The world's archives

1,153–1,200 of 171,229 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 Flirting with Fate 1916 · Feature · 57 min From IMDb : In the midst of an emotional depression, a man hires a murderer to kill him. But the despair soon passes, and the man must now escape the killer… Internet Archive The Sign Of Four 1932 · Feature Arthur Wontner stars in the classic Sherlock Holmes mystery in which an ex-convict seeks revenge on a man who failed to honour his word. Internet Archive Silent Night, Bloody Night UPGRADE Feature · Subtitles Still somewhat battered, this is a sharper, richer-looking copy than the others already on IA. From http://www.oh-the-horror.com/page.php?id=440: Small town… Internet Archive The Mark Of The Whistler 1944 Film-noir/Mystery ★★★ CC 1944 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles The Mark of the Whistler, aka The Marked Man, is a 1944 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by William Castle, the… Internet Archive M (1931) with commentary by Anton Kaes and Eric Rentschler 2004 · Feature · Subtitles Recorded in 2004, this commentary features University of California at Berkeley professor Anton Kaes, author of the BFI Film Classics volume on M, and Harvard… Internet Archive Night Key 1937 colorized (Boris Karloff) 1937 · Feature The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to force him to help them commit robberies. Boris Karloff as David… Internet Archive The Secret of the Loch 1934 · Feature A batty Scottish professor attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, a foolish young reporter… Internet Archive Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 96, 11/24/1963 1963 · Newsreel · 6 min · Subtitles National Archives description: "The original release sheet reads: SPECIAL RELEASE PRESIDENT - ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY IS DEAD AT THE… Internet Archive A Man Called Horse (1970) 1970 · Feature A Man Called Horse is a 1970 Western film directed by Elliot Silverstein, produced by Sandy Howard, and written by Jack DeWitt. The film follows an English… Internet Archive The Simpsons - Shorts from "The Tracey Ullman Show" 1987 · TV The Simpsons debuted on 19th April 1987, when they first appeared in animated shorts on the Tracey Ullman Show on the FOX Network. All 48 shorts from The… Internet Archive State Secret colorized 1950 (Glynis Johns, Douglas Fairbanks Jr) 1950 · Feature A famed American surgeon is decoyed to a middle European country to perform a life-saving operation on its dictator. When the leader dies anyway, he is… Internet Archive Caesar And Cleopatra 1945 · Feature Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains pop off the screen in vivid Technicolor in Gabriel Pascal’s version of Shaw’s 1901 play about love and politics in ancient Rome… Internet Archive Cromwell (1970) 1970 · Feature Cromwell is a 1970 British historical drama film written and directed by Ken Hughes. It is based on the life of Oliver Cromwell, who rose to lead the… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes 1954 Feature · Subtitles This series has fallen into the Public Domain. Internet Archive Cover Girl (1944) Modelos 1942 · Feature · Subtitles Modelos (Cover Girl - 1944) Internet Archive All Night 1918 · Feature · 57 min A French bedroom style farce, a down-on-their-luck married society couple (Dorian and Warren) persuade an unmarried pair (Valentino and Myers) to take their… Internet Archive Framed 1947 colorized (Glenn Ford) 1947 · Feature A mining engineer looking for work runs afoul of a femme fatale who plans to use him to take the blame in her money-making scheme. Glenn Ford as Mike Lambert… Internet Archive Sunburst (1975) 1975 · Feature A couple on vacation in the woods is stalked by a pair of rapists. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/sunburst-1975/ Internet Archive Madness Of The Heart (1949 Faith Drama Film Noir) 1949 · Feature · 1 h 31 min TAGLINE : The love of a man and woman is as FIRE! STORYLINE : Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's… Internet Archive Strange People (1933) 1933 · Feature · 1 h There was hiss in the audio of the first version of this film that was uploaded to the Archive. I removed most of it with Audacity. Internet Archive Maniac 1963 · Feature An American painter has an affair with a bar owner in a French village and agrees to help her murderer husband escape from a prison for the criminally insane. Internet Archive FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN 1943 colorized 1943 · Feature The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal… Internet Archive The Reckless Moment 1949 ★★★½ CC: Film-noir/Drama James Mason, Joan Bennett [1:22:04] 1949 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles The Reckless Moment is a 1949 American film noir melodrama directed by Max Ophüls, produced by Walter Wanger, It starred James Mason and Joan Bennett. In the… Internet Archive Hitch Hike Lady 1935 Restored 1935 · Feature This is a heart warming comedy melodrama movie from 1935 starring Alison Skipworth , Mae Clarke , Arthur Treacher , James Ellison , Warren Hymer and Beryl… Internet