SnagFilms was a website that offered thousands of free movies and even some free TV shows. Ted Leonsis launched the service in 2008, but it was shut down in 2020. Below is some more information about what SnagFilms used to offer and why they are shutting down the site.
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If you’re looking for an alternative, you have plenty of options. Check out our list of the best places to watch free movies online for sites similar to Snagfilms, or scroll down to the bottom of this page for specific examples.
SnagFilms let you stream movies and TV shows directly from their site. It was all ad-supported, so you didn’t need a premium account to stream the titles, and you didn’t have to rent anything either.
You could browse through genres such as award-winning, crime, documentary, animation, biography, comedy, sports, children & family, politics, thrillers, etc. There were also collections of movies, such as Before They Were Stars, Athletes & Their Triumphs, History Lessons, and Youth & Education, so you could find movies that followed a similar theme.
