The 2024 Academy Awards Viewing Guide

A new year, a new Oscars. With just under three weeks to go until Hollywood’s biggest night, many of you are looking forward to catching up with some of the year’s greatest films, and also a couple others. But where do you find these movies, especially the under-the-radar ones that are often overlooked? I present to you the 2024 Academy Awards Viewing Guide!

Above the Line
Films with nominations for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and all acting categories are listed here.

Oppenheimer
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing.
Available on Peacock and for digital purchase/rental.

Poor Things
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing.
Currently playing in theaters and available for digital purchase.

Killers of the Flower Moon
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing.
Available on Apple TV+ and for digital purchase.

Barbie
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song x2, Best Production Design, and Best Costume Design.
Available on Max and for digital purchase/rental.

Maestro
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Available on Netflix.

American Fiction
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score.
Currently playing in theaters and available for digital purchase; available for digital rental on 3/8.

Anatomy of a Fall
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing.
Available for digital purchase/rental.

The Holdovers
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing.
Available on Peacock and for digital purchase/rental.

The Zone of Interest
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, and Best Sound.
Currently playing in theaters and available for digital purchase.

Past Lives
Nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
Available on Paramount+, Showtime, and for digital purchase/rental.

Nyad
Nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
Available on Netflix.

May December
Nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
Available on Netflix.

Rustin
Nominated for Best Actor.
Available on Netflix.

The Color Purple
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
Available on Max and for digital purchase; available for digital rental on 3/1.

Below the Line
Films with craft nominations only are listed here.

Napoleon
Nominated for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Visual Effects.
Available for digital purchase; available on Apple TV+ on 3/1.

The Creator
Nominated for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects.
Available on Hulu and for digital purchase/rental.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Nominated for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects.
Available on Paramount+ and for digital purchase/rental.

Society of the Snow
Nominated for Best International Feature Film and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Available on Netflix.

American Symphony
Nominated for Best Original Song.
Available on Netflix.

Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Available on Disney+.

The Boy and the Heron
Nominated for Best Animated Feature.
Currently unavailable to stream but may be playing in theaters near you.

El Conde
Nominated for Best Cinematography.
Available on Netflix.

Elemental
Nominated for Best Animated Feature.
Available on Disney+ and for digital purchase/rental.

The Eternal Memory
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Available on Paramount+ and for digital purchase/rental.

Flamin’ Hot
Nominated for Best Original Song.
Available on Disney+ and Hulu.

Four Daughters
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Available for digital purchase/rental.

Godzilla Minus One
Nominated for Best Visual Effects.
Currently unavailable to stream but may be playing in theaters near you.

Golda
Nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Available on Paramount+, Showtime, and for digital purchase/rental.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Nominated for Best Visual Effects.
Available on Disney+ and for digital purchase/rental.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Nominated for Best Original Score.
Available on Disney+ and for digital purchase/rental.

Io capitano
Nominated for Best International Feature Film.
Currently unavailable to stream but may be playing in theaters near you.

Nimona
Nominated for Best Animated Feature.
Available on Netflix and on YouTube for free.

Perfect Days
Nominated for Best International Feature Film.
Currently playing in select theaters; available for digital purchase on 3/5.

Robot Dreams
Nominated for Best Animated Feature.
Currently unavailable to stream; available in theaters as a one-night-only event on 3/6. A wider theatrical release will follow in May.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Nominated for Best Animated Feature.
Available on Netflix and for digital purchase/rental.

The Teachers’ Lounge
Nominated for Best International Feature Film.
Currently unavailable to stream but may be playing in theaters near you (author’s note: I saw this a couple weeks ago, it’s good!)

To Kill a Tiger
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Currently unavailable to stream.

20 Days in Mariupol
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Available for digital purchase/rental.

The Shorts
The shorts are all playing in theaters, but they sometimes can be easily found online! (and if they’re not listed here, send me a private message!)

The ABCs of Book Banning
Nominated for Best Documentary Short Film.
Available on Paramount+.

The After
Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film.
Available on Netflix.

The Barber of Little Rock
Nominated for Best Documentary Short Film.
Available on YouTube for free.

Invincible
Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film.
Available on Vimeo for free.

Island in Between
Nominated for Best Documentary Short Film.
Available on YouTube for free.

Knight of Fortune
Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film.
Available on YouTube for free.

The Last Repair Shop
Nominated for Best Documentary Short Film.
Available on Netflix.

Letter to a Pig
Nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
Currently unavailable to stream; only playing in theaters.

Nai Nai and Wai Po
Nominated for Best Documentary Short Film.
Available on Disney+ and Hulu.

Ninety-Five Senses
Nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
Currently unavailable to stream; only playing in theaters.

Our Uniform
Nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
Currently unavailable to stream; only playing in theaters.

Pachyderme
Nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
Currently unavailable to stream; only playing in theaters.

Red, White and Blue
Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film.
Currently unavailable to stream; only playing in theaters.

War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko
Nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
Currently unavailable to stream; only playing in theaters.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film.
Available on Netflix.

Stay tuned for my review of the Oscar shorts next week and my prediction game the following week!