I got an email from a friend the other day asking if I had the movie “GoodFellas” on DVD that he could borrow. I emailed him back the following – “Quit bugging me – just go download it!”
While I was more polite about it that that, I think he was a little taken aback at first!
What I meant to tell him is that he didn’t have to go find a DVD; you can find any movie you want if you have an internet connection.
More and more people have been asking us what the best way to download movies online is, and whether it is possible to find a big selection online.
First off – yes, the selection of movies online is huge online. You can easily find a movie like Goodfellas, along with all the new releases and movies from the past. You will find a far better selection online than you would in any video store.
Now that that’s out of the way, let’s talk about the question so many of you have ? “Where can I download movies online?”
First, I think it’s important to mention where NOT to go to download movies. There are a number of “shareware” programs such as Kazaa or Limewire that people use to find music, movies or other files online. These don’t work too badly for music, but for movies they are horrendous.
When you download a movie from a program like Kazaa, you run a huge risk of getting a virus. It’s an unmonitored website so you never know what you’re downloading.
These networks also suffer from a poor selection and slow download speeds.
Movies are huge files; on these networks, it can take days to download a movie! The selection is also very limited compared to other sources.
Your next option is to use some type of paid download service. There are different websites that let you download movies for a “per download” fee. You search for a movie, pay a fee for the download (about $10), and are able to have the movie over a secure network at a good download speed.
It’s not a bad option, but there’s a much cheaper way to find and download movies with equal quality.
You can also choose to go with membership based movie download websites. These sites charge a onetime fee for unlimited access to the movies on the website. This fee is usually somewhere between 30 and 50 dollars ? you can download all the movies you like at any time after paying this membership fee.
These sites are a great alternative to pay per download sites since there is only a onetime fee and unlimited access to an enormous selection of movies. The download speeds are fast and the files are guaranteed to be virus free.
The good membership sites will also provide software that lets you burn the movies onto DVD so you can watch them on your TV instead of just your computer.
Did my friend find Godzilla?
Yes he did. And I’m pretty confident he won’t be bugging me for a DVD in the future
With an increasing number of people looking to the web for movie downloads, you’ll see the number of brick and mortar video stores declining. Downloading movies, after all, is easy ? you can find all your favorites without even leaving the house!

