Another month has come which means a whole host of new movies are coming to Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu! The list of Oscar-winning and nominated films is a lengthy one, including Best Picture winners like No Country for Old Men, Million Dollar Baby and The Hurt Locker and favorites like The Aviator, Steel Magnolias, High Noon, The Usual Suspects, Black Hawk Down, Babe, Gangs of New York, Pretty Woman and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Check out the full list of Oscar winning and nominated films coming to Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu in August. All titles are available on August 1 unless otherwise indicated.
No Country for Old Men (2007)
“Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Joel and Ethan Coen, Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem, and Adapted Screenplay, Nominated for Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing –available Aug. 11
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
“A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Clint Eastwood, Actress for Hilary Swank, and Supporting Actor for Morgan Freeman, Nominated for Actor for Clint Eastwood, Adapted Screenplay, and Film Editing
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
“A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.”
-Won Best Cinematography, Makeup, Original Score, and Visual Effects, Nominated for Picture, Director for Peter Jackson, Supporting Actor for Ian McKellen, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Costume Design, Film Editing, Sound, and Original Song (for “May It Be”)
The Aviator (2004)
“A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes’ career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.”
-Won Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, and Film Editing, Nominated for Picture, Director for Martin Scorsese, Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Supporting Actor for Alan Alda, Original Screenplay, and Sound Mixing
The Golden Compass (2007)
“In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.”
-Won Best Visual Effects, Nominated for Art Direction
Steel Magnolias (1989)
“A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Julia Roberts
Batman Begins (2005)
“After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from the corruption that Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.”
-Nominated for Best Cinematography
Silverado (1985)
“A misfit bunch of friends come together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.”
-Nominated for Best Original Score and Sound
Eraser (1996)
“A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.”
-Nominated for Best Sound Effects Editing
The Hurt Locker (2009)
“During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Kathryn Bigelow, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing, Nominated for Actor for Jeremy Renner, Cinematography, and Original Score
High Noon (1952)
“A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train.”
-Won Best Actor for Gary Cooper, Film Editing, Original Score, and Original Song (for “Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'”), Nominated for Picture, Director for Fred Zinnemann, and Screenplay
The Usual Suspects (1995)
“A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.”
-Won Best Supporting Actor for Kevin Spacey and Original Screenplay
The Elephant Man (1980)
“A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.”
-Nominated for Best Picture, Director for David Lynch, Actor for John Hurt, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Costume Design, Film Editing, and Original Score
Hoosiers (1986)
“A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Dennis Hopper and Original Score
In & Out (1997)
“A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Joan Cusack
Black Rain (1989)
“Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he’s extradited to Japan.”
-Nominated for Best Sound and Sound Effects Editing
The Time Machine (2002)
“Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.”
-Nominated for Best Makeup
The Hurt Locker (2009)
“During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Kathryn Bigelow, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing, Nominated for Actor for Jeremy Renner, Cinematography, and Original Score
High Noon (1952)
“A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train.”
-Won Best Actor for Gary Cooper, Film Editing, Original Score, and Original Song (for “Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'”), Nominated for Picture, Director for Fred Zinnemann, and Screenplay
The Usual Suspects (1995)
“A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.”
-Won Best Supporting Actor for Kevin Spacey and Original Screenplay
Black Hawk Down (2001)
“160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.”
-Won Best Film Editing and Sound, Nominated for Director for Ridley Scott and Cinematography
Babe (1995)
“Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.”
-Won Best Visual Effects, Nominated for Picture, Director, Supporting Actor for James Cromwell, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, and Film Editing
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
“In November 1984, the Soviet Union’s best submarine captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the USA. Is he trying to defect or to start a war?”
-Won Best Sound Effects Editing, Nominated Film Editing and Sound
Gangs of New York (2002)
“In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father’s killer.”
-Nominated for Best Picture, Director for Martin Scorsese, Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, Original Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Sound, and Original Song (for “The Hands That Build America”) –available Aug. 26
The Elephant Man (1980)
“A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.”
-Nominated for Best Picture, Director for David Lynch, Actor for John Hurt, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Costume Design, Film Editing, and Original Score
Hoosiers (1986)
“A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Dennis Hopper and Original Score
Pretty Woman (1990)
“A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets… only to fall in love.”
-Nominated for Best Actress for Julia Roberts
The Hurricane (1999)
“The story of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.”
-Nominated for Best Actor for Denzel Washington
In & Out (1997)
“A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Joan Cusack
Jackie Brown (1997)
“A middle-aged woman finds herself in the middle of a huge conflict that will either make her a profit or cost her life.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Robert Forster
Black Rain (1989)
“Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he’s extradited to Japan.”
-Nominated for Best Sound and Sound Effects Editing
The Rock (1996)
“A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.”
-Nominated for Best Sound
The Time Machine (2002)
“Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.”
-Nominated for Best Makeup
Young Guns II (1990)
“In 1881, cattle baron John Chisum pays a bounty to Patrick Floyd Garrett to kill outlaw Billy the Kid.”
-Nominated for Best Original Song (for “Blaze of Glory”)