Where to Watch the 2026 Oscar Nominees

The 2026 Oscar nominations are a golden opportunity: not only for worthy film professionals to get accolades, but also for movie lovers to assign themselves homework. (Hooray!) Below, we’ve collected a comprehensive list of every film nominated at this year’s Academy Awards. Some are still available to watch in a theater near you; others are streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV, or various other platforms. The ceremony’s not until March 15, so you have plenty of time to catch up. Just don’t wait too long, because there will be a test.

The Alabama Solution

In The Alabama Solution, shot largely on cell phones smuggled into a prison by its inmates, The Jinx filmmaker Andrew Jarecki and co-director Charlotte Kauffman investigate systemic issues at Easterling Correctional Facility. This best documentary feature nominee, now streaming on HBO Max and Hulu with certain bundles, focuses on the sudden death of Steven Davis, an incarcerated man who was beaten to death by prison guards. His mother, Sandy Ray, seeks answers about her son’s death alongside other prison reform advocates who appear in the doc. —Savannah Walsh

Arco

Animated movies aren’t just for kids—but Arco, nominated at the Oscars for best animated feature, is a particularly strong case study. The film, which is recommended for 8-year-olds and up, has all the hallmarks of a hopeful, thought-provoking film that will connect with a broad audience: Time travel! Robots! A kid who is Our Only Hope! What it also has is a starry voice cast, and even a boldface producer in Natalie Portman. Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Flea, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, and Andy Samberg lent their vocal talents to the movie, which premiered at Cannes and scooped up best animated feature (as well as a best picture nomination) at the European Film Awards in January. Arco is still playing in theaters, but is also available for digital preorder on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video. —Kase Wickman

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Don’t put James Cameron in a corner. Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in the legendary auteur’s Avatar franchise—starring last year’s best supporting actress winner Zoe Saldaña—made over a billion dollars at the box office (and counting), and also scored two Oscar nominations: one for best visual effects the other, a somewhat surprise nomination for best costume design for Deborah L. Scott. If you haven’t kept up with the Navi lately, then you’re going to have to make your way to your nearest cineplex: Avatar: Fire and Ash is not yet available on any streaming platforms. —Chris Murphy

Blue Moon

Lorenz Hart got the last laugh after all. Richard Linklater’s ode to the famed yet troubled Broadway lyricist picked up two nominations: a best original screenplay nod for writer Robert Kaplow, and one for lead actor Ethan Hawke. It’s Hawke’s 5th career nomination, but, shockingly, his first in the lead actor category. (He has two supporting actor nominations for Training Day and Boyhood, and two screenplay nominations for Before Sunset and Before Midnight). Blue Moon, which made Vanity Fair’s best movies of 2025 list, is available to stream on Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango at Home and in theaters. —C.M.

Bugonia

Playing a pharmaceutical executive kidnapped by a conspiracy-addled beekeeper (Jesse Plemons), best actress nominee Emma Stone continues her long-running and fruitful collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthnimos in Bugonia, which is also up for best picture. Screenwriter Will Tracy (a Vanity Fair alum!) was nominated for best adapted screenplay for his work on this social satire, a remake of the 2003 South Korean black comedy Save the Green Planet. British composer Jerskin Fendrix, who also got an Oscar nod for his work on Lanthimos’s best picture–winning Poor Things, snagged another nomination for his grandiose and creepy synthesizer-laden score. Bugonia is streaming for free on Peacock and Prime Video, and is available for rent on Apple TV and YouTube.—Erin Vanderhoof

Come See Me in the Good Light

With this surprise best documentary feature nomination, standup comic Tig Notaro becomes a first-time Oscar nominee in her role as producer on the film, now streaming on AppleTV. Come See Me in the Good Light tells the story of two poets in love, Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley, as the former battles incurable ovarian cancer. Singer-songwriters Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile, who also serve as executive producers on the doc, were also nominated in the best original song category for co-writing the song “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” with Gibson before her passing. —S.W.

