The world's archives

4,945–4,992 of 164,310 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. Nothing is left out for being sexual: sexual content and nudity are for adults, placed by what the archive files a film as, never by a word of its title alone (The Naked City is a police film). A film filed as pornography is listed for adults without its picture and plays nowhere yet, as the law where it would play asks for a proof of age this site does not have. A sexual depiction of a child, drawn ones too, is listed nowhere.

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 content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) 1944 · Feature A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest,… Internet Archive The Little Colonel (1935) 1935 · Feature After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak… Internet Archive MIT 18.065 Matrix Methods in Data Analysis, Signal Processing, and Machine Learning, Spring 2018 2018 · Talk · Subtitles Instructor: Gilbert Strang View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/18-065S18 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63oMNUHXq… Internet Archive Shore Leave 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Great Wall Of China 2000 · Film · Subtitles "...Meet a photographer whose passion for the Great Wall has driven him to uncover thousands of forgotten miles of the barrier built by China's dynasties." Internet Archive Episode 55: The Twilight Zone 1992 · TV Andrea and Keith welcome VISIONS FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE author Arlen Schumer, editor John Ordover , and Rod Serling biographer Gordon Sander to the studio to… Internet Archive Twilight Zone "Next Week" Promos (Season 1, 1959-60) 1959 · TV Clips of Rod Serling teasing/previewing next week's Twilight Zone episode, as originally seen on the network TV first-run episode broadcasts. S1E01 - "Where… Internet Archive NAHID by Ida PANAHANDEH Festival De Cannes From 13th To 24th May 2015 2015 · Feature NAHID by Ida PANAHANDEH Festival De Cannes From 13th To 24th May 2015 Following the success of the Academy Award winning Iranian film ‘A Separation’ the… Internet Archive Rock 'n' Roll Revue (1955) 1955 · Feature Rock'n Roll Revue is a 1955 American film directed by Joseph Kohn. The film was compiled for theatrical exhibition from the made-for-television short films… Internet Archive Squadra antiscippo (1976) 1976 · Feature A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Big Brawl 殺手壕 aka Battle Creek Brawl, [Jackie Chan, Mako, & José Ferrer] 2026 · Feature The Big Brawl ( Chinese : 殺手壕 ; lit. 'Killer's Trench', also released as Battle Creek Brawl ) is a 1980 martial arts action comedy film which marked Jackie… Internet Archive This Above All (1942) 1942 · Feature In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the… Internet Archive V The Series (1984-85) s01e06 Visitor's Choice 1984 · TV The Resistance, led by Donovan, Julie, and Ham, stage a daring sabotage at a convention of Visitor commanders in a seaside estate where Diana intends to show… Internet Archive ''The Milton Berle Show - 24 April 1956 1956 · TV · 57 min · Subtitles An episode of NBC's series "The Milton Berle Show". Once television's top-rated show (as "Texaco Star Theater"), but by 1956 the ratings were declining. But,… Internet Archive Betty Boop's Penthouse 1933 · Cartoon At Bimbo's Experimental Laboratory, Bimbo and Koko concoct a variety of compounds and elixirs. Their science experiments are interrupted when they see Betty… Internet Archive Ab Isolator Workout 1994 · Film · Subtitles "Tony Little's Ab Isolator Workout provides the ultimate abdominal workout. Tony's workout, used in conjunction with the Ab Isolator, delivers a target and… Internet Archive ''The Dinah Shore Chevy Show'' - 17 May 1957 1957 · TV · 53 min · Subtitles An episode of Dinah Shore's popular NBC variety series. Guest stars are Art Carney, Betty Hutton, Boris Karloff. Lots of music and comedy. Before you ask for… Internet Archive Waking Up the Town 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Johnny Apollo (1940) 1940 · Feature Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As… Internet Archive Rites Of Spring 2012 · Feature A ransom scheme turns into a nightmare for a group of kidnappers who become victims of a horrifying secret that must be paid every spring. Internet Archive The Man From Beyond (1922) 1922 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, along with other pictures of the era that I find interesting, so I'm uploading the best… Internet Archive English X-ray film. 1964 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles Articulatory movements are shown by X-ray techniques. Prepared scripts illustrate selected phonetic features in the phonemic contrasts of the language, ending… Internet Archive MIT 6.003 Signals and Systems, Fall 2011 2011 · Talk · Subtitles Instructor: Dennis Freeman The analysis of signals and systems forms a key part of many modern technologies, including communications and feedback & control.