The 2016 Oscar nominees were announced this morning, which means right about now you're probably realizing just how few movies you've actually seen. I've only seen four out of the eight Best Picture nominees (five, I guess, if you count stumbling across Bridge of Spies' film set one day in DUMBO), none of the animated film nominees, none of the documentary nominees, and only one of the 15 nominated shorts. It's not a good situation to be in if I'm going to enter an Oscars better pool, which I'm not, but nonetheless want to be able to effectively argue with people that Room clearly deserves Best Picture, which is a thing I might do but can't right now because I haven't seen it.
The Academy Awards are on February 28th this year, so you have just over a month to catch up. Here's where you can go to find the nominees:
Best Picture:
- The Big Short — in theaters
- Bridge of Spies — in some theaters, digital purchase and DVD/Blu-ray starting February 2nd
- Brooklyn — in theaters
- Mad Max: Fury Road — streaming on HBO Go/Now, digital purchase
- The Martian — in some theaters, digital purchase and rental, and on DVD/Blu-ray
- The Revenant — in theaters
- Room — in theaters
- Spotlight — in theaters, digital purchase on February 2nd, on DVD/Blu-ray starting February 23rd
Best Director:
- Adam McKay for The Big Short — in theaters
- Alejandro González Iñárritu for The Revenant — in theaters
- Lenny Abrahamson for Room — in theaters
- Tom McCarthy for Spotlight — in theaters, digital purchase on February 2nd, on DVD/Blu-ray starting February 23rd
- George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road — streaming on HBO Go/Now, digital purchase
Best Actor:
- Bryan Cranston for Trumbo — in theaters
- Matt Damon for The Martian — in some theaters, digital purchase and rental, and on DVD/Blu-ray
- Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs — digital purchase on February 2nd, DVD/Blu-ray starting February 16th
- Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant — in theaters
- Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl — in theaters
Best Actress:
- Cate Blanchett for Carol — in theaters
- Brie Larson for Room — in theaters
- Jennifer Lawrence for Joy — in theaters
- Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years — in some theaters
- Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn — in theaters
Best Supporting Actor:
- Christian Bale for The Big Short — in theaters
- Tom Hardy for The Revenant — in theaters
- Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight — in theaters, digital purchase on February 2nd, on DVD/Blu-ray starting February 23rd
- Sylvester Stallone for Creed — in theaters
- Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies — in some theaters, digital purchase and DVD/Blu-ray starting February 2nd
Best Supporting Actress:
- Jennifer Jason Leigh for The Hateful Eight — in theaters
- Rooney Mara for Carol — in theaters
- Rachel McAdams for Spotlight — in theaters, digital purchase on February 2nd, on DVD/Blu-ray starting February 23rd
- Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs — digital purchase on February 2nd, DVD/Blu-ray starting February 16th
- Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl — in theaters
Best Original Screenplay:
- Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen for Bridge of Spies — in some theaters, digital purchase and DVD/Blu-ray starting February 2nd
- Alex Garland for Ex Machina — streaming with Amazon Prime, digital rental and purchase, and DVD/Blu-ray
- Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Ronnie del Carmen for Inside Out — digital rental and purchase, DVD/Blu-ray
- Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy for Spotlight — in theaters, digital purchase on February 2nd, on DVD/Blu-ray starting February 23rd
- Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman, S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus for Straight Outta Compton — digital purchase, DVD/Blu-ray starting January 19th
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Nick Hornby for Brooklyn — in theaters
- Adam McKay and Charles Randolph for The Big Short— in theaters
- Drew Goddard for The Martian — in some theaters, digital purchase and rental, and on DVD/Blu-ray
- Phyllis Nagy for Carol — in theaters
- Emma Donoghue for Room — in theaters
Best Animated Feature Film:
- Anomalisa — in theaters
- Inside Out — digital rental and purchase, DVD/Blu-ray
- Boy and the World — in theaters this month
- Shaun the Sheep Movie — digital rental and purchase, DVD/Blu-ray
- When Marnie Was There — DVD/Blu-ray
Best Foreign Language Film:
- Embrace of the Serpent — limited release starting February 17th
- Mustang — in limited release
- A War — released in theaters last April, no current releases found
- Son of Saul — in limited release
- Theeb — in limited release
Best Documentary — Feature:
- Amy — digital rental and purchase, DVD/Blu-ray
- Cartel Land — digital rental and purchase
- The Look of Silence — digital rental and purchase, DVD/Blu-ray starting January 12th
- What Happened Miss Simone? — streaming on Netflix
- Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom — streaming on Netflix
Best Documentary — Short Subject:
None of the short documentary nominees appear to be available online, but they'll be back in theaters soon: ShortsHD is once again putting together screenings that package together all of the nominated short documentaries. Keep an eye out for it starting January 29th if you're near a theater that typically plays smaller films.
