Roku and Tubi Picks for October

With Halloween coming up, most of the Roku apps have a bevy of frightful films on their roster for the month of October, some of which we will highlight below. But even if scary movies aren't your cup of tea, there are a delightful array of mysteries, sci-fi films and television series available this month.... plus, a couple of great comedies. So, check them out! 

Also of note: If you click on the Roku Live TV Guide you will find a huge list of channels to browse. The "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" channel not only plays episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents throughout the day, but also shows two Hitchcock classics each evening, one at 8pm EST and another around 10pm EST. 

One of the other channels through Roku's Live TV Guide listing is the "Universal Monsters" channel which plays 1930s-1980s Universal horror films throughout the day and then -for the month of October- airs back-to-back episodes of The Munsters starting from 6pm EST. Our family has been enjoying these each evening...followed by the Hitchcock film showing at 8pm.

Lastly, one great mystery to watch this month: Murder, She Said (1961) starring Margaret Rutherford is available for free through the Kanopy app.

Tubi TV 

(Also available for viewing at tubitv.com) 

Nosferatu (1922)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Gunga Din (1938)

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Cottage to Let (1941)

Pride of the Yankees (1942)

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Notorious (1946)

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Strangers on a Train (1950)

The Third Man (1950)

The Thing (1951)

Room for One More (1952)

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Them! (1954)

Autumn Leaves (1956)

The Bad Seed (1956)

Curse of the Demon (1957)

Around the World in 80 Days (1958)

Auntie Mame (1958)

South Pacific (1958)

Some Like it Hot (1959)

The Mummy (1959)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)

To Kill a Mockingbird (1961)

The Music Man (1962)

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

The Haunting (1963)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

TV Series

The Addams Family (on Roku and Pluto)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (on Roku and Peacock)

Doctor Who - Classics

Gilligan's Island

The Munsters

Thriller

Twilight Zone

Tom and Jerry Collection (also available on the MeTV Toons channel)

Streaming Picks for March

This month's lineup of films available for streaming features some entertaining British pictures including the comedy Genevieve (1953) about a man and his wife who take part in the Brighton run with their antique 1904 Darracq and the excellent adventure flick Flame Over India (released stateside as Northwest Frontier) starring Kenneth More and Lauren Bacall. Also, be sure to check out some of the Powell and Pressburger productions which are now available on FreeVee including our personal favorite I Know Where I'm Going which is set in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland and features the dashing Roger Livesay alongside Wendy Hiller.

Tubi TV

The Adventures of Tartu (1943)

Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

The Third Man (1949)

Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)

Genevieve (1953)

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Flame Over India (1959)

The Apartment (1960)

The Children's Hour (1961)

Tomorrow at Ten (1964)

The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

Also, most of their lineup from January is still available and can be seen listed here: 

https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2024/01/tubi-picks-for-january.html

Roku 

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956)

The 39 Steps (1959)

Mr. Lucky TV Series

Death on the Nile (1978)

FreeVee

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

I Know Where I'm Going (1945) 

Great Expectations (1946) 

Black Narcissus (1947)

The Red Shoes (1948)

The Great Escape (1963)

Hawaii Five-O TV series

My Favorite Martian TV series

Columbo TV series

Somewhere in Time (1978)

"I Know Where I'm Going" (1945)

Tubi Picks for January

This month, the Tubi streaming app has posted a number of really good films. There is a focus on musicals and comedies of the 1940s as well as a great selection of Bette Davis classics including Jezebel and Mr. Skeffington. 

We've perused their offerings and picked out some of the best films they are currently airing here in January. Just search the title on the Tubi app to watch them for free, or go to tubitv.com to watch any of these films online. 

Arrowsmith (1931)

42nd Street (1933)

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Libeled Lady (1936)

A Day at the Races (1937)

Fire Over England (1937)

Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)

The Women (1939)

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Suspicion (1941)

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Now, Voyager (1942)

Woman of the Year (1942)

Forever and a Day (1943)

Millions Like Us (1943)

We Dive at Dawn (1943)

A Canterbury Tale (1944)

Anchors Aweigh (1945)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

On the Town (1949)

The Third Man (1949)

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

The Killing (1956)

Gigi (1958)

North by Northwest (1959)

The Music Man (1962)

Viva Las Vegas (1964)

Bullitt (1968)

Ice Station Zebra (1968)

TV SERIES

The Flintstones (1960)

Supercar (1961)

The Real McCoys (1963)

Jonny Quest (1964)

Stingray (1964)

Classic Doctor Who (all seasons)

Hart to Hart (1979)

Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)