Where to Stream the 2021 Oscar Nominees
This awards season has given us the best chance in recent memory to catch everything that could be considered a contender. But maybe once the Academy Awards nominations dropped, you realized you’d overlooked a major player—or that a completionist instinct that you didn’t know existed was yearning to check those last few boxes.
To help those interested in being as prepared as possible to play along at home, those watching everything over the past year (and change) deemed nomination-worthy or those simply looking to hustle the other participants in their Oscars pool, we’ve rounded up every nominee and where to watch them. You’ll also find links to our coverage of these films, which includes a majority of nominees.
Almost all these feature films are available to stream, either on a subscription service or by rental. Makes sense, considering how we watched 99.9% of movies this year. And as for that .1%…well, Sonic didn’t get any Oscar nods. The only one that isn’t, Judas and the Black Messiah, was previously on HBO Max. Unfortunately if you missed its streaming window, it won’t be out on VOD until later this year.
As for the short films, which are notoriously fickle in their availability, many are currently on YouTube, Vimeo or other services. Those that aren’t (either still on the festival circuit or never intended for popular distribution) have a note and a trailer included so you can at least get a glimpse at what they offer.
Here is where to stream every 2021 Oscar nominee:
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Nominations: Best Documentary Short Subject
Where to find: YouTube, below:
A Love Song for Latasha
Nomination: Best Documentary Short Subject
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Nomination: Best Animated Feature
Another Round
Nomination: Best International Feature Film, Best Director (Thomas Vinterberg)
Better Days
Nomination: Best International Feature Film
Where to find: Streaming free at On Demand China
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Maria Bakalova),
Burrow
Nomination: Animated Short
Colette
Nomination: Best Documentary Short Subject
Where to find: Available at The Guardian
Collective
Nomination: Best Documentary, Best International Feature Film
Where to find: Available to rent
Crip Camp
Nomination: Best Documentary
Da 5 Bloods
Nomination: Best Original Score
Do Not Split
Nominations: Best Documentary Short Subject
Where to find: Vimeo, below:
Emma.
Nominations: Makeup and Hair, Costume Design
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Nomination: Original Song (“Husavik”)
Feeling Through
Nominations: Best Live Action Short Film
Where to find: YouTube, below:
Genius Loci
Nominations: Animated Short
Where to find: Airing free online as part of Animation Nights New York on March 21
Greyhound
Nomination: Best Sound
Hillbilly Elegy
Nomination: Best Supporting Actress (Glenn Close), Makeup and Hair
Hunger Ward
Nomination: Best Documentary Short Subject
If Anything Happens I Love You
Nominations: Animated Short
Judas and the Black Messiah
Nominations: Best Picture, Supporting Actors (Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield), Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Original Song (“Fight For You”)
Where to find: Was available on HBO Max until the day before nominations and is now only in theaters
Love and Monsters
Nominations: Visual Effects
Where to find: Available to rent
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nominations: Lead Actor (Chadwick Boseman), Lead Actress (Viola Davis), Production Design, Makeup and Hair, Costume Design
Mank
Nomination: Best Picture, Lead Actor (Gary Oldman), Supporting Actress (Amanda Seyfried), Director (David Fincher), Cinematography, Best Sound, Production Design, Original Score, Makeup and Hair, Costume Design
Minari
Nomination: Best Picture, Lead Actor (Steven Yeun), Supporting Actress (Yuh-Jung Youn), Director (Lee Isaac Chung), Original Screenplay, Original Score
Where to find: Available for PVOD rental
Mulan
Nomination: Costume Design, Visual Effects
My Octopus Teacher
Nomination: Best Documentary
News of the World
Nomination: Cinematography, Best Sound, Production Design, Original Score
Where to find: Available for PVOD rental
Nomadland
Nomination: Best Picture, Lead Actress (Frances McDormand), Director (Chloé Zhao), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing,
One Night in Miami
Nomination: Supporting Actor (Leslie Odom, Jr.), Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (“Speak Now”)
Onward
Nominations: Animated Feature
Opera
Nomination: Animated Short
Where to find: N/A (no longer screening at any venue)
Over the Moon
Nomination: Animated Feature
Pieces of a Woman
Nomination: Lead Actress (Vanessa Kirby)
Pinocchio
Nomination: Makeup and Hair, Costume Design
Where to find: Available to rent
Promising Young Woman
Nomination: Best Picture, Lead Actress (Carey Mulligan), Best Director (Emerald Fennell), Original Screenplay, Film Editing
Where to find: Available to rent
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Nomination: Best International Feature Film
Where to find: Available to rent
Soul
Nominations: Animated Feature, Best Sound, Original Score
Sound of Metal
Nominations: Best Picture, Lead Actor (Riz Ahmed), Supporting Actor (Paul Raci), Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Best Sound
Tenet
Nominations: Production Design, Visual Effects
Where to find: Available to rent
The Father
Nominations: Best Picture, Lead Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Supporting Actress (Olivia Colman), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Production Design
Where to find: Available to rent.
The Letter Room
Nominations: Best Live Action Short Film
Where to find: Available to watch on Topic
The Life Ahead
Nominations: Original Song (“Io Si (Seen)”)
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Nominations: Best International Feature Film
Where to find: N/A (Samuel Goldwyn Films owns U.S. distribution, has not announced plans)
The Midnight Sky
Nominations: Visual Effects
The Mole Agent
Nomination: Best Documentary
The One and Only Ivan
Nomination: Visual Effects
The Present
Nomination: Best Live Action Short Film
Where to find: Playing at various film festivals from now through the Oscars
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Nomination: Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Sacha Baron Cohen), Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Song (“Hear My Voice”)
The White Tiger
Nomination: Adapted Screenplay
Time
Nomination: Best Documentary
Two Distant Strangers
Nomination: Best Live Action Short Film
Where to find: N/A
United States vs. Billie Holiday
Nomination: Lead Actress (Andra Day)
White Eye
Nomination: Best Live Action Short Film
Where to find: N/A
Wolfwalkers
Nomination: Animated Feature
Yes-People
Nomination: Animated Short
Where to find: Available to rent
Jacob Oller is Movies Editor at Paste Magazine. You can follow him on Twitter at @jacoboller.
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