Didn’t have time to catch the best films of 2023 yet? There’s still time. You can watch the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards from the comfort of your couch.
Here’s how you can stream this year’s 10 best picture contenders before the Oscars airs on March 10 on ABC.
American Fiction
- Also nominated for Best Actor (Jeffrey Wright), Best Supporting Actor (Sterling K. Brown), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score
American Fiction is based on the 2001 novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett. It’s a satire following a Black novelist named Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Wright), who is frustrated with the white literary world’s obsession with “Black misery porn” and cliché stories. To correct his errors, he writes his own under a pen name to prove a point.
Where to watch: Available for purchase on Prime Video, YouTube, Vudu and Google Play.
Anatomy of a Fall
- Also nominated for Best Director (Justine Triet), Best Actress (Sandra Hüller), Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing
“Anatomy of a Fall” is a crime drama about a woman whose husband dies under mysterious circumstances with her blind son being the key witness.
Where to watch: Available for rent or purchase on Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and YouTube.
Barbie
- Also nominated for Best Supporting Actress (America Ferrera), Best Supporting Actor (Ryan Gosling), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Original Song (two songs in the same category), Best Production Design
Do we really need to give a synopsis on one of the year’s biggest films? If you need a refresher, this Greta Gerwig-directed film stars Margot Robbie as the beloved Mattel doll who makes her way into the human world.
Where to watch: Available on Max for subscribers. It is also available for rent or purchase on Apple TV, Vudu and Google Play.
The Holdovers
- Also nominated for Best Actor (Paul Giamatti), Best Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing
If you’re a fan of movies like Good Will Hunting, then The Holdovers is perfect for you. It’s a heart-warming coming-of-age comedy about a boarding school teacher, a student and the school’s head cook forming an unlikely friendship over Christmas break.
Where to watch: Available on Peacock for subscribers. It is also available to rent or purchase on Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu, YouTube, and Apple TV.
Killers of the Flower Moon
- Also nominated for Best Director (Martin Scorsese), Best Actress (Lily Gladstone), Best Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro), Best Costume Design, Best Original Song, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography
Adapted from the David Grann nonfiction book of the same name, Killers of the Flower Moon is a drama about the string of deaths in Osage Nation. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, who is enlisted by his uncle William Hale (De Niro) in Oklahoma in a scheme to rob the Osage of their wealth. Lily Gladstone plays Ernest’s wife, Mollie, whose family members become murder targets.
Where to watch: Available on Apple TV+ for subscribers. Also available for purchase on Prime Video, Vudu, Google Play and YouTube.
Maestro
- Also nominated for Best Actress (Carey Mulligan), Best Actor (Bradley Cooper), Best Original Screenplay, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound and Best Cinematography
Bradley Cooper directed and starred in this biopic about the life of conductor Leonard Bernstein, most known for his work in co-creating West Side Story. This film focuses on Bernstein’s 25-year marriage to Felicia Montealegre (Mulligan).
Where to watch: Available on Netflix for subscribers.
Oppenheimer
- Also nominated for Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), Best Supporting Actress (Emily Blunt), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Film Editing, Best Sound and Best Cinematography
The most-nominated film of the year is director Christopher Nolan’s examination of the creator of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer. The film is largely based on the book American Prometheus.
Where to watch: Available on Peacock for subscribers. It is available for purchase or rent on Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube, Vudu, and Google Play.
Past Lives
- Also nominated for Best Original Screenplay
The film, directed by Celine Song, follows a pair of friends who are separated when one’s family moves from South Korea to the United States — and how they reconnect years later. It stars Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro.
Where to watch: Available on Paramount+ for subscribers. It is available for rent or purchase on Vudu, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Poor Things
- Also nominated for Best Director (Yorgos Lanthimos), Best Actress (Emma Stone), Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography
Based on Alasdair Gray’s book of the same name, Poor Things follows a woman named Bella Baxter (Stone), who is brought back to life by an unconventional scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), after her brain is replaced with that of her unborn child. And that’s just the beginning of the weirdness.
Where to watch: Available on Hulu for subscribers beginning March 7. It is available for purchase on Prime Video, Google Play, Amazon Prime and Apple TV.
The Zone of Interest
- Also nominated for Best Director (Jonathan Glazer), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best International Feature and Best Sound.
The German-language Holocaust drama follows German SS officer Rudolf Höss (played by Christian Friedel), his wife (played by Hüller, who is also nominated for Anatomy of a Fall) and their family as they build a life in a farmhouse neighboring the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Where to stream: It is available for purchase on Apple TV+.
