As the excitement about 84th Academy Awards® builds, movie lovers can catch up on many Oscar®-nominated films without ever leaving their homes. With just the push of a remote control button, viewers can instantly watch some of the top films of the season – before the winners are announced on February 26.

The following films received a nomination in at least one of the Academy’s 24 categories and are either currently available or coming soon, to digital cable customers through Movies on Demand™:

    “Anonymous” (avail. 2.7.12)

    “Beginners”

    “A Better Life” (avail. 2.1.12)

    “Bridesmaids”

    “Drive” (avail. 1.31.12)

    “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”

    “Hell and Back Again”

    “The Help”

    “The Ides of March”

    “Kung Fu Panda 2”

    “Midnight in Paris”

    “Moneyball”

    “Real Steel”

    “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

    “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

    “The Tree of Life”

    “Warrior”

Movie buffs can also discover or relive the best of the best in cinematic history with past Oscar-winning movies, which are among hundreds of films offered currently on Movies on Demand on cable. They include:

    “American Beauty”

    “As Good As It Gets”

    “The Blind Side”

    “Crash”

    “Crazy Heart”

    “The Departed”

    “Erin Brockovich”

    “Mary Poppins”

    “Million Dollar Baby”

    “The Pianist”

    “Slumdog Millionaire”

    “Walk The Line”

Many of the latest films are on Movies on Demand weeks before they arrive in the mail or show up in kiosks, and years before they become available via legal streaming subscription services. Customers can find out what new titles are currently available and what’s coming soon at http://www.rentmoviesondemand.com.