The world's archives

97–144 of 4,228 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 I Am Waiting 1957 · Feature In Koreyoshi Kurahara’s directorial debut, rebel matinee idol Yujiro Ishihara (fresh off the sensational Crazed Fruit ) stars as a restaurant manager and… Internet Archive Army 1944 · Feature Kinoshita’s ambitious and intensely moving film begins as a multigenerational epic about the military legacy of one Japanese family, before settling into an… Internet Archive Walk Cheerfully 1930 · Feature In Yasujiro Ozu's WALK CHEERFULLY, which gracefully combines elements of the relationship drama and the gangster story, small-time hood Kenji, a.k.a. Ken the… Internet Archive Black Sun 1964 · Feature You’ve probably never seen anything quite like this manic, oddball, anti–buddy picture about a young, jazz-obsessed Japanese drifter and a black American GI… Internet Archive That Night's Wife 1930 · Feature In noirish darkness, a man commits a shocking robbery. But, as we soon learn, this seeming criminal mastermind is actually a sensitive everyman driven to… Internet Archive A Page of Madness (1926) 1926 · Feature A Page of Madness is a 1926 Japanese silent experimental horror film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Lost for 45 years until it was rediscovered by Kinugasa… Internet Archive I Will Buy You 1956 · Feature Masaki Kobayashi’s pitiless take on Japan’s professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. A condemnation of the inhumanity bred by… Internet Archive Nobody Knows (2004) 2004 · Feature Nobody Knows tells the story of four siblings and their young mother who move into a small apartment in Tokyo. There is no father around, and in fact, all the… Internet Archive Drowning Love (2016) 2016 · Feature Natsume Mochizuki was a magazine model in Tokyo but moves to the rural town of Ukigumocho. Mochizuki, feeling depressed about living in the boring… Internet Archive Fighting Elegy 1966 · Feature High schooler Kiroku Nanbu yearns for the prim, Catholic Michiko, but her only desire is to reform Kiroku's sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, Kiroku… Internet Archive Unlock Your Heart (2021) 2021 · Feature Ai is a 3rd grade high school student. She is popular among students and she is also a honor student. She has a crush on her classmate Tatoe, who seems… Internet Archive The Snow Woman (1968) 1968 · Feature "The Snow Woman" ( Kaidan Yukijorō ) is a 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka . It was produced by Daiei Film and is an adaptation of… Internet Archive Passing Fancy 1933 · Feature The first of many films featuring the endearing single-dad Kihachi (played wonderfully by Takeshi Sakamoto), PASSING FANCY is a humorous and heartfelt study… Internet Archive Children Of Nagasaki 1983 · Feature A doctor who was widowed during the bombing of Nagasaki decides to write his memoirs before he succumbs to radiation sickness. Internet Archive Ginza Cosmetics 1951 · Feature Italy is usually cited as the anchor of the neo-realist movement in cinema, but Mikio Naruse's Ginza Cosmetics (1951) is a reminder that Japan had its own… Internet Archive Phoenix 1947 · Feature Somewhat reminiscent of Kinoshita's most famous film, Twenty-Four Eyes, in that its story takes place in two time periods, before the war and after it. A war… Internet Archive The Good Fairy 1951 · Feature The Good Fairy is an early 1950's Japanese movie that looks at journalism and marriage. The plot is about a young reporter who is assigned by his editor the… Internet Archive Tokyo Chorus 1931 · Feature Combining three prevalent genres of the day—the student comedy, the salaryman film, and the domestic drama—Ozu created this warmhearted family comedy, and… Internet Archive Spring Dreams 1960 · Feature An elderly sweet potato vendor collapses in the home of a self-absorbed wealthy family. He must be allowed to remain there while he recovers, and a screwball… Internet Archive Port Of Flowers 1943 · Feature The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires… Internet Archive I Hate But I Love 1962 · Feature In the high-octane, unorthodox romance I Hate But Love ( Nikui anchikusho ), a celebrity (played by megastar Yujiro Ishihara), dissatisfied with his personal… Internet Archive Morning For The Osone Family 1946 · Feature Kinoshita’s first film after the end of World War II is a wrenching, superbly wrought tale about a liberal-minded Japanese family torn apart by war and… Internet Archive Mom Is That You?! (2023) 2023 · Feature Akio Kizaki who spends his days as head of the Human Resources Department of a large company is nervous about his wife's divorce and concerned about the… Internet Archive The Tattered Wings 1955 · Feature First love is often hot and heavy, but short-lived. A woman endures the hardships of an abusive husband for too long, and when an old lover returns she begins… Internet