The world's archives

2,785–2,832 of 563,648 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 Pimpernel Smith Feature · 1 h 56 min · Subtitles Leslie Howard again has the title role in this seriocomic world war 2 updating of the classic adventure yarn of the napoleonic wars, "The Scarlet Pimpernel."… Internet Archive Within Our Gates Feature · 1 h 17 min Within Our Gates was produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux in 1919. He is considered to be the first African-American director of feature films and this is… Internet Archive Rio Rattler 1935 · Feature · 52 min A dying Marshal gives his identification papers to Tom Denton (Tom Tyler). After Tom arrives in town, the papers drop and are found during a fight so Tom… Internet Archive Hell in Korea 1956 · Feature Title: Hell in Korea Summary: During the Korean War retreat in 1951, a small British recon group is surrounded by Chinese troops and holds out in a lonely… Internet Archive Atom and Biological Science, The 1952 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Describes some of the biological effects of high energy radiations on plants and animal cells. Explains how typical experiments are conducted and demonstrates… Internet Archive Hoosier Schoolmaster 1935 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Tribune-American Dream Picture 1924 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles Astonishing film sponsored by a newspaper which held a contest for the most unusual dream and then made it into a short film. A woman dreams of losing her… Internet Archive Bonanza - The Spitfire TV · 49 min · Subtitles Set in Nevada in the 1860's, Bonanza chronicled the adventures of the Cartwright family who owned a large ranch called The Ponderosa. Ben Cartwright and his… Internet Archive VARIOUS Classic Film Noir - Crime, Drama, Mystery, Comedy, Romance Feature ** ALL B/W FILMS - ALL PUBLIC DOMAIN ** (1941) Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (Drama Crime Romance) COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP. (1945) Midnight Manhunt (Comedy… Internet Archive Target Earth 1954 colorized (Richard Denning) 1954 · Feature A few random people (Kathleen Crowley, Richard Denning, Virginia Grey, Richard Reeves) wake up in Chicago only to discover the city abandoned. They find that… Internet Archive The Invisible Woman ( 1940) 1940 · Feature Eccentric Professor Gibbs, brilliant but impractical, invents an invisibility machine and advertises for a guinea pig. What he gets is Kitty Carroll, an… Internet Archive Tarantula 1955 · Feature A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants. Internet Archive The Wrestler (1974) 1974 · Feature Promoting the world of professional wrestling at the expense of the plot itself, Frank Bass (Ed Asner) takes a stand and defends what he thinks is right.… Internet Archive Hey! Hey! USA 1938 · Feature · 1 h 28 min Will Hay plays Dr. Benjamin Twist, a man whose ambitions outstrip his abilities. Twist is a porter on an ocean liner bound for America who, through convoluted… Internet Archive Spook Town 1944 · Feature · 57 min Dry Gulch Trading Post owner Kurt Fabian (Robert Barron) advances money on mortgages to the local settlers to finance an irrigation program. Three Texas… Internet Archive 6.In The Middle Of The Night In A Dark House Somewhere In The World - Scenes from a Marriage (1973) 1973 · Feature · Subtitles TV Mini Series: Scener ur ett äktenskap Johan and Marianne both had their new life. One day they reunited and went to the summer cottage where they spent… Internet Archive Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) Feature · 1 h 23 min Taken from the IMDB: Legendary outlaw of the Old West Jesse James, on the run from Marshal MacPhee, hides out in the castle of Baron Frankenstein's… Internet Archive The Red House iPod 1947 · Feature Curiosity propels two teens, Meg and Nath (Allene Roberts and Lon McCallister) to explore an apparently abandoned house in the countryside. Of course they are… Internet Archive The Story of Norton I: Emperor of the United States (1936) 1936 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles This black-and-white theatrical short was part of Columbia Pictures' Strange As It Seems series. The series was inspired by the syndicated comics of John Hix,… Internet Archive How to Say No: Moral Maturity 1951 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles How to say no to unwanted smoking, drinking and petting, and still keep your friends. Internet Archive The Great Brain 1978 · Feature · Subtitles A movie version of the classic children's book, never released on VHS or DVD. The quality isn't great, so if anybody has a better copy, please upload it. Internet Archive 1980 Tango durch Deutschland (tango through Germany) 1980 · Feature Production Manager: Ulli Kratzsch Eddie Constantine obtaines by the Tribunal the opportunity to lead a better live, with that not only he but the whole film… Internet Archive Bonanza - The Stranger TV · 49 min · Subtitles Set in Nevada in the 1860s, Bonanza chronicled the adventures of the Cartwright family who