How to Watch the 2020 Oscar-Nominated Movies Online
If you don’t want to battle the theater crowds, these are the films you can watch from the comfort of your home before the Academy Awards telecast.
The Academy Awards air on Feb. 9 and if you’re trying to fill out your own personal Oscar ballot before then, you’re probably depending on streaming services or on-demand digital rentals to watch everything.
It’s a strategy that will take you pretty far, though you’ll have to find a theater if you want to watch some of the Best Picture nominees like Little Women, Jojo Rabbit, 1917, and Ford v Ferrari. Here’s a list of films you can watch from the comfort of your home before the telecast.
Best Picture
The Best Picture nominees cover class warfare, domestic warfare, corporate warfare, and just plain war.
- 1917- Not available online
- Ford v Ferrari- Not available online (expected in digital stores on Jan. 28)
- Joker — Rent or buy on Amazon, YouTube Movies, iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — Rent or buy on Amazon, YouTube Movies, iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu
- Parasite- Buy on Amazon, YouTube Movies, Google Play Movies, iTunes, Vudu
- The Irishman — Stream on Netflix
- Little Women — Not available online
- Jojo Rabbit- Not available online (expected in digital stores on Feb. 4)
- Marriage Story — Stream on Netflix
Best Animated Feature Film
The films that fall under the animation category have as their stars Santa Claus, anthropomorphic toys, a dragon, the missing link, and a severed hand.
- Klaus — Stream on Netflix
- Missing Link — Stream on Hulu
- Toy Story 4—buy or rent on Amazon, YouTube Movies, Google Play Movies, iTunes, Vudu
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World — Stream on Hulu
- I Lost My Body — Stream on Netflix
Best Documentary Feature
Documentaries have perhaps the hardest job of any genre. To succeed at their intended aims, they have to keep our attention and impart a message. This year’s Best Documentary Feature nominees, whether they win the category or not, have done that.
- The Edge of Democracy — Stream on Netflix
- For Sama — Stream on Amazon
- Honeyland — Stream on Hulu and buy or rent on Amazon, YouTube Movies, Google Play Movies, Vudu
- American Factory — Stream on Netflix
- The Cave — Buy on Amazon
Best Documentary Short Subject
It only takes a few minutes to be moved, as the Best Documentary Short Subject nominees prove.
- Walk Run Cha-Cha — Watch on Vimeo
- In The Absence — watch on YouTube
- Life Overtakes Me — Stream on Netflix
- Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) — Stream on A&E
- St. Louis Superman — Not available online
Best International Feature Film
This year there’s a film that falls under both Best Picture and Best International Feature Film, giving Parasite a better chance to get under the Academy’s skin.
- Les Misérables — Not available online (though it’s Amazon-produced)
- Parasite — Buy on Amazon, YouTube Movies, Google Play Movies, iTunes, Vudu
- Corpus Christi — Not available online
- Honeyland — Stream on Hulu and buy or rent on Amazon, YouTube Movies, Google Play Movies, Vudu
- Pain and Glory — Rent or buy on Amazon, YouTube Movies, Google Play Movies, iTunes, Vudu
Best Animated Short Film
There are so many reasons why Hair Love will make you cry and should win the Oscar. The other entries are wonderful as well, though you can only watch one of them online.
- Dcera (Daughter) — Not available online
- Hair Love — Watch on YouTube
- Kitbull — Watch on YouTube
- Memorable — Not available online
- Sister — Not available online
Best Live Action Short Film
When you have only a few minutes to spare, you go for high emotional impact, and that’s certainly what these nominees for Best Live-Action Short Film offer.
Originally published at https://www.pcmag.com.
