Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu have released their lists of movies that will be available in June 2018. As always, I’m here to single out the Oscar nominated and winning movies that are now accessible. This includes Best Picture winners like The King’s Speech, A Beautiful Mind, The Departed, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, along with nominees like Lady Bird, Brokeback Mountain, My Left Foot, Apollo 13, and the first two Lord of the Rings films.
Check out the full list of Oscar nominees and winners available in June 2018 on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu.
The King’s Speech (2010)
“The story of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Tom Hooper, Actor for Colin Firth, and Original Screenplay, Nominated for Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush, Supporting Actress for Helena Bonham Carter, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score, and Sound Mixing –available June 2
The Departed (2006)
“An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Martin Scorsese, Adapted Screenplay, and Film Editing, Nominated for Supporting Actor for Mark Wahlberg
Blue Jasmine (2013)
“A New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks a million, but isn’t bringing money, peace, or love…”
-Won Best Actress for Cate Blanchett, Nominated for Supporting Actress for Sally Hawkins and Original Screenplay
Tarzan (1999)
“A man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human.”
-Won Best Original Song (for “You’ll Be in My Heart”) –available June 23
In Bruges (2008)
“Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.”
-Nominated for Best Original Screenplay –available June 16
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
“Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares for battle with the First Order.”
-Nominated for Best Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects –available June 26
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
“A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.”
-Nominated for Art Direction and Costume Design –available June 15
Cutie and the Boxer (2013)
“This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband’s assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.”
-Nominated for Best Documentary Feature –available June 14
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
“The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, aka Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.”
-Won Best Art Direction, Nominated for Actor for Johnny Depp and Costume Design
The Age of Innocence (1993)
“A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman’s cousin.”
-Won Best Costume Design, Nominated for Supporting Actress for Winona Ryder, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, and Original Score
Lady Bird (2017)
“In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.”
-Nominated for Best Picture, Director for Greta Gerwig, Actress for Saoirse Ronan, Supporting Actress for Laurie Metcalf, and Original Screenplay –available June 3
The Natural (1984)
“An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Glenn Close, Art Direction, Cinematography, and Original Score
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
“Anxious about his future after high school, a 19 year old Italian American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.”
-Nominated for Best Actor for John Travolta
The Disaster Artist (2017)
“When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.”
-Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay
August Rush (2007)
“A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.”
-Nominated for Best Original Song (for “Raise It Up”)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
“Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau’s antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.”
-Nominated for Best Original Song (for “Come to Me”)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
“Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron’s army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Peter Jackson, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup, Original Score, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects, and Original Song (for “Into the West”)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
“After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Ron Howard, Supporting Actress for Jennifer Connelly, and Adapted Screenplay, Nominated for Actor for Russell Crowe, Film Editing, Makeup, and Original Score
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
“The story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys, and their lives over the years.”
-Won Best Director for Ang Lee, Adapted Screenplay, and Original Score, Nominated for Picture, Actor for Heath Ledger, Supporting Actor for Jake Gyllenhaal, Supporting Actress for Michelle Williams, and Cinematography
My Left Foot (1989)
“Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb – his left foot.”
-Won Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and Supporting Actress for Brenda Fricker, Nominated for Picture, Director for Jim Sheridan, and Adapted Screenplay
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 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
“While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron’s new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.”
-Won Best Sound Editing and Visual Effects, Nominated for Picture, Art Direction, Film Editing, and Sound
Apollo 13 (1995)
“NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.”
-Won Best Film Editing and Sound, Nominated for Picture, Supporting Actor for Ed Harris, Supporting Actress for Kathleen Quinlan, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Original Score, and Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
“A young blade runner’s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for thirty years.”
-Won Best Cinematography and Visual Effects, Nominated for Production Design, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing –available June 2
Restoration (1995)
“The exiled royal physician to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman.”
-Won Best Art Direction and Costume Design
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
“The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, aka Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.”
-Won Best Art Direction, Nominated for Actor for Johnny Depp and Costume Design
A Better Life (2011)
“A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had.”
-Nominated for Best Actor for Demián Bichir
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
Bull Durham (1988)
“A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.”
-Nominated for Best Original Screenplay
Margin Call (2011)
“Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.”
-Nominated for Best Original Screenplay
Trainspotting (1996)
“Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.”
-Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay
Across the Universe (2007)
“The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.”
-Nominated for Best Costume Design
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
“Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau’s antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.”
-Nominated for Best Original Song (for “Come to Me”)