The world's archives
5,521–5,568 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
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| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
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The Ten Commandments (1923)
The Ten Commandments is a 1923 American silent epic film by Cecil B. DeMille.
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Within Our Gates HQ
American silent race film Within Our Gates (1920).
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The Freshman
The 1925 silent comedy film, The Freshman.
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Little Annie Rooney (1925)
American silent film Little Annie Rooney (1925)
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Dr. Jack (1922) by Fred Newmeyer
Dr. Jack (1922) by Fred Newmeyer.
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Shoot Straight (1923)
This is the full short film Shoot Straight which was first released in 1923.
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The King of Kings (1927)
The King of Kings is a 1927 American silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille
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The Jazz Singer (1927)
The 1927 film The Jazz Singer.
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Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) by Charles Riesner
Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) by Charles Riesner.
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The Docks of New York (1928)
The Docks of New York (1928), American silent film by Josef von Sternberg.
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A Page of Madness (1926) by Teinosuke Kinugasa
A Page of Madness (1926) by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
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Beggars of Life (1928)
Beggars of Life (1928) by William A. Wellman
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The Circus (1928) by Charlie Chaplin (restored version)
American silent film The Circus (1928)
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Zaza (1923)
American silent film Zaza (1923)
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Casanova 1927
French-German silent film The Loves of Casanova (1927)
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Mother (1926)
Soviet silent film Mother (1926), with English intertitles
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Катька - бумажный ранет (1926)
Soviet silent film Katka's Reinette Apple (1926)
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Nanook of the North (1922) by Robert J. Flaherty 4K
Nanook of the North (1922) by Robert J. Flaherty 4K.
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The Spanish Dancer (1923)
American silent film The Spanish Dancer (1923)
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Don Quixote (1926)
Dansk stumfilm Don Quixote (1926).
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The Johnstown Flood (1926) by Irving Cummings
The Johnstown Flood (1926) by Irving Cummings.
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White Gold (1927) by William K. Howard
White Gold (1927) by William K. Howard.
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The Flying Ace (1926) by Richard E. Norman
The Flying Ace (1926) by Richard E. Norman.
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A Woman of Paris, A Drama of Fate (1923) by Charlie Chaplin
A Woman of Paris, A Drama of Fate (1923) by Charlie Chaplin.
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The Blot (1921) by Lois Weber
The Blot (1921) by Lois Weber.
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The Great White Silence (1924) by Herbert Ponting
The Great White Silence (1924) by Herbert Ponting.
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In Old Arizona (1928) by Irving Cummings and Raoul Walsh
In Old Arizona (1928) by Irving Cummings and Raoul Walsh.
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Oscar Micheaux - The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920)
The Symbol of the Unconquered
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Eleven P.M. (1928)
Eleven P.M.
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Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)
Ten Nights in a Barroom
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Salomé (1923)
Salomé, American silent film based on Oscar Wilde's play of the same name.
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The Red Kimona (1925)
The Red Kimona
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Something New (1920) by Nell Shipman
Something New (1920) by Nell Shipman.
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College (1927) by Buster Keaton and James W. Horne
College (1927) by Buster Keaton and James W. Horne
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The Shield of Honor (1927) by Emory Johnson
The Shield of Honor (1927) by Emory Johnson.
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The Reckless Age (1924) by Harry A. Pollard
The Reckless Age (1924) by Harry A. Pollard.
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Sherlock Holmes (1922) by Albert Parker
Sherlock Holmes (1922) by Albert Parker.
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The Red Mill (1927) by Roscoe Arbuckle
The Red Mill (1927) by Roscoe Arbuckle.
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Speedy (1928) by Ted Wilde
Speedy (1928) by Ted Wilde.
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Strike (1925) by Sergei Eisenstein
Strike (1925), Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein.
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The Haunted Castle (1921) by F. W. Murnau
The Haunted Castle (1921) by F. W. Murnau.
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Shiraz (1928) by Franz Osten
Shiraz: A Romance of India (1928) by Franz Osten.
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The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) by Henry King
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) by Henry King.
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Anna Boleyn (1920) by Ernst Lubitsch
German silent film Anna Boleyn (1920)
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Beverly of Graustark (1926) by Sidney Franklin
Beverly of Graustark (1926) by Sidney Franklin.
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Stride, Soviet! (1926) by Dziga Vertov
Stride, Soviet! (1926) by Dziga Vertov.
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Turksib (1929) by Viktor Alexandrovich Turin
Turksib (1929) by Viktor Alexandrovich Turin.
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Tartuffe (1926) by F. W. Murnau
Tartuffe (1926) by F. W. Murnau