The most prestigious award in acting in America is the Academy Awards or known as the Oscars. The Oscars is an award ceremony in the film industry dating back to 1929. The Oscars give awards to the best actor/actress for a deserved category like best picture. The best picture is the award that goes last in the ceremony but it is the best because it decides the best movie of the year. 

This year, the Oscars will be broadcast on March 12 at 7 p.m. on ABC. The show will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Check out the movies up for the biggest award of the night and find out how you can watch them before the awards night.

Top Gun

How to watch: Paramount+, Apple TV and Prime Video. 

Released: May 27

Rotten Tomatoes ranking: 96%

What it’s about: After the first Top Gun was released 30 years ago, the newest Top Gun continues with Tom Cruise returning to the academy to train a team for a risky mission.

My Opinion: Top Gun has great writing and visual effects, making it one of the best movies of the year.

Everything Everywhere All At Once

How to watch:  Paramount+, Showtime, Hulu and Prime video

Released: March 11

Rotten tomatoes ranking: 95%

What it’s about: Everything Everywhere All At Once is a story about Evelyn Quan developing the ability to control different realities after a rupture in the multiverse

My Opinion: Everything Everywhere All At Once has a great storyline about a family. It has a great story with a ton of visual effects. 

Elvis

How to watch: HBO Max and Hulu 

Released: June 24

Rotten tomatoes ranking: 77%

What it’s about: Elvis is a musical drama that follows the life of Elvis Presley and his rise to fame that some thought was controversial until his death in 1977.

My Opinion: Elvis is a great film with a multitude of Elvis Presley’s songs showcased.

All Quiet on the Western Front

How to watch: Netflix

Released: Oct. 14

Rotten tomatoes ranking: 90%

What it’s about: All Quiet on the Western Front takes place during World War 1 in 1914. The movie stars Feliz Kammerer as Paul Bäumer as he leaves his school with his fellow classmates to join the war for Germany and experiences life in the trenches.

My Opinion: All Quiet on the Western Front is a great adventure story that shows the other side of the war and a personal experience of what it was like to be in the trenches.

The Fablesman

How to watch: In theaters

Released: Nov. 11

Rotten tomatoes ranking: 92%

What it’s about: Fablesman is a movie directed by Steven Spielberg and is about a boy, Sammy Fablesman, discovering his passion for film making after he saw a movie in the theater for the first time.

Avatar: Way of Water

How to watch: In theaters

Released: Dec. 16

Rotten tomatoes ranking: 76%

What it’s about: Avatar is about Jake Sully and Neytiri leaving Pandora to go explore when a new threat arrives.

The Banshees of Inheritance

How to watch: HBO Max, Hulu and Prime Video

Released: Oct. 21

Rotten tomatoes ranking: 96%

What it’s about: The Banshees of Inheritance takes place in Ireland. It is about Pádraic and Colm after they break up their friendship and try to rekindle their relationship.

Tár

How to watch: In theaters and stream on Peacock

Released: Oct. 7

Rotten tomatoes ranking: 91%

What it’s about: Musician Lydia Tár is about to come out with her best symphony but has a scandal just before. Her adoptive daughter moves in to comfort her. 

Woman Talking

How to watch: In theaters

Released: Dec. 23

Rotten tomatoes ranking: 91%

What it’s about: Woman Talking is about a group of women in a colony who discover a secret about the men in the colony. The women come together to figure out what to do.