The 19 best movies on Freevee

Freevee — Amazon's free, ad-supported streaming platform formerly known as IMdB TV — launched in 2019 and has been a welcome alternative to the company's paid service, Amazon Prime Video. Aside from Tubi, there are few other streamers that boast the quantity and quality of material Freevee does at no charge. In addition to original shows and movies, there's also a multitude of classic films available to stream.

For your viewing pleasure, EW has compiled the 19 best movies on Freevee right now.

The Bourne Identity (2002)

The first of five films in the Jason Bourne franchise, this action film serves as the origin story for the man who goes from government agent to government target. After an unidentified male is fished out of the water with two gunshots in his back and a total lack of memory or identity, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) goes on a mission to find out who he is, where he came from, and why so many shadowy operatives are hunting him. A spycraft thriller that doesn’t skimp on chase scenes or fight sequences, The Bourne Identity might not be the best the franchise has to offer, but it possesses a magic all its own. As EW’s critic says in her 2022 rewatch of the film, “How can you not celebrate an action thriller that shows protagonists acting like actual, recognizable humans in the face of random self-defenestration?” —Ilana Gordon  

Where to watch The Bourne Identity: Freevee

EW grade: N/A (read the review)

Director: Doug Liman

Cast: Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Franka Potente, Julia Stiles, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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em>The Bourne Legacy (2012)

The fourth movie in the Jason Bourne franchise — and the first to be made without Matt Damon — The Bourne Legacy picks up where the original trilogy left off, but expands the universe to introduce a new character, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner). One of six chemically enhanced superagents created by Outcome (the new shadowy agency governing the franchise), Cross is on the run from the people who built him and now want to destroy any evidence that he and his fellow agents ever existed. Released a decade after The Bourne Identity helped redefine action movies for the new millennium, The Bourne Legacy carries on the franchise’s tradition of excellently choreographed scenes and globe-hopping adventures. Renner does a great job of playing the intense but intentional Cross; as EW’s critic writes, “Jason Bourne’s legacy is in good hands.” —I.G.   

Where to watch The Bourne Legacy: Freevee 

EW grade: A- (read the review) 

Director: Tony Gilroy 

Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach, Oscar Isaac, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn

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Charade (1963)

Stanley Donen's playful comedic thriller stars Audrey Hepburn as a widow pursued by the gang of violent thieves who murdered her husband. In the face of danger, she's aided by Cary Grant in prime late-era form. Often dismissed as a Hitchcock wannabe, Charade is, in reality, a very knowing and well-plotted nail-biter, featuring gorgeous international locations and some terrific chemistry between Hepburn and Grant. The film was remade in 2002 as The Truth About Charlie, with Mark Wahlberg in Grant's role and Thandiwe Newton standing in for Hepburn, though it doesn't hold a candle to the classic original work. —Declan Gallagher

Where to watch Charade: Freevee

EW grade: B+ (read the review)

Director: Stanley Donen

Cast: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Mathau, George Kennedy, James Coburn

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Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Singapore is a tiny country with big gossip — at least as it pertains to the extravagantly wealthy families that populate the island’s society scene. And nobody in Singapore is considered a more eligible bachelor than Nick Young (Henry Golding), who left for the States years ago and is now returning to attend a friend’s wedding along with his girlfriend, Rachel (Constance Wu), who — to the dismay of the area’s singles — is American born, and worse, does not come from money. Shocked to learn that her low-key boyfriend is actually the heir to one of Singapore’s biggest and longest-established fortunes, Rachel must learn to navigate this new culture, impress Nick’s snobbish family, and generally survive life amongst these Crazy Rich Asians if she hopes to continue her relationship. —I.G. 

