What steps can be taken when there are no seeders available for a torrent? Are there alternative websites, aside from YTS.mx and 1337x, that are reliable for discovering movies?
You can try adding more trackers. I use this list:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ngosang/trackerslist/master/trackers_all.txt
In my client (Transmission) you can double click any torrent to open an extra windows with various details. There you find a tab “trackers” and at the bottom an option to add trackers. Then I can just copy-paste in the entire list.