Most of this year's Oscar nominees are available to stream from home, while others could make for a good reason to get to the movie theatres.Lewis Joly/Pool via REUTERS
With just days to go until the 94th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 27, you still have time to squeeze in some of the critically acclaimed films of the year. Most of the nominated films are available to stream from home (with Netflix and Disney+ dominating nominations), while others could make for a good reason to get to the big screens and enjoy with long-overdue movie theatre popcorn.
Which Oscar-nominated movies can I watch in Canada, and where?
Watch in theatres
- West Side Story — Best Picture (in select theatres across Canada). The Globe’s review.
- Licorice Pizza — Best Picture (in select theatres across Canada, including the TIFF Bell Lightbox). The Globe’s review.
- Drive My Car — Best Picture (in select theatres across Canada) and Vancouver’s The Park Theatre). The Globe’s review.
- The Worst Person in the World — Best International Feature Film, Best Original Screenplay (in select theatres across Canada). The Globe’s review.
- Nightmare Alley — Best Picture, Cinematography, Costume Design, Production Design (in select theatres across Canada). The Globe’s review.
This combination of photos shows promotional art for the Best Picture Oscar nominees: top row from left, Belfast, CODA, Don't Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune; bottom row from left, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog and West Side Story.Focus Features/Apple TV+, Netflix, Janus Films & Sideshow, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Searchlight Pictures, Netflix, 20th Century Films via AP
Netflix
- The Power of The Dog — Best Picture, Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), and 10 more nominations. The Globe’s review.
- Don’t Look Up — Best Picture, Original Score, Original screenplay, Film Editing. The Globe’s review.
- Audible — Best Documentary Short Subject.
- The Hand of God — Best International Feature Film. The Globe’s review.
- Lead Me Home — Best Documentary Short Subject
- The Lost Daughter — Best Actress (Olivia Colman), Best Supporting Actress (Jessie Buckley), Best Adapted Screenplay. The Globe’s review.
- Mitchells vs. the Machines — Best Animated Feature Film. The Globe’s review.
- Robin Robin — Best Animated Short Film
- Three Songs for Benazir — Best Documentary Short Subject
- Tick, Tick … Boom! — Best Actor (Andrew Garfield), Best Film Editing. The Globe’s review.
Disney+
- West Side Story
- Summer of Soul — Best Documentary Feature. The Globe’s review.
- Cruella — Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design. The Globe’s review.
- Encanto — Best Animated Feature Film, Best Original Score, Best Original Song (Dos Oruguitas). The Globe’s review.
- Luca — Best Animated Feature Film. The Globe’s review.
- Raya and the Last Dragon — Best Animated Feature Film. The Globe’s review.
- Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings — Best Visual Effects. The Globe’s review.
This combination of photos shows the Best Actor Oscar nominees: from left, Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos, Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog, Andrew Garfield in Tick, Tick ... Boom!, Will Smith in King Richard, and Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth.Amazon/Netflix/Netflix/Warner Bros./A24 via AP
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Amazon Prime Video
- Being The Ricardos — Best Actor (Javier Bardem), Best Actress (Nicole Kidman), Best Supporting Actor (J.K. Simmons). The Globe’s review.
- Coming 2 America — Best Makeup and Hairstyling. The Globe’s review.
Apple TV+
- CODA — Best Picture, Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Best Supporting Actor (Troy Kotsur). The Globe’s review.
- The Tragedy of Macbeth — Best Actor (Denzel Washington), Best Production Design, Best Cinematography. The Globe’s review.
NYTimes.com
- The Queen of Basketball — Best Documentary Short Subject
This combination of photos shows the Best Actress Oscar nominees: from left, Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter, Penélope Cruz in Parallel Mothers, Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos, and Kristen Stewart in Spencer.Searchlight/Netflix/Sony Pictures Classics/Amazon/Neon via AP
Video on Demand
Available through a multitude of VOD providers including Amazon, Apple TV, Cineplex Store, Rogers on Demand, and others.
- Spencer — Best Actress in a Leading Role (Kristen Stewart) ($6.99 on TIFF Digital Lightbox, Apple). The Globe’s review.
- Writing with Fire — Best Documentary Feature ($6.99 on TIFF Digital Lightbox). The Globe’s review.
- Belfast — Best Picture, Directing, Music, and three more nominations ($24.99 on Amazon, Apple). The Globe’s review.
- Dune — Best Picture, Costume Design, Cinematography, and seven more nominations ($5.99 on Amazon, Apple). The Globe’s review.
- King Richard — Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Will Smith), and five more nominations ($24.99 on Amazon, Apple). The Globe’s review.
- Ascension — Best Documentary Feature (available to rent on Hot Docs through March 10)
- Flee — Best Animated Feature, Documentary Feature, and International Feature (available to rent on Hot Docs starting Feb 15). The Globe’s review.
The 2022 Academy Awards will air live March 27 at 8 p.m. on CTV/ABC.
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