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In April 2026, Watch With Us has added three new selections to our list of the best movies you can watch for free on Tubi right now.
Our first pick is Poor Things, the 2023 awards darling starring Emma Stone as a woman brought back from the dead.
We also highlight Ricky Stanicky, a great comedy about a childhood prank taken too far.
Read on for our full list.
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‘Poor Things’ (2023)
In a retrofuturist version of Victorian London, mad scientist Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) brings back to life the body of a pregnant woman who killed herself, replacing her brain with that of her fetus and naming her Bella Baxter (Stone). But as the weeks pass and Bella’s vocabulary and sense of self only improve, she grows less pliable and more independent, seeking escape from the confines of her guardian. After Baxter’s medical student, Max (Ramy Youssef), proposes to Bella, she runs away with a lawyer (Mark Ruffalo) and sets off on a cross-continental adventure.
Poor Things is both strange and wonderful; an assured blend of science fiction, fantasy and dark comedy that serves as a true tour de force acting showcase for Stone, who, perhaps unsurprisingly, took home Oscar gold for her performance back in 2024. The film has a gorgeous steampunk aesthetic and truly virtuoso costuming by way of Holly Waddington. In addition to being a fun and funny visual feast, Poor Things also succeeds as a nuanced exploration of sexual liberation and societal norms.
‘Ricky Stanicky’ (2024)
Childhood best friends Dean (Zac Efron), Wes (Jermaine Fowler) and JT (Andrew Santino) created an imaginary friend named Ricky Stanicky when they were kids to have an alibi for getting out of trouble. Twenty years on, and the guys are still using Ricky as a scapegoat to get out of various professional and personal obligations. But when their partners demand to finally meet the elusive Ricky, the trio decides to hire a low-rent actor named Rod Rimestead (John Cena) to pose as him. But when Rod becomes too instantly beloved as Ricky, he takes his method acting a bit too far, resulting in hilarious consequences for the guys who created him.
Ricky Stanicky is carried by a genuinely hilarious premise and a fantastic comedic performance from Cena, whose typical over-eagerness to be funny in other comedy roles ends up translating beautifully to the innately desperate Rod. While the movie might be pushing it a little with a runtime nearing two hours, Cena’s presence consistently makes Ricky Stanicky a delight to behold. The film isn’t some awards masterpiece, but it’s got what you want out of a great comedy, with plenty of lines and gags that will make you laugh out loud.
‘Event Horizon’ (1997)
In the year 2047, a group of astronauts is sent on a rescue mission to recover a lost spaceship known as the Event Horizon, which had gone missing seven years prior, before suddenly reappearing in orbit around the planet Neptune. Among the Lewis and Clark rescue craft are Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne), designer of the Event Horizon, Dr. Weir (Sam Neill), medical doctor D.J. (Jason Isaacs) and Lieutenant Starck (Joely Richardson). While investigating the derelict ship, they discover the entire crew has mysteriously perished. What they don’t yet know is that the Event Horizon’s crew unleashed a great evil that still lurks on board.
“What if a spaceship managed to fold spacetime and travel to Hell?” is a fantastic premise for a sci-fi horror movie; it’s just a shame that studio interference forced director Paul W.S. Anderson to massacre his original, 130-minute cut down to a scant 96 minutes. (Unfortunately, the original footage has been lost or destroyed.)
Though the film was a commercial and critical failure, it gained cult classic status on home video and has influenced countless sci-fi and horror movies since. Event Horizon is a chilling, atmospheric thrill ride with unforgettable imagery and standout performances from Neill and Fishburne.
‘Her Smell’ (2018)
Self-destructive rock musician Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss) helps to bring her band, Something She, into the spotlight with her immense talent, but that rise to fame is quickly dashed by Becky’s own behavior. Her Smell is told in five separate scenes from different periods of Becky’s life, highlighting her fraught relationships with her bandmates, her family, her ex-husband and her spiral to the bottom — from which perhaps she can finally find redemption.
Alex Ross Perry‘s stressful yet captivating drama is a tour-de-force showcase for Moss, who commands the challenging role with unshakeable verve and total commitment to the character. Her Smell brings the toxic rock-and-roll lifestyle away from the glitz and glamor and into the ugly reality through the sharp script written by Perry. The movie co-stars Dan Stevens, Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson.
‘Down by Law’ (1986)
In New Orleans, three disparate men converge in a jail cell: Jack (John Lurie), a dispassionate pimp, Zack (Tom Waits), a listless disc jockey and Roberto (Roberto Benigni), a goofy Italian tourist arrested for a gambling dispute turned violent. Zack and Jack have both been set up for crimes they haven’t committed, and it’s Robert who finds a way for the three of them to escape from jail. The men, constantly at odds with one another, set out to evade capture and leave the state.
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Famed indie director Jim Jarmusch crafts another uniquely American film about uniquely American anxieties. Funny and poetic, Down by Law is a grounded and hypnotic portrait of ennui, the idea of the American Dream and of longing for a better life but being too lazy to get there. Waits, Lurie and Benigni have incredible chemistry as three men forced to be in proximity of each other: Benigni as the impossibly cheerful Roberto, with Lurie and Waits only united by their sheer hatred of him.
