Dangbei · 31 Jul 2020

10 Best Free Apps for Streaming Movies

Thousands of free online videos should be on your fingertips in this collection of popular video applications. You are set to see a free video of your choice in only a few minutes. Play them on your computer or laptop.

You will not only watch movies with these free video applications, but many also require TV shows to be watched right from your smartphone or tablet. It is an ideal way to catch up when you head through your daily series.

Comedy, adventure, thriller, theatre, history, fun, among several other forms of movies are included in the free movies which you will use for free movies. To everyone, there's always everything.

Crackle

Crackle supports just about every device conceivable, including all popular mobile devices, most smart TVs, streaming players, and gaming consoles, in addition to a regular web browser.

The interface is easy to work with and the videos stream smoothly. You don't have to log in to watch movies and TV shows, but the option is there if you need it.

 

The Crackle mobile app works with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android, BlackBerry, NOOK tablet, Kindle Fire tablet, Windows 10/8, Sprint TV-enabled devices, T-Mobile TV-enabled devices, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Sony/Samsung/LG/VIZIO/ ToshibaTV, and Sony/Samsung/LG/Toshiba Blu-ray players. 

Tubi

The Tubi app looks almost identical to the desktop website, but it's optimized so well for mobile that it's super easy to use.

The very top of the app has the same featured films that scroll across the top of the website, with all sorts of different genres mixed in.

All the same genres and the search tool are available through the Tubi app as they are on the website, and every movie cover is large enough to see without having to tap on them.

Choosing a movie will take you to its description page where it shows the release date, duration, rating, and genre.

You can download Tubi for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android, Roku, Chromecast, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Samsung TV, and Samsung Blu-ray players.

Vudu

The Tubi app looks almost identical to the desktop website, but it's optimized so well for mobile that it's super easy to use.

The very top of the app has the same featured films that scroll across the top of the website, with all sorts of different genres mixed in.

All the same genres and the search tool are available through the Tubi app as they are on the website, and every movie cover is large enough to see without having to tap on them.

Choosing a movie will take you to its description page where it shows the release date, duration, rating, and genre.

You can download Tubi for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android, Roku, Chromecast, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Samsung TV, and Samsung Blu-ray players.

Yidio

Yidio's free movie app works on only a few devices, but it's actually a pretty handy app that shows you exactly where you need to go to find free movies.

You can filter the movies in numerous ways, such as by premiere date, MPAA rating, and genre, and even hide the ones you've already seen.

Another option is to filter the movies by the app so that you can find free movies or ones that are available in an app you already have on your device.

On that note, since most of the movies on Yidio are not actually hosted on Yidio's website, you'll be told to install other apps like Crackle to watch the movies on.

The following platforms can install Yidio: iOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle.

Popcornflix

Popcornflix is another free movie app that lets you watch free movies away from your computer.

A few featured movies scroll across the main page, and you can browse through movies by genre. There's also an area of the app just for new arrivals, the most popular movies at Popcornflix, and Popcornflix originals.

You can also add movies to a queue to gather them in one place, even without logging into an account.

Movie streaming through Popcornflix works on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android, Amazon Kindle, Blackberry, Roku, Apple TV, Xbox, and Samsung TV.

Pluto TV

Pluto TV is a versatile service that has apps on a variety of smart TV and smartphones. You can use it to watch live TV and movies for free as well as stream on-demand movies.

Pluto TV's movies are available in a number of genres like drama, action, and horror. You can also view the most recently added movies and popular movies on Pluto TV.

Since Pluto TV has live movies, too, you can start watching them on Channel 52 onward, though movies are found in other channels as well.

The Pluto TV mobile app lets you hide channels if you'd rather not watch movies from specific sources, as well as view the description of movies that are playing later but that isn't live right now.

Streaming Pluto TV videos work from Android, iPhone, iPad, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Vizio TVs, Windows, and macOS.

YouTube

YouTube doesn't have a great user interface for finding and sorting its free movies, but there is an entire playlist created by YouTube that's full of ad-supported, free, full-length movies.

You find free movies on YouTube through that link or via a search for free movies. There might be other free movies on YouTube, too, that aren't included in that playlist; those are usually categorized in channels like The Paramount Vault, Maverick Movies, or Timeless Classic Movies. Our list of the best free movies on YouTube is another way to find some.

There are lots of devices and apps YouTube supports, such as iOS and Android mobile devices and Android TV, Chromecast, Roku, TiVo, Chromecast, Microsoft consoles, Sony consoles, Nintendo consoles, and various smart TVs.

FilmRise

More free movies and shows can be streamed from the FilmRise app. They add new content every day in genres like horror, crime, action, drama, and documentaries. Some other useful categories include Feel-Good Movies, Acclaimed Movies, and Based on True Events.

Although you don't need a user account to stream movies from this app, you can still add titles to your watchlist to keep track of what you want to stream later.

FilmRise movies and shows can be watched from Android and iOS mobile devices, as well as Amazon Fire TV, Xbox, and Roku.

Kanopy

Kanopy's free movies are only available if you have a library card at a supported library. Once you get logged in, you can stream tens of thousands of free movies directly from your phone, tablet, or any other supported device.

Movies can be browsed by genre to find adventure movies, films about animals, quick flicks, and more. Every film has a rating, a full synopsis, and cast details. There are also related videos below every movie to help you find other films you might like. 

The Kanopy movie app works with iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast, Android TV, FireTV, Fire Tablet, and Samsung smart TVs.

Internet Archive

Internet Archive's app doesn't appear to be structured with streaming films as its main purpose, but it's still very possible to watch its movies from an iOS or Android device

In the app, Internet Archive's movies are a bit hidden in the menus. Though once found, you can find genres and even sort the movies by popularity, date added, or hand-picked films by Internet Archive.

An app for Internet Archive is available for iPhone and iPad devices from one developer, and for Android devices from someone else.