LibGuides: Cinema and Television Arts: Films at the University Library

Find films at the University Library

Using OneSearch, limit your search to Videos/DVDs and search by title of the film or TV show, name of an actor, director, etc., or by country of origin. You can limit your search by date.

During the COVID-19 closure, DVDs that are NOT on Reserve may be requested (to be mailed or held in lockers).

Documentaries, Independent Film

Netflix documentaries
Documentaries provided by Netflix on YouTube; no membership required and PPR is included.

Historic Film, News & Television

Streaming video databases

Asian Film Online
Through a selection of over 1,000 narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts curated by film scholars and critics, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights onto themes relevant across Asia, including modernity, globalization, female agency, social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity.
Docuseek2
Docuseek2 provides access to hundreds of streaming education videos from a variety of producers and distributors. You can search for a specific title or keyword, or browse videos by theme or title.
Filmakers Online
Provides award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum—race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. It presents points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions world-wide.
Films on Demand
Multidisciplinary streaming video service providing access to digital educational films. Current access includes over 700 videos in many subject areas.
Kanopy
Kanopy is a platform for streaming video that currently features over 140 videos on a broad range of subjects. The platform features transcripts, embed links, and features for sharing playlists.
Media Education Foundation Video Collection
The films in the Media Education Foundation (MEF) Collection encourage critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media. With a special focus on representations of gender and race, and the effect these representations have on identity and culture.
Sony Pictures Classics
More than 300 Sony Pictures Classics films from 1992 to 2015. Their catalog offers world cinema titles, and includes a strong emphasis on documentary, including works by filmmakers such as Louis Malle, Wim Wenders, Francis Ford Coppola, Ang Lee, Mike Leigh, Asghar Farhadi, Roman Polanski, Michael Haneke, David Cronenberg, Eric Rohmer, Terry Gilliam, Ismail Merchant, Errol Morris, Ingmar Bergman, Pedro Almodovar, and others.