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Kanopy @kanopy.com · May 29

Welcome to a new era of Kanopy. Stream movies, shows, documentaries, and more for FREE through participating libraries and universities. Stream Smarter.

Access over 30,000 titles with no ads and no subscription fees. Start watching today at www.kanopy.com/category/9513.
#StreamSmarter

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 5h

What do you consider to be the most beautifully shot horror film of all time? Tell us a horror film to see for the cinematography.

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 1d

Fall is here, time to start dressing like this.

Watch A24's SLICE (2018) starring Zazie Beetz for free on Kanopy at https://bit.ly/3VjVaj5.

Available: 🇺🇸

Kanopy @kanopy.com · 2d

Check out these #spooky selections coming this #October! 🎃

Watch these and MUCH more for free through participating libraries and universities at https://bit.ly/4nyOTg6.

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 3d

Staff Pick of the Week:

BANNED TOGETHER (2024) This documentary pulls back the curtain on two of the most controversial issues in America today: book bans and curriculum censorship in public schools.

Watch at https://bit.ly/476WP28.

Available: 🇺🇸|🇨🇦|🇦🇺|🇬🇧

Promotional poster for the 2024 documentary 'Banned Together: The Fight Against Censorship,' directed by Kate Way and featuring Claire Bennett, Millie Bennettsabella, and Troy Brazoban. The poster includes three individuals standing confidently in front of a classical building, highlighted as a Staff Pick from Kanopy.

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 4d

New to Kanopy! Add these five films to your watchlist 🎥

Go to www.kanopy.com to get started today. All you need is a card from a participating library. Titles shown Available: 🇺🇸.

Kanopy @kanopy.com · 5d

Some of the titles in our #CultFilmsonKanopy collection bite back. Sink your teeth into BLACULA (1972). Released from his coffin, Mamuwalde emerges as "BLACULA," strollin' the streets of L.A. on a quest for human blood! Go to https://bit.ly/473JK9U.

Available: 🇺🇸|🇨🇦 Access may vary by library.

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 5d

It was a rough week, right?

Watch CUCKOO (2024) from #Neon starring Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens and Astrid Bergès Frisbey for free on Kanopy at https://bit.ly/484FgRq.

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 5d

This Halloween season, spend some time with the Masters of Horror. These are directors who have defined and redefined the genre over the past century. See their films today on Kanopy and tell us your favorite filmmaker.

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Masters of Horror

This Halloween season, spend some time with the Masters of Horror. This list features directors who have left their mark on or have redefined the genre over the past century.

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 6d

Check out Kanopy's Most-Watched Films of the Week for 10/2/2025! Go to Kanopy to watch these films and more. All you need is your library card.

Watch these and more at https://bit.ly/3Jcpx8x

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 6d

What's the best rainy movies?

See your favorite in our collection at https://bit.ly/3Jcpx8x.

Graphic featuring a silhouette holding an umbrella in the rain, with the text 'best rainy movies?' overlaid in bold white letters, for Kanopy.

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 7d

RIP Jane Goodall — pioneering primatologist, chimpanzee expert, and the subject of countless documentaries that inspired generations.

Jane Goodall standing in a forest, looking upwards, with binoculars hanging around neck. Image from Jane's Journey (2010).

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 7d

Scream season starts now 👻 Dive into Kanopy’s Fright Fest—where cult classics, creepy thrillers, and horror hits await. Stream if you dare at https://bit.ly/4oODtpx

#KanopyFrightFest #HorrorMarathon

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 8d

WFH vibe.

Watch THE OUTSIDE STORY (2021) starring Brian Tyree Henry and Sunita Mani on Kanopy for free without ads or subscriptions through participating libraries and universities at https://bit.ly/47z7pQj.

Available: 🇺🇸

Kanopy @kanopy.com · 9d

Dive into the endlessly creative world of animated movies. From eerie stop-motion nightmares to hand-drawn Irish folklore, and even a classic that defined childhoods, this episode of The Film Library: A Kanopy Podcast proves animation isn’t just for kids.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR0HiLl64u4&t=2s

Cartoons, Clay, and Chaos: Exploring the Magic of Animation on Kanopy

YouTube video by Kanopy

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 10d

Staff Pick of the Week:

ALL IS LOST (2013) With no other actors, Robert Redford delivers a tour-de-force performance - raw, physical, and deeply affecting - as he battles brutal storms, navigational failure, and the creeping inevitability of isolation. Watch at https://bit.ly/46pfNkv Available: 🇺🇸|🇨🇦

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 11d

New to Kanopy! Add these five films to your watchlist at https://bit.ly/3Jcpx8x 🎥

ANOMALISA (2015) Available: 🇺🇸
BROTHERS (2009) Available: 🇺🇸
THE BIRDCAGE (1996) Available: 🇺🇸|🇨🇦
A ROYAL NIGHT OUT (2015) Available: 🇺🇸
LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX: S1 (2012) Available: 🇺🇸|🇨🇦|🇦🇺|🇬🇧

*Access may vary by library.

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 12d

While our competitors treat the + in their name as an excuse to continually raise subscription prices, Kanopy still offers thoughtful entertainment for #free to it's consumers through participating libraries and universities.

Link in bio to our full catalogue!

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 12d

Who knew our #CultFilmsofKanopy collection included some sci-fi classics? See favorites like DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS (1965) without ads or subscriptions through participating libraries and universities at https://bit.ly/42g6ocy.

Available: 🇺🇸|🇨🇦

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 13d

Check out Kanopy's Most-Watched Films of the Week for 9/25/2025 in this ranked list on Letterboxd. Go to Kanopy to watch these films and more. All you need is your library card.

Watch these and more at https://bit.ly/3Jcpx8x

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 14d

What would your shelf look like? Drop your top 8 films on the platform that best represent you, and you might get your very own custom graphic like this.

Explore these films (and plenty more) on Kanopy. www.kanopy.com/category/60960

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 14d

RIP to the legendary Claudia Cardinale — the timeless star of 8½ (1963), THE PINK PANTHER (1963) , and ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (1960) to name a few.

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 15d

Get those cardigans ready.

Watch A DANGEROUS METHOD (2011) directed by David Cronenber, and starring Keira Knightly, Viggo Mortenson, and Michael Fassbender on Kanopy, without ads or subscriptions, through participating libraries. www.kanopy.com/product/dangerous-method-1 Available: 🇺🇸

Kanopy @kanopy.com · 17d

Staff Pick of the Week:

SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999) From director Tim Burton comes this gothic horror mystery set in 1799, where skeptical New York constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a string of beheadings. www.kanopy.com/product/sleepy-hollow
Available: 🇺🇸

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 18d

New to Kanopy!

LEE (2024) https://bit.ly/4prJ5GJ
LILIES NOT FOR ME (2024) https://bit.ly/46f6T92
RODEO(1999) https://bit.ly/4nCtHW1
LOVE & BASKETBALL (2000) https://bit.ly/4puy875
DRINKING BUDDIES (2013) https://bit.ly/4pwXocY

Access to titles may vary by country and library.

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Kanopy @kanopy.com · 19d

Today is as good a day as any to explore our #CultFilmsonKanopy collection because you never know if there will be A BETTER TOMORROW (1986). Actually, we do know, because today we just launched the entire trilogy. To kick it off, go to https://bit.ly/4nzDUm1.
Available: 🇺🇸|🇨🇦|🇦🇺|🇬🇧

Promotional banner for "Cult Films on Kanopy" featuring the movie "A Better Tomorrow", showing a character holding a banknote, set against a neon-themed background with event date "September 19th".

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