The American publisher and streaming platform has been restoring cult films, releasing forgotten classics, and making films available again that are often hard to find elsewhere in decent quality.

What is perhaps less known: on the official YouTube channel of Shout! Studios, there are currently over 150 full movies available completely for free, mostly in good quality and with English subtitles. The selection includes a ton of cult films, exploitation cinema, horror, underground classics, and music films, among them quite a few titles that were previously only known from VHS, old DVDs, or hard-to-find editions.

Among others, available are:

–  The Harder They Come - the legendary Jamaican reggae film with Jimmy Cliff
–  Rock ’n’ Roll High School - the timeless Ramones classic
–  Smithereens - Susan Seidelman's cult New York punk film
–  Hype! - one of the best documentaries of the Seattle grunge scene
– The Decline of Western Civilization trilogy - Penelope Spheeris' legendary documentary series on American punk, metal, and alternative subculture

And this is just a few examples. The complete playlist can be found here:  [LINK!]

Shout! TV – free streaming with ads

Besides YouTube, Shout! Studios also runs its own streaming service called Shout! TV.



The service is free to use, requiring only a registration, and in return ads run during the movies.

Here, titles like these are also available:
– Suburbia — Penelope Spheeris' raw and still brutal punk film
– Dudes — punk road movie starring Flea and Lee Ving
– The Punk Rock Movie — Don Letts' legendary London punk documentary



The selection of Shout! TV is essentially built on cult films, niche films, and genre movies, making it especially interesting for those who love to get lost in the less mainstream world of cinema.

While most streaming platforms increasingly offer the same content, Shout! Studios continues to do a pretty good job of making old, weird, or hard-to-access films easily watchable again - and often completely for free.