Cinema & Media Studies - Streaming on demand: Selected films

What can I stream right now?

Did you know...? Many movies assigned in courses are available to Penn students, faculty, and staff, through streaming video-on-demand services through the Penn Libraries--Kanopy, Swank Digital Campus, Academic Video Online (AVON), Projectr, and Docuseek--or the Penn Video Network. This page highlights recommended films, sorted by decade or genre.

This page features a limited selection and is continuously updated. Scroll over titles for a description. Search Franklin and limit to Format: Video, for more.

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Ascension (Jessica Kingdon, 2021)
Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, 2002) - until 1/31/2023
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (Nina Menkes, 2022)
Bulletproof (Todd Chandler, 2020)
Dark Money (Kimberly Reed, 2018)
The Disruptors (Stephanie Soechtig, 2022)
Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic (Harry Wyland, 2018)
Driving While Black (Gretchen Sorin & Ric Burns, 2020)
Fake Famous (Nick Bilton, 2021) - until 10/28/2025
Grey Gardens (Albert and David Maysles, 1975) - until 3/15/2025
Guardians of the Sea (Laurent Lutaud, 2022)
Honeyland (Tamara Kotevska & Ljubomir Stefanov, 2019) - until 1/13/2023
How Jack Became Black (Eli Steele, 2018)
I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016) - until 10/19/2023
Inequality for All (Jacob Kornbluth, 2013)
Inside Job (Charles Ferguson, 2006) - until 01/07/2025
Kumaré (Vikram Gandhi, 2011) - until 1/20/2023
Life and Debt (Stephanie Black, 2001) - until 9/22/2023
Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Andersen, 2004) - until 10/25/2024
Medicating Normal (Lynn Cunningham & Wendy Ractliffe, 2020)
Paris is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990) - until 3/15/2025
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (Brett Story, 2016)
Putin’s Witnesses (Vitaly Mansky, 2018)
The September Issue (R.J. Cutler, 2009) - until 8/31/2023
Something Ventured (Daniel Geller & Dayna Goldfine, 2011)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (Mark Cousins, 2012)
Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
The Story of Looking (Mark Cousins, 2021)
Sweetgrass (Lucien Castaing-Taylor, 2009)
Under the Bridge: Criminalization of Homelessness (Don Sawyer, 2015)
Where the Pavement Ends (Jane Gilooly, 2018)
White Coat Rebels (Greg Barker, 2021)
The Wikipedia Promise (Lorenza Castella & Jascha Hannover, 2021)

Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey, 1962) - until 3/15/2025
Chopping Mall (Jim Wynorski, 1986)
Cube (Vincenzo Natali, 1997)
Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju, 1960) - until 3/15/2025
Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017) - until 1/31/2023
House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977) - until 3/15/2025
Slumber Party Massacre (Amy Holden Jones, 1982)
Train to Busan (Yeon Sang-ho, 2016)

Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, 2016) - until 1/31/2024
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977) - until 11/30/2023
District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009) - until 1/31/2024
Ex Machina (Alex Garland, 2014) - until 1/31/2024
Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, 1997) - until 1/31/2024
Her (Spike Jonze, 2013) - until 1/31/2024
Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, 2014) - until 1/31/2023
Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 1999) - until 1/31/2024
The Matrix (The Wachowskis, 1999) - until 12/31/2023
Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977) - until 11/30/2023
Gaslight (George Cukor, 1944) - until 1/31/2023
The Godfather I (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) - until 8/31/2023
The Godfather II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) - until 8/31/2023
Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975) - until 1/31/2023
Niagara (Henry Hathaway, 1953) - until 6/8/2023
A Room With a View (James Ivory, 1985) - until 3/15/2025

