Stream the world’s best films and award-winning documentaries instantly and for free with Kanopy from your Library. Watch on your computer, download the mobile app, or stream directly these TV devices: Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV and Airplay, Roku, Chromecast and Samsung TV.
How It Works
Each month, you will receive 10 tickets. Your tickets reset on the first day of the month, and unused tickets don't roll over to the next month. You can see your remaining tickets for the month in the top-right corner of the homepage.
As you browse for titles, you'll see the number of tickets required to watch each title and how long you have to watch it without using new tickets. For episodic titles, like TV series and The Great Courses, you'll also see how much content the tickets unlock (e.g., "Season 1" or "all").
Stream Smarter
Kanopy provides Jacksonville Public Library customers with access to more than 30,000 of the world’s best films including some that are often difficult or impossible to access elsewhere. These include:
- Critically-acclaimed films from A24, Magnolia, NEON, Kino Lorber, and more
- Popular TV series like Staged, The Librarians, The Returned, The Chosen, and The Prisoner
- Classics from Criterion and other key suppliers
- Compelling documentaries
- Classic films
- Kanopy Kids, a curated educational and entertainment collection just for children
- Lifelong learning with PBS
- Film festival favorites and other indie films
- Foreign language films with collections from Umbrella Entertainment, Madman Entertainment, Under the Milky Way, SND Films and thousands of independent filmmakers
Stream Kid-Friendly Videos on Kanopy Kids
Looking for content that's suitable for children? In the Kanopy Kids section, kids can freely browse a selection of educational and enriching videos designed for children between 2-8 years of age.
Note: Kanopy Kids content doesn't use tickets. That means not only can your kids browse a selection of educational and enriching videos designed for children between 2-8 years of age, they can access an unlimited number of those titles each month. Categories include TV Series, Learning Languages, Animated Storybooks, Anime Favorites, Classic Films and Movies for the Whole Family.
To access Kanopy Kids:
- Log in to your Kanopy account
- On the web, click “Kids” in the top-right corner of the homepage
- In the Kanopy mobile app, tap “More” at the bottom of the screen (represented by three horizontal lines), then “Go to Kanopy Kids" or "Exit Kanopy Kids"
Parental controls can be enabled, which will prompt viewers to enter a PIN to exit Kanopy Kids or to watch content outside of the Kanopy Kids collection. Parental controls are set by going to kanopy.com/parentalcontrols on a web browser; step-by-step directions are here. When parental controls are enabled, the search results, watchlist, and viewing history will only show Kanopy Kids content. Visit Kanopy Help Resources for more information.
