5 Best Firefox Add-Ons to Search and Download Movies & Video Clips

As I’ve mentioned many times before, I’m a huge fan of movies. Whether it’s going to the theaters or watching from my boob-tube,  iPod or computer, I can’t get enough. In recent posts, I’ve provided many free movie sites for you to watch streaming movies online from your computer. Though the movie sites are very valuable to have, wouldn’t you like more flexibility? How about downloading and watching a movie directly from your computer or downloading and converting a movie for you to play on your iPod or mobile device? Today’s post is all about sharing the best FireFox Add-Ons to enhance your ability to search for, get reviews, download and convert movies and clips. All quotes below are taken directly from each Add-On page.

Video Download Helper – 5 Stars, 1853 Reviews, 691,490 Weekly Downloads

“The easy way to download and convert Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites. This works also for audio and picture galleries. Just surf the Web as you are used to, when DownloadHelper detects it can do something for you, the icon gets animated and a menu allows you to download files by simply clicking an item. For instance, if you go to a YouTube page, you’ll be able to download the video directly on your file system. It also works with MySpace, Google videos, DailyMotion, Porkolt, iFilm, DreamHost and others”

GoogleTube – 5 Stars, 63 Reviews, 16,198 Weekly Downloads

“GoogleTube is a nifty little player for YouTube, accessible from the status bar and within Google, Yahoo! and Bing search results. Think of it as a combination of a search and recommendation engine for music, live shows, movies trailers and more. GoogleTube may change the way you find and play music clips, movies trailers, products reviews, live performances and many more videos normally found on YouTube. By simply clicking on the GoogleTube icon in the status bar, or by looking for the nicely embedded YouTube button within the search results of your favorite search engine, you can now play and watch great videos in a snap.”

FlashGot - 5 Stars, 183 Reviews, 469,125 Weekly Downloads

“Download all the links, movies and audio clips of a page at the maximum speed with a single click, using the most popular, lightweight and reliable external download managers. Download one link, selected links or all the links of a page together at the maximum speed with a single click, using the most popular, lightweight and reliable external download managers. The new “FlashGot Media” command grabs video and audio clips while they’re playing, too. Supported download tools are dozens, see http://flashgot.net for details.”

Glue – Recommendations for Books, Movies and Music – 5 Stars, 218 Reviews, 12,882 Weekly Downloads

“Glue helps you discover great movies, books and music. When you visit sites like Amazon, IMDB, and Wikipedia, Glue appears to show you suggestions based on what you like, what your friends like, and what’s most popular across the web. Get Glue! Find your next favorite movie, book, and music album! As you browse popular sites Glue learns what you like. Glue uses this information to suggest books, movies and music that you may enjoy. The more you use Glue, the better the suggestions. Suggestions are based on what you like, what your friends like and what’s popular around the web.”

Eccellio Movies – 5 Stars, 11 Reviews, 386 Weekly Downloads

“Eccellio Movies uses Google power to lets you easily find content focused on the fabulous world of Cinema, from glamorous actor and actress, awards, reviews, soundtrack, home video and so on. Eccellio Movies is focused on movie industry only. You can search using Google power plus a set of predefined filters that allow you to easily find content about movie industry, from glamourous actor and actress, movie-reviews, soundtracks, home video and so on.”

Do you currently use any of the FireFox Add-Ons mentioned above? Have a favorite that deserves mentioning? Which of those listed is your favorite?