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As Nomadland lands on Disney+, here’s where to watch some of this year’s other nominated films…
Mank
Netflix
Gary Oldman stars as Herman J Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of Citizen Kane, in
David Fincher’s tale of Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s, which leads the pack this year with 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.
Promising Young Woman
Sky Premiere & NOW
Former Call the Midwife star Emerald Fennell is the first British woman to earn a Best Director nomination with this black comedy, starring Best Actress nominee Carey Mulligan as a medical-school dropout who is determined to get justice for a friend.
Sound of Metal
Amazon Prime Video
Riz Ahmed gives a blisteringly brilliant, Best Actor-nominated performance as a heavy-metal drummer and recovering addict who discovers that he’s losing his hearing in this drama, which is also up for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Netflix
Aaron Sorkin’s drama about a group of anti-vietnam War protesters charged with inciting violence has nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, while Sacha Baron Cohen is nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Netflix
The late Chadwick Boseman is a heavy favourite to win Best Actor for his turn as ambitious trumpet player Levee Green, with co-star Viola Davis also nominated for
Best Actress as the titular blues singer.
The United States vs Billie Holiday
Sky Cinema & NOW
Andra Day has a Best Actress nomination for playing Billie Holiday in this biographical drama following the US government’s attempts to prevent the singer performing protest song Strange Fruit in the 1940s.
Pieces of a Woman
Netflix
The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby has a Best Actress nomination as Martha Weiss, a young woman thrown into grief following the death of her newborn baby after a traumatic home birth.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Amazon Prime Video
Maria Bakalova is the first Bulgarian actor to be nominated at the Academy Awards for her performance as Borat’s teenage daughter, Tutar.
Hillbilly Elegy
Netflix
Glenn Close receives her eighth Academy Award nomination for the role of formidable grandmother Bonnie ‘Mamaw’ Vance in this adaptation of JD Vance’s rural
Ohio memoir.