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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.
Practical Magic
Comedy•Fantasy•Romance
Overview
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
Director
Griffin Dunne
Cast
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Goran Visnjic, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest
Duration
104 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 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
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
Resident Evil
Horror•Action•Sci-fi•Adventure
Overview
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.
Director
Paul W. S. Anderson
Cast
Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes
Duration
96 minutes
Law Abiding Citizen
Thriller•Crime•Action•Drama•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Director
F. Gary Gray
Cast
Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney, Bruce McGill, Leslie Bibb
Duration
109 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 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 Hunger Games
Sci-fi•Action•Adventure•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The world will be watching.
Director
Gary Ross
Cast
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks
Duration
143 minutes
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
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
Steel Magnolias
Comedy•Drama•Romance
Overview
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.
Director
Herbert Ross
Cast
Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis
Duration
118 minutes
The Running Man
Mystery•Thriller•Action•Adventure•Sci-fi
Overview
Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into an unexpected fan favorite — and a threat to the entire system. As ratings skyrocket, so does the danger, and Ben must outwit not just the Hunters, but a nation addicted to watching him fall.
Director
Edgar Wright
Duration
133 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
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
10 Things I Hate About You
Comedy•Drama•Romance
Overview
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.
Director
Gil Junger
Cast
Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz
Duration
98 minutes
The Imposter
Documentary•Crime•Drama•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
Know what this is about?
Director
Bart Layton
Cast
Frédéric Bourdin, Adam O'Brian, Anna Ruben, Cathy Dresbach, Alan Teichman
Duration
95 minutes
Nine to Five
Comedy
Overview
Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage of the women who work with him in the grossest manner. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house, they assume control of his department, and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up?
Director
Colin Higgins
Cast
Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Sterling Hayden
Duration
110 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
Good Will Hunting
Drama•Romance
Overview
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he will get treatment from therapist Sean Maguire.
Director
Gus Van Sant
Cast
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård, John Mighton
Duration
126 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
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
Transformers
Action•Adventure•Sci-fi
Overview
Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
Director
Michael Bay
Cast
Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor
Duration
144 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
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 Other Guys
Comedy•Action•Crime•Adventure•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.
Director
Adam McKay
Cast
Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan
Duration
108 minutes
The Switch
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s objections, decides it’s time to have a baby – even if it means doing it herself… with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later… when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie’s cute, though slightly neurotic, son.
Director
Josh Gordon
Cast
Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jeff Goldblum, Juliette Lewis, Todd Louiso
Duration
97 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
Grease
Romance•Comedy
Overview
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Director
Randal Kleiser
Cast
John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl
Duration
110 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
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
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Family•Fantasy•Comedy•Kids
Overview
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.
Director
Mel Stuart
Cast
Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole
Duration
100 minutes
Wonka
Comedy•Family•Fantasy•Kids•Drama
Overview
Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.
Duration
117 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
Divergent
Sci-fi•Action•Adventure•Drama
Overview
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
Director
Neil Burger
Cast
Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson
Duration
135 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
Dirty Dancing
Romance•Drama•Music•Musical
Overview
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
Director
Emile Ardolino
Cast
Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston
Duration
101 minutes
The Impossible
Drama•History•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.
Director
J. A. Bayona
Cast
Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast
Duration
114 minutes
Regretting You
Drama•Romance
Overview
Morgan Grant and her daughter Clara explore what's left behind after a devastating accident reveals a shocking betrayal and forces them to confront family secrets, redefine love, and rediscover each other.
Director
Josh Boone
Duration
116 minutes
Saving Private Ryan
War•Drama
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
Forrest Gump
Drama•Romance•Comedy
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
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Action•Adventure•Sci-fi
Overview
64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.
Director
Francis Lawrence
Cast
Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman, Peter Dinklage
Duration
157 minutes
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Animation•Action•Adventure•Sci-fi•Fantasy•Family•Kids
Overview
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
Director
Justin K. Thompson
Cast
Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jason Schwartzman, Oscar Isaac, Brian Tyree Henry
Duration
140 minutes
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Adventure•Action
Overview
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Director
Steven Spielberg
Cast
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Lacey
Duration
106 minutes
Donnie Darko
Drama•Mystery•Thriller•Sci-fi•Fantasy
Overview
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Director
Richard Kelly
Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, James Duval, Drew Barrymore, Beth Grant
Duration
114 minutes
Barbie
Comedy•Fantasy•Action•Adventure
Overview
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Director
Greta Gerwig
Cast
Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Ariana Greenblatt
Duration
114 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
Pitch Perfect
Musical•Comedy•Romance•Music
Overview
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
Director
Jason Moore
Cast
Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin
Duration
112 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
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Horror•Action•Sci-fi•Adventure•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Based on the video game.
Director
Johannes Roberts
Cast
Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hopper, Avan Jogia
Duration
103 minutes