torrents are best - if you've got good bandwidth and a well seeded torrent stuff can sometimes download insanely fast. Ive had movies finish in like 6 minutes before.
Otherwise, as mentioned, filestube.com is definitely the best search engine for finding direct downloads
...of those direct download sites mediafire is definitely my favourite; most straightforward to use, no waiting times, multiple downloads at once, and usually good speeds on the files.