The world's archives

5,377–5,424 of 6,223 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

Where these films come from, and who sees what

Every film here plays from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the NASA Image and Video Library, the Library of Congress and Open Images (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Nothing is copied to this site. Each film's page names its archive, links to its page there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.

Archive films carry no age ratings, so each is placed from the collections it sits in and the subjects the archive gives it, cautiously. Sexual content and nudity are left out altogether.

Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Commons The Hinges on the Bar Room Door (1921) 1921 · Cartoon · 2 min The First Bray Krazy Kat Kartoon Released In 1921. Home Movie Release. Commons Monkey Business (1925) 1925 · Cartoon · 2 min Home Movie Release. Missing Scenes. Commons The English Channel Swim (1925) 1925 · Cartoon · 5 min TV Release. Commons Laborer's Love (1922) 1922 · Short · 22 min Laborer's Love. Chinese silent film with English intertitles. Commons Santa Claus (1925) 1925 · Short · 35 min Santa Claus is a 1925 Christmas film. Commons Самоедский мальчик 1928 · Cartoon · 6 min Мультфильм 1928 года Commons The Gown Shop (1923) 1923 · Short · 18 min Silent American short film starring Larry Semon and Oliver Hardy. Commons The Blacksmith (1922) 1922 · Short · 21 min Buster Keaton 30 Malec Forgeron The Blacksmith 1922 Commons I Do (1921) 1921 · Short · 24 min American silent short. Commons The Golf Nut (1927) 1927 · Short · 10 min American silent short. Commons Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925) 1925 · Short · 21 min American silent film. Commons 1925. Дурман Демьяна 1925 · Cartoon · 6 min Мультфильм Александра Бушкина «Дурман Демьяна Commons Should Married Men Go Home? 1928 · Short · 35 min Should Married Men Go Home?, starring Laurel and Hardy. Commons The Ten Commandments (1923) - Technicolor scene 1923 · Short · 8 min Two-Color Technicolor footage from the film The Ten Commandments (1923). Commons 突貫小僧 (1929) 1929 · Short · 13 min A Straightforward Boy Commons Moonshine (1920) 1920 · Short · 14 min Full film Commons High and Dizzy (1920) 1920 · Short · 26 min American silent short comedy film High and Dizzy (1920). Commons The Scarecrow (1920) 1920 · Short · 17 min American silent short comedy film. Commons Romeo und Julia im Schnee (1920) 1920 · Feature · 46 min German silent film. Commons "White Tiger" (1923) 1923 · Feature · 1 h 2 min American film White Tiger (1923). Commons The Balloonatic (1923) 1923 · Short · 23 min American silent short film. Commons Love Nest (1923) 1923 · Short · 20 min American silent short film. Commons Sherlock Jr.(1924) 1924 · Feature · 44 min American silent film. Commons The Cave of the Silken Web (1927) 1927 · Feature · 59 min ​1927年电影《盘丝洞》 Commons Get Out and Get Under (1920) 1920 · Short · 24 min American silent short. Commons The Unchastened Woman (1925) 1925 · Feature · 51 min American silent film The Unchastened Woman (1925). Commons It (1927) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 15 min The film It (1927) Commons Baby Brother (1927) 1927 · Short · 28 min American silent short. Commons Africa Before Dark (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 5 min This entered the American public domain on January 1, 2024. Commons By Right of Birth (1921) 1921 · Short · 4 min Surviving footage from By Right of Birth Commons Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) by John S. Robertson 1920 · Feature · 1 h 19 min Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) by John S. Robertson. Commons The White Moth (1924) 1924 · Feature · 1 h 3 min American silent film The White Moth (1924) Commons The Callahans and the Murphys (1927) excerpt 1927 · Short · 2 min Surviving footage from The Callahans and the Murphys Commons Dordrecht, deel 2 1926 · Short · 8 min Documentaire over Dordrecht met stads- en havenbeelden, van Haghefilm. Commons Noah's Lark (1929, Unrestored) 1929 · Cartoon · 7 min the first talkartoon short to be release Commons 1925. Кино-Правда №21. Ленинская 1925 · Documentary · 23 min Кино-Правда №21. Ленинская Commons 1926. Предатель 1926 · Short · 22 min Предатель Commons Dynamite Smith 1924 · Feature · 1 h 6 min 1924 silent film Commons The Mark of Zorro (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 46 min American silent film The Mark of Zorro (1920) directed by Fred Niblo. Commons Blood and Sand (1922) 1922 · Feature · 1 h 43 min American silent drama film Blood and Sand (1922). Commons The Eagle (1925) 1925 · Feature · 1 h 12 min American silent film Commons Foolish Wives (1922) 1922 · Feature · 2 h 22 min American drama silent film. Commons The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom (1924) 1924 · Feature · 1 h 14 min Russian silent comedy film. Russian : Папиросница от Моссельпрома Commons College (1927) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 4 min American silent comedy drama film College (1927). Commons Cops (1922) 1922 · Short · 18 min Cops is a 1922 silent short co-directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Commons Sangue Mineiro (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Brazilian silent film. Commons "The Covered Wagon" (1923) 1923 · Feature · 1 h 38 min The Covered Wagon, American silent film. Commons The virgin of Stamboul (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 9 min American silent film