Top 5 Movies You Can Find Free Online (Legally)

http://speedcine.com/?l=a&t=free

First a description of the link above. Speedcine is something I saw on slashfilm the other day and so I figured I'd do something on it. The site gives you a list of every movie you can currently find on the Internet for FREE. Pay nothing. Zero. I'd try it.

With the Internet being what it is today, I thought it’d be fitting to discuss what movies you CAN see online with a top 5 list. There is some excellent stuff online for free, and I intend on exposing it. (Posted with the lists is the link in case you'd just like to start watching now. I'm podcasting the top 5 on Friday, so look for my thoughts then here at http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=331533589)

5. (THREE WAY TIE)
Ghostbusters http://crackle.com/c/Ghostbusters
Groundhogs Day http://crackle.com/c/Groundhog_Day
Stripes http://crackle.com/c/Stripes
Yeah so I cheated. I couldn’t find just one Bill Murray film to put on the list so I put all 3 on. Not necessarily on this list because you haven’t seen them, but because they’re timeless. If you’re girlfriend breaks up with you? Ghostbusters are right there to hold your hand. Loose your house? Go ahead and wake up day after day with one of the funniest actors we have. All classic comedy.

4. Stagecoach http://www.jaman.com/now-playing/?videoID=0tfaJEV2X518
John Fords epic western set the standard for all others to come after it. If for nothing else, you should watch it to see a young John Wayne influence an entire genre of film.

3. Confessions of a Superhero http://www.hulu.com/confessions-of-a-superhero
This 2007 documentary follows the lives of street actors who dress up as superheroes to cover their failed acting careers and make some money. In honesty you’ve never seen such a depressing film involving Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the Hulk. At times the film is uplifting (the man playing Superman is both interesting and somewhat scary at times) and at others devastating. A truly interesting doc.

2. Big Fish http://crackle.com/c/Big_Fish/Big_Fish/2462307
If you haven’t seen Tim Burton’s finest film to day you’re doing yourself a disservice. In Burton style we witness a grand epic paralleled with a tragic reality. Truly some of the best cinema in the past decade.

1. Adaptation http://crackle.com/c/Adaptation
I adore Charlie Kaufman, and his movies aren’t as widely recognized as they should be. Adaptation fits snuggly in-between the very good yet overly bizarre Being John Malkovitch, and the perfected weirdness of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Adaptation is the story of the writer, Charlie, and his brother Donald, as they both try and write movies. Both characters are played by Nicholas Cage. The fun in it all is that Charlie’s character is trying to write the very film that we’re watching on the screen. Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper also co-star.

Honorable Mentions: Supersize Me, Fear and Loathing in Las Veags, Taxi Driver