The world's archives

817–864 of 609,162 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 Payoff, The 1942 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it… Internet Archive Pulse (Kairo) [2001] 2001 · Feature · Subtitles Pulse ( 回路 , Kairo ) is a 2001 Japanese techno-horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa . The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001… Internet Archive Two Dollar Bettor 1951 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles New to betting on the horses, a middle-aged man has good fortune at first and thinks that gambling is a good source of income. Then his luck turns. Finding… Internet Archive Private Buckaroo 1942 · Feature · 1 h 7 min WWII era Musical starring Dick Foran, the Andrew Sisters, Harry James, and Joe E Lewis. Dick Foran play a western style crooner who's anxious to join the… Internet Archive Popeye The Sailor: Big Bad Sinbad 1952 · Cartoon · 6 min Popeye takes nephews to the Nautical Museum and tells them a story about how he "knocked the tar out" of Sinbad, the greatest sailor in the world. Animation… Internet Archive Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla 1952 · Feature · 1 h 14 min Entertainers Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo parachute into the jungles of the Pacific island of Cola-Cola, where they meet primitive tribesmen, the chief's… Internet Archive Penny Serenade 1941 · Feature · 1 h 59 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : As Julie prepares to leave her husband Roger, she begins to play through a stack of recordings, each of which reminds her of events in their… Internet Archive David and Goliath (1960) 1960 · Feature This ia a film adaptation of the Biblical story of the Israelite shepherd David, who became a hero and later king by his defeat of Goliath, the champion of… Internet Archive A Night in the Show 1915 · Short · 18 min Charlie plays two roles as two spectators at a music-hall show. It has a few good laughs and also provides an interesting look at old-fashioned theater… Internet Archive Louisiana Story 1948 · Feature · 1 h 18 min A young Cajun boy named Alexander Napolean Ulysses Latour (Joseph Boudreaux) spends his time on a Louisiana bayou. There he plays, fishes and hunts, worrying… Internet Archive The Invisible Man (1933) 1933 · Feature A mysterious man, whose head is completely covered in bandages, wants a room. The proprietors of the pub aren't used to making their house an inn during the… Internet Archive Shoot to Kill 1947 · Feature · 1 h 4 min A former gangster (Robert Kent) who was framed by a corrupt district attorney (Charles Trowbridge). With his wife and an investigative reporter he gathers… Internet Archive Rebecca (1940 Film Noir, Thriller, Hitchcock) 1940 · Feature · 2 h 10 min TAGLINES : 01) A lonely man, a lovely girl... struggling against the secret of Manderley 02) The shadow of this woman darkened their love. 03) The shadow of a… Internet Archive Bill Cracks Down 1937 · Feature · 53 min When William Reardon (Pierre Watkin), a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son (Ranny Weeks) returns… Internet Archive Gangster Story 1960 · Feature · 1 h 7 min Gangster and cop killer Jack Martin is on the run from the law, and hides out in a small town. Low on funds, he engineers a clever bank robbery that yields… Internet Archive A Study In Scarlet 1933 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles From IMDb: In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining… Internet Archive Angel and the Badman Feature Quirt Evens an all round bad guy is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth a quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose from… Internet Archive Speak Easily 1932 · Feature · 1 h 20 min Taken from IMDB: Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life.… Internet Archive Unforgotten Crime 1942 · Feature · 54 min AKA The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine Mike Jason (Dennis O'Keefe), idea man for the Bullard Advertising Agency, and Cleo Arden (Gloria Dickson), director of the… Internet Archive Malice in the Palace 1949 · Short · 15 min Title: Malice in the Palace Summary: Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys set out to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond… Internet Archive Killers From Space 1954 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles Attack by monsters from another planet! IMDB page Internet Archive Back Room Boy 1942 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles Arthur Pilbeam wants to find a job away from women after being jilted by his fiancé. He finds a job at a remote lighthouse that's being used as meteorological… Internet Archive Salome Where She Danced 1945 · Feature · 1 h 30 min The beautiful Yvonne De Carlo rules as the notorious "Lola Montez" who was the mistress of the King of Prussia and caused a revolution when he gave her the… Internet Archive Thundering Thompson 1929 · Feature · 53 min A principaled marshal gets involved in a battle between local ranch owners and an old shepherd in this typical B western from the last days of the silent era. Internet Archive My Favorite Brunette 1947 · Feature · 1 h 27 min This was one of the three films that Bob Hope did for Paramount with the theme of favorites: blonde, spy and brunette. He was at one of the best moments of… Internet Archive Fuck Toute (Pourquoi travailler ?) 