4 classic Oscar-winning movies you can stream on Netflix today

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I have publicly stated 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 upsets of the night, even though I missed Michael B. Jordan winning Best Actor at the 2026 Academy Awards.

If you’re looking for Oscar-winning films, Netflix has an entire section dedicated to classic films that walked away with the “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 an animated musical biopic. All four films can be streamed today on Netflix in the United States.

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Radius

Jamie Foxx’s Sensational Portrayal of a Music Icon

The success of a musical biopic depends on the performance of its star. It seems obvious, but many biopics suffer from a star’s lack of charisma or musical ineptitude. The show only works if the audience believes in the transformation of the actor into its subject. Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in 2004 Radius is one of the strongest performances of a singer I have ever seen.

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Radius chronicles three decades of Charles’ 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 addiction in the 1960s. Foxx is the living embodiment of Charles, from his signature sunglasses to his wide smile to his constant shaking and his prowess on the piano. Even though the film used many of Charles’ original recordings, Foxx deserved this Oscar.

Radius received six nominations at the 2005 Oscars, including two: best actor (Foxx) and best sound mixing.

Radius

Release date: October 29, 2004
Runtime: 152 minutes
Director: Taylor Hackford

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Glory

A star is born

Edward Zwick took on the American Civil War in the 1989s. Glory with a drama centering on Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) and one of the first officially recognized African-American regiments for the Union Army, the 54th. At first, Shaw is an outsider who struggles to gain the trust of his black unit, particularly Trip (Denzel Washington). Over time, Shaw begins to sympathize with these men and shows solidarity with them in hopes of getting better treatment from the army they enlisted for.

Glory is not the best war film of all time, and it is fair to criticize it Glory for telling the story of an African-American regiment through the eyes of its white officer. This does not take anything 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 was going to be a movie star, so thanks to Glory to raise the profile of a generational artist.

Nominated for five awards at the 1990 Academy Awards, Glory won Best Supporting Actor (Washington), Best Cinematography and Best Sound.

Glory

Release date: December 15, 1989
Runtime: 122 minutes
Director: Edward Zwick

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Rome

A resilient story about family

After the resounding success of GravityAlfonso Cuarón took advantage of winning a director’s Oscar to direct his most personal film, 2018. Roma. Set in Mexico City in the early 1970s, Rome stars Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo, a maid for Antonio (Fernando Grediaga) and Sofía (Marina de Tavira). Cuarón centers the story around family to delve deeper into themes of social status, gender inequality, and abandonment. The image of Sofía and her children hugging Cleo on the beach brings tears to my eyes.

Cuarón, becoming the first person to win both Best Director and Best Cinematography at the same ceremony should have been the main story of the Oscars. However, Green Paper upsetting Rome for Best Picture, this is what people will remember most about this evening.

At the 2019 Oscars, Rome garnered 10 nominations, including three: best director (Cuarón), best foreign language film and best cinematography (Cuarón).

Rome

Release date: December 14, 2018
Runtime: 135 minutes
Director: Alfonso Cuarón

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Ex Machina

Beware of AI

Many of Alex Garland’s films revolve around this idea that people are their own worst enemies. At least that’s what he believes in his excellent screenplays. He is certainly wary of toxic masculinity and its dangers to society. I mean, he’s a filmmaker who made a film called Men. I still believe Garland’s best film was his 2014 debut. Ex Machinaa science fiction thriller about one man’s attempt to determine a robot’s level of consciousness.

Programmer Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) is recruited from the isolated home of CEO Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac) 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 technological brothers who ruled it. Even if you ignore the real-world parallels, you’ll still enjoy the gripping story with an ending that raised my eyebrows.

Nominated for two awards at the 2016 Oscars, Ex Machina won best visual effects.

Ex Machina

Release date: April 24, 2015
Runtime: 108 minutes
Director: Alex Garland

More Movies Coming Head to the Oscar section on Netflix for more movies to stream. If you’re interested in more award-winning movies on Netflix, check out American unrest Or I’m still here. Elsewhere, you can watch new movies recently released on Netflix, including Bugonia And Exchange.