Media Search: Find Images, Videos, Movies, Books, and More on the Web
By Wendy Boswell, About.com Guide to Web Search
Free movies, free videos, free books, free images, free games - you name the media, and it's probably available on the Web...for free, even! There's no end to the fun stuff you can find to watch, read, and use online.
- Free Movie Downloads: Watch Free Movies on the Web
- Free Videos: Where to Find Free Videos
- Watch Movie Trailers: Where to Find Free Movie Trailers
- Watch TV Online
- Listen to Free Online Music
- Free Torrent Downloads: The Best Sites for Free Torrents
- Free Books: Read Books Online for Free
- Free Images You Can Use
- Free Online Games: Take A Break With Free Games
- Find News Online
Free Movie Downloads: Watch Free Movies on the Web
Free movies? Yep - you can find plenty of free movies on the Web. There are literally hundreds of sites that offer Web searchers free watchable movies of all kinds.
- A Comprehensive Guide to the Best Sites for Free Movie Downloads
- More Sites for Free Movies
- Use Search Engines to Find A Movie Showing Near You
- The Internet Movie Database
- Movie Search Shortcuts on Yahoo
- Where to Find Movie Scripts
- Mystery Movies
- 105 Christmas Movies, Videos, and Specials You Can Watch For Free
- Free Full Length Movies
- Comedy Movies
- Music Movies
- Action Movies
- Westerns Movies
- Family Movies
- Drama Movies
- Travel and Leisure Movies
- Science Fiction Movies
- Horror Movies
Free Videos: Where to Find Free Videos
Short videos on virtually any subject - music, computers, news, you name it - can be found on the Web, and yes, they are all free. More sites than ever before in history offer high quality videos that are free to anyone with an Internet connection.
- Video Search Engines
- Top Ten Most Popular Video Sites
- YouTube
- Free Educational Videos
- Thirty Ways to Find Free Videos Online
- Top Ten Viral Videos
- The Top Twenty Viral Videos of 2007
- StumbleVideo
- The Top Twenty YouTube Videos of All Time
- Google Video
- Find high quality music videos at PluggedIn
- Enjoy video satire at JibJab
- Watch music videos at MTV Music
- Laugh a little at Funny or Die
Watch Movie Trailers: Where to Find Free Movie Trailers
Movie trailers can be found all over the Web! You can watch the current box office hits, upcoming movie trailers, or take a walk down memory lane and watch movie trailers of years past.
- Watch Movie Trailers - The Top Seven Sites to Watch Movie Trailers
- Apple Movie Trailers
- Yahoo Movie Shortcuts
- The Internet Movie Database
- A Guide to General Free Movie Downloads
Watch TV Online
You don't have to limit yourself to your living room in order to catch your favorite programs! Many TV programs, local TV news stations, and classic TV broadcasters have chosen the Web as their preferred distribution medium.
- The Best Sites to Watch Free TV Online
- BlinxTV
- Use MeeVee to Find Local TV Listings
- Top TV Bytes
- UstreamTV
Listen to Free Online Music
There are a huge variety of places on the Web where you can find all kinds of free music - from rap to classical to country to polka.
- Free Music Downloads on the Web
- Free MP3 Music Download at GarageBand
- Listen to Free Music with Pandora
- Amazon Free Music Downloads
- Classical Music Online
- 100 Awesome Music Videos
- Google Music
- Listen to Music on the Web with Musicovery
- Mozart's Music Diary on the Web
- Find Music You Like With Music Map
- Free Music Downloads at Sideload
- Musipedia - The Open Music Encyclopedia
- Listen to Music Online with Last.fm
- Find Music From TV Commercials With SongTitle
- Free Classical Music Downloads at Wikipedia
- Find Music You Like At MusicMap
- Pandora Tips and Tweaks
- Free MIDI Files
- Squeezebox Review
- Torrent Search with Isohunt
Free Torrent Downloads: The Best Sites for Free Torrents
Torrents, or BitTorrents as they are also known, are part of a simple P2P (peer to peer) process that makes it easier to share large files of content; anything from movies to books.
Free Books: Read Books Online for Free
More and more of your favorite books are showing up online, freely available for your downloading pleasure. Try a new classic novel, a sci-fi read, maybe some historical fiction...you'll be able to find all that and more.
- Top Ten Book Search Engines
- Looking for something to read? Try Bookmooch
- Use Amazon Advanced Search to Find Upcoming Book Titles
- Read Books Online Free
- Rare Book Room
- Get Reading Suggestions with What Should I Read Next
- Free Audio Books
- Free eBooks
- Five Free eBooks You Can Download Right Now
- Google Book Search
- Download Free Computer Books
- Gutenberg Free Audio Books
- Great Books Index
- Authorama
- Free Online Study Guides
- Free Books from the University of Adelaide
Free Images You Can Use
There are plenty of sites that offer royalty free images for your use (be sure to check each site for specific guidelines that they request you follow in order to use their images).
- Thirty Free Image Resources on the Web
- Image Search Engines
- Picsearch
- Find Free Images with EveryStockPhoto
- Free Image Hosting at Photobucket
- Ditto
- Google Image Search
- Free Clipart and Images
- ImageShack
- TinyPic
- Free Images from the Library of Congress
- Flickr Tools
- Stock.xchng
- Photosynth
- Yearbook Yourself
Free Online Games: Take A Break With Free Games
Need a break? Try these free games for a minute and recharge your batteries.
- Free Games on the Web
- Retro Game Downloads
- Use Ask.com to Find Game Cheats
- Top Ten Time Wasters on the Web
- Games for the Brain
- Game Giveaway of the Day
- Free Halloween Games
- The Best Sites for Fantasy Sports
- How to Find Free Online Games
- Free Sudoku Puzzles
- The Top Ten Sites for Free Virtual Pets
- Free Online Jigsaw Puzzles
- Fun Web Quizzes
- Memorial Day Scavenger Hunt
- Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt
- Classic TV Scavenger Hunt
- Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt
- Christmas Scavenger Hunt
- Fourth of July Scavenger Hunt
- Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Find News Online
The Web is the best place to find breaking news, newspapers from all over the world, and in-depth background on any news story you might read or hear about. Whether it's local news about your hometown football team you want, updates on college roomies, or information on local businesses, you'll be able to find it using these resources.
