piracy is a crime. if jesus finds out he’ll kill you.
They staked his hands and feet, not his heart. Now that we understand vampirism and liches better, it’s time to try again.
Start with the internet, if that doesn’t work try your local movie theater.
I also use 1337x.to, but for anything obscure my next stop is rutracker.org
yeah for the most part, although you’ll have to check if its a re-encode and what codec it is. there’s loads of old uploads on there and they might still be avi or divx.
alldebrid.net, you can paste magnets from 1337x.to for instant cached download
Also real-debrid.com They have competing good reviews from basically everyone. RD seems to cache torrents for longer (although this is debatable, so, grain of salt)
If anyone has these services already or is interested I HIGHLY suggest also looking up on github a project called “plex_debrid” the main dev is itstoggled
Basically it integrates a debrid service (real-debrid, alldebrid, etc.) into Plex and allows you to have nearly instant access to any movie/show by simply adding it to your watchlist in Plex. It also supports external watchlists from Trakt (I also suggest this app anyway- I pay the yearly premium to support the single developer) and overseerr. You add a movie or show to your list, it searches for cached torrents, refreshes Plex, and the media is available to stream immediately (nearly. A few secs usually). It also supports Jellyfin instead of Plex if people dislike Plex (I bought lifetime like a decade ago to support them at the time, so, I just keep using it for now)
If you don’t have a server or host pc of any type at home, or aren’t interested in such things, then streamio is my next recommendation. It also uses debrid services to instantly search for and play whatever media you want. Caveat for streamio though is the project is closed source, lacks customization options, and the devs, in my experience, are slow to update and add features like customization. It is a nice program though and totally free. Available for Android tablets, phones, and android TV products. Also PC and I think Linux and Mac too (too lazy to check).
I will second torrentgalaxy and 1337x, I can find most stuff on there. rutracker if it’s really obscure
some general notes about torrenting movies:
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avoid anything that says CAM or HDCAM or TS or HDTS. look for BluRay or WEBRip instead. if the movie has not been released on Bluray or digital then you should practice patience and wait instead of watching a cam
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file size will often reflect quality. usually ~2gb is passable quality for a 2 hour movie in 1080p. for really good quality without compression artifacts then something like 6-8gb will be much better at preserving details and film grain
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4K (2160p) rips are usually HDR so they won’t look right unless your device supports HDR. you probably don’t need 4K but if you have the storage space and fast internet and want super high resolution that’s an option
notes on quality of different release groups I know of:
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YTS / Yify are pretty mid quality IMO, probably fine for some stuff but I generally avoid unless that’s all I can find
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RARBG releases had decent quality/filesize tradeoff, not perfect but good for most things (that site is now defunct so you won’t see them release new movies but you can find a lot of their old torrents on torrentgalaxy)
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GalaxyRG - I think their 1400MB rips are dumb but the 10-bit GalaxyRG265 rips seem pretty decent, comparable to RARGB or slightly better
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QxR releases very high quality encodes, the file sizes will also be larger but it’s worth it for movies where you really care about visuals. their torrents often include commentary tracks and sometimes even special features (which you don’t have to download) which is awesome
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HeVK (uploader on 1337x) releases a lot of really high quality encodes of horror movies in particular, if you’re into that sort of thing. also usually includes commentary tracks
