Feb. 28, 2025 – The 2025 Oscars are Sunday, March 2, and the library has many of the nominees for you to borrow as DVDs or Blu-Rays. Want to dive deeper into some of these stories? Borrow the books behind them!
Looking for more? Check out the "Oscars: Past Nominees and Winners" collection on Hoopla and "Academy Award Winners and Nominees" collection Kanopy, both free to stream with your library card.
We don't have every nominated film, but here are those we do have. Browse the movie list below, and click the covers to put them on hold in our catalog.
"Alien: Romulus," nominated for Visual Effects
"Anora," nominated for Best Picture, Actor in a Supporting Role: Yura Borisov, Actress in a Leading Role: Mikey Madison, Directing: Sean Baker, Film Editing, Writing (Original Screenplay)
"The Apprentice," nominated for Actor in a Leading Role: Sebastian Stan, Actor in a Supporting Role: Jeremy Strong
"Better Man," nominated for Visual Effects
"The Brutalist" nominated for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role: Adrian Brody, Actor in a Supporting Role: Guy Pearce, Actress in a Supporting Role: Felicity Jones, Cinematography, Directing: Brady Corbet, Film Editing, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Writing (Original Screenplay)
"A Complete Unknown," nominated for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role: Timothee Chalamet, Actor in a Supporting Role: Edward Norton, Actress in a Supporting Role: Monica Barbaro, Costume Design, Directing: James Mangold, Sound, Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Read the book: "Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night that Split the Sixties" by Elijah Wald
"Conclave," nominated for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role: Ralph Fiennes, Actress in a Supporting Role: Isabella Rossellini, Costume Design, Film Editing, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Read the Book: "Conclave" by Robert Harris
"Dune: Part Two," nominated for Best Picture, Cinematography, Production Design, Sound, Visual Effects
Read the book: "Dune" by Frank Herbert
"Gladiator II" nominated for Costume Design
"I'm Still Here," nominated for Best Picture, Actress in a Leading Role: Fernanda Torres, International Feature Film: Brazil
"Inside Out 2," nominated for Animated Feature Film
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes," nominated for Visual Effects
"Nosferatu" nominated for Cinematography, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Production Design
"September 5," nominated for Writing (Original Screenplay)
"Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat," nominated for Documentary Feature Film
"The Substance," nominated for Best Picture, Actress in a Leading Role: Demi Moore, Directing: Coralie Fargeat, Makeup and Hairstyling, Writing (Original Screenplay)
"Wicked," nominated for Best Picture, Actress in a Leading Role: Cynthia Erivo, Actress in a Supporting Role: Arianna Grande, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Sound, Visual Effects
Read the book: "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire
"The Wild Robot," nominated for Animated Feature Film, Music (Original Score), Sound
Read the book: "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
Read more books: "No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion" by Shelia Williams (the movie "The Six Triple Eight" is nominated for Music (Original Song): "The Journey" by Diane Warren
"The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead (the movie is nominated for Best Picture and Writing (Adapted Screenplay))