The 96th Annual Academy Awards is well and truly upon us, with the glorious golden Oscars being given out to actors, actresses, directors, producers, composers, and valued crew members on March 11. With 30 different feature length films nominated to win a golden shiny bloke, there’s days worth of award winning content to watch. So here’s where to watch every film nominated for an Oscar in 2024 in Australia.
If you truly want to throw yourself into the world of film, the nominations list for the 2024 Oscars list is huge and will probably take weeks to consume.
But hey, if you’re down for a full-on challenge to watch every single Oscar nominated film for this year, we’ve got the list for you
Where to watch the Best Picture 2024 nominations:
American Fiction
American Fiction is the directorial debut of Cord Jefferson, and has been nominated for five Oscars – a huge feat for any film, let alone a director’s first. American Fiction tells the story of Monk (Jeffrey Wright), a novelist who is fed up with the writing industry’s exploitation of African American stereotypes for profit. In protest he writes his own satire of these “Black” books… only for it to be hailed as a serious literary success.
Winning the People’s Choice Award at Toronto International Film Festival, as well as dozens of other accolades, The Guardian described American Fiction as a “toe-curling depiction of tone-deaf sanctimony that is almost too bluntly on the nose.”
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actor In A Leading Role, Best Actor In A Supporting Role, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score.
Where can you watch American Fiction in Australia?
Anatomy Of A Fall
Justine Triet’s drama Anatomy Of A Fall picked up five Oscar nominations and has a little bit of everything a juicy psychological thriller should have: murder plots, complex relationship triangles, legal drama, and French accents, ooh-la-la.If you are into psychological thrillers that leave you unsure what to believe by the end, then you will not be disappointed by Anatomy Of A Fall.
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing.
Where can you watch Anatomy Of A Fall in Australia?
Barbie
Nominated for a well-bloody-deserved eight Academy Awards (entering the Best Original Song category TWICE, shoutout to Billie Eilish and Ryan “Just Ken” Gosling), Barbie was a hot pink cultural moment that you couldn’t escape no matter how big a rock you hid under. Sure, Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie were snubbed the nominations for Best Director and Best Actress respectively, but… nope, I’m still mad about that. Better watch Barbie again.
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Original Song.
Where can you watch Barbie in Australia?
Killers of the Flower Moon
Prodigal son of the Academy Leonardo DiCaprio is back together with the legendary Hollywood director Martin Scorsese for this Apple TV original epic crime western historical drama. Collecting a total of 10 nominations, Killers of the Flower Moon combines the talents of DiCaprio with Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone to creates an enthralling experience that will leave you on the edge of your seat the whole way through – a feat even more impressive due to its three plus hour runtime.
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Costume Design, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song.
Where can you watch Killers of the Flower Moon in Australia?
Maestro
After directing the astronomically successful A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper has proved he’s more than a (very) pretty face by following it up with Maestro. The seven Oscar nom recipient tells the real life story of composer Leonard Bernstein and his complicated lifelong relationship with Felicia Montealegre, adding some much needed class to the musician biopic genre.
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound.
Where can you watch Maestro in Australia?
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan’s historical drama Oppenheimer tells the tale of the man who invented the Atomic bomb and then proceeded to “become death”. Much more than an instructional guide on building weapons that will bring on our own extinction – Oppenheimer also teaches audiences that sometimes the true bombs are the friends we make along the way.
Oppenheimer‘s appropriately explosive cast includes: Cillian Murphy (who still refuses to learn what a “meme” is), Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Gary Oldman, Josh Peck, Rami Malek, Jack Quaid, Kenneth Brannagh, and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’s original bad-boy, Devon Bostick. Despite the huge list of stars, somehow they all get time to shine on screen.
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Score.
Where can you watch Oppenheimer in Australia?
Past Lives
Celine Song‘s directorial debut, Past Lives is an American romantic drama that will pull at your heart strings thanks to the killer performances of Greta Lee and Teo Yoo. Following the relationship of childhood friends, this film is a good one for a hearty sob. If you like having a cry to a romance drama, you NEED to watch Past Lives.
