Late August is typically where theatrical movies go to die. This year, Sony hopes to change that notion with Caught Stealing, a crime thriller starring Austin Butler and Zoë Kravitz. Initial reviews are positive, so let’s see if it does solid business.
Meanwhile, Labor Day weekend is the last unofficial weekend of summer. When you’re winding down on Monday, relax by streaming free movies. All three of our picks are on services that don’t cost a dime. Try it out for yourself.
We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best free movies, and the best movies on Amazon Prime Video.
The First Time (2012)
The First Time is aptly named, as it tackles a series of firsts in the lives of two high school students: Dave Hodgman (Dylan O’Brien) and Aubrey Miller (Britt Robertson). Dave, a senior, hopes to tell his best friend (Victoria Justice) that he loves her. Aubrey, a junior at a different school, dates an older loser named Ronny (James Frecheville).
After meeting outside a party, Dave and Aubrey spend the night talking and forming a genuine connection. Dave and Aubrey experience a weekend full of high school gossip, relationship drama, and sexual encounters. The First Time is a brisk and sweet examination of a high school romance with two capable leads and a fantastic soundtrack.
Stream The First Time on Tubi.
No Country for Old Men (2007)
You won’t find No Country for Old Men on the list of the Coen Brothers’ most underrated movies. It’s much better than that. The 2007 crime thriller won the Oscar for Best Picture and is considered one of the Coen Brothers’ greatest films. Based on the Cormac McCarthy novel, No Country for Old Men follows Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), a hunter who steals a briefcase with $2 million in cash after witnessing a drug deal gone wrong.
Sadistic hitman Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) is hired to retrieve the money by any means necessary. With Chigurh following Moss’ every move, Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) tries to intervene before it results in tragedy. The neo-Western is relentless in its thrills, and Barden turns in a once-in-a-generation performance.
Stream No Country for Old Men on Pluto TV.
Meatballs (1979)
Bill Murray is comedic royalty. The actor and comedian has been making audiences laugh since the ’70s. In 1979, Murray starred in Meatballs, a comedy directed by Ivan Reitman, with Harold Ramis attached as a co-writer. At a Canadian summer camp, the whimsical Tripper Harrison (Murray) is the head counselor in charge of the counselors-in-training (CITs).
Over one summer, Tripper forms a friendship with loner Rudy (Chris Makepeace), finds romance with Roxanne (Kate Lynch), and devises several pranks on the camp director (Harvey Atkin). Meatballs is a showcase for Murray’s signature charm we’ve come to love. Meatballs set the stage for Murray’s breakout the following year, Caddyshack.
Stream Meatballs on Tubi.
