Spotlight

This summer, take a break from the blockbusters and join Fandor’s block party!

Next date night, say it with movies! Stay in to watch the trials and tribulations of the romantically challenged with this collection of dramas and comedies.

Plug into Fandor’s compilation of awesome music-driven movies.

Feast on a fantastic collection of prestigious movies that have been embraced by audiences and critics alike, earning plenty of praise, applause, accolades, and excellent reviews.

Now streaming hot features, docs, and shorts. No SPF required.

Throw out the map, turn off the GPS, and escape the everyday with this collection of rollicking road movies.

Get wrapped up in the drama. Now streaming movie that are sure to elicit an emotional response.

Watch — and listen — carefully to this collection of movies that use voice-over narration!

“Is it okay to laugh?” This month’s spotlight can be found at the quirky intersection of comedy and drama.

Witness film herstory, and watch exceptional movies by living legends, icons, Oscar contenders, barrier breakers, and the best the film world has to offer.

Oscar® Nominated Movies to stream this awards season.

Watch innovative directors who create movies that matter.

Underdog or unsung hero? Watch these comedies, dramas, and documentaries and find out.

Award Winning Sundance movies to binge watch during the Festival.

Enjoy this Spotlight full of foreign, independent, and classic films.

Dark films to combat the holiday spirit and sweet films to cozy up with at night.

Watch first films by game changing directors.

Before or after you gather with your loved ones, spend time with some of our favorite dysfunctional families.

"It's Complicated" for the characters in this month’s Spotlight. With a chance at true love they have their work cut out for them.

Trick or trick? We can't hold your hand but we can tell you it's only a movie.

If someone fires at you, you clap back. Watch remarkable stories of revenge.

There's no turning back. Watch films that spike your blood pressure.

What is our obsession with the past all about? Watch films set in earlier historical periods.

In the end all will be revealed. Watch 17 films with something to hide.

Watch 18 films that will make you laugh out loud, chuckle, smirk, and giggle. It's summer and we're feeling good.

You do what you have to when it comes to passion. Watch 15 films about matters of the heart.

Get swept away with 21 beach ready movies.

Ever wish you could have someone follow you around with a guitar and score your life?

Happy Pride month! This collection of films is a meditation on childhood, adolescence, first loves and all the rites of passage that come with growing up.

For those of us not flying to France, this spotlight is overflowing with the talented films of the directors screening at the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival.

Love stories to give you all the feels.

In celebration of NYC and to coincide with the Tribeca Film Festival, a collection of films set in the iconic, cinematic city that never sleeps.

Are your thirties the antithesis of your twenties, or simply their sequel? That is precisely what these characters are trying to figure out.

Adrift, exploring, lost, losing it, finding themselves—these twenty-somethings are all in the same boat, and the waters are choppy.

Mumble-huh? You probably know the members of this club, many of who got their start at SXSW.

We are proud to share with you the early work of the 89th Academy Award® Oscar® nominees. And the Oscar® goes to...

Dear Valentine, Please accept this Spotlight full of love triangles. Be Mine, Fandor.

Close to our hearts, Sundance calls Park City, Utah, home and independent film its family. Here is a selection of past films by the directors screening at Sundance 2017!

These women are more than just "It Girls;" they are BOSS WOMEN.

Pioneers, magicians, stars who revolutionized the game; why watch holiday classics when you can watch film classics instead?

Cheers to the scenesters, hipsters, party kids, Factory members, trendsetters, socialites, and artists who make the underground so desired.

Family dynamics are unique. With fall and winter holidays approaching, we’re showcasing some of our more bizarre family portraits.

It's not polite to talk politics, so watch instead.

Schlock horror films featuring every creature imaginable: zombies, slime people, giant leeches, ocean monsters, aliens, vampires, ghosts and your boring old human villain, these films will schlock you to tears and have you screaming with laughter.

These characters can get out of town for a weekend escape, but can they really escape from their anxieties, truths, fears, families?

A collection of films aiming to educate, instruct, and caution viewers.

Films about fashion, those who wear it, and those who make it.

The Fandor staff's favorite bite-sized comedies

In anticipation of the upcoming Olympic Games we've selected docs saluting other – and rather unexpected – forms of accomplishment.

Felines and canines take center stage in this roundup of films.

Films that feature diverse lesbian stories and voices.

Queer People of Color tell their stories.

Explore Cannes without ever leaving your seat!

