I love to watch films but I mainly watch them during the Winter or if I (had to) kill time.

I started with one of the first movie senders 'Filmnet'. The introduction period was great but after that you had to pick a period. For example day, evening or the night. Inoticed if you watched for one month you should consider yourself happy if one new film was added every 3 months. I decided not to pay for that.
I always bought films, bought a large collection on vhs tape as a video store closed down. I buy films on dvd and recorded them since 1983. Most of them are still in a great condition esp the tapes (have video recorders).
We used the Piratebay for many years and found sites where we can watch films for free too. My children included.
We share a Netflix account too but I admit at the moment I use it more than three of my children. They find their film on different sites if they don't watch our series on dvd.

If you watch Netflix frequently you saw everything. It's no longer about good, quality but a lot of low budget films not worth the time. Kind of pity.
The benefit is you can watch something else for a change and without comercials (the reason why we don't watch television for at least 15 years by now).

I wouldn't pay for Netflix since there are plenty of ways to watch films plus Netflix is expensive. We pay over 16 euros a month.