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1,921–1,968 of 563,904 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 Sanshiro Sugata 1943 · Feature Kurosawa’s effortless debut is based on a novel by Tsuneo Tomita about the rivalry between judo and jujitsu. Starring Susumu Fujita as the title character,… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "The Champion" (1915) 1915 · 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 Samurai I Musashi Miyamoto 1955 · Feature In the first part of the epic Samurai Trilogy, Toshiro Mifune thunders onto the screen as the iconic title character. When we meet him, Miyamoto is a… Internet Archive This Is Hormel 1965 · Short · 30 min · Subtitles Perhaps one of the most disturbing films in the Prelinger collection. Do you really want to see your meat being prepared? Internet Archive The General 1926 · Feature · 1 h 46 min Title: The General Summary: When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single-handedly and straight through enemy lines. Directed… Internet Archive Scenes From A Marriage (1974) 1974 · Feature · Subtitles Scenes From A Marriage (1974) Internet Archive Studio One - Plan For Escape 1952 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles This is episode 8 of season 5 Original Air Date 17 Nov 1952 Based on a Story by Violet Wolfson CAST Peggy Ann Garner Frank Overton Jean Carson Robert Webber… Internet Archive Dead of Night 1945 · Feature Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns), seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring… Internet Archive On the Old Spanish Trail 1947 · Feature · 1 h 15 min With a $10,000 note Roy co-signed for the Pioneers due, Roy plans to get the money from the reward for the capture of the Gypsy (Tito Guízar). After he… Internet Archive Double Exposure iPod 1944 · Feature · 1 h 2 min A NY magazine editor sends a job offer to an Iowa photographer, and is surprised to find out that Pat is a Patricia instead of a Patrick. He falls for Pat.… Internet Archive Romance of the Limberlost 1938 · Feature · 1 h 16 min A story set in the Limberlost region of Indiana in the year 1905. Jean Parker and Eric Linden are the stars. Internet Archive Beef Rings the Bell (Part II) 1960 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Beef's importance to American society and economy, and the Union Pacific Railroads's importance to the beef industry. Internet Archive Wild Country 1947 · Feature · 57 min Caxton (I. Stanford Jolley) has broken out of prison and Marshal Eddie Dean has been sent to bring him in. Caxton is known by the polka dot band on his hat… Internet Archive Incredible Machine, The 1968 · Film · Subtitles Informs viewer of the experimental advances in audiovisual communications techniques Bell Telephone Laboratories' researchers are experimenting with: computer… Internet Archive "The Flapper" (1920) starring Olive Thomas 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 Ugetsu 1953 · Feature By the time he made Ugetsu, Kenji Mizoguchi was already an elder statesman of Japanese cinema, fiercely revered by Akira Kurosawa and other directors of a… Internet Archive Dancing Pirate 1936 · Feature · 1 h 23 min A dancing instructor is kidnapped by pirates, and manages to escape in a charming little Mexican village. Internet Archive The Creature Walks Among Us 1956 · Feature In this third Gill-Man feature, the Creature is captured and turned into an air-breather by a rich mad scientist, chaos then ensues. Internet Archive Scream In The Night 1935 · Feature · Subtitles In this crime thriller, Chaney plays a colonial police officer who infiltrates a criminal gang in order to find stolen jewels. Internet Archive Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire, A (DV25 version) 1906 · Film DV25 version (editable quality) of the famous film. Feel free to reedit/recombine/remix. Please consider uploading your derivative works to Internet Archive.… Internet Archive "The Wednesday Play" Cathy Come Home 1966 · Feature · 1 h 16 min Title: "The Wednesday Play" Cathy Come Home Summary: Cathy loses her home, husband and eventually her child through the inflexibility of the British welfare… Internet Archive An Inspector Calls 1954 · Feature Title: An Inspector Calls Summary: When a young girl is found dead an inspector is sent to investigate a prosperous Yorkshire household. It emerges that each… Internet Archive Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Tracy hunts down the infamous Cueball when get wind of a vicious murder and a robbery of precious diamonds Internet Archive Greenwich Village Sunday 1960 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Exploration of the colorful counterculture of Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. Narrator: Jean Shepherd. Director, producer and screenwriter: Stewart… Internet Archive The Guy With The Secret Kung Fu Feature · Subtitles From IMDB: Two ming patriots spend their days helping the weak and rescuing damsels in distress. