Every year, there are at least a few Oscar-nominated films that you’ll struggle to watch in Australia in the lead-up to the awards season, but thankfully, most of this year’s films are available. Love it or hate it, but movies moving from cinemas to Premium VOD very quickly at least makes them available if you don’t have a cinema near you showing the particular film anymore. However, some shorts seem to be unavailable anywhere in Australia, which is usually the case every year.
Read on for a guide to where you can watch each of the 2026 Oscar-Nominated films in Australia, from features to documentary shorts.
Feature Films
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Oscar categories: Visual Effects, Costume Design
Where to watch in Australia: In cinemas
Blue Moon
Oscar categories: Original Screenplay, Best Actor
Where to watch in Australia: In cinemas
Bugonia
Oscar categories: Best Picture, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
Where to watch in Australia: Rent/Buy
F1
Oscar categories: Sound, Film Editing, Visual Effects
Where to watch in Australia: Apple TV streaming, Rent/Buy
Frankenstein
Oscar categories: Best Picture, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Sound, Cinematography
Where to watch in Australia: Netflix
Hamnet
Oscar categories: Best Picture, Actress, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Production Design
Where to watch in Australia: In cinemas
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Oscar categories: Best Actress
Where to watch in Australia: Rent/Buy
It Was Just an Accident
Oscar category: International Feature, Original Screenplay
Where to watch in Australia: In cinemas
Jurassic World Rebirth
Oscar categories: Visual Effects
Where to watch in Australia: Netflix, Binge, Rent/Buy
Kokuho
Oscar categories: Make-Up and Hairstyling
Where to watch in Australia: In cinemas
Marty Supreme
Oscar categories: Best Picture, Actor, Director, Film Editing, Cinematography, Casting
Where to watch in Australia: In cinemas
One Battle After Another
Oscar categories: Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Sound, Editing, Cinematography, Casting
Where to watch in Australia: HBO Max, Rent/Buy
Sentimental Value
Oscar categories: Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Director, Film Editing
Where to watch in Australia: Rent/Buy
Sinners
Oscar categories: Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Director, Original Screenplay, Original Song, Original Score, Costume Design, Sound, Editing, Cinematography, Visual Effects, Casting
Where to watch in Australia: HBO Max, Rent/Buy
Sirât
Oscar categories: International Feature, Sound
Where to watch in Australia: In Cinemas
Song Sung Blue
Oscar categories: Best Actress
Where to watch in Australia: Rent/Buy
The Lost Bus
Oscar categories: Visual Effects
Where to watch in Australia: Apple TV
The Secret Agent
Oscar category: Best Picture, Actor, International Feature, Casting
Where to watch in Australia: In Cinemas
The Smashing Machine
Oscar categories: Make-Up and Hairstyling
Where to watch in Australia: Rent/Buy
The Ugly Stepsister
Oscar categories: Make-Up and Hairstyling
Where to watch in Australia: Shudder, Rent/Buy
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Oscar category: International Feature
Where to watch in Australia: In Cinemas
Train Dreams
Oscar categories: Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Original Song
Where to watch in Australia: Cinemas
Weapons
Oscar categories: Supporting Actress
Where to watch in Australia: HBO Max, Rent/Buy
Animated Feature Films
Arco
Oscar category: Animated Feature
Where to watch in Australia: In cinemas
Elio
Oscar category: Animated Feature
Where to watch in Australia: Disney+, Rent/Buy
KPop Demon Hunters
Oscar category: Animated Feature, Original Song
Where to watch in Australia: Netflix
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Oscar category: Animated Feature
Where to watch in Australia: In cinemas
Zootopia 2
Oscar category: Animated Feature
Where to watch in Australia: In cinemas, Rent/Buy
Documentary Features
Come See Me in the Good Light
Oscar category: Documentary Feature
Where to watch in Australia: Apple TV
Cutting Through the Rocks
Oscar category: Documentary Feature
Where to watch in Australia: DocPlay (March 2)
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Oscar category: Documentary Feature
Where to watch in Australia: DocPlay (March 2)
The Alabama Solution
Oscar category: Documentary Feature
Where to watch in Australia: HBO Max
The Perfect Neighbor
Oscar category: Documentary Feature
Where to watch in Australia: Netflix
Live-Action Short Films
A Friend of Dorothy
Where to watch in Australia: Disney+
Butcher’s Stain
Where to watch in Australia: N/A
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
Where to watch in Australia: N/A
The Singers
Where to watch in Australia: Netflix
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Where to watch in Australia: YouTube, embedded above.
Documentary Short Films
All the Empty Rooms
Where to watch in Australia: Netflix
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Where to watch in Australia: HBO Max
Children No More: Were and Are Gone
Where to watch in Australia: N/A
The Devil Is Busy
Where to watch in Australia: N/A
Perfectly a Strangeness
Where to watch in Australia: Streaming on Patreon as a paid post.
Animated Short Films
Butterfly
Where to watch in Australia: Rent here
Forevergreen
Where to watch in Australia: Embedded above, available to stream for “a short time.”
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Where to watch in Australia: N/A
Retirement Plan
Where to watch in Australia: N/A
The Three Sisters
Where to watch in Australia: N/A
The 98th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and will air Monday, March 16, here in Australia on Channel 7 & the 7 Plus app.
