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)
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)
The Hidden Life of Trees (Jörg Adolph & Jan Haft, 2020)
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 1/20/2024
Life and Debt (Stephanie Black, 2001) - until 9/22/2023
Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Andersen, 2004) - until 10/25/2024
Monobloc (Hauke Wendler, 2022)
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)
The Story of Plastic (Deia Schlosberg, 2019)
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
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
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 1/31/2024
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 1/31/2024
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

After Yang (Kogonada, 2021) - until 12/31/2023
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 1/31/2024
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
No (Pablo Larraín, 2012)
Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello, 2016)
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao, 2020)
Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017) - until 8/31/2023
Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013) - until 1/31/2024
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 1/31/2024
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
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 1/31/2024
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982) - until 3/15/2025
The Mosquito Coast (Peter Weir, 1986) - until 9/31/2023
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 1/31/2024
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

Search Franklin for films and TV, streaming or as a DVD. Sometimes, for rights reasons, a DVD may be your only option.

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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