Unstreamable is a weekly column that recommends films you can't find on major streaming services in the United States.
Unstreamable is a column that recommends films you cant find on major streaming services in the United States.

Unstreamable is a column that recommends stuff you can’t watch on major streaming services in the United States.

Currently, there are 382 films and TV shows on this list. Each one was unstreamable when it was added. That means we couldn’t find it on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, or any of the other 300+ streaming services available in the United States. We also couldn’t find it available for rent or purchase through platforms like Prime Video or iTunes. We don’t consider user-generated videos, like unauthorized YouTube uploads, to be streamable.

We add about four more titles each week. Sometimes they become streamable. If you notice an error, let us know! Things go on and off streaming services all the time, which is part of the point of this column.

All of these films have value, but our favorite recommendations earn a ⭐.

USA

  • Xmas Without China (2013) ⭐—Now streaming on OVID.tv
  • The Girlfriend Experience (2009) ⭐
  • TiMER (2009)
  • Britney: For the Record (2008) ⭐
  • Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)—Now streaming on Kanopy
  • Collide-O-Scope: The Best of the Worst (2007)
  • Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)
  • Smiley Face (2007) ⭐ —Now streaming on Tubi
  • Starrbooty (2007) ⭐
  • Zoo (2007) ⭐
  • Apocalypto (2006)—Now streaming on Amazon Prime
  • Coachella (2006) ⭐
  • The Fall (2006) ⭐—Now available for purchase on Xfinity Stream
  • Inland Empire (2006)
  • Police Beat (2006) ⭐
  • Neo Ned (2006)
  • This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
  • Strangers with Candy (2005) ⭐
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
  • The Apprentice (2004-2017)
  • I Downloaded a Ghost (2004)
  • Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990-2002 (2004)
  • My Architect (2003) ⭐
  • Crossroads (2002) ⭐
  • The Emperor’s Club (2002)
  • Full Frontal (2002)
  • The Good Girl (2002)
  • Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
  • Hysterical Blindness (2002)
  • The Osbournes (2002-2005) ⭐
  • Sonny (2002)
  • Don’s Plum (2001)
  • Bamboozled (2000) ⭐—Now available to rent/buy on Amazon Prime
  • Life-Size (2000) ⭐
  • Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000)
  • Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
  • This Is How the World Ends (2000) ⭐
  • 200 Cigarettes (1999) ⭐
  • Cartoon Noir (1999) ⭐
  • Dogma (1999)
  • Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) ⭐
  • Jackie’s Back (1999) ⭐
  • Payback (1999)
  • Splendor (1999) ⭐
  • Divas Live: An Honors Concert for VH1 Save the Music (1998) ⭐
  • Happiness (1998) ⭐
  • Mixing Nia (1998)
  • Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998)
  • Repligator (1998)
  • The Wizard of Speed and Time (1998)
  • All Over Me (1997)
  • Clockwatchers (1997)—Now streaming on Amazon Prime
  • Cinderella (1997) ⭐—Now streaming on Disney+
  • Gummo (1997)
  • Hugo Pool (1997)
  • Nowhere (1997) ⭐
  • Tower of Terror (1997)
  • Eddie (1996)
  • Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
  • Faithful (1996)
  • Girl 6 (1996) ⭐—Now streaming on Starz
  • I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) ⭐
  • Reckless (1996)
  • The Basketball Diaries (1995)—Now streaming on Xfinity Stream
  • Boys Life Complete Collection (1995-2004)
  • Catwalk (1995) ⭐
  • The Doom Generation (1995) ⭐
  • French Kiss (1995) ⭐
  • Kids (1995)
  • Kiss of Death (1995)—Now streaming on Starz
  • Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)—Now streaming on HBO Max
  • Nine Months (1995)—Now streaming on Starz
  • Playboy: The Best of Anna Nicole Smith (1995) ⭐
  • Safe (1995) ⭐ —Now available to rent/buy on iTunes and Vudu
  • Strange Days (1995) ⭐
  • White Man’s Burden (1995)
  • Alma’s Rainbow (1994) ⭐
  • Amateur (1994)
  • Andre (1994)
  • Angels in the Outfield (1994) —Now streaming on TBS and TNT
  • The Cowboy Way (1994)
  • Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)
  • Hi Octane (1994) ⭐
  • No Escape (1994)
  • PCU (1994)
  • True Lies (1994)
  • The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)—Now streaming on Starz
  • Household Saints (1993)
  • Jiminy Cricket’s Christmas (1993)
  • Short Cuts (1993) ⭐
  • Super Mario Bros. (1993)
  • Wild Palms (1993)
  • Evil Toons
    • (1992)—Now available for rent on Vimeo
  • Poison Ivy (1992) ⭐
  • Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
  • Woops! (1992)
  • The Hard Nut (1991)
  • Jungle Fever (1991)
  • Kafka (1991)
