Time Warner just launched a Netflix for diehard movie fans - featuring the Criterion Collection

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For all the riches of Netflix's original content and TV shows, its movie catalog leaves a lot to be desired.

Netflix's selection of the top movies ever made, at least by IMDB ratings, has gone down in the last two years by a substantial amount. And Netflix ius simply not producing quality original films at the same rate it is TV shows (though it is reportedly dropping $90 million for a new Will Smith movie). If you're a diehard film fan, it probably feels like Netflix isn't really built for you anymore.

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This fact has prompted a bunch of streaming services to try and fill that gap for film nerds, the most recent of which is FilmStruck, which launched Tuesday. FilmStruck is Turner's standalone streaming service targeted at "film aficionados," and it certainly has some impressive titles.

The catalog features "an eclectic mix of contemporary and classic art house, indie, foreign, and cult films," and was built by the teams behind Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and the Criterion Collection. The focus is on critically acclaimed and "hard to find" films, according gto the company. A standard FilmStruck subscription will cost $6.99 per month, while getting access to 1,200 movies from the iconic Criterion Collection will make it $10.99.

FilmStruck includes award-winning classics like "Seven Samurai," "A Room With A View," and "Blood Simple."

"It's tailor-made for the diehard movie enthusiast who craves a deep, intimate experience with independent, foreign, and art house films," John Martin, chairman and CEO of Turner, said in a statement earlier this year.

Try FilmStruck out free for 14 days.

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