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The 2026 Academy Awards are taking place this weekend, and you’ve most likely seen this year’s two front-runners, one battle after another and sinner.
These movies are all great, but there are other nominees worth watching as well.
watch with us has curated a list of under-the-radar Oscar-nominated films to watch this weekend before the awards air Sunday night.
At the top of our list is emotional valueA touching family drama starring Elle Fanning and Stellan Skarsgård.
The famous Norwegian director Gustav Berg (Skarsgård) hasn’t made a film in years, and he’s becoming restless. Dreaming of the critical acclaim he had received in the past, he wrote a play about his late mother who committed suicide years ago. He wants his estranged actress daughter Nora (Renate Rainsway), played and filmed in Nora’s childhood home, where she still lives. But she still hasn’t fully forgiven him for abandoning her and her sister as children. Can father and daughter find a way to reconcile before it’s too late?
Winner of nine Oscars, including major awards such as Best Picture and Best Director, emotional value It’s a great drama that, shockingly, avoids being too sentimental or simplistic. director, Joachim Trierdrawn not in black and white, but in real shades of gray, resulting in a film that doesn’t choose sides. Gustave had his reasons for leaving, and Nora wasn’t as moral as she’d hoped. The film handles complex people deftly, but isn’t afraid to let their confusing emotions take center stage.
Armando Solimos (Wagner Moura) loves his son, but his life is too chaotic and he doesn’t have much time to spend with him. A former professor turned political dissident, he is now on the run from two killers who want to kill him. Armando uses various disguises and false names to keep a low profile, but he soon realizes that he cannot escape forever. To save himself and his son, he must face the assassins and discover who ordered his killing and why.
Oscar experts believe the race for Best Actor is between sinner‘ Michael B. Jordan and Marty Supreof Timothée ChalametBut in my book, the Oscar should go to Maura for his stellar performance in The Secret Service. Tired and scared, Armando still found time to spend quality time with his son and friends and remember what he was fighting for. The film itself is fantastic, a wonderful recreation of 1970s Brazil, and the supporting cast, made up of experienced amateur actors, is so good that it was nominated for the inaugural Best Casting Award.
cinderella As a horror film? Count me in. in a bizarre reimagining ugly stepsisterOne of the evil stepsisters in the famous fairy tale, Elvira (Leah Myron), takes center stage. She is not as pretty as her new sister Agnes (Thea Sophie Loch Ness), so she underwent a series of brutal beauty regimens in an attempt to “fix” her appearance. with Prince Julian (Isaac Kalmulos) The ball soon approaches, and Elvira’s desperation grows, and she tries anything – including swallowing a large tapeworm and wearing a crude mask to alter her imperfect nose – to look as beautiful as Agnes. Can this twisted sister find the beauty and acceptance she craves?
With the recent announcement of the 2026 Oscar nominations, the awards season has officially kicked off. Thankfully for streaming fans, the vast majority of 2025 Academy Award nominees, from the record-breaking horror film “The Sinner” to the Brad Pitt racing drama “F1,” are readily available on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, and more. Help with filming(…)
Well-deserved nomination for Best Makeup, ugly stepsister It doesn’t embellish the original fairy tale too much. The horror is already there, the genius of the director Emily Blickfeldt It’s about bringing it to the surface with a few feminist tweaks, subtly commenting on women’s body issues and the often destructive male gaze. It’s a horror movie about the lengths some women go to in order to be loved, but it’s also a horrifically gross film that ties together sex, identity, and self-harm. It’s one of the buried treasures of 2025 and the least impressive bag to be nominated this year.
