The world's archives

4,753–4,800 of 171,474 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 Electronic labyrinth. 1967 · Educational · 15 min Formerly entitled THX 1138 4 EB Presents a nightmare impression of a world in which a man is trying to escape a computerized world which constantly tracks his… Internet Archive DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE (1969-70) (Full Series) TV The antics and misadventures of a group of medical students at a London hospital, who prove to be a thorn in the side of their superiors. Internet Archive Atomic Betty Season 1 Episode 3 Doppelgangers R Us Cosmic Cake 2004 · Cartoon Doppelgangers R Us ​Betty and Noah get separated while visiting a house of mirrors at an amusement park and Betty is called off on a mission to protect a… Internet Archive Cattle Empire (1958) 1958 · Feature After serving a five year prison sentence for allowing his men to destroy a town in a drunken spree, a trail boss is hired by the same town's leading citizen… Internet Archive Deadland 2010 Dvdrip Xvid 2009 · Feature A man must cross post-world war III terrain and the new martial-law to save his missing wife. Internet Archive Dressed To Fire Royal Warrors 2026 · Feature Ninja Operation 7: Royal Warriors 1987 忍者太保之胭脂劫 Directed by Godfrey Ho Synopsis When the Purple Ninja Empire get their hands on a lost treasure map, the race… Internet Archive Escape from Angola (1976) 1976 · Feature Adventure - Moving to the unspoiled terrain of Africa was a risk the Mallory family survived. This family of animal trainers soon find themselves in a… Internet Archive It's Murder She Says (1945) 1945 · Feature It’s Murder She Says is a 1945 Private Snafu short directed by Chuck Jones. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/its-murder-she-says-1945/ Internet Archive Living Hell 2008 Dvdrip Xvid 2008 · Feature A mild-mannered teacher and a hazmat specialist have to figure out how to stop an unstoppable creature who feeds on light and energy, and moves with… Internet Archive Never Say Die (1939) 1939 · Feature Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her… Internet Archive Piercing. Brightness. 2013. BRRip 2013 · Feature A young Chinese boy and girl are sent on a mission to retrieve the 'Glorious 100' - agents who were sent to this planet millennia ago to study and observe. Internet Archive Sport Chumpions (1941) 1941 · Feature Sport Chumpions is a 1941 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/sport-chumpions-1941/ Internet Archive Tarzan and the Trappers (1960) 1960 · Feature Tarzan goes up against a baddie by the name of Schroeder, who is trapping animals and selling them illegally to zoos. A twist is thrown into the plot when… Internet Archive The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) 1949 · Feature Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's… Internet Archive The Taming of the Shrew (1929) 1929 · 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. This adaptation of the… Internet Archive Poopdeck Pappy (1940) 1940 · Feature Popeye's elderly father, Pappy, wants to go out at night. Popeye wants him to sleep. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/poopdeck-pappy-1940/ Internet Archive The Sundowners (1950) 1950 · Feature In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down… Internet Archive War Comes to America (1945) 1945 · Feature The seventh and final film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight World War II propaganda film series. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up to… Internet Archive The Christmas Visitor 1959 · Cartoon · 7 min Christmas Cartoon Based on the Night Before Christmas, you can read about this cartoon on it's IMDB page . Internet Archive ''Four Star Playhouse'' - The Girl on the Park Bench 1953 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles Popular entertainment from the 1950s. A humorous episode of "Four Star Playhouse" titled "The Girl on the Park Bench". Starring Joan Fontaine. Originally… Internet Archive Elephants of Tsavo: Love and Betrayal 1991 · TV A deeply moving, highly personal account of the plight of elephants in Kenya’s Tsavo National Park from the 1950s to 1990. A former park ranger himself, award… Internet Archive The Anderson Platoon 1969 · Educational · 1 h 4 min Documents the life of a small group of GI's as they fight against an unseen enemy in the jungle of Vietnam. Search Educational Film Journals at Media History… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Part 4: Editing and Printing" 1978 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive Mistakes Fitness Buffs Make 1993 · Film · Subtitles "Topics covered: Carbohydrate loading; Drinking sports drinks versus water during exercise; Caffeine and fitness; Exercise machines; Indoor versus outdoor… Internet Archive Deadwater (2008) 2008 · Feature When a battleship deployed to the Persian Gulf for black-op interrogations falls silent, a Marine task force is sent to investigate, only to find everyone… Internet Archive The Mechanical Cow (1927) 1927 · Feature Oswald wakes up grumpy and takes it out on his alarm clock, afterward trying his best to wake up the mechanical cow sleeping in the bed beside him, with… Internet Archive Television Commercials: Jingles and Songs Commercial · Subtitles Assembled reel of television commercials, including Olympia Beer, Pepsi, Rice-a-Roni, and more. Also includes a brief trailer or spot, perhaps a trailer, for… Internet Archive Vietnam: The Air War 1987 · Film "You are there via actual footage of dogfights, bombing raids, strafing runs, and planning sessions."