The world's archives

5,425–5,472 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 Coveted East Indies, The (Part II) 1938 · Film · Subtitles This film appears MOS, but originally had sound and was produced and narrated by the radio world travel radio commentator Deane Dickason. Interesting silent… Internet Archive Desert Venture (Part II) 1958 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles "This is a story of a venture by American capital in a strange and ancient land," says the narrator. Shows the search and extraction of oil in Saudi Arabia,… Internet Archive Les Oeufs de Paques 1907 · Short · 3 min Easter Eggs by Segundo de Chomón Internet Archive Rio Das Mortes (1971) 1971 · Feature Portuguese subs Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes.… Internet Archive SCHOOL FOR DANGER video quality upgrade Feature “The real stuff” (IMDB review quote). This is a much better copy and in the standard MPEG4 (MP4) format. A wartime government-produced docudrama on the… Internet Archive The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1989) [Complete Series + Extras] 2017 · TV · Subtitles The Adventures of Pete & Pete is a 1989 family comedy television series created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi that aired on Nickelodeon from 1989 to 1996.… Internet Archive Night Riders of Montana 1951 · Feature Title: Night Riders of Montana Summary: State Ranger Rocky Lane becomes involved in a mystery surrounding a gang of horse rustlers and a young rancher who is… Internet Archive "Head Winds" (1925) starring House Peters, Patsy Ruth Miller 1925 · 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 KING MURDER video & audio upgrade Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles This print has slightly improved video and much cleaner audio without any of the dialog-masking noise in the other print here at IA. It also has a smaller… Internet Archive The Weekend (1999) - Brian Skeet Film 1999 · Feature Peter Cameron is an American novelist and short-story writer. He published his first short story for The New Yorker in 1983 & would later contribute to the… Internet Archive The Cameraman's Revenge Short · 12 min A stop motion animation in which Ladislas Starevich, the producer, animates real beetles and other insects. 1911 Internet Archive Curtis Harrington's "NIGHT TIDE" (1961) HQ 16/9 + movie trailer Feature · Subtitles Struggling young actor Dennis Hopper in this nice little tale. Love stronger than fear... This is a much better copy of the film, especially concerning the… Internet Archive Sunset Murder Case Feature · 1 h · Subtitles Sally Rand stars as a nightclub performer whose police detective father is murdered. She determines to use her wiles to identify the killer, and see him… Internet Archive "Babes and Boobs" (1918) starring Larry Semon 1918 · 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 Voice of Victory (Part I) 1944 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles How radio equipment helped to win World War II. Internet Archive That's Your Funeral 1972 Hammer films 1972 · Feature Black comedy made by Hammer films productions, based off the BBC TV series. Starring Bill Fraser, Raymond Huntley, Dennis Price, Richard Wattis and Sue Lloyd Internet Archive Voodoo Man (1944) Bela Lugosi high quality print 1944 · Feature A mad doctor (Bela Lugosi) and his helpers (John Carradine, George Zucco) lure girls to his lab for brain work, to help his wife. Internet Archive One Year Later 1933 · Feature · 1 h 6 min First, a pair of blissful honeymooners traveling by train. Then, a year later, the same coach carrying the man to his place of execution. Although it seems… Internet Archive A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971 - 78, 2005 - 13, 18 -) Complete Series inc. Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) 1971 · TV British supernatural anthology series which airs its episodes at Christmas, the majority based on short stories by the master of the English ghost story and… Internet Archive The Evil Within 1953 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep The Evil Within * Season: 2 * Episode: 37 * First Aired: 5/1/1953 Internet Archive Buck Benny Rides Again 1940 colorized (Jack Benny) 1940 · Feature Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of a rival to prove he is a real man by roughing it at a Nevada… Internet Archive Santa Fe Trail (1940) Feature · 1 h 49 min J.E.B. Stuart (Errol Flynn) and Custer (Ronald Reagan) are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry in the Kansas territory. Once there they have to deal with John Brown… Internet Archive Adam and Evalyn 1949 · Feature · 1 h 28 min Title: Adam and Evalyn Summary: When a friend dies, a gambler adopts his daughter. Complications ensue. Directed by: Harold French Actors: Stewart Granger,… Internet Archive Road Show Carole Landis Adolphe Menjou Patsy Kelly 1940 · Feature · Subtitles The 1940 Hal Roach comedy Road Show starring Carole Landis, John Hubbard, Adolphe Menjou, Patsy Kelly, and Margaret Roach ~ You can learn more about Carole at… Internet Archive Farewell, My Lovely [1975] Robert Mitchum, Sylvester