The world's archives

5,185–5,232 of 563,643 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 "Crossroads of Life" (1908) 1908 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "The Idol Dancer" (1920) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1920 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive La Sirène 1904 · Short · 3 min A man in a silk top hat stands in front of an empty aquarium. He pours water into his hat and goes fishing, hooking a small one. He becomes a hobo and catches… Internet Archive Alf's Button Afloat 1938 · Feature · 1 h 25 min Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his pyjamas is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. When he cleans it a genie appears. Cast: Bud Flanagan ... Alf… Internet Archive Doctor at Sea 1955 · Feature · 1 h 29 min Title: Doctor at Sea Summary: A bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape the boredom of shore practice, but studies the nurses more than medicine, and Brigitte… Internet Archive The Clouded Yellow 1950 · Feature · 1 h 30 min Title: The Clouded Yellow Summary: A former British agent is employed at the Fenton country estate where he aids Fenton's niece elude the police when she's… Internet Archive Laughing At Life 1933 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Big Man On Campus 1958 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Tells the story of Jerry Warner, a junior high school student who finds himself in trouble with the authorities and realizes that it is his own attitude and… Internet Archive Man On The Land 1951 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Animated story of man's conquest of the soil through the ages with background of narration and ballads. Starts with prehistoric times and ends in the present,… Internet Archive The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) 1963 · Feature · Subtitles The Girl Who Knew Too Much is a 1963 Italian giallo film directed by Mario Bava, featuring a young American woman named Nora who witnesses a murder in Rome… Internet Archive THE BIJOU GOES TO WAR (special double feature) Feature This simulated wartime double feature program at an American movie theater in the early ‘40s is a tribute, typical of the time, to our gallant British Allies.… Internet Archive West Of Zanzibar (Original Soundtrack) 1928 · Feature 1928 directed by Tod Browning starring Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Warner Baxter and Jacqueline Gadsden with Mary Nolan, Tiny Ward, Kalla Pasha and Curtis… Internet Archive The Hypnotic Eye episode 5 1997 · TV · 58 min Episode 5 of Joe Riley's amazing cable access TV show "The Hypnotic Eye" Produced in the pre-youtube world of 1997, this episode features Mr. Eye and M.C.… Internet Archive The Purple Monster Strikes 1945 colorized cliffhanger serial 1945 · Feature A Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Dr. Cyrus Layton, designer of Earth's first spaceship. The survivor, forerunner of an invasion, can… Internet Archive "At the Altar" (1909) director D. W. Griffith 1909 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive DANGER LIGHTS (reformatted) Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles This film's 3.5GB MPEG2 file found elsewhere at IA is reformatted here as a much smaller MP4 with equal video quality. A romantic melodrama set against a… Internet Archive Late Autumn 1960 · Feature The great actress and Ozu regular Setsuko Hara plays a mother gently trying to persuade her daughter to marry in this glowing portrait of family love and… Internet Archive Betty Boop: Parade of the Wooden Soldiers 1933 · Cartoon Internet Archive Hollywood Mystery Feature · 53 min · Subtitles This really isn't a mystery. Rather it's a behind the scenes farce about the making of a gangster movie. Directed by R Reeves Eason. Released in 1934.… Internet Archive FREEWARE 2001 · Cartoon · 8 min Visually stunning and action packed, Freeware is a 3-D, CG-animated thrill ride through a futuristic world. This sci-fi short follows three cyborgs on a… Internet Archive "Betrayed By A Handprint" (1908) director D.W. Griffith starring Florence Lawrence 1908 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Hypnotic Eye episode 11 1997 · TV · 58 min Episode 5 of Joe Riley's amazing cable access TV show "The Hypnotic Eye" Produced in the pre-youtube world of 1997, "Half Assed Puppets and Magic" features… Internet Archive Time to Kill 1942 colorized (Lloyd Nolan) 1942 · Feature A private detective is hired to retrieve a valuable antique coin that was stolen from an old dowager to pay off a blackmailer. The private eye soon finds… Internet Archive Drive Your Bicycle 1955 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Slow-moving