The Academy Awards is undoubtedly the biggest night in Hollywood, with hundreds of stars glamming up to celebrate the best of the last 12 months of films.

Those who are lucky go home with an Oscar statue – and cement themselves in the film industry’s legacy forever in the process.

This year has proven no different, with one of the most tightly fought battles for the ultimate prize, Best Picture, in recent memory.

But there can be only one victor, and on the night – held on March 4th in Los Angeles – Sean Baker’s movie Anora came out on top in a sweep of the evening.

Here are the 10 movies that made the nominees list, and how you can now watch them and make your own decision.

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Anora rose above the other nominees to take home the Best Picture at the 2025 Academy Awards ceremony – winning five Oscars in total.

In Brighton Beach, New York, young stripper and sex worker Ani is swept off her feet when the young and rich Russian Ivan Zakharov comes into her life.

With a business arrangement soon turning into a whirlwind romance and marriage, the pair’s happy ending comes to an abrupt halt when his Oligarch parents get wind of their union – and set about to put a stop to it.

Discover more about Anora here.

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This hard-hitting drama won three Oscars, with leading actor Adrian Brody taking home the Best Actor gong.

The Brutalist focuses on Lazlo Toth, a Hungarian architect who escapes postwar Europe with his wife in order to pursue a new life in America. When he settles in Pennsylvania, a wealthy and prominent industrialist recognises his talent and gives him a life-changing opportunity.

In cinemas now

Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in this biopic following the legendary musician during a game-changing period of his life.

Set in 1960s New York, a hopeful Dylan arrives to make a name for himself as an artist with a revolutionary flair. In the years that follows, he sets a course to change American music, forming intimate relationships with fellow musicians in his rise to fame along the way.

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Following the death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is given the unenviable task of arranging a conclave at the Vatican to choose his replacement.

One of the world’s most secret events, powerful religious leaders descend to the city and are sequestered in the halls of the Vatican until a new Pope is chosen. But as some make their play for power, it’s up to Lawrence to uncover corruption and ensure that the right man for the job is chosen, and future of the Roman Catholic church remains certain.

Available now on Sky Cinema and NOW

In the second part of this fantasy epic based on the novels by Frank Herbert, Paul Atreides (Timotheé Chalamet) continues his journey into becoming the leader of the Fremen, finding love with Chani (Zendaya) along the way.

However, haunted by visions of a dark future, he soon must make a choice between the love of his life and becoming a leader at a time when it’s needed most.

Available now on Netflix

Mexican lawyer Rita (Oscar-winning Zoe Saldana) is offered millions to help a drug cartel boss fake his death and start a new life after secretly transitioning into a woman. She names herself Emilia Perez.

But years later, desperate to reconnect to her family, Emilia reaches out to Rita once again to try and have it all, with devastating consequences as this musical drama takes a turn.

In cinemas now

I’m Still Here follows Eunice Paiva, a young woman and mother of five who is forced to deal with the forced disappearance of her politician husband, Rubens Paiva, during the military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1960s.

Desperate to keep her family together, Eunice tries to do right by her family while also looking into answers about what actually happened – much to the anger of those in power.

Nickel Boys

Available now on Amazon Prime Video

Based on the novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys follows the tragic story of Elwood Curtis, a young Black teen in the Jim Crow South of the 1960s, whose promising future is upended when a chance mistake has him arrested for car theft.

Sent to Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory for young boys in Florida, Elwood is subjected to horrific abuse at the hands of the guards but finds solace in his friendship with fellow detainee Turner. Together, they try to survive together.

Available now on MUBI

Elizabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) was TV’s aerobic class goddess for years, even earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But when she’s unceremoniously ditched from the show on her 50th birthday, Elizabeth takes radical steps to maintain her youth by taking The Substance, a serum that promises a “younger, better version of herself”.

The procedure works – but not the way she expects, and soon she needs to keep this new version in check or suffer the horrible consequences.

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Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in this musical spectacular that took home two Oscars on Hollywood’s biggest night.

In the first of a two-part story (the second to be released in November 2025), Elphaba, a young woman singled out in the world due to her green skin, is given the chance of a lifetime as she joins Shiv University.

There, she is roomed with the prim, proper and delightfully popular Galinda, and while they start out as rivals they soon become friends. But with bigger forces at play in their world, soon they are set onto different paths in life, with devastating consequences.

Discover more about Wicked here.