Watch all of this year's Oscar 'best picture' nominees before the big awards show

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The 87th annual Oscar awards will take place at 8pm EST on Sunday, February 22.

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In case you missed any (or all) of this year's best picture nominees, we've put together a list with some notable reviews and where you can get the movies in your own home.

Check them out before the winner is announced.


"American Sniper"

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Keith Bernstein/Warner Bros.

Why you want to watch it:

"The film is, simply, a tragedy in which American certainty comes to grief against the rocks of the real world, and it views its central figure as a decent man doing indecent things for what he keeps telling himself is a greater good," writes Ty Burr of the Boston Globe.

Pre-order DVD: $28.98 $17.99
Pre-order Amazon Instant Video: from $14.99 to $19.99


"Birdman"

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Fox Searchlight

Why you want to watch it:

"This is a strange and beautiful and unique film, one of the best movies of the year," writes Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Pre-order DVD: $30.00 $19.96
Pre-order Amazon Instant Video: $12.99 to $14.99


"Boyhood"

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"Boyhood"/Universal

Why you want to watch it:

"The year's most captivating narrative experiment, and possibly the most engrossing coming-of-age movie in the history of the genre," writes John Hartl of the Seattle Times.

DVD: $39.99 $24.88

Amazon Instant Video: from $2.99 to $14.99


"The Grand Budapest Hotel"

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Why you want to watch it:

"The comedy in The Grand Budapest Hotel is among the broadest yet undertaken by Anderson. But amid the frenzied hubbub, there are intimations of a darker, sadder history unfolding," writes Christopher Orr of The Atlantic.

DVD: $29.98 $11.88
Amazon Instant Video: $9.99


"The Imitation Game"

Why you want to watch it:

"This film's overall success hangs on Cumberbatch and what is, to date, his finest performance on the big screen," writes Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Pre-order DVD: $29.98 $17.99
Pre-order Amazon Instant Video: $12.99 to $14.99


"Selma"

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"Selma"

Why you want to watch it:

"More often than not ... 'Selma' focuses on the one thing we don't expect in a movie about Martin Luther King Jr. - his doubts - and Oyelowo comes through with a deeply felt and quite brilliant performance," writes Ty Burr of the Boston Globe.

Pre-order DVD: $29.99 $17.95
Pre-order Amazon Instant Video: from $14.99 to $19.99


"The Theory of Everything"

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Focus Features/"The Theory of Everything"

Why you want to watch it:

"It's an exceptional film, not because of its protagonists' impressive triumphs, but because it honors their struggle," writes Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post.

Pre-order DVD: $32.98 $22.99

Pre-order Amazon Instant Video: $14.99


"Whiplash"

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Sony Pictures Classics/"Whiplash"

Why you want to watch it:

"Ultimately, 'Whiplash' isn't just about jazz - and it's not necessary to be a fan of the music to enjoy the film - but about life," writes Calvin Wilson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Pre-order DVD: $34.99 $24.96
Pre-order Amazon Instant Video: from $12.99 to 17.99

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