The world's archives

4,465–4,512 of 609,158 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 Odyssey - 1997 - Part 1 of 2 - AVI 1997 · TV The Odyssey - 1997 - Part 1 of 2 - AVI The Odyssey is a 1997 American mythology–adventure television miniseries based on the ancient Greek epic poem by Homer,… Internet Archive "Hearts of the world" (1918) director D. W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish and Robert Harron 1918 · 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 The Joke 1969 · Feature Jaromil Jireš’s brilliant adaptation of Milan Kundera’s novel tells the fragmentary tale of a man expelled from the Communist Party because of a political… Internet Archive [San Francisco General Strike] (Part II) 1934 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Union workers in San Francisco stage a general strike, shutting down the city to support striking longshoremen. Internet Archive Dump Dicks 1931 · Short · 19 min Two incompetent private detectives (Benny Rubin and Harry Gribbon) pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers. Internet Archive [Martinez, California Scenes] 1927 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Scenes shot in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California, on San Pablo Bay, apparently in the late 1920s. Images include: pans over the waterfront; workers at… Internet Archive Park Plaza 605 (1953) colorized (Tom Conway, Eva Bartok) 1953 · Feature After accientally intercepting a secret message about a meeting in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel, a private detective (Tom Conway) escapes with his life… Internet Archive [Caroll's Beauty Salon, Hamtramck, Michigan] 1941 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Rare view inside a community beauty salon, possibly made as part of a long-forgotten promotional film. Internet Archive The Phantom of the Opera (1929) Feature · 1 h 34 min This is the most commonly available version of The Phantom of the Opera. It is a re-edit of the 1925 version and originally had a synchronized sound score. It… Internet Archive 2003 Ohne Titel (without title) Barcelona 2003 · Feature · Subtitles View from hotel window on the nocturnal Rambla in Barcelona. An attractive middle-aged woman floats like a butterfly begging passers that pase by for… Internet Archive Stella Maris 1918 · Feature · 1 h 23 min Title: Stella Maris Summary: Two young women - a paraplegic girl sheltered by her wealthy guardians and a more experienced orphan - fall in love with a man… Internet Archive "You Bet Your Life" With Groucho Marx TV · 30 min · Subtitles Episode of the popular 50's TV series "You Bet Your Life" starring Groucho Marx. Complete with DeSoto commercials. Internet Archive Wildcat 1942 · Feature · 1 h 11 min A good poverty-row film about drilling for oil that features Richard Arlen, Elisha Cook, Jr., William Frawley ("Fred Mertz"), Buster Crabbe, and Arline Judge. Internet Archive Shock (1946) Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore 1946 · Feature Shock is a 1946 American film noir directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Vincent Price, Lynn Bari and Frank Latimore. It was originally intended as a "B"… Internet Archive Breakfast in Hollywood Feature · 1 h 27 min A comedy about many women in Hollywood who try to get noticed at Tom Breneman's popular radio show Breakfast in Hollywood. - Release Date: 02/26/1946 Mystic… Internet Archive Earth Vs. The Spider 1958 ★★ CC: Sci-Fi/Horror [1:12:39] 1958 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles Earth vs. the Spider (a.k.a. The Spider) is an independently made 1958 American black-and-white science fiction horror film produced and directed by Bert I.… Internet Archive What Is Business? 1948 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Business produces Mother's pen, the bread on the breakfast table, and the pop-up toaster into which the bread goes. Internet Archive The Amazing Colossal Man (1967) 1967 · Feature The Amazing Colossal Man is a 1957 American black-and-white science fiction film directed by Bert I. Gordon starring Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, and William… Internet Archive Freedom of the American Road (Part I) 1955 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Henry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens to unite and support road improvement. