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There was a time last year when it looked as though there would barely be any films for the 2021 awards season, but despite production delays and filming breaks the 2021 Academy Awards Ceremony looks set to be a big one. From The Trial of the Chicago 7 to Promising Young Woman there are some really exciting films competing for the prestigious best picture award.
The good news is a lot of them are available for you to watch from home right now, while others will be out in cinemas very soon. Just think, cinemas! Here's how you can watch all of the films nominated at the 2021 Oscars. Enjoy!
Judas and the Black Messiah
IMDb says: Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panther Party per FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Party Chairman Fred Hampton ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary en route, a battle wages for O'Neal's soul.
Nominated for: Best picture, best supporting actor (twice), best original screenplay, best cinematography.
Where to watch: Rent on Prime Video.
Minari
IMDb says: A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.
Nominations: Best picture, best supporting actress, best actor, best original score, best director, best original screenplay.
Where to watch: Rent now on Prime Video.
Nomadland
IMDb says: After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Nominations: Best picture, best actress, best director, best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best film editing.
Where to watch: Watch on Disney+ from 30th April.
Promising Young Woman
IMDb says: A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
Nominations: Best picture, best actress, best director, best original screenplay, best film editing.
Where to watch: Watch on NOW.
Sound of Metal
IMDb says: A heavy-metal drummer's life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing.
Nominations: Best picture, best actor, best original screenplay, best supporting actor, best film editing, best sound.
Where to watch: Watch on Prime Video.
One Night in Miami
IMDb says: A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.
Nominations: Best supporting actor, best adapted screenplay.
Where to watch: Watch on Prime Video.
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
IMDb says: Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.
Nominations: Best actress.
Where to watch: Watch on NOW.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
IMDb says: Borat returns from Kazakhstan to America and this time he reveals more about the American culture, the COVID-19 pandemic and the political elections.
Nominations: Best adapted screenplay, best supporting actress.
Where to watch: Watch on Prime Video.
Emma
IMDb says: In 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
Nominations: Best costume design, best makeup and hairstyling.
Where to watch: Watch on NOW.
Mulan
IMDb says: A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father.
Nominations: Best costume design, best visual effects.
Where to watch: Watch on Disney+.
Pinocchio
IMDb says: Old woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.
Nominations: Best costume design, best makeup and hairstyling.
Where to watch: Rent on Prime Video.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
IMDb says: During a recording session, tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable "Mother of the Blues".
Nominations: Best actor, best actress, best production design, best makeup and hairstyling, best costume design.
Where to watch: Watch on Netflix.
Pieces of a Woman
IMDb says: When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
Nominations: Best actress.
Where to watch: Watch on Netflix.
News of the World
IMDb says: A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.
Nominations: Best cinematography, best music, best production design, best sound.
Where to watch: Watch on Netflix.
The Trial of the Chicago 7
IMDb says: The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Nominations: Best picture, best supporting actor, best original screenplay, best film editing, best cinematography.
Where to watch: Watch on Netflix.
Hillbilly Elegy
IMDb says: An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
Nominations: Best supporting actress, makeup and hairstyling.
Where to watch: Watch on Netflix.
The Father
IMDb says: A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Nominated for: Best picture, best actor, best supporting actress, best adapted screenplay, best production design, best film editing.
Where to watch: In cinemas from 11th June 2021.
Mank
IMDb says: 1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).
Nominated for: Best picture, best actor, best supporting actress, best director, best original score, best cinematography, best production design, best costume design, best makeup and hairstyling, best sound.
Where to watch: Watch on Netflix.
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