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7,537–7,584 of 563,611 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 "A Search for the Evidence" (1903) cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1903 · 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 ONE WEEK ( 1920) Buster Keaton Feature ONE WEEK (1920) Starring: Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts Directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton Produced by Joseph M. Schenck William Thomas… Internet Archive 1957 - Time without Pity - Tiempo sin piedad - Joseph Losey - VOSE 1957 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com t.me/agendasociocultural Internet Archive The Biggest Ever Children's TV Collection (Volume 27) 2022 · Cartoon The Ultimate Collection of a bunch ofold and new Children's TV characters bring endless fun of 26 best episodes. 1. Fireman Sam-What Goes Up. 2. Pingu-Pingu &… Internet Archive Kipps Feature “Decent” “Rags to riches with Redgrave” “A disappointment” (IMDB reviews quotes). H G Wells’ seriocomic tale of romance and class division in Edwardian… Internet Archive Fences and Gates 2026 · Film · Subtitles Takes a look at modern economics as it documents the efforts of a group of young musicians who are unable to achieve financial success. Presents basic… Internet Archive The Wild Ride 1960 · Feature · 59 min Title: The Wild Ride Summary: A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking.… Internet Archive Twins Are Individuals: From Infancy to Adolescence 1946 · Film · Subtitles Uses animation to consider lives of two identical twins who develop completely different personalities. Comments on leveling power of American Society. In… Internet Archive "The Scarlet Letter" (1926) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) starring Lillian Gish 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 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942 · Feature Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands. Internet Archive The Caretakers 1963 · Feature Title: The Caretakers Summary: This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward of a hospital. Dr. MacLeod… Internet Archive The Loves of Joanna Godden 1947 · Feature Googie Withers stars as a young woman who flouts convention by choosing to run the farm she inherited, and by rejecting the man she is expected to marry. Internet Archive "I Married Joan" - Talent Scout (Classic TV) 1953 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles An Episode of the classic 50's sitcom "I Married Joan", starring Joan Davis and Jim Backus. Running for 3 seasons, "I Married Joan" is a fondly remembered TV… Internet Archive Quatermass and the Pit - Episode Five 1958 · TV · 35 min · Subtitles The fifth episode of Nigel Kneale's third Quatermass serial from 1959. Other episodes can be viewed at the following links. Episode 1 (start) Episode 2… Internet Archive A Night for Crime 1943 · Feature · 1 h 11 min A P.R.C. film featuring Lyle Talbot. Internet Archive Universal Newsreel Volume 35, Release 39, 05/10/1962 1962 · Newsreel · 6 min · Subtitles National Archives description:" The original release sheet reads: FIRST LADY NAMES NEW SUB: Mrs. Kennedy christens the newest of our Polaris-equipped… Internet Archive Popeye - Toreadorable (1953) 1953 · Cartoon Popeye's 196th theatrical short released in 1953. Ripped from the Thunderbean "Special sets Disc 25: Cartoons to the Rescue" Blu-Ray. Internet Archive Jaws 1975 Feature Jaws 1975 Internet Archive Lonesome 1928 · Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20230319211234/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonesome_%281928_film%29 Internet Archive Hearts And Minds (1974) 1974 · Feature Hearts and Minds is a 1974 documentary directed by Peter Davis, that explores the Vietnam War through interviews with military officials, politicians, and… Internet Archive Banacek - Complete Series 1972 1972 · TV Banacek is an American detective television series starring George Peppard that aired on NBC from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC… Internet Archive Over the Waves 1938 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles How the Chevrolet suspension system smooths out a rough ride. Internet Archive Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair 1915 · Short · 17 min Silent comedy legends Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Mabel Normand at the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair Panama-Pacific Exposition. The theme of the expo was… Internet Archive Duck Farming 1920 · Film · Subtitles "A Tendor Milk-fed Duck, done to a turn", feather pluckers (funny!), 34 pounds of feed will raise a duck of 5 pounds dressed! ducks to the right of me, ducks… Internet Archive Roamin' Wild 1936 · Feature · 57 min Trouble has been reported in Placerville where Tom Barton's (Tom Tyler) brother (Wally West) is the Marshal. Arriving Tom finds a phoney Marshal in his… Internet Archive This is Coffee! 