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3,073–3,120 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 The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane 1947 · Feature The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American FILM NOlR directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, his estranged wife Rita Hayworth, and Everett Sloane. It is… Internet Archive Don't Be a Sucker 1947 · Film · Subtitles Like The House I Live In, this film warns that Americans will lose their country if they let themselves be turned into "suckers" by the forces of fanaticism… Internet Archive "The Phantom Carriage" (1921) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) 1921 · 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 Gate Of Hell 1953 · Feature A winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, Gate of Hell is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from… Internet Archive Harlem Rides the Range 1939 · Short · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : Bradley is after Dennison's radium mine and it appears that his henchman Conners has killed him. When Blake arrives at Dennison's, Bradley… Internet Archive House On Haunted Hill-hd Feature · Subtitles a bunch of people who don't know each other are invited to a party in a haunted house. Internet Archive Out of the Inkwell: The Tantalizing Fly 1919 · Cartoon · 3 min A Max Fleischer cartoon in the "Out of the Inkwell" series for Bray Studios. Listed as Public Domain by Wikipedia. (A better copy than the previously uploaded… Internet Archive Bonanza - The Savage 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 Charlie Chaplin's "The Immigrant" (1917) 1917 · 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 Little Lulu: Bargain Counter Attack 1946 · Cartoon · 8 min Little Lulu wreaks havoc in a city department store. Animation by Nick Tafuri, John Walworth and Tom Golden. Scenics by Anto Loeb. Music by Winston Sharples.… Internet Archive Seeing Paris: Part One: On the Boulevards 1920 · Film · Subtitles Burton Holmes looking out over Paris square. VS square and traffic Avenue de l'Opera Sidewalk Cafe de la Paix Scenes on Boulevard; pedestrians Porte St. Denis… Internet Archive Hell's House 1932 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Eye Creatures Feature · 1 h 18 min Eye Creatures land on earth. The U.S. Air Force spies on some teens making out in the woods, then tries to prevent word of the Eye Creatures landing from… Internet Archive MYSTERY NIGHT AT THE BIJOU 3 (Double Feature). Feature · 2 h 41 min · Subtitles The 2am Theater reaches across the pond to merry old England for this simulated double feature program in a second-run movie house: The murderous… Internet Archive Lost Ranch 1937 · Feature · 58 min Cattlemen's Protective Association agent Tom Wade (Tom Tyler) and his partner Happy (Howard Bryant) are assigned to look into the disappearance of rancher… Internet Archive Underground Rustlers 1941 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive THUNDER IN THE CITY image quality upgrade Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles This glitch-free print is much sharper and clearer than the existing IA copy. Plus it is in the correct aspect ratio. Blimps and baronets in a British… Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 2, No. 3) 1936 · Newsreel · 9 min · Subtitles Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories. Contents include: bathing girls dive from top of Chevrolet automobile; owner of 1913… Internet Archive They Made Me a Criminal 1939 · Feature · 1 h 31 min · Subtitles Title: They Made Me a Criminal Summary: A boxer flees believing he has comitted a murder while he was drunk. Directed by: Busby Berkeley Actors: John… Internet Archive Vulcan, Son of Jupiter Feature · 1 h 19 min 1961 produced by Joseph E. Levine directed by Emimmo Salvi. Starring Bella Cortez, Rod Flash Ilush, Liliana Zagra, Furio Meniconi, Roger Browne, Omero… Internet Archive War Comes to America 1945 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles Title: War Comes to America Summary: Part VII of the "Why We Fight" series of wartime documentaries. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up to… Internet Archive Love Nest 1923 · Short · 22 min Love Nest, The / Frigo kapitánem (1923) info: CSFD IMDB Directed by: Edward F. Cline ; Buster Keaton Cast: Buster Keaton ; Joe Roberts ; Virginia Fox Internet Archive "Within Our Gates" [1920] Feature · 1 h 17 min February in the United States celebrates "Black History Month" and thus this offering by Oscar Micheaux..."Within Our Gates" [1920]. It is a powerful… Internet Archive Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) Feature · 1 h 28 min The lurid title could easily side-track you from what is essentially an extremely frightening exploration of a woman's descent into madness. You can read it,… Internet Archive WINDS OF THE WASTELAND video quality upgrade Feature “Good but short’ “My favorite Wayne B” “Highly recommended” (IMDB reviews quotes). This print is sharper and with better contrast than the existing IA copies.