The weekend is coming and so is the Oscars; we thought it was great to know that all of the films nominated for Oscar’s highest honor are available to stream from your home. Seriously, almost all of the Best Picture winners from the past nine decades are a mere click away on digital video platforms or streaming services. Whether you want to revisit your favorite winners or fill your personal gaps in Oscar history, blackfilm.com‘s streaming guide has you covered. Where To Stream Best Picture Oscar Winners
After 92 years, a foreign-language film finally took home the Best Picture statue, and the Academy couldn’t have picked a better movie to make history than Bong Joon-ho’s gripping social satire. Parasite is a film that can and will speak to audiences around the world for years to come.
Where to stream: Parasite is currently streaming on Hulu
2019: Green Book
Viggo Mortensen drives Best Supporting Actor winner, Mahershala Ali, through the Deep South in the early ’60s and learns to become a better person along the way. Co-written and directed by Peter Farrelly, Green Book emerged as the controversial consensus pick in a crowded Best Picture race that included Roma, Black Panther and A Star Is Born.
Where to stream: Green Book can be rented or purchased on FandangoNOW and iTunes
2017: The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro’s feature goes all-in on its unlikely romance between a woman and a fish god (Sally Hawkins and Doug Jones). It’s The Creature from the Black Lagoon by way of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and just as swoon-inducing as that sounds. Where To Stream Best Picture Oscar Winners
Where to stream: The Shape of Water is currently streaming on Hulu
2016: Moonlight
Even after the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding Moonlight‘s Best Picture win at the Oscars ceremony that year disappears, Barry’s coming of age story will top — and very best — films to take home that statue.
Where to stream: Moonlight is currently streaming on Netflix
2015: Spotlight
The sequel to All the President’s Men received the Oscars that its predecessor did not. Watch for the A-list cast and love it for the thrill of what classic reporting looks like.
Where to stream: Spotlight is currently streaming on Netflix
2014: Birdman
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s eccentric treatise on art and commerce is technically the first superhero movie to win the top prize… with a former Batman as its star, no less.
Where to stream: Birdman can be rented or purchased on Prime Video, FandangoNOW and iTunes
2013: 12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen’s brutal dramatization of former slave Solomon Northup’s experience in the pre-Civil War Deep South remains painful, but necessary viewing.
Where to stream: 12 Years a Slave is currently streaming on Hulu
2012: Argo
Ben Affleck’s political thriller plays relevant with the history of the Iran Hostage Crisis, but that third act airport escape is genuinely edge-of-your-seat cinema.
Where to stream: Argo is currently streaming on HBO Max
2011: The Artist
The Artist has one spoken word, but that doesn’t detract from Michel Hazanavicius’s careful recreation of a vanished Hollywood or Jean Dujardin’s Oscar-winning performance.
Where to stream: The Artist is currently streaming on Netflix
2010: The King’s Speech
The King’s Speech features Colin Firth and has more dramatic meat than your typical prestige period picture.
Where to stream: The King’s Speech is currently streaming on HBO Max
2009: The Hurt Locker
Made on a small budget, this Iraq War drama proved to be the David that took down Avatar. Where To Stream Best Picture Oscar Winners
Where to stream: The Hurt Locker can be rented or purchased on Prime Video, FandangoNOW and iTunes
2008: Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle traveled to India to shoot this crowd-pleasing hit that proved to be the Academy’s final answer for that year’s Best Picture.
Where to stream: Slumdog Millionaire is currently streaming on Cinemax and YouTube
2007: No Country for Old Men
One of the best Coen Brothers movies of all times. There’s a strong argument to be made in its favor, with or without the Best Picture statue.
Where to stream: No Country for Old Men is currently streaming on HBO Max, Hulu and Fubo TV
2006: The Departed
Martin Scorsese directs this thriller Infernal Affairs into a seductive Boston-based crime epic. Watch one scene, and you’re in for the whole ride.
Where to stream: The Departed is currently streaming on Netflix
2005: Crash
Paul Haggis’s controversial race-relations drama does feature an ensemble of terrific actors wrestling with relevant topics.
Where to stream: Crash is currently streaming on Hulu and Cinemax
2004: Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood enters the Best Picture ring for the second time with a boxing drama that starts off like a modern-day Rocky only to take a tear-jerking turn.
Where to stream: Million Dollar Baby is currently streaming on HBO Max
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson’s trilogy remains the only “Part 3” to win a Best Picture Oscar. This epic 12-hour movie thrilled Middle-earth fans and first-timers alike.
Where to stream: The Return of the King is currently streaming on HBO Max
2002: Chicago
Rob Marshall’s jazzy adaptation of the long-running Broadway favorite made audiences love musicals again, complete with razzle-dazzle production numbers and chart-worthy songs.
Where to stream: Chicago is currently available to stream on Prime Video, Hulu and Starz
2001: A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard and Russell Crowe join forces for a biopic that mostly prizes inspiration over authenticity.
Where to stream: A Beautiful Mind is currently available to stream on Peacock
2000: Gladiator
Ridley Scott’s Roman epic is the movie that he and Russell Crowe were born to make together, combining swords-and-sandals adventures with 21st century digital tools.
Where to stream: Gladiator is currently available to stream on Hulu with a Live TV subscription, and FuboTV
