Weekend Recs

Free Movie Picks 2/1 | Remembering Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara's passing prompts us to remember her performances that you can stream for free!

Aaron Perine

01 Feb 2026 — 4 min read

Catherine O'Hara

Greetings Cadets!

Welcome to Free Space, where the best things on TV are FREE. It’s only right to celebrate a legends career this weekend. Catherine O’Hara passed away yesterday and the news reverberated all over social media. Many moving tributes and people remembering how much light she brought throughout her storied career.

It only makes sense to spotlight a handful of O’Hara’s films available on Free Streaming platforms. There are so many good picks out there. Hopefully, we can help you zero in on something to enjoy over the next few frosty days. We’re going to hop right into it!

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A Mighty Wind - Free on YouTube + Pluto TV

Let’s start off with a pick the Letterboxd set is going to love! Christopher Guest directs an All-Star team consisting of O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Rachel Harris and more. (Seriously the cast list alone pushes A Mighty Wind to the front. Can’t say enough about this effort from Christpher Guest. A film that wonders about stardom, voice and spectacle on a smaller scale. All without ever forgetting the weird little interactions that keep a show going. Definitely worth a watch.

Here’s a short synopsis for A Mighty Wind: “When folk icon Irving Steinbloom passed away, he left a legacy of music and a family of performers he had shepherded to folk stardom: Mitch & Mickey (Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara) were the epitome of young love until their partnership was torn apart by heartbreak; classic troubadours The Folksmen (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer); and The New Main Street Singers (featuring John Michael Higgins, Jane Lynch and Parker Posey), the most meticulously color-coordinated "neuftet" ever to hit an amusement park near you. Now, for one night only in New York City's Town Hall, these three groups will reunite and gather together to celebrate the music that almost made them famous as they generate A Mighty Wind.”

There Goes The Neighborhood - Streaming on Hoopla

Things fall apart in fast-forward during this comedy. Also known as Paydirt, the film pairs Jeff Daniels and Catherine O’Hara with a wealth of talented performers. Folks, this one is about as 1992 or so as they come. Bill Phillips hands a comedy stuffed to the brim with scenarios about as well as you’d expect. But, the real charm here is seeing the two leads play off of each other. Hoopla gives us the chance to revisit some fun stuff.

Check out a short synopsis for the film! “In this all-star treasure hunt comedy, a prison psychiatrist finds out from a dying patient the location of 8-1/2 million dollars, buried deep beneath the house of an attractive single woman. Hilarity ensues as he competes with other crooks to lay hands on the money.”

Where the Wild Things Are - Streaming on Tubi! and Plex

Spike Jonze takes a walk through our collective childhoods with Where the Wild Things Are. Maurice Sendak’s seminal children’s book provides the source material. Ms. O’Hara plays Judith in this one. She would end up doing a lot of voice work as the years went on. (Despite it not being free right now, The Wild Robot? She’s excellent as a mother in that film!) Jonze is at his best when there’s some dreamlike shenanigans afoot. This kind of whimsy just feels good.

Check out what we’re working with: “Feeling misunderstood at home and at school, mischievous Max (Max Records) escapes to the land of the Wild Things, majestic -- and sometimes fierce -- creatures. They allow Max to become their leader, and he promises to create a kingdom where everyone will be happy. However, Max soon finds that being king is not easy and that, even being with the Wild Things, there is something missing.” Here’s the trailer