Where to watch 1965 movies before the next Smackdown
Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 9:00AM
NATHANIEL R in 1965, Oscars (60s), streaming

Maggie Smith's first Oscar nominationAs we keep promising you, the Smackdowns are much more fun if you play along at home. Up next is 1965 and there are only four movies to watch (all of which received multiple Oscar nominations) to prepare for the discussion on October 9th. 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINEES OF 1965

• Ruth Gordon from Inside Daisy Clover (3 Oscar noms) - Amazon
• Maggie Smith and Joyce Redman from Othello (4 Oscar noms) - YouTube
• Shelley Winters from A Patch of Blue (5 Oscar noms)- Amazon
• Peggy Wood from The Sound of Music (10 Oscar noms) - Disney+

Once you're done watching those, send in your votes (1 to 5 hearts for each lady) by October 8th. Easy! You're then part of the Smackdown!

If you REALLY wanna dive into the cinema of 1965 before the event, here are key 1965 movies that are currently streaming for free (provided you have the corresponding services, of course).

OSCAR NOMINATED 1965 TITLES CURRENTLY STREAMING...

CAT BALLOU (Elliot Silverstein, US) on Roku with ads or on Hoopla without ads
This western comedy starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin was up for 5 Oscars and won Best Actor for Marvin. 

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO  (David Lean, US) on HBOMax
This blockbuster romantic epic, set against The Great War and the October Revolution, was then one of the most successful films of all time, and The Sound of Music 's biggest competition on Oscar night; they each scored 10 noms and took home 5 Oscars. It was probably close, all told, since Julie Christie won Best Actress for Darling but spiritually that win was surely partially due to her success in Doctor Zhivago.

KWAIDAN  (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan) on Criterion Channel
An extreme rarity in that it's a horror film that was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. We've seen a few be submitted over the years but they're never actually nominated. We discussed this one a few years ago. 

PAWNBROKER (Sidney Lumet, US) on Amazon Prime
A Best Actor nomination for Rod Steiger as a disillusioned pawnbroker who survived the Nazi death camps

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (Martin Ritt, US) on Amazon Prime
This espionage drama starring Richard Burton was nominated for 2 Oscars: Best Actor and Best Art Direction

THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET (Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos, Czechoslovakia) on Criterion Channel
A Slovakian man is appointed "Aryan Controller" of a Jewish widow's store during WW II. This won Best Foreign Language Film that year at the Oscars. The Academy was very into Czech films in the 1960s.

THE TRAIN (John Frankenheimer, US) on Amazon Prime
Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, and Jeanne Moreau star in this war drama which was nominated for Best Original Screenplay 

WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan) on Criterion Channel 
This 1964 film was nominated in two consecutive Oscar years since the Oscars hadn't yet ruled against that happening with foreign-language titles. In 1964 it was up for Best Foreign-Language Film and in 1965 when it was released in the US, it received a lone nomination for Best Director. If we recall correctly (having seen it once 20 years ago, it's very good.

If you're willing to spend a little money, the cheapest non-free Oscar-nominated options to rent are The Great Race ($1.99 on Amazon) an adventure comedy starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Natalie Wood which scored 5 oscar nominations (winning for Sound Effects) or the Liz & Dick picture The Sandpiper ($1.99 on Amazon) which won Best Original Song. As with most years, you can find other Oscar nominated titles for the more usual rental prices of $3 or $4 dollars. 

OTHER 1965 TITLES TO STREAM FOR FREE

CRITERION CHANNEL

DISNEY+
(strangely they don't have the adventure comedy Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines despite owning it now) 

AMAZON PRIME
(as usual they mostly have B movies available though we've highlighted the most famous films they're streaming) 

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