Hulu! This month’s new streaming movies include Best Picture winners like The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II as well as some Oscar winners for acting, like Dallas Buyers Club, Capote, The Queen and Training Day.
Other major Oscar nominated films now available include Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Apollo 13, the entire Batman film series from 1989-1997, Babel, Thelma & Louise, Requiem for a Dream, The Shawshank Redemption, Love Story, Cold Mountain, Revolutionary Road, Saturday Night Fever, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and The Truman Show.
All of the movies listed below are available starting January 1, unless indicated otherwise. Happy watching!
The Godfather (1972)
“The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.”
-Won Best Picture, Actor for Marlon Brando and Adapted Screenplay, Nominated for Director for Francis Ford Coppola, Supporting Actor for James Caan, Robert Duvall and Al Pacino, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score and Sound
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
“The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Francis Ford Coppola, Supporting Actor or Robert De Niro, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction and Original Score, Nominated for Actor for Al Pacino, Supporting Actor for Michael V. Gazzo and Lee Strasberg, Supporting Actress for Talia Shire and Costume Design
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
“In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.”
-Won Best Actor for Matthew McConaughey, Supporting Actor for Jared Leto and Makeup & Hairstyling, Nominated for Picture, Original Screenplay and Film Editing — available Jan. 16
King Kong (2005)
“In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to the mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with leading lady Ann Darrow.”
-Won Best Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects, Nominated for Art Direction
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1962)
“A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.”
-Won Best Original Score and Original Song (for “Moon River”), Nominated for Actress for Audrey Hepburn, Adapted Screenplay and Art Direction
Apollo 13 (1995)
“NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.”
-Won Best Film Editing and Sound, Nominated for Picture, Supporting Actor for Ed Harris, Supporting Actress for Kathleen Quinlan, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Original Score and Visual Effects
Midnight in Paris (2011)
“While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée’s family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s everyday at midnight.”
-Won Best Original Screenplay, Nominated for Picture, Director for Woody Allen and Art Direction
Training Day (2001)
“On his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes beyond a full work day in training within the narcotics division of the LAPD with a rogue detective who isn’t what he appears to be.”
-Won Best Actor for Denzel Washington, Nominated for Supporting Actor for Ethan Hawke
Marie Antoinette (2006)
“The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.”
-Won Best Costume Design
Batman (1989)
“The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker.”
-Won Best Art Direction
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
“In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in New York City and Italy in 1979, aging Mafia Don Michael Corleone seeks to avow for his sins, while taking his nephew Vincent Mancini under his wing.”
-Nominated for Best Picture, Director for Francis Ford Coppola, Supporting Actor for Andy Garcia, Art Direction, Cinematography, Film Editing and Original Song (for “Promise Me You’ll Remember”)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
“Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.”
-Nominated for Best Picture, Actor for Morgan Freeman, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score and Sound
The Truman Show (1998)
“An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a television show.”
-Nominated for Best Director for Peter Weir, Supporting Actor for Ed Harris and Original Screenplay
Batman Returns (1992)
“When a corrupt businessman and the grotesque Penguin plot to take control of Gotham City, only Batman can stop them, while the Catwoman has her own agenda.”
-Nominated for Best Makeup and Visual Effects
Batman Forever (1995)
“Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.”
-Nominated for Best Cinematography, Sound and Sound Effects Editing
Batman Begins (2005)
“After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from the corruption that Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.”
-Nominated for Best Cinematography
The Lovely Bones (2009)
“Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family – and her killer – from purgatory. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Stanley Tucci
Lethal Weapon (1987)
“A veteran policeman, Murtaugh, is partnered with a younger, suicidal officer, Riggs. They both have one thing in common: hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers.”
-Nominated for Best Sound
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
“Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.”
-Nominated for Best Sound Effects Editing
Troy (2004)
“An adaptation of Homer’s great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.”
-Nominated for Best Costume Design
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
“Charlie receives a golden ticket to a factory, his sweet tooth wants going into the lushing candy, it turns out there’s an adventure in everything.”
-Nominated for Best Original Song/Adaptation Score
Capote (2005)
“In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel ‘In Cold Blood,’ Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.”
-Won Best Actor for Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nominated for Picture, Director for Bennett Miller, Supporting Actress for Catherine Keener and Adapted Screenplay
Babel (2006)
“Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.”
-Won Best Original Score, Nominated for Picture, Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Supporting Actress for Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi, Original Screenplay and Film Editing
Love Story (1970)
“A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing – and then tragedy strikes.”