Cutting Through Rocks

Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni co-directed this documentary feature, which follows Iranian Sara Shahverdi as she becomes the first woman elected to her small, rural village’s council. Shahverdi rejects traditional garb and rides around the countryside on a motorcycle as she tries to convince a generation of young women to continue their education. Executive produced by a team that includes documentary legend Shelia Nevins, this timely film about women struggling for freedom in a patriarchal society won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize when it premiered at Sundance Film Festival last year. The film isn’t currently streaming, but that could change now that it has gotten an Oscar nod. —E.V.

Diane Warren: Relentless

Legendary singer and songwriter Diane Warren has now been nominated 17 times in the Oscars’ best original song category. Her latest entry comes with a surreal metafictional twist: nominated song “Dear Me” comes from Diane Warren: Relentless, a documentary portrait of Warren featuring testimonials from Cher, Common, Jennifer Hudson, and more. Warren, who was presented with an honorary Academy Award in 2022, has taken her losing streak in stride, laughing that she is “consistent as fuck” and having a good time at the show regardless. The doc, directed by Bess Kargman, is available for rental on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube, and Fandango at Home. —K.W.

Elio

Never count out Disney-Pixar at the Oscars. The studio’s latest release failed to capture critics or audiences—its $35 million global debut marked the worst opening for a Pixar film to date—but voters nominated Elio for best animated feature anyway. If you missed this one: Elio (voiced by Yonas Kibreab) is a space-obsessed 11-year-old being raised by his Air Force major aunt Olga (last year’s best supporting actress winner Zoe Saldaña), whose dream of getting abducted by the aliens comes true. Perhaps Elio will fare better on streaming, where the film is available to rent or watch for free with a Disney+ subscription. —S.W.

F1

Vroom, vroom. F1, the big-budget picture that brought one of America’s fastest-growing sports obsessions to the big screen, filled its tank with four nominations at the 2026 Oscars:bBest picture, best editing, best visual effects, and best sound. The Joseph Kosinski-directed movie follows a once-promising journeyman driver (Brad Pitt) mentoring an up-and-comer (Idris Elba) who was probably still sleeping in a race car bed by the time Pitt’s character began burning rubber as a career. If you’re ready to start your engine, F1 streams free with an Apple TV subscription, or is available to rent on Prime Video, YouTube, and more. —K.W.

Frankenstein

It’s alive! Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein has emerged as one of the strongest Oscar contenders, picking up nine nominations—including best picture, best adapted screenplay for del Toro, and best supporting actor for Jacob Elordi, as well as a slew of below the line categories. (As a bonus: get ready to see Academy Award nominee Elordi all over ads for season three of Euphoria.) If you want to see del Toro’s critically acclaimed Mary Shelley adaptation, you can just fire up Netflix. It’s been streaming there since November 7. — Chris Murphy

Hamnet

Last year, best director nominee Chloé Zhao told Vanity Fair that she had grand Oscar ambitions for her emotionally charged adaptation of Maggie O’Ferrell’s novel, which imagines the family life of William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) following the tragic loss of his young son, Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe). Best actress nominee Jessie Buckley is a major contender for her earthy, raw portrayal of Shakespeare’s wife, Agnes. The film embeds its characters in a creative reimagining of Elizabethan period pieces, with costume design nominee Malgosia Turzanska drawing on the color of blood as inspiration for Anges’s garments. Max Richter also got a nomination for his score, which samples old-fashioned instruments like the viol and and hurdy-gurdy. The film—which was also nominated for best picture, best adapted screenplay, best production design, and the new best casting category—is still playing in theaters. —E.V.

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

“I just didn’t want to fuck it up,” Rose Byrne told Vanity Fair last fall about playing a mother struggling to raise her sick child in a film inspired by writer-director Mary Bronstein’s caretaking experiences with her own daughter. It appears Byrne stuck the landing with Academy voters, earning her first Oscar nomination for playing a therapist on the brink of her own mental collapse in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. The film is still playing in theaters and available to rent on platforms like Prime Video. —S.W.

