Research Guides: Film: Films & Streaming Media

Find Films

Image: Motion Picture Scene (1916)

Find films in the Brock Library by using the advanced search option in Omni and limiting by Resource Type to Video/Film.

These sites also offer movies:

Audio Cine Films This link opens in a new window
- Stream movies from some of Hollywood’s most well-known studios, including Walt Disney, Universal, DreamWorks, Sony, Marvel, Pixar, MGM, and many others.
- Chrome browser recommended. For using other browsers, see technical requirements.
Criterion-on-Demand This link opens in a new window
- Stream feature films
- Find classic films, documentaries, international film, North American feature films, cult classics, new releases, foreign films, literary adaptations, documentaries, animated titles, and independent features
- Videos cannot be viewed using screensharing apps such as Zoom, Teams, etc., or on mobile devices.
- For viewing in Internet Explorer, please first install the Microsoft Silverlight Plugin.
- Permitted Uses
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
- Stream critically acclaimed movies, documentaries, independent and foreign films, and educational "how to" videos.
- Videos enabled with closed captions and transcripts.
- Kanopy access is mediated: the Brock Library leases Kanopy films by request for instruction and focused research. See more information.
- Instructions to view Kanopy videos on iOS devices and Android phones and tablets
- Permitted Uses
NFB.ca Screening Room This link opens in a new window
- Find documentaries and films of the lives of Canadians, the environment, human rights, international conflict and more
- Described video and closed captioning capabilities
- Register for an NFB Campus account to create custom playlists and access additional educational content
- Permitted Uses
Theatre in Video This link opens in a new window
this database offers streaming video of performances of plays and film documentaries.
Curio.ca This link opens in a new window
- Streaming access to the best in educational video and audio from CBC and Radio-Canada.
- Note: Brocks subscription does not include National Geographic or News in Review content.
- Register for an individual Curio account, which allows you to create custom playlists and bookmarks.
- Permitted Uses

Internet Archive Moving Image
contains thousands of digital movies which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts.
National Screening Room (Library of Congress Digital Collections)
"showcases the riches of the Library’s vast moving image collection, designed to make otherwise unavailable movies, both copyrighted and in the public domain, freely accessible to the viewers worldwide".
Thanhouser Films Online
Streaming video of 56 films produced by Thanhouser Company, accompanied by music composed exclusively for this collection and film notes by Victor Graf. The Thanhouser films are organized in chronological order of release to the US market. From its founding in 1909 through 1917, Thanhouser Company, and its successor company, Mutual's Thanhouser Film Corporation, produced and released over 1,000 silent films to worldwide distribution.

Find Scripts & Soundtracks

Find film scripts in Omni by keyword searching (e.g. Almost Famous and script) or by using the subject term: MOTION PICTURE PLAYS.

American Film Scripts Online
contains screenplays with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. The collection includes more than 1,000 scripts. A select number of scripts have been digitized and include director's notations, etc.

L'Avant-Scene - Cinema
this journal occasionally published full scripts. It is indexed in the Film and Television Literature Index
Discover Film Music - NAXOS Music Library
Soundtracks -- listen online.