The world's archives
9,217–9,264 of 18,898 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. |
|---|---|
| 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. |
Internet Archive
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Internet Archive
Invaders from Mars
Internet Archive
Elevator to the Gallows
Internet Archive
Casino Royale
Internet Archive
Roman Holiday
Internet Archive
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Internet Archive
Home Town Story
Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. He takes over his uncle's newspaper to take…
Internet Archive
1952 Sailor Beware (1989 Cinemax)
Broadcast recorded to VHS
Internet Archive
The Last Outpost
Internet Archive
Anatomy of a Murder
Internet Archive
On the Waterfront
Internet Archive
Paths of Glory
Internet Archive
Trailer for How To Marry a Millionaire (Italian)
Italian language trailer for the 1953 U.S. film.
Internet Archive
Some Like It Hot
Internet Archive
Pal Joey
An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.
Internet Archive
The Giant Claw
Internet Archive
The Blob
Internet Archive
The Court Jester
Internet Archive
Dragnet
Internet Archive
Orfeu Negro (1959) Trailer
trailer for the Portuguese movie Orfeu Negro (1959) (Black Orpheus)
Internet Archive
To Catch a Thief
Internet Archive
Moulin Rouge
Internet Archive
The African Queen
Internet Archive
1955 Frigidaire Imperial Refrigerator Ice Box Commercial
Ad
Internet Archive
Suddenly
The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those…
Internet Archive
Born Yesterday
Internet Archive
The Caine Mutiny
Internet Archive
To Hell and Back
Internet Archive
1957 Sad Sack (1989 USA Network)
Broadcast recorded to VHS
Internet Archive
War of the Satellites
An unknown force declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first…
Internet Archive
Anatomy of a Murder
Internet Archive
Der Maulkorb (1958) - Trailer
Der Maulkorb (1958) - Trailer
Internet Archive
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Internet Archive
Teaserama
Internet Archive
From Hell It Came
Internet Archive
1956 Hollywood Or Bust (1989 Cinemax)
Broadcast recorded to VHS
Internet Archive
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Internet Archive
The Night of the Hunter
Internet Archive
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Internet Archive
War of the Satellites
An unknown force declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first…
Internet Archive
The Tingler
Internet Archive
Marty
Internet Archive
The Cool and the Crazy [1958] - Trailer
High school thug is front man for a local marijuana ring.
Internet Archive
Night People (1954) DEU DVDTrailer
German DVD trailer for the movie Night People (1954)
Internet Archive
RESUSCITATIVE CARE OF THE SEVERELY WOUNDED
Department of Defense PIN 29773 RESUSCITATIVE CARE OF THE SEVERELY WOUNDED ARRESTING HEMORRHAGE--SPLINTING FRACTURES-- PLASMA INFUSION--ALLEVIATION OF PAIN…
Internet Archive
Have Rocket, Will Travel
The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing tarantula,…
Internet Archive
Paths of Glory
Internet Archive
The Caine Mutiny