Where to watch Oscar-nominated movies before the 2019 Academy Awards

Emma Stone and Olivia Colman in the film THE FAVOURITE. Photo by Yorgos Lanthimos. © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
Emma Stone and Olivia Colman in the film THE FAVOURITE. Photo by Yorgos Lanthimos. © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved /
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The 2019 Oscars are almost here and that means time is of the essence if you still have nominated movies left to see.

If you haven’t seen this year’s Oscar nominated movies, you are running out of time. The 91st Academy Awards, in all its controversial glory, will air this Sunday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. At this point, your best bet is to triage the nominees based on your priorities: Do you want to see the most-nominated films? The films in the categories you care about? In either case, you’ll need to know where (and how) you can watch whichever films make your shortlist.

While the most noteworthy nominees will require a trip to the theater or some shady Googling, a number of 2018’s releases are available for streaming or rent on all your favorite platforms. Here, in alphabetical order, is where you can watch the movies nominated in the big categories.

At Eternity’s Gate

Nominations: Lead Actor (Willem Dafoe)

Viewing options:

  • In theaters
  • Amazon Prime (Rental)
  • YouTube (Rental)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Nominations:

  • Adapted Screenplay
  • Costume Design
  • Best Song (“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings”)

Viewing options: Netflix

Black Panther

Nominations:

  • Best Picture
  • Sound Editing
  • Sound Mixing
  • Production Design
  • Original Score
  • Best Song (“All The Stars” by Kendrick Lamar, SZA)
  • Costume Design

Viewing options:

  • Netflix
  • Amazon Prime (Rental)
  • YouTube (Rental)
  • Redbox (Rental)

BlacKkKlansman

Nominations:

  • Best Picture
  • Supporting Actor (Adam Driver)
  • Director (Spike Lee)
  • Adapted Screenplay
  • Film Editing
  • Original Score

Viewing options:

  • In theaters
  • Amazon Prime (Rental)
  • YouTube (Rental)
  • Redbox (Rental)

Bohemian Rhapsody

Nominations:

  • Best Picture
  • Lead Actor (Rami Malek)
  • Film Editing
  • Sound Editing
  • Sound Mixing

Viewing options:

  • In theaters
  • Amazon Prime (Rental)
  • YouTube (Rental)

Can You Ever Forgive Me

Nominations:

  • Lead Actress (Melissa McCarthy)
  • Supporting Actor (Richard E Grant)
  • Adapted Screenplay

Viewing options: In theaters

Cold War

Nominations:

  • Director (Pawel Pawlikowski)
  • Cinematography
  • Foreign Language Film

Viewing options: In theaters

The Favourite

Nominations:

  • Best Picture
  • Lead Actress (Olivia Colman)
  • Best Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone)
  • Director (Yorgos Lanthimos)
  • Original Screenplay
  • Cinematography
  • Film Editing
  • Production Design
  • Costume Design

Viewing options: In theaters

First Man

Nominations:

  • Sound Editing
  • Sound Mixing
  • Production Design
  • Visual Effects

Viewing options:

  • Amazon Prime (Rental)
  • YouTube (Rental)
  • Redbox (Rental)

First Reformed

Nominations: Original Screenplay

Viewing options:

  • Amazon Prime
  • Redbox (Rental)

Free Solo

Nominations: Best Documentary Feature

Viewing options:

  • In theaters
  • YouTube (Rental)

Green Book

Nominations:

  • Best Picture
  • Lead Actor (Viggo Mortensen)
  • Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali)
  • Original Screenplay
  • Film Editing

Viewing options: In theaters

If Beale Street Could Talk

Nominations:

  • Best Supporting Actress (Regina King)
  • Adapted Screenplay
  • Original Score

Viewing options: In theaters

Incredibles 2

Nominations: Best Animated Feature

Viewing options:

  • Netflix
  • Amazon Prime (Rental)
  • YouTube (Rental)
  • Redbox (Rental)

Isle of Dogs

Nominations: 

  • Best Animated Feature
  • Original Score

Viewing options: 

  • Amazon Prime (Rental)
  • HBO (Subscription)
  • Redbox (Rental)

Mary Poppins Returns

Nominations:

  • Production Design
  • Original Score
  • Best Song (“The Place Where Lost Things Go”)
  • Costume Design

Viewing options: In theaters

Minding the Gap

Nominations: Best Documentary Feature

Viewing options: Hulu (Subscription)

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Nominations:  Best Animated Feature

Viewing options: In theaters

RBG

Nominations:

  • Best Documentary Feature
  • Best Song (“I’ll Fight” from “RBG” by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson)

Viewing options:

  • Amazon Prime (Rental)
  • YouTube (Rental)

Roma

Nominations:

  • Best Picture
  • Lead Actress (Yalitza Aparicio)
  • Supporting Actress (Marina de Tavira)
  • Director (Alfonso Cuarón)
  • Original Screenplay
  • Cinematography
  • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Sound Editing
  • Sound Mixing
  • Production Design

Viewing options: Netflix

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Nominations: Best Animated Feature

Viewing options: In theaters

A Star Is Born

Nominations:

  • Best Picture
  • Lead Actor (Bradley Cooper)
  • Lead Actress (Lady Gaga)
  • Supporting Actor (Sam Elliott)
  • Adapted Screenplay
  • Cinematography
  • Sound Mixing
  • Best Song (“Shallow” by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice)

Viewing options:

  • In theaters
  • YouTube (Purchase)

Vice

Nominations:

  • Best Picture
  • Lead Actor (Christian Bale)
  • Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell)
  • Supporting Actress (Amy Adams)
  • Director (Adam McKay)
  • Original Screenplay
  • Film Editing
  • Makeup and Hair

Viewing options: In theaters

Every Best Picture winner, ranked. dark. Next

The Wife

Nominations: Lead Actress (Glenn Close)

Viewing options:

  • In theaters
  • Amazon Prime (Rental)
  • YouTube (Rental)
  • Most airplane in-flight programs
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