From family flicks to comedy to Sci-Fi to thrillersname it and you will find it on the net. With hundreds of movie titles that are now public domain and out of the gambit of the US copyright law, to watch free movies online has become as easy as logging onto the Internet. Watching free movies online has become a craze among people who have a few hours to spare and want to relax. There are sites that not only allow you to watch free movies online but also provide you with viewer ratings and sneak previews of new launches to help you in deciding the online movie that you would like to view.

To be able to watch free movies online, a modem connection will not suffice and you will need to have a company network or a broadband connection that will allow fast streaming of video and enable uninterrupted viewing. The next thing is to ensure that you have the software that can be used for playing a movie online. This includes Windows Media Player, Quicktime or RealPlayer and these are available as free downloads from most of the online movie sites. Having checked the availability of the software you need to choose one from among the sporadically increasing sites that permit anyone to watch free movies online. Check with friends who watch free movies online for a reference to the sites they use and be sure to take an opinion from sources you rely upon. You surely do not want to land up downloading a XXX rated movie while in company.

Once on the site, you can choose from the list provided based on genre or viewer ratings or a combination of both. Some sites will ask you to enter you Internet connection speed to be able to adjust the download accordingly. Also to ensure better quality of video, it is advised that all other programs running on the computer be closed. To watch free movie online with a relatively slower connection you may consider viewing in a smaller window. Full screen will provide adequate image quality only if the connection is fast enough.

Some of the advantages of the sites that enable us to watch free movies online are that one does not have to wait for the complete download to take place before one can start to watch a free movie online. The download and the viewing can take place simultaneously. A word of advice: if you are just beginning to watch free movies online and do not have some favorite sites, you may need to search and check out a few so that you can hone onto the site that stocks your kind of free online movies.

So get a bowl of popcorn, settle in the beanbag, dim the lights and enjoy!