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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.
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Nuremberg
Mystery•Thriller•History•Drama•War
Overview
In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
Director
James Vanderbilt
Duration
148 minutes
Nobody
Action•Thriller•Crime•Drama•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.
Director
Ilya Naishuller
Cast
Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd, Aleksey Serebryakov, RZA
Duration
93 minutes
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
Director
Mary Bronstein
Duration
113 minutes
The Nice Guys
Action•Comedy•Mystery•Crime•Thriller•Adventure•Drama•Romance
Overview
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
Director
Shane Black
Cast
Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley
Duration
111 minutes
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Action•Adventure•Fantasy•Sci-fi
Overview
Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Director
Jon Watts
Cast
Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau
Duration
142 minutes
The Naked Gun
Comedy•Action•Adventure•Crime
Overview
Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr.
Director
Akiva Schaffer
Duration
85 minutes
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Action•Adventure•Sci-fi
Overview
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.
Director
Jon Watts
Cast
Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau
Duration
128 minutes
The Invisible Man
Horror•Thriller•Drama•Mystery•Sci-fi
Overview
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
Director
Leigh Whannell
Cast
Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Michael Dorman, Harriet Dyer
Duration
119 minutes
Sicario
Thriller•Crime•Action•Drama•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Director
Denis Villeneuve
Cast
Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Daniel Kaluuya, Victor Garber
Duration
116 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
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
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
- 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
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
Scream
Horror•Mystery•Thriller
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
Spider-Man
Action•Sci-fi•Adventure
Overview
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.
Director
Sam Raimi
Cast
Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson
Duration
121 minutes
Bridesmaids
Comedy•Romance
Overview
Serif, the manager of a launderette in London’s Bethnal Green, dedicates her time to her regulars. Serving cups of tea and listening to their stories, Serif enriches their lives by helping the local elderly community. Laundriness is a simple and sensitive observational documentary about the meaning of life, fate, hope and regrets.
Director
Ana Rocha de Sousa
Cast
Serif, Cynthia, Cathy, Lil, Dave
Duration
120 minutes
Wind River
Thriller•Mystery•Crime•Drama•Western
Overview
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Director
Taylor Sheridan
Cast
Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham, Kelsey Asbille, Teo Briones
Duration
103 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
St. Vincent
Comedy•Drama
Overview
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Director
Theodore Melfi
Cast
Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard
Duration
102 minutes
The Substance
Drama•Horror•Sci-fi•Mystery•Thriller
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
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Action•Adventure•Comedy•Sci-fi•Fantasy
Overview
Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the continent.
Director
Jon Watts
Cast
Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau
Duration
124 minutes
Friendship
Comedy•Drama
Overview
Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor Austin, as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.
Director
Andrew DeYoung
Duration
100 minutes
Arrival
Sci-fi•Drama
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
Drive
Drama•Action•Adventure•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.
Director
Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast
Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac
Duration
100 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
Sunshine
Sci-fi•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
Director
Danny Boyle
Cast
Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis
Duration
108 minutes
La La Land
Musical•Romance•Comedy•Drama•Music
Overview
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Director
Damien Chazelle
Cast
Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons
Duration
123 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
Twilight
Romance•Fantasy•Drama
Overview
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated cautions, Bella can't stay away from him, a fatal move that endangers her own life.
Director
Catherine Hardwicke
Cast
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene
Duration
117 minutes
Forrest Gump
Drama•Romance
Overview
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Cast
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, Mykelti Williamson
Duration
142 minutes
Silence
Drama•History
Overview
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
Director
Martin Scorsese
Cast
Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Yosuke Kubozuka, Tadanobu Asano
Duration
155 minutes
Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood
Comedy•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley
Duration
155 minutes
Scary Movie
Comedy
Overview
A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody!
Director
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Cast
Anna Faris, Jon Abrahams, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Regina Hall
Duration
85 minutes
Promising Young Woman
Thriller•Crime•Drama•Mystery
Overview
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
Director
Emerald Fennell
Cast
Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge
Duration
113 minutes
The Godfather
Crime•Drama
Overview
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Cast
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard S. Castellano
Duration
170 minutes
Fargo
Crime•Drama•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
Director
Joel Coen
Cast
Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, John Carroll Lynch
Duration
98 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
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
Spy
Comedy•Action•Adventure
Overview
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Director
Paul Feig
Cast
Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Miranda Hart
Duration
115 minutes
The Amazing Spider-Man
Action•Adventure•Sci-fi
Overview
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
Director
Marc Webb
Cast
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen
Duration
136 minutes
The Castle
Comedy•Drama
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
Rough Night
Drama•Comedy
Overview
Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, they're ultimately brought closer together when it matters most.
Director
Lucia Aniello
Cast
Scarlett Johansson, Jillian Bell, Zoë Kravitz, Kate McKinnon, Ilana Glazer
Duration
97 minutes
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Sci-fi•Action•Adventure•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Set ten years after the events of the original, James Cameron’s classic sci-fi action flick tells the story of a second attempt to get rid of rebellion leader John Connor, this time targeting the boy himself. However, the rebellion has sent a reprogrammed terminator to protect Connor.
Director
James Cameron
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen
Duration
137 minutes
Stand by Me
Drama•Crime
Overview
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
Director
Rob Reiner
Cast
Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland
Duration
89 minutes
The Fifth Element
Sci-fi•Adventure•Action
Overview
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Director
Luc Besson
Cast
Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker
Duration
121 minutes
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Animation•Kids•Action•Adventure•Fantasy•Family•Sci-fi
Overview
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
Director
Bob Persichetti
Cast
Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry
Duration
112 minutes
Mean Girls
Comedy•Drama
Overview
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Director
Mark Waters
Cast
Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried
Duration
97 minutes
Scary Movie 2
Comedy•Horror
Overview
While the original parodied slasher flicks like Scream, Keenen Ivory Wayans's sequel to Scary Movie takes comedic aim at haunted house movies. A group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue.
Director
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Cast
Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Christopher Masterson
Duration
82 minutes
Erin Brockovich
Drama
Overview
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Cast
Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Marg Helgenberger, Cherry Jones
Duration
131 minutes