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49–96 of 563,909 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 They Made Me a Criminal 1939 · Feature · 1 h 31 min · Subtitles Boxer Johnny Bradfield (John Garfield) knocks out a rival in a postfight brawl. Thinking he committed murder, he flees to an Arizona ranch run by… Internet Archive Scrooge 1935 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles Seymour Hicks plays the title role in the first sound version of the Dickens classic about the miser who's visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. This… Internet Archive Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari ( The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ) 1919 · Feature · 51 min The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is the first modern Horror Film and it influence a number of contemporary productions. A real classic! PLOT: A man named Francis… Internet Archive Gorilla, The 1939 · Feature · Subtitles The three Ritz Brothers are fumbling detectives prowling an old dark house haunted by Bela Lugosi, an insane murderer and a giant gorilla. Internet Archive As You Like It 1936 · Feature · 1 h 36 min In this first film version of William Shakespeare's classic pastoral comedy, Sir Laurence Olivier stars as Orlando while Elisabeth Bergner is Rosalind, his… Internet Archive Young and Innocent (The Girl Was Young) 1937 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles A man on the run from a murder charge enlists a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause. Internet Archive Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? 1958 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Imaginative film showing how automatic gadgets in homes and workplaces alienate people from one another. Internet Archive Assignment Outer Space 1960 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb: In the 21st century Ray Peterson, reporter for the Interplanetary News, is assigned to write a story aboard a space station. Tension mounts between… Internet Archive Nightmare Castle 1965 · Feature · 1 h 19 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . This MPEG-4 file has been encoded to work with the Sony PSP. I would be interested to get… Internet Archive House on Haunted Hill 1959 · Feature · 1 h 14 min · Subtitles An eccentric millionaire throws a party for his wife in a haunted house offering each guest $10,000 if they can make it through the night. Only there seem to… Internet Archive The Red House 1947 · Feature · Subtitles "Middle-aged farmer goes to extreme lengths to protect the dark secret associated with a deserted house on his property. Murky psychological thriller with… Internet Archive Shame 1962 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Shame also known as "I Hate Your Guts" "The Intruder" is a 1962 film directed by Roger Corman starring William Shatner as a racist mystery man sent to stir… Internet Archive The Phantom Planet 1961 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles A spaceship is drawn towards a planet populated by tiny people where the atmosphere shrinks the astronauts as well. This film was featured on the television… Internet Archive Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin) 1925 · Feature · 1 h 13 min Considered one of the most important films in the history of silent pictures, as well as possibly Eisenstein's greatest work, Battleship Potemkin brought… Internet Archive First Spaceship on Venus 1960 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles A spaceship on a mission to Venus uncovers an increasingly sinister secret. You can find out more about this film on its IMDB page . Internet Archive The Birth of a Nation 1915 · Feature In its time, "The Birth of a Nation" was a masterpiece. Its racist undertones and revisionism are quite disturbing, but it is still worth watching for its… Internet Archive Five Minutes To Live 1961 · Feature This amazing bank heist movie stars Johnny Cash, Vic Tayback, Ron Howard, and country music great, Merle Travis. Johnny Cash gives a surprising performance as… Internet Archive The Great Train Robbery 1903 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Filmed in November 1903 at Edison's New York studio, at Essex County Park in New Jersey, and along the Lackawanna railroad and released in December 1903, "The… Internet Archive Deep Red 1975 · Feature · Subtitles A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the… Internet Archive Right to Health, A (Part I) Short · 15 min · Subtitles A Right to Health, Neighborhood Health Centers in Profile. A Production of Professional Arts, Inc. in San Mateo, CA for the Office of Health Affairs and… Internet Archive Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (A Symphony of Horror) 1922 · Short · 1 min This is the most complete version available (just over 93 minutes) as this movie was demanded by Bram Stokers widow to be destroyed after winning 2 lawsuits… Internet Archive Hercules Unchained 1959 · Feature · 1 h 36 min · Subtitles Hercules returns to Thebes to find the land on the brink of civil war. While trying to deliver a treaty to prevent the war, Hercules drinks from the fountain… Internet Archive Atom Age Vampire 1960 · Feature · 1 h 26 min · Subtitles After a beauty is mangled in a car accident, a researcher uses a treatment he has created to restore her to her former self. However, the treatment comes with… Internet Archive Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Rifle 1942 · Feature · Subtitles These are Excellent videos for those who would like to know more about rifle shooting. They are great for both the beginner and the expert who needs a… Internet Archive Grave of the Vampire 1974 · Feature · 1 h 29 min · Subtitles William Smith tracks down his father, a vampire who raped his mother. The IMDB entry is here . The mpeg2 file has nav-packets, so you can load it into… Internet Archive Case of Spring Fever, A 1940 · Cartoon · 8 min · Subtitles Gilbert Willoughby is punished for voicing Luddite ideas (complaining about pesky springs) by "Coily," an obnoxious, animated spring who subjects him to the… Internet Archive White Zombie 1932 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles From IMDb : A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiance, but instead turns her into a zombie slave. Hopefully you will… Internet Archive Que Viva Mexico 1931 · Feature Sergei Eisenstein shot ¡Que viva México! in Mexico in 1931 at the height of the Great Depression. The courageous financiers of this project were the author… Internet Archive Great Guy 1936 · Feature James Cagney plays the plucky Irish crusader, Johnny Cave, who fights against corruption at the Weights And Measures Department. James Cagney is great in this… Internet Archive Things to Come 1936 · Feature · 1 h 34 min · Subtitles Things to Come opens with a near-future forecast of Christmas 1940 in the metropolis of Everytown (obviously London), a city threatened by world war. Pacifist… Internet Archive In Which We Serve 1942 · Feature · 1 h 49 min · Subtitles Based on the true story of Lord Mountbatten's destroyer, the film unfolds in flashback as survivors cling to a dinghy, and interweaves the history of their… Internet Archive Little Princess, The 1939 · Feature · 1 h 32 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . This film contributed courtesy of SabuCat Productions . Internet Archive Impact 1949 · Feature · 1 h 49 min · Subtitles "Wealthy businessman survives attempt by wife to have him killed, makes it look like she succeeded and starts a new life in small town as auto mechanic.… Internet Archive Rockstar ( 2011) 2011 · Feature Rockstar is a 2011 Indian Hindi - language musical - romantic drama film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by former Eros International head… Internet Archive Destroy All Planets 1968 · Feature · 1 h 29 min · Subtitles Aliens try to take over the world by seizing control of Gamera's brain. You can find out more about this film on its IMDB page . Internet Archive Mush and Milk 1933 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles Title: Mush and Milk Summary: When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park. Directed by: Robert F. McGowan… Internet Archive Panorama Ephemera 2004 · Feature · 1 h 29 min · Subtitles PANORAMA EPHEMERA (2004, 89:35 min., color and black and white) is a collage of sequences drawn from a wide variety of ephemeral (industrial, advertising,… Internet Archive Rhythm and Blues Revue 1955 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles Musical variety show filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York City featuring a cast of popular African-American performers: Willie Bryant, Freddie… Internet Archive We Dive at Dawn 1943 · Feature · 1 h 33 min · Subtitles From IMDb : The crew of HMS submarine Sea Tiger have their leave (and assorted family problems) cut short when they are recalled for a special mission: sink… Internet Archive Horror Express 1973 · Feature · 1 h 27 min · Subtitles In 1906, on a train racing through Siberia, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are engulfed in nightmare when a frozen missing link comes to life. You can load… Internet Archive Concrete Cowboys 1979 · Feature · 1 h 31 min Tom Selleck and Jerry Reed are a couple of con-artist cowboys from Montana who end up in Nashville in the adventure of their lives. Internet Archive Carnival of Souls 1962 · Feature · 1 h 23 min · Subtitles After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival. Internet Archive The Over-the-Hill Gang 1969 · Feature · 1 h 10 min Captain Oren Hayes (Pat O'Brien) of the Texas Rangers takes a break to visit his daughter (Kristin Harmon) in a neighboring town. When he arrives he find's… Internet Archive Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon 1964 · Feature · 1 h 25 min · Subtitles After a three-year absence, Hercules returns to find his home conquered by the Babylonian empire and his queen enslaved. He must free her before the three… Internet Archive Sabotage 1936 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb : Mr. Verloc, a cinema owner, is part of a gang of saboteurs in London. He lives with his wife, Winnie, and her young brother, Stevie. They know… Internet Archive King of the Zombies 1941 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles Three men in a plane searching the Caribbean for a missing admiral crash-land on an island where voodoo is practiced and zombies roam. They soon find a… Internet Archive Last of the Mohicans 1920 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles First film adaptation from the James Fenimore Cooper novel of the same name. This film also features one of Boris Karloff's earliest film appearances in a… Internet Archive Till The Clouds Roll By 1946 · Feature · 2 h 15 min · Subtitles Musical biopic on the career of pioneering Hollywood composer Jerome Kern. Starring June Allyson, Robert Walker, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Lena Horne,…