Amazon is offering Prime Videos for Fire TV. There are movie apps you can search from Amazon to install on your Fire TV. The majority of the users buy Amazon Firestick to stream favorite movies and TV shows. If you search “movie apps” on Fire TV, then you will see hundreds of free apps to watch your favorite movies or TV shows on Firestick. Some apps might be completely free, while others require a paid subscription. We have included Android movies apps here and you can sideload Android apps on Fire TV.
Best Firestick Channels to Watch Movies and TV Shows
In this article, let’s talk about some of the popular movie apps for Firestick or Fire TV that can help you to cut the expensive cable TV.
Kodi (Free)
As Kodi is not listed on the Amazon Store, you need to sideload the app on your Fire TV using Downloader, Apps2Fire or other options.
Download: Google Play Store
Popcornflix (Free)
The only drawback is that you need to bear with the significant of commercials, which will increase your movie time. For example, it might take 120-130 minutes to watch a 100-minute movie.
Download: Amazon Store
Pluto TV (Free)
Pluto TV also offers a VOD (Video On Demand) service for its users at free of cost. Whenever you stream content using a free app, you cannot get rid of advertisements and Pluto TV is not an exception on that. However, the good thing is that the number of commercials is a bit less when compared with other free apps.
Download: Amazon Store
Crackle TV (Free)
As the app has inbuilt support for Alexa, you can stream your favorite content with the help of voice commands, instead of taking the pain to type the name of the movie or TV show. The only drawback of this app is the commercials. A lot of users feel that the time spent on viewing the advertisements is too long.
Download: Amazon Store
Netflix (Paid)
The best option for NetFlix would be to go for a premium plan by sharing the fee with your family members or friends. As the plan allows you to access four devices at the same time, you won’t face any limitations on streaming the content.
Download: Amazon Store
Vudu (Free/Paid)
Vudu doesn’t have an exclusive app for Fire TV. Hence, you need to sideload the app on your Firestick using Downloader (developed by AFTV news), Apps2Fire or other third-party apps. And, you can easily do that within a few minutes or so.
Download: Google Play Store
Crunchyroll (Free/Paid)
Besides the free version (with Ads), Crunchyroll also offers a paid premium membership service, to stream and watch HD quality episodes without any commercials. And, it updates the new episodes within a couple of hours, after it goes live in Japan (only for premium members).
Download: Amazon Store
Amazon Fire TV (Paid with Prime Subscription)
You can watch pretty much everything including shows, moves, series from Amazon Prime TV. There are over 2 million songs you can listen to with no ads. However, you can’t get the same experience as Netflix. However, compared to Netflix, Amazon offers 2-day free shipping, and other offers exclusively for prime members along with Prime TV access.
Download: Amazon Store | Amazon Prime 30 Day Free Trial
Hulu (Paid)
Hulu is a good option for someone who would like to stream all the seasons of the popular shows which were aired on TV channels like FOX, ABC and more. Like NetFlix, Hulu also allows creating multiple profiles based on the nature of the viewers.
Download: Amazon Store
Tubi (Free)
As Tubi regularly adds new movies and TV shows (almost every week), it is a good option to watch free movies on your Fire TV or Firestick.
Download: Amazon Store
The movie apps listed on the Amazon Store vary based on your geographical location. For example, if you are located outside the US, then the Amazon app store will primarily list popular movies/TV shows in your regional language. That’s why a lot of users would prefer to install a VPN on their Fire TV not only to get access to geo-locked content but also to keep their IP address secure.
The Android-based Fire TV is allowed to install the default apps (NetFlix, Prime Video) listed on the Amazon Store. In addition to this, you can sideload any Android app through your phone to the Firestick.
Not all of the apps listed below are free. Of course, you don’t need to pay anything to download the app. However, some of the apps expect you to pay the monthly/annual or pay as you go subscription in order to watch the movies/TV shows on your Fire TV.
We have listed the apps which are either reputed or have received good feedback from the users. Are you looking for more apps to watch movies or TV shows on your Fire TV? Then, the best option would be to browse the apps listed on the Amazon Store, install them on your Firestick and try them for a week or so.