Ever since its birth in 2015, Stan has been chugging along as the little Aussie streaming service that could, blossoming to around 2.3 million viewers as of May 2021.
Besides its quality film and TV library, one of the big reasons behind Stan‘s success may be its accessible pricing: a basic Stan subscription will set you back $10 a month, exactly one dollar less than Netflix‘s equivalent membership tier.
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* Best new movies & series on Stan
* All new movies & series on Stan
If you need more than one screen to watch on, and the capacity to download content onto more than one phone or tablet, standard subscription costs $14 for three screens and three download-friendly devices. It also offers the same great content library but with HD available for select titles, depending on the strength of your internet connection.
But only Stan‘s oremium membership comes with the capacity to watch titles in ultra HD—for $19 per month. With premium, subscribers can watch great Aussie and international media on up to four screens, and download those titles onto five different phones and tablets.
Don’t let Stan‘s homescreen of original and brand-new titles scare you off: it’s also got plenty of your favourite classic and retro titles, which we’ve picked out in our lists of the best horror movies on the platform, the best action movies, the best thrillers and the best documentaries.
And judging from our definitive list of Stan’s overall 50 best movies, there’s Oscar-winners and must-sees here that you can’t find on any other platforms. Not mention the new service Stan Sport, for those of us who are more interested in high-octane IRL action than fiction.
Stan Sport is an additional $10 per month for access to a vast range of Aussie and international sports, all high definition and ad-free for every match. Rather than being a separate streaming platform in its own right, Stan Sport is the ultimate optional add-on for sport fanatics; even more good reason to step into Stan‘s impressive world of non-stop bingeability.
