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OSCARS 2022

What Netflix movies are nominated for the 2022 Oscars?

Headlined by The Power of the Dog, which has 12 nominations, a total of 10 Netflix-distributed films are up for accolades at this month's Academy Awards.

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch arrives for the 94th Annual Oscars Nominees Luncheon at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, March 7, 2022. (Photo by Valerie MACON / AFP)
VALERIE MACONAFP

Ten films distributed by Netflix have received Oscar nominations ahead of the 94th Academy Awards, which take place at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre on 27 March.

The streaming giant’s Oscar contenders are led by The Power of the Dog, which has racked up 12 nominations - more than any other movie at the 2022 gala.

Here's a look at all ten Netflix films up for Academy Awards:

Audible

A short documentary that follows Maryland School for the Deaf football player Amaree McKenstry-Hall, as his team bids to bounce back from an unexpected loss. The high school’s students also deal with the grief of losing a friend to suicide.

Nominations:

Best Documentary Short

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Don't Look Up

Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio star in this comedy as two astronomers who attempt to sound the alarm after discovering that a comet is on course to hit Earth in six months’ time, wiping out humanity.

Nominations:

Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing

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The Hand of God

Set in Naples in the 1980s, The Hand of God is a coming-of-age drama that focuses on teenager Fabietto (Filippo Scotti), a lover of music and football star Diego Maradona. Fabietto’s life charts an expected course when he is forced to deal with a family tragedy.

Nominations:

Best International Feature

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Lead Me Home

Lead Me Home is a short documentary that follows the lives of several people forced to live on the streets on the west coast of the United States.

Nominations:

Best Documentary Short

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The Lost Daughter

Based on the 2009 novel by Elena Ferrante, The Lost Daughter stars Olivia Colman as a middle-aged woman moved to confront memories of the difficulties of early motherhood when, on a holiday in Greece, she encounters a young mother (Dakota Johnson) and her daughter.

Nominations:

Best Actress (Olivia Colman), Best Supporting Actress (Jessie Buckley), Best Adapted Screenplay

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The Mitchells vs. the Machines

In this animated science-fiction comedy, the Mitchell family set off on a road trip to take oldest child Katie to university, but end up having to prevent a robot apocalypse when PAL - a virtual assistant akin to Apple’s Siri - takes exception to being replaced by a newer version.

Nominations:

Best Animated Feature

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The Power of the Dog

A western based on the 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, The Power of the Dog is a psychological drama that revolves around the brothers Phil and George Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons), two 1920s ranchers left increasingly at odds when George marries the widowed Rose Gordon (Kirsten Dunst).

Nominations:

Best Picture, Best Director (Jane Campion), Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Best Supporting Actor (Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee), Best Supporting Actress (Kirsten Dunst), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Sound

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Robin Robin

An animated musical in which a robin brought up by a family of mice sets out to prove herself as a mouse, by sneaking into a ‘who man’s’ house to steal the star from a Christmas tree.

Nominations:

Best Animated Short

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Tick, Tick… Boom!

Based on the semi-autobiographical stage musical written by Jonathan Larson, the late creator of hit show Rent!, Andrew Garfield stars as Larson in the story of a composer-slash-waiter feeling the pressure of trying to write a musical.

Nominations:

Best Actor (Andrew Garfield), Best Film Editing

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Three Songs for Benazir

Three Songs for Benazir is a short documentary that follows Shaista, a young Afghan man living in a Kabul camp for displaced persons with his wife, Benazir, who is pregnant with their first child. Shaista aims to join the Afghan National Army to provide for his family.

Nominations:

Best Documentary Short

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