Catwoman (Pitof, 2004) - until 7/31/2023

• Argo (Ben Affleck, 2012) - until 8/31/2023
• Antlers (Scott Cooper, 2021)
• The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014) - until 8/31/2023
• Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011) - until 5/31/2023
• Call Me By Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, 2017)
• Carnage (Roman Polanski, 2011)
• Death on the Nile (Kenneth Branagh, 2022)
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Michael Showalter, 2021)
• The Fault in Our Stars (Josh Boone, 2014)
• Flee (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021)
• The French Dispatch (Wes Anderson, 2021)
• Girl With All the Gifts (Colm McCarthy, 2016) - until 1/31/2023
• Infinitely Polar Bear (Maya Forbes, 2014)
• The King’s Man (Matthew Vaughn, 2021)
• Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017) - until 5/31/2023
• Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015) - until 1/31/2024
• Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016) - until 1/31/2023
• No (Pablo Larraín, 2012)
• Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello, 2016)
• Nomadland (Chloé Zhao, 2020)
• Parasite (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
• Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017) - until 8/31/2023
• Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
• Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013) - until 1/31/2023
• West Side Story (Steven Spielberg, 2021)

Bend it Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha, 2003)
Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006) - until 7/31/2023
District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009) - until 1/31/2024
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Charlie Kaufman, 2004) - until 1/31/2024
I Heart Huckabees (David O. Russell, 2004)
Junebug (Phil Morrison, 2005)
Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola, 2006) - until 1/31/2023
Mean Girls (Mark Waters, 2004) - until 5/31/2023
Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)
My Perestroika (Robin Hessman, 2010)
She Hate Me (Spike Lee, 2004)
The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006) - until 7/31/2023
The Notebook (Nick Cassavetes, 2004)
Training Day (Antoine Fuqua, 2001) - until 7/31/2023
Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001)

Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999) - until 3/15/2025
Beautiful Thing (Hettie McDonald, 1996)
Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) - until 3/15/2025
Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000) - until 1/31/2023
Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)
The Daytrippers (Greg Mottola, 1996) - until 3/15/2025
Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
Groove (Greg Harrison, 2000)
Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas, 1996) - until 3/15/2025
Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
The Tao of Steve (Jenniphr Goodman, 2000)
Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott, 1991) - until 5/31/2023
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, 1992) - until 3/15/2025
The Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye, 1996)
Welcome to the Dollhouse (Todd Solondz, 1995)

Beverly Hills Cop (Martin Brest, 1984) - until 7/31/2023
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) - until 12/31/2023
Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985) - until 1/31/2024
Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) - until 3/15/2025
Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989) - until 4/30/2024
E.T. (Steven Spielberg, 1982) - until 1/31/2023
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982) - until 3/15/2025
My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985) - until 5/31/2023
My Dinner With Andre (Louis Malle, 1981) - until 3/15/2025
Paris is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990) - until 3/15/2025
Police Story (Jackie Chan, 1985) - until 3/15/2025
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981) - until 1/31/2023
RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987) - until 1/31/2024
Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1990) - until 3/15/2025
Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, 1984) - until 3/15/2025
Sweetie (Jane Campion, 1989) - until 3/15/2025
The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984) - until 1/31/2024
They Live (John Carpenter, 1988) - until 7/31/2023
The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988) - until 3/15/2025
Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985) - until 3/15/2025

Useful apps for Cinema & Media Studies

   

   

• IMDb, the Internet Movie Database, for filmographies, casts, credits, showtimes, reviews, and watchlists for film and TV.
• Letterboxd, a social network for film people with watchlists and reviews.
• JustWatch or ReelGood, streaming search and watchlists.

Not available to stream? It happens.
Search for the DVD in Van Pelt 

Search Franklin for films and TV, streaming or as a DVD. Sometimes, even with access to many streaming platforms, for rights reasons, a DVD may be your only option.

Don't forget, DVDs can offer bonus essays, booklets, interviews, and extra content.

All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999)
 Bacurau (Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles, 2019)
 Bad Education (Pedro Almodóvar, 2004)
 Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948) - until 3/15/2025
 Burnt by the Sun (Nikita Mikhalkov, 1994)
 Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
 Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) - until 3/15/2025
 Executive Order (Lázaro Ramos & Flávia Lacerda, 2020)
 Fox and His Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975) - until 3/15/2025
 Goodbye, Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, 2003)
 House of Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou, 2004)
 Incendies (Denis Villeneuve, 2011)
 In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000) - until 3/15/2025
 Întregalde (Radu Muntean, 2021)
 My Life as a Dog (Lasse Hallström, 1985) - until 3/15/2025
 Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)
 The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan José Campanella, 2009)
 The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodóvar, 2011) - until 1/26/2024
 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Pedro Almodóvar, 1989) - until 3/15/2025
 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964) - until 3/15/2025
 The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967) - until 3/15/2025

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