17 Best Places to Watch Free Movies Online Content by Stacy Fisher
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17 Best Places to Watch Free Movies Online Content by Stacy Fisher, www.freebiesabout.com Watching free movies online is a convenient and frugal way to see the movies you love right from the comfort of your own home. All you'll need to watch these free online movies are a computer or TV with an Internet connection. There are plenty of places to watch free movies online but the places listed below have the largest amount of movies, are safe for your computer or TV, and are legal for you to use. Many of these websites also have free movie apps so you can access the free movies on your mobile device. These aren't movie clip or trailers, they are free full length movies that you can watch beginning to end with perhaps a few commercial interruptions. All genres of movies can be found as well from comedy to drama from horror to action. There are movies from big-name studios to older or independent movies that many of us love to watch over and over again. There are also free movies you can download that fall under public domain as well as free movies just for the kids and tons of free documentaries. If you don't find the free movie you're looking for, be sure to check out how you can get free DVD rentals including free movies from Redbox and free movie tickets to screenings in your area. If it's summer time and your kids love movies as much as you do then check out all the theaters where they can see free summer movies. You can also find out what are the best places to watch free TV online so you don't miss out on any of your favorite shows. Check out this guide to find out what you need in order to watch these free movies online. You can also see a comparisons of the top free movie websites to find out how they stack up against each other. 1. Crackle Crackle tops my list for the best place to watch free movies online because through their partnership with Sony Pictures they have almost 300 full-length free movies you can watch. These are big name movies with stars you know. These are high-quality movies that look spectacular on whatever size of monitor or screen you are watching them on. You will have to sit through a few commercials every once in awhile but they are short and there are only a few commercial breaks during a feature length movie. Pineapple Express, Real Genius, The Cable Guy, Unthinkable, Wind Chill,and Assassination Games are just a few of the free movies online at Crackle. www.crackle.com 2. Hulu Hulu is widely popular and there's a reason for it - it really is one of the best places out there to watch free movies online. You'll find hundreds of free movies online at Hulu through their partnership with Miramax and movies from the Criterion Collection. These are free full length movies that you can watch over and over again without paying a dime and worrying whether you're breaking the law. Besides being a great place to watch free movies online, Hulu also has thousands of full length TV episodes and an impressive list of documentaries. You can watch the movies at Hulu in SD for free but you'll need to subscribe to Hulu Plus to enjoy HD movies. There is a free 1-week trial available if you want to try that out. Some of the more popular free movies at Hulu include The Joneses, All Dogs Go To Heaven, High Road, and Freeway. www.hulu.com 3. Popcornflix Popcornflix is another great place to watch free movies online. Their constant flow of new movies from Screen Media Ventures means that they have lots of new movies being added all the time. Popcornflix has over 1,500 movies that include comedy, drama, horror, action, romance, family, documentaries, and foreign films. They also feature web and film school originals. No account is needed at Popcornflix, simply hit Play on your chosen movie and enjoy. Movies at Popcornflix include Craigslist Joe, Freshman Orientation, Fear of the Dark, A Happy Event, and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. www.popcornflix.com 4. Viewster Viewster has a fairly large collection of free movies online. In addition to movies, there are several TV shows you stream for free as well. These free movies are a mix of movies you have and haven't heard of, and you may have to watch some ads during the movie to be able to enjoy them for free. A few of the popular movies at Viewster include Skeleton Key 2, Room 33, Breathe, Slippery Slope, and Mr. Fix It. www.viewster.com 5. Yidio Yidio is a website with several categories showing you where you can watch movies. One such category is designed specifically for free online movies. It's super easy to sort the free movies at Yidio by rating, like R, PG-13, and G, as well as by genre. Some of the included genres are animation, classics, musical and performing arts, television, and western. Some free movies on Yidio are Empire of Assassins, Open Window, Two Tigers, Ramayana: The Epic, Forget Me Not, and Leap Year. www.yidio.com 6. YouTube YouTube isn't just the place to go to watch videos of skateboarding dogs or the latest movie trailers. They now have movies you can rent but more importantly, movies that you can watch for free. New and popular movies are easily accessible from the Movies section of YouTube. You can also browse through different genres and, of course, free movies that you can watch right now at no cost. Available movies include Popeye, The End of Poverty?, Red Mist, Shattered, and Unearthed. www.youtube.com 7. Watch Documentary Watch Documentary is just as it seems - you can watch documentary films online for free by choosing from nearly 10,000 videos. Documentaries are available in genres like biography, conspiracy, drugs, health, history, music, and science. Documentary series are also available, which are groups of documentaries about the same subject, such as Blue Planet, Ancient Aliens, Barbarians, Man vs. Wild, Life After People, and Planet Earth. You can easily see the newest or top viewed movies and subscribe via email to get updates when new documentaries are added. An Android app is available to access Watch Documentary from a mobile device. www.watchdocumentary.com 8. SnagFilms SnagFilms is one of my new favorite places to watch free movies online. It has a catalog of over 10,000 films that you can search by genre, newly added, most reviewed, and most popular. Though they change often, one of my favorite features of SnagFilms is the editor and user curated collections you'll find like "Actors You Know, Movies You Don't" and "Midnight Movie Madness A-Go-Go." You'll need to sign into SnagFilms by Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. This way you can connect with friends to see what free movies online they're watching. www.snagfilms.com 9. Top Documentary Films If you're a documentary fan then you'll want to check out Top Documentary Films where you can watch public domain streaming documentaries for free. The documentaries are organized in easy to browse categories like technology, society, science, politics, nature, mystery, history, conspiracy, environment, and more. www.topdocumentaryfilms.com . 10. MoviesFoundOnline.com MoviesFoundOnline.com takes public domain movies from all over the Internet and organizes them so you can find the movies you want to watch. Thee free online movies here are all listed on one page by genre along with the release year. You can also view the movies by most recently added, year, and top rated. www.moviesfoundonline.com 11. Free Movies Cinema Free Movies Cinema is a collection of independent and public domain movies in categories such as action, adventure, animation, comedy, documentary, drama, fantasy, horror, science fiction, thriller, war, and western. You can watch the free movies online here by using their viewer which allows you to play the movie, view related movies, and share the movie through social media and email. www.freemoviescinema.com 12. Classic Cinema Online Classic Cinema Online houses only a handful of free movies at a time but they also have a wonderful collection of silent films if you are interested in those. These are wonderful classic movies with stars like Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, John Wayne, Richard Burton, and Lucille Ball. www.classiccinemaonline.com 13. Retrovision Visit Retrovision for the free movies online and you'll find a ton of adventure, comedy, crime, drama, horror, science fiction, Western, war, and film noir movies that are all free. Besides having free movies, Retrovision also has some of your favorite classic TV shows. www.retrovision.tv 14. Internet Archive Movie Archive Just like Public Domain Torrents, Internet Archive Movie Archive is another place you can go to find free movies online that all fall under public domain so they are free to watch and download. Be sure to check out their blog to help you find the free online movies that are most popular and critically-acclaimed. https://archive.org/details/moviesandfilms 15. myLifetime You can find around 20 to 30 free movies at myLifetime. Some recent ones include To Be Fat Like Me, Painful Secrets, and Fighting for My Daughter. Every movie is displayed on one page, so it's really easy to find what you're looking for. myLifetime will often remove movies and add different ones to continually refresh the available content.