For added big sad vibes, just remember that Song has shared that the film is semi-autobiographical. Ouch.
Nominated for: Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
Where can you watch Past Lives in Australia?
Poor Things
Emma Stone is back on screen with yet another man that is not Andrew Garfield (I will never be over it). Stone’s performance in Poor Things must be seen to be believed, absolutely deserving her the nomination. If you haven’t seen the film already, without spoiling it too much Stone performs as a woman who received a brain transplant that switched her mind with that of an unborn child’s.
Nominated for a total of 11 Oscars, Poor Things is dark, creepy, weird, and comedic, and well worth watching — then rewatching.
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Score.
Where can you watch Poor Things in Australia?
The Holdovers
This comedy drama film stars Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, and the dangers of boarding school. The latter was not nominated for an Oscar due to being a theme, and therefore not qualifying for Best Actress or Actor. The Holdovers is nominated for an impressive five Oscars total, and like all good comedy stories it expertly walks the line of humour and heart.
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing.
Where can you watch The Holdovers in Australia?
The Zone of Interest
Jonathan Glazer‘s historical drama The Zone of Interest focuses on the life of a German family that lives directly next to an operating concentration camp. Glazer portrays the brutality of the Holocaust in a way not seen on screen before, depicting the moral depravity and horror in a way that demands you feel discomforted by the crimes against humanity happening on and off screen.
The Zone of Interest is all about what happens when individuals look away from evil, making it impossible to ignore this film.
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, and Best International Feature Film.
The Zone of Interest is not yet available to stream in Australia.
Where to watch the Best Animated Feature 2024 nominations:
Elemental
Nominated for: Best Animated Feature Film.
Where can you watch Elemental in Australia?
Nimona
Nominated for: Best Animated Feature Film.
Where can you watch Nimona in Australia?
Robot Dreams
Nominated for: Best Animated Feature Film.
Robot Dreams is not yet available to stream in Australia.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Nominated for: Best Animated Feature Film.
Where can you watch Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse in Australia?
The Boy and the Heron
Nominated for: Best Animated Feature Film.
The Boy and the Heron is not yet available to stream in Australia.
Where can you watch Flamin’ Hot in Australia?
Where to watch every other film nominated for a 2024 Oscar:
American Symphony
Nominated for: Best Original Song.
Where can you watch American Symphony in Australia?
El Conde
Nominated for: Best Cinematography.
Where can you watch El Conde in Australia?
Flamin’ Hot
Nominated for: Best Original Song.
Godzilla Minus One
Nominated for: Best Visual Effects.
Godzilla Minus One is not yet available to stream, rent, or buy in Australia.
Golda
Nominated for: Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Where can you watch Golda in Australia?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Nominated for: Best Visual Effects.
Where can you watch Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 in Australia?
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Nominated for: Best Original Score.
Where can you watch Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in Australia?
May December
Nominated for: Best Original Screenplay.
Where can you watch May December in Australia?
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning
Nominated for: Best Visual Effects and Best Sound.
Where can you watch Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning in Australia?
Napoleon
Nominated for: Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design.
Where can you watch Napoleon in Australia?
Nyad
Nominated for: Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
Where can you watch Nyad in Australia?
Rustin
Nominated for: Best Actor.
Where can you watch Rustin in Australia?
Society of the Snow
Nominated for: Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best International Feature Film.
Where can you watch Society of the Snow in Australia?
The Color Purple
Nominated for: Best Supporting Actress.
The Color Purple is not yet available to stream in Australia.
The Creator
Nominated for: Best Visual Effects and Best Sound.
Where can you watch The Creator in Australia?
By our math, there is still juuuuust enough time to watch all of these films before seeing exactly who wins.
Or, if it interests you: you could do your own Barbenheimer marathon like that guy who watched them back-to-back twenty times.
Happy 96th Oscars y’all!
