How To Watch Every Best Picture Nomination Before The 2024 Oscars

We’re less than one week away from the 2024 Oscars, and time is running out for completionists looking to watch every Best Picture nominee before Hollywood’s biggest night.

The nominees include both halves of the Barbenheimer phenomenon: the billion-dollar Barbie and Oppenheimer, which holds the most nominations of the year with 13.

There are also two films by first-time directors represented: Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction and Celine Song’s Past Lives; three films primarily not in English (Past Lives, The Zone of Interest, and Anatomy of a Fall); and two biopics (the aforementioned Oppenheimer and Bradley Cooper‘s Maestro).

If you’re trying to watch every Best Picture nominee before the big night on March 10, consider this your “how-to” guide.

Below, you’ll find all ten nominees, along with some more info about the films including where they’re currently streaming. We’ll be sure to keep updating this story as more movies hit streaming services, so bookmark this page for all the latest on the ten nominees.

• American Fiction

  What’s It About? Based on Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure, American Fiction follows a frustrated author and professor who writes an outrageously stereotypical “Black” book only for the book to be published to rave reviews and high sales. It’s part-satire and part-family drama that make for an impressive directorial debut for Cord Jefferson.

  Who’s In It? Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Issa Rae, and Sterling K. Brown

  What Else Is It Nominated For? Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jeffrey Wright), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sterling K. Brown), Best Adapted Screenplay (Cord Jefferson), Best Original Score (Laura Karpman)

  Where to stream: American Fiction is now available to buy ($19.99 $14.99) on VOD platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV. It’ll make its way to MGM+ on March 8, just two days before the Oscars.

• Anatomy of a Fall

  What’s It About? Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall is a courtroom drama set in the French Alps. When a woman becomes the main suspect in the mysterious death of her husband, their fractured marriage takes center stage as she has to prove her innocence.

  Who’s In It? Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny Beth, Saadia Bentaieb, Camille Rutherford, Anne Rotger, and Sophie Fillières

  What Else Is It Nominated For? Best Actress in a Leading Role (Sandra Hüller), Best Director (Justine Triet), Best Original Screenplay (Justine Triet and Arthur Harari), Best Film Editing (Laurent Sénéchal)

  Where to stream: Anatomy of a Fall is currently available to rent ($5.99) or buy ($14.99) from VOD platforms including Prime Video and Apple TV. It will begin streaming on Hulu starting March 22, but unfortunately, that’s after the Academy Awards.

• Barbie

  What’s It About? After Barbie has an existential crisis spurred on by the person who owns her doll in the Real World, she and Ken go on parallel journeys of self-discovery, both in Barbieland and outside in the Real World. Greta Gerwig directed the comedy, which she also co-wrote with her husband Noah Baumbach.

  Who’s In It? Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell

  What Else Is It Nominated For? Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Ryan Gosling), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (America Ferrera), Best Adapted Screenplay (Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach), Best Original Song (“I’m Just Ken,” “What Was I Made For?”), Best Costume Design (Jacqueline Durran), Best Production Design (Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer)

  Where to stream: You can watch Barbie with a Max subscription ($9.99/month+). Barbie is also available to rent ($5.99) and buy ($19.99) on Prime Video and Apple TV.

• The Holdovers

  What’s It About? A curmudgeonly classics teacher at a New England boarding school is forced the chaperone the “holdover” students with nowhere to go during Christmas break. Throughout the break, he creates unlikely relationships with the school’s grieving cafeteria administration and one bright and troubled student.

  Who’s In It? Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa

  What Else Is It Nominated For? Best Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Giamatti), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), Best Original Screenplay (David Hemingson), Best Film Editing (Kevin Tent)

  Where to stream: The Holdovers is streaming exclusively on Peacock, but you can also rent ($5.99) or buy it ($19.99 $9.99) on Prime Video and Apple TV.

• Killers of the Flower Moon

  What’s It About? Martin Scorsese’s latest epic is based on the true story of the Osage Reign of Terror and the murders committed against the family of Mollie Burkhart for their oil money and headrights.

