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
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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.
www.mylifetime.com
16. Veoh
There are millions of free videos, and hundreds of free movies, at Veoh that you can
watch at absolutely no cost.
Some of the genres you can find here are crime and mystery, drama, family, horror,
romance, and sci-fi/fantasy.
It's really easy to sort through all the videos at Veoh to find recently added videos, ones
in a particular language, and movies that are longer/shorter than so many minutes.
www.veoh.com
17. Public Domain Torrents
Public Domain Torrents is the place to go if you want to watch classic movies and Bmovies for free online. All the movies here are public domain so they are completely
legal to watch.
These aren't just free movies online either, you can also download the movies for free in
a variety of formats.
www.publicdomaintorrents.com