5 of the best free movies to stream on Tubi, Pluto TV, Amazon Freevee, and more this week (September 23)

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You don’t need to be subscribed to thebest streaming servicesto gain access to the best movies. Sure, the likes of Netflix, Prime Video and Max offer a great selection ofnew moviesto enjoy, but thebest free streaming servicesboast a surprising number of older titles for your perusal.

Last week’sroundup of the best free movies to streamincludedTropic Thunder,Zodiac, andSubmarine, and this week’s edition is similarly varied. Below, I’ve highlighted five of the best free movies to stream on Tubi, Pluto TV,AmazonFreevee, and other free streaming services in September.

Speak No Evil (Hoopla – leaving soon)

Release date:January 2022RT Score:84%Length:98 minutesDirector:Christian TafdrupMain cast:Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt, Karina Smulders

The James McAvoy-led English remake of Christian Tafdrup’s 2022 psychological horrorSpeak No Evilis currently playing in theaters, but with the Danish original also streaming, for free, on Hoopla right now, you needn’t pay the new film’s entry fee.

Set for the most part in rural Netherlands, this low-budget thriller centers on a Danish family who reconnect with a Dutch couple they met while vacationing in Italy. The reunion quickly turns sour, however, when the couple in question begins acting strangely. To say more would ruin the film’s biggest surprises, but rest assured thatSpeak No Evilis not one to watch with the kids.

Boyhood (Pluto TV)

Release date: January 2014RT Score:97%Length:165 minutesDirector:Richard LinklaterMain cast:Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater

For all its critical acclaim, Richard Linklater’sBoyhoodremains something of an underappreciated – or at least under-watched – cinematic achievement.

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Filmed over 11 years (between 2002 and 2013), this coming-of-age drama depicts the childhood and adolescence of a fictional boy, Mason Evans Jr. (Coltrane), as he grows up in Texas with divorced parents (Arquette and Hawke). The plot is simple, and the drama naturalistic, but that only adds toBoyhood’s emotional impact.

Sicario (Tubi – leaving soon)

Release date:May 2015RT Score:93%Length:121 minutesDirector:Denis VilleneuveMain cast:Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin. Daniel Kaluuya

Denis Villeneuve needs no introduction. In recent years, theDunedirector has become synonymous with grandiose sci-fi epics, but his lesser-hyped 2015 thrillerSicariois no less of a masterclass in top-notch cinematography.

Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin,Sicario(which means “hitman” in Spanish) follows a principled FBI agent government (Blunt) as she accompanies a ruthless government task force on a mission to bring down a powerful Mexican drug cartel. It’s dark, it’s gritty, and it’s leaving Tubi soon, so get watching ASAP.

The Big Short (Hoopla)

Release date:November 2015RT Score:89%Length:130 minutesDirector:Adam McKayMain cast:Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt

Adam McKay’s excellent tragicomedyThe Big Shortis rightly regarded as this generation’s go-to financial crisis biopic, and it’s now streaming, for free, on Hoopla.

Starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, and many more A-listers, the film follows three separate but intertwining stories in the run-up to the 2007 housing market crash.The Big Shortis an undeniably entertaining romp through mid-noughties Wall Street culture, but it’s also in equal parts educational and depressing. What more could you want from a mid-week movie?

Platoon (Amazon Freevee – leaving soon)

Release date:December 1986RT Score:89%Length:120 minutesDirector:Oliver StoneMain cast:Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker

The first (and best) in a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Oliver Stone,Platoonfollows a young US Army recruit (Sheen) whose Platoon Sergeant (Berenger) and Squad Leader (Dafoe) have very different ideas about morality and how to conduct a war.

Platoonwon Stone his first directing Oscar (as well as Best Picture) at the 1987 Academy Awards, and it continues to rank alongside the likes ofApocalypse NowandFull Metal Jacketas one the best Vietnam War movies ever made. As withSicarioon Tubi, this one is leaving Amazon Freevee soon.

For more free streaming coverage, read our recent roundups of thefive movies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes on Plex, thefive movies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes on Pluto TVand thethree movies on Amazon Freevee with over 80% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Axel is TechRadar’s UK-based Phones Editor, reporting on everything from the latest Apple developments to newest AI breakthroughs as part of the site’s Mobile Computing vertical. Having previously written for publications including Esquire and FourFourTwo, Axel is well-versed in the applications of technology beyond the desktop, and his coverage extends from general reporting and analysis to in-depth interviews and opinion. 

Axel studied for a degree in English Literature at the University of Warwick before joining TechRadar in 2020, where he then earned an NCTJ qualification as part of the company’s inaugural digital training scheme.

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