Around the World in 30 Films.

Go down the rabbit hole...

Sleazy, Surreal, and Downright Weird.

A selection of Fandor Favorites

Honor women documentary-makers

Opposites do attract.

Sometimes cupid fires a wrench instead of an arrow.

Our members and staff pick their favorites from the Sundance Film Festival

A smörgåsbord of great Nordic films!

Bad taste from outer space.

Guilt-free binge-watching

Take a tour of the auteurs.

Fear is universal.

Go behind the music.

Form follows function.

From Brazil to Chile, watch films from the southern continent.

Great filmmakers have to start somewhere.

Based on true stories...

It started in Cleveland, OH?

From daring documentaries to super fun narratives, let these films whip you into shape.

Challenge the way you think about gender. Break from binary.

Let these animated classics, new and old, carry you away.

A psychotronic and surreal trip through some the strangest, silliest and most outrageous things you'll probably ever see.

To the ex-pats, the natives, the transplants and all of the lovers of New York City, this Spotlight is for you.

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." - Albert Einstein

Lumière. Safdie. Quay. Maysles. Zellner. Duplass. Ross. Kuchar. This collection of films celebrates cinematic brotherhood.

Is it that hard to have two (named) female characters talk to each other about something other than a man?

A close up on the feature films by female directors in Fandor's Filmmaker Initiative (FIX), a program designed to connect filmmakers and audiences.

Celebrate Black History Month with films that represent a unique American experience.

These films are ready for their close-up.

Clearly, some things never go out of style.

Pulp addiction.

Ho Ho Hi-Yah!

Narratives grounded in rhythm, moving to a certain melody, driven by a living beat.

Enjoy one of the films in this collection all about food. Appetizing, unusual, beautiful, important, necessary food.

We can choose to watch films that expand our cultural understanding or to go further and join powerful communities that enact change.

Transforming characters and transcending time.

The achievements of the labor movement and the struggles that remain.

The most prolific film industry in Latin America.

When childhood innocence turns to adolescent hunger and adult knowingness.

An unmistakable voice of independent filmmaking.

Grand voyages, bad voyages and everything between.

Pride in film.

A massively successful agency supporting creativity among artists, animators, and filmmakers.

These aren’t simply cinematic selfies but rather films committed to full disclosure.

Culture jammers, mockumentary makers, propagandists, pranksters and pseudo-pseudo-documentarians.

Probing the vanguard fringes of cinema in all their weird, wonderful glory.

Don't mess with Texas. Not when the films are this good.

Never what you may expect, but you’ll know it when you see it.

A celebration of culture that endures.

For the ones who weren't content to stand to the side of history.

Celebrating fresh starts, big moves and major transitions.

Films that matter not just for today, but for the future.

Frigid films where the snowy scenery takes center stage.

Movies to make your own family seem normal.

Films that take you through the darkest nights, if you can hold out until dawn.

The internal oppositions and rapid changes that make England a center for cultural reinvention.

Films showing how far we've come, and the distance left to travel.

A strange brew of idiosyncratic suburban comedies and underdog struggles.

Saluting 40 years of the Telluride Film Festival with a slate of outstanding movies.

Sun-soaked indies and steamy foreign films. Perfect viewing for a lazy summer day.

Got a case of the summertime blues? These rock docs will get you back in the groove.

An in-your-face look at Hong Kong's vibrant, dynamic movie industry.

Films that capture the essence or embody the spirit of America, just in time for Independence Day.

Time constraints? Explore a collection of wonderful films that clock in at under five minutes.

Nearly 400 years after his death, film adaptations of William Shakespeare's work continue to entertain.

Fandor travels to the French Riviera with 12 laudable films spanning 50 years of the Cannes Film Festival.

Eclectic picks from the longest-running film festival in the Americas.

Charlie, Harold, Buster, Fatty - the silent era gave life to some of the greatest comedic talents of all time.

Travel back to the 1970s with our celebration of shlock, exploitation and camp movies.

For Women's History Month, we salute more than a hundred years of women making movies.

The Lone Star State is calling! Saddle up with these standout films from Austin's South by Southwest Film Festival.

Get in the Oscar mood with this collection of films celebrating the Academy Awards through the years.

Grab your loved one and snuggle up with these charming romantic movie picks.

Fandor shines the spotlight on the Festival that brought indie film to the masses with ten films that premiered in Park City.