The world's archives
9,457–9,504 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
Beat the Devil
Internet Archive
Dial M for Murder
Internet Archive
Prehistoric Women
Internet Archive
The Jack Benny Program
Internet Archive
Trailer for The Big Country
A U.S. trailer for a 1958 film. I've been going through my parents DVD collection looking for ephemera, and this is one of the things I found (looks like an…
Internet Archive
The Last Outpost
Internet Archive
The Caine Mutiny
Internet Archive
The Importance of Being Earnest
Internet Archive
Cowboy
Internet Archive
To Catch a Thief
Internet Archive
The Gumby Show
Internet Archive
Solomon and Sheba
Internet Archive
The Beast with a Million Eyes
Internet Archive
The Red Skelton Show
Internet Archive
Richard III
Internet Archive
The Vikings
Internet Archive
D.O.A.
Internet Archive
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Internet Archive
The Fast and the Furious
Internet Archive
From Here to Eternity
Internet Archive
The Mouse That Roared
Internet Archive
The Abominable Snowman
Internet Archive
Trailer for Lucky Me
Theatrical trailer for the 1954 American film starring Doris Day.
Internet Archive
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Internet Archive
Rio Grande
Internet Archive
Trailer for How To Marry a Millionaire (German)
German language trailer for the 1953 U.S. film.
Internet Archive
Sunset Boulevard
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Marty
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Internet Archive
The Tarnished Angels
Internet Archive
The Man from Planet X
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She Gods of Shark Reef
Internet Archive
Clutch Cargo
Internet Archive
The Black Sleep
Internet Archive
Trailer for Call Me Madam
Theatrical trailer for a 1953 American film.
Internet Archive
Jack and the Beanstalk
Internet Archive
The African Queen
Internet Archive
The Roy Rogers Show
Internet Archive
Jail Bait
Internet Archive
Funny Face
Internet Archive
MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL (MASH)
MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL (MASH) Produced: July 1, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22813
Internet Archive
The Red Skelton Show
Internet Archive
Popeye and Friends
Internet Archive
The Johnny Carson Show
Internet Archive
Sunset Boulevard
Internet Archive
Glen or Glenda
Internet Archive
The Incredible Petrified World
Internet Archive
The Man with the Golden Arm