Stallone, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland 1975 · Feature You can find out more about this movie from Wikipedia. Farewell, My Lovely is a 1975 American neo-nolr crime thriller film directed by Dick Richards and… Internet Archive Miracle of the Can (Part I) 1956 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Panoramic exploration of cans and canning in the United States, with excellent imagery of mass production and agribusiness. Internet Archive Vampire Over London (1952) Feature · 1 h 13 min Old Mother Riley is manaced by Bela Lugosi in this British comedy, a.k.a. "Mother Riley Meets the Vampire", re-released in 1963 as "My Son, The Vampire" Internet Archive The Shanghai Gesture 1941 · Feature An archived page of the 1941 movie The Shanghai Gesture, directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Victor Mature and Gene Tierney. Internet Archive Passenger Train, The 1940 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Describes a journey from a large city to the country on a streamline train. Shows duties of many of the people who work in the station and on the train. Internet Archive Drawing Account 1941 · Cartoon · 9 min · Subtitles Behind the scenes in a 1940s animation studio, showing the making of a Chevrolet advertising cartoon. Internet Archive General Motors Around the World (Part III) 1927 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles How one of the first multinational corporations organized itself to sell to the world under the leadership of Alfred R. Sloan. With excellent images of… Internet Archive Ridin' Down the Canyon 1942 · Feature · 53 min When a gang of rustlers steal a herd from Alice Blake (Linda Hayes), her kid brother Bobbie (Robert 'Buzz' Henry), sets out to get help from his radio… Internet Archive DOUBLE FEATURE HELL 15 (jungle jills 4) Feature Welcome to the fourth insomniac double feature dedicated to ladies of the leaf litter. Any similarity to actual persons living or dead is a shame. The back… Internet Archive Hanford Science Forum 1957 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Television program (one of a series) sponsored by General Electric Company for telecasting to residents of the Richland, Washington area. This interview with… Internet Archive Battling Marshal Feature · 52 min · Subtitles Plot-wise an unconventional B-western starring Sunset Carson (a.k.a. Winifred Maurice Harrison). The glitch-free print has viewable video quality, but the… Internet Archive Miss Clark Introduces Panorama 1960 · Educational · 10 min · Subtitles Promotional film for ÂPanorama, a filmstrip/phonograph record/book playback unit, demonstrating how this early multimedia device can be useful in teaching. Internet Archive The Curse Of Frankenstein 1957 1957 · Feature While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life, only for it to behave not as he… Internet Archive Dementia/Daughter Of Horror 1955 ★★★½ CC: Film-Noir/Mystery/Thriller [00:55:18] 1955 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles Dementia is a 1955 American black-and-white experimental horror film produced, written, and directed by John Parker, and starring Adrienne Barrett and Bruno… Internet Archive 5 Fingers 1952 colorized (James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie) 1952 · Feature In neutral Turkey during WWII, the ambitious valet for the British ambassador tires of being the efficient servant and decides to makes lots of money by… Internet Archive Springtime In The Sierras 1947 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039861/ Starring Roy Rogers, Trigger, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine Internet Archive The Last Command 1928 · Feature Emil Jannings won the first best actor Academy Award for his performance as a sympathetic tyrant: an exiled Russian general turned Hollywood extra who lands a… Internet Archive Diary Of A Lost Girl (1929) ENG sub 1929 · Feature Thymiane Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for… Internet Archive 'Twas the Night Before Christmas 1974 · Cartoon When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind. Internet Archive The Beast Of Yucca Flats (1961) Feature · 53 min A scientist is caught in a nuclear blast and is turned into a homicidal maniac. Essentially a silent film with narration. Internet Archive Little Dutch Mill 1934 · Cartoon · 8 min A variation on the story of Hansel and Gretel, with a miser as the villain. The Color Classics series was Fleischer Studios' attempt to keep up with Disney.… Internet Archive [Edison Newsreels: San Francisco Earthquake aftermath] 1906 · Newsreel · 4 min · Subtitles Cleaning up downtown San Francisco after the conflagration. Internet Archive Trader Thorne 1956 · Short · 22 min · Subtitles Auto dealer sales film explaining why trade-ins are necessary -- because almost all customers already have cars. Director: Jack Tilles. Writer: George… Internet Archive [First Private Atom Power Plant Opens] 1957 · Newsreel · Subtitles Vallecitos Atomic Electric Power Plant, the first licensed nuclear power plant, opens at Pleasanton, Calif. on November 25, 1957. Newsreel story.