Best Apps For Free Movies

In recent years, the popularity of online streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu has skyrocketed. Now, you don’t have to wait for your favorite show to come out on DVD or spend hours searching for a free movie site that actually works. For a small fee every month, you can access an unlimited library of movies and television shows. However, there are still many people who refuse to sign up for one of these services because they prefer to download their entertainment for free.

If you’re one of the millions of people who refuse to pay for Netflix or Hulu, you’re in luck: there are plenty of apps out there that will allow you to watch your favorite movies and TV shows without shelling out any money.

Best Apps For Free Movies

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Crackle
Crackle free movie app for Android
What We Like
Lots of movies.

All films have captions.

Works on lots of devices.

You don’t have to log in.

What We Don’t Like
Too simple of a search tool.

Can’t sort by popularity.

Few unique categories to pick from.

Crackle supports just about every device imaginable, 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.

One thing you won’t find in lots of movie apps is the option to sort and filter the results. Although we think there could be more done here to make it even better, it’s nice that Crackle lets you filter by genre and sort by title and the date that the movies were added to the app.

The Crackle mobile app works with several devices, including iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and Apple TV.

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Tubi
Tubi free movie app for Android
What We Like
Movies are in their own list, separate from shows.

High quality films.

Includes a kids category.

What We Don’t Like
Can’t sort the genre lists.

This app looks almost identical to the Tubi desktop website, but it’s optimized so well for mobile that it’s super easy to use. All the same genres and the search tool are available through the app, and every movie cover is large enough to see without having to tap on them. There are over 35,000 movies and shows to pick from here.

Choosing a movie will take you to its description page where it shows the release date, duration, genre, and similar titles you might like. “Like” or “dislike” a movie to teach the app what it should recommend to you in the future.

You can download Tubi for your phone, tablet, streaming devices, and smart TVs.

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Vudu
Vudu free movie app for Android
What We Like
Has lots of high quality movies.

Finding free movies among the others is really easy.

Adds new movies often.

What We Don’t Like
Free movies are often removed.

Must log in to watch the films.

This one is well known for movies you can buy, but if you’re fine with the occasional ad, you can watch thousands of movies for free, too.

Viewing only the free movies at Vudu is easy; just open the Free page from the menu or browse for films that have the FREE WITH ADS label. From there, you can look through all the films by the ones that are new this week, are the most popular or are in specific genres.

Something else you can do is see all of Vudu’s free movies on their website and then search for a specific film on the app to watch it from your mobile device.

Other helpful ways you can browse are through sections like All-Time Movie Favorites, Most Watched Movies, Blazing Sci-Fi, Hidden Gems, and Big Time Movie Stars.

You can install the Vudu app on Android, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It also works on Chromecast, Roku, and Apple TV.

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Redbox
Redbox’s free movie app for Android
What We Like
High-quality movies.

Helpful organization.

No need to sign in.

What We Don’t Like
Can’t search through the free movies only.

Relatively few genres to choose from.

You can watch free on-demand movies available from Redbox through their mobile app. Just pick WATCH FREE from the menu to find all the ad-supported movies you can stream online.

One way this is one of the better free movie apps is how the movies are organized. It’s easy to see which ones are leaving the free section soon, which movies just recently got added to the collection, and the popular free movies. They’re also organized by genre.

The app runs on Android, iPhone, and iPad. You can also stream these free movies on your Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast.

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Android

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Yidio
Yidio free movie app for Android
What We Like
Helps find free movies all over the web.

Lots of filtering options to find your next favorite movie or TV show.

What We Don’t Like
Most movies require you to open a different app to watch them.

Not everything you see is free.

Supports few devices.

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, IMDb rating, and genre, and even hide the ones you’ve already seen. Filtering by app is another option so that you can find movies available in the apps you already have installed.

On that note, since most of the movies here aren’t actually hosted on Yidio’s website, you’ll be told to install other apps like Crackle or Vudu.

The following mobile platforms can install this app: iOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle.

Apps to watch movies for free

Crackle
Price: Free

Crackle screenshot 2020
Sony’s Crackle is one of the most popular free movie apps on mobile. It boasts a bunch of hit titles, various TV shows, and a bunch of genres to choose from. It even has Nielson tracking software so you can be a part of the stats when it comes to popularity. The streaming quality itself definitely needs a lot of work. However, we expect it to improve over time. It’s popular, but it’s also not the best implementation of free video streaming on this list.

