Thanks to streaming services like Tubi and Pluto TV, no paid subscription is needed to watch a long list of great films. Both streamers are completely free and can even be watched without logging in, making it extremely easy to watch fan-favorite classics like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and Scarface.

Both services refresh their libraries on a consistent basis, making additional movies – both old and fairly new – available to viewers. It pulls from a diverse group of genres, roping in Westerns, old-school kung fu movies, horror films, romcoms, and all sorts of other cult classics to constantly beef up their lineup.

Judging by its newest additions, not to mention some potentially overlooked gems, there’s plenty on Tubi and Pluto TV that’s worth checking out this week.

King Kong

The precursor to the giant monster movie craze has just become available on Tubi. Released in 1933, the original King Kong movie follows the familiar tale of the movie crew who come to the mysterious Skull Island, meet King Kong, and bring him back to New York City for the iconic Empire State Building scene that remains one of the most unforgettable moments ever to occur on the big screen.

King Kong is an all-time great monster classic, and even as filmmaking evolves over the years, its entertainment value never wavers. Many old movies that relied on special effects may seem outdated now, but King Kong isn’t among them, with its innovative, stop-motion approach to the giant gorilla and his size still managing to impress.

The amazing legacy of King Kong is reflected not only in the extremely successful Godzilla franchise it spawned, the many King Kong sequels that followed, the Monsterverse, and the various other films that took inspiration from its stop-motion strategy.

But King Kong isn’t worth watching just for its historical appeal; it’s a great film all the way around, using its human characters – like Fay Wray’s Ann – to build an emotional connection between the audience and King Kong, helping them to see and empathize with this monster as a legitimate character in the story, giving true weight to its ending.

World War Z

Although it’s unspectacular 67% score on Rotten Tomatoes may suggest otherwise, World War Z is a rare Brad Pitt action thriller that promises two hours of zombie-filled entertainment. Based on the book of the same, World War Z breaks with the traditional expectations of a zombie film, eschewing the standards established by George A. Romero’s Night of the Living ᴅᴇᴀᴅ and creating its own rules.

This approach works for the tone and the style of the action. World War Z’s zombies aren’t slow, lumbering creatures, but extremely fast runners, a key difference that lends itself well to the uniqueness of the film’s action sequences. World War Z’s running zombies help the movie set itself apart from most entries into the genre in a rather refreshing way.

Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop sees Eddie Murphy step into the role of Alex Foley, a police detective known for his unorthodox tactics. In the movie, Murphy’s character goes undercover in Beverly Hills under the guise of a rich man on vacation. As a fish out of water in the wealthier side of society, Beverly Hills Cop finds plenty of opportunities for laughs through Foley’s antics.

Beverly Hills Cop offers a clever combination of mystery, comedy, and action, given that it’s able to balance a murder investigation with a heavy dose of comedy at the same time. All things considered, it’s one of Eddie Murphy’s best movies, so it’s no surprise at all that it spawned a four-movie franchise for the actor.

The movie is now streaming on Tubi, as is its first of three sequels, Beverly Hills Cop II.

Ip Man

The movie that helped Donnie Yen reach international fame is currently streaming on Tubi. The first in a four-film franchise (not including a spinoff and a forthcoming fifth mainline installment), the 2008 movie is a martial arts biopic about the life of Ip Man, a Wing Chun grandmaster and Bruce Lee’s kung fu teacher.

Ip Man – or at least the first movie in the series – has nothing to do with Bruce Lee, though. Instead, it covers a heavily fictionalized take on Master Ip’s experiences in 1935 China, where he and his community have to contend with oppression in the midst of a Japanese-led occupation.

Master Ip doesn’t start out as a revolutionary hero or a champion, but is gradually pushed to the edge, prompting a legendary showdown and one of the best martial arts movie fight scenes of the 21st century.

After watching the first chapter of the story, the journey can be continued on Tubi, as the streaming service also offers the next two sequels, which do address his relationship with Bruce Lee. It also has the spinoff, but is missing the fourth movie, Ip Man 4: The Finale.

For A Few Dollars More

Some of Clint Eastwood’s best Westerns have been available to watch for free, via Tubi. That includes all three Spaghetti Westerns he made with Sergio Leone, plus his first post-Dollars Trilogy Western, Hang ‘Em High. While The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly needs no introduction, For a Few Dollars More is not quite as well known, but is a must-watch genre classic nonetheless.

Released one year before The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More is a team-up Western that pairs Eastwood with Lee Van Cleef, the same actor who goes to play the villain of the 1966 film. For those who only know Van Cleef as the cold-blooded Angel Eyes, his role as Mortimer will be a decidedly different look at one of the best actor pairings in the genre’s history.

This time around, Eastwood and Van Cleef’s characters are allies, with Eastwood’s poncho-wearing gunslinger ᴀssisting Mortimer with his crusade for revenge against the man responsible for his sister’s death. The target of his mission is Indio, an evil Mexican gang leader played by Gian Maria Volonte.

As difficult as it may be to imagine, Volonte’s performance as Indio is equally compelling as Van Cleef’s villain role in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and even succeeds in coming across as the more despicable villain of the two. Despite For a Few Dollars More being more about Mortimer’s personal journey than Eastwood’s character, it’s still an extraordinary Spaghetti Western and a worthwhile entry into Leone’s trilogy.