Movies to watch before the 2018 Oscars and where to find them
By Sandy C.
The 90th Academy Awards are five weeks away, giving you plenty of time to catch up and watch Oscar nominated films you may have missed!
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If you’ve seen all Oscar 2018 nominated films, props to you! But if you haven’t, we’re here to help! Unless you’ve been stuck in the Sunken Place, you have at least seen a few of the 2018 Oscar nominated films. From Get Out to Call Me By Your Name, below are some movies you likely missed and a few that are absolutely must-see movies — and where you watch them.
On a budget? While you will have to spend several dollars to watch all the following movies, a couple are on Netflix, while another you can check out for free (when you subscribe to Hulu or HBO Go for a free trial). We also suggest iTunes and Amazon Video over YouTube and Google Play for renting movies. While doing our research, we found that iTunes and Amazon Video typically charge $0.99 to $5.99 to rent a film, while YouTube and Google Play’s fees are $2.99 to $7.99.
Get Out
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya), Best Director (Jordan Peele), Best Original Screenplay.
Where to watch it: Get Out is available on Blu-ray and DVD, as well as on HBO Go, and to rent on iTunes and Amazon.
Mudbound
Nominated for: Cinematography, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mary J. Blige), Music Original Song (Mighty River), and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Where to watch it: Available on Netflix.
Darkest Hour
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actor (Gary Oldman), Cinematography, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling and Production Design.
Where to watch it: Darkest Hour is available to rent on iTunes, Amazon Video, YouTube, and Google Play.
Dunkirk
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Cinematography, Film Editing, Music Original Score (Hans Zimmer), Sound Editing, and Production Design.
Where to watch it: Dunkirk is available on Blu-ray and DVD, iTunes, as well as to rent on YouTube, Google Play, and Amazon.
The Big Sick
Nominated for: Best Original Screenplay
Where to watch it: Available to rent on Amazon, YouTube, Google Play, and iTunes.
Strong Island
Nominated for: Best Documentary
Where to watch it: Available on Netflix
Loving Vincent
Nominated for: Best Animated Feature (This is the world’s first fully painted feature film, for that along it’s a must-see!)
Where to watch it: Available to rent on YouTube and Google Play.
Baby Driver
Nominated for: Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing
Where to watch it: Available on Blu-ray and DVD, as well as to rent on iTunes, YouTube, and Google Play.
Coco
Nominated for: Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song (Remember Me)
Where to watch it: Coco is still in theaters, it’ll become available on Blu-ray and DVD on Feburary 27, and digitally on Amazon and iTunes on February 13.
Call Me By Your Name
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actor (Timothee Chalamet), Best Original Song (Mystery of Love), Best Adapted Screenplay.
Where to watch it: Call Me By Your Name is still playing in theaters.
All the Money in the World
Nominated for: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Christopher Plummer).
Where to watch it: All the Money in the World is still playing in limited theaters.
I, Tonya
Nominated for: Best Actress (Margot Robbie), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Allison Janney), Film Editing.
Where to watch it: I, Tonya is playing in theaters
The Disaster Artist
Nominated for: Best Adapted Screenplay.
Where to watch it: The Disaster Artist is playing in limited theaters.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actress (Frances McDormand), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell), Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Original Screenplay
Where to watch it: Three Billboards is playing in theaters.
The Insult
Nominated for: Best Foreign Language Film
Where to watch it: The Insult is playing in select theaters, with screenings expanding in February.
The Shape of Water
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Octavia Spencer), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Richard Jenkins), Best Actress (Sally Hawkins), Best Director (Guillermo del Toro), Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Best Original Score (Alexandre Desplat), Production Design, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Best Original Screenplay.
Where to watch it: The Shape of Water is playing in theaters.
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Lady Bird
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Best Director, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Laurie Metcalf), Best Original Screenplay.
Where to watch it: Lady Bird is playing in theaters.
The Post
Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actress (Meryl Streep).
Where to watch it: The Post is playing in theaters.
The 90th Academy Awards airs Sunday, March 4, on ABC.