Watch Movies Online
Did you know? You can stream thousands of videos for free using the libraries streaming video subscriptions. It's not just for classes, we've got lots of fun things, too!
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowDocumentaries, artistic performances, and feature films (including the Sony Pictures Classics catalog), and more!
- Docuseek2 Complete Collection: Second Edition This link opens in a new windowLooking to learn something new? Over 1,500 documentaries on topics ranging from politics and social movements to environmental science and economics.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowA video streaming platform that offers films and documentaries. We have access to a selected number of films from Kanopy, but additional titles can be requested by faculty for instruction. Titles included may change throughout the year.
- Swank Motion Pictures This link opens in a new windowThis is a collection of major motion pictures available for use for teaching at DePaul. It is compiled based on faculty course requests and the particular titles included may change throughout each year.
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Staff Recommendations
Moonlight (2016)
Oscar-winner for Best Picture, MOONLIGHT is a moving and transcendent look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to adulthood, as a shy outsider dealing with difficult circumstances, is guided by support, empathy and love from the most unexpected places.
Shoplifters (2018)
A Japanese family of small time thieves and cons take in a young child off the street and into their cramped apartment. When the girl is shown on the news as missing, the family must go to elaborate lengths to keep her with them, further distancing themself from legality.
By Blood (2015)
A chronicle of American Indians of African descent battling to regain their tribal citizenship. BY BLOOD explores the impact of this battle, which has manifested into a broader conflict about race, identity, and the sovereign rights of indigenous people.
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
A black family living in a cramped Chicago tenement in the 1940s have the opportunity to improve their social standing via an insurance-policy check, but are in disagreement about how best to spend the windfall. Lorraine Hansberry adapted the script from her hit Broadway play.
Space Jam (1996)
Michael Jordan makes his starring film debut opposite the celluloid skills of Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes. Jordan must help the Looney Tunes win a basketball game against a group of outer-space creatures who plan, if they win, to kidnap the Looney Tunes and take them to an interplanetary theme park as the latest attraction. Numerous NBA All-Stars, including Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Larry Johnson, Muggsey Bogues and Shawn Bradley, make appearances.
Knives Out (2019)
On his 85th birthday, crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead in his room with his throat slit. Just as authorities are about to dismiss the tragedy as suicide due to the lack of evidence to prove otherwise, Benoit Blanc arrives at the scene to conduct his own investigation. Soon, it is revealed that all of Thrombey's family have a reason to murder the family's patriarch. Now Marta, the dead man's caregiver and most trusted confidante, might be able to identify who the killer is.
Nature Livecams
- Explore.org LivecamsProvides hundreds of live feeds of wildlife and natural phenomena in pursuit of animal welfare and advocacy.
Stage Performances
- Opera in Video This link opens in a new windowProvides streaming video access to a collection of opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.
- Theatre in Video This link opens in a new windowSupplies streaming video of the world's leading plays, with access to over 350 titles. Users can bookmark scenes and create playlists.
- Digital Theatre+Access to over 900 full-length plays, productions, workshops, interviews, and educational resources including content on the roles essential to production such as director, costumer, musicians, and lighting.