The world's archives

5,569–5,616 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 Outside the Law (1920) by Tod Browning 1920 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Outside the Law (1920) by Tod Browning. Commons The Egg (1922) 1922 · Short · 23 min The Egg Commons The Pest (1922) 1922 · Short · 23 min The Pest Commons The Handy Man (1923) 1923 · Short · 18 min The Handy Man Commons Brothers Under the Chin (1924) 1924 · Short · 23 min Brothers Under the Chin Commons Zeb Vs. Paprika (1924) 1924 · Short · 22 min Zeb Vs. Paprika Commons Twins (1925) 1925 · Short · 22 min Twins Commons Pie-Eyed (1925) 1925 · Short · 22 min Pie-Eyed Commons The Show (1922) 1922 · Short · 26 min The Show Commons The Rent Collector (1921) 1921 · Short · 28 min The Rent Collector Commons The Bakery (1921) 1921 · Short · 24 min The Bakery Commons Wandering Papas (1926) 1926 · Short · 20 min Wandering Papas Commons White Tiger (1923) by Tod Browning 1923 · Feature · 1 h 17 min White Tiger (1923) by Tod Browning. Commons Street Angel (1928) by Frank Borzage 1928 · Feature · 1 h 41 min Street Angel (1928) by Frank Borzage. Commons Chicago (1927) by Frank John Urson 1927 · Feature · 1 h 43 min Chicago (1927) by Frank John Urson. Commons Flesh and the Devil (1926) by Clarence Brown 1926 · Feature · 1 h 55 min Flesh and the Devil (1926) by Clarence Brown. Commons Faces of Children (1925) by Jacques Feyder 1925 · Feature · 1 h 56 min Faces of Children (1925) by Jacques Feyder. Commons The Iron Horse (1924) 1924 · Feature · 2 h 29 min The Iron Horse, with English intertitles Commons An Eastern Westerner (Hal Roach, 1920) 1920 · Short · 26 min An Eastern Westerner, with English intertitles Commons Stage Struck (1925) by Allan Dwan 1925 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Stage Struck (1925) by Allan Dwan. Commons The Road to Yesterday (1925) 1925 · Feature · 2 h 5 min The Road to Yesterday, with English intertitles Commons The High Sign (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, 1921) 1921 · Short · 20 min The High Sign, with English intertitles Commons Convict 13 (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, 1920) 1920 · Short · 21 min Convict 13, with English intertitles Commons Neighbors (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, 1920) 1920 · Short · 18 min Neighbors, with English intertitles Commons The Scarecrow (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, 1920) 1920 · Short · 19 min The Scarecrow, with English intertitles Commons Cops (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, 1922) 1922 · Short · 18 min Cops, with English intertitles Commons The Balloonatic (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, 1923) 1923 · Short · 26 min The Balloonatic, with English intertitles Commons The Love Nest (1923) 1923 · Short · 23 min The Love Nest, with English intertitles Commons Just Pals (John Ford, 1920) 1920 · Feature · 49 min Just Pals, with English intertitles Commons The Blacksmith (Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair, 1922) 1922 · Short · 22 min The Blacksmith, with English intertitles Commons Big Pal (1925) 1925 · Feature · 42 min Big Pal, with English intertitles Commons Below the Deadline (1929) 1929 · Feature · 57 min Below the Deadline, with English intertitles Commons South of Panama (1928) 1928 · Feature · 1 h 7 min South of Panama, with English intertitles Commons Ridin' Wild (1925) 1925 · Feature · 48 min Ridin' Wild Commons Daring Deeds (1927) 1927 · Feature · 49 min Daring Deeds, with English intertitles Commons Winning the Futurity (1926) 1926 · Feature · 57 min Winning the Futurity, with English intertitles Commons Lash of the Whip (Francis Ford, 1924) 1924 · Feature · 45 min Lash of the Whip, with English intertitles Commons Why Be Good (1929) by William A. Seiter 1929 · Feature · 1 h 21 min American film Why Be Good? (1929) Commons Spite Marriage (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 16 min American film Spite Marriage (1929) Commons Thunderbolt (1929) by Josef von Sternberg 1929 · Feature · 1 h 31 min Thunderbolt (1929) by Josef von Sternberg. Commons Glorifying the American Girl (1929) by Millard Webb 1929 · Feature · 1 h 36 min Glorifying the American Girl (1929) by Millard Webb. Commons The Love Parade (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 46 min The Love Parade Commons The Greene Murder Case (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 7 min The Greene Murder Case Commons The Great Gabbo (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 35 min The Great Gabbo Commons The Broadway Melody (Harry Beaumont, 1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 41 min The Broadway Melody Commons Small Talk (1929) 1929 · Talk · 24 min Small Talk Commons Railroadin' (Robert F. McGowan, 1929) 1929 · Short · 18 min Railroadin' Commons Lazy Days (Robert F. McGowan, 1929) 1929 · Short · 20 min Lazy Days