  • The Linguini Incident (1991)
  • Meet the Applegates (1991)
  • Mississippi Masala (1991) ⭐
  • The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
  • Hello (1990s)
  • Henry & June (1990)
  • Northern Exposure (1990-1995) ⭐
  • Pump Up the Volume (1990)
  • Thunder and Mud (1990)
  • Wild at Heart (1990) ⭐—Now available to rent on <a href=”Xfinity Stream
  • The Abyss (1989) ⭐—Now available to stream on <a href=”Starz
  • Fatal Exposure (1989)
  • Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
  • Longtime Companion (1989) ⭐
  • The Tommy Chong Roast (1989)
  • True Love (1989)
  • Wild Orchid (1989)
  • D.O.A. (1988) ⭐
  • Freddy’s Nightmares (1988-1990)
  • In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988)
  • Murphy Brown (1988-1998)
  • Born in East L.A. (1987)
  • The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
  • The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) ⭐
  • Less Than Zero (1987)—Now available to stream on Cinemax via Hulu
  • Lurkers (1987) ⭐
  • Near Dark (1987)
  • Psychos in Love (1987) ⭐—Now available to rent/purchase on What Were We Thinking Films
  • Siesta (1987)
  • Hawk Jones (1986)
  • ‘Round Midnight (1986) ⭐
  • Better Off Dead (1985) ⭐
  • <a href=”Cocoon (1985) —Now available for purchase on Xfinity Stream
  • Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) — Now streaming on Disney+
  • Mask (1985) ⭐
  • Moonlighting (1985)
  • Porky’s Revenge (1985) —Now streaming on Prime Video
  • Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
  • The Sure Thing (1985)
  • To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) ⭐—Now streaming on Xfinity Stream
  • The Ewok Adventure (1984) — Now streaming on Disney+
  • The Flamingo Kid (1984)
  • Love Streams
    • (1984) ⭐
  • Snorks (1984-1988)
  • Breathless (1983) —Now streaming on Xfinity Stream
  • Chicken Ranch (1983) ⭐
  • Get Crazy (1983) ⭐
  • Mousercise (1983)
  • Silkwood (1983) ⭐
  • 9 to 5 (1982-1988)
  • A Disney Christmas Gift (1982)
  • Ashes and Embers (1982)
  • The Last American Virgin (1982) —Now available to rent on Xfinity Stream
  • Losing Ground (1982) ⭐— Now streaming on Criterion Channel
  • Making Love (1982)
  • Missing (1982) ⭐
  • White Dog (1982) ⭐—Now available to rent/buy on Xfinity Stream
  • The Cannonball Run (1981)
  • The Pee-wee Herman Show (1981) ⭐
  • Betty Boop for President (1980)
  • Blood Beach (1980)
  • Bosom Buddies (1980-1982)
  • Foxes (1980)
  • Times Square (1980) ⭐
  • Union City (1980)
  • All That Jazz (1979) ⭐
  • Bush Mama (1979)
  • Norma Rae (1979) ⭐
  • The Rose (1979)
  • Dawn of the Dead (1978) ⭐
  • Killer of Sheep (1978) ⭐— Now streaming on Milestone Films
  • An Unmarried Woman (1978)
  • Blue Sunshine (1977) ⭐—Now streaming on Shudder
  • Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) ⭐
  • The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
  • Martin (1976)
  • 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy (1976)
  • Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
  • Silent Movie (1976)
  • Scorchy (1976) ⭐
  • Phyllis (1975)
  • Abby (1974) ⭐
  • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) —Now available to rent on Xfinity Stream
  • Claudine (1974) ⭐ —Now streaming on Xfinity Stream
  • Flesh Gordon (1974)
  • The Gardener (1974)
  • Harry & Tonto (1974)
  • The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) ⭐
  • That Man Bolt (1973)
  • Sssssss (1973) ⭐
  • The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
  • Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
  • The Paul Lynde Show (1972-1973) ⭐
  • Pink Flamingos (1972) ⭐
  • Trouble Man (1972) —Now streaming on Xfinity Stream
  • Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
  • The Panic In Needle Park (1971)
  • Sonny & Cher’s Comedy Hour: Christmas Specials (1971-1974) ⭐
  • Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)
  • The Landlord (1970)
  • Chastity (1969)
  • Night of the Following Day (1969) ⭐
  • Sweet Charity (1969) ⭐
  • They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (1969)
  • For Love of Ivy (1968)
  • Greetings (1968)
  • Judy Garland in Concert: Volume 1 (1964)
  • Porgy and Bess (1959)
  • Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts (1958) ⭐
  • Raintree County (1957)
  • Written on the Wind (1956)
  • Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
  • Song of the South (1946)
  • Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) —Now available for rent on Xfinity Stream
  • Frenchman’s Creek (1944)
  • Rebecca (1940)
  • I’m No Angel (1933)
  • Blonde Venus (1932)
  • Call Her Savage (1932)
  • Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) ⭐

