The 97th Academy Awards are on Sunday, and it’s time to bid awards season goodbye and usher in some new movies to discuss for the next year. But, if you need to get your Oscar ballot in order before the watch party, you’re in luck. Nine out of the 10 best picture nominees are now available to watch at home, just in time for the ceremony. So here’s how to catch up at home in advance of Hollywood’s Super Bowl.
First, you’ll have to head to the theater for one film, Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here.” The Brazilian drama about the forced disappearance of Rubens Paiva in 1971 scored a surprise best picture nomination as well as a nomination for actress Fernanda Torres, who also won the Golden Globe.
Arriving this week for purchase on premium VOD — and on the heels of star Timothée Chalamet’s big win at the SAG Awards — “A Complete Unknown” is now available to watch at home. James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic also scored a supporting actress nomination for Monica Barbaro, who plays Joan Baez, and best supporting actor for Edward Norton as Pete Seeger. Mangold was also nominated for best director. It’s available for purchase for $19.99.
Chalamet upset the Adrien Brody sweep, making best actor a proper race in the final week. Brody stars in Brady Corbet’s daring epic “The Brutalist,” a postwar drama about a Hungarian architect trying to find his artistic way among the beautiful and brutal landscape of 1950s American capitalism. This two-part epic has a built-in intermission, so feel free to watch it over two nights. “The Brutalist” is available for $19.99 purchase.