Now Streaming: 2025 Animated Academy Award Nominated Films

Where to stream 'Flow,' 'Inside Out 2,' 'Memoir of a Snail,' Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,' and 'The Wild Robot.'

Now Streaming: Voting for the 97th Academy Awards concludes today. The winners in all 23 categories will be announced live on ABC (broadcast television) and simultaneously streamed live on Hulu (streaming service) on Sunday evening, March 2, 2025. 

It's the first time the awards will be streamed live, so to get in the spirit and/or catch up with any of the nominated animated feature films, here's a guide to where all five are streaming. It's a good bunch, and, now that I've seen them all, I can recommend all five to varying degrees. 

Flow 

Now streaming on Max.  

My personal #2 pick among the nominees is a captivating tale about a cat who must survive in a world devastated by disaster. Told without dialogue by Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis, it is a truly universal tale that is animated gorgeously and conveys beautifully every beat of its story, which is heartfelt and affecting. 

Inside Out 2 

Now streaming on Disney+. 

The sequel to the studio's Inside Out picks up two years later, as the film's protagonist enters puberty, which provides the setting for a rich set of relatable comic and emotional experiences. As I wrote in my review: "Inside Out 2 is clearly informed by the personal experiences of writer Meg LeFauve and director Kelsey Mann -- LeVauve and Mann are credited for the story, while LeFauve and Dave Holstein are credited for the screenplay -- yet broadens out, aiming for the universality of adolescence."  

Memoir of a Snail 

Now streaming on AMC+. 

This was the last of the five nominees that I watched and -- surprise! -- it surpassed them all. I love stop-motion animation because every frame has a palpable human touch. More than that, I was touched by the story, in which the very human Grace (voiced by Sarah Snook) recalls her life, why she has always related to and cared for snails, and why she feels like one. 

It's poignant and piercing in its emotions. It's also the nominee that is most clearly intended for adults, who will appreciate the weighty sentiments that they film conveys, without ever becoming needlessly sentimental. 

If I voted for the Academy Awards, this would be my pick. 

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 

Now streaming on Netflix. 

I love Wallace & Gromit, and I love this movie. Read my review if you need to know more before watching. Or just watch and enjoy. 

The Wild Robot 

 Now streaming on Peacock TV.

The ad-supported version requires watching all the advertisements before the movie begins, which then plays uninterrupted, which is great. Peacock TV also streams in 4K, which is a great way to enjoy the intense color scheme. 

Filmmaker Chris Sanders has a great track record in animation -- Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods -- and here he pulls out all the stops in telling the story of a robot that shipwrecks on an island and must make its way by bonding with the local animals. It's very cute, very colorful, and very corny. It also pulls on a lot of predictable heartstrings, which means its sentimental approach will ring true for many family heads.