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6,097–6,144 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 The Pilgrim (1923) 1923 · Feature · 46 min American silent film. Commons The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922) 1922 · Short · 37 min American silent comedy film The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922). Commons Ace of Hearts (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 14 min American silent film The Ace of Hearts (1921). Commons Броненосец «Потёмкин», noaudio 1925 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Low resolution The Battleship Potemkin Commons The Last of the Mohicans (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 11 min American silent film The Last of the Mohicans (1920). Commons Man With A Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929) 1929 · Documentary · 1 h 6 min · Low resolution The complete 1929 movie "Man with a Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov. Commons Man from the Restaurant (1927) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 9 min Russian silent comedy film. Russian : Человек из ресторана Commons The Whistle (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 9 min The Whistle (1921) is a American silent drama film. Commons The Conquering Power (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 14 min American silent romantic drama film The Conquering Power (1921). Commons Don Q, Son of Zorro, part 1 1925 · Feature · 53 min · Low resolution Don Q, Son of Zorro, part 1. Commons Don Q, Son of Zorro, part 2 1925 · Feature · 56 min · Low resolution Don Q, Son of Zorro, part 2. Commons Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 50 min · Low resolution American silent film Commons 1929 Обломок империи 1929 · Feature · 1 h 11 min Fragment of an Empire, 1929 Soviet silent drama film by Fridrikh Ermler. Commons A Filha do Advogado (1926) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 32 min Brazilian silent film. Commons Brasa Dormida (1928) 1928 · Feature · 1 h 37 min Brazilian silent film. Commons The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920) 1920 · Feature · 58 min American silent race film The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920). Commons The Nut (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 14 min American silent comedy film The Nut (1921). Commons Queen Kelly (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 11 min American silent film. Commons The Wizard Of Oz (1925) 1925 · Feature · 1 h 25 min Larry Semon's 1925 film of The Wizard Of Oz. Features Oliver Hardy. Commons The Last Warning (1929) 1928 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Low resolution The Last Warning by director Paul Leni Commons Haldane of the Secret Service (1923) 1923 · Feature · 1 h 23 min · Low resolution 1923 film 'Haldane of the Secret Service' Commons Long Pants (1927) 1927 · Feature · 57 min American movie Long Pants (1927) Commons Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) 1928 · Feature · 1 h 13 min American silent film Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) Commons Springtime (1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 6 min The first in a series of four on the seasons. Commons New York Nights 1929 · Feature · 1 h 3 min The American crime film New York Nights (1929). Commons Barnum Was Right (1929) 1929 · Short · 35 min Silent version of Barnum Was Right. Commons Smouldering Fires (1925) 1925 · Feature · 1 h 29 min American silent drama film Commons Проститутка. (Убитая жизнью). (1926) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 16 min Стужка "Прастытутка" была зьнята ў 1926 годзе. Яна бяз гук і чорна-белая. Commons Through the Back Door (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 28 min American silent film. Commons Tumbleweeds (1925) 1925 · Feature · 1 h 16 min The American western film Tumbleweeds (1925). Commons Shiraz (1928) 1928 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Indian silent film. Commons Nathan the Wise (1922) 1922 · Feature · 2 h 2 min German silent film (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013428/) Commons Beau Brummel (1924 ) 1924 · Feature · 2 h 7 min American silent film. Commons The Adventures of Tarzan (1921) 1921 · Feature · 2 h 13 min American silent serial. Commons The Lost World (1925) 76 min version 1925 · Feature · 1 h 16 min · Low resolution First restoration of the American movie The Lost World (1925). Commons The Viking (1928) 1928 · Feature · 1 h 29 min American synchronized sound film The Viking (1928) Commons Nosferatu le vampire-Film Murnau 1922 1922 · Feature · 1 h Film muet allemand de Murnau Commons Applause (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Applause Commons Mother Machree (1928) 1928 · Short · 29 min Mother Machree Commons The Four Feathers (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Low resolution There is no dialogue in this film. Commons A Society Sensation (1918) 1924 · Short · 24 min The re-release version of A Society Sensation, with English intertitles. Commons The Affairs of Anatol (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 57 min American silent comedy-drama film The Affairs of Anatol (1921). Commons Miss Mend (1926) 1926 · Feature · 3 h 10 min Russian silent spy film. Russian : Мисс Менд Commons 1927 СВД (SVD) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 9 min The Club of the Big Deed (1927) Commons The College Hero (1927) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 4 min American silent comedy film Commons Dress Parade (1927) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 13 min American silent film Commons Interference - 1928 1928 · Feature · 1 h 32 min Interference, full film Commons Carmen (1926) 1926 · Feature · 2 h 40 min French silent film Carmen (1926)