The 93rd Academy Awards are coming up soon and, what better way to gear up then by watching this year’s biggest flicks. Here’s how to watch some of the most-anticipated movies of award’s season.
Mank (David Fincher), 10 nominations
Mank transports you back to 1930s Hollywood, following the story of troubled screenwriter, Herman J. Mankiewicz as he struggles to finish the Citizen Kane screenplay.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Gary Oldman), Best Supporting Actress (Amanda Seyfried), cinematography, costume design, makeup and hairstyling, production design, original score and sound
Where to watch: Netflix
The Father (Florian Zeller), 6 nominations
The Father tells the story of an old man who suffers from dementia, but wants his independence. However, he begins to experience strange changes around him that call reality into question.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Best Supporting Actress (Olivia Colman), film editing, production design and adapted screenplay
Where to watch: Rent it on Google Play, iTunes, TIFF Bell Lightbox on and after March 26th
Judas and the Black Messiah (Shaka King), 6 nominations
Judas and the Black Messiah is a biopic about Black Panther Party Chairman, Fred Hampton, and the FBI’s attempts to silence the party through coercion.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield), cinematography and original song
Where to watch: Rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Cineplex, Google Play, Microsoft, YouTube
Minari (Lee Isaac Chung), 6 nominations
Minari tells the story of a Korean American family that start a farm in America. It draws on director, Lee Isaac Chung’s life.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Steven Yuen), Best Supporting Actress (Youn Yuh-jung), original score and original screenplay
Where to watch: Rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Cineplex, Google Play
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao), 6 nominations
Nomadland takes a look at how nomads live in the modern world, without having one set place to call home.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Frances McDormand), cinematography, adapted screenplay and editing
Where to watch: Disney+ (starting on April 9)
Sound of Metal (Darius Mauder), 6 nominations
Sound of Metal follows the story of a metal drummer who starts to deal with hearing loss and how he navigates such an life-altering change.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Riz Ahmed), Best Supporting Actor (Paul Raci), original screenplay, sound and editing
Where to watch: Rent it on Apple TV, Cineplex, Google Play, TIFF Bell Lightbox
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin), 6 nominations
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a courtroom drama that looks back at the trial of a group of young men who were accused of inciting the Chicago riots against the Vietnam War during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Sacha Baron Cohen), original song, original screenplay, cinematography and editing
Where to watch: Netflix
Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennel), 5 nominations
Promising Young Woman dives deep into the world of Cassie, who has a plan for vengeance after a traumatizing incident rocks her world. When the people who brought on her trauma are re-introduced to her life, things get interesting.
Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Carey Mulligan), editing and original screenplay
Where to watch: Rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Cineplex, Google Play
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (George C. Wolfe), 5 nominations
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom looks at the story of recording artist, Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, also known as the Mother of Blues, as she records with her band in the late 1920s and they work to change music forever.
Nominations: Best Actor (Chadwick Boseman), Best Actress (Viola Davis), costume design, production design and makeup and hairstyling
Where to watch: Netflix
Other films you won’t want to miss and where to watch them:
- One Night in Miami (3 nominations): Stream it on Amazon Prime
- Another Round (2 nominations): Available to rent on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Cineplex, Google Play, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Youtube
- Borat Subsequent Movie Film (2 nominations): Stream it on Amazon Prime
- Hillbilly Elegy (2 nominations): Stream it on Netflix
- The United States Vs. Billie Holiday (1 nomination): Available to rent on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Cineplex, Google Play, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Youtube
- Pieces of a Woman (1 nomination): Stream it on Netflix
Check out more about this year’s nominees here.