If you’ve exhausted the choices of online moves with your Hulu or Netflix account, there are other options…free options. There are tons of sites out there that offer free movies, but most of them are illegal, and subsequently, they disappear after about a month thanks to FCC monitoring.
Here are some sites where you can watch movies online for free, legally. They’re trustworthy video-streaming services that have more movies than you could ever watch.
The most obvious one is YouTube. It’s the biggest video-hosting service online, and no doubt you’ve already used it. But YouTube has a sizable collection of feature-length movies on its free tier as well. Granted, the majority of these are B-list movies, but there are a few quality flicks in there. Finding free movies on YouTube, however, is getting more difficult lately, as more rights holders are opting to offer their films for rent via the service, and YouTube also has subscription tiers like YouTube Red and its live TV streaming service, YouTube Live. Still, you’ll find plenty to watch, especially if your standards aren’t too high regarding the quality of the stream.
Pluto TV is another one. Not only are there on-demand films, but the service is also a totally free live TV streaming service, hosting content curated from across the web. While the channels vary wildly, Pluto TV does currently features nine live movie channels. There are two general purpose movie channels, with the rest being focused on specific genres or categories like Classic, Horror, Action and more. Pluto TV’s on-demand movie library is relatively small and rotates frequently, but offers just as much variety as its live movie channels. It’s also available on a ton of devices in addition to your computer, like the Roku, Amazon Fore. Apple TV, and more.
Crackle, owned by Sony, features a great lineup of movies and TV shows from Sony Pictures Entertainment. In the collection of full-length movies, you’ll find a good number of blockbuster hits along with a generous offering of obscure B-movies. There’s a diverse library of free movies, but rather than keeping movies on the site indefinitely, Crackle cycles through them, posting titles online for a limited period.
Vimeo is super cool. Void of advertisements, this site is clean, very user friendly, and has a very active user community that’s widely considered more professional and constructive than YouTube’s. From this community emerges a lot of great original short and feature-length films. Vimeo also has an On-Demand section where users can purchase full-length movies and television shows. The majority of these are independently produced by Vimeo users, but some offerings are produced by major studios as well. Either way, Vimeo is a great place to find free, high-quality movies.
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