Warner Bros. Discovery has recently been in the spotlight for high-profile successes and failures, as well as the nefarious trick of canceling finished movies to receive tax benefits. But something strange and unexpected just happened: the Warner Bros. Entertainment channel on YouTube is offering full movies for free. The total number amounts to 31 (for now), and beyond regional restrictions or lack of subtitles, it's definitely worth exploring this content.
(Note from the editor: Apparently, Warner decided to "be Warner" and activated geographic restrictions on the playlist. At the time of writing this article it worked fine, but now I've checked that I can't access the content anymore. I hope they change their mind... but I think we'll discover the squaring of the circle first...)
Finding free movies on the internet isn't that hard. FAST services (Free ad-supported streaming television, like Pluto TV) keep expanding their catalogs, and YouTube is not far behind, but it's unusual for a distributor to decide to share content without restrictions on its own. That brings us to the Warner Bros. Entertainment channel, which recently has put together a playlist with 31 movies at no charge (and more are expected).
More than 30 free movies on the Warner Bros. channel
What can we watch exactly? The list seems to have some geographic restrictions, as I can only access 27 out of 31 movies, but we have The Wind and the Lion with Sean Connery, Mr. Nice Guy with Jackie Chan, Liam Neeson also appears in Michael Collins, Dungeons & Dragons (the 2000 one that the world did well to forget), The Mission with Robert De Niro and an impressive cast, and City Heat, a bad one from the 80s with Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds.
Then we find projects like Flight of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead Part II, Critters 4, and American Ninja V. In other words, there's something for everyone... and maybe Warner has come to the conclusion that it's not worth negotiating rights and licenses on different platforms. Personally, I'd rather they be available on YouTube than have their cans gather dust in a warehouse.
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