Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Over the years, Warner Bros. has tried to monetize its catalog of older movies through different subscription streaming services, including FilmStruck — which it shut down less than a year after it launched in 2018.
Now, Warner Bros. Entertainment has quietly turned to YouTube, seeing the video platform as a way to farm its film catalog for digital ad revenue.
Since the start of 2025, the company has released 31 movies on YouTube, all available for free. The movies include ads, unless you are a YouTube Premium subscriber.
Warner Bros. has published a YouTube playlist with the free movies, available at this link. The titles are varied and cut across genres, with some films on the list dating back decades.
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