Where to Watch The Others in Australia

Right now you can watch The Others in Australia on Stan, and in the US on Philo and AMC Plus Apple TV Channel — and it holds up to as much attention as you give it. It knows exactly what kind of film it is from the opening scene, and never loses that thread. An 8/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Nicole Kidman sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Put it on tonight on Stan and see for yourself.

The Others is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The Others trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions. Nicole Kidman and Alakina Mann lead a cast that treats the material with real seriousness. It was released in 2001. The Others resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in The Others. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single evening. Nicole Kidman carries the material with a performance that rewards close attention. Worth starting sooner rather than later.