For a long time, if you wanted to watch a movie on TV at home for free, you just had to watch it with a few commercials.
Well, if you don’t feel like shelling out money for Netflix or HBO Max, you’re in luck: movies with ads still exist, they’re only released on ad-supported streamers.
Platforms like Tubi, Pluto TV, and even YouTube offer thousands of quality free movies in their libraries. This December, Watch With Us highlights some of the best.
Whether you want a big budget comedy like barbie or a prestige superhero film like Batman Beginsyou can watch everything for free at your fingertips.
Barbie (Margot Robbie) lives in the perfect dream world of Barbieland, where the Barbies hold positions of power while all the Kens have to do is spend their days at the beach. However, when Barbie begins to experience an unusual existential crisis, she learns that she must travel to the real world to see what is going on with the girl playing with her. Accompanied by a Ken (Ryan Gosling), Barbie searches for her owner while Ken has unsavory ideas about a new concept called “the patriarchy.”
THE barbie The phenomenon has certainly been helped a little by the craze for the 2023 double feature “Barbenheimer,” but make no mistake: barbie is a fantastic and ingenious comedy with or without the help of Christopher Nolan. Robbie and Gosling are the strong points of the film (Gosling in particular able to show off his comedic skills), but the entire cast does wonders: Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Simu Liu And Michael Cera all give hilarious performances.
Thirty-five years after the events of Ridley Scott Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049 stars Ryan Gosling who now stars in this sequel as LAPD Officer K, who hunts down and kills rogue replicant models – all while being a replicant himself. When K discovers a box containing shocking information following a mission, it threatens to destabilize the relationship between humans and replicants. The discovery of K is linked to the disappearance of Blade Runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), which he goes looking for.
While Blade Runner 2049 was not very successful at the box office, but it received critical acclaim and received numerous Academy Award nominations, winning two: Best Cinematography for Roger Deakins and best special visual effects. Finally, the director Denis Villeneuve (Dune) developed Blade Runner in a thoughtful and exciting way, and the film also manages to be an impressive visual feat distinct from the original.
The last payment in Daniel CraigThe iteration of James Bond sees 007 finally living a peaceful life in Jamaica, having since left active service with MI6. But, of course, this respite is only momentary, and Bond is drawn back to his old job when an old friend from the CIA (Jeffrey Wright) shows up and needs his help. Bond must rescue a kidnapped scientist, but the mission becomes more difficult than expected and sends him on a dangerous path.
This epic conclusion to Craig’s chapter as Bond garnered a warm response from fans and critics alike, praising the film not only for its thrilling action sequences and stylish style, but also for its ability to move easily between comedy, drama, horror and romance. Ultimately, the thrilling and visually stunning film is a fitting tribute to Craig that ends up being much more moving than most people might expect.
This Batman origin story follows Bruce Wayne (Christian Balé), from the fear of bats to the grisly murders of his parents, including his stay in Bhutan to train with the League of Shadows. But when he discovers the League’s intention to destroy “corrupt” Gotham, he returns to the city with the intention of eradicating crime without killing. With the help of his butler (Michael Caine) and technical expert Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), Batman faces villains like Scarecrow (Cillian Murphy).
Christopher Nolan’s take on Batman is credited with revitalizing the character after Batman’s poor appearance. Batman and Robin from 1997. Nolan moved away from the camp Joel Schumacher and the gothic side of Tim Burton and turned Batman into a prestige drama film – and it paid off. Critics applauded Batman Begins to understand the heart of the character while taking him into exciting and intelligent new territory. At the end, Batman Begins gave birth to a legendary trilogy.
The big conclusion to the John Wick story (or is it?), John Wick: Chapter 4 follows the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Wick (Keanu Reeves) hides in New York with the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) as he recovers from being shot. Now seeking revenge on the High Table, who want him dead, the price of Wick’s head rises higher and higher. But Wick’s final battle now goes global, as he finds himself targeted by assassins from around the world in the service of a powerful enemy.
John Wick: Chapter 4 manages to be more grandiose, violent and excessive than the previous three John Wick films, and yet the film does not suffer from it. Instead, this fourth film in the action franchise proves that there can never be too much when it comes to watching Keanu Reeves kick people’s butts. With fantastic sets, fascinating fight choreography and genuinely solid performances, John Wick: Chapter 4 constitutes a high point of successful modern action cinema.
