There’s only one weekend left, but movie lovers still have time to binge all the Best Picture nominees ahead of the 98th annual Academy Awards on Monday (NZT).
The awards season’s grand finale, the Oscars, has already made history with period horror movie Sinners setting the record for the most nominations ever earned from a single film.
The film, starring Michael B. Jordan and set in 1932 Mississippi, leads total nominations with 16, followed by Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another, which has 13 nominations.
Comedian Conan O’Brien will return to Oscar hosting duties for a second consecutive year.
Here in New Zealand, you can watch the awards coverage on Disney+ from midday, and follow along – and share your thoughts – in the Herald’s live blog and red carpet coverage.
But first, you’ll need to get yourself Oscars-ready, so to help, we’ve rounded up all the Best Picture nominees and where you can watch them in New Zealand.
Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons reunite with director Yorgos Lanthimos for dark comedy hostage film Bugonia. Two conspiracy-obsessed men kidnap a high-powered CEO (Stone), convinced that she is an alien sent to destroy Earth.
Nominations: Best picture, best actress (Emma Stone), best adapted screenplay, best original score.
Where to watch: Available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Prime Video and Neon.
High-octane sports movie F1 stars Bad Pitt as Sonny Hayes, a driver who returns from injury and resulting early retirement to seek redemption and the thrill of speed that keeps him coming back.
Nominations: Best picture, best film editing, best sound, best visual effects.
Where to watch: Available to rent or buy on Prime Video, or stream on Apple TV+.
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. Jacob Elordi plays the creature to Oscar Isaac’s Dr Victor Frankenstein as he uncovers the dangerous consequences of his new creation.
Nominations: Best picture, best supporting actor (Jacob Elordi), best adapted screenplay (Guillermo del Toro), best picture, best production design, best cinematography, best costume design, best makeup and hairstyling, best sound, best original score.
Where to watch: Netflix.
Hamnet tells the story of William Shakespeare’s own real life tragedy following the death of his son from the plague. The film follows Shakespeare and wife Agnes as they grapple with grief in 16th century England.
Nominations: Best picture, best director (Chloé Zhao), best actress (Jessie Buckley), best adapted screenplay, best production design, best costume design, best original score, best casting.
Where to watch: In cinemas now and available to rent or buy on Prime Video and Neon.
Timothée Chalamet gives a standout performance as 1950s table tennis sensation Marty Supreme. The trash-talking, charismatic ping pong player has his eye on international stardom and achieving the American Dream.
Nominations: Best picture, best actor (Timothée Chalamet), best original screenplay, best casting, best production design, best cinematography, best film editing, best costume design.
Where to watch: In cinemas now and available to rent or buy on Apple TV and Prime Video
The current favourite for the Best Picture gong, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is a quirky action comedy following a down-and-out revolutionary (Leonardo DiCaprio) trying to protect his daughter from a past coming back to haunt him.
Nominations: Best picture, best director (Paul Thomas Anderson), best actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), best supporting actor (Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn), best supporting actress (Teyana Taylor), best adapted screenplay, best casting, best cinematography, best film editing, best sound, best original score, best production design.
Where to watch: In cinemas now and available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Prime Video and Neon.
This Norwegian film from the director of the fan favourite The Worst Person In The World, tracks a filmmaker trying to reconnect with his estranged daughters after years apart. It pulls at the heartstrings.
Nominations: Best picture, best director (Joachim Trier), best actress (Renate Reinsve), best supporting actor (Stellan Skarsgård), best supporting actress (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Elle Fanning), best original screenplay, best international feature (Norway), best film editing.
Where to watch: Available to rent or buy on Prime Video and Neon.
Michael B. Jordan plays a dual role of twins Smoke and Stack in this Ryan Coogler horror. The brothers open a juke joint in 1930’s Mississippi, but opening night doesn’t go to plan and instead attracts a gang of vampires out for blood.
Nominations: Best picture, best director (Ryan Coogler), best actor (Michael B. Jordan), best supporting actress (Wunmi Mosaku), best supporting actor (Delroy Lindo), best original screenplay, best casting, best production design, best cinematography, best costume design, best film editing, best makeup and hairstyling, best sound, best visual effects, best original score, best original song (I Lied to You by Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq).
Where to watch: In select cinemas now, streaming on Neon, or available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Neon, AroVision and Prime Video.
Brazilian political thriller The Secret Agent follows a technology teacher in 1977 who returns to his hometown during a time of turmoil in the country’s military dictatorship.
Nominations: Best picture, best actor (Wagner Moura), best casting, best international feature (Brazil).
Where to watch: In select cinemas and available to rent on Neon, Apple TV and AroVision.
Directed by Clint Bentley and based on Denis Johnson’s 2011 book, Train Dreams follows a logger and railroad worker in the early 1900s on his journey through the loss of his life and family and trying to find meaning.
Nominations: Best picture, best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best original song (Train Dreams by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner).
Where to watch: Netflix.