13 sites for sharing movies

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Share your impressions with your friends from the comfort of your home.

1. Okko Party

• Price: from 199 rubles per month (until January 10, a promotion - a subscription costs 1 ruble).
• Video categories: films, TV series, sports broadcasts.
• Language: Russian.
• Chat: text, audio, video.

Okko, one of the largest Russian online cinemas, recently launched the Okko Party video sharing service. The collection includes more than 40 thousand films, as well as TV series and broadcasts of sports matches.

Each participant in the session must have an active subscription to watch videos together. You also need to download and install the Chrome browser extension to sync.

So far, the service works only on computers. You may have to pay extra for access to individual films, TV shows and matches - it all depends on the terms of your subscription.

Go to Okko →

2. Yandex. Video

• Price: is free.
• Video categories: films, serials.
• Language: Russian.
• Chat: text.

There is a button “Watching with friends” under the description of a movie or series in the Yandex. Video service. By clicking on it, you can invite someone and start watching together. Each participant can control playback, for example, pause the movie or rewind to the desired scene.

The service is available on computers and smartphones. It doesn't work on Apple TV and smart TVs yet. Up to 150 people can be connected to the broadcast at the same time.

You can find films by request "watching together". Search results may be empty for IP addresses outside of Russia.

Yandex. Efir content and some of the films on the Kinopoisk HD website are available free of charge. But some tapes are only available for rent or subscription.

Go to Yandex. Video →

3. Scener

• Price: is free.
• Video categories: streaming services, their own video broadcasts.
• Language: English.
• Chat: text, video.

The online video sharing program works through the Chrome browser extension. Scener supports group sessions on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney +, HBO Max, and other streaming services. To access, you need the appropriate subscriptions.

Up to 10 people can be in private rooms at the same time (five of them have access to broadcast control), in public rooms - more than a million. You can also host video parties and broadcast your videos to everyone.

Video chat really expands the possibilities for sharing. The broadcasts from the cameras of the participants are placed next to the main window with the film, and you can see all the emotional reactions of your friends and loved ones in real time.

Go to Scener →

4. TwoSeven

• Price: is free; Prime - from $ 3 per month.
• Video categories: streaming services, your video, screen broadcast.
• Language: English.
• Chat: text, audio, video.

It sounds complicated, but the broadcast quality is excellent. There are practically no freezes and long buffering, as in popular free services or messengers with video communication.

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5. Kast

• Price: is free; Base - from $ 4.99 per year; Premium - from $ 4.99 per month.
• Video categories: YouTube, Tubi, own video, screen broadcast.
• Language: English.
• Chat: text, audio, video.

One of the world's first co-browsing services, Rabb.it, has been updated and is now available under the Kast brand. After the restart, it received a bright dynamic interface and an application that works more stable than the web version.

Kast has three access formats: you can create impressions from YouTube, Tubi and other open sources connected to Kast TV for free, watch any broadcasts from other users, and chat. The Base package also offers broadcasting of any channels from Kast TV, demonstration of the display in standard quality and special reactions ‑ emojis in chat. The Premium package has HD screen display, higher video resolution and no ads.

Go to Kast →

6. Rave

• Price: is free.
• Video categories: streaming services, Reddit, your video.
• Language: English.
• Chat: text, audio.

In addition, you can throw a full-fledged online party - it's not for nothing that the service is called Rave. One of the most unusual features of the platform is an artificial intelligence DJ who will create a playlist based on your preferences and create mixes or mashups of two tracks. And there is also support for the Google Daydream platform and the Oculus Gear VR virtual reality glasses - these are truly next-generation raves.

Go to Rave →

7. Kosmi

• Price: is free.
• Video categories: own videos, broadcasts of other users, card and computer games.
• Language: English.
• Chat: text, audio, video.

A fairly simple site, but with a screen capture function. If you, for example, have a subscription to a streaming service, you can create a broadcast for everyone - and watch movies, TV series or videos from your computer with your friends.

In addition, you can play poker and other card games at Kosmi. There are also emulators for the old-school NES SNES consoles, the arena for Quake III and the anime shooter Venge.io. Everything is done through online broadcasts, so you don't have to register and install applications or extensions.

Go to Kosmi →

8. Metastream

• Price: is free.
• Video categories: streaming services.
• Language: English, Russian and 12 more.
• Chat: text, audio, video.

Service for joint viewing of films and online broadcasts. It supports Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Twitch, Crunchyroll and more - you need appropriate accounts to access.

Metastream works through a browser extension. You won't be able to share your videos for sharing, but you can create playlists (queues) or listen to music.

Go to Metastream →

9. Watch2Gether

• Price: is free; Premium - from 3.49 euros per month (test period - 30 days).
• Video categories: streaming services, social networks.
• Language: Russian, English and 25 others.
• Chat: text, audio, video.

Playlists are supported, browsing history is saved. To create a room or enter it, it is not necessary to register - it will be enough to indicate a nickname for the chat.

Go to Watch2Gether →

10. Teleparty (Netflix Party)

• Price: is free.
• Video categories: streaming services.
• Language: English.
• Chat: text.

After rebranding, Netflix Party became Teleparty. In addition to Chrome, it received support for the Microsoft Edge browser based on the Chromium engine.

The service works not only with Netflix, but also with other popular American streaming platforms: Disney +, Hulu and HBO. An account on the corresponding site will be required for each participant in the broadcast. Synchronization works well. In the future, the owners of the project intend to add audio and video chat.

Go to Teleparty →

11. Tutturu

• Price: is free; Premium - from $ 4.99 per month.
• Video categories: browser broadcast.
• Language: English.
• Chat: text, audio.

This service provides you with a browser whose content you can stream. Thus, you can watch movies from Netflix and other paid streaming platforms with friends if you have only one account, or start videos from cloud storage.

But if you think about it, the functions of the service are much broader. So, you can hold a presentation or show the customer a project of his new site, quickly uploading changes from your computer to the hosting.

With a Premium account, the quality of broadcasts will be higher. Plus, you don't have to wait in line to create a room - during peak hours it can take several minutes.

Go to Tutturu →

12. Caracal

• Price: is free.
• Video categories: your video, screen broadcast.
• Language: English.
• Chat: text only.

In this service, you can also broadcast the contents of the screen - which means, watch videos from streaming platforms or files from your computer. There is a ban only on showing porn: for this, your account will be automatically deleted.

To create broadcasts, you will need to register: specify your username, password and e-mail. You don't have to install extensions - everything works directly. Among the interesting features - you can prevent guests from watching your broadcast if they use a VPN.

Go to Caracal →

13. OnPlay

• Price: is free.
• Video categories: YouTube.
• Language: Russian English.
• Chat: text only.

Service for sharing videos on YouTube. It is enough to insert a link to the desired video into the search box, and its viewing will be synchronized for all users who follow the link to the room with this video. Start, pause and rewind - all at the same time.

Registration in the service is not required. It is enough to specify an arbitrary name under which your messages in the chat will appear. You can also embed the code of the player for sharing on the site.

Go to OnPlay →