Friday 2 August 2019

New on The Roku Channel: August 2019 | Watch free movies online and on Roku devices

New on The Roku Channel: August 2019 | Watch free movies online and on Roku devices

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New on The Roku Channel: August 2019 | Watch free movies online and on Roku devices

Posted: 01 Aug 2019 08:00 AM PDT

This month, we've added a new batch of free movies from our collection for you to enjoy on The Roku Channel – on your Roku players or Roku TVs. August's list is full of popular Hollywood flicks like – Up in the Air, Happy Feet Two, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Beverly Hills Cop II, Failure to Launch, and more!

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Watch free kids & family movies online:

  • Happy Feet Two (2011) – Mumble’s son, Erik, is struggling to realize his talents in the Emperor Penguin world. Meanwhile, Mumble and his family and friends discover a new threat their home — one that will take everyone working together to save them.
  • Space Jam (1996) – In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) – A junkyard dog returns to Earth from heaven thanks to the powers of a magical, rewindable watch, though his objective changes as he watches events unfold in his former stomping grounds.

Watch free action movies online:

  • Die Hard with a Vengeance  (1995) – John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon Gruber in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.
  • Sahara (2005) – Master explorer Dirk Pitt goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the “Ship of Death” in the deserts of West Africa while helping a WHO doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator.
  • Ghost Rider (2007) – A motorcycle stuntman who sold his soul to save a loved one becomes a fiery agent for justice at night in the presence of evil.
  • King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) – Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy – whether he likes it or not.
  • Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) – Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil’s near-fatal shooting and the series of “alphabet crimes” associated with it.
  • Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) – Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles.
  • Walking Tall: The Payback (2007) – A man (Kevin Sorbo) discovers a link between the mysterious death of his father and a gang of murderous thugs.

Watch free comedy movies online:

  • The Sandlot (1993) – In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
  • Bad News Bears (2005) – A grizzled little league coach tries to turn his team of misfits into champs.
  • Election (1999) – A high school teacher’s personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections, particularly with an obsessive overachiever determined to become student body president.
  • Up in the Air (2009) – Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, traveling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire.
  • Orange County (2002) – A guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to Stanford University under the name of an over-achieving high schooler.
  • Son of Rambow (2007) – During a long English summer in the early 1980s, two schoolboys from differing backgrounds set out to make a film inspired by First Blood (1982).
  • Blue Hawaii (1962) -A pineapple tycoon’s rebellious son turns island tour guide with his girlfriend.
  • G.I. Blues (1960) – Tulsa, a soldier with dreams of running his own nightclub, places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can win the heart of an untouchable dancer…but when Dynamite is transferred, Tulsa must replace him in the bet.
  • Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) – When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.
  • Saved! (2004) – When a girl attending a Christian high school becomes pregnant, she finds herself ostracized and demonized, as all of her former friends turn on her.
  • Getting Even With Dad (1994) – An 11-year-old moves in with his ex-convict father in the confusion of a major heist.

Watch free drama movies online:

  • Thelma & Louise (1991) – An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a ’66 Thunderbird.
  • Spotlight (2015) – Journalists from The Boston Globe investigate a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Flashdance (1983) – A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.
  • Fatal Attraction (1987) – A married man’s one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
  • School Ties (1992) – Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children, Evelyn, Dermot, and Maurice, make it clear to the authorities that his is an untenable situation.
  • To Catch a Thief (1955) –A retired cat burglar sees fireworks with an American heiress on the Riviera.
  • The Passion of the Christ (2004) – Condemned to die by crucifixion, Jesus (Jim Caviezel) of Nazareth endures the agony of his final 12 hours.
  • Men, Women & Children (2014) – A group of high school teenagers and their parents attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communications, their self-images, and their love lives.
  • The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) – A down-and-out golfer attempts to recover his game and his life with help from a mystical caddy.
  • Evelyn (2002) – Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children, Evelyn, Dermot, and Maurice, make it clear to the authorities that his is an untenable situation.
  • Of Mice and Men (1992) – Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.
  • The Mod Squad (1999) – A police captain saves three young adults (Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi, Omar Epps) from jail, recruiting them to work under cover in Los Angeles.
  • Dances with Wolves (1990) – Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
  • Platoon (1986) – A young soldier in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
  • Deuces Wild (2002) – Two brothers (Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro) and their gang battle violent rivals who threaten to destroy their 1950s Brooklyn neighborhood.

Watch free romance movies online:

  • Failure to Launch (2006) – A thirty-something is still living with his parents until they hire an interventionist to help him graduate out of the house. That’s when the fun begins.
  • The Love Guru (2008) – Pitka, an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge is to settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.
  • The Lake House (2006) – A lonely doctor and a frustrated architect begin exchanging letters, then discover that they are living two years apart.
  • Across the Universe (2007) – Songs by the Beatles illustrate a tale of two star-crossed lovers swept up by the 1960s counterculture and the anti-war movement.
  • At First Sight (1999) – A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.
  • Autumn in New York (2000) – Romantic drama about an aging playboy who falls for a sweet, but terminally ill, young woman.
  • Stanley & Iris (1990) – A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night.
  • Just Between Friends (1986) – After a man’s (Ted Danson) death, his wife (Mary Tyler Moore) realizes her pregnant friend (Christine Lahti) was his mistress.

Watch free thriller/horror movies online:

  • The Craft (1996) – Teen misfits befriend a suicidal newcomer and strike back at their tormentors with witchcraft in Los Angeles.
  • The Exorcist (1973) – An actress calls upon Jesuit priests to try to end the demonic possession of her 12-year-old daughter.
  • The Terminator (1984) – A cyborg from the future arrives in 20th-century Los Angeles to kill the woman who will give birth to mankind’s post-apocalyptic savior.
  • Boot Camp (2007) – Sent to an island institution for rehabilitation, troubled teens unite to confront their abusive tormentors.
  • Wicker Park (2004) – An engaged man searches obsessively for his former lover who disappeared two years earlier.

Looking for more to watch? Here’s what’s new on Netflix this month.

Happy Streaming!

*  Titles and availability are subject to change.

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