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.

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.

Warner Bros. Discovery has now stuck more than 30 of its old films up as ad-supported offerings on YouTube Waiting For Guffman, one of several movies Warner Bros. Discovery has quietly uploaded to YouTube over the last month (Screenshot: YouTube) One of these days,

There are a million and one movies scattered across a million and one streaming services. You can watch Warner Bros. movies on several of these services,

Warner Bros. appears to be taking the modern approach towards generating revenue by making 31 crowd-pleasers free to stream on YouTube.

Warner Bros. has made 31 full-length movies available for free on its YouTube channels. The films, spanning various genres, include classic and modern titles. Viewers can watch with ads unless they have a YouTube Premium subscription.

Over the past several weeks, Warner Bros. Entertainment has been uploading a selection of full movies to a playlist on YouTube. It's an odd move, considering parent Warner Bros. Discovery also owns the increasingly pricey streaming service Max. But free is free, so the company can be odd as much as it wants!

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.