The best free movies online

Best free movies online - Burning cast
Burning is just one of the movies you can watch for free. (Image credit: Pinehouse Film)

Wondering where to find the best free movies online? You've come to the right place!

Keeping up with what feels like an endless array of streaming services is exhausting and expensive. Fortunately, the old sensation of aimlessly channel surfing and stopping on whatever is available has taken the form of free online collections and apps. 

So if you don't mind some ad breaks and you're looking to save some cash, these streaming sites are a great choice to get your movie fix without forking out for another subscription service.

Here are some of the very best currently available for the low price of absolutely nothing, and where you can find them...

Amazon Freevee

Amazon Freevee is a free, ad-supported video streaming service where viewers can choose from a range of offerings including Freevee Originals, without having to subscribe to the paid Prime Video membership.

There's plenty to enjoy on Freevee including the rebooted Australian soap Neighbours, as well as some great movies. Take a look at our picks below... 

Wrong Place

Bruce Willis in Wrong Place

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In this action movie, Frank (Bruce Willis), a former police chief of a small town, finds himself being hunted down by a meth kingpin seeking to silence him before he can deliver eyewitness testimony against his family, but ultimately finds himself up against more than he bargained for when he threatens to harm Frank's daughter (Ashley Greene).

Terminal

Margot Robbie on the phone in Terminal

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Terminal is a suspense movie which follows the twisting tales of two assassins carrying out a sinister mission. It stars Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg and Mike Myers and is a film noir style thriller which takes place in a train terminal at night. It's guaranteed to keep you gripped and guessing!

Tubi TV

Tubi TV is the biggest free streaming platform and has a whole host of movies for you to enjoy. There's no catch or free trials, all the films can be watched for free thanks to the commercials.

It's currently only available for audiences in the US and Canada and some other territories, but unfortunately, UK viewers can't tune in just yet. If that changes, we'll let you know!

Touching The Void

Touching the Void

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In this Kevin Macdonald documentary, we follow the horrifying true story of two friends  Joe Simpson and Simon Yates who attempt to summit Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. 

When a storm hits, Joe suffers a serious injury, and, assuming he's dead, Simon has to make the awful decision to cut the rope and save himself, and the film documents  Joe's ordeal and how he managed to survive.

Frank

Frank

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In Frank, Michael Fassbender plays the titular character who is a lead singer in a band and always wears a large, papier-mâché mask over his head. The film is slightly inspired by Frank Sidebottom, the comic persona of Chris Sievey who wore a very similar mask when performing.

When Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), a wannabe musician joins the band, Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal) takes an instant disliking of him, and the film follows how this group of misfits manage to band together, as well as exploring Frank's mysterious character.

Burning 

Burning

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This critically acclaimed film follows Lee Jong-su (Yoo Ah-in), who bumps into a girl named Shin Hae-mi (Jeon Jong-seo) who used to live in the same neighborhood, and she asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. 

When Hae-mi returns, she introduces a man named Ben (Steven Yeun), a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby. Is Hae-mi in danger?

Carol

Carol

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In the 1950s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) spots the beautiful, elegant Carol (Cate Blanchett) perusing the doll displays in a Manhattan department store. Following on from this chance encounter, the two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences, given the social norms of the time.

Carol has been widely praised by critics and the BBC even considers it to be one of the greatest films of the 21st Century, so that's high praise!

We Need to Talk About Kevin 

We Need to Talk About Kevin

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Based on the novel of the same name, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Eva Khatchadourian (Tilda Swinton) is a travel writer who gives up her bohemian lifestyle to have a child with her husband, Franklin (John C. Reilly). 

However, pregnancy does not agree with Eva, but what's worse and when she gives birth to a baby boy named Kevin, she can't seem to bond with him. Things go from bad to worse and when her sociopathic teenage son does something awful (Ezra Miller), Eva is forced to deal with the aftermath.

Crackle

Crackle is another free streaming service featuring lots of great movies from the likes of Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures and Screen Gems. 

The content changes each month as titles are added and taken down, so there's always variety and something new to look at. Currently, Crackle is available in 21 countries, but sadly the UK is not yet on the list.

Train to Busan

Train to Busan

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Train to Busan's premise is simple but oh-so effective. In it, a man (Gong Yoo), his estranged daughter and other passengers become trapped on a speeding train during a zombie outbreak in South Korea, and naturally, chaos ensues.

There's a lot of zombie movies out there but this one's been widely praised with some claiming it's one of the best, so you'll have to be the judge of that!

Hunt for the Wilderpeople 

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

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In Hunt for the Wilderpeople, a boy (Julian Dennison) and his foster father (Sam Neill) become the subjects of a manhunt after they get stranded in the New Zealand wilderness, but it's told in a very comedic way.

It was an early film for Taika Waititi who has since gone on to direct things like JoJo Rabbit and Thor: Love and Thunder so if you're looking to check out his other work this is a great place to start. 

Jiro Dreams of Sushi 

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

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This documentary follows 85-year-old  Japanese sushi chef Jiro Ono and his tiny 10-seat restaurant located in a Tokyo subway station, which attracts visitors from around the globe.

Jiro's sushi is coveted but he only accepts certain reservations, and shows us his revolutionary new methods in contemporary sushi preparation, such as massaging octopus for much longer than usual to enhance flavour and texture and boiling prawns before serving. It's definitely not one to watch on an empty stomach!

American Animals 

American Animals

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American Animals follows four young men, Spencer Reinhard (Barry Keoghan), Warren Lipka (Evan Peters) , Eric Borsuk (Jared Abrahamson) and Chas Allen (Blake Jenner), who decide to steal valuable books from the school's library in a planned heist.

The film is based on a true story, about a heist that took place at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 2004, and blurs elements of fiction and documentary, with the real-life versions of people depicted occasionally appearing alongside the actors.

Lucy Buglass
Senior Staff Writer

Lucy joined the WhatToWatch.com team in 2021, where she writes series guides for must-watch programmes, reviews and the latest TV news. Originally from Northumberland, she graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a degree in Film Studies and moved to London to begin a career writing about entertainment.

She is a Rotten Tomatoes approved film critic and has a huge passion for cinema. She especially loves horror, thriller and anything crime-related. Her favourite TV programmes include Inside No 9, American Horror Story, Stranger Things and Black Mirror but she is also partial to a quiz show or a bit of Say Yes to the Dress