Comedy from the world's archives

1–48 of 10,501 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.
Internet Archive Utopia 1951 · Feature · Subtitles Utopia (also known as Atoll K and Robinson Crusoe Land) is last film Laurel and Hardy made together. It was filmed and produced in Europe. Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin Festival 1938 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Adventurer, The Cure, Easy Street and The Immigrant, presented with music and sound effects. You can find more information… Internet Archive My Favorite Brunette 1947 · Feature · 1 h 26 min · Subtitles Bob Hope comedy with Dorothy Lamour. | You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive His Girl Friday 1940 · Feature · 1 h 31 min · Subtitles Hilarious romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. Russell is rough and tumble reporter looking to get out of the news racket by marrying and… Internet Archive Royal Wedding 1951 · Feature · 1 h 31 min · Subtitles Brother and sister dancing duo Tom and Ellen Bowen (Fred Astaire and Jane Powell) travel to merry old England. There, against the backdrop of the impending… Internet Archive Scarlet Street 1945 · Feature · 1 h 43 min · Subtitles German director Fritz Lang is best known for the highly influential films from relatively early in his career, especially Metropolis (1927) and M (1931). But… Internet Archive The Flying Deuces 1939 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles This was the first comedy that Laurel and Hardy starred in without producer Hal Roach, although they had previously been "guest stars" in four MGM movies.… Internet Archive The Amazing Adventure 1936 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles Cary Grant plays Earnest Bliss a rich socialite who makes a bet with his doctor that he can make a living for one year using none of his current wealth. Internet Archive Mr. Robinson Crusoe 1932 · Feature · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : While cruising the South Seas with friends aboard a sailing yacht, it is wagered that Steve can not survive on a desert isle without the… Internet Archive Mclintock 1963 · Feature This great comedy western stars John Wayne,Maureen O'Hara,Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers,Chill Wills, and Strother Marten. There is a hilarious mudhole fight… Internet Archive Behave Yourself 1951 · Feature · 1 h 19 min · Subtitles When a cute Welsh terrier follows Bill Denny home, little does he know that all gangland has its eye on that dog. Who will be bumbling Bill's undoing - the… Internet Archive Gorilla, The 1939 · Feature · Subtitles The three Ritz Brothers are fumbling detectives prowling an old dark house haunted by Bela Lugosi, an insane murderer and a giant gorilla. Internet Archive As You Like It 1936 · Feature · 1 h 36 min In this first film version of William Shakespeare's classic pastoral comedy, Sir Laurence Olivier stars as Orlando while Elisabeth Bergner is Rosalind, his… Internet Archive Mush and Milk 1933 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles Title: Mush and Milk Summary: When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park. Directed by: Robert F. McGowan… Internet Archive Rhythm and Blues Revue 1955 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles Musical variety show filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York City featuring a cast of popular African-American performers: Willie Bryant, Freddie… Internet Archive The Over-the-Hill Gang 1969 · Feature · 1 h 10 min Captain Oren Hayes (Pat O'Brien) of the Texas Rangers takes a break to visit his daughter (Kristin Harmon) in a neighboring town. When he arrives he find's… Internet Archive King of the Zombies 1941 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles Three men in a plane searching the Caribbean for a missing admiral crash-land on an island where voodoo is practiced and zombies roam. They soon find a… Internet Archive Miss London Ltd. 1943 · Feature · 1 h 34 min · Subtitles Terry Arden (Evelyn Dall) travels to England to take over her half of her late fathers dating service run by Arthur Bowden (Arthur Askey). Internet Archive Made for Each Other 1939 · Feature · 1 h 32 min · Subtitles Jimmy Stewart plays John Horace 'Johnny' Mason, a young lawyer who marries Jane Mason (Carole Lombard) after only know her one day. Internet Archive Killer Diller 1948 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles African American musical variety show featuring The Nat King Cole Trio, the Clark Brothers and other musical and comedy acts. Internet Archive At War with the Army 1950 · Feature · 1 h 33 min This is a fun WWII-era B&W movie, full of Jerry Lewis and his ridiculous goofiness! Featuring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in their first collaboration. Jerry… Internet Archive The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again 1970 · Feature · 1 h 13 min The old-time comrades-in-arms join forces to sober up an old buddy, a down-and-out drunk, and restore his reputation. It´s the only movie where you can see… Internet Archive Topper Returns 1941 · Feature · 1 h 28 min · Subtitles Gail Richards is accompanying Ann Carrington who is visiting her father, Henry, at his spooky, old, country estate. It's been many years since she's seen him.