The world's archives

97–144 of 949 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 Jean de la Tour Miracle 1967 · Feature Jean de la Tour Miracle est un feuilleton télévisé français en dix épisodes en noir et blanc de vingt-deux minutes, créé par Michel de Ré d'après le roman de… Internet Archive Corpus Christi I - Crucifixion - Arte - 1998 1998 · TV · 49 min Corpus Christi I - Crucifixion - Arte - 1998 Corpus Christi est une série documentaire en douze parties réalisées par Jérôme Prieur et Gérard Mordillat qui… Internet Archive The House of Mystery (1923) 1923 · 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 1969. L'Étoile du sud 2023 · Feature En 1910, Kramer gouverne ses mines de diamants d'Afrique occidentale comme un véritable potentat. Erika, sa fille, est la seule à ne pas s'incliner devant sa… Internet Archive L'île Mysterieuse - 05 - Le Drapeau Noir 1973 · Feature L'Île mystérieuse L’Île mystérieuse est une mini-série italo-hispano-française en six épisodes de 52 minutes réalisée par Juan Antonio Bardem et Henri Colpi… Internet Archive En Avant la Musique 1907 · Short · 1 min A musical event by Segundo de Chomón Internet Archive J'accuse! 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Germinal; or, The Toll of Labor 1914 · Feature Internet Archive Blonde in a White Car (1959, Toi... le venin) French Film Noir 1959 · Feature With baked-in English subtitles. Internet Archive Tin Minh (1918) 1918 · 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 L'homme du large 1920 · Feature Internet Archive I Don't Want To Be A Man (1918) 1918 · 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 L'enfant de Paris 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Le comte de Monte Cristo - Épisode 1: Edmond Dantès 1918 · Feature Internet Archive Chants Populaires No. 3 1943 · Film · Subtitles Hand-drawn still and moving images depict scenes from popular songs with text of the lyrics on-screen, accompanied by sound recordings of French songs. Songs… Internet Archive Eldorado 1921 · Feature Internet Archive Barrabas 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Noirs De France 3/3 - 1975 2011. Le Temps Des Passions (2011) Feature Etre noir dans la France d'aujourd'hui, c'est être l'héritier direct de mémoires diverses et souvent contradictoires. Ce que nous proposons ici n'a jamais été… Internet Archive Je Parle Français, Lessons 1-13 1963 · Educational · 42 min The 'Je Parle Français' series of French Language Instruction films was filmed in 1960-61 and produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Film's Milan Herzog in… Internet Archive Whirlpool of Fate 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Corpus Christi II - Jean Le Baptiste - Arte - 1998 1998 · TV · 51 min Corpus Christi II - Jean Le Baptiste - Arte - 1998 Corpus Christi est une série documentaire en douze parties réalisées par Jérôme Prieur et Gérard Mordillat… Internet Archive Un Chien Andalou 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Hiroshima Mon Amour. [motion picture] 1959 · Educational · 34 min In French, with English titles Director, Alain Resnais; writer, Marguerite Duras Summary Features use of film techniques interweaving past and pres./i in the… Internet Archive La belle Nivernaise 1924 · Feature Internet Archive The Three Musketeers 1921 · Feature Internet Archive Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1902 · Feature Internet Archive Algérie, Dix Millions De Français 1958 Feature Documentaire sur les événements d'Algérie au mois de mai 1958, manifestations faisant appel à De Gaulle. Rappel de la situation respective des Algériens et… Internet Archive Les vampires 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Jeux D'Enfants 1913 · Feature Internet Archive The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923) 1923 · 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. La Souriante Madame Beudet,… Internet Archive The Red Inn 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Cleopatra 1910 · Feature Internet Archive 3 minutes en plastique 2006 · Cartoon En 3 minutes, les L-boys de Weird Fantasy vous racontent l'histoire du cinéma dans un documentaire réalisé pour la chaîne Direct 8. Attention, ça va vite ! Internet Archive The Little Match Girl 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine 1913 · Feature Internet Archive The Dancing Pig 1907 · Feature Internet Archive French Village 1979 · Educational French title: Le Village--un village French conversations without subtitles or narration Presents a brief overview of various French lifestyles in both the… Internet Archive Mother 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Judex 1917 · Feature Internet Archive The Siren of New Orleans 2003 · Short · 7 min La siréne de la Nouvelle-Orléans , or The Siren of New Orleans is a non-narrative work. A woman in New Orleans receives a rune reading and has visions. Internet Archive The Woman from Nowhere 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Rose-France 1919 · Feature Internet Archive The Faithful Heart 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Fantômas: Juve versus Fantômas 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Le Gazolique 2 2007 · Cartoon · 2 min Animation - Le transformer Gazolique est de retour, mais cette fois, il n-est pas seul. Le pompiste epanoui va passer un mauvais quart d-heure. Internet Archive Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed 1914 · Feature Internet Archive L'Humour francaise. 1964 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles An overview of French humour. Interviews Pierre Danino and Rene Lefevre; discusses satirical newspapers such as Le Canard Enchaine, cartoons, and the… Internet Archive Verdun, visions d'histoire 1928 · Feature