There are many ways you watch some films. You can go to your local theatre, but those are closed due to the Pandemic. You can go online and buy a Netflix subscription, but you need a credit card for that. You can go out and rent from that one blockbuster location that still is open, but you might have to Oregon for that.
What if there were ways that you can watch some films absolutely for free. Well, there are some free online movie apps available on Google Play Store and iTunes. Want to do that? Well, I got you covered.
DISCLAIMER: This article does not support nor encourages piracy. It is just an effort to educate the people on how to procure free films.
The Public Domain Movies
The thing about copyright is that it expires after some 50 years. Hence nowadays, we have a lot of movies that are in the public domain. You can find so many films on there from the 50s and the 60s. There are feature films, comedies, horror, and Science fiction. If you are a real movie buff and want to see some great old classics, follow these steps.
Archive.org is a not for profit company that hosts many copyright-free and public domain content on their site. They host movies, books, images, patents, news footage, and so much much more. They even archive older versions of Android applications.
Just head on to Archieve.org and then head on to the films and Movies Section. At the time of writing, 26000 movies span over different genres. We also have great Charlie Chaplin classics on there. You can either stream the movies on there or download them on to your machines. As they are in the public domain, you also have the added benefit of using them in your YouTube video.
Now Archieve.org is the right place and has hundreds of thousands of hours of film on there, and you might be craving something new. Like something from this year. I will tell you how to do it.
Watching Indie Movies on YouTube
There are a lot of talented filmmakers on YouTube that release new films on their YouTube channels. They are mainly low budget productions. But they are worth watching. There are a lot of short films on YouTube from talented creators like Dara Man and Austin McConnell. These indie projects are done very creatively and can give you hours of lessons and knowledge if you start binging them. It would be best if you also supported these talented creators on their YouTube to make a lot more content for us.
Watching Big Budget Movies on YouTube
You might have heard the phrase,” You always get what you are looking for.” Well, you might even find the huge blockbuster movies from the last year or so on YouTube. You have to do some creative searching and look for them. Keep trying, and you will find what you are looking for. These movies can be tough to find as they are flagged instantly once they get uploaded to YouTube and removed. So please do not count on that link to stay forever, so there might not be any chance for you to save it for a later date.
Watching Free Movies Online
Now here is where we enter the grey area for finding content. There are a lot of sites that host movies. These sites are mainly a google search away and are full of ads and malware as well. You cannot go to these sites, willy nilly. You will have to jump through a lot of hoops to find the movie you want to watch. They might ask you to submit your email for login. If you’re going to do something like this, we recommend using 10-minutes mail for such sites.
Anyhow, these sites are illegal, and we do not recommend you ever visit them as some sites may even be home to malware and Ransomware.
Using Torrents to find your Movies
Torrent is also a massive no-no as piracy is illegal and unethical. However, we are going to tell you how people do it to educate you. There are a lot of sites that host movie torrent files. You have to download BitTorrent or Utorrent and install it. Then go and load on the torrent file you downloaded from the torrent site. The movie will download as per your internet speed.
However, this is very illegal and can make you liable to pay huge fines or even imprisonment.
These were the few ways you can watch movies online. Just try to stay away from the illegal sites as they are not suitable for you.