15 Websites to Watch Movies, PPV Events, and TV For Free
Posted on February 8, 2010 at 5:17 am
Whether you’re trying to watch theater movies without going to the theater, catch the latest PPV boxing match for free, or check out an episode of your favorite TV show you may have missed, most likely, there is a website that has what you’re looking for. Here are 20 of the web’s best video sites.
YouTube – Movies, TV Shows
YouTube is the obvious favorite for user created videos on the web. However, YouTube is also accumulating a pretty decent variety of Movies and TV shows. Don’t expect to find any new releases on YouTube. But for classics, it can’t be beat. Best of all, most YouTube videos are clear, crisp, and have good volume.
Hulu – Movies, TV Shows
Hulu is run by aliens. Enough said.
Watch-Movies-Online.TV – Movies
A basic Google search for “watch movies” will return this gold mine of a website within the first couple listings. Watch Movies Online TV has gone through about 5 domain name changes over the past couple of years, for unknown reasons. No problems, the site is more of a social network than a video hosting site, as it containing links to movies.
Flixster – Movies, TV Shows
Flixster is mainly a movie/TV show review website and social network. However, they are constantly adding more movies and TV shows. Viewing experience is similar to that of Hulu.
Justin.TV – PPV Events
Justin.TV is a popular video streaming website and social network. If there is heavily anticipated PPV on, chances are, someone on Justin.TV will be streaming it.
UStream – PPV Events
UStream is just about the same thing as Justin.TV, with a different layout and interface. If you can’t find a PPV Event on Justin.TV, try UStream.
Quick Silver Screen – Movies, TV Shows
Quick Silver Screen is a website that organizes movies and TV shows from Megavideo, and organizes them into a YouTube like layout. Quick Silver Screen is much easier to navigate, and you can watch movies directly within Quick Silver Screen, without having to switch to Megavideo.
Joost – TV Shows
Joost has a good selection of television shows, short films, and music videos. If you have Facebook account, you can use that to login to Joost.
OV Guide – Movies, TV Shows
OV Guide is more like a video directory than a place to watch shows. It works by pulling videos from several popular sources and organizing them into one searchable database.
FanCast – Movies, TV Shows
The best way to describe FanCast is: a Hulu alternative. Some viewers may enjoy the interface of FanCast more, as it has a more spread out navigation. If you can’t find something on Hulu, FanCast probably has it.
Free Tube – Internet TV
Free Tube has several channels that you may recognize, and many you may not. Channels are broadcasted from around the world to Free Tube, allowing you to watch many different types of shows.
Luutit – Movies, TV Shows
Luutit is like the IMDB with links to actual movies and TV shows. Of course, not all listings have links, but many of them do. You can also submit your own links if you want.
Channel Chooser – TV Shows
Channel Chooser is pretty much like watching cable TV on the internet. Most channels are actual streams of television shows, some are internet exclusives.
Ninja Video – Movies, TV Shows
Ninja video has a lot of the more popular movies and TV shows. The site is very simple to navigate as you just click movies or TV shows, and all movies or TV shows appear in a long list along the left hand side.
Beeline TV – TV Shows
Beeline TV is an international TV show website that broadcasts channels from all over the world. Shows are sorted by country and viewable within Windows Media Player.
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It’s my current favorite.
Great post, my faves are ustream and freetube. between the two I can always find UFC fight night sometimes in HD quality.
Thanks for the fantastic list of websites, I shall be using these in the near future! Spot on with the top 15 websites also!
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GREAT LIST! I will be checking out these sites soon! We have no TV at home and I can’t stand it!
Please consider adding TopOfTV to the list: topoftv.com a site being built out of frustration with forced surveys and 1000s of ads.
Hope you can get something out of it and help it grow.