Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) announced on Tuesday that its Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) subsidiary has launched free streaming of full-length movies and TV shows. The new feature launches with some 6,000 titles provided by CBS, Hulu, Sony Pictures Television and over 500 independent filmmakers, including movies like "Fever Pitch," "Hoop Dreams" and "Raising Arizona," and TV shows such as "24," "CSI," "The Simpsons" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

The site will also offer season premiere episodes of "Knight Rider," "Lipstick Jungle," "Chuck," "Life" and "30 Rock" before their broadcast debuts.

IMDb has also opened the platform to filmmakers and rights owners worldwide, enable them to upload their content and reach the site's 57 million unique monthly visitors.

IMDb offers a searchable database of over 1 million movies, TV and entertainment programs and over 2.5 million cast and crew members, in addition to message boards and other industry features.

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