Shak3nNotStirr3d

Im looking for a simple replacement to Windows Movie Maker. I recently started recording video clips and want to make them into movies and mabye add some effects, music, etc. I cant seem to find a direct working download of windows movie maker, so i am just gonna try and find something simular/better and forget about it. Its funny cause i did download and install a copy i found, but it would close any time i tried to add effects etc to my video clips. Im guessing its cause i removed something with nlite. But at any rate im sure i can find something that will do the job. Any advice would be greatly appriecated. Thanks for your time. P.S. Free software if possible.