    Japan

  • One Cut of the Dead: Hollywood Edition (2019)
  • Hanagatami (2017)
  • The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers (2016)
  • Evangelion 3.3: You Can (Not) Redo (2012) ⭐ — Now streaming on Amazon Prime
  • Underwater Love (2011) ⭐
  • The Chef of South Polar (2009) ⭐
  • Evangelion 2.2: You Can (Not) Advance (2009) ⭐ — Now streaming on Amazon Prime
  • Fish Story (2009) ⭐
  • Ponyo (2008) — Now available to purchase digitally and to stream on HBO Max
  • Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me (2008)
  • Evangelion 1.1: You Are (Not) Alone (2007) ⭐— Now streaming on Amazon Prime
  • Tekkonkinkreet (2006) ⭐
  • Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005) ⭐
  • Linda Linda Linda (2005) ⭐
  • Tony Takitani (2005)
  • The Taste of Tea (2004) ⭐
  • Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2003-2005)
  • Frog River (2002) ⭐
  • Cowboy Bebop (2001)
  • Metropolis (2001)
  • Medabots (1999)
  • Wild Zero (1999) ⭐
  • The Bird People in China (1998)
  • DANGAN Runner (1996)
  • Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t (1992) ⭐
  • Mermaid Forest (1991)
  • The Curse of Kazuo Umezu (1990)
  • Patlabor: The Movie (1989) ⭐ — Now streaming on VRV and HIDIVE
  • Angel’s Egg (1985) ⭐
  • Godzilla 1985 (1985)
  • Abnormal Family (1983)
  • The Family Game (1983) ⭐
  • Cleopatra, Queen of Sex (1970)
  • A Thousand & One Nights (1969)
  • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

    United Kingdom

  • Chewing Gum (2015-2017) ⭐—Now streaming on HBO Max
  • All Tomorrow’s Parties (2009)
  • Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (2004) ⭐ —Now streaming on Amazon Prime
  • The Dreamers (2003) ⭐
  • Titus (1999)
  • Croupier (1998) ⭐—Now streaming on Hoopla, fuboTV, and Showtime
  • Velvet Goldmine (1998) ⭐
  • Spice World (1997) ⭐ —Now available for purchase on Xfinity Stream
  • Angels and Insects (1995)
  • Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1994) ⭐
  • Young Soul Rebels (1991) ⭐
  • Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990) ⭐
  • Looking for Langston (1989)
  • The Tall Guy
  • Plenty (1985)
  • Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense (1984)
  • Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) ⭐
  • Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1981) ⭐
  • Gregory’s Girl (1980) ⭐ —Now available to rent/purchase on Amazon Prime
  • The Bitch (1979)
  • Terror (1978)
  • Equus (1977)
  • The Muppet Show (1976-1981) —Most episodes now streaming on Disney+
  • Slade in Flame (1975)
  • Sleuth (1972)
  • Straw Dogs (1971)
  • Secret Ceremony (1968) ⭐
  • Red, White, and Zero (1967)
  • Night and the City (1950)

