If you are trying to work your way through this year's Oscar-nominated movies (and started with the essentials [1]), then we have a guide for which movies you can watch in the privacy of your own home. While many Oscar nominees are still in theaters, a lot of the films have already come out on DVD (and Blu-ray and iTunes and all of those services), and a couple of them are even streaming on Netflix. Take a look below at the films you can watch right now at home, and if you need to see what they're nominated for, here's our Oscar guide [2].
The Grand Budapest Hotel
On DVD
Gone Girl
On DVD
Boyhood
On DVD
X-Men: Days of Future Past
On DVD
Ida
Streaming on Netflix [3]
Maleficent
On DVD
Begin Again
On DVD
The Lego Movie
On DVD
How to Train Your Dragon 2
On DVD
The Boxtrolls
On DVD
Guardians of the Galaxy
On DVD
Tangerines
On DVD
Virunga
Streaming on Netflix [4]
Finding Vivian Maier
On DVD
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
On DVD
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
On DVD
The Judge
On DVD
Nightcrawler
On DVD
Birdman
On DVD