YouTube is offering an impressive slate of free movies in July 2022. To be clear, the selection includes action & adventure, drama, comedy, romance, thrillers and more. It is safe to say there is something for every movie fan available for free on YouTube right now. Note that if you don’t have YouTube Premium, you will get ads with these.
Into the Blue
Marvel at peak Jessica Alba and Paul Walker by watching this perfect Summer movie from 2005.
Synopsis: A group of divers find themselves in deep trouble with a drug lord after they come upon the illicit cargo of a sunken airplane.
Cast Includes: Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Scott Caan and Josh Brolin
Trivia: Into the Blue villain, James Frain, would go on to play Spock’s father, Sarek, in Star Trek: Discovery
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Also Check Out: Director John Stockwell’s other beach film, 2002’s Blue Crush.
Chain Reaction
The Fugitive director Andrew Davis delivers another ’90s thriller with Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman and Rachel Weisz on board.
Synopsis: A student machinist (Keanu Reeves) finds himself caught in a maze of secret government cover-ups, hi-tech espionage and murder after working on a ground-breaking scientific experiment.
Cast Also Includes: In addition to Reeves, Weisz and Freeman, check out a pre-Succession Brian Cox.
Trivia: Like Davis’s Harrison Ford led 1993 The Fugitive, Chain Reaction was filmed on location in Chicago. Furthermore, the city’s Michigan Avenue bridge features in one action set piece.
Also Check Out: The Fugitive, the greatest cinematic thriller of the 1990s decade.
Major League
Before they were the Guardians, Cleveland’s Indians were featured in this R rated 1989 sports comedy.
Synopsis: The new owner of the Cleveland Indians, former showgirl Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton), has a sweetheart deal to move the team to Miami. But to break the lease with the city of Cleveland, ticket sales have to plummet. So Phelps hires the most incompetent players available, including near-blind pitcher Rick Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) and injury-prone catcher Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger). But her villainous tactics accidentally foster a can-do team spirit, turning the Indians into potential winners.
Cast: In addition to Sheen and Berenger, look for Corbin Bernsen, Wesley Snipers, Rene Russo and Bob Uecker.
Trivia: Uecker is still an active baseball broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Also Check Out: 1994’s Major League II if you seek a more family friendly PG rated baseball comedy.
