I’ll go on record as saying that the Oscars are my favorite awards show in pop culture. For me, it’s like watching a championship sports game. You better believe I’m filling out a ballot to see if I can predict the biggest surprises of the night, although I didn’t get to see Michael B. Jordan winning Best Actor at the Oscars 2026.
If you’re looking for Oscar-winning movies, Netflix has an entire section dedicated to classic movies who left with “little golden men.” Our top pick is a sci-fi thriller that serves as a powerful warning for the future of AI. The rest of the slate includes a deeply personal Mexican drama, a Civil War epic, and a lively musical biopic. All four films can be streamed today on Netflix in the US.
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Ray
Jamie Foxx’s sensational interpretation of a music icon
The success of a musical biopic depends on the performance of its star. It sounds obvious, but many biopics suffer from a star’s lack of charisma or musical ineptitude. Performance only works if the audience believes in the transformation of the actor into his subject. Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in 2004 Ray It’s one of the strongest performances of a singer I’ve ever seen.
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Ray chronicles three decades of Charles’s life. It begins with his life in poverty as a child, continues with his rise to stardom as a musician, and culminates with his drug addictions in the 1960s. Foxx is the living embodiment of Charles, from his trademark sunglasses and wide smile to his constant tremors and his prowess on the piano. Although the film used many of Charles’s original recordings, Foxx deserved that Oscar.
Ray He received six nominations at the 2005 Oscars, winning two: Best Actor (Foxx) and Best Sound Mixing.
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Glory
a star is born
Edward Zwick tackled the American Civil War in the 1989s Glory with a drama centered on Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) and one of the first African-American regiments officially recognized for the Union Army, the 54th. At first, Shaw is an outsider who struggles to gain the trust of his black unit, especially Trip (Denzel Washington). Over time, Shaw begins to sympathize with these men and sympathizes with them in hopes of getting better treatment from the army they enlisted in.
Glory it’s not him best war movie never, and it is fair to criticize Glory for telling a story about an African-American regiment through the eyes of its white officer. That doesn’t take away from the performances of Morgan Freeman and especially Denzel Washington, who won the first Oscar of his career. Even then, it was clear that Washington would become a movie star, so thanks to Glory to raise the profile of a generational artist.
Nominated for five awards at the 1990 Oscars, Glory won Best Supporting Actor (Washington), Best Cinematography and Best Sound.
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Roma
A resilient story about family
After the overwhelming success of GravityAlfonso Cuarón took advantage of the juice of winning an Oscar as a director to make his most personal film, the one from 2018 Rome. Set in Mexico City in the early 1970s, Roma It stars Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo, a maid of Antonio (Fernando Grediaga) and Sofía (Marina de Tavira). Cuarón centers the story around family to delve into themes of social status, gender inequality, and abandonment. the image of Sofia and her children hugging Cleo on the beach brings tears to my eyes.
That Cuarón became the first person to win Best Director and Best Cinematography during the same ceremony should have been the main story of the Oscars. However, Green Paper disturb Roma Best Picture is what people will remember most from that night.
At the 2019 Oscars, Roma It earned 10 nominations, winning three: Best Director (Cuarón), Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography (Cuarón).
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ex machina
Beware of AI
Many of Alex Garland’s films revolve around the idea that people are their own worst enemies. At least that’s what he believes in his excellent scripts. He is certainly wary of toxic masculinity and its dangers to society. I mean, this is a filmmaker who made a movie titled Men. I still believe Garland’s best directorial effort was his 2014 debut. ex machinaa sci-fi thriller about a man’s attempt to determine a robot’s level of consciousness.
Programmer Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) is recruited to CEO Nathan Bateman’s (Oscar Isaac) secluded home to administer the Turing test to a humanoid robot, Ava (Alicia Vikander). Garland was ahead of his time in his depiction of AI and the godlike technicians who run it. Even if you ignore the real-world parallels, you’ll still enjoy the gripping story with an ending that surprised me.
Nominated for two awards at the 2016 Oscars, ex machina won Best Visual Effects.
More movies on the wayHead to the Oscar-winning section on Netflix for more movies to stream. If you are interested in more award-winning movies on Netflixverify American Hustle either I’m still here. In other places you can look new movies that recently arrived on Netflixincluding Bugonia and Interchanged.
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