Best Picture Oscar Nominee ‘Nickel Boys’ Gets Streaming Premiere Date
Nickel Boys”—director Ramell Ross’ drama that earned a 2025 Best Picture Oscar nomination—is coming soon to streaming video on demand. Find out when you can watch the movie at home.
Q&A with Best Picture nominee “Nickel Boys” director RaMell Ross
Nickel Boys, which received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, was shot almost entirely in the POV of boys in the fictitious Nickel, based on the real-life Dozier School for Boys.
Here’s How to Watch 'Nickel Boys', a Two-Time Oscar Nominee
After being nominated for Best Motion Picture Drama at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes, Nickel Boys went on to earn two Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay. Amazon MGM Studios has yet to announce an official streaming date or digital release date for Nickel Boys.
How to watch Nickel Boys – is it streaming?
Hamilton star Daveed Diggs also appears in flash-forwards as an adult version of Elwood, while other names you might recognise from the cast include Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (King Richard) and Fred Hechinger (Gladiator II). You can find a full list below.
A Reading List for the 2025 Oscar Best Picture Nominees
Want to read the book before you see the movie? Check out these titles that inspired Conclave, Nickel Boys, Wicked, and more Oscar-nominated films.
How ‘Nickel Boys’ Achieved Its Singular Visual Style
The cinematographer and camera operator behind the Oscar-nominated film — shot almost entirely from the first-person perspective — explain how they did it.
RaMell Ross On Double ‘Nickel Boys’ Oscar Nominations: “People Are Responding To The Adventure Of Complexity And The Vicarious”
The Academy Awards have picked up their pencils and voted filmmaker RaMell Ross in Best Screenplay and Best Picture at this ...
Behind the Months-Long ‘Nickel Boys’ Discussions of How, When, and Where to Switch POVs
Nickel Boys' editor Nicholas Monsour goes behind the scenes of the months-long decision of how, when, and where to switch ...
‘Nickel Boys’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director RaMell Ross narrates a sequence from his film, which has been nominated for best picture.
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'Nickel Boys' inspired by harrowing, true story of Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys
"Nickel Boys" is based on a novel by the same name, about boys sent to the fictional "Nickel Academy" in Florida's panhandle, where they suffered horrific abuse. The details of the story were inspired ...
USC Scripter Awards Nominees Include ‘Conclave', ‘Nickel Boys', ‘Slow Horses' And ‘Shōgun'
The writers behind the adapted screenplays of the films A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing and The Wild ...
‘Nickel Boys’ review: A mesmerizing adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel
Based on Colson Whitehead’s “The Nickel Boys,” the film sounds on the surface like it might be difficult to watch, and indeed ...
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‘Nickel Boys’ redefines the power of perspective
RaMell Ross’s "Nickel Boys" reimagines storytelling with its innovative perspective, exploring systemic injustice through an emotionally powerful cinematic lens.