Oscars 2025: How to watch nominated films in the UAE

Music-themed films are set to dominate this year's Oscars ceremony, set to be held in Hollywood on March 2. From a blockbuster Broadway adaptation to a Bob Marley biopic and a film about a renowned opera singer, there's going to be a lot of singing and dancing at the 97th Academy Awards. Ahead of the film industry's biggest night, which will be hosted by comedian Conan O'Brien, here's how to catch up on all the nominees. Number of nominations: 8, including Best Picture Where to watch: Cinemas From the director o f Walk the Line , which earned Reese Witherspoon her first Oscar, comes a film about Bob Dylan, considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Based on the book Dylan Goes Electric! , it centres around Dylan's early days as a folk musician and his experimentations with electric instruments. It's one of the year's most nominated films, including Best Actor nod for Timothee Chalamet, for his portrayal of Dylan; Best Supporting Actor for Edward Norton, who plays musician and friend Pete Seeger; and Best Supporting Actress for Monica Barbaro, who plays musician Joan Baez. Number of nominations: 7, including Best Picture Where to watch: Cinemas This film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical is one of the most popular films of 2024, and has earned top nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor for Cynthia Erivo and Best Supporting Actress for Ariana Grande. Split into two parts, with the second one planned for release later this year, this film covers the musical's first act, serving as an origin story for the Wicked Witch of the West, one of the characters in the classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Read The National 's review here . Number of nominations: 5, including Best Picture Where to watch: OSN+ Acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve's follow-up to his 2021 blockbuster was both a critical and commercial success, earning more than $700 million globally, according to Box Office Mojo. Picking up where the first film trailed off, Dune: Part Two follows Paul Atreides (Chalamet) as he rallies the Fremen tribe to retake the desert planet Arrakis from the Harkonnens, who launched a bloody assault against the House Atreides for the planet’s control. Read The National 's review here . Number of nominations: 13, including Best Picture Where to watch: OSN+ This year's most nominated film is an unusual one. A musical crime drama mostly in Spanish, featuring some top Hollywood stars and directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, it centres around a Mexican drug lord who enlists the help of a lawyer to help her disappear. The most-nominated non-English film in Oscar history, nominations include Best Picture, Best Director for Audiard, Best Actress for Karla Sofia Gascon and Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldana. Pop star and actress Selena Gomez also stars in this film. Number of nominations: 5, including Best Picture Where to watch: OSN+ Already an awards season favourite, this horror film's original take on societal pressures on women's bodies and ageing, has struck a chord with both critics and audiences. Demi Moore plays a faded Hollywood star who experiments with "The Substance", a black market serum that promises a younger more perfect version of herself. But when her current self and new self begin to fight for dominance, it leads to deadly consequences. Moore recently won a Golden Globe for her performance. Number of nominations: 1, for Best Documentary Feature Where to watch: Disney+ A National Geographic film, this distressing documentary looks at the history of the Canadian Indian residential school system, a network of boarding schools used to isolate Indigenous children from their families and culture in the 1800s so they could "assimilate better" into the dominant Euro-centric society. Oscar-nominee Lily Gladstone, known for role in Killers of the Flower Moo n , serves as executive producer. Number of nominations: 3, including Best Animated Feature Where to watch: Apple TV DreamWorks's sci-fi animated film features a cast of A-list voice actors, including Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o. She voices the lead, a robot named Roz, who, after being abandoned on an uninhabited island, befriends the resident animals and sets off on a life-changing adventure with them. Number of nominations: 2, including Best Actor Where to watch: Apple TV It's the film Donald Trump didn't want the world to see . Focusing on the early rise of the US President as a businessman in 1980s New York, when he worked for his father's real estate firm, the biopic earned an eight-minute standing ovation when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, the film stars Sebastian Stan – who's earned a Best Actor nomination – as Trump, while Jeremy Strong, who plays lawyer Roy Cohn, is also nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Read The National 's review here . Number of nominations: 1, for Best Visual Effects Where to watch: Apple TV The fourth installment in the Planet of the Apes reboot film series picks up centuries later, where memories of the great leader Caesar, an ape raised by humans , are all but forgotten. The earth has reverted to forest and jungle, and apes are primarily living in tribe-based societies, living in harmony with the land and each other. But when a violent new ape leader claims Caesar's legacy, other peaceful apes work with humans to restore balance. Read The National 's review here . Number of nominations: 1, for Best Visual Effects Where to watch: Disney+ Set between the events of Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986), Alien: Romulus follows a group of indentured servants who attempt to escape their labour colony by hijacking an abandoned ship, only to find out they may not be the only ones on board. The film has been described as a loving ode to the entire franchise. Number of nominations: 1, for Best Costume Design Where to watch: Apple TV Ridley Scott's revival of his 2000 classic finds Paul Mescal filling the sandals of Russell Crowe. Mescal plays Lucius Verus Aurelius, an exiled Prince of Rome, who becomes an enslaved gladiator for a man secretly plotting to overthrown the Roman emperors. Number of nominations: 1, for Best Visual Effects Where to watch: Apple TV (from February 25) Robbie Williams, but make it monkey? This biopic of the British pop star features him being portrayed as a CGI monkey, brought to the big screen by director Michael Gracey of The Greatest Showman fame. Number of nominations: 1, for Best Original Song Where to watch: Netflix Tyler Perry's war drama tells the story of the 6888, an all-black, all-female battalion, who, during the Second World War, played an important role in maintaining the morale of American soldiers. The women faced not just the dangers of war, but also discrimination, while doing their jobs. The film is nominated in the Best Original Song category for The Journey by HER, a performance songwriter Diane Warren has described as "Whitney level". Number of nominations: 1, for Best Cinematography Where to watch: Netflix Angelina Jolie plays renowned American-Greek opera singer Maria Callas in this biopic, which focuses on her final days as she reckons with her identity and life after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. Cinematographer Edward Lachman is nominated for Best Cinematography. Number of nominations: 1, for Best Animated Feature Where to watch: Netflix The sixth film in the hit British animation film follows top dog Gromit who races against time to save his master Wallace after his high-tech invention goes rogue and he's framed for a series of crimes. The claymation film holds a 100 per cent rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Number of nominations: 1, for Best Live Action Short Film Where to watch: Netflix Produced by Priyanka Chopra and Mindy Kaling, this 22-minute film follows Anuja, 9, who works in a sweatshop along with her sister Palak. One day, Anuja gets offered the chance of a lifetime to attend a boarding school, and must make a decision which will affect her and her sister's life forever.

Oscars 2025: How to watch nominated films in the UAE

From biopics to musicals, catch up on all the celebrated movies before the awards ceremony in March