Yahoo Lifestyle How to Watch Every 2025 Oscar Nominee (Including the Shorts)
Bright and early on Jan. 23, 2025, 50 new movies were given the prestigious title "Oscar Nominee." From big-budget studio films like Wicked and sci-fi movies like Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes to international dramas like I'm Still Here and short films like Yuck!, the nominees ran the gamut of what cinema has to offer.
With the nominees announced and the Oscars ceremony not until March 2, 2025, that gives you time to watch as many of the nominated movies as possible. The only tricky part is tracking them down. What's in theaters? What's on Netflix? Which shorts are only available on The New York Times website, and which movies aren't available at all? Plus, over the coming weeks, many of the nominees are likely to switch things up as they aim to be seen by as many people as possible in this lucrative window of opportunity.
To help you out with your Oscar movie viewings, we've put together a list of exactly where you can watch every single nominee, and we'll be updating it regularly until the Academy Awards, so that you can check back and see if something new has arrived to a streaming service near you.
Related: Here Are the 2025 Academy Award Nominees
Happy watching and good luck on your office Oscar pool!
2025 Oscar nominees and how to watch them
A Lien
Nominations Received: One — Best Live Action Short Film
What It's About: A young couple sort through a dangerous immigration process.
Oscar Chances: Since the shorts races have gained relatively little attention up until now, we won't be assessing their chances at winning an Oscar.
How to Watch: Vimeo
Alien: Romulus
Nominations Received: One — Best Visual Effects
What It's About: A standalone film in the Alien universe about a group of youngsters looking to escape a mining planet who end up on a ship infested with aliens.
Oscar Chances: Unlikely to beat Dune: Part Two
How to Watch: Hulu
Anora
Nominations Received: Six — Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Mikey Madison), Best Supporting Actor (Yura Borisov), Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing
What It's About: A young stripper gets married to a Russian oligarch and everything seems hunky dory until his parents decide to force them to divorce.
Oscar Chances: Due to the preferential ballot, Anora could take home a Best Picture win. Its other best shot is in the Original Screenplay category.
How to Watch: Video on demand
Anuja
Nominations Received: One — Best Live Action Short Film
What It's About: A young girl in India is given the opportunity to leave work at a clothing factory and attend school.
How to Watch: Netflix
The Apprentice
Nominations Received: Two — Best Actor (Sebastian Stan), Best Supporting Actor (Jeremy Strong)
What It's About: The early life of Donald Trump and his relationship with Roy Cohn.
Oscar Chances: Neither are frontrunners, but given the current developments with the Trump presidency, we could see a surge since the film is critical of the president.
How to Watch: Video on demand
Beautiful Men
Nominations Received: One — Best Animated Short Film
What It's About: Three bald brothers travel to Turkey to receive hair transplants.
How to Watch: Coming to theaters via ShortsTV on Feb. 14
Better Man
Nominations Received: One —Best Visual Effects
What It's About: A Robbie Williams biopic in which Williams is played by a CGI monkey for some reason.
Oscar Chances: Again, it's up against Dune: Part Two, so its chances of winning are slim.
How to Watch: Video on demand
Black Box Diaries
Nominations Received: One — Best Documentary Feature Film
What It's About: An investigative journalist in Japan accuses a powerful man of rape in a society built not to believe women.
Oscar Chances: While No Other Land seems like the most likely winner, if enough voters decide not to reward the pro-Palestine doc, Black Box Diaries could swoop in.
How to Watch: Paramount+ with Showtime
The Brutalist
Nominations Received: Ten — Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Adrien Brody), Best Supporting Actor (Guy Pearce), Best Supporting Actress (Felicity Jones), Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing
What It's About: A Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor moves to Philadelphia and is hired by a wealthy family as an architect.
Oscar Chances: The Brutalist really could walk away with a number of trophies. Best Original Score and Best Actor for Brody seem highly likely. Best Picture, Director and Cinematography are also on the table. If the Academy goes all in, then it could also snatch Original Screenplay and Film Editing. Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Production Design seem like longshots.
How to Watch: Currently in theaters
A Complete Unknown
Nominations Received: Eight — Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Timothée Chalamet), Best Supporting Actor (Edward Norton), Best Supporting Actress (Monica Barbaro), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Costume Design
What It's About: The early career of Bob Dylan and his relationships with two early loves.
Oscar Chances: Best Actor for Chalamet seems the best bet if he can overtake Adrien Brody. Best Sound could also be in play but the other categories will be tough to win.
How to Watch: Currently in theaters
Conclave
Nominations Received: Eight — Best Picture, Best Actor (Ralph Fiennes), Best Supporting Actress (Isabella Rossellini), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing
What It's About: A group of cardinals getting together to vote on the new pope.
Oscar Chances: Like Anora, Conclave will benefit from the ranked choice voting in Best Picture. Otherwise Adapted Screenplay and Original Score seem like the best bets. Production Design and Costume Design are up against Wicked, but if the Academy decides that movie is too frivolous, then Conclave could nab those.
