Behold another month of Oscar nominees and winners on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu. November 2018 will feature all kinds of Oscar nominated titles, including Best Picture winners The English Patient and Terms of Endearment, newer movies like Big Hero 6, Doctor Strange and Wonder, and beloved films like Amélie, The Birdcage, Children of Men, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Good Will Hunting and the James Bond classics.
All films listed below are available as of today, Nov. 1, unless otherwise indicated. Happy watching!
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
“The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker’s fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.”
-Won Best Costume Design, Makeup and Sound Effects Editing, Nominated for Art Direction
Cape Fear (1991)
“A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.”
-Nominated for Best Actor for Robert De Niro and Supporting Actress for Juliette Lewis
Children of Men (2006)
“In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.”
-Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography and Film Editing
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
“Roy Neary, an electric lineman, watches how his quiet and ordinary daily life turns upside down after a close encounter with a UFO.”
–Won Best Cinematography, Nominated for Best Director for Steven Spielberg, Supporting Actress for Melinda Dillon, Art Direction, Film Editing, Original Score and Visual Effects
Doctor Strange (2016)
“While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.”
-Nominated for Best Visual Effects
The English Patient (1996)
“At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Anthony Minghella, Supporting Actress for Juliette Binoche, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score and Sound, Nominated for Actor for Ralph Fiennes, Actress for Kristin Scott Thomas and Adapted Screenplay
Good Will Hunting (1997)
“Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.”
-Won Best Supporting Actor for Robin Williams and Original Screenplay, Nominated for Picture, Director for Gus Van Sant, Actor for Matt Damon, Supporting Actress for Minnie Driver, Film Editing, Original Score and Original Song (for “Miss Misery”)
Julie & Julia (2009)
“Julia Child’s story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell’s 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child’s first book.”
-Nominated for Best Actress for Meryl Streep
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
“Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.”
-Won Best Costume Design
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
“Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock’s ancestor.”
-Nominated for Best Original Score
Alice (1990)
“A spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.”
-Nominated for Best Original Screenplay
The Birdcage (1996)
“A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée’s right-wing moralistic parents.”
-Nominated for Best Art Direction
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
“Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.”
-Won Best Actor for Nicolas Cage, Nominated for Director for Mike Figgis, Actress for Elisabeth Shue and Adapted Screenplay
Michael Clayton (2007)
“A law firm brings in its “fixer” to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.”
-Won Best Supporting Actress for Tilda Swinton, Nominated for Picture, Director for Tony Gilroy, Actor for George Clooney, Supporting Actor for Tom Wilkinson, Original Screenplay and Original Score
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
“The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life’s calling.”
-Won Best Original Song (for “Al otro lado del rio”), Nominated for Adapted Screenplay
The Red Violin (1998)
“A perfect red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.”
-Won Best Original Score
Terms of Endearment (1983)
“Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter’s family problems.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for James L. Brooks, Actress for Shirley MacLaine, Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson and Adapted Screenplay, Nominated for Actress for Debra Winger, Supporting Actor for John Lithgow, Art Direction, Film Editing, Original Score and Sound
Wonder (2017)
“Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.” –available Nov. 2
-Nominated for Best Makeup & Hairstyling
The Accused (1988)
“After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.”
-Won Best Actress for Jodie Foster
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
“Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.”
-Won Best Costume Design
Alice (1990)
“A spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.”
-Nominated for Best Original Screenplay
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
Big Hero 6 (2014)
“The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.” –available Nov. 10
-Won Best Animated Feature Film
The Birdcage (1996)
“A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée’s right-wing moralistic parents.”
-Nominated for Best Art Direction
Cartel Land (2015)
“Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border.” –available Nov. 15
-Nominated for Best Documentary Feature
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
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
“Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.”
-Nominated for Best Original Song (for “For Your Eyes Only”)
Goldfinger (1964)
“While investigating a gold magnate’s smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.”
-Won Best Sound Effects
Hoosiers (1986)
“A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Dennis Hopper and Original Score
Jane Eyre (2011)
“A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he’s hiding a terrible secret.”
-Nominated for Best Costume Design
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
“Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.”
-Won Best Actor for Nicolas Cage, Nominated for Director for Mike Figgis, Actress for Elisabeth Shue and Adapted Screenplay
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”)
Monster’s Ball (2001)
“After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard reexamines his attitudes while falling in love with the African American wife of the last prisoner he executed.” –available Nov. 11
-Won Best Actress for Halle Berry, Nominated for Original Screenplay
Moonraker (1979)
“James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.”
-Nominated for Best Visual Effects
Pleasantville (1998)
“Two 1990s teenage siblings find themselves in a 1950s sitcom, where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.”
-Nominated for Best Art Direction, Costume Design and Original Score
Radio Days (1987)
“A nostalgic look at radio’s golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.”
-Nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Art Direction
The Red Violin (1999)
The Red Violin (1998)
“A perfect red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.”
-Won Best Original Score
Rob Roy (1995)
“In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Tim Roth
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
“A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.”
-Nominated for Best Cinematography
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”)
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
Wonder (2017)
“Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.” –available Nov. 2
-Nominated for Best Makeup & Hairstyling