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But watch movies free of them, as well as many complete TV series seasons, are available at no charge. JustWatch gives you easy access to the best movies to watch online and you can filter through that list to find exactly what you’re looking for. Another great platform from which to watch movies for free in the UK is ITVX, which offers the choice of a free ad-supported subscription or a premium subscription without ads for a fee. Watching movies on BBC iPlayer is also completely free if you have a TV licence. Remember how exciting it was when libraries started offering movies and audio books for rent? Remember what a pain in the ass it was to go down to the library, only to discover their already meager selection was considerably depleted by other borrowers?

Let the streaming begin

If you want to watch on your own schedule, there is an On Demand section. And it does have some good flicks including Stargate, Coach Carter, a whole bunch of James Bond movies, and more. As the name suggests, Free Movies Cinema features legal free movie streaming. Unlike many sites, the selection touts not only general categories like action and comedy, but also short films and features. Hoopla has one barrier to entry, but is still an easy way to legally watch movies online for free.

Internet Archive

Because these films have lapsed in ownership and fallen into common property, many sites host such video treasures. The catalogs of free content on these platforms can be extensive. Tubi offers thousands of free movies and TV shows, all of it available for free, no subscription or credit card required.

The service is offered in 21 countries but has shut down its Canadian, Latin American, and Australian offerings. Everyone knows YouTube is the biggest video-hosting service online, and you probably already use the site for silly cat videos and footage of people getting hit with exercise balls. But YouTube has a sizable collection of feature-length movies on its Free to Watch tier as well. Granted, the majority of these are B-movie novelties, but there are a few quality flicks hiding in there. Here’s everything you need to know on how to download movies to watch offline, for free and legally.

Here, you’ll find everything from silent films and Hitchcock-helmed projects to Westerns and film noir. The site even houses some early shorts by legends like Quentin Tarantino and Stanley Kubrick. Open Culture may be difficult to navigate, but with more than 1,000 free movies available, it’s definitely worth the slog. The aptly titled Top Documentary Films is hands down the best site for documentaries. Not every selection is movie-length, but a good documentary doesn’t have to be long — some of the best are under the 60-minute mark. The content isn’t hosted by the site, but rather curated and embedded from other sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Daily Motion, etc.