Hollywood’s biggest night is just a few weeks away and now we know who all of the major players are.
Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced this morning. There are 23 awards categories that honor films released theatrically between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.
Despite a handful of snubs and surprises, the roster of films being honored this year are quite the well-rounded mix; there are a handful of biopics, two big musicals, animated fare, sci-fi horror representation, and, of course, one 3.5 hour epic.
While not every movie is available to stream online yet, Prime Video has the most comprehensive library of Oscar nominees available from both its on-demand store and its library of channel add-ons that offer free trials.
If you’re cramming for the Oscars, trying to fit as many in, make Prime Video your one stop shop. Below, check out 13 Oscar nominees available on Prime Video at the time of publishing.
What is it about? Based on the musical of the same name, “Wicked” is a prequel to “The Wizard of Oz” that follows the Wicked Witch of the West’s university years, as she becomes friends with a young, bubbly Glinda the Good.
Who is in it? Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum
Nominations received (10): Best Picture, Best Actress (Erivo), Best Supporting Actress (Grande), Best Original Score (Stephen Schwartz), Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects
How to watch on Prime Video: “Wicked” is available to buy ($29.99) or rent ($19.99).
What is it about? After the pope dies, the College of Cardinals is responsible for electing the new pope at a papal conclave. Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes), the dean of the College, begins investigating secrets and scandals about top candidates as they come to light.
Who is in it? Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini
Nominations received (9): Best Picture, Best Director (Edward Berger), Best Actor (Fiennes), Best Supporting Actress (Rossellini), Best Adapted Screenplay (Peter Straughn), Best Original Score (Volker Bertelmann), Best Film Editing, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design
How to watch on Prime Video: You can buy ($9.99) or rent ($5.99) “Conclave.”
What is it about? “Anora” follows Ani, a Brooklyn sex worker who marries the son of a Russian Oligarch on a whim so he can stay in the country. What follows is a modern screwball comedy; the Cinderella story is flipped on its head.
Who is in it? Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian
Nominations received (6): Best Picture, Best Director (Sean Baker), Best Actress (Madison), Best Supporting Actor (Borisov), Best Original Screenplay (Baker), Best Film Editing
How to watch on Prime Video: “Anora” is currently available to buy ($19.99) or rent ($9.99).
What is it about? The sequel to “Dune” picks up with Paul Atreides in the aftermath of the House Atreides massacre teaming up with the Fremen people of Arrakis to wage war on House Harkonnen.
Who is in it? Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh
Nominations received (5): Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects
How to watch on Prime Video: “Dune: Part Two” costs $3.99 to rent or $9.99 to buy on Prime Video. You can also watch it via Max on Prime Video Channels.
What is it about? A fading celebrity, fired from her job upon turning 50, takes a black market drug designed to create a younger, hotter version of herself.
Who is in it? Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
Nominations received (4): Best Director (Coralie Fargeat), Best Actress (Moore), Best Original Screenplay (Fargeat), Best Makeup and Hairstyling
How to watch on Prime Video: You can watch for free with a seven-day free trial to Mubi via Prime Video. “The Substance” is also available to rent ($5.99) or buy ($19.99).
What is it about? A remake of the classic vampire tale, “Nosferatu” is a tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Who is in it? Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe
Nominations received (4): Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design
How to watch on Prime Video: “Nosferatu” is currently available to buy ($24.99) or rent ($19.99).
What is it about? A robot shipwrecked on an island must adapt to her new surroundings, making relationships with the inhabitants of that island while also being the adoptive mother to an orphaned baby bird.
Who is in it? Lupita Nyong’o, Kit Connor, Pedro Pascal
Nominations received (3): Best Animated Feature, Best Original Score (Kris Bowers), Best Sound
How to watch on Prime Video: “The Wild Robot” is currently available to buy ($19.99) or rent ($5.99).
What is it about? Two cousins, once close, embark on a guided Holocaust tour of Poland to honor their late grandmother, visit her childhood home, and reconnect with each other.
Who is in it? Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey
Nominations received (2): Best Supporting Actor (Culkin), Best Original Screenplay (Eisenberg)
How to watch on Prime Video: You can buy “A Real Pain” on-demand for $19.99.
What is it about? Explores Donald Trump’s rise to power in the 1970s through his relationship with high powered fixer and right-wing lawyer Roy Cohn.
Who is in it? Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova
Nominations received (2): Best Actor (Stan), Best Supporting Actor (Strong)
How to watch on Prime Video: “The Apprentice” is available to buy ($19.99) or rent ($5.99).
What is it about? Based on the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison, “Sing Sing” follows a group of incarcerated men (many of whom are playing themselves in the film) who create theatrical stage shows in prison through the program.
Who is in it? Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San José, Paul Raci
Nominations received (3): Best Actor (Domingo), Best Adapted Screenplay (Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley, story by Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley, Clarence Maclin, and John “Divine G” Whitfield), Best Orignal Song (“Like A Bird”)
How to watch on Prime Video: You can pre-order a digital copy of “Sing Sing” now for $24.99; it will likely be released on January 31.
What is it about? A cat teams up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog in search of dry land after their home is devastated by a flood.
Who is in it? N/A (silent film)
Nominations received (2): Best Animated Feature, Best International Feature Film
How to watch on Prime Video: “Flow” is available to buy ($19.99) or rent ($5.99).
What is it about? The sequel to “Inside Out” follows the emotions in Riley’s head as they make room for new emotions as she becomes a teenager.
Who is in it? Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri
Nominations received (1): Best Animated Feature
How to watch on Prime Video: “Inside Out 2” is available to rent for $5.99.
“Memoir of a Snail”
What is it about? After a series of many misfortunes, a snail-collecting, melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself and the silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.
Who is in it? Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
Nominations received (1): Best Animated Feature
How to watch on Prime Video: You can watch for free with a seven-day free trial to AMC+ via Prime Video. “The Substance” is also available to rent ($4.99) or buy ($14.99).
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