LibGuides: Streaming Video Access &amp; Support: Feature Films &amp; Entertainment

Key Sources

Alexander Street Press Film Platform
Alexander Street Press provides online access to over 19,000 videos covering a wide variety of disciplines including art and design, history, literature and languages, performing arts, psychology, sciences and the social sciences, and a collection of feature films.
The Cinema Guild
The Cinema Guild is a distributor of independent, foreign and documentary films, available via Alexander Street Press.
IMDb TV
IMDb TV is a free, ad-supported streaming video channel providing access to both movies and tv shows; free registration required to view content. To locate titles, use the Advanced Search feature and select IMDb TV from the Instant Watch Options.
Sony Pictures Classics
300+ films from Sony Pictures Classics including recently released feature and documentary films, available via Alexander Street Press.
YouTube: Free Movies & Shows
YouTube access to approximately 500 movies and shows available to view for free, with ads.
Popcorn Fix
Popcorn Fix provides free access to full-length feature films, documentaries, foreign films, television shows, and original web series. As a partner to Screen Media Ventures distribution, access is free however advertisements play in the background while browning for content and prior to screening.

Additional Sources

Library of Congress National Screening Room This link opens in a new window
1891 - present. Provides access to hundreds of hours of motion pictures from the Library of Congress. Movies in the public domain are fully downloadable. Content under copyright available as streaming files.

Moving Image Archive: Internet Archive
This library contains over a million digital movies which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.

Openculture.com This link opens in a new window
1,150 free movies online including classics and Oscar winning movies. The larger Open Culture site includes audio and video for cultural and educational purposes including audio books and online courses.
Selections from the National Film Registry (LC Digital Collections) This link opens in a new window
Includes sixty-four films preserved by the Library of Congress because of their cultural, historical and aesthetic significance, all in the public domain. Additional films added periodically.

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