Free Movies Cinema

Stream free movies and TV shows online

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Stacy Fisher
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Stacy Fisher
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  • Emporia State University
Stacy is a professional technology educator with over 25 years' experience. She has published hundreds of articles, co-authored a book, and has appeared on national and local TV.
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Updated on June 3, 2021
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Kayla Dube
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Kayla Dube has 4+ years' experience in videography and filmmaking. She frequently works in production with indie film companies.
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Free Movies Cinema lets you watch free online movies categorized in popular genres. You'll find independent and/or public domain movies listed as thriller, adventure, horror, and other types.

In addition to free movies is a handful of free TV shows you can stream directly from the website.

Streaming Movies

Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, and Fantasy are just some of the 15+ different genres found at Free Movies Cinema. Some movies are sectioned off in a Short Film category, or you can browse by year, anywhere from the early 1900s to present day.

A few of the movies we've seen here include The Fast and the Furious (1955), The OceanMaker, Liquify, The Punisher (1989), Brush With Danger, Edmund the Magnificent, Rio Lobo (1970), Our Planet - High Seas, The Happiest Guy in the World, Tiger King - The Life Exotic. There are plenty of others, too, old and new.

If you're not sure what to watch, the playlists page is a good place to start, as is the 200+ titles called out on the Feature Movies page. The small handful of series are on a single page here.

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Video Quality

Movie quality ranges from a very low 144p to much better ones like 720p and 1080p. It depends, in part, on how old the movie is, which, unfortunately means you won't have much control over video quality.

Where Free Movies Cinema Gets Its Movies

Movies are verified by the original authors or production companies as being freely available for viewing. Many of these are actually hosted on YouTube.

Whether the movies are hosted on Free Movies Cinema or are just embedded from other websites, they're all freely available to stream.

Other Ways to Get Free Movies

A lot of FMC's collection is short films, and since it relies heavily on YouTube for hosting, some of the movies get removed without getting updated on the Free Movies Cinema site. It's also unclear how often new movies are added since there isn't a way to see recently added films and the site's social media pages are infrequently updated.

For some alternative sites, check out Crackle, Vudu, The Roku Channel, Tubi, and IMDb TV. Those services offer far more free movies, update the collection often, and usually have fairly high-quality streams.

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