Where to Watch Every 2022 Oscar Nominated Film

While streaming services have slowly but surely been easing their way into awards conversations over the last several years, 2021 was a real watershed year for watching the most celebrated movies of the year from your home. Now, with the 2022 Oscar nominations officially announced, you might be wondering: Where do I actually watch most of this stuff?

A goodly chunk of titles in this year’s Oscars conversation came from streamers — Netflix and Apple TV+, for instance, made tremendous inroads with films like The Power of the Dog and CODA — but even those titles that started out in theaters have moved to streaming faster than ever before. (2021 was, after all, a year where most people saw new-release Warner Bros. movies day and date on HBO Max.)

But save for a few big movies that are still out in theaters, and those obscure documentaries you hadn’t even heard of before this morning (a yak? in a classroom??), there’s a good chance you already have the means to watch most of the big titles that are vying for those golden statues.

As you work to play catch-up for the Oscars before the ceremonies on March 24th, 2022, we’ve compiled a handy-dandy list of those titles you can stream on various services, rent/buy on VOD, or will simply have to wait (or risk a trip to the theater) to see.

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Ascension

Nominations: 1 (Best Documentary Feature)

Currently Streaming: Paramount+

Attica

Nominations: 1 (Best Documentary Feature)

Currently Streaming: Prime Video, Showtime. Showtime has also made Attica available to stream for free on YouTube.

Being the Ricardos

Nominations: 3 (Best Actor – Javier Bardem, Best Actor – Nicole Kidman, Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons)

Currently Streaming: Prime Video

Belfast

Nominations: 6 (Best Picture, Best Director – Kenneth Branagh, Best Supporting Actress – Judi Dench, Best Supporting Actor – Ciarán Hinds, Best Sound, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Song – “Down to Joy”)

Currently Streaming: Available for purchase on VOD for $19.99.

CODA

Nominations: 3 (Best Picture, Actor in a Supporting Role – Troy Kotsur, Adapted Screenplay – Sian Heder)

Currently Streaming: Apple TV+

Coming 2 America

Nominations: 1 (Best Makeup and Hairstyling)

Currently Streaming: Prime Video

Cruella

Nominations: 2 (Best Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling)

Currently Streaming: Disney+

Cyrano

Nominations: 1 (Best Costume Design)

Currently Streaming: Now available for rental on VOD services.

Don’t Look Up

Nominations: 4 (Best Picture, Best Editing, Best Original Score – Nicholas Britell, Best Original Screenplay)

Currently Streaming: Netflix

Drive My Car

Nominations: 4 (Best Picture, Best Director – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Best Adapted Screenplay – Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, Best International Feature)

Currently Streaming: Nowhere; playing only in theaters. UPDATE: Drive My Car will be available for streaming on HBO Max beginning March 2, 2022.

Dune

Nominations: 10 (Best Picture, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Original Score – Hans Zimmer, Best Adapted Screenplay – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth, Best Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Cinematography – Greig Fraser, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects)

Currently Streaming: On VOD for rental or purchase. UPDATE: Dune is streaming now on HBO Max.

Encanto

Nominations: 3 (Best Animated Feature, Best Original Song – “Dos Origuitas”, Best Original Score – Germaine Franco)

Currently Streaming: Disney+

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Nominations: 2 (Best Actress – Jessica Chastain, Best Makeup and Hairstyling)

Currently Streaming: HBO Max

Flee

Nominations: 3 (Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best International Feature)

Currently Streaming: Hulu

Four Good Days

Nominations: 1 (Best Original Song – “Somehow You Do”)

Currently Streaming: Hulu

Free Guy

Nominations: 1 (Best Visual Effects)

Currently Streaming: On VOD for rent and purchase; starting on February 23rd, it’ll be streaming on Disney+ and HBO Max.

The Hand of God

Nominations: 1 (Best International Feature)

Currently Streaming: Netflix

House of Gucci

Nominations: 1 (Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Jared Leto Mario Edition)

Currently Streaming: On VOD only for rental or purchase.

King Richard

Nominations: 6 (Best Picture, Best Actor – Will Smith, Best Supporting Actress – Aunjanue Ellis, Best Original Screenplay – Zach Baylin, Best Film Editing, Best Original Song – “Be Alive”)

Currently Streaming: On VOD for rental or purchase.. Update: King Richard will begin streaming on HBO Max again beginning Thursday, March 24th.

Licorice Pizza

Nominations: 3 (Best Picture, Best Director – Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Original Screenplay – Anderson)

Currently Streaming: Nowhere; only playing in theaters. UPDATE: Now available on VOD for rental or purchase.

The Lost Daughter

Nominations: 3 (Best Actress – Olivia Colman, Best Supporting Actress – Jessie Buckley, Best Adapted Screenplay – Maggie Gyllenhaal)

Currently Streaming: Netflix

Luca

Nominations: 1 (Best Animated Feature)

Currently Streaming: Disney+

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Nominations: 1 (Best Documentary Feature)

Currently Streaming: Nowhere; currently only playing in theaters, but will come to VOD on February 11th. UPDATE: Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is also available for free now on Kanopy.

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Nominations: 1 (Best Animated Feature)

Currently Streaming: Netflix

Nightmare Alley

Nominations: 4 (Best Picture, Best Cinematography – Dan Laustsen, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design)

Currently Streaming: Hulu, HBO Max

No Time to Die

Nominations: 2 (Best Original Song – “No Time to Die”, Best Visual Effects)

Currently Streaming: On VOD, for rent and purchase.

Parallel Mothers

Nominations: 2 (Best Actress – Penélope Cruz, Best Original Score – Alberto Iglesias)

Currently Streaming: Nowhere; only playing in theaters. UPDATE: Now available on VOD for purchase.

The Power of the Dog

Nominations: 12 (Best Picture, Best Director – Jane Campion, Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Supporting Actor – Jesse Plemons, Best Supporting Actor – Kodi Smit-McPhee, Best Cinematography – Ari Wegner, Best Editing, Best Original Score – Johnny Greenwood, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Adapted Screenplay – Campion)

Currently Streaming: Netflix

Raya and the Last Dragon

Nominations: 1 (Best Animated Feature)

Currently Streaming: Disney+

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Nominations: 1 (Best Visual Effects)

Currently Streaming: Disney+

Spencer

Nominations: 1 (Best Actress – Kristen Stewart)

Currently Streaming: Hulu

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Nominations: 1 (Best Visual Effects)

Currently Streaming: Nowhere; only playing in theaters. UPDATE: No Way Home will be available on VOD starting March 22nd.

Summer of Soul (…or When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Nominations: 1 (Best Documentary Feature)

Currently Streaming: Hulu

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Nominations: 2 (Best Actor – Andrew Garfield, Best Editing)

Currently Streaming: Netflix

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Nominations: 3 (Best Actor – Denzel Washington, Best Cinematography – Bruno Delbonnel, Best Production Design)

Currently Streaming: Apple TV+

West Side Story

Nominations: 7 (Best Picture, Best Director – Steven Spielberg, Best Supporting Actress – Ariana DeBose, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Cinematography – Janusz Kaminski, Best Production Design)

Currently Streaming: Nowhere; only playing in theaters. UPDATE: West Side Story will begin streaming on Disney+ and HBO Max starting March 2nd.

The Worst Person in the World

Nominations: 2 (Best Original Screenplay – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Best International Feature)

Currently Streaming: Nowhere; only playing in theaters.

Writing With Fire

Nominations: 1 (Best Documentary Feature)

Currently Streaming: Nowhere; only playing in theaters. UPDATE: Writing With Fire will be available on VOD beginning Tuesday, March 22nd.