It Was Just an Accident

This Palme d’Or–winning thriller, a co-production between Iran, France, and Luxembourg, had major Oscar buzz coming out of Cannes last May. Written and directed by Jafar Anahi (known for his clandestine 2011 documentary This Is Not a Film), the story follows released political prisoners seeking revenge after a chance roadside meeting. It Was Just an Accident, which was nominated for best international feature and best original screenplay, is currently playing in limited release and available for purchase on YouTube, Apple TV, Prime Video, Google Play, and Fandango at Home. —E.V.

Jurassic World Rebirth

Some people just don’t learn their lesson. The seventh installment in the Jurassic Park franchise once again finds ambitious paleontologists retrieving DNA from dinosaur fossils. They’re working for a pharmaceutical company to create new drugs; once again, things go terribly—and bloodily—wrong. Of course, purebred dinosaurs are hard to come by in SAG-AFTRA, so the film’s visual effects team had their work cut out for them—leading to an Oscar nod for the movie in the best visual effects category. Jurassic World Rebirth is available to stream with a subscription on Peacock, or to rent on other platforms. —K.W.

KPop Demon Hunters

Three young women have to save the world from demon takeover on the strength of their good vibes, sick dance moves, and infectiously catchy songs. What, like it’s hard? The viral animated hit movie has achieved a cultural takeover—showing us how it’s done done done, as the gals of Huntrx would say—and was rewarded with two Academy Awards 2026 nominations: best animated feature and best original song for the earwormy “Golden.” (The movie won both of these categories at the 2026 Golden Globes in January.) Kpop Demon Hunters streams free on Netflix with a subscription, in both singalong and standard formats. —K.W.

Kokuho

After his yakuza boss father is murdered, Kikuo (Ryo Toshizawa) becomes an apprentice to famed kabuki actor Hanai Hanjiro II (Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai) to learn the ancient Japanese art form, eventually becoming an onnagata, a male actor who plays female roles. “In its true form,” Watanabe’s character notes, kabuki theater “is stronger than guns and swords.” Last year, the film broke Japan’s record for highest grossing live-action film, bringing in $120 million, and while it missed the mark for best international film, it was nominated for best hair and makeup award. Distributed by GKIDS Films, Kokuho is currently in limited release, but should be arriving on streaming platforms soon. —E.V.

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain animates Amélie Nothomb’s autobiographical novel about her childhood growing up abroad. Directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, the best animated feature nominee is set in the early-1970s and follows Amélie, a Belgian girl born in post-war Japan, and her journey of self discovery. You can watch Little Amélie on Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. —C.M.

The Lost Bus

The latest from Captain Phillips and Jason Bourne filmmaker Paul Greengrass, now streaming on Apple TV, is a tense thriller about a school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) and an elementary school teacher (America Ferrera) who battle to save 22 schoolchildren from the 2018 Camp Fire—the deadliest and most destructive inferno in California history. The film’s fiery imagery earned it a best visual effects nomination at the Oscars. Greengrass, who co-wrote the script with Mare of Easttown writer Brad Ingelsby, told Vanity Fair that it was “distressing” to watch actual flames ravage the Pacific Palisades and Altadena shortly after filming on the movie wrapped. “We were looking at what we’d created, and then seeing what was going on, and they were the same images, really.” —S.W.

Marty Supreme

It looks like all those orange blimps and viral streetwear jackets promoting Marty Supreme (Christmas Day) paid off. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Josh Safdie’s solo directorial debut, a sports-centered crime story starring newly-nominated Timothée Chalamet as the eponymous table tennis player, earned nine nominations, including best picture. If you’ve yet to experience Gwyneth Paltrow’s luminous return to acting, or don’t yet recognize the name of Odessa A’zion just yet, Marty Supreme is still playing only in theaters after its widely-advertized Christmas Day release. —S.W.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

This protest film was co-directed by its main subject, Pasha Talankin, an elementary school teacher who is forced to plan a dramatic escape from Russia after he becomes a whistleblower against Russia’s propaganda machine. Made in collaboration with director David Borenstein (Dream Empire, Can’t Feel Nothing), the documentary provides a unique view into the impact the war on Ukraine has had on the everyday lives of normal Russians. The film is still in limited release and is also available for rent on Apple TV. —E.V.

