Netflix wants to kickstart its Oscar chances with these 6 movies

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Netflix has a contentious history with film festivals, but the streaming service has been welcomed with open arms to this year's Venice Film Festival, which begins on Wednesday. It will premiere six movies at the fest.

The movies hail from respected and Oscar-winning filmmakers like Alfonso Cuarón and the Coen Brothers. In fact, Netflix no doubt has its sights on the Oscars this year: you don't finance films from such directors and premiere them at Venice if you're not thinking about awards season.

While the streamer's "Icarus" won best documentary this year (Netflix's only Oscar win so far), Netflix and the Oscars have been a controversial topic in the past. Director Steven Spielberg proclaimed that Netflix films deserve Emmys, not Oscars, because "once you commit to a television format, you’re a TV movie." Netflix also pulled out of the Cannes Film Festival after it introduced a rule change, in which any film without a theatrical distribution in France would be disqualified from competition.

But Venice has rejuvenated Netflix's Oscar hopes, and the Toronto International Film Festival next month will show seven Netflix movies, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

We've rounded up the six Netflix movies showing at Venice below (Most don't have official release dates yet, but are all expected to arrive on Netflix later this year):

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"Roma"

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Director: Alfonso Cuarón ("Gravity,""Children of Men,""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban")

Netflix description:"A story that chronicles a tumultuous year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s."

Cuarón won the Oscar for best director in 2014 for "Gravity," and also shared a best film editing win for the same film. He's been nominated for two screenplay Oscars for "Children of Men" and "Y Tu Mamá También." He was nominated for best film editing for "Children of Men."

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"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"

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Director: Joel and Ethan Coen ("Hail, Caesar!,""Inside Llewyn Davis,""True Grit,""No Country for Old Men")

Netflix description:"Saddle up for six tales about the American frontier from the unique minds of Joel and Ethan Coen, who wrote and directed this anthology."

The Coen Brothers have been nominated for screenplay Oscars for a number of films, including "True Grit" and "A Serious Man." They won for best original screenplay for "Fargo" and best adapted screenplay for "No Country for Old Men," in which they also won Oscars for directing and best picture.

"On My Skin"

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Director: Alessio Cremonini ("Border")

Status: Coming to Netflix September 12

Netflix description:"Arrested in Rome for a drug-related offense, Stefano Cucchi endures a harrowing week in custody that changes his family forever. Based on true events."

Watch the trailer here.