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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.
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
The Princess Bride
Kids•Comedy•Family•Fantasy•Romance
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
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Comedy
Overview
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
Director
Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast
Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, John Randolph
Duration
93 minutes
When Harry Met Sally...
Comedy•Romance•Drama
Overview
During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.
Director
Rob Reiner
Cast
Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steven Ford
Duration
96 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
Stand by Me
Comedy•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 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
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
It's a Wonderful Life
Drama•Family•Fantasy•Kids•Romance
Overview
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
Director
Frank Capra
Cast
James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers
Duration
130 minutes
Gremlins
Fantasy•Comedy•Horror
Overview
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, unleashing a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Director
Joe Dante
Cast
Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain, Corey Feldman
Duration
106 minutes
Knives Out
Mystery•Comedy•Drama•Crime•Thriller
Overview
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
Director
Rian Johnson
Cast
Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon
Duration
125 minutes
A Few Good Men
Drama•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Director
Rob Reiner
Cast
Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland
Duration
138 minutes
Bad Santa
Comedy•Crime•Drama
Overview
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
Director
Terry Zwigoff
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham
Duration
92 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
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
The Family Stone
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.
Director
Thomas Bezucha
Cast
Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton, Luke Wilson, Claire Danes
Duration
103 minutes
A Bad Moms Christmas
Comedy
Overview
Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families wasn’t hard enough, they have to do all of that while hosting and entertaining their own mothers.
Director
Jon Lucas
Cast
Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski
Duration
104 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
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
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
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
- Sequel Released
28 Weeks Later
Horror•Sci-fi•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
The inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
Director
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Cast
Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack
Duration
100 minutes
- Sequel Released
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Adventure•Drama•War•Action
Overview
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
Director
Peter Weir
Cast
Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Lee Ingleby
Duration
139 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
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
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
Rise of the Guardians
Animation•Kids•Adventure•Fantasy•Action•Comedy•Family•Drama•Sci-fi
Overview
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
Director
Peter Ramsey
Cast
Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman
Duration
93 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 SkarsgĂĄrd, James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa
Duration
169 minutes
The Shining
Horror•Thriller•Drama•Mystery
Overview
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Joe Turkel
Duration
138 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
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
The Wizard of Oz
Fantasy•Family•Kids•Action•Adventure
Overview
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
Director
Victor Fleming
Cast
Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton
Duration
102 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
The Imitation Game
Drama•Thriller•War•Mystery
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
Deck the Halls
Comedy•Family•Kids
Overview
Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.
Director
John Whitesell
Cast
Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat
Duration
93 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
All Is Bright
Comedy•Drama
Overview
Two ne’er-do-wells from Quebec travel to New York City with a scheme to get rich quick selling Christmas trees.
Director
Phil Morrison
Cast
Paul Giamatti, Paul Rudd, Sally Hawkins, Amy Landecker, Peter Hermann
Duration
107 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
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
Serendipity
Romance•Comedy
Overview
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
Director
Peter Chelsom
Cast
John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven, Bridget Moynahan, Eugene Levy
Duration
91 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
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
Clueless
Comedy•Romance
Overview
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
Director
Amy Heckerling
Cast
Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Donald Faison
Duration
97 minutes
School of Rock
Comedy•Music•Musical
Overview
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
Director
Richard Linklater
Cast
Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Lee Wilkof
Duration
110 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
The Neverending Story
Kids•Fantasy•Drama•Family
Overview
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.
Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Cast
Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Moses Gunn, Patricia Hayes
Duration
94 minutes
Little Women
Drama•Romance
Overview
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Director
Greta Gerwig
Cast
Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern
Duration
107 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