bicycle safety film shot in Glendale and Burbank, California by a family-owned film production company. Encourages boys and girls to "drive their… Internet Archive Oklahoma: Heartland USA 1953 · Film · Subtitles "Script: Dwight V. Swain. Producer/director: D.N. Hockman. A-roll pix and sound have been shotlisted. B-roll pix not shotlisted but contains similar… Internet Archive Combat Naval en Grèce 1897 · Short · 1 min Star Film Catalogue no. 110 Combat Naval en Grèce (Naval Combat in Greece) Director: Georges Méliès Production Co: Star-Film Country: France Release Date:… Internet Archive "Spanking Breezes" (1926) starring Alice Day 1926 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Navy Lark 1959 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Title: The Navy Lark Summary: Film version of a popular BBC radio show about the incompetent crew of a Royal Navy ship. Directed by: Gordon Parry Actors:… Internet Archive Out of the Inkwell: The Tantalizing Fly 1919 · Cartoon · 3 min A Max Fleischer cartoon in the "Out of the Inkwell" series for Bray Studios. Listed as Public Domain by Wikipedia. Internet Archive Poor Daddy - 儿子英雄 1929 · Feature · 1 h 11 min A 1929 B&W silent comedy from Shanghai, describing a vindictive funnyman's efforts to get back at his cheating wife, as aided by his smarter and more… Internet Archive The Kingdom / Riget (1994) 1994 · TV Riget ( English title: The Kingdom ) is a Danish absurdist supernatural horror miniseries trilogy created by Lars von Trier and Tómas Gislason. Set in the… Internet Archive Body and Soul (1947) John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks 1947 · Feature Body and Soul is a 1947 American film noir sports drama directed by Robert Rossen, and features John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere and… Internet Archive Extravagance (1930) Feature · 1 h 1 min Alice Kendall is part of the social elite, and her mother has spent a fortune giving her luxuries. When Alice marrries Fred Garlan her mother wishes him luck… Internet Archive The Bridge at Remagen (1969) 1969 · Feature The Bridge at Remagen , released in 1969 , is a war film directed by Bernhard Wicki . Set during World War II, it is based on the true events surrounding the… Internet Archive [Early 1970s Television Commercials] 2026 · Commercial · Subtitles [The following titles and shotlists may be elsewhere on PA-0649; this description may therefore need revision after viewing.] Internet Archive Betty Boop: Swat The Fly 1935 · Cartoon Internet Archive THE BAT WHISPERS (special 65mm widescreen edition) Feature SPECIAL NOTE: This film was shot in two versions with a different director of photography for each. One is in standard 35mm and the other in an early 65mm… Internet Archive CAMINOS DE MICHOACAN( 1979) 1979 · Feature HIGHEST QUALITY RIP AVAILABLE! An innocent man is accused when a local landowner's daughter goes missing. As the prime suspect, he will do whatever it takes… Internet Archive Northwest Trail 1945 · Feature You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page Internet Archive Pick of the Pod 1939 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles A peek inside the pea processing operations that culminate in Del Monte brand canned peas. With glimpses of 1930s kitchens and images of Depression-era… Internet Archive TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH video quality upgrade Feature Until recently the only other available versions seem to have been a poor Netflicks DVD sourced from VHS, and a badly faded broadcast print rip that may not… Internet Archive Freddy's Nightmares Complete TV Series 1988 · TV Freddy, the dream serial killer, hosts this anthology of stories set in Springwood. *Note 3/16/24 Archive.org makes the torrent file, not the uploader. If the… Internet Archive Rebellious Daughters Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles Two rebellious young girls run away from home to find excitement in the big city, and run into trouble that they never expected. Internet Archive Cartoon Network's ''Quick Draw El Kabong'' 2001 · Cartoon · 1 min Cartoon character ''Quick Draw McGraw'' becomes EL KABONG the HERO and fights EL BAD GUY with his steel guitar. El Kabong & Babalooie ride into a garishly… Internet Archive MAG 104 movie Feature · 1 h 27 min · Subtitles Funky Japanese flick Internet Archive Another Chance 1953 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep Another Chance * Season: 2 * Episode: 26 * First Aired: 2/13/1953 Internet Archive "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (1921) starring Mary Pickford 1921 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Pursuit To Algiers 1945 · Feature Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.