The world's archives

2,353–2,400 of 563,903 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 Charlie Chaplin's "The Rounders" 1914 · Short Charlie Chaplins 26th Film Released Sept 07 1914 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004546/ Charlie Chaplin In The Internet Archive… Internet Archive Pearl Harbor (short version) 1942 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Non-narrated agitprop film made as a quick response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entry into World War II. Internet Archive Children Must Learn, The 1940 · Educational · 12 min · Subtitles Educating the children of Appalachia. Director: Willard Van Dyke. Script: Spencer Pollard. Photography: Bob Churchill. Narration: Myron McCormick. Editor:… Internet Archive Werewolf of London - 1935 1935 · Feature After botanist Wilfred Glendon travels to Tibet in search of a rare flower, the Mariphasa, he returns to a London haunted by murders that can only be the work… Internet Archive Medical Aspects of Nuclear Radiation 1950 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Attempt to argue away the dangers of nuclear radiation, with some excellent animation. Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "The Landladys Pet" aka The Star Boarder 1914 · Short Charlie Chaplins 9th Film Released April 04 1914 As The Star Boarder http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004637/ Charlie Chaplin In The Internet Archive… Internet Archive Roar of the Press 1941 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles A newly wedded couple tries to get the scoop on fifth columnist. Internet Archive Pardon My Pups 1934 · Short · 19 min Title: Pardon My Pups Summary: Sonny wants a motorcycle for his birthday, and is disappointed when he learns that he is getting a dog instead. Directed by:… Internet Archive The Moon Is Blue 1953 · Feature · 1 h 39 min Title: The Moon Is Blue Summary: Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to… Internet Archive Coach for Cinderella, A 1936 · Cartoon · 9 min · Subtitles Imaginative cartoon that breaks down the parts and features of a Chevrolet automobile into units that can be understood in terms of plant and animal life:… Internet Archive Quicksand 1950 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles Title: Quicksand Summary: After taking 20 dollars from his employer to go on a date with plans to repay it the next day, an auto mechanic falls into… Internet Archive The Frank Sinatra Timex Show 1951 · Feature · 1 h The Frank Sinatra Timex Show is a rare record of some of the most popular performers of the Twentieth Century performing together. Internet Archive Great Commandment, The 1939 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Gallopin' Gaucho 1928 · Cartoon This is the second Mickey Mouse cartoon to be produced, and it was also the second to be published. Internet Archive Broken Blossoms 1919 · Feature · 1 h 28 min From IMDb : Cheng Huan is a missionary whose goal is to bring the teachings of peace by Buddha to the civilized Anglo-Saxons. Upon landing in England, he is… Internet Archive 2021 2022 · Feature Aanum Pennum ( 2021) Malayalam 1080p Z Flix CO Internet Archive The Human Condition ( Parts 3 & 4) 1959 · Feature Masaki Kobayashi’s mammoth humanist drama is one of the most staggering achievements of Japanese cinema. Originally filmed and released in three parts, the… Internet Archive THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME ( 1923) Lon Chaney Feature THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923) Starring: Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Nigel De Brulier, Kate Lester, Winifred Bryson, Ernest Torrence,… Internet Archive The Third Man 1949 colorized (Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles) 1949 · Feature An out-of-work pulp fiction novelist arrives in shadowy post-war Vienna, divided into sectors by the victorious allies, where a shortage of supplies has led… Internet Archive The Lower Depths 1957 · Feature In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young… Internet Archive Rin Tin Tin THE LONE DEFENDER 1930 · Feature · Subtitles 1930 Serial featuring Rin Tin Tin. Variable video quality from a video master. Directed by Richard Thorpe. Episode Titles: 1. The Mystery of the Desert 2. The… Internet Archive Rhythm in the Clouds 1937 · Feature · 53 min In this musical comedy, a struggling songwriter (Patricia Ellis) fakes a letter of admittance into the apartment of a rich composer (Warren Hull). It is most… Internet Archive The Nut Farm 1935 · Feature · 1 h 7 min Bob (Oscar Apfel) and Helen (Betty Alden) decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but Helen dreams of being in the… Internet Archive The Quatermass Xperiment 1955 · Feature Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate. Internet Archive This Is Prelinger Archives 2001 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Official Prelinger Archives corporate video, describing its