Research Guides: Film Studies: Find Films

Overview

Hunter Library offers access to feature films, television series, and documentaries on DVD and Blu-ray and through streaming platforms. Seach the library catalog to find films, or follow the links in the "Streaming films" box to browse titles available through each platform.

Here's what WCU Film Studies students have to say about Hunter Library film resources (lightly edited for content, clarity, and brevity).

Kanopy is a streaming platform offered by many academic and public libraries that provide films to students, faculty, and other patrons for free. Kanopy provides detailed information about the films along with ways to cite them for projects built into the streaming service. - Elizabeth Willis, Evangeline Piper Memolo, Lauren Bagley, and Corbin Richardson, ENGL 478, spring 2024

Library catalog

Streaming films

Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that provide students and faculty access to a large collection of films, such as the Criterion Collection, PBS, HBO, First Run Features, BBC, and documentary educational resources.
Swank This link opens in a new window
Hunter Library is licensing popular feature films through in streaming video via Swank Digital Campus in support of both in-person and online classes to be embedded in course management software. Faculty, please browse the catalog online and contact your subject librarian for purchasing information in support of courses.
Feature Films for Education This link opens in a new window
This collection focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles, including dramas, literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, science fiction, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award® winners, and more. Videos not loading? Right click and open the link in an incognito/private browser window.

Film Studies

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Streaming films

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