“Anora,” one of ten films nominated for best picture at the 2025 Oscars, featured multiple breakout performances that helped it earn six Academy Award nominations. But where can you watch the film?
The romantic comedy features 2025 best actress nominee Mikey Madison, who portrays a sex worker nicknamed Ani who falls in love with the son of a Russian Oligarch. After the couple gets married, the son’s parents set out to annul the marriage.
Besides the best picture and Madison’s first-time nomination, “Anora” received nominations for best actor in a supporting role (Yura Borisov), best director (Sean Baker), best film editing and best original screenplay.
Madison was also a first-time Golden Globe nominee for her performance. The actress revealed her extensive approach to adopting the role of her complicated character, including learning a new language and a Brooklyn dialect.
Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn in “Anora.”Neon
“I have to say this is a film I’m very proud of,” Madison said in an interview on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in January. “I learned Russian for this film, I learned how to dance like a stripper as authentically as I possibly could, which I took very seriously, by the way.”
Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn in “Anora.”Neon
The actress also told Fallon that her entire family is proud of her award-worthy performance, including her 90-year-old grandmother.
“My grandmother, who is 90 and a very modest woman, loves the film and has seen it many times,” Madison continued. “She’s always texting me saying that her and her Pilates girlfriends are talking about it.”
The romantic comedy also features Yura Borisov, who received a nomination for best actor in a supporting role. According to the Hollywood Reporter, he is the first Russian-born actor to receive an Oscar nomination in a performance category since 1977. Borisov plays a bodyguard for the Russian Oligarch’s son.
Mikey Madison in “Anora.”Neon
Simultaneously, it was the actor’s first credit in an American film. Director Sean Baker picked Borisov after seeing Baker’s performance in the Finnish film “Compartment No. 6”, according to Variety.
“His performances had that sensitivity, a lot of that emotion going on behind his outer shell,” Baker told Variety in an interview.
Here’s how to watch the Oscar-nominated film with its multiple breakout performances.
Is “Anora” still in theaters?
“Anora” was released in select theaters on Oct. 18, 2024 before going nationwide in November of that year. It is still available to watch in theaters and those interested in seeing the film in their state can visit the film’s website to find showtimes.
Mikey Madison in “Anora.”Neon
How to stream “Anora”
While the film is still unavailable to stream for free, you can rent the film on various on-demand services such as Amazon video or Apple TV for $9.99.
Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteynin “Anora.”Neon
The film is also available to purchase on-demand for $19.99 on the same services.
