Who doesn’t love movies? Watching movies is one of the best free-time activities you can do. While watching a movie, you are enjoying your free time and relaxing, but you are also educating yourself and enjoying art.
It’s super fun watching movies in movie theatres, but it’s even better in your the coziness of your home.
It would be best if you had some super-tasty popcorn, spicy nachos, and of course, a movie.
And when it comes to movies, you need to find a way to watch them at home. The times of renting DVDs are behind us, so now everyone watches movies online.
But before clicking on the first link that pops on your browser, you need to know what websites are suitable for watching movies online, and even more importantly, which of them are legal.
And if that’s something that you want to know, stick with our article a bit more.
And yes, everything that we’ve put on our list is free!
1. The Internet Archive
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Thankfully, with the help of The Internet Archive, you can download movies for free, but also music and books. It’s easy to use the site, and the movies are added every day. The best part of this website is that you can create a free virtual library with which you can access forums and even upload videos and bookmark content that you like. Fortunately, this site is available everywhere.
2. Watch TCM
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A unique feature of the Turner Classic Movies’, aka Watch TCM, has a vast collection of movies, and it let’s you watch an unlimited number of movies for free. There is a catch, and that’s the fact that you do need to have a cable or a satellite package installed. But considering that almost everyone does have one of the two, this is a great way to watch free movies. And also, read articles about the movies, the movie stars, also watch short movies and many more features. Watch TCM is available only in the USA.
3. Retrovision
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If you are looking for a good website where you can download movies and TV shows for free, this is it. They also have an Android app that’s called Classic UHF that will enable you to watch your favorite show on the go. The best part of this website is that it splits movies and shows into categories to find what you are looking for quickly. It’s available everywhere, and if you want to know when they post some new content, you can sign up for their newsletter.
4. Le CiNéMa Club
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This website is a real gem for every movie lover. It’s a greatly curated Indie movie website that will introduce you to some high-quality Indie movies. If you know someone who’s a filmmaker and is trying to break through, you can recommend them. Le CiNéMa Club is open to contributions from filmmakers all around the world. And if you are only an Indie movie enthusiast, you will be happy to hear that they stream one new movie every week, and it’s available everywhere.
5. Hotstar
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Our readers from India will love Hotstar because it’s a perfect source of great Indian movies. You can stream them to download them for offline streaming, and all for free. Some of the movies that you can find on this website are Raid, Kaabil, Bodyguard, Jolly LLB, and many more. But that’s not all; here you can also watch an Indian TV show, news and sports show all for free. This website is available and free in India, and in the USA, you need to pay for a subscription.
6. The Korean Film Archive
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Many great foreign movies are unfortunately unknown to the broader public. That’s where The Korean Film Archive comes in handy. This is not a separate website, it’s a YouTube channel, but it has more than 200 fantastic classic Korean movies. The movies are from the 1930s to newer ones, and every one of them has English subtitles. Because it’s YouTube, everyone can enjoy these movies.
7. Crackle
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Sony owns this website, and it is a great place to look for popular movies and TV shows. You are required to sing up and create a watchlist. Based on your preferences, you will be shown many recommendations, and you will be able to enjoy watching movies and show for free. There is a catch, and that’s the fact that there will be commercials during the shows. But considering that you get a chance to watch many movies and shows for free, that you can’t come across anywhere else, you can survive a few commercials. The site is available in the USA, but you still use it with the help of a proxy service. And it has an app for Android and iOS.
8. A24 Movies on Kanopy
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One of the best movie-streaming websites Kanopy, has partnered with the Oscar-winning movie studio A24. That being said, you can now watch many Oscar-winning and other quality movies online for free. And the most important thing is that you can be anywhere in this world while doing that.
9. MoviesFoundOnline
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For those interested in something more than just movies, here is this website. Besides great movies, it also features independent films, stand-up comedy videos, documentaries, and TV shows. The downside of this website is that it doesn’t upload any media on its own. That means that some of the features get deleted in case of copyright infringement.
10. Yidio
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Believe it or not, this website has more than a million movies and TV shows available for free. With a simple sing up, you can make your profile and add movies and shows to your watchlist. This way, you can curate a collection of your favorite movies or just a list for watching them later. It’s available everywhere in the world, so you don’t need to worry about that part.
Hope you’ve found some website that you didn’t know about before and that you will enjoy your movie nights even more from now on.
