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Umm... there are about 100 services that will rent/sell you a movie online. I use Amazon for all my movie rental needs. Works great.

by pkulak 10y ago

bogomipz 10y ago
Could you recommend some that have deep catalog? I find the that iTunes and Amazon don't have anywhere near the deep catalog that I once enjoyed at my local video store. For a real film buff being able to go rent F. W. Murnau's "Noseferatu", Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blowup" or Polanski's "Knife in the Water" was really important to me and something I took for granted. Almost every large city had a least one such film nerd rental place. And now that video stores are gone there's just a void for so much of this content. One beacon of hope though which is supposed to launch soon is a streaming venture by TCM and The Criterion Collection: http://www.filmstruck.com/ http://www.filmstruck.com/ I am really forward to this that and I hope its huge success.
- guelo 10y ago
  I just looked up those three movies at dvd.netflix.com and they are all available.
- manachar 10y ago
  Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Nosferatu-Silent-Max-Schreck/dp/B001O96JC4 https://www.amazon.com/Nosferatu-Silent-Max-Schreck/dp/B001O... https://www.amazon.com/Blowup-Vanessa-Redgrave/dp/B000I157KO https://www.amazon.com/Blowup-Vanessa-Redgrave/dp/B000I157KO https://www.amazon.com/Knife-Water-Leon-Niemczyk/dp/B004D22R98 https://www.amazon.com/Knife-Water-Leon-Niemczyk/dp/B004D22R... Amazon + Netflix + Blueray player has become my perfect combination. The few titles that I can't get streaming I just buy the discs.
  - bogomipz 10y ago
    Ha, wow. OK I guess I need to give Amazon another look then. I think I maybe looked for these or similar ~ 1 year ago and went away disappointed. This is great. Thanks.
    - Klathmon 10y ago
      Just be warned that Amazon actively goes out of their way to block you from streaming movies to devices they don't like. So don't expect to play them on a Chromecast or something. Make sure you try it first with a free or test movie before buying.
- thebigspacefuck 10y ago
  Hulu has a large selection of Criterion. Check it out.
- enjo 10y ago
  Google too: Noseferatu: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Nosferatu_The_Vampyre?id=PxiGsVcbbrk https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Nosferatu_The_V... Blowup: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Blowup?id=5esCYD3hOAg https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Blowup?id=5esCY... Knife in the water: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Knife_in_the_Water?id=38DA8D64B545D414MV https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Knife_in_the_Wa... I prefer Google to the Amazon option. Much better device support (it works on pretty much every device out there) and the overall UI is just fantastic.
- ethanbond 10y ago
  If you don't mind going out, your local public library might be a surprisingly rich resource depending on where you live.

Umm... there are about 100 services that will rent/sell you a movie online. I use Amazon for all my movie rental needs. Works great.

by pkulak 10y ago

Umm... there are about 100 services that will rent/sell you a movie online. I use Amazon for all my movie rental needs. Works great.

bogomipz 10y ago

Could you recommend some that have deep catalog? I find the that iTunes and Amazon don't have anywhere near the deep catalog that I once enjoyed at my local video store. For a real film buff being able to go rent F. W. Murnau's "Noseferatu", Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blowup" or Polanski's "Knife in the Water" was really important to me and something I took for granted. Almost every large city had a least one such film nerd rental place. And now that video stores are gone there's just a void for so much of this content. One beacon of hope though which is supposed to launch soon is a streaming venture by TCM and The Criterion Collection: http://www.filmstruck.com/ http://www.filmstruck.com/ I am really forward to this that and I hope its huge success.

guelo 10y ago
I just looked up those three movies at dvd.netflix.com and they are all available.
manachar 10y ago
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Nosferatu-Silent-Max-Schreck/dp/B001O96JC4 https://www.amazon.com/Nosferatu-Silent-Max-Schreck/dp/B001O... https://www.amazon.com/Blowup-Vanessa-Redgrave/dp/B000I157KO https://www.amazon.com/Blowup-Vanessa-Redgrave/dp/B000I157KO https://www.amazon.com/Knife-Water-Leon-Niemczyk/dp/B004D22R98 https://www.amazon.com/Knife-Water-Leon-Niemczyk/dp/B004D22R... Amazon + Netflix + Blueray player has become my perfect combination. The few titles that I can't get streaming I just buy the discs.
- bogomipz 10y ago
  Ha, wow. OK I guess I need to give Amazon another look then. I think I maybe looked for these or similar ~ 1 year ago and went away disappointed. This is great. Thanks.
  - Klathmon 10y ago
    Just be warned that Amazon actively goes out of their way to block you from streaming movies to devices they don't like. So don't expect to play them on a Chromecast or something. Make sure you try it first with a free or test movie before buying.
thebigspacefuck 10y ago
Hulu has a large selection of Criterion. Check it out.
enjo 10y ago
Google too: Noseferatu: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Nosferatu_The_Vampyre?id=PxiGsVcbbrk https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Nosferatu_The_V... Blowup: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Blowup?id=5esCYD3hOAg https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Blowup?id=5esCY... Knife in the water: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Knife_in_the_Water?id=38DA8D64B545D414MV https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Knife_in_the_Wa... I prefer Google to the Amazon option. Much better device support (it works on pretty much every device out there) and the overall UI is just fantastic.
ethanbond 10y ago
If you don't mind going out, your local public library might be a surprisingly rich resource depending on where you live.