-Won Best Original Score, Nominated for Picture, Director for Arthur Hiller, Actor for Ryan O’Neal, Actress for Ali MacGraw, Supporting Actor for John Marley and Original Screenplay
Thelma & Louise (1991)
“Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed.”
-Won Best Original Screenplay, Nominated for Director for Ridley Scott, Actress for Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, Cinematography and Film Editing
Hustle & Flow (2005)
“With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.”
-Won Best Original Song (for “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp”), Nominated for Actor for Terrence Howard
Revolutionary Road (2008)
“A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Michael Shannon, Art Direction and Costume Design
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
“The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.”
-Nominated for Best Actress for Ellen Burstyn
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
“An affluent New York couple finds their lives touched, intruded upon, and compelled by a mysterious young black man who is never quite who he says he is.”
-Nominated for Best Actress for Stockard Channing
Street Smart (1987)
“A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Morgan Freeman
Black Rain (1989)
“Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he’s extradited to Japan.”
-Nominated for Best Sound and Sound Effects Editing
Hamlet (1990)
“Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.”
-Nominated for Best Art Direction and Costume Design
The Queen (2006)
“After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.”
-Won Best Actress for Helen Mirren, Nominated for Picture, Director for Stephen Frears, Original Screenplay, Costume Design and Original Score — available Jan. 15
Capote (2005)
“In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel ‘In Cold Blood,’ Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.”
-Won Best Actor for Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nominated for Picture, Director for Bennett Miller, Supporting Actress for Catherine Keener and Adapted Screenplay
Babel (2006)
“Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.”
-Won Best Original Score, Nominated for Picture, Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Supporting Actress for Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi, Original Screenplay and Film Editing
Thelma & Louise (1991)
“Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed.”
-Won Best Original Screenplay, Nominated for Director for Ridley Scott, Actress for Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, Cinematography and Film Editing
Love Story (1970)
“A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing – and then tragedy strikes.”
-Won Best Original Score, Nominated for Picture, Director for Arthur Hiller, Actor for Ryan O’Neal, Actress for Ali MacGraw, Supporting Actor for John Marley and Original Screenplay
Cold Mountain (2003)
“In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.”
-Won Best Supporting Actress for Renée Zellweger, Nominated for Actor for Jude Law, Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score and Original Song (for “Scarlet Tide” and “You Will Be My Ain True Love”)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
“With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.”
-Won Best Original Song (for “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp”), Nominated for Actor for Terrence Howard
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
“The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn’t paralyzed.”
-Nominated for Best Director for Julian Schanbel, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography and Film Editing — available Jan. 15
Revolutionary Road (2008)
“A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Michael Shannon, Art Direction and Costume Design
Ironweed (1987)
“An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his home town of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.”
-Nominated for Best Actor for Jack Nicholson and Actress for Meryl Streep
Shirley Valentine (1989)
“Shirley’s a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband’s chip’n’egg, wondering what happened to her life. When her best friend wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece for two, Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.”
-Nominated for Best Actress for Pauline Collins and Original Song (for “The Girl Who Used to Be Me”)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
“A Brooklyn teenager feels his only chance to succeed is as the king of the disco floor. His carefree youth and weekend dancing help him to forget the reality of his bleak life.”
-Nominated for Best Actor for John Travolta
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
“The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.”
-Nominated for Best Actress for Ellen Burstyn
The Karate Kid (1984)
“A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Pat Morita
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
“An affluent New York couple finds their lives touched, intruded upon, and compelled by a mysterious young black man who is never quite who he says he is.”
-Nominated for Best Actress for Stockard Channing
Street Smart (1987)
“A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Morgan Freeman
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
“A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House. He kidnaps the soprano and forces the owners of the play to keep her as the lead role of the play.”
-Nominated for Best Art Direction, Cinematography and Original Song (for “Learn to be Lonely”)
Black Rain (1989)
“Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he’s extradited to Japan.”
-Nominated for Best Sound and Sound Effects Editing
Hamlet (1990)
“Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.”
-Nominated for Best Art Direction and Costume Design
The Parent Trap (1961)
“Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.”
-Nominated for Best Film Editing and Sound
Total Recall (1990)
“When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real – or does he?”
-Nominated for Best Sound and Sound Effects Editing
The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
“Daniel accompanies his mentor, Mr. Miyagi, to Miyagi’s childhood home in Okinawa. Miyagi visits his dying father and confronts his old rival, while Daniel falls in love and inadvertently makes a new rival of his own.”
-Nominated for Best Original Song (for “Glory of Love”)