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186909/ I uploaded this because… Internet Archive Impact 1949 · Feature · 1 h 50 min Brian Donlevy plays a hard-driving corporate executive whose death is plotted by his young wife and her lover. Internet Archive Keeper of the Bees 1935 · Feature · 1 h 15 min Neil Hamilton (Commissioner Gordon in the Batman television series) thinks he has only six months to live. Internet Archive The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair 1939 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles 1939, sound, 55 min, Technicolor, 35mm. Transferred from a 35mm nitrate print. See: Andrew Wood, "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair,"… Internet Archive Dracula vs. Frankenstein (aka Assignment: Terror) - Fullscreen Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles Not to be confused with Al Adamson's "Dracula vs. Frankenstein". Michael Rennie (dubbed by a different actor) plays a space alien bent on conquering the world… Internet Archive The Victory of Faith(Sieg Des Glaubens) Feature · 1 h 6 min The Victory of Faith (1933) is the first documentary film directed by Leni Riefenstahl. It documents the Fifth NSDAP Nuremberg Congress shortly after the… Internet Archive Popeye: Gopher Spinach 1954 · Cartoon · 6 min From The Public Domain Movie Database: Popeye tries to rid his garden of a gopher, in the end the gopher saves Popeye from a bull. Internet Archive Slightly Honorable 1940 · Feature · 1 h 25 min · Subtitles Political corruption abounds as a lawyer tries to clear himself after being framed for murder. You can find more information at the IMDB . The mpeg2 file can… Internet Archive Harvard ,Here I Come! (1941) 1941 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles IMDB Page 'SLAPSIE' Takes Over Harvard... and every gal in sight! Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom ... Maxie (as 'Slapsie' Maxie Rosembloom) Arline Judge ...… Internet Archive Letter of Introduction 1938 · Feature · 1 h 43 min An aging actor (Adolphe Menjou), trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter (Andrea Leeds) shows up. It seems that she is… Internet Archive Booked for Safekeeping (Part I) 1960 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles Fascinating documentary made to train police officers in the assistance and management of mentally ill and confused persons, produced in New Orleans by… Internet Archive Fighter, The 1952 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Terror Island 1920 · Short · Subtitles A man is held captive by island natives who believe that his daughter has stolen a pearl belonging to their idol. This is a five reel truncated 1922 Realart… Internet Archive Betty Boop: A Song A Day 1936 · Cartoon · 6 min From The Public Domain Movie Database: Sick zoo and farm animals come to Betty Boop's animal hospital seeking care from Nurse Betty. Internet Archive The Big Combo 1955 · Feature · 1 h 23 min Because a reviewer stated that the audio is out of sync with the video, here's a link to a different transcoding that was derived from a different source… Internet Archive Sitting on the Moon 1936 · Feature · 53 min Sitting on the Moon is an excellent showcase for second-echelon stars Roger Pryor and Grace Bradley, here cast as songwriter Danny West and fading movie star… Internet Archive Juggernaut 1936 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Needing funds for his research, Boris Karloff is persuaded by a woman to poison her rich husband. Internet Archive Navy Blues 1937 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive L'écrin du Raja 1906 · Short · 6 min The Rajah's Casket A lush moorish or turkic-inspired set design & gorgeous costumes makes The Rajah's Casket a visual thrill. Sundry characters gather before… Internet Archive Supervising Women Workers 1944 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Management addresses the special problems of women workers with concern and a heavy dose of sexism. Internet Archive The Addams Family (Season 1) Feature English Русский NOTICE! The source files have two language tracks embedded in them: Russian and English. Most likely these files were encoded by a native… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "Charolot Gargon De Theater" ( The Property Man) 1914 · Short Charlie Chaplin's 21st Film Released Aug. 01 1914 Charolot Gargon De Theater is the French version of The Property Man. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004499/… Internet Archive Mahabharat 1988 TV series (94 episodes) - B. R. Chopra 1988 · TV · Subtitles Set of video files covering the 94 episodes of the series. Language: Hindi Embedded subtitles: English Note: some of the files had gaps in the English… Internet Archive Noveltoon: Naughty But Mice 1947 · Cartoon · 7 min City mouse Herman helps country mice get rid of the big bad cat. Animation by Dave Tendlar and Al Eugster. Story by Bill Turner and Larry Reilly. Scenics by…