The story of GoMovies is one of meteoric rise and dramatic fall. The original 123Movies site was founded around 2015. It changed domain names frequently, adopting aliases like 123movieshub, GoStream, and eventually GoMovies to evade authorities. In March 2018, the site announced it was shutting down for good. The operators posted a notice on the site’s homepage featuring a countdown timer, alongside a final message to its massive user base: