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Frequently Asked Questions
Stan offers a strong mix of movies across genres, from Hollywood hits to hidden gems. The library is always growing, and there’s something for every mood. If you’re into movies that are actually worth your time, Stan is one of the better platforms to check out in Australia.
Yes, Stan often adds new release films not long after they hit home release. You’ll also find some exclusive titles and first-run Australian premieres. While it doesn’t have every new movie out there, the platform regularly updates its selection with fresh picks.
Absolutely! Stan has a solid range of family-friendly movies, including animated films, live-action adventures, and titles from big studios. There’s plenty to stream if you’re after something for a movie night with the kids or just want to keep them entertained.
Definitely. Stan Originals include feature films that often spotlight local stories and talent. These titles are made for Stan and can’t be streamed elsewhere, which gives you something unique. If you’re into homegrown content or just want something different, they’re worth a look.
Yes, all Stan plans let you stream without ads. That means no interruptions while you’re watching. It’s one of the reasons many people choose Stan over free platforms or lower-tier plans elsewhere, as you get a cleaner, more focused viewing experience.
A decent internet connection helps, especially if you want to stream in HD or 4K. Stan adjusts video quality based on your speed, so slower connections can still stream without too much buffering. But for the best results, faster internet is definitely the way to go.
Now You See Me
Mystery•Thriller•Crime
Overview
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Director
Louis Leterrier
Cast
Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Mark Ruffalo
Duration
111 minutes
- Sequel Released
28 Days Later
Horror•Sci-fi•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.
Director
Danny Boyle
Cast
Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston
Duration
118 minutes
- Sequel Released
Civil War
Action•Adventure•Mystery•Thriller•Drama
Overview
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
Director
Alex Garland
Cast
Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, Stephen McKinley Henderson
Duration
109 minutes
Remember Me
Romance•Drama
Overview
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.
Director
Allen Coulter
Cast
Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan, Lena Olin, Chris Cooper
Duration
112 minutes
The Matrix
Sci-fi•Action•Adventure
Overview
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Director
Lana Wachowski
Cast
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano
Duration
136 minutes
Bullet Train
Action•Comedy•Thriller•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.
Director
David Leitch
Cast
Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji
Duration
127 minutes
The Grinch
Animation•Family•Comedy•Fantasy•Kids•Drama
Overview
Illumination and Universal Pictures present The Grinch, based on Dr. Seuss' beloved classic. The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl’s generous spirit. Funny, heartwarming and visually stunning, The Grinch is fun for the whole family!
Director
Scott Mosier
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Cameron Seely, Angela Lansbury
Duration
85 minutes
Now You See Me 2
Adventure•Comedy•Action•Crime•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Director
Jon M. Chu
Cast
Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Dave Franco
Duration
124 minutes
The Castle
Comedy•Drama•Documentary
Overview
A Melbourne family is very happy living near the Melbourne airport. However, they are forced to leave their beloved home (by the Government and airport authorities) to make way for more runways. 'The Castle' is the story of how they fight to remain in their home.
Director
Rob Sitch
Cast
Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe, Sophie Lee
Duration
85 minutes
Interstellar
Sci-fi•Drama•Action•Adventure
Overview
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Cast
Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow
Duration
169 minutes
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Fantasy•Drama•Action•Adventure
Overview
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
Director
Peter Jackson
Cast
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean
Duration
171 minutes
mother!
Horror•Drama
Overview
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Director
Darren Aronofsky
Cast
Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson
Duration
116 minutes
Heat
Crime•Drama•Action•Adventure
Overview
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
Director
Michael Mann
Cast
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore
Duration
170 minutes
Five Nights at Freddy's
Horror•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.
Director
Emma Tammi
Cast
Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Elizabeth Lail, Matthew Lillard, Mary Stuart Masterson
Duration
110 minutes
The Substance
Drama•Horror•Sci-fi
Overview
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Director
Coralie Fargeat
Cast
Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Gore Abrams, Hugo Diego Garcia
Duration
141 minutes
Only the Brave
Drama•Adventure•Action
Overview
Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.
Director
Joseph Kosinski
Cast
Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly, James Badge Dale
Duration
134 minutes
The Princess Bride
Kids•Comedy•Family•Fantasy•Romance•Action•Adventure
Overview
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
Director
Rob Reiner
Cast
Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, André Roussimoff
Duration
98 minutes
Love Actually
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships can be.
Director
Richard Curtis
Cast
Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy
Duration
135 minutes
The Imitation Game
Drama•Thriller•War•Mystery•History
Overview
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Director
Morten Tyldum
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech
Duration
114 minutes
Saving Private Ryan
War•Drama•History
Overview
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Director
Steven Spielberg
Cast
Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper
Duration
163 minutes
It
Horror•Thriller•Mystery•Comedy
Overview
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Director
Andy Muschietti
Cast
Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs
Duration
129 minutes
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
Mystery•Thriller•Crime
Overview
When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of finding their whistle-blowing informant, Alice Russell, alive.
Director
Robert Connolly
Cast
Eric Bana, Anna Torv, Deborra-Lee Furness, Robin McLeavy, Sisi Stringer
Duration
112 minutes
The Truman Show
Comedy•Drama
Overview
Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls home is actually a gigantic soundstage. Truman's friends and family - everyone he meets, in fact - are actors. He lives every moment under the unblinking gaze of thousands of hidden TV cameras.
Director
Peter Weir
Cast
Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Ed Harris
Duration
103 minutes
It Chapter Two
Horror•Fantasy•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
Director
Andy Muschietti
Cast
Bill Skarsgård, James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa
Duration
169 minutes
Oppenheimer
Drama•History
Overview
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Cast
Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh
Duration
181 minutes
While We're Young
Comedy•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.
Director
Noah Baumbach
Cast
Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Charles Grodin
Duration
97 minutes
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Kids•Fantasy•Comedy•Family
Overview
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
Director
Ron Howard
Cast
Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin
Duration
105 minutes
Shutter Island
Mystery•Thriller•Drama
Overview
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
Director
Martin Scorsese
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow
Duration
138 minutes
The Gentlemen
Crime•Action•Adventure•Comedy
Overview
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Director
Guy Ritchie
Cast
Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong
Duration
109 minutes
Elf
Kids•Comedy•Fantasy•Family•Romance
Overview
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.
Director
Jon Favreau
Cast
Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen
Duration
93 minutes
Midsommar
Horror•Thriller•Drama•Mystery
Overview
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
Director
Ari Aster
Cast
Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Vilhelm Blomgren
Duration
163 minutes
Me Before You
Romance•Drama
Overview
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.
Director
Thea Sharrock
Cast
Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer, Charles Dance, Brendan Coyle
Duration
106 minutes
Memoria
Drama•Sci-fi•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
One morning, Jessica Holland, a Scottish orchid farmer visiting her sister in Bogotá, is woken by a loud ‘bang’. This haunting sound dispels her sleep for days, calling into question her identity and guiding her from recording studios to secluded jungle villages in an attempt to find its source.
Director
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cast
Tilda Swinton, Agnes Brekke, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jerónimo Barón, Juan Pablo Urrego
Duration
131 minutes
Joy Ride
Comedy
Overview
When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
Director
Adele Lim
Cast
Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu, David Denman
Duration
95 minutes
The Big Short
Comedy•Drama•History
Overview
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Director
Adam McKay
Cast
Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo
Duration
125 minutes
Tropic Thunder
Comedy•Action•War•Adventure
Overview
A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.
Director
Ben Stiller
Cast
Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Cruise, Nick Nolte
Duration
102 minutes
There Will Be Blood
Drama
Overview
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, Dillon Freasier
Duration
158 minutes
A Time to Kill
Drama•Thriller•Crime•Mystery
Overview
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Director
Joel Schumacher
Cast
Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Ashley Judd
Duration
149 minutes
Pulp Fiction
Crime•Drama•Mystery•Thriller•Comedy
Overview
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Cast
John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames
Duration
148 minutes
Django Unchained
Western•Drama•Comedy
Overview
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Cast
Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson
Duration
159 minutes
Empire Records
Music•Comedy•Drama•Romance•Musical
Overview
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain.
Director
Allan Moyle
Cast
Anthony LaPaglia, Debi Mazar, Maxwell Caulfield, Liv Tyler, Robin Tunney
Duration
90 minutes
Hereditary
Horror•Thriller•Drama•Mystery
Overview
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
Director
Ari Aster
Cast
Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, Gabriel Byrne
Duration
123 minutes
Parasite
Thriller•Drama•Mystery•Comedy
Overview
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Director
Bong Joon-ho
Cast
Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam
Duration
127 minutes
Catch Me if You Can
Drama•Crime
Overview
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Director
Steven Spielberg
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye
Duration
135 minutes
The Neon Demon
Horror•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Director
Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast
Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee
Duration
117 minutes
No Country for Old Men
Crime•Thriller•Drama•Mystery•Western
Overview
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
Director
Joel Coen
Cast
Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald
Duration
117 minutes
The Holiday
Romance•Comedy
Overview
Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmas time after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
Director
Nancy Meyers
Cast
Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach
Duration
136 minutes
Mystic River
Crime•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
Director
Clint Eastwood
Cast
Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden
Duration
138 minutes
Arrival
Sci-fi•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Director
Denis Villeneuve
Cast
Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma
Duration
111 minutes
Scream
Horror•Mystery•Thriller•Crime
Overview
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
Director
Wes Craven
Cast
David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan
Duration
111 minutes










