Watch best picture Oscar nominee 'Nickel Boys' on Prime Video
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If athletes strive for gold medals, Hollywood screen sirens strive for an Academy Award. It's not just peer recognition, but a potential career-defining award. The weight of that little gold statue makes its mark on Sunday, March 2.
The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the most coveted awards in Hollywood, so much so that it's the only category with 10 nominations while all the others have five. It is one of the Big Five awards presented during the Oscars, along with Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Here's what you need to know about how to stream the Jim Crow-era film 'Nickel Boys,' one of the Best Motion Picture nominees this year.
What is 'Nickel Boys' about?
A promising young black teenager, Elwood Curtis, seems destined for great things, among being accepted into an accelerated college program at an HBCU. But, things take a turn when he hitchhikes with a man driving a stolen car and lands in an abusive reform school. Curtis befriends another young black man at this school, the Nickel Academy, who is quiet and cynical. The film explores their experience in this school during the Jim Crow era, and their efforts to survive it.
'Nickel Boys' is starring Ethan Herisse as Elwood Curtis, and Brandon Wilson as Turner.
The movie was released in December 2024, and has grossed over $3 million worldwide, according to The Numbers.
How to watch Oscar-nominated film 'Nickel Boys'
'Nickel Boys' is available to rent on Amazon Prime Video today.
Watch 'Nickel Boys' on Prime Video
What awards is 'Nickel Boys' nominated for at the Oscars?
'Nickel Boys' is a two-time Academy Award nominated film. It has the least number of nominations among the 10 films nominated for Best Picture, but don't overlook it.
The film is nominated in the following two categories:
- Best Motion Picture
- Best Adapted Screenplay
What awards has 'Nickel Boys' won?
We all love an underdog, right? That's 'Nickel Boys.' The film has earned seven nominations between the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the Critics' Choice Awards, and the Golden Globes. It did not take home an award at any of those events.
The film has won awards at some local film festivals, as well as some smaller ceremonies.
Watch 'Nickel Boys' on Prime Video
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