Errm, Usenet is waaaay older than torrents... just saying
I did dl the last walking dead episode with 9 MB / sec via tYes it's older but is a tried and proven method that still works well today. Torrents and torrent sites are usually slow to download and are sketchy at best. imo
If it is just to watch movies or series I use the following:
https://solarmoviez.ru/solar.html
https://www.cuevana2.com/peliculas-destacadas/
https://www.pelispedia.tv/