Crunchyroll, VRV, Funimation
Price: Free / $5.99+ per month

Crunchyroll screenshot 2021
Crunchyroll and Funimation are two of the most popular anime streaming services. VRV offers a wide range of content from anime to independent content, and even some old Nickelodeon shows. They are riddled with ads like most free movie apps and you don’t always get the latest content at the same time as paying subscribers. However, they do provide free anime content along with some other types of content. Crunchyroll mostly deals in subtitled anime shows while Funimation generally deals mostly in anime with English dubs. VRV has both anime subs and dubs along with some extra, indie content as well. You can go with the one you like most.

Hoopla Digital
Price: Free

Hoopla – best movie apps for android
Hoopla Digital is an all-in-one free content medium. It uses local library access along with your library card to show you a bunch of stuff for free. That includes movies, TV shows, ebooks, music, and even comic books. The app also comes with Android TV and Chromecast support. Your local library has to be a part of the Hoopla network in order for it to work with your library card. However, aside from that, it works pretty well.

Hotstar
Price: Free / Varies

Hotstar screenshot 2022
Hotstar is one of the most popular free movie apps in India and similar places. It offers movies, TV shows, and live sports, although you may not get access to everything through the free membership. The streams seem to work okay and there are advertisements as you would expect. However, aside from the limited availability, it’s a serviceable free streaming platform. A lot of this app’s complaints stem from the World Cup and how Hotstar didn’t work well with the Jio TV app.

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Kodi
Price: Free

a screenshot of kodi, one of the best free movie apps
Kodi is a media player app for Android. It supports local video and audio playback and comes with a full UI to control everything. One of its other neat tricks includes the ability to run plugins and many of those plugins can deliver free content. We don’t condone piracy, so many of those plugins aren’t going to do it for this list. However, some, such as USTVNow, let you watch TV channels (and movies airing on them) for free.

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Plex
Price: Free / $4.99 per month

Plex screenshot 2021
Plex wasn’t an option for this list a year ago, but things change. The company launched an on-demand video service with well over 1,000 titles to choose from. These include Hollywood blockbusters, independent films, and more. There is some television, but not much honestly. Still, the selection is above average for its segment. You simply create an account and start watching movies. There is advertising like most of the services on this list, but it’s honestly not a big deal considering you pay nothing for this content. The company plans to do even more free and premium content like this so keep an eye out for more. Plus, Plex is arguably the best option if you have media on your computer and you want to stream it to your TV.

Pluto TV
Price: Free

Pluto TV is another popular option for free movie apps. It offers 100s of TV channels and 1,000s of movies and TV shows on-demand. It works like most of the others. You watch ads and get video content in exchange. This one also comes with 17 curated movie stations for things like horror, romance, comedy, and others. The ads aren’t as annoying as most and the app actually works pretty well. This is one of the better options in our top ten list.

Popcornflix
Price: Free

Popcornflix screenshot 2022
Popcornflix is a free streaming app specifically for movie content. The app boasts a modest 700 movies with new films added frequently. There are also a bunch of genres, some international films, and more. The app works like you would expect so there aren’t any surprises there. The streaming quality is only just okay, though, and many complaints are about buffering issues. However, when it works, it’s not half bad.

Tubi
Price: Free

Tubi – best free movie apps
Tubi is an up-and-coming app for free movies and TV shows. It boasts the usual 100% legal streaming with advertisements, although many don’t seem to mind the ads with this one. You also get a variety of genres from a variety of places around the world. You can even find stuff like anime if you want to watch it. It feels like a generally good all-in-one style streaming service, but that ultimately means it doesn’t reach into niches as well as some others. Still, this one is excellent and one of the first we’d recommend.

Yidio
Price: Free / Varies

Yidio isn’t an app that streams video content. However, it’s an excellent way to search for streamed content. This app lets you search Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Showtime, and over 300 other services to find the movies you want to see. You can then see if any services show them for free legally. The ads and suggested content are a bit much, but you get used to them over time. This is a good way to search for content, even if you can’t watch any of it here.

Roku
Price: Free

Roku screenshot 2021
There are a variety of set-top boxes, smart TVs, and other platforms that don’t exist on Google Play. Sometimes, those platforms have apps with free content as well. One such example is the Roku Channel on Roku devices. It offers up free movies and TV shows along with its usual content. It may be worth exploring your smart TV or set-top box to see if anything there offers free video content for you to watch.

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