  Who’s In It? Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, with Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, and Brendan Fraser

  What Else Is It Nominated For? Best Actress in a Leading Role (Lily Gladstone), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Robert De Niro), Best Director (Martin Scorsese), Best Original Score (Robbie Robertson), Best Costume Design (Jacqueline West), Best Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto), Best Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), Best Original Song (“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)”), Best Production Design (Jack Fisk, Adam Willis)

  Where to stream: Apple TV+ subscribers ($9.99/month) can watch Killers of the Flower Moon at no additional cost. You can also buy the film ($19.99) on-demand from Prime Video and Apple TV.

• Maestro

  What’s It About? Bradley Cooper co-wrote, directed, produced, and starred in Maestro, his long-gestating passion project and biopic of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein. In particular, Maestro focuses on Bernstein’s relationship with his wife of 27 years, Felicia Montealegre.

  Who’s In It? Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, with Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, and Sarah Silverman

  What Else Is It Nominated For? Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bradley Cooper), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Carey Mulligan), Best Original Screenplay (Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer), Best Cinematography (Matthew Libatique), Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell), Best Sound (Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic),

  Where to stream: Maestro is a Netflix original, so the only way to stream it is with a Neflix subscription ($6.99/month+).

• Oppenheimer

  What’s It About? Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer — the “father of the atomic bomb — with a specific focus on his years working on the Manhattan Project and fall from grace as a result of his 1954 security clearance hearings.

  Who’s In It? Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh

  What Else Is It Nominated For? Best Actor in a Leading Role (Cillian Murphy), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Emily Blunt), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Nolan), Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Film Editing (Jennifer Lame), Best Original Score (Ludwig Göransson), Best Cinematography (Hoyte van Hoytema), Best Costume Design (Ellen Mirojnick), Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Luisa Abel), Best Production Design (Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman), Best Sound (Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell),

  Where to stream: Oppenheimer is available to stream on Peacock Premium ($5.99/month+), but you can also rent ($5.99) or buy ($19.99 $14.99) it on Prime Video or Apple TV.

• Past Lives

  What’s It About? Celine Song’s first feature follows two childhood friends who meet as 12-year-olds in Seoul through 24 years of their lives as they drift, live different lives, and reconnect. The film gets its title from the Korean philosophy of inyeon — the idea that one relationship can form over many lifetimes.

  Who’s In It? Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro

  What Else Is It Nominated For? Best Original Screenplay (Celine Song)

  Where to stream: Past Lives is currently streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime ($11.99/month). It’s also available to rent ($5.99 $4.99) or buy ($19.99 $12.99) from VOD retailers Prime Video and Apple TV.

• Poor Things

  What’s It About? The fantastical comedy follows Bella Baxter, a woman who has been crudely reanimated by a scientist following her death by suicide. As Bella grows up (again), she leaves home and sets off on a journey of sexual liberation and self-discovery.

  Who’s In It? Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, Jerrod Carmichael

  What Else Is It Nominated For? Best Actress in a Leading Role (Emma Stone), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Mark Ruffalo), Best Director (Yorgos Lanthimos), Best Adapted Screenplay (Tony McNamara), Best Original Score (Jerskin Fendrix), Best Cinematography (Robbie Ryan), Best Costume Design (Holly Waddington), Best Film Editing (Yorgos Mavropsaridis), Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston), Best Production Design (James Price, Shona Heath, and Zsuzsa Mihalek),

  Where to Stream: Poor Things is available to buy ($19.99) from VOD retailers like Prime Video and Apple TV. It will make its way to Hulu on March 7, just three days before the Oscars ceremony.

• The Zone of Interest

  What’s It About? Loosely based on the novel of the same name, The Zone of Interest follows Nazi commander Rudolf Höss as he and his wife try to build their dream life in a new home just outside the gates of Auschwitz.

  Who’s In It? Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller

  What Else Is It Nominated For? Best International Feature Film, Best Director (Jonathan Glazer), Best Adapted Screenplay (Jonathan Glazer), Best Sound (Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn)

  Where to stream: The Zone of Interest is now available to buy ($19.99) from VOD retailers like Prime Video and Apple TV. It will also eventually stream on Max thanks to a new multiyear deal between the streaming service and film distributor A24.

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