… Internet Archive RetroVision Theater Presents Swamp Fire 1946 Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles How about a low budget classic starring not one but two jungle heroes. Yeah we got big bad Buster Crabb and Johnny Tarzan Weissmuller fighting over the hot… Internet Archive Creature Of Destruction Feature A color remake of "The She Creature", Les Tremayne is a mad hypnotist who regresses a girl back to a previous life, which, in her case, was a sea monster. The… Internet Archive "Sherlock Jr." (1924) starring Buster Keaton 1924 · 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 Don't Bother To Knock (1952) Almas Desesperadas 1952 · Feature · Subtitles Um mulher muito atraente, mas com tendências suicidas, recebe alta de uma instituição mental e consegue emprego como babá em um hotel de luxo. Ela começa a… Internet Archive Ant City 1949 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Depicts ants as social creatures living in complex societies. Shows ways they control their environment. Ken Smith sez: This is probably the most genuinely… Internet Archive The Invisible Man's Revenge 1944 · Feature An eccentric scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible, unwittingly giving him the power to exact revenge on his former friends. Internet Archive Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man 1951 · Feature Two bumbling private eyes help a man wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible to help clear his name. Internet Archive Betty Boop: Bamboo Isle 1932 · Cartoon Internet Archive The Bat 1959 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles Stars Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead. Internet Archive The Makioka Sisters 1983 · Feature This lyrical adaptation of the beloved novel by Junichiro Tanizaki was a late-career triumph for director Kon Ichikawa. Structured around the changing of the… Internet Archive What Is Money? 1947 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Following the journey of a five-dollar bill through many transactions, the film shows how money functions as a standard of value and future payment, a… Internet Archive Tanks a Million 1941 · Feature · 50 min The movie starts with William Tracy as Dodo Doubleday, proving his incredible memory on a radio talk show. He joins the army after memorizing the regulations,… Internet Archive Frontiers of the Future (A Screen Editorial With Lowell Thomas) 1937 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Produced to convince Depression-weary Americans that new frontiers still lay ahead. Excellent compilation of stock shots of 1930s-era manufacturing, research… Internet Archive Spider Baby .-. 1964 - improved audio Feature · Subtitles Weird, funny, brutal, and twisted, three children of the Merrye family live under the care and protection of their chauffeur, Bruno, played by Lon Chaney, Jr.… Internet Archive Coster Bill of Paris / DVD / XviD / AVI / 640x480 1923 · Feature A poor vegetable peddler in Paris runs afoul of the law and finds himself ground up in the cogs of the corrupt French judicial system. Internet Archive Sweet Home ( The Mamiya House) [1988] 1988 · Feature Sweet Home (Japanese: スウィートホーム - Hepburn: Suwīto hōmu) also known as "The Mamiya House" is a 1988 Japanese horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa and… Internet Archive I Eat Your Skin (1970) Feature · 1 h 20 min This story of mad scientists, voodoo, and zombies was made in 1964 but wasn't released until 1970 when it was put on a double bill with "I Drink Your Blood". Internet Archive Betty Boop: Is My Palm Read 1932 · Cartoon · 6 min From The Public Domain Movie Database: A fortune teller tries to work his magic in order to get up close & personal with Betty. He shows her the days of her… Internet Archive Lieutenant Kizhe restored 1934 · Feature · 1 h 23 min · Subtitles Poruchik Kizhe - Пору́чик Киже́ ( Lieutenant Kijé ) (1934) Aka: The Czar Wants to Sleep With subtitles Revised 2018 – frames edited, better flicker removal To… Internet Archive Night Tide corrected audio Feature · 1 h 27 min · Subtitles Sweet quirky film from Curtis Harrington 1961. Sailor falls in love with young mysterious woman. Is she normal or a siren from the deep? Beautiful b/w… Internet Archive Boy in Court 1940 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Juvenile court labors to provide a humane alternative for rehabilitating at-risk youth offenders. Internet Archive Dreaming Out Loud (1940) Feature · 1 h 5 min Alice works in the post office at Lum and Abner's General store. She would like to marry Kenneth but her aunt tries everything to prevent it due to a feud… Internet Archive Two Plus Fours 1930 · Short · 20 min A Campus Comedies short film by Pathé with Bing Crosby, Harry Barris, Al Rinker (The Rhythm Boys), Nat Carr, Thelma Hill, Ed Dearing, Spec O'Donnell