What if I told you that you can legally watch free movies streaming on multiple platforms such as YouTube, Tubi, Pluto TV, and more? Yes, you read that right – there are so many free streaming options out there to pick from.
You’d be shocked at how many options exist out on the internet, all with minimal ad interruption. Here are a couple of dozen great dramas, action flicks, horror films, family-friendly adventures, and more. And best of all, you don’t have to spend a thing on any of these. No new streaming services, no forgotten subscriptions, no commitments!
Intense Dramas
Are you looking for a night of intense drama? Well, the following titles will give you that and more, without breaking the bank.
No Country For Old Men (2007)
The Director: The Coen brothers
The Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
Based On: No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
What It’s About: After stumbling upon a drug deal gone bad and a suitcase of cash, a Vietnam vet finds himself on the run from the cartels and a ruthless killer with one of the worst haircuts ever put on film.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: One of the most decorated Best Picture winners, and arguably the Coen brothers’ best movie, No Country for Old Men, is in a league of its own.
Thief (1981)
The Director: Michael Mann
The Cast: James Caan, Jim Belushi, Tuesday Weld
Based On: The Home Invaders by Frank Hohimer
What It’s About: Looking to put his life of crime behind him, a highly skilled jewel thief agrees to take on one last heist. However, getting out clean isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: Being able to watch Michael Mann’s directorial debut, Thief, for free just feels like a crime. This moody neo-noir crime flick set in Chicago is top-notch in every category: acting, writing, cinematography, etc.
Memento (2000)
The Director: Christopher Nolan
The Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Ann Moss, Joe Pantoliano
What It's About: Memento follows the story of a man who suffers from short-term memory loss and who is unable to form new memories, so he uses notes, photos and much more to constantly remind himself of who he is and what he is doing, all while trying to track down the person who murdered his wife.
Why It's One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: I mean, it’s Christopher Nolan. Any time he creates a story, he gives you a twist and more that will keep you on the edge of your seat, and this film is one of the best, with a captivating storyline that is unlike any other. Memento is a thrilling ride from beginning to end.
Blue Valentine (2010)
The Director: Derek Cianfrance
The Cast: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, John Doman
What It’s About: The entire relationship of a couple is explored in great detail. From the happy beginnings of their courtship all the way through the heartbreaking dissolution of their marriage years later, nothing is left unsaid.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: Blue Valentine certainly isn’t the cheeriest romance story, but Derek Cianfrance does an incredible job of peeling back the layers of trauma, guilt, and anger to paint a three-dimensional portrait of a couple, for better or worse.
The Godfather (1972)
The Director: Francis Ford Coppola
The Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall
What It’s About: Told over the course of multiple decades, The Godfather explores the rise of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), the reluctant head of his family’s crime empire.
Why It’s One of the Best Movies Streaming: Often considered one of the best movies of all time, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 epic is an undeniable masterpiece. Being able to watch this influential drama for free is, for lack of a better term, an offer you can’t refuse.
Over-The-Top Action Movies
Sometimes, nothing is better than watching an absurd and over-the-top action movie. Here are some of the best examples!
Under Siege (1992)
The Director: Andrew Davis
The Cast: Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey
What It’s About: When a group of terrorists takes over a heavily armed battleship, it’s up to a disgraced Navy SEAL working as the ship’s chef to save the day. Luckily for the sailors, that chef is Casey Ryback.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: Say what you will about Steven Seagal, Under Siege is one hell of a movie. With Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey playing villains, Seagal taking care of business, and a woman jumping out of a cake, there’s a lot!
Missing In Action (1984)
The Director: Joseph Zito
The Cast: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, Lenore Kasdorf
What It’s About: Not willing to settle for saving just himself, a former prisoner of war goes back into Vietnam to save the men who are still being held captive.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: Missing in Action may not be what most consider to be a great movie, but in terms of ‘80s action, it slaps! It has over-the-top action, it has explosions, and it has Chuck Norris doing what he does best.
