Hoopla Review: A Versatile Free Streaming Service in 2025

Streaming Smarter says: Hoopla is a helpful free streaming service that partners with local libraries. There are no commercials. Hoopla can be hit-or-miss, but it occasionally surprises with some great movies and TV shows. It has a great music library including lots of new artists. Hoopla offers 1.5 million eBooks, audiobooks, comics and manga, music, movies, TV, and more.

Hoopla also allows you to unlock 7-day “BingePasses” to several other streamers at no cost.

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What Can You Watch with Hoopla?

Hoopla casts a wide net, so you should be able to find something worth watching, even though the library isn’t quite as strong as some other streamers.

Movies on Hoopla

Hoopla’s movie library usually isn’t as strong as fellow library-provided streamer Kanopy, but it always has something worth watching.

As of this review, Hoopla titles include “Interstellar,” “The Big Short,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” “Hot Rod” “The Silence of the Lambs,” “The Truman Show,” “Total Recall” “There Will Be Blood,” “Chicago,” “School of Rock,” “Shutter Island,” “Airplane!” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” and “The Hunt for Red October.”

TV Shows on Hoopla

For TV, Hoopla brings shows like “Dark Winds,” “Wolf Hall,” “Alone,” “Call the Midwife,” “Mayfair Witches,” “The Librarians,” “Rick and Morty,” “Gangs of London,” “Key and Peele,” “Reno 911!” “Broadchurch,” “Chappelle’s Show,” and “Luther.”

Kids Movies and Shows on Hoopla

Children may find a lot to enjoy with Hoopla with movies like “The Black Stallion,” “Charlotte’s Web,” “The Water Horse,” and “Rugrats in Paris.”

TV shows include “Ranger Rob,” “All That,” “Kenan & Kel,” “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,” “Heathcliff,” “The Care Bears,” “The Loud House,” and “Barney & Friends.”

BingePasses on Hoopla

One of the most unique superpowers for Hoopla users is the BingePass. You can use them to unlock 7 days of access to the following streamers:

• Hallmark+ – Feel-good entertainment and rom-coms
• AsianCrush – 1,200 titles of pan-Asian entertainment
• Dove Channel – faith-focused entertainment
• Fandor – 1,300 under-the-radar indie, documentary, and classic films
• iNDIEFLIX – independent films
• medici.tv – filmed recordings of classical music, jazz, operas, and ballets
• Midnight Pulp – cult action, horror, sci-fi, and thriller films
• RetroCrush – classic anime
• KidzVidz – children’s shows
• PBS Kids – smart preschool entertainment
• Pokémon – 380 episodes of “Pokémon the Series”

Audiobooks, Comics, Ebooks, and Music on Hoopla

Unlike every other streaming service, Hoopla connects you to entertainment beyond video.

Audiobooks – Catch up with new releases and bestsellers including the Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hunger Games series, The Great Gatsby, and more.

Comics – Get access to free manga and comics from publishers like Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse, and more.

eBooks – Take your pick of more than a million different books and read them on your favorite device.

Music – Borrow entire albums and download them for on-the-go listening. You’ll be shocked at the great selection, including artists like Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, The Rolling Stones, Doechii, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Sabrina Carpenter, Alicia Keys, Post Malone, Ariana Grande, Elton John, and many more.

What Streaming Devices are Compatible with Hoopla?

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Tracy Mills

Tracy Mills is Streaming Smarter’s Deal Editor. She cut the cord in 2020 and splits her streaming day between PBS Kids (for her daughter), Disney+ (for her son), and Hulu (for herself). Her favorite shows are “White Lotus,” “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” “Severance,” and “The Traitors.”