Best Film Category
Amazon now offers five films for best film of the year, which includes Gravity captain Phillips Nebraska 1 2 years A Slave and Dallas Buyers club . These movies are for rent or purchase in HD streaming available.
Best Actor category
This is one of the most competitive categories for this year's Oscars. You can watch Bruce Dern in Nebraska , or Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years A Slave or Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers club on Amazon Instant Video now. If you want to see Christian Bale American Hustle or Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street , you will need to head to the theater.
Best Actress category
This category offers a more diverse group of shows. If you want to watch the said performance, you can catch Cate Blanchett blue Jasmine or Sandra Bullock Gravity on Amazon. Unfortunately, all other films are still in theaters.
Best Animated Film category
One of the most popular categories for the Oscars, especially if you have children, these films cover a wide range of interests. If you want to take on all the candidates, you can watch The Croods Despicable Me 2 and the wind rises on Amazon now. The most popular Frozen fails to Amazon until March 18, but you can pre-order the movie to listen now.
Why Watch on Amazon?
Amazon Instant Video has slowly built its arsenal of content available on the last year and beginning to rival that of streaming content provider Netflix. Amazon also gives you the availability to listen to a large list of free movies, and the ability to rent and purchase other novelties. For a long time, streaming content Amazon was average at best, but over the past year its efforts to catch giant Netflix streaming paid off. With original programming on Amazon starting to take off and the quality of performances on the rise, things are starting to look pretty good for Amazon. Want to know more? Visit our Amazon Instant Video review to find out more about the service.