2005 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Notre 6eme Kino. (mai 2005) Film-realite sur la vie quotidienne de 2 jeunes chomeurs. www.kino640.org Internet Archive Behind Green Lights 1946 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles Police lieutenant Sam Carson investigates a political murder after the body of a blackmailing reporter is dumped at the door of police headquarters. Internet Archive Moon of the Wolf 1972 · Feature · 1 h 15 min After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff (David Janssen) starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf. Internet Archive Lady in the Death House 1944 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles Mary Logan (Jean Parker) is accused of murdering a blackmailer (Uncredited) who threatens to tell her boss, Mr. Gregory (George Irving), that she was the… Internet Archive Park Avenue Logger 1937 · Feature · 1 h 5 min Millioniare Curran (Lloyd Ingraham), thinking his son (George O'Brien) too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his lumber camps. Unknown… Internet Archive Arrest Bulldog Drummond 1939 · Feature · Subtitles A British scientist has created a death ray which can destroy an entire army in seconds. A villain murders him, steals his invention, and plans to sell it.… Internet Archive Devil Diamond 1937 · Feature · 1 h A group of thugs tries to steal the cursed title gem from a jeweler who has been hired to cut it into small, saleable pieces. Internet Archive Bank Alarm 1937 · Feature · 1 h An investigator tries to find a gang responsible for a series of bank robberies thus jeopardizing his sister, the girlfriend of the gang's ringleader. Internet Archive Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 1947 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Boris Karloff is Gruesome in this tale of a gang that uses paralyzing gas to rob banks. I uploaded this because the only other version available here was 3.1… Internet Archive Flying Fists 1937 · Feature · 58 min A lumberjack (Bruce Bennett) knocks out a champion boxer in a brawl, gets drawn into the boxing world where he is unknowingly set up for a fixed fight. Internet Archive Del odio nace el amor (The Torch) 1950 · Feature · 1 h 23 min A revolutionary and his band take over a small Mexican town. The townspeople begin to take sides over whether to fight him, join forces with him or just try… Internet Archive Jack and the Beanstalk 1952 · Feature · 1 h 21 min · Subtitles Abbott and Costello's version of Jack and Beanstalk Internet Archive Date With Your Family, A 1950 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Advises children to do whatever is necessary -- even lie -- to achieve harmonious family relations. This portrait of manners among the affluent places a… Internet Archive Two Weeks to Live 1943 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles Internet Archive Pulse (Kairo) 2001 (ENG Sub) Feature In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of… Internet Archive The Flying Deuces 1939 · Feature · 43 min Title: The Flying Deuces Summary: Ollie has fallen in love with the innkeeper's daughter in Paris. The only problem - she's very much in love with her… Internet Archive Sanjuro 1962 · Feature Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed Sanjuro. In this sly companion piece to… Internet Archive Parole Inc 1948 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles "Low budget exposé thriller of corruption being uncovered in the parole system." - Spencer Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir | You can find more information… Internet Archive The Nut 1921 · Feature · 1 h 14 min From IMDb : Eccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to help children from poor neighborhoods. Stars:… Internet Archive The Phantom Fiend 1932 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles The first talking remake of the 1927 Alfred Hitchcock classic, The Lodger. Stars Ivor Novello in the role of the lodger and an early appearance by Jack… Internet Archive Billy the Kid - Trapped 1942 · Feature · 59 min Here's another entry in PRC's long-running "Billy the Kid" series, again starring Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson and Al St. John as his comic sidekick Fuzzy Q.… Internet Archive Fit for a King 1937 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Joe E. Brown play Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones a budding newspaper man who gets into trouble with assassins and royalty. Internet Archive Lady Windermere's Fan 1925 · Feature · 1 h 26 min Mrs Erlynne (Irene Rich), the mother of Lady Windermere (May McAvoy) - her daughter does not know about her - wants to be introduced in society, so that she…