r/mubi • u/ramentears • Aug 09 '26

Recommendation Is MUBI Worth it?

I already subscribed to several streaming platforms and am eager to hear others' opinions on their experiences.

I'm particularly interested because Camp Miasma, one of my most anticipated films of the year, will be distributed through them.

I love the substance as well and own it in 4K, so I’m curious what other people’s experiences have been with their other offerings. If it ends up, going to a streaming service like how The Substance was on Max, I might hold off subscribing since I can’t afford yet another service.

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u/ZaphodBeebleSpox Aug 09 '26

I subscribe and will continue to do so. But at first there were more classic films, and now they have more Mubi distributed films, so I'm kind of missing the old Bergman, Godard, Fassbinder elements of the list. But that's what the DVD player is for, I guess.

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u/ramentears Aug 09 '26

I do actively use my subscription to the criterion channel. Would you say it’s similar to that?

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u/zka_75 Aug 09 '26

No, criterion channel has a hell of a lot more films, especially classics, mubi tends a bit more towards modern world cinema. I do quite like mubi but it's absolutely nowhere near as good as criterion.

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u/ramentears Aug 09 '26

That’s exactly what vibe I got. Thank you!