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How to watch this year's Oscar Best Picture contenders

Catch up before the big night.

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It's officially Oscars week and if you're looking to catch up on the contenders for this year's Academy Awards, including the likes of Emilia Pérez, Conclave, The Brutalist and Wicked, then we're here to help.

Of course, the big prize is Best Picture and the 10 movies nominated for this year's Best Picture Oscar are as follows: Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I'm Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance and Wicked.

You might have already seen some of them, but if you're looking to catch up ahead of the Oscars on March 2 (well, early hours of March 3 in the UK) to pick your favourite, then we're here to help.

Here's how you can watch every Best Picture contender right now and whether you can stream them at home.

Anora

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Universal

Mikey Madison is an Oscar frontrunner for her role in Anora where she plays a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, only for his parents to try and dissolve the marriage when they find out.

Watch now in the UK: Prime Video | iTunes | Microsoft Store
Watch now in the US:
Prime Video | iTunes

The Brutalist

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Universal

Clocking in at an mighty 215 minutes long, The Brutalist follows architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody) whose struggle to achieve the American Dream leads to a chance encounter with a wealthy client (Guy Pearce).

Watch now in the UK: Prime Video | iTunes | Microsoft Store
Watch now in the US: Prime Video | iTunes

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A Complete Unknown

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Searchlight Pictures UK

Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in biopic A Complete Unknown which charts Bob Dylan's rise to fame through to his controversial use of electric instruments.

Watch now in the UK: Cinema
Watch now in the US: Prime Video | iTunes

Conclave

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Black Bear Pictures

Adapted from the novel by Robert Harris, Conclave takes us inside the secretive Papal Conclave to elect the new Pope as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) discovers secrets about every leading candidate.

Watch now in the UK: Prime Video | iTunes | Microsoft Store
Watch now in the US:
Prime Video | iTunes | Peacock

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Dune: Part Two

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Warner Bros.

Dune: Part Two is the epic conclusion to Denis Villeneuve's two-part adaption of Frank Herbert's seminal novel as Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) unites the Fremen people to wage war against House Harkonnen.

Watch now in the UK: Prime Video | iTunes | Microsoft Store | Sky Cinema
Watch now in the US:
Prime Video | iTunes | Max

Emilia Pérez

zoe saldana as rita moro castro, karla sofia gascon as emilia perez, emilia perez
Netflix

Undoubtedly the most divisive of this year's Best Picture contenders, Emilia Pérez follows a cartel leader (Karla Sofia Gascón) who hires a lawyer (Zoe Saldaña) to help them disappear and transition into a woman.

Watch now: Netflix

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I'm Still Here

fernanda torres in i'm still here
Sony Pictures Classics

I'm Still Here is set in 1971 in Brazil as a mother (Fernanda Torres) is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent act by the government.

Watch now: Cinema

Nickel Boys

nickel boys
MGM Studios

Shot entirely in a first-person POV, Nickel Boys adapts Colson Whitehead's novel about two African-American boys who are sent to an abusive reform school.

Watch now in the UK: Prime Video
Watch now in the US: Prime Video | iTunes

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The Substance

demi moore, the substance
Mubi

Arguably the most unexpected Best Picture contender, The Substance is a gory body horror where Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) attempts to recapture the celebrity of her youth by taking an innovative drug that creates a younger version of herself.

Watch now in the UK: Prime Video | MUBI | iTunes
Watch now in the US:
Prime Video | MUBI | iTunes

Wicked

cynthia erivo as elphaba and ariana granda as glinda, wicked
Universal Pictures

In case you need reminding, Wicked is the first part of a two-part adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, telling the untold story of the friendship between Glinda the Good (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West (Cynthia Erivo).

Watch now in the UK: Prime Video | iTunes | Microsoft Store
Watch now in the US:
Prime Video | iTunes

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Movies Editor, Digital Spy  Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor.  Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world.   After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
 

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