Where To Stream This Year’s Oscar Winners

Sunday night marked the 96th annual Academy Awards so we now know what the voting body of the Academy has decided is the best in film. Before getting into that, it should be addressed that the way they handled the stunt performers during the show was absolutely ridiculous because there should be an award category for stunt coordination or choreography but instead of doing that they had Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt do a thinly-veiled advertisement for their upcoming film The Fall Guy while saying what essentially boils down to “your job is so important we couldn’t do it without you but it’s not important enough to warrant giving it an award.” That said, here are this year’s winners and where they can be watched at home:

The Holdovers (Peacock): The Holdovers only took home one award last night and that was for Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s performance in the Best Supporting Actress category. This was a well-deserved award for her because her performance in this film is fantastic. It is now available to stream on Peacock included at all subscription levels.

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko (Unavailable):
The Best Animated Short category was the hardest to predict because only one of the films was available to stream before the awards. That remains true now as last night’s winner is still unavailable to stream as of right now.

The Boy and the Heron (PVOD, Max TBA): Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki took home the award for Best Animated Feature for The Boy and the Heron. This is Miyazaki’s second win (the first being for Spirited Away) and the film is available to stream on Premium VOD channels like Amazon or iTunes as of right now. Considering Studio Ghibli has a distribution deal with Warner Brothers through Max, it will likely land there at some point in the near future.

Anatomy of a Fall (PVOD, Hulu March 22nd): Justine Triet and Arthur Harari took home the award for Best Original Screenplay for their film Anatomy of a Fall. As of right now it is only on PVOD platforms but will be released on Hulu on March 22nd.

American Fiction (PVOD, MGM+): In a welcome surprise, American Fiction took home the award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Writer/Director Cord Jefferson had one of the better speeches of the night about risk in Hollywood. As of right now the film (which is a must watch) is available for purchase through PVOD channels or through the MGM+ add-on for Amazon Prime.

Poor Things (Hulu): Unsurprisingly Poor Things cleaned up with wins for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and a win for Emma Stone as Best Leading Actress. Since this was produced by Searchlight, this film is available to stream on Hulu as of last week though be warned it is rated R.

The Zone of Interest (PVOD, Max TBA): Though winning Best International Feature was not a surprise The Zone of Interest also taking home the award for Best Sound was a little bit of an upset. That’s not to say the sound was not great in the film, it just seemed like a foregone conclusion that Oppenheimer was going to win. This film was produced by A24 so, while it is available on PVOD right now, it will be available on Max at some point in the near future as part of A24’s overall deal with Warner Brothers.

Oppenheimer (Peacock): Oppenheimer was clearly the biggest winner of the night with wins for Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and wins for Robert Downey Jr. as Supporting Actor, Cillian Murphy for Leading Actor, Christopher Nolan for Best Direction, and the overall top prize Best Picture. The film is available to stream on Peacock, however it has been running theatrically basically in perpetuity since its release.

Godzilla Minus One (Unavailable): As of right now the winner for Best Visual Effects is not available to stream anywhere but it did just wrap up a very lucrative theatrical run domestically. There is the possibility that Godzilla Minus One comes back to theaters but a potential streaming home is unknown. Max would likely be a contender because of the existing licensing deals for some of the older Toho Godzilla films and the ongoing Monster-verse movies co-produced by Legendary.

The Last Repair Shop (Disney+): Probably the biggest upset of the night came from The Last Repair Shop taking the top prize in the Best Documentary Short category. All the shorts in this category are available to stream either on YouTube, Disney+, or Paramount+ but specifically, The Last Repair Shop is available on Disney+.

20 Days in Mariupol (PBS): This harrowing chronicle of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine won an Academy Award for PBS in the Best Documentary Feature category. It is available to stream on PBS’s website and via the PBS documentary add-on for Amazon Prime (a worthwhile investment at $2.99 per month).

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix): Wes Anderson finally wins an Oscar as The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar takes home the award for Best Live Action Short. This was produced by Netflix and is available to watch there.

Barbie (Max): Finally, Barbie took home one award with Best Original Song for What Was I Made For? Considering this movie was produced by Warner Brothers and a major tentpole release, this title is available on Max.