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The world's archives

5,473–5,520 of 6,221 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 1926. Когда пробуждаются мёртвые (Дорогая могилка) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 7 min Когда пробуждаются мёртвые (Дорогая могилка) Commons Vanina (1922) 1922 · Feature · 1 h 10 min German film Vanina (1922) Commons Sky High (1922) Good Picture Quality 1922 · Feature · 48 min Sky High (1922) Good picture quality. Commons The Love Light 1921 1921 · Feature · 1 h 40 min American film The Love Light (1921) Commons The Kid scenes 1921 · Short · 4 min Compilation of scenes from Charlie Chaplin's film The Kid (1921). Commons The General (1926) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 15 min American silent comedy film The General (1926) released by United Artists. Commons Sumurun (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 42 min German silent film Commons Потомок Чингисхана. (1928) 1928 · Feature · 2 h 7 min Storm over Asia, "Potomok Chingis-Khana" Commons Smilin' Through (1922) 1922 · Feature · 1 h 25 min Dutch version. American silent film. Commons St. Louis Blues 1929 · Short · 16 min The American short film St. Louis Blues (1929). Commons Nanook of the North 1922 · Feature · 1 h 18 min American silent film Nanook of the North Commons Moana (1926) 1926 · Documentary · 1 h 29 min American silent documentary film. Commons The Kid Brother (1927) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 21 min The film The Kid Brother (1927) Commons The Gaucho (1927) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 35 min The Gaucho, American silent adventure film. Commons Underworld (1927) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 20 min American silent film. Commons Le Lion des Mogols (1924) by Jean Epstein 1924 · Feature · 1 h 43 min Le Lion des Mogols, French silent film directed by Jean Epstein. Commons In Old Arizona with Edmund Lowe 1928 · Feature · 1 h 36 min In Old Arizona Commons Lilac Time (1928) 1928 · Feature · 1 h 31 min Full film of Lilac Time (1928)--public domain as of January 1, 2024. Commons Three Bad Men (1926) by John Ford 1926 · Feature · 1 h 32 min Three Bad Men (1926) by John Ford. Commons Orlacs Hände (1924) 1924 · Feature · 1 h 37 min Austrian silent film The Hands of Orlac (1924) Commons You Never Know Women (1926) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 11 min American silent film You Never Know Women (1926) Commons For Heaven's Sake 1926 1926 · Feature · 57 min American silent film For Heaven's Sake (1926) Commons Die keusche Susanne (1926) 1926 · Feature · 2 h 1 min German silent film Die keusche Susanne (1926) Commons L'Atlantide (1921) par Jacques Feyder 1921 · Feature · 2 h 42 min Queen of Atlantis (1921) by Jacques Feyder. Commons The Enchanted City (1922) 1922 · Short · 12 min The Enchanted City Commons The Valley of Silent Men (1922) by Frank Borzage 1922 · Feature · 56 min The Valley of Silent Men (1922) by Frank Borzage. Commons What Do Men Want (1921) by Lois Weber 1921 · Feature · 40 min What Do Men Want? (1921) by Lois Weber. Commons That Ice Ticket (1922) 1922 · Short · 9 min That Ice Ticket Commons Collars and Cuffs (1923) 1923 · Short · 10 min Collars and Cuffs Commons Gas and Air (1923) 1923 · Short · 10 min Gas and Air Commons Wide Open Spaces (1924) excerpt 1924 · Short · 9 min The first reel of Wide Open Spaces Commons Manhatta (Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler, 1921) 1921 · Documentary · 10 min Manhatta, silent film with English intertitles. Commons 1926. Шинель 1926 · Feature · 1 h 3 min Шинель (1926) Commons A Girl in Every Port (1928) by Howard Hawks 1928 · Feature · 1 h 18 min A Girl in Every Port (1928) by Howard Hawks. Commons The Informer (1929) by Arthur Robison 1929 · Feature · 1 h 39 min The Informer (1929) by Arthur Robison. Commons Sa tête (1929) 1929 · Short · 35 min Sa tête, with French intertitles. Commons H2O (Ralph Steiner, 1929) 1929 · Short · 10 min H2O Commons Skyscraper Symphony (1929) 1929 · Short · 8 min Skyscraper Symphony Commons Skinner's Dress Suit.vp9 1926 · Feature · 1 h 20 min Skinner's Dress Suit Commons 1929. Каин и Артём 1929 · Feature · 1 h 12 min Каин и Артём Commons 1925. Морока (Две силы) 1925 · Feature · 1 h 3 min Морока (Две силы) Commons 1926. Эх, яблочко, куды котишься 1926 · Feature · 1 h 3 min Эх, яблочко, куды котишься? Commons 1926. По закону 1926 · Feature · 1 h 18 min По закону Commons Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (1925) 1925 · Feature · 1 h 35 min German film Chronicles of the Gray House (1925) Commons Way Down East (film, 1920) 1920 · Feature · 2 h 27 min Way Down East, American silent romantic drama film. Commons Orphans of the Storm (1921) 1921 · Feature · 2 h 29 min American silent drama film. Commons Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922) 1922 · Feature · 2 h 12 min American silent film Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922) Commons When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) 1922 · Feature · 1 h 53 min American silent film When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)