# I'm trying to search for full movies on dailymotion.com **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 2, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372 "2024-03-02T23:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/1 "2024-03-02T23:57:52Z")
I found dailymotion randomly, looking for a place to stream Finding Nemo for free. No commercials and I didn’t have to sign up for anything, what more do you want? but now I want to see more free movies there and I don’t find a good way to find them, including searching for something specific. when I searched on Von Ryan’s Express, for example, I found two different versions of the last half of the movie, but I didn’t find the first half. I find tons of clips and crap I don’t want to see. I feel like there is something obvious I am missing. 🤷‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/2 "2024-03-03T01:36:00Z")
> This is a metasearch engine, which indexes videos on legitimate streaming sites such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Facebook, [Archive.Org](http://Archive.Org) etc. > **[Youtube Movies](https://moviez.space/)** > > A metasearch engine for free movies from Youtube, Dailymotion, Vimeo and other video sources, without annoying popup ads Although frankly the search seems bad and you may be better off just browsing the lists. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/3 "2024-03-03T02:20:17Z")
One thing that works for me sometimes is using “full movie” at the end of the search string. Sometimes the title will be available broken up into “parts”. Although dailymotion does have movies you won’t find on youtube, I’ve run into things like films being mirror-imaged, in a weird aspect ratio, bad sound/dubbing and/or very low image quality that may make the movie unwatchable. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/4 "2024-03-03T02:34:21Z")
I am disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/5 "2024-03-03T06:34:17Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’ve run into things like films being mirror-imaged, in a weird aspect ratio, bad sound/dubbing and/or very low image quality that may make the movie unwatchable. Those are not-even-pirate-quality pirate uploads, such that, if you are naughty and watch them, the crime _is_ the punishment. The legitimate uploads look pristine. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/6 "2024-03-03T12:32:43Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’ve run into things like films being mirror-imaged, in a weird aspect ratio, bad sound/dubbing and/or very low image quality that may make the movie unwatchable. Those are all done deliberately to try to slip past AIs for detecting copyrighted material. They also sometimes speed it up or slow it down, or frame it inside a fake TV screen/movie theater image or something. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/7 "2024-03-03T12:35:55Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > I feel like there is something obvious I am missing. What you are missing is that they aren’t there legally. Uploaders try to make them difficult to find by the authorities but findable by the people that know the tricks. It is like having to give a password to a guy that glances out of a tiny sliding door in a bigger door to try to get into a speakeasy. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/8 "2024-03-03T19:33:01Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > This is a metasearch engine, which indexes videos on legitimate streaming sites such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Facebook, [Archive.Org](http://Archive.Org) etc. BTW, there are legitimate streaming sites, and there are “legitimate” streaming sites. The only ones you can be almost completely sure are free of pirated content are the ones where the company itself is the only provider of material. Any site that allows other people to upload content _will_ have pirated content, the only question is how hard the site attempts to remove the pirated stuff, ranging from aggressively to doing the absolute bare minimum that they can possibly get away with and still seem “legitimate”. Every single one of the sites you mention very much has pirated movies and TV. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/9 "2024-03-03T19:38:10Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The only ones you can be almost completely sure are free of pirated content are the ones where the company itself is the only provider of material. And, it’s very unlikely that those sites will offer free viewing of their content (which is what the OP is hoping to find). They’re likely to only give you access if you pay for a subscription, and/or you make a one-time payment to rent (or permanently “own”) access to the digital file. If one wants to see which legitimate streaming platforms carry a particular film or TV series, check its entry on IMDB, which typically contains that information. In the case of \*Von Ryan’s Express" (mentioned by the OP), it’s available on Amazon Prime (though, of course, not for free). > **[Von Ryan's Express (1965) ⭐ 7.1 | Action, Adventure, War](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059885/)** > > 1h 57m | Approved ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/10 "2024-03-04T01:16:27Z")
Free with ads is an increasingly common alternative. YouTube’s legit movie library has a ton of them. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/11 "2024-03-04T05:13:59Z")
Avast, ye matey! Shiver me timbers! Yer be plotting a course through dangerous and uncharted waters, me mayey. Here, there be pirates. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/12 "2024-03-04T05:32:01Z")
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**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/13 "2025-08-24T13:39:42Z")
I really should not read about man-eaters before bed…had the first legit nightmare in years. Lucky I didn’t watch the movie…here’s a freebie to watch the whole thing **Ghost and the Darkness** REMOVED ---
**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:** [August 24, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/14 "2025-08-24T13:56:46Z")
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**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:** [August 24, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/15 "2025-08-24T13:59:08Z")
**Moderating:** Please don’t post links to sites that are both Malware laced and include movies and videos they don’t have the rights to show. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372/16 "2025-08-24T13:59:15Z")