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How much does it cost to watch the Oscars 2025 Best Picture nominees?

Whether it's Wicked or The Brutalist you still need to see, here's how much it will cost to catch up with every Best Picture nominee at the Academy Awards.

Tom Beasley

·Contributor

Updated 6 February 2025 at 10:20 am·9-min read

Wicked is one of the Oscars 2025 Best Picture contenders you can watch now on digital platforms. (Universal Pictures/Everett Collection)

We're drawing ever closer to the Oscars 2025, with 10 movies vying to be crowned Best Picture. The film of the year could be a glossy fantasy musical, an epic drama about 20th century America, an intimate thriller about electing a new pope, or something else entirely. It's a diverse and intriguing list of nominees, with everything to play for in the most controversial Oscars race in years.

The challenge for film lovers — especially those of us here in the UK — is how to actually watch all of these movies in the run-up to the ceremony. Fortunately, we're here to help and we've got you covered on the best way to watch all 10 films — as well as how much it will cost you to get through them all. When films are playing in cinemas, we've used the average 2024 cinema ticket price of £7.73 as per the Cinema Advertising Association.

Anora

Watch Anora

Sean Baker's tale of a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch is increasingly looking like a major contender to win Best Picture. Mikey Madison's dynamic performance in the title role has put her right in the frame for Best Actress and the film's energetic storytelling could carry it to glory.

Anora is available to buy or rent via Prime Video and other digital platforms in the UK. For a 48-hour rental on Prime Video, it'll cost you £4.99, and you can keep it forever for £11.99.

The Brutalist

The bookies' favourite for the Best Picture crown is Brady Corbet's historical drama The Brutalist, in which Adrien Brody plays a Holocaust survivor who ends up in the orbit of a wealthy industrialist thanks to his architectural skills. With three and a half hours of movie, complete with a 15-minute interval, it's an enormous movie with a big chance at the Oscars.

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The Brutalist is currently only available to see in UK cinemas, so seeing the film will set you back an average ticket price of £7.73. For three and a half hours of entertainment, that seems like a reasonable price to pay.

A Complete Unknown

Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan feels like a match made in awards season heaven. A Complete Unknown has duly earned a bumper crop of eight Oscar nominations. It's not clear whether it actually stands a chance at Best Picture, but it's a great example of how a classic, traditional biopic can still really work.

A Complete Unknown is still in the midst of a successful cinema run in the UK. It will eventually stream on Disney+, but that's unlikely to happen before the Oscars. So if you want to watch the film now, you're looking at a £7.73 cinema ticket.

Conclave

Watch Conclave

Ralph Fiennes plays a cardinal at the heart of the election for a new pope in this strange tale, adapted from a slice of airport fiction. In the hands of All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger, it emerges as something akin to an intense political thriller that stands a real chance of rising to the top of the Best Picture mix as a consensus pick.

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Conclave is still in a very limited number of cinemas, but it's also available to watch at home on various digital platforms. Over on Prime Video, you can rent Conclave for £15.99 or buy a digital version to keep for £19.99.

Dune: Part Two

Watch Dune: Part Two

Dune made a big impact at the Oscars back in 2022 and, three years later, Denis Villeneuve's epic take on Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi work is back on the Academy's biggest stage.

Dune: Part Two came out in the early part of 2024, which means it's widely available on digital platforms and on disc. It's also available to stream via NOW, with the cheapest package costing £6.99 per month (as long as you're willing to sign up for a six-month minimum term). For a one-off membership that can be cancelled any time, it's £9.99.

Emilia Pérez

Watch Emilia Pérez

At this stage, it looks as if Emilia Pérez has fallen out of the mix for Best Picture due to the enormous controversy around leading lady Karla Sofía Gascón. However, it's still worth noting as one of the weirdest Best Picture nominees of recent years — a years-spanning musical about a transgender crime lord and the lawyer facilitating her escape from her past.

Emilia Pérez is a Netflix original movie, so that's the only place you can watch it. For the cheapest package on Netflix UK — standard, with adverts — that'll set you back £5.99.

I'm Still Here

A surprising inclusion on the Best Picture list, Brazilian drama I'm Still Here is a heart-breaking story of a woman's battle for justice. It follows a family seeking the truth about the father's disappearance during a military coup.

You might have to search high and low for a screening of I'm Still Here, but it is still on its UK cinema release. So, for the purposes of cost, we're putting that down as £7.73.

Nickel Boys

Filmed in an innovative POV style, Nickel Boys tells the powerful story of young Black men being abused at a reform school. Its unique filmmaking approach has earned it a spot in the Oscars shortlist, having earned positive reviews off the back of its festival run.

Nickel Boys might be the trickiest of the Best Picture nominees to find, but you can still track it down in some UK cinemas. It will eventually appear on Prime Video as it's an Amazon MGM Studios production but, for now, it's the £7.73 average price of a cinema ticket you'll have to pay.

The Substance

Watch The Substance

It's not very common to see a horror movie getting respect at the Oscars. But with Demi Moore firmly in the mix for Best Actress, there's a chance — albeit a slender one — that Coralie Fargeat's blood-soaked take on Hollywood beauty standards could find itself lifting the Best Picture trophy.

There are a number of ways to watch The Substance, which is available on digital platforms everywhere. You can rent it for £4.99 on Prime Video and buy for £9.99. It's also streaming on Mubi, which will set you back £11.99 per month after your seven-day free trial.

Wicked

Watch Wicked

Wicked has truly conquered the box office and it's this year's blockbuster inclusion on the Best Picture shortlist. Jon M Chu's take on the first half of the long-running Broadway musical, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, would be a popular Best Picture winner — but a very surprising one.

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Wicked is, of course, still available in some cinemas. But it has also been made available on digital platforms. On Prime Video, Wicked is £15.99 to rent, and you can buy it for £19.99.