One Battle After Another

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar frontrunner scored 13 nominations, one shy of the record for most nominations for a single film. (That record, however, was beaten by OBAA’s biggest competition, Sinners, which set a new record with 16 total nods.) Although it came up slightly short, One Battle After Another is still the one to beat at the Oscars as Anderson’s rollicking revolutionary film scored in a slew of major categories, including best director, best adapted screenplay, best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, and best supporting actress for Vanity Fair cover star Teyana Taylor. You can watch One Battle After Another on HBO Max, Hulu, Disney Plus, Prime Video, Apple TV, or at the theater. —C.M.

The Perfect Neighbor

One woman. Dozens of 911 calls. And a close-knit neighborhood caught in a nightmare. So goes the tagline for an Oscar-nominated Netflix doc about the tragic killing of Ajike “AJ” Owens, a Florida mother of four who was fatally shot by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, over a seemingly minor dispute. Told almost entirely through disturbing body cam footage, The Perfect Neighbor delves into the often dark complications of Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” laws as Lorincz serves 25 years in prison on manslaughter charges for Owens’s death. —S.W.

The Secret Agent

This Brazilian import premiered at Cannes and dominated the fest’s honors. Now it has four Academy Awards 2026 nominations in the categories of best picture, best actor (for lead actor Wagner Moura), best international feature, and the newly introduced best casting category. Set in 1977, the film sees Moura’s character, a widower, traveling back to Brazil amid political turmoil. He’s put to work as an undercover informant in a dissident political group, taking on an active role in a dangerous environment. The Secret Agent is available in theaters and on Fandango at Home. —K.W.

Sentimental Value

Despite a bumpy awards season showing (the film was snubbed by SAG-AFTRA before supporting actor nominee Stellan Skarsgård won at the Golden Globes) freshly nominated writer-director Joachim Trier’s follow-up to The Worst Person in the World earned nine nominations, including best picture. Skarsgård stars in Norway’s selection for best international feature as filmmaker Gustav Borg, who plans to make a movie in his childhood home—the same Oslo dwelling where he raised his now-estranged daughters Nora (best actress nominated Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (best supporting actress nominee Inga Ibsdotter). After Nora rejects the opportunity to star in her father’s passion project, he casts American actress Rachel Kemp (best supporting actress nominee Elle Fanning) as the heroine, irritating decades of old familial wounds in the process. The film is still in theaters or available to rent on various streaming platforms. —S.W.

Sinners

The Oscars certainly had a thirst for blood. Ryan Coogler’s vampire musical broke the record for the most nominations earned by a single film, taking home a whopping 16. It scored in virtually every category it was expected, and even picked up a surprise nod in best supporting actor for veteran Delroy Lindo. It’s no surprise here: Vanity Fair had the audacious genre blending flick as one of its best films of 2025 and Oscar-nominated star Michael B. Jordan on the cover of our Hollywood Issue. If for some reason you haven’t already seen Sinners, you can stream it on Prime Video, HBO Max, Hulu, Fandango at Home, or watch it in theaters. —C.M.

Sirāt

In director Óliver Laxe’s absorbing drama, Luis (Sergí Lopez) travels the remnants of a desert rave in search of his lost daughter. Sirāt received the Jury Prize at Cannes last year, and the work of sound designer Laia Casanova, which highlights the ambient noises of the desert, was singled out for special praise from critics. The film, which was nominated for best sound and best international feature, will go to limited release on February 6. —E.V.

The Smashing Machine

Starring in The Smashing Machine meant that Dwayne Johnson, who rose to prominence as a wrestler (we can still smell what The Rock is cooking), returned to familiar turf. Playing MMA champion Mark Kerr, the film chronicles the fighter’s struggles with opioid addiction, chronic pain, and relationship struggles in the late ‘90s. The latest offering from director Benny Safdie got an Oscar nod in the best hair and makeup category. The Smashing Machine will stream on HBO Max from January 23, and is available to rent on platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, and Apple TV. —K.W.

