Staying at home this winter weekend? TBR has rounded up the Top 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees and where you can watch and stream them so you can enjoy from the comfort of home during the Arctic Blast of 2026.
THE 10 BEST PICTURE NOMINEES
This stylish vampire movie sucked up a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations, the most of any film ever. Ryan Coogler’s (Black Panther, Fruitvale Station) slow-burn story leads to a barn-burner of a finale.
Where to watch: HBO Max or VOD to rent/buy
Nominated for: Best picture, director, actor, supporting actor, supporting actress, original screenplay, production design, costume design, cinematography, editing, makeup and hairstyling, sound, visual effects, score, song, casting.
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
With 13 nominations, Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights) delivers one of the best sustained pieces of filmmaking — ever. It felt like one hour. At full volume, it’s about defying fascism and racism, but in quiet moments, it's a tender father-daughter story. Somehow it is both a thunderous thriller and intimate drama, switching gears with comic precision.
Where to watch: HBO Max or VOD to rent/buy
Nominated for: Best picture, director, actor, supporting actor, supporting actress, adapted screenplay, production design, cinematography, editing, sound, score, casting.
Where to watch: HBO Max or VOD to rent/buy
Nominated for: Best picture, director, actor, supporting actor, supporting actress, original screenplay, production design, costume design, cinematography, editing, makeup and hairstyling, sound, visual effects, score, song, casting.
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
With 13 nominations, Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights) delivers one of the best sustained pieces of filmmaking — ever. It felt like one hour. At full volume, it’s about defying fascism and racism, but in quiet moments, it's a tender father-daughter story. Somehow it is both a thunderous thriller and intimate drama, switching gears with comic precision.
Where to watch: HBO Max or VOD to rent/buy
Nominated for: Best picture, director, actor, supporting actor, supporting actress, adapted screenplay, production design, cinematography, editing, sound, score, casting.
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Director Joachim Trier’s (The Worst Person in the World) helms this Norwegian family drama with an exceptional ensemble cast. It is slow, character-rich and moving. The subtitles are free.
Where to watch: VOD to rent/buy
Where to watch: VOD to rent/buy
Nominated for: Best picture, director, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress (2), original screenplay, editing, international feature.
HAMNET
Director-writer Chloe Zhao's (Nomadland) adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet, earned eight Oscar nominations. This is not simply a film that “makes you cry.” It is a full sensory passage through love, family and mourning that ultimately opens into something rare and transcendent. Quite poetically, the theater is alive with power here. Hamnet is a story of loss that somehow bursts with life. A reminder that from unbearable grief can come lasting beauty.
Where to watch: Currently in theaters, which is a must for this one.
Nominated for: Best picture, director (Chloé Zhao), actress (Jessie Buckley), adapted screenplay, casting, costume design, production design, original score.
FRANKENSTEIN
Director Guillermo del Toro’s (Shape of Water, Pans Labyrinth) sumptuous gothic take on Mary Shelley’s classic is alive in distinct design, and ranks as a major contender in all the craft categories.
Where to watch: Netflix
Nominated for: Best picture, supporting actor (Jacob Elordi), adapted screenplay, production design, costume design, cinematography, makeup and hairstyling, sound, score.
TRAIN DREAMS
Director Clint Bentley (Sing Sing, Jockey) brings us the story of logger Robert (Joel Edgerton), a would-be-forgotten everyman. More than telling this man's story, Bentley is intent on celebrating a life even if it’s a quiet one. This lyrical period piece blends breathtaking visuals with heartfelt storytelling.
Where to watch: Netflix
Nominated for: Best picture, adapted screenplay, cinematography, original song.
BUGONIA
Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) reunites a third time with Emma Stone for a surreal journey that’s as funny as it is alien.
Where to watch: Peacock or VOD to rent/buy
Nominated for: Best picture, actress (Emma Stone), adapted screenplay, original score.
THE SECRET AGENT
A Brazilian political thriller with a powerful central performance by Wagner Moura. It has earned multiple nominations and has a leg up on all the international feature nominees.
Where to watch: In theaters now.
Nominated for: Best picture, best international feature, best actor (Wagner Moura), casting.
MARTY SUPREME
A24’s hyped hit starring Timothée Chalamet either impressed or exhausted the academy to gather nine nominations across acting, technical and major categories.
Where to watch: In theaters now.
Nominated for: Best picture, actor (Timothée Chalamet), director (Josh Safdie), adapted screenplay, casting, costume design, cinematography, editing, production design.
F1
I’m not sure why the F1 this fun popcorn movie is in the top ten, but voters must agree that it’s high-octane and visually stunning, delivering on spectacle in an old-fashioned, Top Gun kind of way. It's on track to win editing and sound.
Where to watch: Apple TV or VOD to rent/buy
Where to watch: Apple TV or VOD to rent/buy
Nominated for: Best picture, editing, sound, visual effects.
Bonus: Best Documentary Features worth streaming right now
If you love peek-behind-the-scenes or secret camera footage, these nominees deliver gripping real life drama:
The Perfect Neighbor
Uses police bodycam footage to examine the killing of Ajike Ownes and the laws and biases at play.
If you love peek-behind-the-scenes or secret camera footage, these nominees deliver gripping real life drama:
The Perfect Neighbor
Uses police bodycam footage to examine the killing of Ajike Ownes and the laws and biases at play.
Where to watch: Netflix
The Alabama Solution
Explores a troubling prison system through secretly recorded footage by incarcerated men.
Where to watch: HBO Max
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
A Russian teacher captures how propaganda and patriotism are instilled in children during wartime.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
A Russian teacher captures how propaganda and patriotism are instilled in children during wartime.
Where to watch: VOD to rent/buy
Come See Me in the Good Light
An intimate portrait of an artist at work set against political unrest.
Where to watch: Apple TV or VOD to rent/buy
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