15 Oscar-Nominated Films Of 2022 You Can Stream Right Now

Every year, streaming services rise in popularity around the globe as subscriptions grow in numbers due to convenience, price, and accessibility. This favor for streaming platforms has only inflated as the pandemic has dramatically altered the release strategies for some films. Many streaming services, including Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Max, are now teaming with distributors to make movies more readily available to watch at home since many audiences have been unable to go to theaters.

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To the benefit of movie-lovers who may want to catch up on the films of the 2022 Oscar conversation, a great variety of this year's nominated movies are already available to watch across popular streaming platforms. So before the 94th Academy Awards air on Sunday, March 27, subscribers will be able to become familiar with this year's nominated films without ever leaving their couches. Below you will find a highlight of 15 of this year's Oscar-nominated films that audiences can stream right now.

'Being the Ricardos'

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Nominations: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor

Streaming on: Amazon Prime

Aaron Sorkin's latest directorial effort Being the Ricardos has received three Oscar nods across the acting categories. Portraying the real-life stars behind the cast of I Love Lucy, Nicole Kidman (Best Actress), Xavier Bardem (Best Actor), and J.K. Simmons (Best Supporting Actor) have been rewarded for their dedicated embodiments of the iconic television stars. You can find Being the Ricardos streaming on Amazon Prime.

'CODA'

Nominations: Adapted Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor

Streaming on: Apple TV+

A crowd-pleaser since first premiering at Sundance in 2021, CODA has three Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. Directed by Sian Header and adapted from a French film, CODA centers around a girl on the brink of adulthood who struggles between leaving for college or staying home to assist her all deaf family with their fishing business. A heart-warming family movie that significantly platforms deaf culture, Apple TV+ subscribers can stream CODA right now.

'Don't Look Up'

Nominations: Best Picture, Editing, Original Screenplay, Original Score

Streaming on: Netflix

One of the most divisive satires of recent memory, Adam McKay's Don't Look Up is an apocalypse comedy with a stacked cast and a witty screenplay that has kept audiences talking since the film's release. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as small-time astronomers who go on a national tour to warn the country of an impending comet set to hit Earth, Don't Look Up combines timely sociopolitical and environmental issues to create an entertaining movie with criticisms of the current world. With four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Original Screenplay, Don't Look Up can be streamed on Netflix.

'Drive My Car'

'Drive My Car' (2021)

Nominations: Adapted Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Director, International Film (Japan)

Streaming on: HBO Max

One of this year's international films to break into the major Oscar categories is Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Drive My Car. Hailing from Japan, Drive My Car is adapted and expanded from a short story of the same name. Intricately written and directed with a masterful hand by Hamaguchi, Drive My Car centers around a theater actor grappling with life, death, and creation while preparing a new interpretation of the famous play Uncle Vanya and mourning the loss of a loved one. Expansive in narrative scope yet intimate in its depictions of characters, Drive My Car will prove to be a heavy hitter in the International Film category at the Oscars while also being a player in the Best Picture and Best Director races. Drive My Car is now streaming on HBO Max.

'Dune'

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Nominations: Adapted Screenplay, Best Picture, Cinematography, Costume Design, Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Production Design, Sound, Visual Effects

Streaming on: HBO Max

With a staggering 10 Oscar Nominations for this year, Denis Villeneuve's Dune will surely be rewarded for wins in the craft categories due to its committed and sophisticated world-building. From the movie's dimensional sound design to its seamless visual effects, Dune is a sensory feast that will impress Oscar voters. Adapted from the seminal science-fiction novel of the same name, Dune focuses on the House of Atreides, a noble family struggling to save their new home planet during an intergalactic power grab and liberate its inhabitants from their oppressors. One of the earliest examples of the simultaneous streaming and theatrical release, Dune has been available on HBO Max since last fall.

'Flee'

Nominations: Animated Feature, Documentary Feature, International Feature (Denmark)

Streaming on: Hulu

Making Oscars history with its trio of nominations for Animated, Documentary, and International Feature, Flee is a unique film that has touched audiences since its festival premiere in 2021. Directed by Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Flee tells the harrowing real-life experience of a man called Amin, who was forced as a teenager to escape Afghanistan and leave his family during the country's first civil war.

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Heartbreaking and liberating in the most refreshing modes, Flee pushes the boundaries of documentary filmmaking to share an essential account that can touch many audiences. Flee is now available to stream on Hulu.

'King Richard'

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Nominations: Best Actor, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Editing, Original Song, Original Screenplay

Streaming on: HBO Max

The Reinaldo Marcus Green directed King Richard has garnered an impressive 6 Oscar Nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Will Smith. Serving as an executive producer on the film, Smith worked tirelessly to bring the story of Richard Williams, father to tennis superstars Venus and Serena, to the big screen in a faithful adaptation. Portraying Williams on the path to his daughters finding success, Smith disappears into this role with dedication we have never seen from the actor before. King Richard is a heartfelt film with broad appeal to many movie lovers and is available to stream on HBO Max.

'Luca'

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Nominations: Animated Feature

Streaming on: Disney+

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Disney Pixar heads to the sunny coasts of the Mediterranean with Luca, which is nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 2022 Oscars. The film's narrative follows Luca Paguro, a sea creature who can assume human form on land during an Italian summer he will never forget. Luca is now available on Disney+.

Nightmare Alley

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Nominations: Best Picture, Cinematography, Costume Design, Production Design

Streaming on: Hulu

Guillermo Del Toro's masterful noir Nightmare Alley is now streaming on Hulu. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Cinematography, Nightmare Alley highlights Del Toro's exquisite sense of craftsmanship and the director's penchant for period settings. Nightmare Alley centers around a mysterious drifter named Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) who joins a circus with the hopes of becoming a renowned mentalist. But all too quickly, Stan's innate greed and selfishness overtake his aspirations in ways he never expects.

'Spencer'

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Nominations: Best Actress

Streaming on: Hulu

Kristen Stewart's embodiment of Diana, Princess of Wales in Spencer has been wowing audiences since the film first premiered last fall, and now the impressive performance has earned Stewart her first Oscar Nomination for Best Actress.

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More of an imaginative recreation of Diana's frame of mind during a turning point in her life than a straight-laced biopic, Spencer, directed by Pablo Larraín, perfectly taps into Stewart's unique sensibilities as a more-understated actress that searches for artistic risks. Hulu subscribers can catch Spencer streaming now.