Tango & Cash (1989)
The Director: Andrei Konchalovsky, with Albert Magnoli and Peter MacDonald
The Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Jack Palance
What It’s About: After being framed for a crime they didn’t commit, two rival LAPD detectives are forced to work together so they can clear their names and stop a ruthless drug lord from causing any additional damage.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: A buddy cop movie starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell in their prime. Say no more!
Hard Boiled (1992)
The Director: John Woo
The Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung, Teresa Mo
What It’s About: After his partner is gunned down in Hong Kong, Inspector "Tequila" Yuen Ho-yan (Chow Yun Fat) goes on a one-man mission to find and take out the gun smugglers with blood on their hands.
Why It’s One of the Best Movies Streaming: One of the most decorated collaborations between John Woo and Chow Yun Fat, Hard Boiled is a bullet-ridden, blood-soaked, and action-packed crime flick like no other.
Fun And Romantic Comedies
Are you ready to laugh so hard your sides are going to hurt?
Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961)
The Director: Blake Edwards
The Cast: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal
Based On: Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
What It’s About: A struggling writer and a naive New York socialite kick off an unlikely friendship after meeting in their shared apartment building.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: Based on Truman Capote’s novella of the same name, Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a charming, comedic, and stylish tale of love, companionship, and the insanity of modern life.
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
The Director: Chris Columbus
The Cast: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan
Based On: Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine
What It’s About: An out-of-work actor and recently divorced father of three goes to great lengths to spend more time with his kids, even if that means dressing up like an old British nanny.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: Sure, certain aspects haven’t aged all too well, but there’s no denying the comedic gold that is Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire. It’s just do dang funny!
Serendipity (2001)
The Director: Peter Chelsom
The Cast: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven
What It’s About: Ten years after having a chance encounter, two star-crossed lovers are forced to let fate decide what’s in store for them.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: There are a lot of great romantic comedies out there (many of which are streaming for free), but Serendipity is the only one where John Corbett plays a new age musician. On a serious note, John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale’s chemistry in this oft-forgotten rom-com is off the charts.
Coming To America (1988)
The Director: John Landis
The Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Shari Headley
What It's About: In search of a woman who will love him for who he is and not just his title, a foreign prince travels to America and runs into hilarious situations.
Why It's One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: Truthfully, I think everyone and their mother considers this one of Murphy’s best films overall, and for good reason. The comedy slaps every time and the jokes have never died. It continues to reign as one of the best ‘80s comedies and one I will always recommend, especially if it’s free.
Intense Horrors
Yup, already horrified by all of these:
Night Of The Comet (1984)
The Director: Thom Eberhardt
The Cast: Robert Beltran, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney
What It’s About: After a comet crashes into Earth and turns almost everyone into flesh-eating zombies, a group of survivors sets out to save the world and themselves before it’s too late.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: With a great mix of sci-fi, action, and comedy, Night of the Comet is a wild, fantastical, and cool-as-hell horror experience.
The Exorcist (1973)
The Director: William Friedkin
The Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb
Based On: The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
What It’s About: When a young girl starts acting in odd ways, her mother calls upon an exorcist to save the child and cast an evil spirit from their home.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: One of the best horror movies of all time, at least one of the scariest, The Exorcist still holds up after all these years. If anything, it’s more frightening and chilling than ever before.
28 Days Later (2002)
The Director: Danny Boyle
The Cast: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns
What It's About: A former bicycle courier suddenly wakes up from a coma only to find that the world has ended and everyone who is alive is trying to survive an infectious disease that turns people into aggressive-flesh craving monsters.
Why It's One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: If we’re talking about one of the best zombie movies of all time, this is one of those. I’m the kind of person who is pretty desensitized to a lot of zombie flicks at this point in my life, and this one got me feeling some type of way by the end of it. And with the release of the sequel, now is the time to check it out.
Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
The Director: George A. Romero
The Cast: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Marilyn Eastman
What It's About: A group of strangers are forced to take refuge together in order to survive the sudden onslaught of flesh-eating, reanimated corpses, while also struggling to survive each other.
