How WatchSeries works
Every movie and series gets a page of its own: the plot, the cast, the trailer, every season and episode, and a Play button. The video comes from third-party servers, four of them for each title. If one stalls, tap the next: most of them pick up at the minute you were at.
Anime is the exception: it plays on a player made for it, which finds the right episode by itself, so a season numbered one way here and another way in Japan still lands where it should.
The catalogue is TMDB's, refreshed every day, so a film released this morning is already here tonight. WatchSeries doesn't host, upload or store a single video file.
Where to start
- Movies opens on what came out most recently. Narrow it by genre, country, year or the service that streams it: Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu, Apple TV, Paramount+, AMC+ or Starz.
- TV Series works the same way, and inside a show the episodes you've finished are marked, the next one ready.
- The schedule follows the 60 most popular US and UK series day by day, a week back and a week ahead: what aired last night, what's due on Thursday.
- Anime keeps to Japanese animation streaming right now, the season's new shows on top, Crunchyroll first among the services to filter by.
- Top IMDB is the all-time list, scored by audiences rather than critics.
- Filters puts movies and series together, for when you know the mood but not the title.
- The home page changes with every visit: what's trending today, a different streaming service's exclusives each time you come back, the newest of a genre.
What we leave out
The lists skip what nobody comes here for: reality shows, talk shows, soaps, news and wrestling. A title also has to be rated by enough viewers before it shows up, so you don't scroll past pages of uploads nobody has watched. Search still finds them, if you're after something odd.
Watching something
- Search for it, or pick it from a list.
- On its page, press Play. For a series, choose the season and the episode first, or just press Play to start where you stopped.
- Video won't load? Choose another server beside the player.
- Leave Autoplay on and the next episode starts by itself when one ends.
Your place, kept
WatchSeries remembers the minute you stopped at in every movie and episode. Continue Watching on the home page takes you back there, Favorites holds what you mean to see and History what you've opened.
No account is needed for any of it: it all stays in your browser. A free account carries it to your phone and your laptop alike, lets you comment on titles, and tells you when a series you follow has a new episode out.
Questions people ask
Is WatchSeries free?
Yes, all of it, with no subscription and no trial. The players come from outside services, and some of them show their own ads: those aren't ours.
Do I need an account to watch?
No. Press Play and it plays. An account is optional and free: it adds comments, new-episode alerts, and your favorites and progress on every device you use.
Does WatchSeries host the videos?
No. WatchSeries shows information from TMDB and opens streams from third-party players. No video file is uploaded to or stored on its servers.
What if a video won't play?
Switch server in the panel beside the video: each one is a different source, and most of them pick up where you were. If none of them works, press Report in the player and say what happened: it reaches us directly.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, in any modern browser, with nothing to install. On a phone the site works like an app: a bar at the bottom to move around, rows you swipe, the player full screen.
How can a rights holder have a title removed?
Send a notice through the contact form, as the DMCA Policy explains. Notices are reviewed within 24 hours on business days, valid ones are acted on usually the same day, and removed titles stay removed.
