Back in 2006, NetMovies was a rental service that mailed DVDs and never charged late fees. Since October 2020 it has been a free movie streamer, paid for by ads rather than subscribers. It is built for Brazil, so playback outside Brazil may be limited. The library holds around 2,500 titles and leans on classics and cult cinema; the homepage currently shows Once Upon a Time in the West, Modern Times and Metropolis, though the catalog changes. No plans, no tiers: a free account needs a name, an email and a password.
Next to westerns, horror and sci-fi, you get Cinema Nacional for Brazilian film, a family shelf called Para Toda Família and only a handful of series. The operator says everything is licensed and dubbed into Portuguese, and the site switches to English or Spanish. A VPN server in Brazil changes your virtual location, so you can watch NetMovies films anywhere in the world just like at home in Brazil. We recommend NordVPN, a separate subscription.
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NetMovies streams in full in Brazil, and part of its catalogue plays in 193 more countries. For the titles that stay locked, use a premium VPN.
NetMovies also works in the United States, in the United Kingdom, in Australia, in Canada and in New Zealand, plus in 188 more countries, but with limited content compared to fully available countries. NordVPN unlocks full access.
NetMovies started out mailing DVDs across Brazil and is now a free, ad-supported movie streamer built around classics and cult favorites, from westerns to sci-fi and horror. A Cinema Nacional section gathers Brazilian films, next to kids’ titles, documentaries and only a handful of series. According to the operator, everything comes dubbed into Portuguese. A free sign-up gets you watching in a web browser, in the iPhone and Android apps or on smart TVs.
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