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The best places to watch free movies online

Wondering which sites offer options to watch free movies online? Keep reading, we’ll list our favorites below.

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With the internet age in full swing, traditional television is growing less popular while more convenient and cheaper online streaming is on the rise.

Streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime have pioneered a new market of accessible movies and shows at a much lower cost than a cable or satellite TV subscription.

Most of the big streaming services still have a cost, but plenty also offer their libraries for free.

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The Best Streaming Services

Subscribing to a ton of streaming services can get extremely expensive, so choose wisely.

With the many options, it’s hard to know what the best streaming services are. Here are some of the most popular ones available.

Wondering which sites offer options to watch free movies online? Keep reading; we’ll list our favorites below.

Short on time? Jump ahead

As you can see, there are many options to watch free movies online. Sure, some are better than others, but all have ups and downs.

Keep reading to learn the various perks and what to expect from each of these free streaming services.

YouTube

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If you frequent the internet, you probably use YouTube regularly or at least know what it is.

If you don’t, it’s a popular platform for all kinds of video streaming, primarily in content uploaded by users worldwide.

What you might not know about YouTube is that this website also has its own movie & TV catalog.

Curated and run by YouTube, this catalog features an impressive selection of movies, especially considering this isn’t even the platform’s primary service.

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How to Rent or Buy Movies on YouTube

If you can’t find something to watch on streaming services, you can always rent something from YouTube.

Looking for a convenient way to enjoy your favorite movies without leaving your couch? Check out our comprehensive guide on how to rent or buy movies on YouTube.

A lot of the content on YouTube Movies & TV is only viewable through buying or renting, but they also have an impressive and always-changing free selection.

You might assume these would all be old or low-quality movies, and some are, but many of them are pretty good!

You can expect about as many ads on these movies as you would from normal YouTube browsing, which is to say, more than zero but less than some of the competitors.

Vudu

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If you’re looking for a more dedicated movie streaming platform, Vudu is one free service specializing in this.

They have paid and free categories, but their free catalog is quite large. I would say that it’s about on par with YouTube’s service.

One common complaint with Vudu is that it has a lot of ads.

You’re probably not going to find a legitimate movie streaming service that’s free with no ads, and that’s because they have to pay for their own services somehow.

But Vudu can have as many as four ad breaks in a single episode of a TV show. With that said, if you don’t mind ads, it’s pretty good.

Crunchyroll

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This one is more of a specialty service that focuses on a specific category of content: anime. If you like anime, this is the one and only service for you.

Crunchyroll’s entire catalog is free with ads, and its category is extensive.

While it’s mostly made up of anime series, it also has plenty of anime movies and even a separate category for Eastern live-action dramas.

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One caveat is that new episodes of shows are off-limits to free users for a week after their official release.

It has ads too, but considering everything on their website is free, a few ad breaks are a fair price to pay.

If you love anime and foreign films, Crunchyroll is likely to have everything you could ever want. Give it a try!

IMDb TV

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You may have heard of IMDb, a popular online information database for movies and TV shows. You might not know that Amazon owns them, and Amazon is extremely in the streaming game.

One thing Amazon has done with the popular brand is using it to start up its own free streaming service.

IMDb TV is a free-to-use parallel to Amazon’s Prime Video service, but don’t let that fool you into thinking it won’t have any good content.

Of the sites on this list, IMDb TV has perhaps one of the strongest catalogs of content available.

Most of the available movies are very popular titles, and they claim to have only half the amount of ads of a traditional TV network.

IMDb TV is a great service to check out if you’re looking for a high-quality selection of titles.

You won’t find a lot of low-budget movies or extremely old releases cluttering their catalog up, unlike most others on this list.

Crackle

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Another completely free service, Crackle, has a large selection of movies with none of them behind a paywall. If an infinite supply of free movies is what you want, they’ve got it.

That’s about all they’ve got, though. Most of their featured titles are pretty unnoteworthy.

That’s not to say there are no good movies on the site, but you’re unlikely to see a lot of recognizable names or big-budget movies.

If you’re looking for specific, familiar titles, you may be disappointed with what you find here.

Still, their catalog is free to browse and use, so there’s no reason not to check it out!

Roku

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If you’re looking for more of a traditional TV-styled experience, Roku might be of interest to you.

This brand is known mostly for its streaming devices made to connect to TV sets, but its “channel,” as they call it, can be accessed online for free.

The content you can expect to see on Roku is similar to what you would find with a standard cable or satellite television setup.

There’s a mix of movies, shows, and live news broadcasts to really give it that TV channel feel. Accordingly, the quality of content varies between titles.

Since Roku tries to be like a TV network, a lot of what they offer is pretty recognizable. By no means do they specialize in movies, but there are plenty there nonetheless.

Pluto TV

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Very similar to Roku, Pluto TV chooses to copy the style of a traditional television network.

The movies and shows they have to choose from are par for the course with what you would expect to see on TV, and they have live-streamed content and a robust on-demand video section.

There’s not much to say about this one that hasn’t already been said about Roku.

Both are commonly included on TV-connected streaming devices, and both try to offer an experience similar to real TV channels.

The biggest difference between the two is that CBS/Paramount owns Pluto TV, meaning it’s pretty much an authentic TV channel.

If you like what’s on TV, you’ll probably like what’s on Pluto.

Popcornflix

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Last on the list is Popcornflix. What makes this website special?

Not a lot, honestly.

Their whole website is free to use, which can’t be said for many of the contenders on this list, but there’s nothing special about its selection of titles.

You won’t find a lot of popular movies here, and the ones you spot will probably be old.

It also has a lot of low-budget comedy, horror, and action movies, which can be a selling point for some people.

Since their selection of movies and shows is free and easy to access, you’re not losing anything by checking it out.

If you’re the type who likes cheesy movies or isn’t picky, give it a try.

Reelgood

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Get ready to say goodbye to endless scrolling and hello to endless streaming options with Reelgood, a free streaming service search engine.

With a massive selection of documentaries, movies, and TV shows at your fingertips, you’ll never be at a loss for something to watch.

How does it work? Type in the title you’re looking for, and Reelgood will tell you where you can stream it, watch it for free with ads, buy it, or rent it.

And when you’ve found what you’re looking for, click, and you’ll be directly linked to the service of your choice. No more endless scrolling or jumping between apps.


Discover the best free movie websites for unlimited streaming

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So, there you have it. The sites listed above are some of the best places to watch free movies online.

If you’re tired of forking money to Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, and a half-dozen other streaming services – save some money and check out the options above to watch movies for free.

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