Guides: Brain Fuel Week (Spring 2021): Streaming Video

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
Documentaries, artistic performances, and feature films (including the Sony Pictures Classics catalog), and more!
Docuseek2 Complete Collection: Second Edition
Looking to learn something new? Over 1,500 documentaries on topics ranging from politics and social movements to environmental science and economics.
Swank Motion Pictures
This 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.
Access note: Not available to walk-in users. Supported on Chrome and Firefox. Not supported on Safari.

Staff Recommendations

Carol (2015)

An entertaining endeavor and a poignant message about love's ability to overcome adversity. -- Rotten Tomatoes (94%)

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From its reunited Broadway stars to its screenplay, the solidly crafted Fences finds its Pulitzer-winning source material fundamentally unchanged -- and still just as powerful. -- Rotten Tomatoes (92%)

Emma (2020)

...a wondrous retelling of a timeless literary masterpiece... --Rotten Tomatoes (87%)

Wonder Woman (2017)

It's taken a while, but the first ever superhero film with both a female protagonist and director is an absolute delight. -- Rotten Tomatoes (93%)

Snowpiercer (2013)

This is a dark, but deeply beautiful movie, punctuated by edge-of-your-seat thrills and unexpected laughs. -- Rotten Tomatoes (44%)

Moon (2009)

Astronaut Sam Bell's three-year shift at a lunar mine is finally coming to an end, and he's looking forward to his reunion with his wife and young daughter. Suddenly, Sam's health takes a drastic turn for the worse. -- Rotten Tomatoes (90%)

Stage Performances

Opera in Video
Provides streaming video access to a collection of opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.
Theatre in Video
Supplies streaming video of the world's leading plays, with access to over 350 titles. Users can bookmark scenes and create playlists.

Nature Livecams

Explore.org Livecams
Provides hundreds of live feeds of wildlife and natural phenomena in pursuit of animal welfare and advocacy.

Inspiration for the Week

"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare."
-Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light: Essays
"You are your best thing."
-Toni Morrison, Beloved

Brain Fuel Week (Spring 2021): Streaming Video