owned a large ranch called The Ponderosa. Ben Cartwright and his… Internet Archive Highlights 1965: A Progress Report (Part II) 1965 · Short · 11 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 [Amateur film: New Orleans Carnival Week, February 22, 1941] 1941 · Home movie · 9 min · Subtitles Mardi Gras: Parade of Nor. Internet Archive SCARLET STREET video quality upgrade Feature · 1 h 41 min · Subtitles This print is much sharper and cleaner than the existing IA copies, and with a smaller download file. Fritz Lang's ironic film noir of a middle-age man's… Internet Archive Not of This Earth 1957 colorized (Paul Birch) 1957 · Feature A strange man from a distant planet, who has come to Earth via a matter transporter, terrorizes Southern California in his experiments to acquire suitable… Internet Archive Princess and the Pauper, The 1939 · Cartoon · 9 min · Subtitles Nicky Nome, a spinoff from "A Coach for Cinderella" and hero of this cartoon, rescues a treasure-laden pauper from the Valley of Jewels, taking him to the… Internet Archive The Kid Rides Again 1943 · Feature · 56 min Billy (Buster Crabbe) breaks jail in Texas and travels to Sundown at the request of his friend Fuzzy (Al St. John). There he runs into Mort Slade (I. Stanford… Internet Archive Drift Fence 1936 · Feature · 56 min Jim Traft (Benny Baker) gets rodeo champ Travis (Tom Keene) to take his place as the new owner of a ranch having trouble with rustlers. To stop the rustling… Internet Archive The Killers 1946 colorized (Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner) 1946 · Feature After a couple of hit men kill a gas station attendant (Burt Lancaster) who apparently was expecting them, an insurance investigator (Edmond O'Brien) pursues… Internet Archive When You Grow Up 1973 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Film for middle-school children about vocational choices and opportunities in the U.S. Great shots of early 1970s children and adults pursuing everyday… Internet Archive Hell In A Circus 2016 · Feature · Subtitles 1933 directed by Victor Schertzinger starring Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Tommy Conlon, Claire Windsor, Stanley Fields. After an actress leaves her husband and… Internet Archive kill 1968 · Feature In this pitch-black action comedy by Kihachi Okamoto, a pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in… Internet Archive The Secret of NIMH (1982) 1982 · Feature "The Secret of NIMH" follows the story of Mrs. Brisby , a widowed field mouse who struggles to protect her family from the dangers of their home environment,… Internet Archive The Wandering Jew 1905 · Short · 2 min The original French title is Le juif errant . IMDb Page Internet Archive Working Dollars 1957 · Cartoon · 10 min · Subtitles Animated explanation of how the stock market works, told through the story of an Everyman named Mr. Finchley Internet Archive Crossroads (十字街頭) 1937 · Feature · 1 h 45 min · Subtitles Four university graduates face unemployement in 1930's China. Note that there are no English subtitles or dubbing. Internet Archive Avenge December 7 (Pearl Harbor) 1942 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles War bond sales promo stridently advocating vengeance against Japan for bombing of Pearl Harbor. Internet Archive Roarin' Guns 1936 · Feature · 1 h 4 min Evans (Karl Hackett) and Walton (Wheeler Oakman) have started a range war causing rancher Morgan (John Elliott) to send for the reputed killer Tim Corwin (Tim… Internet Archive Dark Journey (1937) Feature · 1 h 15 min In WWI Stockholm, a British and German soldier meet and fall in love. PD In UK At GATT Date. Not Eligible For GATT U.S. Copyright not renewed Mystic Nights… Internet Archive Towers, The 1957 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Simon Rodilla and the building of the Watts Towers in south-central Los Angeles. Internet Archive The Song Of Bernadette Part 1 1943 · Feature · 1 h 29 min Bernadette Soubirous is the saint of Lourdes, France. Visionary and messenger of the Immaculate Conception, she told us the very words of the Virgin Mary,… Internet Archive Missouri Traveler 1958 · Feature · 1 h 43 min Brandon De Wilde plays a runaway orphan in a story set in the early 20th century. Lee Marvin has a prominent role. Unfortunately, there was a continuous logo… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "Dough And Dynamite" 1914 · Short Charlie Chaplin's 29th Released Oct. 26 1914 The story involves Chaplin and Chester Conklin working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike.… Internet Archive Blonde Savage Feature · 59 min · Subtitles Yet another poverty row jungle girl adventure to add to your collection. Directed by Steve Sekely. Released in 1947. some missing frames. TRIVIA: A clip from… Internet Archive That Brennan Girl 1946 · Feature · 1 h 33 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive ZEITGEIST 2007 · Feature http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ Zeitgeist was created as a not for profit expression to inspire people to start looking at the world from a more critical…