Movies & Music
Feeling like listening to some tunes to groove to or something to watch? Check out the selection of movies, documentaries, TV shows, Childrens DVDs, and CDs in the library. Or explore our online offering of movies and documentaries.
Looking for new titles we have at the library? Check out our lists of new items.
If you don't find a title you are looking for, ask us to buy it or get it.
Kanopy Kids
Kanopy Kids is a collection of movies and shows for kids.
Kanopy Kids has a wide selection of educational and entertaining content that range across movies, TV Series, animated storybooks, live action and animated favourites for children of all ages.
You need a Kanopy account to access Kanopy Kids, and a parent or guardian must create the account.
Set up Parental Controls to ensure your kids stay within the dedicated Kanopy Kids area for age-appropriate content.
Kanopy Kids titles don't use tickets, so you can watch as many kid-friendly titles as you'd like.
Kanopy
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service.
Kanopy offers quality, thoughtful entertainment. Stream movies, TV series, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos that inspire, enrich and entertain. Every month new titles are added.
Create an account to use Kanopy.
Kanopy's play credit system was replaced with a new ticket system on November 1, 2023.
Instead of play credits, you have 45 tickets per month to watch films on Kanopy. With this latest update, you can see the number of tickets required and viewing period for each film next to the play button.
Stream from your TV, computer or device.
Beamafilm
Stream thousands of award-winning documentaries, tv series and films from around the world.
Beamafilm is a movie streaming service for documentaries, and independent features. Their collection of award winning movies and festival favourites will inspire and entertain you.
Simply enter your Palmerston North City Library card number, and create an account by entering your name, email and a password.
There is an option to activate viewing restrictions to limit search results to G, PG or E rated titles on a Beamafilm account.
Stream from your TV, computer or device.
