{"id":228519,"date":"2026-03-14T18:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/3-great-past-oscar-winning-movies-to-watch-on-netflix\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T18:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:30:33","slug":"3-great-past-oscar-winning-movies-to-watch-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/3-great-past-oscar-winning-movies-to-watch-on-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Great Past Oscar-Winning Movies to Watch on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The 2026 Oscars ceremony will air on Sunday, but if you\u2019re looking for Oscar-winning movies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/media-network\/netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a> is where you want to go.<\/p>\n<p>Although Netflix has yet to win Best Picture for one of its original films, it\u2019s currently the streaming home of a trio of Best Picture winners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/watch-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch With Us<\/a> has brought those films together in our roundup of the three great past Oscar-winning movies on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Given the popularity of these flicks, there\u2019s a very good chance you\u2019ve seen them already. But there\u2019s no time like the present to watch them again.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Titanic\u2019 (1997)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Titanic | #TBT Trailer | 20th Century FOX\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CHekzSiZjrY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a long time, <em>Titanic<\/em> was the highest-grossing movie and the most expensive film ever made. Director <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/james-cameron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Cameron<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0proved all of the naysayers wrong when the film bucked expectations and became a generational blockbuster. <strong>Gloria Stuart<\/strong> plays Rose DeWitt Bukater and has the spotlight in the present-day framing sequence, but most of the film belongs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kate-winselt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kate Winslet<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s young Rose and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/leonardo-dicaprio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Leonardo DiCaprio<\/strong><\/a> as her lover, Jack Dawson.<\/p>\n<p>Rose meets Jack on the Titanic while she\u2019s engaged to a rich lout, Caledon \u201cCal\u201d Hockley (<strong>Billy Zane<\/strong>), who does everything in his power to keep them apart. But once the ship hits the iceberg, the Titanic\u2019s crew and passengers are engulfed in chaos and destruction that will claim most of their lives. For Jack and Rose, their greatest challenge isn\u2019t getting off the ship, it\u2019s surviving what comes after it sinks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Titanic<\/em> is streaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/1181461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a> through March 15.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018The Hurt Locker\u2019 (2008)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hurt Locker (2008) Official Trailer - Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie Movie HD\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AIbFvqFYRT4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cameron\u2019s<em> Avatar<\/em> was up against<em> The Hurt Locker<\/em> during the 2009 awards season, which was ironic because the latter was directed by Cameron\u2019s ex-wife, <strong>Kathryn Bigelow<\/strong>. In addition to winning Best Picture, Bigelow also became the first woman to win Best Director for her work on this film.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jeremy-renner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jeremy Renner<\/strong><\/a> leads the cast as Sergeant First Class William James, a bomb disposal expert in the army during the Second War in Iraq. James\u2019 approach to the job is very dangerous, which angers his new colleagues, Sergeant J. T. Sanborn (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/anthony-mackie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Anthony Mackie<\/strong><\/a>) and Specialist Owen Eldridge (<strong>Brian Geraghty<\/strong>). Sanborn and Eldridge may hate James\u2019 guts, but they have more pressing problems with the insurgents out to kill them. And their luck won\u2019t protect them forever.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Hurt Locker<\/em> is streaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/70105601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a> through March 30.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201912 Years a Slave\u2019 (2012)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"12 YEARS A SLAVE - Official Trailer (HD)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z02Ie8wKKRg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>12 Years a Slave<\/em> is the most recent Oscar-winner for Best Picture on Netflix, and it shares its title with the autobiography of <strong>Solomon Northup<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/chiwetel-ejiofor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chiwetel Ejiofor<\/strong><\/a>), a free Black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841. Northup\u2019s talent as a violist earns him some favor, but his life becomes a living Hell under his second owner, <strong>Edwin Epps<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/michael-fassbender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Michael Fassbender<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>During Northup\u2019s long ordeal, he befriends a fellow slave named Patsey (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/lupita-nyong-o\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lupita Nyong\u2019o<\/strong><\/a>) and tries to find anyone brave enough to help him send a message back to his family in the North. These were dangerous times for Black men and women, especially when they dared to dream of freedom. But Northup got to write to his own conclusion, and the film movingly recreates the events that led to his liberation.<\/p>\n<p><em>12 Years a Slave<\/em> is streaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/70284282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/3-great-past-oscar-winning-movies-to-watch-on-netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Oscars ceremony will air on Sunday, but if you\u2019re looking for Oscar-winning movies, Netflix is where you want to go. Although Netflix has yet to win Best Picture for one of its original films, it\u2019s currently the streaming home of a trio of Best Picture winners. Watch With Us has brought those films [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-228519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}