Archive In Search Of Ozu 2018 · Feature Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim took a pilgrimage to Japan to get his own firsthand look at some of these iconic items, among them the bright-red… Internet Archive Thus Another Day 1959 · Feature A young wife loses patience with her career-minded husband and returns to her parents' home while an unpaid mortgage force the couple to rent their home for… Internet Archive The Living Magoroku 1943 · Feature A superstitious farming family is hesitant to use its fields to grow crops to help feed the nation’s troops. Keisuke Kinoshita’s rural drama was made to… Internet Archive Father 1988 · Feature A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life. Internet Archive Jubilation Street 1944 · Feature As World War II escalates, the tight-knit inhabitants of a street in Tokyo must relocate from their homes so the government can use the space. Kinoshita’s… Internet Archive I Lived But,... 1983 · Feature The movie is a mixture of interviews with people who worked with Ozu and clips from Ozu's movies. One actor interviewed was Chishû Ryû, who appeared in 52 of… Internet Archive The World Of Kanako (2014) 2014 · Feature A beautiful honors student named Kanako suddenly goes missing. Her father, former detective Akihiro Fujishima, begins an obsessive search for her, tracking… Internet Archive Sakura (1946) 1946 · Feature A visually artistic animation with no real story. It follows a pair of butterflies as they drift past various beautiful depictions of people and animals.… Internet Archive Momotaro no umiwashi (1943) 1943 · Feature Momotarō no Umiwashi (桃太郎の海鷲, literally Momotarō’s Sea Eagles) is an animated Japanese propaganda film produced in 1942 by Geijutsu Eigasha and released March… Internet Archive Oh, My Son 1979 · Feature A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families Internet Archive My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016) 2016 · Feature On the way to his university in Kyoto, a 20 y.o. man falls in love with a woman on the train. He tells her. They start dating. She has a supernatural secret. Internet Archive Marine aggressively steps on you 2022 · Cartoon Original: https://twitter.com/Edoman1106/status/1556275467967414272 The description says: Audio from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZvTG... 3D Marine by… Internet Archive Dear Friends (2007) 2007 · Feature Dear Friends follows a high-school student named Rina who believes that friends are not necessary and that they can only be used in times of need. Thus, she… Internet Archive Love Me, Love Me Not (2020) 2020 · Feature Yuna and Akari are two high school girls with very different views on love: Yuna dreams about romance through rose-coloured glasses, while Akari is… Internet Archive Flying Colors (2015) 2015 · Feature Kudo Sayaka is a 2nd-grade high school student, a gal (Gyaru) who wears miniskirts and dyes her hair blonde. Even though she is a high school student, her… Internet Archive Peach Girl (2017) 2017 · Feature Adachi Momo is a female high school student. She appears to be a wild girl due to her tan skin and dyed hair, but she is actually a naive and sweet student.… Internet Archive Suteneko Tora-chan (1947) 1947 · Feature A mother cat and her kittens were taking a walk when they came upon a hungry Tora-chan. Giving the kittens their lunch which consisted of milk, she took the… Internet Archive xxxHOLiC (2022) 2022 · Feature High school student Watanuki Kimihiro has the ability to see spirits and monsters but is actually plagued with them. Coming home one day, he’s once again… Internet Archive Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (2019) 2019 · Feature A prestigious private high school has students who rank academically at the top of the nation. The school's student council president is Miyuki Shirogane, and… Internet Archive Nana 2 (2006) 2006 · Feature Romance develops between Hachi and TRAPNEST's bassist Takumi as well as with the Black Stones' guitarist Nobu. Meanwhile, Nana works hard for her band while… Internet Archive One Week Friends (2017) 2017 · Feature Kaori Fujimiya is always alone because all of her happy memories, including time spent with her friends, disappear every Monday. Deciding that he wants to be… Internet Archive Love Is Light (2022) 2022 · Feature Saijo is a university student with a special ability. Whenever he sees a woman in love, he can see bright sparkles around that woman. Kitashiro is Saijo’s… Internet Archive The Midnight Parasites (1972) 1972 · Cartoon · 9 min A surreal short, directed by Yoji Kuri, features a fantastical yet nightmarish world where carnivorous is the law of the land. Internet Archive Wotakoi Love Is Hard For Otaku (2020) 2020 · Feature Momose Narumi is a 26-year-old OL. She begins work at a new company. There, Narumi meets her old childhood friend Nifuji Hirotaka. Hirotaka is handsome and…