1961 · Film · Subtitles Shows the growth of coffee, its care and the steps involved in processing it. A number of good shots to be logged. Skeletal Entry Internet Archive 'The Beulah Show' - Beulah Goes Gardening 1952 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Rare episode of the forgotten 50's sitcom "The Beulah Show", The first sitcom to feature an African American woman in the lead role. Starring Hattie McDaniel,… Internet Archive Jealousy 1954 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Dramatizes the origin and nature of a wife's jealousy. Internet Archive HORROR NIGHT AT THE BIJOU (double feature) Feature The 2am Theater presents a bone-chilling and funny-bone-tickling simulated double feature program at a second-run theater in the ‘60s. The chills and chuckles… Internet Archive Manhattan Tower 1932 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Humorous Phases of Funny Faces 1906 · Cartoon · 3 min From Wikipedia: Humorous Phases of Funny Faces is a silent cartoon by J. Stuart Blackton in the year 1906. It features a cartoonist drawing faces on a… Internet Archive Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1924 · Cartoon · 4 min Interesting animation by Max and Dave Fleischer in which the audience was to sing along with lyrics on the screen. Internet Archive Animated Putty 1911 · Feature Internet Archive The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) Feature · 1 h 26 min Don Juan is getting on in years. He returns to Seville after being away for 20 years and he hasn't seen his wife in five years as he fears the married life.… Internet Archive L'ange et le mauvais garcon Vostr-fr Feature · 1 h 35 min Synopsis : Quirt Evans, aventurier et querelleur, est blesse lors d'une rixe. recueilli par la famille Worth. Ces paysans le considerent bientot comme l'un… Internet Archive "The White Devil" ["Der Weisse Teufel"] [1930] Feature · 1 h 45 min One might want to label "The White Devil" [a German/Italian production] as a transitional film from silent to synchronized sound--sort of. There is no… Internet Archive Falling Hare (1943) 1943 · Feature Falling Hare is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. The cartoon features Bugs Bunny. In this film, Bugs Bunny tries to… Internet Archive Invasion Of The Girl Snatchers, Hidan Of Maukbeiangjow 1973 1973 · Feature This is a not terribly done parody movie. Some aspects are limited by the lack of budget and it never really gets beyond some high school level Monty Python… Internet Archive Miraculous Journey 1948 · Feature · 1 h 14 min Title: Miraculous Journey Summary: How a plane crash in the jungle affects the survivors after they are rescued. Directed by: Sam Newfield Actors: Rory… Internet Archive Cast a Dark Shadow 1955 · Feature Title: Cast a Dark Shadow Summary: A clever fortune-hunter with a penchant for murder does in his elderly, supposedly rich, wife and manages to get away with… Internet Archive The Great Mr. Handel 1942 · Feature Title: The Great Mr. Handel Summary: A lavish period drama produced in 1942 by Lord Rank's G.H.W. Productions Ltd. Directed by: Norman Walker Actors: Wilfrid… Internet Archive 6 Days 2009 · Cartoon · 9 min “6 Days” is a new piece stemming from a collaboration of master machinima maker Joshua Diltz and artist-provocateur Joseph DeLappe, two people whose work I… Internet Archive Det Ljuva Livet (1960) 1960 · Feature · Subtitles Det Ljuva Livet (1960) https://www.svtplay.se/video/eWV7bJL/det-ljuva-livet Jag äger ej filmen, anledning för jag väljer att ladda upp den är att bevara… Internet Archive About Bananas 1935 · Film · Subtitles This film takes the place of an earlier one titled "Banana Land." Complete presentation of the banana industry from the clearing of the jungle and the… Internet Archive Living Past (Part 3) 1953 · Newsreel · 12 min · Subtitles The Living Past, produced by Charles H. Tarbox, written and edited by Monroe Manning. 0634 PA8733 Living Past (Part 3) Internet Archive Radiological Defense 1961 · Short · 26 min · Subtitles Nuclear fallout menaces Americans. Internet Archive Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen 1987 ~ 2019 1987 · TV Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen (Burghausen International Jazz Week) is a jazz festival in Burghausen, Altötting,… Internet Archive As Long As You've Got Your Health 1966 · Feature In this endlessly diverting compendium of four short films, Pierre Etaix regards the 1960s from his askew but astute perspective. Each part is as technically…