Since the day the internet has started developing, there has been a flood of opportunities for entertainment at finger tips. Most of the crowds these days have become a movie buff. This is mainly due to the reason that with time, there has been the launching of a huge number of websites for watching movies. It is also worth mentioning that we are in a golden era of movies and television. Anyone with an internet access can go to many such unblocked movie sites and access good and quality content. These websites have a very good interface and come with catalogs of all kinds of movies that one wishes to watch.

Some are free while others need to be paid to get access to all the contents. Here is a list of the big paid movie streaming websites that are right now ruling the hearts of the people with the attractive offers and countless movies.

List of top paid streaming sites

• Netflix:

Founded in 1997, Netflix was launched as the world’s first online DVD rental store. But then it had a long way to go. Later it introduced “video on demand” via internet. It has been one of the most successful dot-com ventures.

Now it has become the world’s leading subscription for watching TV episodes and movies on your device. You can also install the app on your phone in order to watch shows and movies anytime and anywhere. In 2013 it introduced the “Profiles” feature on the site. It allowed users to make profiles which can amount up to five.

• If you have a Netflix membership, you can get access to unlimited movies and series.
• Search for any movie you want to watch and you can sign up using any device.
• You can rate what you watch. Accordingly Netflix assists you in finding the movie of your choice.
• You can start watching on one device and then resume on another device.

Right now “Netflix Originals” has been gaining worldwide popularity due to the shows and the series that are being originally launched in Netflix itself. These series are becoming the favorites all around the globe which is adding to the popularity of the whole Netflix website.

Lately in June 2018, Netflix announced a partnership with the Telltale games to provide their streaming adventure games over the service.

• Amazon Prime Video:

Owned by amazon.com, it provides shows and movies for rent or purchase. It also includes the section “Prime Video” which contains a selection of Amazon Studios Original content and licensed acquisitions included in Amazon Prime’s subscription. In other countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, it additionally offers Amazon Channels, which allows viewers to subscribe to other suppliers’ content including HBO in the United States.

Amazon Prime is a premium service offered by amazon which includes a lot of perks such as free and fast deliveries, guarantees, early deal access etc. It also lets users access to streaming video, music and so on. You can enjoy watching movies anytime from anywhere. You can watch the same on your mobile, tablet, smart TV, Fire TV Stick etc. You can sign in up to three devices at a time.

You also have the option of downloading and watching the movies online.

You can watch all the movies at a high quality and the data usage for the same will also be very small for the same.

The home page shows you the current deals and offers that Amazon Prime is giving. You also have the customer service section where you can get any help or support that you might need. You have the search bar where you can search for the movie that you wish to watch.  

• Hotstar:

Owned by Novi Digital Entertainment Private Limited, Hotstar is an online video streaming platform which is also a wholly owned subsidiary of Star India Private Limited. It currently houses a huge TV content with movies in about eight different languages. It has a highly evolved video streaming technology which has made it a household application for every phone and has won the hearts of common people who do not always have access to television.

• It has the great feature of seamless video playback. Based on the available bandwidth, this site offers you the best possible streaming experience without any buffering. So it is considered to give the best watching experience- be it in mobile data or Wi-Fi.
• There is an option for smart search where the complexity of finding a certain movie or show is reduced to a great amount.
• It has a user friendly environment. As you keep watching movies or shows of some category, it starts showing you the same kind of content when you go to the home page.
• It has a catalogue that is updated every now and then to meet with the demands of the users. It offers the latest and the most popular shows, movies and knowledge based contents from India and the world.
• Jioplay:

Launched by Reliance Jio, this streaming application has also gained enough popularity in the recent times. It gives you access to live TV channels with the ability to let you watch any program that has been on air from the last seven days. All such programmes are stored on the Jio Play Servers. You also have the option to stop the program at any time and rewind the same without actually recording anything on your device. The application has an easy interface. On the left, you will find a list of channels that you have subscribed for, at the centre of the screen you will find the program list and at the top you will find the date.

You can also get the details about the shows and movies on future dates. You can always get movies on rent. A jioplay subscription comes free to every user of a jio internet pack.