-- description from box. Internet Archive You Don't Fuck With The Muthafuckin' Mantis!! (Mantis Fists, and Tiger Claws & The Thundering Mantis) [GeekJuiceMedia] (Goldig Films) {With extra Huggbees Riff) 2025 · Feature I don’t think I’m alone when I say that I appreciate kung fu films that have a great story. Sure, the kung fu is what we’re typically there for, but a good… Internet Archive EL ESCOCÉS VOLADOR - (1957) [VOSE] 1957 · Feature Título original: The Flying Scot Estreno: Reino Unido en noviembre de 1957 Duración: 70 min. País: Reino Unido Dirección: Compton Bennett Guion: Norman Hudis.… Internet Archive Francis Covers the Big Town (1953) 1953 · Feature A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/francis-covers-the-b… Internet Archive Hero 馬永貞 (1997) & The Boxer From Shangtung 馬永貞 (1972) 2026 · Feature Hero ( Chinese : 馬永貞 ; Jyutping : Ma 2 Wing 2 Zing 1 ) is a 1997 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Corey Yuen . The film stars… Internet Archive Predatory Instinct 2011 · Feature Three young adults meet a charismatic stranger at closing time of the bar where they work. They accept an invitation to join a late night gathering he is… Internet Archive Revolt of the Zombies (1936) 1936 · Feature The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WWI. An evil count has come into possession of the secret methods by which men can be transformed into… Internet Archive The Arctic Giant (1942) 1942 · Feature A frozen Tyrannosaurus rex is found and put on display in a museum, but when he thaws out and revives, Superman has to stop his rampage! Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive ''TV Reader's Digest'' - France's Greatest Detective 1955 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles An episode of dramatic anthology series "TV Reader's Digest", originally broadcast 16 May 1955. This period drama episode is about a detective who introduces… Internet Archive Pop Buell, Hoosier at the Front 1965 · TV · Subtitles Pop Buell, Hoosier at the Front . March, 7, 1965 episode of " The Twentieth Century " with Walter Cronkite. (According to IMDB - the National Archives says it… Internet Archive ABBA In Switzerland 1979 1979 · TV ABBA In Switzerland 1979 ABBA's first European television special filmed on location in the Swiss Alps. They are joined by music guests Kate Bush and Roxy… Internet Archive Anglo-Saxon England. 1971 · Educational · 22 min · Subtitles Archeological adviser, Stanley E. West Outlines English history from the end of Roman rule around 410 to the Norman invasion in 1066. Presents the various… Internet Archive ''The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show'' - 20 October 1962 1962 · TV · 52 min · Subtitles Music series with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Their guests are Dale Robertson, Cliff Arquette, Sons of the Pioneers, Cathie Taylor, Kirby Buchanan, and The… Internet Archive CC 1407 Online Shopping 1996 · TV · Subtitles A look at early online shopping sites including Amazon, onsale.com, CyberCash, NetRadio, Verisign and Cybergold. Guests include Jeff Bezos, Jerry Kaplan,… Internet Archive Tarzan and the Golden Lion 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Animal Factory 2000 · Feature A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor. Internet Archive Pot o' Gold (1941) 1941 · Feature 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 Irish family who… Internet Archive Too Many Husbands (1940) 1940 · Feature Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive MIT 15.401 Finance Theory I, Fall 2008 2008 · Talk · Subtitles View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/15-401F08 Instructor: Andrew Lo The collection includes videos that cover the class lectures on finance theory as… Internet Archive "Hollywood Snapshots" 1922 · Film A tour of Filmdom with glimpses of celebrities Ramon Novarro, Jack Warner, Max Linder, and Vola Vale. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film… Internet Archive The Big Picture 470 Religious Emphasis Day In Philadelphia 1958 · TV · 28 min · Subtitles The Big Picture episode 470: Religious Emphasis Day In Philadelphia "The original release sheet reads: USO-Armed Forces Religious Emphasis Day in Philadelphia…