- Body Team 12
- Chau, Beyond the Lines
- Last Day of Freedom
- Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
- A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Best Live Action Short Film:
None of the nominated live action shorts appear to be streaming right now, but they'll be in theaters soon: as with the short documentaries, ShortsHD will package them all together into a single screening starting January 29th. They usually play at smaller theaters.
- Day One
- Everything Will Be Okay
- Stutterer
- Ave Maria
- Shok
Best Animated Short Film:
Most of the animated short nominees aren't streaming, but you'll be able to catch them in theaters soon: as with the other short categories, ShortsHD will package all of the animated short nominees together into a single screening — I've gone to this about three years now, and it's always a fun time. Screenings start January 29th.
- Sanjay's Super Team
- We Can't Live Without Cosmos — streaming
- Prologue
- Bear Story
- World of Tomorrow — Netflix streaming and digital rental
Best Original Score:
- The Hateful Eight
- Movie: in theaters
- Score: streaming, digital purchase, and CD
- Sicario
- Movie: digital rental and purchase, DVD/Blu-ray
- Score: streaming, digital purchase, and CD/Vinyl
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Movie: as though you haven't already seen it three times in theaters
- Score: streaming, digital purchase, and CD
- Bridge of Spies
- Movie: in some theaters, digital purchase and DVD/Blu-ray starting February 2nd
- Score: streaming, digital purchase, and CD
- Carol
- Movie: in theaters
- Score: streaming and digital purchase
Best Original Song:
- "Earned It" in Fifty Shades of Grey
- Movie: digital purchase and DVD/Blu-ray
- Song: streaming and digital purchase
- "Writing's on the Wall" in Spectre
- Movie: in some theaters, digital purchase starting January 22nd, and DVD/Blu-ray starting February 9th
- Song: streaming and digital purchase
- "Manta Ray" in Racing Extinction
- Movie: digital purchase
- Song: streaming and digital purchase
- "Simple Song #3" in Youth
- Movie: in limited release
- Song: streaming and digital purchase
- "Till it Happens to You" in The Hunting Ground
- Movie: digital rental and purchase, DVD/Blu-ray
- Song: streaming and digital purchase
Best Sound Editing:
- Mad Max: Fury Road — streaming on HBO Go/Now, digital purchase
- The Martian — in some theaters, digital purchase and rental, and on DVD/Blu-ray
- The Revenant — in theaters
- Sicario — digital rental and purchase, DVD/Blu-ray
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — in theaters
Best Sound Mixing:
- Bridge of Spies — in some theaters, digital purchase and DVD/Blu-ray starting February 2nd
- Mad Max: Fury Road — streaming on HBO Go/Now, digital purchase
- The Martian — in some theaters, digital purchase and rental, and on DVD/Blu-ray
- The Revenant — in theaters
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — in theaters
Best Production Design:
- Mad Max: Fury Road — streaming on HBO Go/Now, digital purchase
- The Martian — in some theaters, digital purchase and rental, and on DVD/Blu-ray
- The Revenant — in theaters
- Bridge of Spies — in some theaters, digital purchase and DVD/Blu-ray starting February 2nd
- The Danish Girl — in theaters
Best Cinematography:
- Edward Lachman for Carol — in theaters
- Robert Richardson for The Hateful Eight — in theaters
- John Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road — streaming on HBO Go/Now, digital purchase
- Emmanuel Lubezki for The Revenant — in theaters
- Roger Deakins for Sicario — digital rental and purchase, DVD/Blu-ray
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
- Mad Max: Fury Road — streaming on HBO Go/Now, digital purchase
- The Revenant — in theaters
- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared — digital rental and purchase, DVD/Blu-ray
Best Costume Design:
- Carol — in theaters
- Cinderella — playing on Starz, digital purchase, and DVD/Blu-ray
- The Danish Girl — in theaters
- Mad Max: Fury Road — streaming on HBO Go/Now, digital purchase
- The Revenant — in theaters
Best Film Editing:
- The Big Short — in theaters
- Mad Max: Fury Road — streaming on HBO Go/Now, digital purchase
- The Revenant — in theaters
- Spotlight — in theaters, digital purchase on February 2nd, on DVD/Blu-ray starting February 23rd
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — in theaters
Best Visual Effects:
- The Revenant — in theaters
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — in theaters
- Mad Max: Fury Road — streaming on HBO Go/Now, digital purchase
- Ex Machina — streaming with Amazon Prime, digital rental and purchase, and DVD/Blu-ray
- The Martian — in some theaters, digital purchase and rental, and on DVD/Blu-ray