Where to Stream (and Buy) the Academy Award Nominated Films
American Fiction
2023 – 117 Mins – R – Director: Cord Jefferson
Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, propeling him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Not yet available
Anatomy of a Fall
2023 (France) – 152 Mins – R – Director: Justine Triet
Available to buy or rent at Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google, Vudu, Microsoft, Youtube
Barbie
2023 – 114 Mins – PG-13 – Director: Greta Gerwig
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans. Stars Margot Robbie, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Ryan Gosling.
Available to buy or rent at Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google, Vudu, Microsoft, Youtube
Available free on Max
Available now on DVD and Blu-ray
The Holdovers
2023 – 133 Mins – R – Director: Alexander Payne
The film follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam. Stars Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa.
Available to buy or rent at Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google, Vudu, Microsoft, Youtube
Available free on Peacock
Availabale now on DVD and Blu-ray
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 – 206 Mins – R – Director: Martin Scorsese
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one – until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone.
Available to buy or rent at Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google, Vudu, Microsoft, Youtube
Maestro
2023 – 129 Mins – R – Director: Bradley Cooper
This fearless love story chronicles the complicated lifelong relationship between music legend Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. Stars Bradley Cooper, Carrie Mulligan.
Available free on Netflix
Oppenheimer
2023 – 181 Mins – R – Director: Christopher Nolan
The breathtaking story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. Stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., and Florence Pugh.
Available to buy or rent at Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google, Vudu, Microsoft, Youtube
Available free on Peacock February 16
Available now on DVD and Blu-ray
Past Lives
2023 (US/South Korea) – 106 Mins – PG-13 – Director: Celine Song.
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
Available to buy or rent at Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google, Vudu, Microsoft, Youtube
Available free on Paramount+, Showtime February 12
Available now on DVD and Blu-ray
Poor Things
2023 (Ireland/UK/US) – 142 Mins – R – Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
The incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe).
Not yet available
The Zone of Interest
2023 (Germany) – 105 Mins – PG-13 – Director: Jonathan Glazer
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
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