LOS ANGELES — The 96th Academy Awards are on Sunday, March 10, honoring the best films to come from a tumultuous, strike-filled year in the film industry.
Christopher Nolan's epic about the creator of the atomic bomb, "Oppenheimer," leads the nominees with 13. "Barbie," released on the same day as part of the cultural phenomenon known as Barbenheimer, nabbed eight noms.
The Best Picture nominees — which were all released in 2023, despite work stoppages and production delays — have it all: thrilling dramatizations, otherworldly fantasy narratives, historical dramas and show-stopping animation.
Want to watch this year’s nominees without leaving the comfort of your own home?
Below is a streaming guide for the 2024 Best Picture nominees.
AMERICAN FICTION
Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
STREAMING: Pre-order on Prime Video an Apple TV+
ANATOMY OF A FALL
When her husband Samuel is mysteriously found dead in the snow below their secluded chalet, Sandra becomes the main suspect when the police begin to question whether he fell or was pushed.
The trial soon becomes not just an investigation, but a gripping psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel's complicated marriage. With conflicting evidence and inconsistent testimony, words are wielded like weapons and shocking truths come to light.
STREAMING: Rent/purchase on Prime Video an Apple TV+
BARBIE
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
STREAMING: Max
THE HOLDOVERS
From director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
STREAMING: Peacock
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight. The wealth of these Native Americans immediately attracted white interlopers, who manipulated, extorted, and stole as much Osage money as they could before resorting to murder. Based on a true story and told through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), this is an epic western crime saga, where real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal.
STREAMING: Apple TV+
MAESTRO
Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.
STREAMING: Netflix
OPPENHEIMER
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
STREAMING: Peacock
PAST LIVES
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.
STREAMING: Rent/purchase on Prime Video and Apple TV+
POOR THINGS
The incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
STREAMING: Hulu
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
STREAMING: Purchase on Prime Video