The best Oscar-winning movies to watch on Netflix
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The best Oscar-winning movies to watch on Netflix

With the season of Golden Globes just coming to an end, Netflix has restocked their bank of Oscar-winning movies. Not only can you experience grand stories relaxing back at home, but it also gives you an opportunity to not miss out on wonders that you might have already. 

One of the things best done by Netflix is the way to capture an audience. They select the creme of every list and ensure there is a lot of buzz surrounding their release within the well-known streamer itself. There are in fact several movies that have been nominated at the Golden Globes or won an Oscar themselves well within the horizons of the virtual multiplex. 

Best of Netflix has compiled a list of the best movies to be found on the shelves of Netflix so you don’t have to. All you need to do is find your favourite flavour of popcorn, grab a tub, sit back, tune in, and relax.

Ease into an evening of fun and diverse stories and representations. While Netflix is certainly one of the best homes for original cinema, it also holds some classics too

Best Oscar-winning movies to watch on Netflix 

5. Don’t Look Up (2021)

If there is a list that highlights movies that are the best and movies that were also nominated for the Oscars, Don’t Look Up has to be there. From a star-studded cast to a rather disturbing plot which highlights the biggest threat to this planet, this movie is a must-watch. Astronomers Leonardo Di Caprio and Jennifer Lawrence are on a do-or-die mission to make the easy-to-distract world aware of the comet that is about to destroy the very life off the face of Earth. What’s the reaction? Find out for yourself! 

Catch Don’t Look Up streaming on Netflix right now.

Don’t Look Up the Official Trailer

4. The Imitation Game (2014)

One of Benedict Cumberbatch’s classics. The story revolves around the life of Alan Turing played by Cumberbatch himself and highlights the real incidents that took place. With incredible performances and a simply riveting plot, this historical drama will surely sweep you off your feet. The Imitation Game won the title for the Best Adapted screenplay.

Catch The Imitation Game streaming on Netflix now.

The Imitation Game Official Trailer

3. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinnochio (2022)

Pinocchio has not been a mystery to anyone. For as long as anyone knows, Pinocchio has served as a classic tale for all children who indulge in the power of magic. However, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio takes a different attempt at highlighting the bond between father and son.

When the father’s wish comes true and a wooden boy comes into life with the help of magic, the father receives an opportunity to care for a child. Something that he always wished for. However, the setting is fascist Italy. How do the odd bonds of fate treat the newly united pair? Find out more yourself on this animate magic trip! 

Catch Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio streaming on Netflix right now.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinnochio Official Trailer

2. Marriage Story (2019)

Although the story highlights one of the most scene facets of life daily, the way a divorce is portrayed will take your breath away. How the director highlighted the reason that made a couple once truly and madly in love with each other want to leave each other’s side to move on in life.

What makes people who are in love take such decisions? How can people who once wanted to marry each other cannot be long in the same room? Get real with Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver through a story all of us have witnessed in one way or another in our lives. 

Catch Marriage Story streaming on Netflix now.

Marriage Story Official Trailer

1. Get Out (2017)

When Chris’s (Daniel Kaluuya) girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) invites him to meet her parents, he would have never guessed what was to come. This psychological horror and thriller capture the essence of how a family that is battling with their child’s interracial relationship unwinds into various folds. When things escalate over the weekend, Chris was taken aback and never imagined what he had gotten himself into. The only thing he needs to do is… Get Out!

Catch Get Out streaming on Netflix now.

Get Out Official Trailer