Free Streaming is Great...As Long As You Have an Appetite for Garbage
- Fred
- 2 hours ago
- 4 min read
1 | $184,031,112 | 2,893 | $184,031,112 | Jun 16 | ||
2 | $172,071,312 | 2,347 | $172,071,312 | Jun 30 | ||
3 | $146,198,683 | 2,574 | $191,796,233 | Nov 22 | ||
4 | $139,213,552 | 2,757 | $141,579,773 | Jun 16 | ||
5 | $103,970,943 | 2,705 | $108,385,533 | Nov 10 | ||
6 | $100,317,642 | 2,757 | $100,836,847 | May 26 | ||
7 | $92,731,700 | 2,579 | $100,012,499 | May 19 | ||
8 | $91,387,195 | 2,514 | $91,387,195 | May 12 | ||
9 | $91,349,839 | 2,667 | $106,429,941 | Nov 17 | ||
10 | $88,246,220 | 2,420 | $88,246,220 | Jul 28 | ||
11 | $84,919,401 | 1,783 | $84,919,401 | Aug 11 | ||
12 | $84,677,598 | 2,528 | $100,125,643 | Sep 22 | ||
13 | $81,022,101 | 2,676 | $81,022,101 | Jun 9 | ||
14 | $78,046,518 | 2,086 | $81,057,016 | Apr 21 | ||
15 | $72,101,622 | 2,103 | $72,101,622 | Oct 20 | ||
16 | $71,516,617 | 1,986 | Jun 2 | |||
17 | $70,454,098 | 2,630 | $70,454,098 | Aug 18 | ||
18 | $70,423,183 | 2,565 | $127,175,374 | Dec 16 | ||
19 | $69,684,532 | 1,795 | $69,684,532 | Jul 14 | ||
20 | $67,590,000 | 2,230 | $67,590,000 | Mar 10 |
The above movies were the 20 Most Popular Films of 1995.
Even though I love the free-streamer Tubi, they stream a mountain of junk. They have nearly every straight to video release from 1995, but do they have anything popular? And it's not just Tubi, Pluto and Roku have similar free-streaming models, as long as you don't mind watching commercials.
I don't want you to think that I'm picking on Tubi, because I love the obscure gems that I find there, it's about Hollywood Studios keeping popular movies behind a pay wall. Sometimes you don't want something new, you just want to watch something popular from when you were younger, like visual comfort food. But you don't want to pay for something 30 years old, you'll sit through those commercials.
You know, like a generation ago, when you would watch popular movies a few years later on Network TV. When is the last time you watched a movie on Network TV once streaming came along? Paid Streaming Subscription in Black. Free options in Red.
Batman Forever - HBO Max. You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
Apollo 13 - Netflix. You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
Toy Story - Disney+. You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
Pocahontas - Disney+. You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
Ace Ventura - Netflix. You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
Casper - Netflix. You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
Die Hard with a Vengeance - Disney+/Hulu. You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
Crimson Tide - You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime. Does not appear to currently be on any streaming packages.
GoldenEye - Pluto TV. You can also rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
Waterworld - Amazon Prime. You can rent it anywhere from Apple TV to Google Play.
Dangerous Minds - You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime. Does not appear to currently be on any streaming packages.
Seven - You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime. Does not appear to currently be on any streaming packages.
Congo - MGM+. You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
While You Were Sleeping - Disney+. You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
Get Shorty - HBO Max. You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
The Bridges of Madison County - You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime. Does not appear to currently be on any streaming packages.
Mortal Kombat - HBO Max. You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime.
Dumb and Dumber - You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime. Does not appear to currently be on any streaming packages.
Nine Months - You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime. Does not appear to currently be on any streaming packages.
Outbreak - You can rent it anywhere from YouTube Subscriptions to Amazon Prime. Does not appear to currently be on any streaming packages.
Now next week, with the exception of the Disney+ cartoons, each purchase point can change. It appears you'll still be able to rent every movie above....somewhere.