contents and mission. With excerpts of many films in the collection and rare scenes shot inside… Internet Archive Highlights 1965: A Progress Report (Part I) 1965 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles 1965 NASA Progress Report, from the Office of Space Science and Application. Produced by Norwood Studios, Inc. for the National Aeronautics and Space… Internet Archive Sing, Cowboy, Sing 1937 · Feature · 59 min Tex Archer (Tex Ritter) and Duke Evans (Al St. John) protect the female freight line operator Madge Summers (Louise Stanley) from being put out of business by… Internet Archive Wild Horse Phantom 1944 · Feature · 55 min Billy Carson (Buster Crabbe) gets the Governor to let Daggett (Kermit Maynard) and his gang escape from prison in hopes that they will lead him to the money… Internet Archive Behind Your Radio Dial: The Story of NBC 1947 · Short · 24 min · Subtitles Behind the scenes tour of NBC's radio and television broadcasting facilities at Rockefeller Center, New York City. Internet Archive Samurai II Duel At Ichijoji Temple 1955 · Feature Toshiro Mifune furiously embodies swordsman Musashi Miyamoto as he comes into his own in the action-packed middle section of the Samurai Trilogy. Duel at… Internet Archive I Want to Be a Secretary 1941 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Follows a young woman through her clerical training and job search. Shows pre-World War II offices and office workers, primarily women. One of Coronet's… Internet Archive Misbehaving Husbands 1940 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Cattle Stampede 1943 · Feature · 57 min Billy the kid (Buster Crabbe) and his sidekick Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) take jobs as cowboys driving cattle to market, ending up in the middle of a range war… Internet Archive Beast from Haunted Cave Feature · Subtitles Beast from Haunted Cave is a 1959 horror/gangster/heist film directed by Monte Hellman and starring Michael Forest, Frank Wolff, Richard Sinatra, and Sheila… Internet Archive [Opium Destruction, San Francisco 1914] 1914 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Government agents burn confiscated opium near unfinished San Francisco City Hall, and destroy other confiscated Chinese drugs. Internet Archive Let's Sing Again 1936 · Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Goddess - 神女 1934 · Feature A 1934 Shanghai B&W movie describing the travails of a young prostitute working to send her child through school. Generally considered a classic of pre-war… Internet Archive The Gang's All Here 1941 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Two friends take jobs as truck drivers, unaware that the trucking company is being targeted by a gang of saboteurs who will stop at nothing, including murder,… Internet Archive Unfinished Task 1960 · Feature · Subtitles Also known as "I'll Give My Life" You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Cheat 1915 · Feature · 58 min From IMDb : A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs, and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to… Internet Archive STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. ( 1928) Buster Keaton Feature STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (1928) Starring: Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron, Tom McGuire, Tom Lewis Directed by Charles F. Reisner Produced by Joseph M.… Internet Archive Shocker Internet Drive In - Week 50: "Moon Men" Marathon Feature · 3 h 10 min · Subtitles Hello again and welcome to the Shocker Internet Drive In's 50th presentation! Who would have thought that we would make it this long, much less maintain… Internet Archive The Shadow of Silk Lennox 1935 · Feature · 1 h A crooked nightclub owner (Lon Chaney Jr.), pretending to go straight, is forced to kill a henchman when the latter tries to run off with the gang's latest… Internet Archive The Haunted Palace 1963 · Feature Charles Dexter Ward travels with his wife to Arkham to inspect a large house he has inherited. It was once owned by his great grandfather Joseph Curwen, a… Internet Archive 1989 Essen 223 (Community film) 1989 · Feature Filmklasse Münster, Community film Each participant received a local transport week-ticket for the cinematic exploration of the Ruhr Area / Germany with the… Internet Archive Suddenly 1954 · Feature · 1 h 15 min The .avi (mpeg4 codec) version of film that is already on IA: http://www.archive.org/details/suddenly IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047542/ Internet Archive Dr. Christian - Remedy For Riches 1940 · Feature · 1 h 6 min A college friend of the local soda-jerk comes to town and lets it be known that he's looking for property on which to build a resort. When he buys some land… Internet Archive Rock Baby - Rock It 1957 · Feature · 1 h 7 min Title: Rock Baby - Rock It Summary: Local Dallas teenagers resist attempts by shady underworld types to take over their beloved rock 'n' roll club. This rock…