Why It's One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: Romero basically defined the zombie genre as a whole, so this is the zombie movie to check out, but trust me, it’s really not that scary – at least in comparison to today’s zombies.
Fun For The Whole Family
Everyone could check out and have fun with these films:
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
The Director: Jon Watts
The Cast: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr.
What It’s About: After teaming up with Iron Man in Captain America: Civil War, a young Spider-Man is forced to take on an even greater fight: going to homecoming.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: Tom Holland’s first solo outing as Peter Parker is fun from start to finish. With some insane action sequences, so much heart, and one of the most intense MCU scenes of all time, it’s about time to revisit this comic book adventure.
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back!) (1980)
The Director: Bill Melendez
The Cast: Arrin Skellye, Daniel Anderson, Patricia Patts
What It’s About: As part of a foreign exchange program, Charlie Brown travels to Europe, where he and key members of the “Peanuts” gang find themselves on an adventure they won’t soon forget.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: If you’re looking for a great way to introduce your kids (or yourself) to Charlie Brown and don’t have an Apple TV subscription, this 1980 animated adventure will do the trick
Rango (2011)
The Director: Gore Verbinski
The Cast: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy
What It’s About: After his terrarium falls out of a moving car driving through the desert, a sheltered yet imaginative chameleon finds himself in the Old West town of Dirt. Gaining the trust of the townsfolk (through a series of lies), this fish, err, chameleon out of water is placed in a precarious situation.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: Rango is not only a tremendous (and star-studded) animated film that pushed the tech to its limit in 2011, but it’s also a great love letter to the best Westerns of all time. Comedy, action, drama, and fantasy are in no short supply here.
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
The Director: Frank Capra
The Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
What It's About: A working man wishes that he had never been born, and an angel who is trying to get his wings comes to Earth to help him see what life would have been like if he never was.
Why It's One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: I mean, the film is an absolute classic and the perfect Christmas movie for the whole family to watch. What’s not to love about it?
Thrilling, Twisty, And Exciting Sci-Fi And Fantasy
In the mood for some old-fashioned escapism? Look no further than these sci-fi and fantasty stories.
Highlander (1986)
The Director: Russell Mulcahy
The Cast: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Sean Connery
What It’s About: An immortal swordsman living in 1980s New York City is forced to face an ancient rival and settle a score centuries in the making.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: “There can be only one” remains one of the best movie catchphrases of all time, and Highlander continues to be a superb fantasy adventure. Great swordfights, engrossing characters, and the Fabulous Freebirds kicking all kinds of butt in the opening sequence make this an oldie but a goldie.
Interstellar (2014)
The Director: Christopher Nolan
The Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway
What It’s About: With humanity on the brink of extinction, a farmer and former pilot leads a mission through a mysterious wormhole to find a new place to call home.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: One of the greatest cinematic experiences of the 21st century, Interstellar is an enchanting sci-fi adventure, a poignant story about family, and a masterclass in directing from Christopher Nolan. Epic and emotional, this one still hits 11 years later.
Krull (1983)
The Director: Peter Yates
The Cast: Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones
What It’s About: A brave warrior, along with a ragtag group of warriors, bandits, shape-shifters, and a scene-stealing cyclops, sets out to save his bride from an evil entity hellbent on controlling the universe.
Why It’s One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: Krull doesn’t get talked about nearly enough, and that’s a shame. It has some wonderful effects for the early ‘80s, an engaging story, and early appearances by Liam Neeson and Robbie Coltrane.
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Director: Jim Henson, Frank Oz
The Cast: Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw
What It's About: Taking place in a fantasy world and featuring amazing puppets, The Dark Crystal follows two Gelflings as they travel across a magical world to overthrow a dark ruler by trying to restore a crystal.
Why It's One Of The Best Free Movies Streaming: While the film wasn’t huge at the box office, it is considered one of the best dark fantasies of all time, and one that I can highly recommend if you want to see some really cool puppetry.
With all these free movies, you’ll be busy for some time! And then after that, just think of all the other free movies you could check out. I think it’s time for a movie marathon.
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