May 2018 will see many Oscar nominated and winning films become available on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu. There are even two Oscar winning movies from this year: Coco and I, Tonya, in addition to nominated documentary Faces Places. Others include Best Picture winners The Hurt Locker, Rocky and Rain Man and fan favorites like The Matrix, Shrek and The Bourne Ultimatum.
Check out the full list of Oscar nominated and winning movies that will become available to stream on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu in May 2018:
Coco (2017)
“Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.” –available May 29
-Won Best Animated Feature Film and Original Song (for “Remember Me”)
Shrek (2001)
“After his swamp is filled with magical creatures, Shrek agrees to rescue Princess Fiona for a villainous lord in order to get his land back.”
-Won Best Animated Feature Film, Nominated for Adapted Screenplay
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
“Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.”
-Won Best Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing
Amélie (2001)
“Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.”
-Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Original Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography and Sound
Faces Places (2017)
“Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.” –available May 5
-Nominated for Best Documentary Feature
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.” –available May 14
-Nominated for Best Art Direction, Cinematography and Original Song (for “Learn to Be Lonely”)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
“The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures.”
-Nominated for Best Makeup
The Hurt Locker (2009)
“During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Kathryn Bigelow, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing, Nominated for Actor for Jeremy Renner, Cinematography and Original Score
Rocky (1976)
“A small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for John G. Avildsen and Film Editing, Nominated for Actor for Sylvester Stallone, Actress for Talia Shire, Supporting Actor for Burgess Meredith and Burt Young, Original Screenplay, Sound and Original Song (for “Gonna Fly Now”)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
“In December 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.”
-Won Best Supporting Actress for Ingrid Bergman, Nominated for Actor for Albert Finney, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Costume Design and Original Score
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
“Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.”
-Won Best Documentary Feature and Original Song (for “I Need to Wake Up”)
Wonder Boys (2000)
“An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.”
-Won Best Original Song (for “Things Have Changed”), Nominated for Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing
The Golden Compass (2007)
“In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.”
-Won Best Visual Effects, Nominated for Art Direction
Goldfinger (1964)
“Investigating a gold magnate’s smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.”
-Won Best Sound Effects
Thunderball (1965)
“James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.”
-Won Best Visual Effects
The Elephant Man (1980)
“A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.”
-Nominated for Best Picture, Director for David Lynch, Actor for John Hurt, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Costume Design, Film Editing and Original Score
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
“James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. Agent, whose lover he killed.”
-Nominated for Best Art Direction, Original Score and Original Song (for “Nobody Does It Better”)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
“A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become “real” so that he can regain the love of his human mother.”
-Nominated for Best Original Score and Visual Effects
Sabrina (1995)
“An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.”
-Nominated for Original Score, Musical or Comedy, and Original Song (for “Moonlight”)
Warrior (2011)
“The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.” –available May 5
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Nick Nolte
Bull Durham (1988)
“A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.”
-Nominated for Best Original Screenplay
Strategic Air Command (1955)
“An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.”
-Nominated for Best Motion Picture Story
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
“A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.”
-Nominated for Best Sound
Live and Let Die (1973)
“007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.”
-Nominated for Best Original Song (for “Live and Let Die”)
Rocky III (1982)
“After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy.”
-Nominated for Best Original Song (for “Eye of the Tiger”)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
“Eliza and Debbie are two sisters who don’t always get along. But their relationship is put to the test when Debbie’s life is in danger, and Eliza might have to give up her power to talk to animals.”
-Nominated for Best Original Song (for “Father and Daughter”)
Rain Man (1988)
“Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt’s father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.” –available May 31
-Won Best Picture, Director for Barry Levinson, Actor for Dustin Hoffman and Original Screenplay, Nominated for Art Direction, Cinematography, Film Editing and Original Score
Rocky (1976)
“A small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for John G. Avildsen and Film Editing, Nominated for Actor for Sylvester Stallone, Actress for Talia Shire, Supporting Actor for Burgess Meredith and Burt Young, Original Screenplay, Sound and Original Song (for “Gonna Fly Now”)
Traffic (2000)
“A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America’s escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron’s wife attempts to carry on the family business.”
-Won Best Director for Steven Soderbergh, Supporting Actor for Benicio del Toro, Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing, Nominated for Picture
I, Tonya (2017)
“Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.” –available May 31
-Won Best Supporting Actress for Allison Janney, Nominated for Actress for Margot Robbie and Film Editing
The Matrix (1999)
“A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.”
-Won Best Film Editing, Sound, Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects
Malèna (2000)
“Amidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.”
-Nominated for Best Cinematography and Original Score
Warrior (2011)
“The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.” –available May 5
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Nick Nolte
Bull Durham (1988)
“A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.”
-Nominated for Best Original Screenplay
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
“An illegal Nigerian immigrant discovers the unpalatable side of London life.”
-Nominated for Best Original Screenplay
Strategic Air Command (1955)
“An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.”
-Nominated for Best Motion Picture Story
Rocky III (1982)
“After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy.”
-Nominated for Best Original Song (for “Eye of the Tiger”)