• The Next Web, Friday, October 7, 2011 12:05 PM

Border by border, YouTube continues to roll out its movie rental business worldwide. Last year, it was the United States; last month, Canada came on-board. Marking the services latest invasion, YouTube is now officially offering UK citizens more than a thousand feature films from Hollywood blockbusters to British classics.

"We've got some cracking films to keep everyone entertained through the upcoming winter months and beyond," YouTube said on the news. "From blockbusters like The Dark Knight and Reservoir Dogs, to new releases such as Hanna, Fast Five, and Red Riding Hood, and even British classics like Monty Python's The Meaning of Life and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels."

Prices for the films vary, but, as The Next Web notes, Banksy's 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' documentary costs £2.49 ($3.87), and users have 30 days to start watching, after which they have 48 hours to complete the viewing. To facilitate its movie rental expansion, YouTube has courted the movie studios for years. At least domestically, however, the service has yet to achieve Netflix-killer status.

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