… Internet Archive Penny Serenade 1941 · Feature · Subtitles Touching romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. Find out more about this film at its IMDB page . Internet Archive Love Island 1950 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles A young Eva Gabor plays a Balinese woman in this romantic story filled with lovely locales. An American flyer stranded in Bali falls for the sarong-swathed… Internet Archive Star Wreck: In the Pirkining 2005 · Feature · Subtitles A Finnish culthit that became internationaly known through it's open CC-license. From IMDB: The future looks bleak for Captain Pirk. Originally from the far… Internet Archive My Dear Secretary 1949 · Feature · Subtitles Would-be writer Laraine Day takes a job as secretary to best-seller Kirk Douglas. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The General 1927 · Feature · 1 h 15 min Union solders have stolen The General, a Confederate train manned by Johnnie Gray, who was unable to enlist in the Confederate army because he is needed as an… Internet Archive Paradise Canyon 1935 · Feature · 52 min AKA Paradise Ranch Government agent John Wyatt (John Wayne) is searching for a counterfeit ring operating on the Mexican/Arizona border and joins Doc Carter's… Internet Archive The Ghost Train 1941 · Feature · 1 h 25 min Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to… Internet Archive The Goat 1921 · Short · 27 min Dumb luck sets some policemen on his trail -- after a series of innovative escapes, he gets mistaken for a murderer with a price on his head, which means the… Internet Archive Boys of the City 1940 · Feature · Subtitles In the second East Side Kids film, Muggs and the gang are on their way to summer camp when they give a judge a lift to his gloomy mansion. After he later… Internet Archive Sing A Song of Six Pants 1947 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Shemp) are tailors and are heavily in debt. Could a big reward for the capture of a fugitive bank robber answer their financial… Internet Archive Born to Win 1971 · Feature · 1 h 28 min J.J. (George Segal) is a former hairdresser turned heroin addict trying to satisfy his $100 per day habit and deal with the New York City drug culture. In… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's " The Pawnshop" 1916 · Short Charlie Chaplin's 56th Film Released Oct 02 1916. The Pawnshop was Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Mutual Film Company. Chaplin played the role of assistant… Internet Archive The Scarlet Clue 1945 · Feature · Subtitles Government agent Charlie Chan is investigating a spy ring intent on stealing radar plans, which leads him to a radio station in a building also containing a… Internet Archive Killer Dill 1947 · Feature · Subtitles Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil. You can find more… Internet Archive McLintock! 1963 · Feature · 2 h 6 min · Subtitles John Wayne Comedy Western filmed in widescreeen. Internet Archive Satan's Cheerleaders ( 1977) 1977 · Feature WIDESCREEN VERSION Plot: The janitor at a local high school is actually the scout for a coven of Satanists on the lookout for a virgin to sacrifice. One day… Internet Archive Pot o' Gold 1941 · Feature · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an… Internet Archive The Divorce of Lady X 1938 · Feature · 1 h 32 min IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030063/ Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new… Internet Archive Parlor, Bedroom and Bath 1931 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles Parlor, Bedroom and Bath is a curious mixture of all that was good and everything that was bad in Buster Keaton's talkie features. sidenote: The Movie was… Internet Archive Kid Dynamite 1943 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles In dis picture Muggs, Danny and da rest of da Bowery Boys is back togeter. Dis time Muggs is a bigger bully den his usual self, always trin to prove he is a… Internet Archive The Gun and the Pulpit 1974 · Feature · 1 h 14 min An on the run gunfighter, wanted for a crime he didn't commit, stumbles upon the body of a preacher who's been killed. In an attempt to hide from his… Internet Archive Machine Gun Mama 1944 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles Music and laughs surround the adventures of two brash Brooklynites (Wallace Ford, El Brendel) as they try to deliver Bunny the elephant to a Mexican carnival… Internet Archive Affairs of Cappy Ricks 1937 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles Cappy Ricks returns home after a long sea voyage and finds his daughter is about to marry an idiotic whelp whose mother has taken over his home and business. Internet Archive War Babies 1932 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Also known as "What Price Gloria?" Part of the "Baby Bulesks" series You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive My Love for Your (AKA Honeymoon in Bali) 1939 · Feature · 1 h 39 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB: Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop