In this inspired, genre-twisting new film, Oscar®-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets kept by a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions. As each relates their version of the family mythology, p... (Full plot summary below)
FREE with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | UK only | 1 Month Free Trial | 19 May 2025 | 4695 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 83% |  Report: Broken Link |   |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 15 Nov 2017 | 5352 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 71% | Report: Broken Link | |
| IRELAND only | 1 Month Free Trial | 27 Sep 2025 | 4275 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 91% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 02 Oct 2017 | 324 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 97% | Report: Broken Link | |
![Its HD [Stories We Tell]](/images/logos/icons/itshd.png){kind=icon} | WORLDWIDE | ? | 24 Feb 2020 | 3181 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 95% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 13 Apr 2021 | 185 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 60% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | Free Credit | 26 Jul 2019 | 124 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 44% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 16 Jun 2018 | 167 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 11% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 18 Jun 2024 | 15 | SD / TV | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 20% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 25 Nov 2017 | 113 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 8% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 12 Jan 2018 | 36 | SD / TV | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 6% | Report: Broken Link | |
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 20 Oct 2021 | 339 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Post | 84% |  Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | N/A | 20 Oct 2021 | 68 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Post | 20% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 20 Oct 2021 | 140 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Mail | 5% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 20 Oct 2021 | 7776 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Mail | 84% | Report: Broken Link | |
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 07 Feb 2025 | 302 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Post | 61% | Report: Broken Link | |
| UK only | N/A | 07 Feb 2025 | 110 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Post | 51% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 20 Oct 2021 | 589 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Mail | 5% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 07 Feb 2025 | 5378 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Mail | 78% | Report: Broken Link | |
In this inspired, genre-twisting new film, Oscar®-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets kept by a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions. As each relates their version of the family mythology, present-day recollections shift into nostalgia-tinged glimpses of their mother, who departed too soon, leaving a trail of unanswered questions. Polley unravels the paradoxes to reveal the essence of family: always complicated, warmly messy and fiercely loving. Stories We Tell explores the elusive nature of truth and memory, but at its core is a deeply personal film about how our narratives shape and define us as individuals and families, all interconnecting to paint a profound, funny and poignant picture of the larger human story.
Leave your thoughts about Stories We Tell.
| QuickflixSimon MiraudoThis is simply a gorgeously realised and warmly compiled family album, which lingers with us not because its subjects are so unusual and alien, but because they feel so close to home. What a success. |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayWith its ingenious structure, seamless visual conceits and mordant humor, Stories We Tell is a masterful film on technical and aesthetic values alone. But because of the wisdom and compassion of its maker, it rises to another level entirely. |
| Scene-Stealers.comAbby OlceseThe film is, ultimately, a touching portrait of family, memory and shared history that keeps its audience hooked from the first moment, and doesn't let up until the final frame. |
| Sacramento News & ReviewJonathan KieferIt's the best and most generous creative thing Polley's ever done, not least because she's the only person in the world who could have done it. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonWhat I can say is that the movie is dramatically compelling, journalistically fascinating, cinematically profound, and intellectually challenging. |
| ScotsmanSiobhan SynnotHonestly, it's one of the best things you'll see this year. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesSheila O'MalleyA powerful and thoughtful film, it is also not what it at first seems, which is part of the point Polley appears to be interested in making. Can the truth ever actually be known about anything? |
| Canada.comKatherine MonkSarah Polley doesn't just understand this slippery sense of personal truth, she opens a throbbing vein of her own history in the stunning new documentary Stories We Tell. |
| National PostChris KnightOne of the many amazing things about this personal documentary by Toronto actor and filmmaker Sarah Polley is how horribly wrong it could have gone -- but didn't. |
| TV GuidePerry SeibertWith Away From Her and Take This Waltz, actress Sarah Polley became one of the freshest directorial voices of her generation. Stories We Tell doesn't just solidify this assertion, it makes you reappraise how personal those first two films are for her. |