Where to watch Crazy Rich Asians: Freevee

EW grade: B (read the review)

Director: Jon M. Chu

Cast: Henry Golding, Constance Wu, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, Jimmy O. Yang

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Dan in Real Life (2007)

A romantic comedy about a single father trying to have it all, Dan in Real Life was one of the first opportunities for Steve Carell to prove that his acting and comedic chops run so much deeper than what he showcased on The Office. Carrell plays Dan, a widowed advice columnist struggling to parent three daughters. During a family reunion in Rhode Island, Dan meets Marie, the woman of his dreams (Juliette Binoche) — as well as her boyfriend, who happens to be his younger brother (Dane Cook). Determined to support their relationship, Dan attempts to suppress his romantic feelings for Marie, concentrate on his relationship with his daughters, and get out of his own way. EW's critic writes, "The whole movie spins around Carell's inspired performance as a man who is going quietly nuts because the universe has decided to toy with him." A romantic comedy for both realists and optimists, Dan in Real Life is the perfect film to watch with family. —I.G.

Where to watch Dan in Real Life: Freevee

EW grade: A (read the review)

Director: Peter Hedges

Cast: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, John Mahoney, Emily Blunt, Dianne Wiest

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Gonjiam Asylum (2018)

YouTubers do a lot of questionable things for views, but in Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, one channel's live stream ends with more of its participants dead than alive. A South Korean found footage horror film set in the Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, the movie follows a web series creator and the six people he recruits to explore the abandoned building. Drawn to room 402, the former intensive care unit, the group encounters supernatural entities they can't explain and danger they can't escape. Based on the real-life Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital — a South Korean asylum that was considered one of the country's most haunted buildings before it was demolished in 2018 — the film starts off slow but will have you lunging for the lights by the time the ending arrives. —I.G.

Where to watch Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum: Freevee

Director: Jung Bum-shik

Cast: Wi Ha-joon, Park Ji-hyun, Oh Ah-yeon, Moon Ye-won, Park Sung-hoon, Yoo Je-yoon, Lee Seung-wook, Park Ji-a

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The Great Escape (1963)

An epic World War II classic highlighting the resiliency of the human spirit, The Great Escape is a 1963 adventure film directed by John Sturges and starring an ensemble cast led by Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, and James Garner. Loosely based on the true story of a mass escape of British soldiers from a German POW camp — and crafted with many narrative concessions intended to appease American viewing audiences — the action unfolds like a heist movie as a group of soldiers plots to free 250 men from detention at great risk to their lives. The film was mostly overlooked on the awards circuit, only winning one Oscar for Best Film Editing, but it was a hit at the box office and with critics and remains one of the most enduring WWII films to this day. —I.G.  

Where to watch The Great Escape: Freevee 

Director: John Sturges 

Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn

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Insomnia (1997)

Erik Skjoldbjærg's Norwegian thriller about a cop (Stellan Skarsgård) investigating a murder in an Alaskan town that never sees nighttime was remade by Christopher Nolan under the same title in 2002. Nolan's effort is quite good, but it doesn't capture the same moral ambiguity as Skjoldbjærg's original, nor does it have the same creeping dread or inimitable atmosphere. Indeed, Insomnia gets into your bones like a vicious chill. —D.G.

Where to watch Insomnia: Freevee

EW grade: A- (read the review)

Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg

Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Mathiesen, Bjørn Floberg, Marianne O. Ulrichsen, Sverre Anker Ousdal

Last Night in SoHo (2021)

Edgar Wright takes viewers on an aesthetic, murderous journey through England's swinging ‘60s in his psychological thriller, Last Night in SoHo. When aspiring fashion designer Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie) moves to London for school, she finds herself fixated on Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy), a blonde bombshell she meets in her dreams. But the more time Eloise spends asleep and observing Sandie’s glamorous nightclub life, the more she finds herself thrown into a decades-old mystery that has her questioning her own sanity. A stylistic caper featuring Diana Rigg's final role before her death, EW’s critic says, “An original Avenger and former Bond Girl, she might have actually come closest to embodying the mad, mod world Wright so lovingly recreates here on screen.” —I.G.   

