Undergoing the arduous process of picking a movie to watch? Trust the critics and pop on one of the deserving and recently crowned 2025 Oscar winners.
The 97th annual Academy Awards took place on Monday, March 3rd (NZT), crowning the best of the best in acting, editing, soundtrack, costume and more. From blockbuster releases that took over the world – we’re looking at you, Wicked – to moving documentary features and architectural epics, here is where to watch the big winners from the 2025 Academy Awards.
The Academy Award-winning movies and where to watch them in New Zealand
Conclave
- Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
Cardinal Lawrence has one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events, participating in the selection of a new pope. Surrounded by powerful religious leaders in the halls of the Vatican, he soon uncovers a trail of deep secrets that could shake the very foundation of the Roman Catholic Church.
Cardinal is available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Prime Video and Neon
Dune: Part two
- Winner: Best Sound
- Winner: Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two explores the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge.
Stream Dune: Part Two on Neon (with a current subscription), or rent or buy on Apple TV or Prime Video
A Real Pain
- Winner: Best Supporting Actor
Mismatched cousins David and Benji tour Poland to honour their grandmother. Their adventure becomes complicated as old tensions resurface while exploring their family history.
Stream A Real Pain on Disney+ with a current subscription, or rent or buy on Prime Video and Apple TV
Wicked
- Winner: Best Costume Design
Misunderstood because of her green skin, a young woman named Elphaba forges an unlikely but profound friendship with Glinda, a student with an unflinching desire for popularity. Following an encounter with the Wizard of Oz, their relationship soon reaches a crossroad as their lives begin to take very different paths.
Wicked is available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Prime Video and Neon
No Other Land
- Winner: Best Documentary Feature Film
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
No Other Land is available to rent or buy now on Prime Video. Subscribe here.
Emelia Perez
- Winner: Best Original Song (‘El Mal’)
- Winner: Best Supporting Actress (Zoe Saldaña)
A Mexican lawyer is offered an unusual job to help a notorious cartel boss retire and transition into living as a woman, fulfilling a long-held desire.
Emelia Perez is available to rent or buy on Apple TV and Neon (from March 4)
Anora
- Winner: Best Film Editing
- Winner: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner: Best Directing
- Winner: Best Actress
- Winner: Best Picture
Anora, a young woman from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Anora is available to rent or buy on Apple TV and Prime Video
Winner: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Fading actress Elisabeth Sparkle becomes distressed when her chauvinistic boss fires her from her aerobics show. She soon injects herself with a mysterious serum that promises a younger, better version of herself, but things go horribly wrong.
The Substance is available to rent or buy on Prime Video and Apple TV
