YouTube is a surprisingly decent source for free movies. And no, I'm not talking about films illegally uploaded to YouTube. I'm talking about legitimately free movies on YouTube that you can watch now.

Since the start of 2025, Warner Bros. Entertainment has released 31 movies on YouTube, all available for free.

Most of these offerings aren’t available on the Warner Bros. streaming platform, Max. There’s no explanation as to why the entertainment giant has made these movies free to watch on YouTube, or why this perplexing set of films was selected, but it’s one less barrier to accessing some (admittedly obscure) content without a subscription or paywall.

Warner Bros. Entertainment has been uploading a number of movies from its catalogue to YouTube. While most of these aren't necessarily classics, there are plenty of interesting titles to check out.

Warner Bros. is jamming YouTube with free full-length flicks. Since January 1, the company has uploaded 33 features that are free to view, according to a report from Variety. The move is to bring in digital ad revenue according to the publication.

So it seems like dropping older and lower-demand movies on YouTube is effectively free money for parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, which has been in a phase of cost-cutting, layoffs, and corporate refocusing since 2022,