Where to watch Last Night in SoHo: Freevee

EW grade: B (read the review)

Director: Edgar Wright 

Cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Rita Tushingham, Michael Ajao, Terence Stamp, Diana Rigg

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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)

Combine Wedding Crashers and Neighbors and you get Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, a romantic comedy based on a true story and executed with a side of raucous raunch. Mike (Adam DeVine) and his brother Dave (Zac Efron) are elite partiers and their family has had enough of their antics. Concerned about how the two will act at their younger sister's Hawaiian wedding, their parents issue an ultimatum: Find some nice girls to bring as dates. The brothers put out a listing on Craigslist, it goes viral, and before long they've connected with Tatiana and Alice (Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick), two degenerates cosplaying as innocents in the hopes of scoring a free Hawaiian getaway. What unfolds is a battle royale of bad behavior as the brothers and their dates do their best not to wreck the wedding. EW describes the film as "like riding a roller coaster fueled by Red Bull and grain alcohol: kind of gross but pretty fun, too." —I.G.

Where to watch Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: Freevee

EW grade: B (read the review)

Director: Jake Szymanski

Cast: Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick, Adam DeVine, Aubrey Plaza, Stephen Root

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Open Your Eyes (1997)

A man (Eduardo Noriega) who ostensibly has it all meets the perfect woman (Penelope Cruz). He's then plunged into a bizarre psychological realm after suffering a car accident and winding up in prison. Alejandro Amenábar's genre-bending odyssey is an impressive blend of horror, romance, drama, and intrigue. Brilliantly, the mystery is genuinely confounding — and when the revelations come, they escalate the suspense rather than deflate it. —D.G.

Where to watch Open Your Eyes: Freevee

Director: Alejandro Amenábar

Cast: Eduardo Noriega, Penelope Cruz, Fele Martínez, Chete Lera, Najwa Nimri

The Post (2017)

Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, and Tom Hanks collaborate for the first time on The Post, a historical thriller inspired by The Washington Post's internal debate over whether or not to publish the Pentagon Papers. Set in 1971, the film follows Katharine Graham (Streep), a D.C. socialite who has become The Post's publisher after her husband's suicide and father's death. Underestimated by the paper's board and determined to transform the outlet into a leading publication, she hires editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks) — but tensions escalate when the two learn that the New York Times intends to publish papers that indicate the government has been covering up its role in Vietnam for three decades. Torn between legal and social repercussions and their desire to speak truth to power, the leaders at The Post must decide if taking a stand and publishing the papers is worth the risk to their freedoms and reputations. Featuring what EW's critic asserts is one of Streep's best performances in years, The Post is timely, educational, and fascinating. —I.G.

Where to watch The Post: Freevee

EW grade: B+ (read the review)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys

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Prom Night (1980)

Jamie Lee Curtis gives a predictably committed performance in the peak-era slasher Prom Night. As her father, Leslie Nielsen also assumes a straight-faced, red herring role on the heels of his comedy rebirth in Airplane. The pacing is deliberate, but as a mix of Halloween's tension and Friday the 13th's outlandish gore, you can hardly do better. We don't want to sound sick or anything, but this has one of the nastiest decapitations of all time. —D.G.

Where to watch Prom Night: Freevee

Director: Paul Lynch

Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Michael Tough, Eddie Benton, Casey Stevens

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Promising Young Woman (2020)

Emerald Fennell (who recently appeared in Barbie as the pregnant, forgotten doll Midge) wrote and directed this searing black comedy. Carrie Mulligan is superb as the eponymous character, who dropped out of medical school after a traumatic incident and now serves coffee all day. When she meets a handsome doctor (comedian and Eighth Grade director Bo Burnham), her past and future are set on a violent collision course.

Promising Young Woman is an angry film which provides no easy answers and little catharsis, but it's also tremendously entertaining and often laugh-out-loud funny. (And the orchestral use of a classic Britney Spears track is nothing short of revolutionary.) Fennell won a much-deserved Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay here, and judging from her confident, stylish direction, it won't be the last Oscar in her pocket. —D.G.

Where to watch Promising Young Woman: Freevee

EW grade: B+ (read the review)

Director: Emerald Fennell

Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, Alfred Molina

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