Which streaming services will carry the most Awards contenders?
Which streaming services will carry the most Awards contenders?
The Golden Globe nominations are coming up tonight, and the Oscars won’t be far behind.
The onset of 2025 means that it’s almost time to honor the best movies of 2024! Films like “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez,” and others figure to be top contenders for Golden Globes and Academy Awards, and many of them are already available to stream on-demand. Find out which streaming services are carrying the most award contender movies and how to subscribe to them below!
Which movies are best for streaming 2024 movie awards contenders
Which movies are most likely to be nominated for awards in 2025?
For the purposes of this exercise, I decided to check with Variety and see which movies it felt were the best contenders for Best Picture Oscars in the coming year. Its list includes: “Wicked,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Conclave,” “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Dune: Part Two,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Sing Sing,” “A Real Pain,” and “The Substance.”
These obviously aren’t all the movies that will take home awards in 2025, but as the most likely to win a Best Picture, I thought they were the best place to start when running through the streamers that will carry them.
Top choice: Prime Video
Because some of these movies aren’t ready to stream with a subscription yet, Prime Video is the best place to find as many contenders as possible. Among other things, Prime Video is a premium video-on-demand (PVOD) platform, which means it allows you to rent or buy digital copies of movies that are otherwise only available in theaters. If the contender you want to see isn’t streaming with a subscription on your favorite service, check out Prime Video; it’s probably available there!
Hulu
Hulu is a pretty key streamer to have for awards bait movies this year. Not only will it carry Searchlight Pictures titles like “A Complete Unknown” and “A Real Pain,” it also gets Neon movies when they are ready to leave theaters, so “Anora” will stream there too. Hulu is also streaming the Oscars live in 2025, so you’ll be able to see some of the nominated films and the awards themselves with this service.
Max
Max is the first stop for A24 movies when they leave theaters, so having it to watch “The Brutalist” and “Sing Sing” will be key for audiences. “Dune: Part Two” is already available to stream there, and you can even bundle it with Hulu in the Disney+, Hulu, and Max bundle starting at $17 per month for all three services.
Other key streamers
Peacock will get both “Wicked” and “Conclave” once they’re ready to stream with a subscription, and Netflix is the exclusive home of “Emilia Pérez.” Audiences can get them as standalone subscriptions, but Xfinity TV and internet customers can also sign up for the StreamSaver bundle starting at $15 per month to get access to both, as well as Apple TV+.
Paramount doesn’t have as many awards contenders this year as it has in years past, but its streamer Paramount+ will offer “Gladiator II” and “September 5” when they become available on-demand.
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Hulu
Hulu is a video streaming service that gives access to thousands of full seasons of exclusive series, hit movies, kids shows, and Hulu Originals like “Only Murders in the Building,” and “The Handmaid's Tale.”
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Max
Max is a subscription video streaming service that gives access to the full HBO library, along with exclusive Max Originals. There are hubs for content from TLC, HGTV, Food Network, Discovery, TCM, Cartoon Network, Travel Channel, ID, and more. Watch hit series like “The Last of Us,” “House of the Dragon,” “Succession,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and more. Thanks to the B/R Sports add-on, users can watch NBA, MLB, NHL, March Madness, and NASCAR events.
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Netflix
Netflix is a subscription video streaming service that includes on-demand access to 3,000+ movies, 2,000+ TV Shows, and Netflix Originals like Stranger Things, Squid Game, The Crown, Tiger King, and Bridgerton. They are constantly adding new shows and movies. Some of their Academy Award-winning exclusives include Roma, Marriage Story, Mank, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
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Paramount Plus
Paramount+ is a subscription video streaming service that includes on-demand access to 40,000+ TV show episodes from BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. and more. Get free access with a Walmart+ subscription.
Paramount+ includes “1883,” “Tulsa King,” “Star Trek: Discovery,” “SpongeBob SquarePants,” and “PAW Patrol.” Subscribers can watch the NFL, college football, The Masters, college basketball, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa, Serie A, and NWSL. The service also offers the option to watch your live CBS affiliate. The upgraded ad-free package includes premium movies and shows from Showtime.
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Peacock
Peacock is a subscription video streaming service from NBCUniversal that includes original shows, blockbuster movies, and classic television series. Peacock is home to “Yellowstone,” and “The Office,” as well as original hits like “Poker Face” and “Bel-Air.” You can also watch live sports including NFL, MLB, WWE, Olympics, Premier League, NASCAR, French Open, College Football and Basketball, and PGA Tour. Premium Plus subscribers can stream their local NBC feed in all 210 markets.
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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video is a subscription video streaming service that includes on-demand access to 10,000+ movies, TV shows, and Prime Originals like “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” “Jack Ryan,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Boys,” and more. Subscribers can also add third-party services like Max, Showtime, STARZ, and dozens more with Amazon Prime Video Channels. Prime Video also offers exclusive live access to NFL Thursday Night Football.
