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1–48 of 2,882 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 Popcorn And Ice Cream, Popcorn Und Himbeereis 1978 1978 · Feature On the way to cash a check for her boss, Vivi run into her friend Bea who has two dates at the same time. Asked to take over one of the dates Vivi accepts,… Internet Archive 1933 - Der Sieg des Glaubens - Reichsparteitag 1933 (1h 01m, 720x576, EN Untertitel) Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles 1933 - Der Sieg des Glaubens - Reichsparteitag 1933 (1h 01m, 720x576, EN Untertitel) Internet Archive Triumph Of The Will HQ 2015 · Feature 1935 directed by Leni Riefenstahl starring Adolph Hitler with star appearances by Herman Goering, Josef Goebbels, Max Amann, Martin Bormann, Walter Buch,… Internet Archive 1971 Der Schöne Sigmar (The beautiful Sigmar) 1970 · Feature New Year party with Sigmar Polke at the department of the Kohlhöfers in Düsseldorf / Germany. Internet Archive 1977 Der Garten Eden (the garden Eden) 1977 · Feature Bundesfilmpreis: Filmband in Silber Camera: Dieter Fietzke and Lutz Mommartz, Sound: Herbert Baumann, Important help: Ingrid Lutz, Henning Brandis, Franz van… Internet Archive World On A Wire (1973) 1973 · Feature A cybernetics engineer (Klaus Lowitsch) begins observing odd phenomena in the computer generated virtual reality program that he oversees. Internet Archive Ali Fear Eats The Soul (1974) 1974 · Feature A lonely widow meets a much younger Arab worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their… Internet Archive Lola 1981 · Feature Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola (Barbara Sukowa), a seductive cabaret singer–prostitute, exults in her power as a tempter of men, but she wants… Internet Archive 1989 Essen 223 (Community film) 1989 · Feature Filmklasse Münster, Community film Each participant received a local transport week-ticket for the cinematic exploration of the Ruhr Area / Germany with the… Internet Archive The Marriage Of Maria Braun ( 1979) 1979 · Feature Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order… Internet Archive Nora Helmer (1974) 1974 · Feature A beautiful young housewife, Nora, is trying to convince her tight-laced, bourgeois husband, Torvald, to give her some extra money for the holidays, even if… Internet Archive 1976 Im Glashaus der Illusionen (inside the glasshouse of the illusions) 1976 · Feature 1976 Im Glashaus der Illusionen 36,22’ Filmklasse Münster GCommunity film with Herbert Baumann, Wolfgang Braden, Dieter Fietzke, Rainer Klaholz, Uli Meyer,… Internet Archive The Merchant Of Four Seasons (1972) 1972 · Feature Hans Epp is a self-destructive man who lives a dissatisfied life. He tries to find meaning as a fruit vendor, but a heart attack impedes his ability to work,… Internet Archive 1980 Tango durch Deutschland (tango through Germany) 1980 · Feature Production Manager: Ulli Kratzsch Eddie Constantine obtaines by the Tribunal the opportunity to lead a better live, with that not only he but the whole film… Internet Archive Vampyr (English intertiles and subtitles) 1932 · Feature With Vampyr, Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer channeled his genius for creating mesmerizing atmosphere and austere, unsettling imagery into the horror… Internet Archive 1933 - Deutschland erwacht - Ein Dokument von der Wiedergeburt Deutschlands (54m 14s, 352x288) Feature · 54 min · Subtitles 1933 - Deutschland erwacht - Ein Dokument von der Wiedergeburt Deutschlands (54m 14s, 352x288) Internet Archive 1937 - Gebt mir 4 Jahre Zeit - Des Fuehrers Kampf fuer Volk und Reich (16m 25s, 384x288) Short · 16 min · Subtitles 1937 - Gebt mir 4 Jahre Zeit - Des Fuehrers Kampf fuer Volk und Reich (16m 25s, 384x288) Internet Archive Martha (1974) 1974 · Feature After the death of her abusive father, the lonely librarian Martha marries an equally vile businessman - Helmut. The cruel and torturous nature of their… Internet Archive Unter falscher Flagge Feature Während die Amerikaner verhältnismäßig schnell mit gefälschten Beweisen zuerst Afghanistan und später den Irak angreifen, wächst der Zweifel an der… Internet Archive 1934 - Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika - Unter der Schirmherrschaft des Reichskolonialbundes (1h 17m, 640x480) Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles 1934 - Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika - Unter der Schirmherrschaft des Reichskolonialbundes (1h 17m, 640x480) Internet Archive 1943 - Geheimnis Tibet - Ein Film-Dokument der Schaefer-Expedition 1938-1939 (1h 41m, 384x288) Feature · 1 h 41 min · Subtitles 1943 - Geheimnis Tibet - Ein Film-Dokument der Schaefer-Expedition 1938-1939 (1h 41m, 384x288) Internet Archive Metropolis (1927) 1927 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. Regarded as one of the most… Internet Archive Berlin Alexanderplatz Pt. I ( The Punishment Begins) 1980 · Feature Berlin, 1928. Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegal prison for killing his girlfriend Ida. After settling into his old apartment he… Internet Archive 1963-68 Early Interviews Lutz Mommartz 1968 · Feature MR. MOMMARTZ, PLEAS DESCRIBE YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO CINEMA? I rarely go to the cinema. I do not like Western, nor problem movies or comedies. Sometimes, out of… Internet Archive 1983 Jeder Mensch ist ein Tisch, nur, ich bin ein Stuhl (Every Human is a Table, only I am a chair) 1983 · Feature With Berni Woschek, Boris Jacobi, Michael, Angelika, Jimmy Cording, Tony Morgan, Cecile Bauer, Wolf Dosch, Anna Plakinger, Thomas Heinser and Hans Illner The… Internet Archive 1997 Der Mann der Hitler Verbrannte (The Man who burned the body of Hitler) 1997 · Feature WIth Dirk Vollenbroich, Stefan Silies, Anja Kreysing, Bernhard Kappelhoff and Till Nachtamann Peculiar portrait of former secret service man under Canaris.… Internet Archive 1940 - Feuertaufe - Der Film vom Einsatz unserer Luftwaffe in Polen (1h 30m, 352x272) Feature · 1 h 30 min · Subtitles 1940 - Feuertaufe - Der Film vom Einsatz unserer Luftwaffe in Polen (1h 30m, 352x272) Internet Archive Fontane Effi Brest (1974) 1974 · Feature In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost,… Internet Archive Chinese Roulette(1976) 1976 · Feature Both the parents of a young teen who walks with crutches, goes on each their secret meeting with lovers, both surprising each other at the family's county… Internet Archive 1971 Das Aggressive Braune Wasser in den Leitungent des Professors (the aggressive brown water in the tubes of the Professor) 1971 · Feature Featuring Jurgen Kuhfuss Meiterinnen and Andreas Dahmen vom Mieterverein. An attempt by the film maker himself to make himself useful in the tenant solidarity… Internet Archive 2018 La Belle Histoire D'amour 2018 · Feature "Seit den 1960er Jahren hat Lutz Mommartz (*1934) den deutschen Experimentalfilm mitgeprägt. Mommartz begann als Autodidakt, wurde mit seinen Filmen… Internet Archive 2017 Steuererklaerung Lutz Mommartz 2017 · Feature Liebe Leute, ich arbeite an einem filmischen Bild: ‚Der durchsichtige Mensch’. Der lebt im 22. Jahrhundert und kontrolliert seine Steuererklärung nach dem… Internet Archive 1979 Schattenkur (Cure for Darkness) 1979 · Feature With Margret Gloddek and Ingrid Lutz Holiday with three at Lanzarote. Multiple relationship as a way of life. The entire trilogy: 1976 Flügelschlagen (Wing… Internet Archive Der Hund Von Baskerville (1929) 1929 · Feature · Subtitles Der Hund von Baskerville is a 1929 silent mystery film directed by Richard Oswald , based on Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic novel The Hound of the Baskervilles .… Internet Archive The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant 1972 · Feature A successful fashion designer abandons a sado-masochistic relationship with her female assistant in favor of a love affair with a beautiful young woman. Internet Archive The Golem (1920) 1920 · Feature · Subtitles he Golem is a silent horror film directed by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen, based on the Jewish legend of the Golem. The film is set in 16th-century Prague… Internet Archive 1939 - Im Kampf gegen den Weltfeind - Deutsche Freiwillige in Spanien (1h 23m, 448x336) Feature · 1 h 23 min · Subtitles 1939 - Im Kampf gegen den Weltfeind - Deutsche Freiwillige in Spanien (1h 23m, 448x336) Internet Archive FZG 76 - V-1 (flying bomb) 1944 · Short · 29 min In the autumn of 1936, the Argus engine company, began work on the further development of remote controlled aircraft for anti aircraft target practice the FZG… Internet Archive 1998 Jugendweihe 98 (Youth Consecration) 1998 · Feature The Youth initiation ceremony (Jugendweihe) is an East German phenomenon. It was adopted in 1954 in the former GDR as an obligatory pledge to socialism,… Internet Archive 1998 Cafe Buckow 1998 · Feature Cafe Buckow: Exhibition of the first works of art students frm the Art Academy Münster ( Germany for one week. Blues with digital picture distortions. My last… Internet Archive 1935 - Triumph des Willens - Das Dokument vom Reichsparteitag 1934 (1h 44m, 720x576) Feature · 1 h 44 min · Subtitles 1935 - Triumph des Willens - Das Dokument vom Reichsparteitag 1934 (1h 44m, 720x576) Internet Archive 1933 - Die Nuernberger Reichsparteitage der NSDAP aus den Jahren 1927, 1929 und 1933 (1h 26m, 352x272) Feature · 1 h 26 min · Subtitles 1933 - Die Nuernberger Reichsparteitage der NSDAP aus den Jahren 1927, 1929 und 1933 (1h 26m, 352x272) Internet Archive 1937 - Echo der Heimat - Ein Tatsachenbericht aus Deutschland - Fuenfte Folge (42m 40s, 352x256) Feature · 42 min · Subtitles 1937 - Echo der Heimat - Ein Tatsachenbericht aus Deutschland - Fuenfte Folge (42m 40s, 352x256) Internet Archive Whity(1971) 1971 · Feature Rainer Werner Fassbinder's tale of a servant who finally fights back against his cruel oppressors. Internet Archive 1980 Tango durch Deutschland (Trailer) 1980 · Feature Tango Through Germany: Eddie Constantine is given the chance to lead a new and better life but he fails. Musik: Astor Piazzolla / Kamera: Lutz Mommartz,… Internet Archive 1970 Altersporno (No Subtitel) 1970 · Feature Mit Ludwig Chateau Frage an einen älteren düsseldorfer Bildhauer, ob er bereit sei, in einen Altersporno mitzuwirken. The subtitled version can be found here:… Internet Archive 1933 - Adolf Hitler - Rede an die SA und SS-Maenner im Berliner Sportpalast am 8. April (5m 03s, 640x480) Short · 5 min 1933 - Adolf Hitler - Rede an die SA und SS-Maenner im Berliner Sportpalast am 8. April (5m 03s, 640x480) Internet Archive 1971 Inspektion (Inspection) 1971 · Feature With Reinhold Ohngemach, Peter Franke, the Conrads‘ and Jürgen Kuhfuß. Two actors have a conversation about surplus and unemployment using the DKP catechism…