This year's Oscar nominations recognise awesome performances from awards season favourites Meryl Streep, who's on sparkling form in Florence Foster Jenkins, and Denzel Washington, who's magnetic as ever in Fences. Another of film and TV's most respected actresses, Viola Davis, is also nominated for Fences - and she's hot favourite to take home a long-overdue Oscar.
Relative newcomers Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, both wonderful in La La Land, are also nominated. So too is Britain's Dev Patel, who has already won a BAFTA for his poignant performance in Lion. Jackie 's Natalie Portman, Hacksaw Ridge 's Andrew Garfield and Lion 's Nicole Kidman all find themselves in the running this year as well.
As the Academy awards their fine recent performances, you might also like to revisit their past successes. Here's how to watch this year's crop of Oscar-nominated actors on Netflix.
28 Days
Viggo Mortensen is nominated for Best Actor this year for his charismatic turn in Captain Fantastic. He also stars opposite Sandra Bullock in this comedy-drama about a woman who enters rehab to avoid a prison sentence.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Aloha
Emma Stone, hot favourite to win Best Actress for her performance in La La Land, stars opposite Bradley Cooper in this comedy-drama from Almost Famous director Cameron Crowe.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
About Cherry
Dev Patel, who could take home Best Supporting Actor for his work in Lion, appears in this acclaimed drama based on the life of porn star Lorelei Lee. James Franco and Heather Graham co-star.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Birdman
This brilliant black comedy won Best Picture at the Oscars a couple of years ago. Emma Stone earned her first Oscar nomination for her performance as Sam, the daughter of Michael Keaton's faded comic book actor Riggan Thomson.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Bewitched
Nicole Kidman, nominated this year for Lion, fronts this entertaining big screen remake of the classic American sitcom.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Eat Pray Love
Viola Davis will almost certainly collect an overdue Oscar for her emotionally affecting performance in Fences. In 2010's hit adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir, she plays Delia, the best friend of Julia Robert's lead character .
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Meryl Streep provides the voice of Mrs. Fox in Wes Anderson's charming stop-motion animation take on Roald Dahl's beloved novel.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Ender's Game
Viola Davis also appears with Harrison Ford and Hailee Steinfeld in this very watchable 2013 sci-fi film.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Falling In Love
Two of our greatest living actors, Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro, join forces in this 1984 romantic drama. Incredibly, they have 27 Oscar nominations (and five wins) between them.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Flight
Denzel Washington, nominated for Best Actor for Fences, is also terrific in this affecting drama about an airline pilot who is accused of being intoxicated while flying a plane.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Get on Up
Octavia Spencer is nominated for Best Supporting Actress this year for her performance in Hidden Figures. In 2014's James Brown biopic Get on Up, she plays the late singer's beloved Aunt Honey.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Half Nelson
Ryan Gosling's fleet-footed performance in La La Land has earned him his second Oscar nomination. His first came 10 years earlier, when he played a sensitive inner-city schoolteacher in Half Nelson.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
House of Cards
Mahershala Ali is favourite to win Best Supporting Actor for his beautifully layered performance in Moonlight. In Netflix's hit political drama, he appears as lobbyist and eventual White House Chief of Staff, Remy Denton.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Good Will Hunting
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon won an Oscar for writing the screenplay to this rousing 1997 film. Affleck's younger brother Casey appears in a supporting role, and is now favourite to take home his own Oscar for his devastating performance in Manchester by the Sea.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Against All Odds
Jeff Bridges and Rachel Ward star in 1984 romantic thriller, which features Phil Collins' famous song "Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)." Bridges is nominated for Best Supporting Actor this year for his performance in the Western film Hell or High Water.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Bad Company
Bridges, now a seven-time Oscar nominee (and one-time winner) , also stars in this classic Western film from 1972.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Gone Baby Gone
Casey Affleck stars as a private investigator in this gritty 2007 mystery film, which was directed by his older brother Ben.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
How to Get Away with Murder
Viola Davis delivers an Emmy-winning performance in Shonda Rhimes' legal drama, owning the screen as the formidable law professor Annalise Keating.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Into the Woods
Meryl Streep gives one of her 20 - yes, 20! - Oscar-nominated performances in Disney's surprisingly dark movie musical.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Jane Got a Gun
Natalie Portman's mesmerising performance in Jackie has earned her a Best Actress nomination this year. She plays another tough, complicated woman in this somewhat underrated Western film.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Jim Carrey plays the title character in this film adaptation of the Lemony Snicket novels, but Meryl Streep, nominated this year for Florence Foster Jenkins, has a supporting role as reclusive Aunt Josephine.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Just Go with It
