YouTube has an archive of classic to contemporary movies available for your viewing pleasure. While having free movies on demand is a serious plus, most viewers would agree that many of the movies on standby are not up to standard. We've decided to make life easier for you by creating a list of must-see YouTube movies - free and legal movie downloads.
Adventure
Hunt for Gollum, The (2009) - Adrian Webster | 39 minutes
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) | 68 minutes
Comedy
The Brother from Another Planet (1984) - John Sayles | 109 minutes
Classics
Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Aleksandr Antonov | 72 minutes
Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith | 177 minutes
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) - Buster Keaton | 69 minutes
The Birth of a Nation (1915) - Lillian Gish | 180 minutes
The General (1926) - Buster Keaton | 106 minutes
The Kid (1921) - Charlie Chaplin | 68 minutes
The Lost World (1925) - 68 minutes
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Lou Chaney | 91 minutes
Cult
Driller Killer (1976) - Abel Ferrara | 91 minutes
Reefer Madness (1936) - Dorothy Short | 61 minutes
Slacker (1991) - Richard Linklater | 100 minutes
The Wasp Woman (1959) - Roger Corman | 72 minutes
White Zombie (1932) - Bela Lugosi | 65 minutes
Documentary
Life in a Day (2011) - Ridley Scott | 94 minutes
Nanook of the North (1922) - Robert Flaherty | 78 minutes
Wamego: Making Movies Anywhere (2004) - Steve Balderson | 104 minutes
Drama
A Farewell to Arms (1932) - D.W. Griffith | 78 minutes
Cape of Good Hope (2004) - Mark Bamford | 107 minutes
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) - John Travolta | 96 minutes
Taking Sides (2001) - Harvey Keitel - 105 minutes
The Stranger (1946) - Orson Welles | 91 minutes
Horror
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) - Werner Krauss | 71 minutes
The House on Haunted Hill (1958) - Vincent Price | 74 minutes
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) - Jack Nicholson | 72 minutes
Romance
The Treatment (2006) - Ian Holm | 86 minutes
Science-Fiction
The Last Man on Earth (1964) - Vincent Price | 86 minutes
Thriller
D.O.A. (1949) - Edmond O'Brien | 84 minutes
The Hitch-hiker (1953) - Edmond O'Brien | 70 minutes
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) - Alfred Hitchcock | 75 minutes
Western
McLintock! (1963) - John Wayne | 119 minutes
One-eyed Jacks (1962) - Marlon Brando | 141 minutes