How to Watch: Peacock
Death by Numbers
Nominations Received: One — Best Documentary Short Film
What It's About: A school shooting survivor confronts the attacker in a healing journey.
How to Watch: Coming to theaters via ShortsTV on Feb. 14
A Different Man
Nominations Received: One — Best Makeup and Hairstyling
What It's About: An actor with a disfiguring facial condition has surgery to reverse the condition only to lose roles to another actor with the same condition.
Oscar Chances: The makeup work is impressive, so it is neck and neck with The Substance.
How to Watch: Max
Dune: Part Two
Nominations Received: Five — Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects
What It's About: The sequel to Dune in which Timmy rides sand worms and attacks the Harkonnens.
Oscar Chances: It will almost certainly win Best Visual Effects and stands a chance in Sound, Production Design and Cinematography.
How to Watch: Netflix and Max
Elton John: Never Too Late
Nominations Received: One — Best Original Song ("Never Too Late")
What It's About: An Elton John concert documentary.
Oscar Chances: It's unlikely to beat the Emilia Peréz songs and the Diane Warren entry.
How to Watch: Disney +
Emilia Pérez
Nominations Received: Thirteen — Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Karla Sofia Gascón), Best Supporting Actress (Zoe Saldana), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, Best Original Score, Best Original Song ("El Mal"), Best Original Song ("Mi Camino"), Best Sound, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Film Editing
What It's About: A Mexican drug lord undergoes gender-affirming surgery and then returns to her family pretending to be a distant relative.
Oscar Chances: Due to its polarizing nature, Emilia Peréz's chances really vary widely. It seems like a lock for Best Supporting Actress, but every other category could go either way.
How to Watch: Netflix
Flow
Nominations Received: Two — Best International Feature Film, Best Animated Feature
What It's About: A group of animals on a tiny boat during a mythical flood.
Oscar Chances: While it seems unlikely to win International Feature, it could snatch Animated Feature due to its devoted fan base.
How to Watch: Video on demand
The Girl with the Needle
Nominations Received: One — Best International Feature Film
What It's About: A factory worker becomes a wet nurse for an adoption agency only to learn the owner's dark secrets.
Oscar Chances: Unlikely.
How to Watch: Mubi
Gladiator II
Nominations Received: One — Best Costume Design
What It's About: The sequel to Gladiator about a gladiator.
Oscar Chances: It's an honor just to be nominated.
How to Watch: Paramount+
I Am Ready, Warden
Nominations Received: One — Best Documentary Short Film
What It's About: A documentary about a convicted murderer sentenced to death.
How to Watch: Paramount+
I'm Not a Robot
Nominations Received: One — Best Live Action Short Film
What It's About: After failing a CAPTCHA test while rebooting her computer, a woman is transported to an alternate reality.
How to Watch: The New Yorker
I'm Still Here
Nominations Received: Three — Best Picture, Best Actress (Fernanda Torres), Best International Feature Film
What It's About: Eunice Paiva, a Brazilian activist, investigating the disappearance of her husband under a military dictatorship.
Oscar Chances: While conventional wisdom would say that Emilia Peréz is likely to win International Feature, I think I'm Still Here could be a sleeper. Torres could also win the topsy-turvy Best Actress race.
How to Watch: Currently in theaters
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Nominations Received: One — Best Animated Short Film
What It's About: In a seaside house, a former captain suffers from PTSD.
How to Watch: Coming to theaters via ShortsTV on Feb. 14
Incident
Nominations Received: One — Best Documentary Short Film
What It's About: A doc focusing on a 2018 shooting by a police officer featuring bodycam and surveillance footage.
How to Watch: Coming to theaters via ShortsTV on Feb. 14
Inside Out 2
Nominations Received: One — Best Animated Feature
What It's About: The various emotions in the mind of a teenage girl.
Oscar Chances: Despite making so much money, it's unlikely to win given that it's up against The Wild Robot and Flow.
How to Watch: Disney+
Instruments of a Beating Heart
Nominations Received: One — Best Documentary Short Film
What It's About: A group of Japanese first graders performing a musical number.
How to Watch: The New York Times
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Nominations Received: One — Best Visual Effects
What It's About: Sentient apes and wild people in the future.
Oscar Chances: It's unlikely to beat Dune: Part Two.
How to Watch: Hulu
The Last Ranger
Nominations Received: One — Best Live Action Short Film
What It's About: The last remaining ranger in a South African game reserve.
How to Watch: Coming to theaters via ShortsTV on Feb. 14
Magic Candies
Nominations Received: One — Best Animated Short Film
What It's About: A young boy finds a bag of magic candies that launch special encounters.
How to Watch: Coming to theaters via ShortsTV on Feb. 14
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Nominations Received: One — Best Live Action Short Film
What It's About: A retelling of a 1993 massacre in Croatia by the paramilitary
How to Watch: Coming to theaters via ShortsTV on Feb. 14
Maria
Nominations Received: One — Best Cinematography
What It's About: The final days of Maria Callas.
