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5 great Oscar-winning sci-fi movies you should stream right now
Mar 2, 2025
The 97th Academy Awards are on Sunday, March 2, and it’s no surprise if they’ve got you in a movie night mood. Over the years, the Oscars have largely reserved the most prestigious awards for dramas and romances, but as sci-fi storytelling has grown more provocative and prescient, sci-fi flicks have slowly permeated beyond the technical awards and into the Best Picture category. Case in point: Dune: Part Two was nominated for five awards, including Best Picture.
Streaming services have made it easier than ever to see the Oscar nominees before the big night, but they’ve also provided a great resource to enjoy Oscar winners of years past. Whether you’re a sci-fi aficionado or you’re simply in the mood, these are 5 great Oscar-winning sci-fi movies you should stream right now.

Dune: Part Two (2024)

Genre
Science Fiction, Adventure
Stars
Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson
Directed by
Denis Villeneuve
Well, we lead with Dune: Part Two, which might win on Sunday and is streaming on Max now. (As is the Oscar-winning first film, .) Continuing Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi epic,  effectively wraps up the first book in the Dune saga and paces into Dune Messiah.
After the fallout from the Harkonnen attack on House Atreides, Paul (Timothée Chalamet) has fully assimilated with wife Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen of the desert. As Paul taps deeper into his gifts of foresight and begins to pave a divine destiny to preserve the fate of the known universe, he’s forced to make sacrifices and put himself in harm’s way to repel a Harkonnen onslaught.
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