Archive Horror Of Dracula 1958 1958 · Feature When his friend goes missing after accepting a job at a castle under false pretences, Dr. Van Helsing investigates the mysterious Count Dracula and discovers… Internet Archive Mr. Wong, Detective 1938 colorized (Boris Karloff) 1938 · Feature When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers an… Internet Archive THE BAT Vincent Price Agnes Moorehead Lenita Lane Full Horror Movie English HD 720p 1959 · Feature A killer called "the Bat" has claimed many lives in the small town inhabited by novelist Cornelia van Gorder (Agnes Moorehead) and her maid, Lizzie (Lenita… Internet Archive Spy Smasher 1942 colorized serial compilation 1942 · Feature A secret agent (Kane Richmond) battles a gang of Nazi saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America. With Marguerite Chapman and Tristram Coffin.… Internet Archive Young Frankenstein ( Colorized, 1974) 1974 · Feature Young Frankenstein (1974) colorized with HAVC Internet Archive Salute the Toff 1952 colorized (John Bentley) 1952 · Feature A young secretary (Carol Marsh) comes to well-known private detective Richard Rollinson (John Bentley), worried that her employer has not shown up for work… Internet Archive Damned If You Don't (1987) 1987 · Feature · Subtitles Damned If You Don't (1987) Internet Archive Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) 1948 · Feature A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To… Internet Archive The Crow Stairway to Heaven (RESTORED AND AI UPSCALED) 1999 · TV Gus Lanzetta's White Fungus Restorations - The Crow Stairway to Heaven - Sourced from the TV Guide US DVD release. - Detelecined from 29.976fps to 23.976fps -… Internet Archive The Hill (1965) 1965 · Feature The Hill is a 1965 film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on a play by James D. Kennaway. It stars Sean Connery , Ossie Davis , Ian Bannen , Jack Watling , and… Internet Archive Midnight Express (1978) 1978 · Feature Midnight Express is a 1978 film directed by Alan Parker, based on the true story of Billy Hayes, an American student who was imprisoned in Turkey for drug… Internet Archive First Spaceship On Venus 1960 ★★½ CC: Sci-Fi [1:18:10] U.S. Version 1962 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles In 1962 the shortened 79-minute dubbed release from Crown International Pictures substituted the title First Spaceship on Venus for the English-speaking… Internet Archive Doctor Mordred 1992 1996 · Feature Doctor Mordrid is a 1992 American superhero film directed by Albert and Charles Band , and starring Jeffrey Combs . The film was originally intended to be an… Internet Archive Battle Beyond the Sun (1962) 1962 · Feature Battle Beyond the Sun is a 1962 science fiction film that is an English-dubbed and re-edited version of the 1959 Soviet film Nebo Zovyot. The film explores… Internet Archive To Sir, with Love (1967) 1967 · Feature To Sir, with Love is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in a secondary school in the East End of London. It stars Sidney… Internet Archive SON OF DRACULA 1943 colorized 1943 · Feature When Katherine, a beautiful Southern girl obsessed with thoughts of eternal life, invites Count Alucard to come to her mansion in the U.S., she unleashes a… Internet Archive The Thirteenth Hour (1947) 1947 · Feature The Thirteenth Hour is a 1947 American mystery film noir directed by William Clemens, featuring Richard Dix as a trucking company owner who becomes embroiled… Internet Archive The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Complete Series 1981 1981 · TV The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adams ' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which aired between 5 January and… Internet Archive Three on a Ticket 1947 colorized =Michael Shayne= 1947 · Feature A man stumbles into the office of private detective Michael Shayne and dies before Shayne can question him. The only clue is part of a ticket stub in the… Internet Archive The Jim Henson Hour - The Complete Series 1989 · TV The Jim Henson Hour was an hour-long prime-time anthology series produced by Jim Henson as a showcase for a variety of Jim Henson Productions ' television… Internet Archive Casper The Ghost & Friends 1989 · Cartoon Join in the fun and laughter with Casper the Friendly Ghost in 8 entertaining episodes with Little Lulu, The Three Little Pigs, Little Audrey, Egghead, and… Internet Archive SCARED TO DEATH Bela Lugosi (high quality print) 1947 · Feature Dr. Josef Van Ee (George Zucco) runs a private mental institution where he and his son, Ward (Roland Varno), are keeping his daughter-in-law, Laura (Molly… Internet Archive The Phantom Planet (1961) | Public Domain Sci-Fi Feature + Vintage Superman Cartoon 1961 · Cartoon · 1 h 41 min This upload presents a unique custom edition of The Phantom Planet (1961), shared in good faith as a public domain science fiction film for entertainment,… Internet Archive The Horror of it all 1983 · Educational · 59 min · Subtitles Combines rare film clips, stills, and interviews in a chronicle of the fifty years of horror film production. Covers the early days of Nosferatu to today's…