If your weekend plans involve sinking into the couch and wondering what to do next, consider this your rescue package. This week’s lineup comes with a bonus – every single movie here is completely free to stream. I dug through Tubi and Pluto TV‘s libraries and found a pothead comedy, a Swedish vampire film that reinvented the genre, and a Korean horror movie that still gets talked about years later. So, add these free films to your Weekend watchlist right away!
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Smiley Face (2007)
Genre: Comedy
IMDb: 5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 64%
Jane (Anna Faris), an unemployed actress, accidentally eats a full batch of her roommate’s weed-laced cupcakes right before a packed day of errands. What follows is a chaotic, one day journey across Los Angeles as Jane tries to replace the cupcakes, make it to a big audition, and pay off her drug dealer, all while progressively getting more baked. However, paranoia and ridiculous distractions keep derailing her at every turn.
I recommend this one almost entirely for Anna Faris, who fully commits to playing stoned and turns this low-budget comedy into an absolute masterclass in slapstick humor. She won a Best Actress award at the Method Fest for the role, and it is easy to see why after watching her navigate simple tasks like an obstacle course. It is far from a polished film, and critics were split on it at release, but if you are in the mood for something silly and low-effort to watch, this one delivers exactly that.
Stream Smiley Face on Tubi.
Let the Right One In (2008)
Genre: Horror, Romance
IMDb: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 98%
Oskar, a lonely twelve-year-old boy who gets bullied at school, strikes up a friendship with Eli, the strange new girl who moves in next door and only appears at night. As their bond deepens, a string of mysterious deaths begins spreading through their snowy Stockholm suburb. Oskar soon discovers Eli harbors a dark, bloodthirsty secret. Rather than leaning into typical vampire horror tropes, the film treats Eli’s condition as something tragic, tangled up in themes of isolation, first love, and quiet violence.
Director Tomas Alfredson shot the whole movie in muted blues and silences, letting the dread build gradually instead of relying on jump scares. Kåre Hedebrant and Lina Leandersson give remarkably mature performances for child actors, carrying scenes that require real emotional complexity. The final scene near the end is a masterpiece of tension and visual storytelling.
Stream Let the Right One In on Rakuten Viki.
The Wailing (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
IMDb: 7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 99%
A quiet mountain village in South Korea is suddenly struck by a mysterious, violent sickness that drives locals to murder their families. An incompetent police officer named Jong-goo steps up to investigate the gruesome crime scenes. When his own daughter shows identical symptoms, his search for answers turns into a desperate race against time.
What starts as a straightforward procedural investigation slowly spirals into something far stranger, blending shamanistic ritual, possession, and paranoia. The intense exorcism sequence midway through is easily one of the most hypnotic scenes in modern horror cinema. I recommend this one for how thoroughly it commits to its slow burn, letting the mystery deepen for over two hours before its full scope becomes clear. That patience pays off with one of the most talked-about endings in recent horror cinema.
Stream The Wailing on Tubi and Pluto TV.
