As finals wrap up and the semester break approaches, Fulton Library has the streaming movies you need to sleigh the holidays. Whether you’re recovering from burnout or spending time with loved ones, we’ve got your movie streaming fix. Skip the subscription fees and check out our online video databases, which include Oscar nominees, Sundance award winners, popular films, and more. All you need is your UVID and password, so grab some friends and start streaming for free.

Keep reading to learn where to find movies, including direct links to recent Oscar and Sundance nominees available to stream.

 

How to Find Streaming Videos

There are a few ways to search for movies to stream:

• On the library’s homepage, click the “videos” tab above the search field, then search by topic or title.
  • For movies you can stream, click the “online streaming” option before running your search.
• If you don’t have a movie in mind, browse movies our video databases, which can be found on the library homepage: simply select the “videos” tab, then “video databases” under the search box.

Search Popular Video Databases

Fulton library offers a wide selection of streaming videos, including popular movies, educational documentaries, fine arts performances, and counseling videos. We have 18 video databases for you to choose from, but here are a few of our favorites:

Swank – This database includes popular films, like Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, A24’s smash-hit Everything Everywhere All at Once, Oscar award-winner Moonlight, and more! You’ll find new releases, classics like Casablanca, and foreign films.

Kanopy – With a mix of feature films and documentaries from award-winning filmmakers, Kanopy includes movies you don’t want to miss. This catalog includes heart-stopping horrors (like Midsommar and Hereditary), award-winning films (like Eighth Grade and I Am Not Your Negro), and everything in between.

Academic Video Online (AVON) – This database features a huge variety of scholarly videos: documentaries, interviews, performances, and more, including thousands of Emmy, and Peabody, and Oscar winners.

Docuseek – This resource focuses on documentaries from award-winning educational film distributors like Bullfrog Films, Collective Eye Films, Icarus Films, and more. If you need to watch a documentary for a class, Docuseek2 is a great place to look.

Performing Arts Video Databases – Stream videos of fine arts performances! Our performance databases include Dance in Video, Opera in Video, Classical Music in Video, Classical Performance in Video, and On the Boards.

Stream Recent Oscar-Nominated Films

• Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• Dune (2021) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• Parasite (2019) | Oscar Winner – Best Picture
• Green Book (2018) | Oscar Winner – Best Picture
• BlacKkKlansman (2018) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• Call Me By Your Name (2017) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• Dunkirk (2017) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• Moonlight (2016) | Oscar Winner – Best Picture
• Loving (2016) | Oscar Nominee – Best Actress, Ruth Negga
• Selma (2014) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• Two Days, One Night (2014) | Oscar Nominee – Best Actress, Marion Cotillard
• Her (2013) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• August: Osage County (2013) | Oscar Nominee – Best Actress, Meryl Streep
• Amour (2012) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• Lincoln (2012) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• Flight (2012) | Oscar Nominee – Best Actor– Denzel Washington
• Hugo (2011) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• Moneyball (2011) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• The Iron Lady (2011) | Oscar Winner – Best Actress, Meryl Streep
• The King’s Speech (2010) | Oscar Winner – Best Picture
• Inception (2010) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture
• The Social Network (2010) | Oscar Nominee – Best Picture

Stream Recent Sundance Award-Winning Films

• Utama (2022) | World Cinema Dramatic Competition Prize
• President (2021) | World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Vérité Filmmaking - Camilla Nielsson
• Flee (2021) | World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary Competition
• I Carry You With Me (2020) | NEXT Audience Award
• Softie (2020) | World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing
• Surge (2020) | World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting – Ben Whishaw
• The Fight (2020) | US Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking – Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
• Feels Good Man (2020) | US Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker – Arthur Jones
• Nine Days (2020) | US Dramatic Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Edson Oda
• This is Home (2018) | World Cinema Documentary Audience Award
• Three Identical Strangers (2018) | U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling
• Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) | U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Vision
• On Her Shoulders (2018) | U.S. Documentary Directing Award
• The Sentence (2018) | U.S. Documentary Audience Award
• The Price of Free, previously released as Kailash (2018) | U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize Award
• Novitiate (2017)| U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director
• Kate Plays Christine (2016)| U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Writing
• Trapped (2016)| Special Jury Prize for Social Impact: Documentary
• Life, Animated (2016) | Directing Award: Documentary
• The Chinese Mayor (2015)| World Cinema Special Jury Prize for Unparalleled Access: Documentary
• Cartel Land (2015) | Cinematography Award: Documentary – Matthew Heineman and Matt Porwoll

Questions?

For questions about any of these resources, ask a librarian or stop by the circulation desk on the library’s first floor. Faculty who need assistance adding films to Canvas courses can contact Alan Stephens or their subject librarian.