Song Sung Blue

What can’t Hugh Jackman do? The guy has been a showman of the greatest caliber, Wolverine, and now, Neil Diamond. Ish. In Song Sung Blue, Jackman stars opposite Kate Hudson, who scooped up a best actress nomination for her work. The two play a married couple who also performed together as a Midwestern Diamond tribute band. The real-life band, Thunder & Lightning, rose to fame and acclaim, even opening for Pearl Jam and dueting with Eddie Vedder himself on “Forever in Blue Jeans.” Song Sung Blue is available to rent on Apple TV, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, and Google Play. —K.W.

Train Dreams

Based on Denis Johnson’s beloved 2011 novella, the atmospheric film depicts the life of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), his relationship with his wife, Gladys (Felicity Jones), and the various characters he meets working on the rails and forests of the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century. Despite tragedy, Edgerton told VF, “This story tells me that life is really worth living.” Brazilian cinematographer Adolpho Veloso got his first Oscar nomination for his work on the film. An original song, “Train Dreams,” written and performed by Nick Cave, was also nominated, as was the screenplay, adapted by Greg Kwedar and director Clint Bentley. Train Dreams, which is up for best picture, is streaming on Netflix. —E.V.

The Ugly Stepsister

This Norwegian film is a body horror take on the Cinderella tale with a spirit true to the original telling by the Brothers Grimm. Drastic transformations and wigs are a notable part of the plot, so it didn’t come as a surprise that prosthetic makeup artist Thomas Foldberg and hairstylist Anne Cathrine Sauerberg were nominated for best hair and makeup. The film, which stars Norwegian rising stars Lea Myren and Thea Sofie Loch Næss (The Last Kingdom, So Long, Marianne), is available to stream on Disney+ with a subscription. —E.V.

Viva Verdi!

A peek into the lives of the once-celebrated opera singers and musicians currently living out their “third act” in a Milanese retirement home built by Giuseppe Verdi, the documentary Viva Verdi! beat out musicals like Wicked: For Good and The Testament of Ann Lee to earn a best original song nomination for the song “Sweet Dreams of Joy.” Written by Nicholas Pike and performed in the film by soprano Ana Maria Martinez, the operatic tune will provide a very different flavor from its competitors like “Train Dreams” by Nick Cave and the Kpop hit “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters. You’ll have to go to the cineplex to see Viva Verdi!, as it’s not available for streaming —C.M.

The Voice of Hind Rajab

The only film in the international feature category not released by Neon, The Voice of Hind Rajab tells the powerful story of volunteers at the Palestine Red Crescent Society responding to the tragic murder of a five-year-old Palestinian girl by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza. A docudrama, the film blends real audio of Hind with dramatized recreations of the Red Crescent’s attempt to save her. Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, The Voice of Hind Rajab won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival last year. It’s currently not available to stream, but still playing in theaters across the country —C.M.

Weapons

When 17 third-graders in the same class in small-town Pennsylvania disappear on the same night, leaving only one classmate remaining, parents and townspeople are desperate for someone to blame. The class’s teacher, played by Julia Garner, faces suspicion (not to mention her own demons), and the remaining, unvarnished child isn’t providing answers. When the student’s Aunt Gladys, a delightfully spooky Amy Madigan, comes to town, things get even weirder. Madigan earned the film’s sole Oscar nomination, in the best supporting actress category. Weapons is available with subscription on HBO Max, Hulu, Roku, YouTube, and Amazon Prime Video. —K.W.

Zootopia 2

Who says the Oscars ignore blockbusters? Shortly after crossing the $1.7 billion mark at the global box office and becoming the highest-grossing animated movie of all time, Zootopia 2 has nabbed a best animated feature Oscar nomination. The hit sequel, still playing only in theaters, picks up where the 2016 original left off—with cheerful rabbit cop Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) embarking on one of her first official cases with recently-graduated fox police officer Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) against the backdrop of their whimsical town’s “Zootennial” celebrations. —S.W.