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Here Are The 200 Summer Blockbusters You Can Watch For Free On Pluto TV

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy DreamWorks Pictures
By BJ Colangelo/

I love movies more than just about anything else in the world, but if anything is going to rank higher on my personal hierarchy of needs, it's the promise of free stuff. The economy is in shambles and my rent just went up, so needless to say, I am all about anything that doesn't come with a price tag. We here at /Film have been preaching the gospel of Pluto TV, the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) provider with thousands of titles in their library and specialized channels of constantly running programming, for years.

If you long for the days of turning on the TV in the middle of the afternoon on a Sunday and watching whatever it is the cable programming gods decided for you, this is the closest thing to capturing that feeling. Want to watch a horror movie? There's a channel for that. Hoping to check out season 13 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000?" Pluto TV has your back. Hell, if you're sick of watching viral videos of interviews on "The Drew Barrymore Show," the streaming app has a whole dang channel dedicated to reruns.

As I continue to try and convert movie lovers to my proverbial parish of Pluto TV, I come bearing the good news. The streamer's annual "Popcorn Summer Movies" extravaganza is here, and they're adding over 200 blockbuster titles for free. Okay, sure, you have to sit through the occasional ad spot, but what is sitting through a handful of 30-second Swiffer commercials when you can watch hundreds of movies without paying a subscription fee? Here are some of the best titles coming to the platform, and the full summer slate of titles.

Minority Report

Tom Cruise in Minority Report 20th Century Studios

The June lineup is ridiculously stacked with films like the "Indiana Jones" franchise, "Gladiator," and "The Fifth Element," but once I saw that "Minority Report" was joining the platform, I knew I had to highlight it. Based on a story by sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick, Tom Cruise stars in this Steven Spielberg-directed sci-fi action thriller set in 2054 Washington D.C. In this near-ish futuristic world, police use a type of psychic tech to arrest people before they've ever committed a crime. Cruise's John Anderton is the head of the Precrime unit and excelling at his work, until he finds himself accused of the future murder of a man he's not even met yet. "Black Mirror," eat your heart out. 

"Minority Report" is arguably one of the best in Tom Cruise's filmography, but it's also exactly the type of movie that I wouldn't think to seek out when I'm looking to kick back, but I would absolutely sit down to watch start-to-finish if a random cable channel was playing it in the middle of the afternoon. And considering every day I seemingly have a new reason to distrust my government, perhaps I should consider taking notes during my rewatch.

"Minority Report" will be available in June.

Final Destination 1-3

A.J. Cook, Ali Larter, Final Destination 2 New Line Cinema

Do you ever just want to watch a bunch of people die in increasingly ridiculous Rube Goldberg machine-like scenarios? As /Film's resident "Final Destination" fangirl, I am thrilled to see that the first three films in the franchise are available for free this summer. Horror is an extremely popular genre, but the fact that this series has thrived without having an iconic and easily merchandisable villain or a singular final girl to keep audiences invested in is an impressive feat. Instead, the "Final Destination" films have made countless viewers terrified of planes, trains, automobiles, tanning beds, roller coasters, ceiling fans, pigeons, airbags, elevators, gym weights, fireworks, and the music of John Denver.

If you've never invited friends over for a movie night of junk food and screaming at the TV to a "Final Destination" film, you haven't lived. It's even more fun if you invite someone who has never seen the films because watching someone lose their mind when Terry Chaney (Amanda Detmer) is hit by the bus in the first film in that perfectly executed jump scare is a joy I hope everyone can experience at least once in their lives. Treat yourself to some summer scaries and remember not to drive behind logging trucks.

"Final Destination 1-3" will be available in July.

The Brady Bunch Movie/A Very Brady Sequel

Christine Taylor, A Very Brady Sequel Paramount Pictures

Summertime is also the perfect time for watching silly, feel-good comedies, and there are few better than the movie parodies of "The Brady Bunch." With no hyperbole, both "The Brady Bunch Movie" and "A Very Brady Sequel" boast probably the greatest parody casting in cinema history. Gary Cole is the perfect Mike Brady, Shelley Long makes a hilarious Carol Brady, Christine Taylor is the spitting image of Marcia Brady, and Jennifer Elise Cox's portrayal of Jan Brady is a masterclass in camp comedy.

Seeing the Brady family thrust into the 1990s without changing anything about their fashion, personalities, or sensibilities is funny enough on its own, but the supporting cast of Michael McKean, Jean Smart, Alanna Ubach, and RuPaul really push the films into over-the-top hilarity. These movies did such a good job of parodying the original TV show that whenever the "Sure, Jan" meme makes the rounds on social media, there are always replies from people learning for the first time that the quote wasn't actually in the series.

Both of "The Brady Bunch Movies" will be available in August.

All of the announced summer titles coming to Pluto TV

Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Harlem Nights Paramount Pictures

June releases

  • Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

  • Titanic

  • Gladiator

  • Pain & Gain

  • Crawl

  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off

  • Four Brothers

  • The Gambler (2014)

  • Bridget Jones's Diary

  • Runaway Bride

  • Star Trek Beyond

  • Clear and Present Danger

  • Selma

  • The Fugitive

  • Poltergeist

  • Magnolia

  • The Fifth Element

  • Made of Honor

  • Sleepless

  • Runaway Jury

  • I Love You Phillip Morris

  • Machine Gun Preacher

  • Oculus

  • Almost Famous

  • Basic Instinct

  • Downsizing

  • The Fighter

  • Ghost in the Shell (2017)

  • Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

  • The Island

  • Minority Report

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

  • Terminator Genysis

  • Tropic Thunder

  • The Kings of Summer

  • The Aviator

  • The Crow

  • Fresh

  • The Yards

  • Sicario

  • 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

  • Criminal (2016)

July Films

  • Mission: Impossible

  • Mission: Impossible II

  • Mission: Impossible III

  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

  • Top Gun

  • Forrest Gump

  • Saving Private Ryan

  • Terminator Genysis

  • Old School

  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

  • The Fighting Temptations

  • Good Burger

  • Boomerang

  • Harlem Nights

  • Clue

  • Demolition Man

  • Tango & Cash

  • Interview With the Vampire

  • Risky Business

  • Air Force One

  • Hancock

  • The Patriot

  • XXX

  • XXX: State of the Union

  • Sleepless

  • Final Destination 1-3

  • City Slickers

  • Two If By Sea

  • The Raven

  • A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

  • Arrival

  • The Back-Up Plan

  • Beavis & Butt-Head Do America

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

August Films

  • Gladiator

  • Shooter

  • World War Z

  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

  • G.I. Joe: Retaliation

  • Coach Carter

  • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

  • School of Rock

  • Adventureland

  • Grease 2

  • The Truman Show

  • Good Burger

  • Boomerang

  • Harlem Nights

  • Risky Business

  • Mars Attacks!

  • Goodfellas

  • The Lost Boys

  • Misery

  • And So It Goes

  • Vehicle 19

  • Action Point

  • The Adventures of Tintin

  • The Brady Bunch Movie

  • A Very Brady Sequel

  • Dinner for Schmucks

  • Gambit (2012)

  • The Honeymooners (2005)

  • Inside Llewyn Davis

  • The Mechanic (2011)

  • Morning Glory

  • mother!

  • Overlord

  • Primal Fear

  • Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

  • The Terminal

  • War of the Worlds (2005)

  • Bad Santa 1 & 2

  • Lila and Eve

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