If you look at this post I wrote on this blog a little while ago, you learn how I decide on a movie to watch and post about. Now here, you’re going to learn where I view them.

The list is below. But rather than explaining why I watch each film there, I am going to summarize it at the bottom.

The movie theater

A friend’s house

Amazon Prime 

Fandango

Netflix

HBO Max

Paramount Plus

Disney Plus

Tubi

YouTube

Third-party sites 

The first place on the list was the movie theater. That should be common knowledge if you’re seeing a movie that just came out. Now that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, fewer movies are being released straight to streaming with some exceptions exclusive to Netflix, Disney plus, etc.

This brings me to to explain why I list so many different streaming services above. That is either to save money or watch a film that is exclusive to that streaming service.

For example, some movies are only on Netflix – and that’s it. You can’t get them on Amazon, Fandango, or anywhere else.

An example is this big, popular animated film, K-Pop Demon Hunters. If you read my review of it here, you will see that I mentioned how it’s only available on Netflix.

As for Amazon and Fandango, that is what I use to purchase movies I want to watch, but are not available on any streaming services covering lots of content.

But what I do is rent them instead of buy them. It’s usually around $4 per film, which is a lot cheaper than if I buy them. It’s often $10 more.

As for YouTube, I used to purchase movies there. But most of the movies I bought there are available on streaming services such as Disney Plus.

So, now I reserve YouTube for free films that can only be streamed there. An example is the 1994 film, Andre.

Tubi is a free streaming service that doesn’t require an account or subscription. But there are ads that play from time to time during the movies, which I deal with. A lot of the films there are old or not very popular. Examples include 2000’s Bruno and 1944’s Meet Me in St. Louis.

And then there are third party sites. These are where I watch films that are not available to stream anywhere requiring an account or payment – or even streaming platforms like Tubi.

Unfortunately, some movies are in that category. Those are usually films from smaller companies or ones that have licensing issues that make streaming availability for it harder.

Finally, friends’ houses – if I’m visiting my friends, they may play a film through either a streaming service or even DVD or Blu-ray. Yes, even in 2026.

So, there you have it. If you’d like to share or ask anything, feel free to let me know in the comment section below.