Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have released their respective lists of movies coming to their services in December. The list includes a number of Oscar-nominated and winning films, including Best Picture winner Ordinary People and BP nominees All the President’s Men, Apollo 13, A Clockwork Orange. District 9, The Exorcist, Gangs of New York, Little Miss Sunshine, The Shawshank Redemption, Sideways, and The Theory of Everything.
Check out the full list of Oscar-nominated films newly streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu in December. All titles available as of Dec. 1 unless indicated otherwise.
8 Mile (2002)
“A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.”
-Won Best Original Song (for “Lose Yourself”)
District 9 (2009)
“An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.”
-Nominated for Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, and Visual Effects –available Dec. 4
The Lobster (2016)
“In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.”
-Nominated for Best Original Screenplay –available Dec. 2
The Theory of Everything (2014)
“A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.”
-Won Best Actor for Eddie Redmayne, Nominated for Picture, Actress for Felicity Jones, Adapted Screenplay, and Original Score –available Dec. 16
All the President’s Men (1976)
“‘The Washington Post’ reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.”
-Won Best Supporting Actor for Jason Robards, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction and Sound, Nominated for Picture, Director for Alan J. Pakula, Supporting Actress for Jane Alexander, and Film Editing
The Black Stallion (1979)
“While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion who is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a desert island.”
-Won Special Achievement Award for Sound Editing, Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Mickey Rooney and Film Editing
Boogie Nights (1997)
“The story of a young man’s adventures in the California pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Burt Reynolds, Supporting Actress for Julianne Moore, and Original Screenplay
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
“In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn’t go as planned.”
-Nominated for Best Picture, Director for Stanley Kubrick, Adapted Screenplay, and Film Editing
The Firm (1993)
“A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Holly Hunter and Original Score
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
“In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to double-cross each other for the loot.”
-Won Best Supporting Actor for Kevin Kline, Nominated for Director for Charles Crichton and Original Screenplay
Iron Man 2 (2010)
“With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father’s legacy.”
-Nominated for Best Visual Effects –available Dec. 25
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
Ordinary People (1980)
“The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.”
-Won Best Picture, Director for Robert Redford, Supporting Actor for Timothy Hutton, and Adapted Screenplay, Nominated for Actress for Mary Tyler Moore and Supporting Actor for Judd Hirsch
Ulee’s Gold (1997)
“A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son’s previous dastardly cohorts.”
-Nominated for Best Actor for Peter Fonda
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
The Black Stallion (1979)
“While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion who is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a desert island.”
-Won Special Achievement Award for Sound Editing, Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Mickey Rooney and Film Editing
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
Blue Velvet (1986)
“The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.”
-Nominated for Best Director for David Lynch
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
“A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.”
-Won Best Original Score and Original Song (for “Moon River”), Nominated for Actress for Audrey Hepburn, Adapted Screenplay and Art Direction –available Dec. 27
The Exorcist (1973)
“When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.”
-Won Best Adapted Screenplay and Sound, Nominated for Picture, Director for William Friedkin, Actress for Ellen Burstyn, Supporting Actor for Jason Miller, Supporting Actress for Linda Blair, Art Direction, Cinematography and Film Editing
The Firm (1993)
“A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.”
-Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Holly Hunter and Original Score
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
“In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to double-cross each other for the loot.”
-Won Best Supporting Actor for Kevin Kline, Nominated for Director for Charles Crichton and Original Screenplay
Gangs of New York (2002)
“In 1862, 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 Built America”)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
“With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father’s legacy.”
-Nominated for Best Visual Effects –available Dec. 25
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
“A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.”
-Won Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin and Original Screenplay, Nominated for Picture and Supporting Actress for Abigail Breslin
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
“The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.”
-Nominated for Best Actress for Ellen Burstyn
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
“Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.”
-Nominated for Best Picture, Actor for Morgan Freeman, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score, and Sound
Sideways (2004)
“Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California’s wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.”
-Won Best Adapted Screenplay, Nominated for Picture, Director for Alexander Payne, Supporting Actor for Thomas Haden Church, and Supporting Actress for Virginia Madsen
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
Ulee’s Gold (1997)
“A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son’s previous dastardly cohorts.”
-Nominated for Best Actor for Peter Fonda