    France

  • Water Lilies (2007) ⭐
  • Demonlover
    • (2002)
  • Friday Night (2002)
  • In My Skin (2002) ⭐
  • The Spanish Apartment (2002)
  • Chaos (2001) ⭐
  • Beau Travail (1999) ⭐ —Now streaming on Criterion Channel
  • La Bûche (1999)
  • Late August, Early September (1999)
  • The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
  • Irma Vep (1996) ⭐— Now streaming on HBO Max and Criterion Channel
  • I Can’t Sleep (J’ai pas sommeil) (1994)
  • Little Buddha (1993)
  • No Fear, No Die (1990) ⭐— Now streaming on Criterion Channel
  • Chocolat (1989) ⭐— Now streaming on Criterion Channel
  • Emergency Kisses (1989)
  • A Room in Town (1982)
  • Toute Une Nuit (1982)
  • Possession (1981) ⭐
  • The Bermuda Depths (1978)
  • Band of Outsiders (1964) ⭐
  • Her Bridal Night (1956)

    Italy

  • Tea with Mussolini (1999) —Now available for rent on Xfinity Stream
  • The Best of Bruno Bozzetto (1997)
  • Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetery Man) (1994) ⭐
  • Il Postino (The Postman) (1994) ⭐
  • The Sect (1991)
  • Devil Fish a.k.a. Monster Shark (1984)
  • The Rebels: Montgomery Clift (1983)
  • Day of the Cobra (1980)
  • John Travolto: The Face with Two Left Feet (1980) ⭐
  • Allegro Non Troppo (1976) ⭐
  • Salo (1975)
  • The Teenage Prostitution Racket (1975)
  • Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971)
  • West and Soda (1965) — Now available on Amazon Prime
  • La Dolce Vita (1960) ⭐

    Canada

  • C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
  • The Raspberry Reich (2004) ⭐
  • Sugar (2004)
  • Owning Mahowny (2003)
  • Maelstrom (2000)
  • Crash (1996) ⭐
  • Blue Monkey (1986)
  • Copper Mountain (1983)
  • Sweet Movie (1974) ⭐

    Hong Kong

  • Made in Hong Kong (1997) ⭐
  • Hard Boiled (1992)
  • Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
  • Days of Being Wild (1990) ⭐
  • Mr. Vampire (1985) ⭐
  • The Body Is Willing (1983)
  • Devil Fetus (1983) ⭐
  • Winners and Sinners (1983) ⭐
  • Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
  • Lady With a Sword (1971) ⭐

    Spain

  • Cell 211 (2009) —Now streaming on Amazon Prime and Sling TV
  • Take My Eyes (Te doy mis ojos) (2003) ⭐
  • The Other Side of the Bed (El otro lado de la cama) (2002)
  • Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Los amantes del círculo polar) (1998)
  • Belle Epoque (1992)
  • Jamón Jamón (1992) — Now available to purchase or rent on iTunes

    Mexico

  • Ladies Night (2003)
  • Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975) ⭐
  • Pepe (1960)
  • Raquel’s Shoeshiner (El bolero de Raquel) (1957) ⭐
  • The Criminal Life of Archibaldo De La Cruz (Ensayo de un crimen) (1955)

    Australia

  • The Black Balloon (2008)
  • This Marching Girl Thing (1994) ⭐
  • Flirting (1991) ⭐
  • High Tide (1987) ⭐
  • Two Friends (1986) ⭐

    India

  • Pukar (2000)
  • Umrao Jaan (1981)
  • Subarnarekha (1965) ⭐

    The Netherlands

  • The 4th Man (1983) ⭐
  • Spetters (1980)
  • Soldier of Orange (1977) ⭐
  • Keetje Tippel (1975)
  • Turkish Delight (1973)

    Germany

  • The Nomi Song (2004)
  • Naked (2002)
  • Tattoo (2002)

    Argentina

  • The Holy Girl (La niña santa) (2004) ⭐
  • Son of the Bride (2001)

    South Korea

  • Oldboy(2003) ⭐
  • Green Fish (1997)

    New Zealand

  • Heavenly Creatures (1994) ⭐
  • Dead Alive (1992) ⭐

    Austria

  • Models (1999)

    Brazil

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

    Iran

  • Ayneh (The Mirror) (1997)— Now streaming on Criterion Channel

    Ireland

  • Circle of Friends (1995)

    Israel

  • An American Hippie in Israel (1972)—Now available for rent/purchase on Xfinity Stream

    Norway

  • Turn Me On, Dammit! (2011) ⭐

    Senegal

  • Hyenas (1992) ⭐ —Now streaming on Kanopy

    Sweden

  • Show Me Love (Fucking Åmal) (1998)

    Taiwan

  • Spider Lilies (2007)

    Thailand

  • Tropical Malady (2004)
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