The 97th Academy Awards
Before you watch the ceremony on Sunday, March 2 check out the nominees for this year as well as other movie-themed resources from the library.
🎬 Documentary Feature & Short Films
And the Best Picture Nominees Are...
Click each movie name tab to learn more about the movie, its nominations, and where to watch it.
Anora 💋
The Brutalist 🏗️
A Complete Unknown 🎸
Conclave ⛪
Dune: Part Two 🪱
Emilia Pérez 💃
I'm Still Here 🇧🇷
Nickel Boys ⛓️💥
The Substance 🏋️♀️
Wicked 🌪️
Anora 💋
Anora, a young woman from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of a Russian oligarch. But once the news reaches the oligarch's family in Russia, all is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Nominations
- Best Picture
- Actor in a Supporting Role, Yura Borisov
- Actress in a Leading Role, Mikey Madison
- Directing, Sean Baker
- Film Editing
- Writing, Original Screenplay
Where to Watch
- Fandango at Home ($)
- Amazon Prime ($)
- Apple TV ($)
- YouTube ($)
The Brutalist 🏗️
A Complete Unknown 🎸
Conclave ⛪
Dune: Part Two 🪱
Emilia Pérez 💃
I'm Still Here 🇧🇷
Nickel Boys ⛓️💥
The Substance 🏋️♀️
Wicked 🌪️
Other Films Nominated for Top Honors
- Actor in a Leading Role: Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
- Actor in a Leading Role: Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
- Actor in a Supporting Role: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
- Actor in a Supporting Role: Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
- Cinematography: Maria
- Costume Design: Gladiator II
- Costume Design: Nosferatu
- Makeup and Hairstyling: A Different Man
- Music (Original Song): "The Journey," from The Six Triple Eight
- Music (Original Song): "Like a Bird," from Sing Sing
- Music (Original Song): "Never Too Late," from Elton John: Never Too Late
- Production Design: Nosferatu
- Visual Effects: Alien: Romulus
- Visual Effects: Better Man
- Visual Effects: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Sing Sing
- Writing (Original Screenplay): A Real Pain
- Writing (Original Screenplay): September 5
Documentary Feature & Short Film Nominees
Feature Film
- Black Box Diaries: Journalist Shiori Ito conducts an investigation into her own sexual assault, aiming to bring the prominent perpetrator to justice. Watch it with a subscription to Disney+ or Hulu with the Disney Bundle.
- No Other Land: Made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective that shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
- Porcelain War: Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya and Andrey choose to stay behind and find beauty amid the destruction.
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat: Filmmaker Johan Grimonprez examines the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. Watch it with a Amazon Prime subscription.
- Sugarcane: An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve. Watch it with a subscription to Disney+ or Hulu with the Disney Bundle.
Short Film
- Death by Numbers: A school shooting survivor confronts her assailant in a poetic journey to empowerment, had its world premiere on October 5, 2024 at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
- I Am Ready, Warden: In the days leading up to his execution, Texas death row prisoner John Henry Ramirez seeks redemption from his victim's son.
- Incident: Reconstructs a 2018 police shooting in Chicago, reassembling the event and its immediate aftermath from a variety of sources, including surveillance, CCTV, dashboard, and body-worn cameras, as a synchronized split-screen montage.
- Instruments of a Beating Heart: Ayame, a young girl in 1st grade who often struggles to keep up with the group, is determined to play a major part in her school's performance - the big drum.
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra: Celebrating trailblazing double bassist Orin O'Brien, the first woman to become a full-time member of the New York Philharmonic. You can watch this with a subscription to Netflix.
Animated Feature Film Nominees
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Flow 🐈⬛
Inside Out 2 😀
Memoir of a Snail 🐌
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 🔧
The Wild Robot 🤖
Flow 🐈⬛
Cat is a solitary animal. But as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences.
Where to Watch
- Max ($; subscription)
- Amazon Prime ($)
- Apple TV ($)
Inside Out 2 😀
Memoir of a Snail 🐌
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 🔧
The Wild Robot 🤖
Animated Short Film Nominees
- Beautiful Men: Three brothers travel to Istanbul to undergo a hair transplant. Upon arrival, they hear the clinic can only accommodate one of them.
- In the Shadow of the Cypress: Living in a house by the sea with his daughter, a former captain who has post-traumatic stress disorder leads a tough and secluded life.
- Magic Candies: Dong-Dong does not play with other kids, he prefers to play marbles on his own. One day, as he looks for new marbles, Dong-Dong buys a bag of magic candies instead.
- Wander to Wonder: In the 1980s, Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton starred in the children's television programme `Wander to Wonder'. They are left alone in the studio after the show's originator passed away.
- Yuck!: Léo thinks kissing is the grossest thing ever. But, deep down, Léo is curious -- he might just want to try kissing for himself.
📺 Stream Winning & Nominated Films in the Comfort of Your Home
Kanopy's Collection of Academy Awards Winners & Nominees
- Anatomy of a Fall (Best Picture Nominee 2024)
- The Remains of the Day (1993)
- Clear and Present Danger (1994)
- The Graduate (1967)
and more. You must have a library card to begin watching these movies.
Oscars | Past Nominees & Winners Collection on hoopla digital
- Titanic (1997)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- The Pianist (2002)
- Good Will Hunting (1998)
and more. You must have a library card to begin watching these movies.
