How to Watch All the Oscar Nominees, From ‘Drive My Car’ to ‘Cruella’ – CNET

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Cruella is nominated for best costume design.
Laurie Sparham/DisneyThe 2022 Oscar nominations have been announced, reminding us of all the buzzy films from last year we haven’t yet carved out time to watch. No need to worry. There’s still time to stuff in the ones you missed before the Academy Award winners are announced March 27.
Ten films are vying for best picture, including the Steven Spielberg-directed musical West Side Story and Guillermo del Toro’s psychological thriller Nightmare Alley. Several of them may be on streaming services you already subscribe to.
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Here are the best picture nominees that are available with a streaming subscription, and those you can stream separately for a fee.
Amazon Studios
In 1952, Hollywood power couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face personal and professional obstacles that threaten their careers, their relationship and their hit television show.
Prime Video
The African monarch Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet this unexpected heir and build a relationship with his son.
Netflix
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
Niko Tavernise/Netflix
Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.
Netflix
A quirky, dysfunctional family’s road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity’s unlikeliest last hope.
Netflix
A woman’s beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
Netflix
A domineering rancher responds with mocking cruelty when his brother brings home a new wife and her son, until the unexpected comes to pass.
Netflix
In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he’s inadvertently saved from a freak accident by football legend Diego Maradona.
Neon and Topic Studios
During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana Spencer, struggling with mental health problems, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.
Neon
On the verge of marriage to his longtime boyfriend, a successful academic in Denmark is confronted with a secret from his past.
Searchlight Pictures
An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
Searchlight Pictures
An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Apple TV+
A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next king of Scotland. His ambitious wife will do anything to support him in his plans for seizing power.
Apple TV Plus
As a CODA (child of deaf adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Paramount Plus
The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” This observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.
Laurie Sparham/Disney
Emma Stone stars in this live-action prequel feature film following a young Cruella de Vil.
Disney
A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.
Pixar
On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human.
Walt Disney Pictures
In a realm known as Kumandra, a reimagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.
Warner Bros.
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people.
Dune debuted day and date in theaters and on HBO Max, but it has since left the streaming service. It should return to HBO Max at some point in the future, but if you can’t wait, you can rent or buy it for as little as $6 or $13, at services including Amazon, Vudu and iTunes.
Focus Features
A semi-autobiographical film that chronicles the life of a working-class family and their young son’s childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s in the Northern Ireland capital.
Belfast is available for purchase for $20 at services including Amazon, Vudu and iTunes.
Warner Bros
A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are through coaching from their father, Richard Williams.
Like Dune, King Richard debuted in theaters and on HBO Max but it has since left the streaming service. It should return to HBO Max in the future, but in the meantime, you can buy it for $20 at vendors including Amazon, Vudu and iTunes.
Niko Tavernise/20th Century Studios
Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City. Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks, two rival gangs vying for control of the streets.
While you can’t stream Stephen Spielberg’s West Side Story adaptation yet, stay tuned for its Disney Plus and HBO Max release March 2.
Janus Films
After his wife’s unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku, a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima. There, he begins to face the haunting mysteries his wife left behind.
Drive My Car arrives on HBO Max March 2.
MGM
The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and navigating first love in San Fernando Valley in 1973.