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Rec'd on 🎥 what is your go-to site for (old) films???

internet archive: not sure how old you're talking but i have found a lot of older (and worldwide) cinema on there. they don’t have everything of course, but they’re free. i watched velvet goldmine and julian donkey boy on there and those are films that are less than 30 years old. but i also watched valley of the dolls there! the possibilities could be endless but i’ve only explored a small corner of the vast site. regardless, i love it. just google your film + internet archive and you may get a hit. kanopy: not every library offers it and the content can vary depending on your library system as well, but it’s free with a library card. i’ve seen a lot of older films on there. some libraries offer hoopla, but not mine :( however if yours does that could also be a winner!

@deardoveswings

Jun 2, 2024

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@fawniebaby

THANK YOU ANGEL I just discovered you can watch Thelma and Louise on Internet Archive

Jul 1, 2025

@deardoveswings

@FAWNIEBABY very important movie !!!!!

Jul 1, 2025

@phuong

tysm!!! i just checked out kanopy and honestly the site is so cool but my local library card doesn't seem to work with it tho :'(((((

Jun 3, 2024

@deardoveswings

phuong see if they offer the hoopla app! like i said, im not familiar with the catalogue as my library is doing away with it. also keep checking kanopy periodically, as mine didn’t have kanopy right away either. lastly, if you’re comfy with it, you can also see if you can rally your community to request it :)

Jun 3, 2024

@rizkillla

just got a library card last week! do you have good recs from kanopy?

Jun 3, 2024

@deardoveswings

rizkillla i have to explore my catalogue a bit more but girlhood, lady vengeance and a girl walks home alone at night. all films from outside the u.s!

Jun 3, 2024

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thanks to kanopy, I get to enjoy Cinema™️ and Films™️ without paying for a monthly subscription because it’s free and curated by the public library system. If you live in LA, the Kanopy library is dank asf. It’s got art house, it’s got documentaries, it’s got all the Neon and A21 you can handle, it’s got international film, short film, and BBC television shows. It even has anime! I literally cannot think of another app that has given me so much value for free.99. If you have a library card, download Kanopy asaptually!

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most of the time it’s internet archive but i’ll take anything (to a point obviously i actually have some standards for illegal websites) i’ve actually been so successfully recently though so try it won’t work really for newer films which obviously makes sense but if you don’t want to pay like £10 for a film that isn’t really on many streaming services then try this and you might win

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