Though Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston are the stars of this 2011 rom-com, Nicole Kidman gives a scene-stealing supporting performance as a woman who could jeopardise their love match.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Law Abiding Citizen
Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler star in this Philadelphia-set crime thriller. Viola Davis has a memorable supporting role as the city's beleaguered Mayor.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Lost River
Ryan Gosling directs - and stars in - this visually impressive 2014 fantasy film. Christina Hendricks, Matt Smith and his partner Eva Mendes co-star.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Lila & Eve
Viola Davis joins forces with Jennifer Lopez in this underrated 2015 crime drama. They play mothers who team up to exact revenge after their children are gunned down in a drive-by shooting.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Margot at the Wedding
Nicole Kidman gives one of her best performances in this 2007 comedy-drama, playing a woman who isn't afraid to voice her disapproval when her sister announces she is getting married.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Manhattan
Woody Allen always attracts a fantastic cast, and this classy 1979 romantic drama is no exception. Here, 2017 Oscar nominee Meryl Streep stars opposite Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway and Allen himself.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Movie 43
This ambitious comedy film features 14 different storylines and an exceptional ensemble cast led by Kate Winslet, Richard Gere, Elizabeth Banks, Halle Berry, Uma Thurman and La La Land 's Emma Stone.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Current Oscar nominees Andrew Garfield ( Hacksaw Bridge) and Jeff Bridges ( Hell or High Water) are two of the actors Sam Jones chats to in this long-running interview series.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
My Blueberry Nights
This 2007 rom-com is probably most notable for featuring Norah Jones' acting debut, but Jackie 's Natalie Portman also shines in a key supporting role.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Natalie Portman teams up with Dustin Hoffman for this 2007 kids' fantasy film, which also features puppet icons Kermit the Frog and Ernie from Sesame Street.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Skins
A decade before his Oscar-nominated turn in Lion, Dev Patel was one of the original cast members lighting up E4's groundbreaking teen drama.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
The Human Stain
Lion 's Nicole Kidman stars opposite Anthony Hopkins in this gripping romantic thriller, an adaptation of Philip Roth's acclaimed 2000 novel.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
The Big Short
This brilliant 2015 comedy actually manages to make the world of finance fun - thanks in part to a zingy performance from La La Land 's Ryan Gosling.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
The Homesman
Meryl Streep shows once again why she definitely isn't "overrated" in this tense Western film. Fellow Oscar winners Tommy Lee Jones and Hilary Swank co-star.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
The Equalizer
Fences ' Denzel Washington turns in one of his toughest performances in this 2014 action thriller. The two-time Oscar winner plays a retired black ops operative who is determined to rescue a young girl from the clutches of ultra-violent Russian gangsters.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
The Ides of March
La La Land' s Ryan Gosling teams with George Clooney and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in this sharp 2011 political drama.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
The Last Airbender
This big-budget fantasy film from The Sixth Sens e director M. Night Shyamalan under-performed at the box office in 2010, but Lion 's Dev Patel delivers a typically likeable performance
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
The Manchurian Candidate
Two of this year's Oscar nominees - Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep - share the screen in this 2004 political thriller. It's a rare example of a Hollywood remake that actually stands up next to the original film.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
The Mighty Quinn
Fences ' Denzel Washington stars in this acclaimed 1989 drama as a police officer trying to clear his name after he is falsely accused of murder.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Barbra Streisand directs, co-produces and stars in this enjoyable 1997 romantic drama about a middle-aged woman regaining her confidence. But Hell or High Wate r Oscar nominee Jeff Bridges gets to share the screen as her love interest.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
The Prophecy
Captain Fantastic 's Viggo Mortensen co-stars opposite two other consistently excellent actors, Christopher Walken and Virginia Madsen, in this cult 1995 horror film.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
The Siege
The prolific Denzel Washington goes elbow to elbow with Annette Bening and Bruce Willis in this action thriller about a series of terror attacks in New York City.
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
Zombieland
La La Land 's Emma Stone gives an enormously appealing early career performance in this inventive zombie comedy film. Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson co-star.
Photo: Courtesy of NetflixLike what you see? How about some more R29 goodness, right here?
Wonder Woman 2 Will Be Set In 1984 — The Year Everything Happened
Can Someone Tell This Male Director To Stay Away From A #MeToo Horror Movie?