Oscar Chances: While the cinematography is exquisite, it's unlikely to beat the heavy hitters in this category.
How to Watch: Netflix
Memoir of a Snail
Nominations Received: One — Best Animated Feature
What It's About: A young girl obsessed with snails goes through traumatic events.
Oscar Chances: Just being nominated was the achievement for this melancholy adult drama.
How to Watch: AMC+
Nickel Boys
Nominations Received: Two — Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay
What It's About: A pair of young men sent to a reform school in the Jim Crow-era Florida
Oscar Chances: It could snag Best Adapted Screenplay.
How to Watch: Currently in theaters
No Other Land
Nominations Received: One — Best Documentary Feature Film
What It's About: A group of Palestinians forced off their ancestral land to make room for an Israeli military training ground
Oscar Chances: Although some members of the Academy harbor anti-Palestinian sentiments, it seems likely to win.
How to Watch: Currently in theaters
Nosferatu
Nominations Received: Four — Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design
What It's About: A German version of Dracula
Oscar Chances: Despite incredible work, it seems unlikely to win in any of its four categories.
How to Watch: Video on demand
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Nominations Received: One — Best Documentary Short Film
What It's About: The first female musician in the New York Philharmonic
How to Watch: Netflix
Porcelain War
Nominations Received: One — Best Documentary Feature Film
What It's About: Three friends in the Ukrainian military create porcelain figurines to resist the war.
Oscar Chances: It's unlikely to beat No Other Land.
How to Watch: Currently in theaters
A Real Pain
Nominations Received: Two — Best Supporting Actor (Kieran Culkin), Best Original Screenplay
What It's About: A pair of cousins travel to Poland to pay tribute to their grandmother who survived the Holocaust.
Oscar Chances: It could feasibly win both of its nominations.
How to Watch: Hulu
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Nominations Received: One — Best International Feature Film
What It's About: Teenage girls harbor one of their friends during a protest in Iran.
Oscar Chances: Despite being one of the best films of the year, it will likely lose to either Emilia Peréz or I'm Still Here.
How to Watch: Currently in theaters
September 5
Nominations Received: One — Best Original Screenplay
What It's About: The sports reporters who covered the Munich Olympics Massacre.
Oscar Chances: It's unlikely to win given that it only received one nomination.
How to Watch: Video on demand
Sing Sing
Nominations Received: Three — Best Actor (Colman Domingo), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song ("Like a Bird")
What It's About: A theater rehabilitation group in the Sing Sing prison
Oscar Chances: It most likely will walk away empty-handed.
How to Watch: Currently in theaters
The Six Triple Eight
Nominations Received: One — Best Original Song ("The Journey")
What It's About: The only group of all Black American female soldiers to travel overseas during World War II.
Oscar Chances: While conventional wisdom says that Emilia Peréz is likely to win. I think the Academy should give Diane Warren her Oscar after all of these years.
How to Watch: Netflix
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Nominations Received: One — Best Documentary Feature Film
What It's About: America's use of jazz musicians to influence African politics
Oscar Chances: It's unlikely to beat No Other Land.
How to Watch: Kino Film Collection
The Substance
Nominations Received: Five — Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Demi Moore), Best Original Screenplay, Best Makeup and Hairstyling
What It's About: An aging actress takes a mysterious drug in order to stay young.
Oscar Chances: Demi Moore is the frontrunner in Best Actress, but the movie could feasibly also win Director, Original Screenplay and Makeup and Hairstyling.
How to Watch: Mubi
Sugarcane
Nominations Received: One — Best Documentary Feature Film
What It's About: An investigation into the Canadian Indian residential school system
Oscar Chances: It seems unlikely to beat No Other Land.
How to Watch: Hulu & Disney+
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Nominations Received: One — Best Animated Feature
What It's About: Wallace & Gromit face off against a penguin nemesis.
Oscar Chances: It's unlikely to beat Flow and The Wild Robot.
How to Watch: Netflix
Wander to Wonder
Nominations Received: One — Best Animated Short Film
What It's About: Three characters are trapped on the set of a children's TV show after the host passes away.
How to Watch: Coming to theaters via ShortsTV on Feb. 14
Wicked
Nominations Received: Ten — Best Picture, Best Actress (Cynthia Erivo), Best Supporting Actress (Ariana Grande), Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects
What It's About: A prequel to The Wizard of Oz from the point of view of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Oscar Chances: Best Production Design and Costume Design seem like the obvious wins.
How to Watch: Video on demand
The Wild Robot
Nominations Received: Three — Best Animated Feature, Best Original Score, Best Sound
What It's About: A robot raising a baby goose.
Oscar Chances: It could very well win Animated Feature and Original Score is on the table.
How to Watch: Peacock
Yuck!
Nominations Received: One — Best Animated Short Film
What It's About: Tweens learning that kissing might not be so gross after all.
How to Watch: Coming to theaters via ShortsTV on Feb. 14
