The 2025 Oscar nominations are here, and as always, 10 films are in competition for the night’s top prize: Best Picture.
Of course, this slate of 10 includes both The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez, the Golden Globes winners for Best Motion Picture Drama and Musical/Comedy, respectively.
This year’s Best Picture lineup also features one biopic (A Complete Unknown, about the early career of Bob Dylan, and I’m Still Here, about Brazilian activist Eunice Paiva), four films based on books (Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nickel Boys, and Wicked), two musicals (Wicked and Emilia Pérez), a sci-fi horror satire (The Substance), and even a handful of wholly original films not based on anything preexisting (Anora, and The Brutalist).
If you’re trying to watch every Best Picture nominee before the big night on March 2, consider this your “how-to” guide.
Below, you’ll find all ten nominees, along with some more info about the films, including where they’re currently streaming. We’ll be sure to keep updating this story as more movies hit VOD and other streaming services. Bookmark this page for all the latest on the ten nominees.
- Starring: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian
- Written by: Sean Baker
- Directed by: Sean Baker
What is it about? Anora flips the Cinderella story on its head. It follows sex worker Ani (Madison) and her whirlwind marriage to the young son of a Russian oligarch.
What else is it nominated for? Best Director, Best Actress (Madison), Best Supporting Actor (Borisov), Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing
Where to stream: You can currently buy ($19.99) or rent ($9.99) Anora on Prime Video. As a Neon film, it will eventually head to Hulu at a date still to be announced.
- Starring: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn
- Written by: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
- Directed by: Brady Corbet
What is it about? Hungarian-Jewish architect László Tóth (Brody) survives the Holocaust and immigrates to the United States. He struggles to achieve the American Dream until a wealthy and mysterious client (Pearce) enters his life.
What else is it nominated for? Best Director, Best Actor (Brody), Best Supporting Actor (Pearce), Best Supporting Actress (Jones), Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design
Where to stream: The Brutalist is currently in theaters. The 215-minute feature will then debut on demand and eventually stream on Max, as it is distributed by A24.
- Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook
- Written by: James Mangold, Jay Cocks
- Directed by: James Mangold
What is it about?A Complete Unknown charts Bob Dylan’s rise as a folk singer from 1961 through his monumental performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival where he went electric.
What else is it nominated for? Best Director, Best Actor (Chalamet), Best Supporting Actor (Norton), Best Supporting Actress (Barbaro), Best Adapted Screenplay (Mangold, Cocks), Best Costume Design, Best Sound
Where to stream: A Complete Unknown is still playing in theaters; it likely will come to VOD soon, before eventually landing on Hulu.
- Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini
- Written by: Peter Straughan
- Directed by: Edward Berger
What is it about? The Pope is dead and Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes) is tasked with organizing the conclave to elect his successor and finds himself investigating secrets and scandals that come to light.
What else is it nominated for? Best Actor (Fiennes), Best Supporting Actress (Rossellini), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score
Where to stream: Conclave is currently streaming on Peacock ($7.99/month+), but you can also buy ($9.99) or rent ($5.99) the film on Prime Video.
- Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh
- Written by: Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts
- Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
What is it about? The sequel to 2021’s Dune picks up as Paul Atreides (Chalamet) unites with the Fremen people to wage war against House Harkonnen.
What else is it nominated for? Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects
Where to stream: Dune: Part Two is streaming on Max and Netflix. It’s also $3.99 to rent or $9.99 to buy on Prime Video.
- Starring: Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Edgar Ramirez, Adriana Paz
- Written by: Jacques Audiard
- Directed by: Jacques Audiard
What is it about? A Mexican cartel kingpin (Gascón) hires a lawyer to make the leader disappear by transitioning into a woman.
What else is it nominated for? Best Director, Best Actress (Gascón), Best Supporting Actress (Saldaña), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, Best Original Score (Camille and Clément Ducol), Best Original Song (“El Mal,” “Mi Camino”), Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Where to stream: Emilia Pérez is streaming exclusively on Netflix.
- Starring: Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro
- Written by: Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega
- Directed by: Walter Salles
What is it about? A mother and activist must live with the forced disappearance of her husband, the dissident politician Rubens Paiva, during the military dictatorship in Brazil.
What else is it nominated for? Best Actress (Torres), Best International Feature Film
Where to stream: I’m Still Here is playing exclusively in theaters; it will begin streaming on-demand in the future, but a date has not been confirmed yet.
- Starring: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Written by: RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes
- Directed by: RaMell Ross
What is it about? Based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Nickel Boys follows Elwood as he’s sent to an abusive reform school in 1960s Florida. There, he strikes up a friendship with Turner, whose skepticism clashes with Elwood’s idealism.
What else is it nominated for? Best Adapted Screenplay
Where to stream: Right now, the only place to catch Nickel Boys is in theaters, but from there, it will be available to buy or rent on Prime Video before debuting on MGM+ (seven-day free trial).
- Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
- Written by: Coralie Fargeat
- Directed by: Coralie Fargeat
What is it about? When fading celebrity Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore) is fired from her long-running aerobics TV show due to her age, she takes a black market drug designed to create a younger, hotter version of herself (Qualley).
What else is it nominated for? Best Director, Best Actress (Moore), Best Original Screenplay, Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Where to stream: You can watch The Substance for free with a seven-day free trial to Mubi. The Substance is also available to rent ($5.99) or buy ($19.99) from Prime Video.
- Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum
- Written by: Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox
- Directed by: Jon M. Chu
What is it about? Wicked is the story of what happened before Dorothy dropped into the land of Oz. It’s the first act of the popular Broadway musical of the same name that explores the budding friendship between the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
What else is it nominated for? Best Actress (Erivo), Best Supporting Actress (Grande), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score (Stephen Schwartz), Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects
Where to stream: Wicked is now available to buy ($29.99) or rent ($19.99) through video-on-demand platforms including Prime Video. As a Universal Pictures film, the movie will eventually head to Peacock, though no date has been set.
The 2025 Academy Awards are March 2 at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Conan O’Brien-hosted ceremony will air on Hulu.
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