Fmovies official site was first created in 2016. It became quite popular within a few months but it faced its first setback later that year. In December 2016, Google announced that it had blocked Fmovies from its search results. But things did not end there. Fmovies was also sued by a Filipino media organization for piracy and was ordered to pay $210, 000 in damages. But despite these challenges, Fmovies continued to operate and kept serving millions of streamers from all over the world. This attracted the attention of the US government and in 2018,