… Internet Archive Kiss Me Petruchio 1983 · Educational · 58 min Title from data sheet Meryl Streep, Raul Julia Made in 1979 Intended audience: Ages 14 through adult Issued also as videorecording Observes a performance… Internet Archive Major Religions of the World: Development and Rituals 1953 · Educational · 19 min Major Religions of the World: Development and Rituals An animated training film which reviews the basic principles of salesmanship and demonstrates an… Internet Archive OCW Scholar: Fundamentals of Biology 2011 · Talk Instructor: Dr. Michelle Mischke This collection contains clips from lecture videos of MIT's Introduction to Biology classes. Each video will show the… Internet Archive Dirty Ho 爛頭何 Lan tou He [Directed By Lau Kar Leung] [Subtitled & Dubbed English] [1979] 2026 · Feature Dirty Ho (爛頭何 Lan tou He ) is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Lau Kar-leung and starring Gordon Liu and Wong Yue . Produced by the Shaw… Internet Archive Lisbon (1956) 1956 · Feature For Capt. Robert John Evans, smuggling black-market goods is nothing out of the ordinary. But one day he's hired by Aristides Mavros for a more involved… Internet Archive The North Star (1943) 1943 · Feature A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack." Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive MIT 8.333 Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles, Fall 2013 2013 · Talk · Subtitles View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/8-333F13 Instructor: Mehran Kardar Statistical Mechanics is a probabilistic approach to equilibrium properties of… Internet Archive Russian Right Stuff: The Mission 1991 · Film · Subtitles " U.S. Space Shuttle missions usually last about one week: the former Soviet Union typically sent cosmonauts to its MIR trained station for six months. NOVA… Internet Archive MIT 8.05 Quantum Physics II, Fall 2013 2013 · Talk · Subtitles View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/8-05F13 Instructor: Barton Zwiebach The collection includes twenty six video lectures. License: Creative Commons… Internet Archive The Beloved Rogue 1927 · Feature Internet Archive (1983 - 84) AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET COMPLETE SERIES 1 1983 · TV The adventures of a gang of British workmen abroad combine black and white humour with moments of drama, poignancy, and drunkenness. In series 1, the lads… Internet Archive Blue Sky Thinking Outtakes (2) Film Outtake footage from a film about the Ulano Corporation. Includes footage of manufacturing plants, research scientists, and product examples, as well as New… Internet Archive Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) 1952 · Feature A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Hollow Triumph (1948) 1948 · Feature Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive La muerte viviente (1971) 1971 · Feature The inhabitants of a small, remote island have been practicing voodoo rites and worshipping an evil priest named Damballah for years, but the local law… Internet Archive La tumba de la isla maldita (1973) 1973 · Feature Two archaeologists on a scientific dig come across a vampire burial ground and discover that the creatures are about to awaken and attack a nearby village.… Internet Archive Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) 1946 · Feature A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of… Internet Archive Shakerism: The First Two Hundred Years 1976 · Feature A brief but interesting documentary on the history of the Shaker community. See also: https://archive.org/details/aletheiaspiritt00macegoog/… Internet Archive The Third Musketeer (1965) 1965 · Feature The fairy tale of "Cinderella" is combined with the classic adventure of "The Three Musketeers." Sad Cat wants to be a musketeer like his two older brothers.… Internet Archive Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Robot Monster (S01E07) 1989 · TV For the seventh episode of the first season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989-1999), the show featured and riffed a B-movie classic: Robot Monster (1953).… Internet Archive BBC Wildlife On One (David Attenborough) (1977-2005) TV Natural History Internet Archive Surreal 1/6: %$#@ Yeah! 2005 · Cartoon · 1 min Bill's epic quest to find the Great Wizard is sabotaged by-well, watch it and see. Internet Archive Bucky O'Hare: On The Blink 1991 · Film · Subtitles " the Koalas of Rigel 5 have been enslaved by the merciless Toads, who've turned the Koalas' home world into a resort for Toad Officers. Attempting to thwart… Internet Archive Duel Of The Iron Fist (subtitled & Dubbed) & Duel Of The Iron Fist Pillage 2026 · Feature The Duel , also known as Duel of the Iron Fist , is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh and starring Ti Lung , Wang Ping , Yue Wai and… Internet Archive No Buddy Atoll (1945) 1945 · Feature No Buddy Atoll is a 1945 Private Snafu short directed by Chuck Jones. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/no-buddy-atoll-1945/