# Best Streaming Service for Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 9, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928 "2022-06-09T17:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/1 "2022-06-09T17:56:52Z")
My TV viewing time is strongly skewed towards movies and not ongoing series. Right now, Netflix is my favorite because they have the widest range of movies that I know of. My question to the Cafe is, am I right? If so, what are the other best streaming services for movies, or are they all pretty much the same? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/2 "2022-06-09T17:59:08Z")
What kind of movies do you like. I think **HBOMax** has the best selection of movies as it includes TCM classic movies. **Disney** + obviously has the Disney vault, Star Wars and MCU. I don’t think the streamers are at all the same. Netflix is better than Prime but probably not as good as the other 2 I listed. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/3 "2022-06-09T18:01:03Z")
It will depend on what kinds of movies you like. The movies HBO shows is different from the movies Starz shows is different from the movies Paramount shows. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/4 "2022-06-09T18:02:36Z")
I like “big screen” movies, action movies, suspense and espionage. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/5 "2022-06-09T18:24:29Z")
HBOMax is probably the best for general big mainstream movies. Tubi also has a wide selection, they are free but are ad-supported. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/6 "2022-06-09T18:26:37Z")
Thanks, peeps, it looks like I should add HBO Max and DIsney +, and then I think I’ll be good to go. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/7 "2022-06-09T18:40:30Z")
If you have an extra thirty, forty bucks, get a Roku (one-time payment for the device, no subscription) to access free channels like The Roku Channel, Tubi, Crackle, and FreeVee (formerly IMDB-TV), along with about a bazillion channels for old movies. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/8 "2022-06-09T18:42:14Z")
I have a Roku UHD TV. I should be able to get that already? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/9 "2022-06-09T18:43:40Z")
I can’t say first-hand, but I can’t imagine that you wouldn’t be able to. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/10 "2022-06-09T19:13:35Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > If you have an extra thirty, forty bucks, get a Roku (one-time payment for the device, no subscription) to access free channels like The Roku Channel, Tubi, Crackle, and FreeVee (formerly IMDB-TV), along with about a bazillion channels for old movies. Just for the record, you don’t need a Roku to access those free channels, most types of streaming devices should offer them also. I have a Firestick and I have access to all those channels. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/11 "2022-06-09T19:16:13Z")
Firestick covers so much and they’re very inexpensive. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/12 "2022-06-09T19:17:06Z")
I’m really glad I asked because it appears that all of you know way more than I do! ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/13 "2022-06-09T19:22:07Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I have a Firestick and I have access to all those channels. I was dubious, but yes, you [can install the Roku channel on Firestick](https://firesticklab.com/roku-on-firestick/). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/14 "2022-06-09T19:31:32Z")
It was in fact painless. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/15 "2022-06-10T13:52:11Z")
I am envious that you find so many films on Netflix to watch. I ended up unsubscribing a couple of months ago after going over a year since last watching a film there. I have 22 films in my LetterboxD watchlist, things from Sunset Boulevard to My Cousin Vinny, and exactly -0- are available on Netflix. These are not esoteric art films; everything mainstream. 2 of them are on HBOMax (which I have, free), and the rest (excep;t for 2 not available anywhere) I’d have to pay to rent. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/16 "2022-06-13T12:37:33Z")
“My Cousin Vinny” is a fabulous movie, and I just watched it again last week, but that was on my U-verse cable. I pay a ridiculous amount of money for home entertainment, about $300 a month, but the upside is that I have access to a ton of movies. I have all the HBO channels but do not get HBO Max for free. My question is, how do you get it for free? Now, it’s my turn to be envious! LOL ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/17 "2022-06-13T12:54:39Z")
If you’re gonna do that, you may as well look into the Hulu-Disney bundle. Hulu is not big on movies (they do have some), but at 2 extra a month, it’s hard to turn down. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/18 "2022-06-13T12:58:03Z")
Hey, “in for a penny, in for a pound”, right? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/19 "2022-06-13T13:10:42Z")
If you have all the HBO channels , you may be able to sign into HBO Max using the cable company’s log-in information - it’s only “free” when you have HBO through cable, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928/20 "2022-06-13T14:00:31Z")
I do have all the HBO channels in the 450 package of U-verse, and I did have HBO Max for free. Then, it was taken away from me. When I try to access it, it wants me to subscribe. I know contracts between providers and networks change, so maybe HBO wanted more money and AT&T wouldn’t pay it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928.md?page=2)