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated… Internet Archive ARABIAN NIGHTS TALES BASED MOVIES 2021 · Feature ADVENTURES OF SINBAD ARABIAN NIGHTS (1974) THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD Internet Archive Stromboli, terra di dio (1950) 1950 · Feature Karen é uma refugiada. Para conseguir permanecer na Itália, ela se casa com um marinheiro da ilha Stromboli, na Sicília. Pouco tempo depois, as diferentes… Internet Archive Writing Better Social Letters 1950 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles While a teenage brother and sister write a thank-you note to their grandmother after visiting her on vacation, we learn the five parts of a friendly letter… Internet Archive When a Man's a Man 1935 · Feature · 59 min The story is about a man named Larry (George O'Brien) who is a drifter. He is traveling by train and at a stop goes to a Rodeo. He sees these guys riding a… Internet Archive The Gambler (1974) 1974 · Feature "The Gambler," directed by Karel Reisz and starring James Caan, follows the life of Axel Freed, a literature professor with a dangerous addiction to gambling.… Internet Archive Roscoe's Rules 2026 · Film · Subtitles Children receive safety instructions from police officer at school. Police officer uses Roscoe the drumming bear to help children remember four safety rules.… Internet Archive Oh, Mr. Porter! 1937 · Feature · 1 h 20 min Will Hay's most highly rated film. Internet Archive Practical Dreamer 1957 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles A fantasy of kitchen planning and modernization. With Augusta Roeland and Rege Cordic. Produced by Haford Kerbawy. Internet Archive West of the Badlands 1940 · Feature · 53 min AKA The Border Legion Wanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells (Roy Rogers) heads west and arrives in an area controlled by an outlaw gang known as the… Internet Archive The Dick Van Dyke Show #34: Bank Book 6565696 1962 · TV · Subtitles In this un-Cooley episode, Rob discovers Laura's secret bank book. More info at the imdb . Upload courtesy of Inventing Situations . Internet Archive Tom and Jerry top video collection Cartoon · 1 min Tom and Jerry Photo Galley... To get more... http://nirhara.com/tom-and-jerry-photo-galley/ Internet Archive The Golf Specialist 1930 · Short · 20 min An early, short W.C. Fields film. Internet Archive It Always Rains On Sunday 1947 · Feature Slice of life drama following the lives of various people in London's East End on a wet Sunday. Rose was engaged to local wild boy Tommy Swann but he got… Internet Archive Young Man's Fancy 1952 · Film · Subtitles "In an all-out effort to cash in on this potential market, Edison Electric has pulled out all the stops in a gigantic All-Electric Kitchen Program. Almost… Internet Archive Miss V from Moscow Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles WARNING: This is likely to be the worst WW2 espionage movie you will ever see. Why is explained in my review which has been lifted from a place whose name is… Internet Archive American Maker 1960 · Short · 24 min · Subtitles Relates how Americans build, from youth throughout life, by using their ingenuity not only in technological advancement but in everyday efforts by everyone.… Internet Archive Project Dugout 1960 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Technical Film Report, part-animated, showing underground nuclear detonation tests. [NOTE: This film is silent.] Internet Archive Cry Danger (1951) Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, William Conrad, Jean Porter 1951 · Feature Cry Danger is a 1951 FILM NOlR thriller film, starring Dick Powell and Rhonda Fleming, William Conrad and Jean Porter. The film was directed by Robert… Internet Archive Robinson Kruse - svensk text 1927 · Feature · 45 min En svartvit stumfilm om Robinson Kruse från 1927 av regissören M.A. Wethrell. Svensk text. Filmen är öppet innehåll och får fritt användas icke-kommersiellt.… Internet Archive Dawn Of The Dead 1978 1978 · Feature Four survivors flee an escalating zombie epidemic and seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. Internet Archive Snow Foolin' 1949 · Cartoon · 5 min Christmas Sing-a-long cartoon Excited viewers will enjoy watching various animated animals participate in winter sports before breaking into song and… Internet Archive Passport To Pimlico 1949 · Feature When an unexploded World War II bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, London, England, it reveals a treasure trove. They find documents proving that the… Internet Archive ''I Remember Mama'' - Mama's Bad Day 1950 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles Episode of the popular 50's TV series, "Mama" (AKA "I Remember Mama"), starring Peggy Wood. This light-hearted Classic TV series was about a immigrant family… Internet Archive The Black Cat (1934) 1934 · Feature The Black Cat is a 1934 American pre-Code horror film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. It follows newlyweds Peter and… Internet Archive Brain That Wouldn't Die-HD Feature · Subtitles mad scientist keeps his girlfriend decapitated head alive while he hunts for a replacement body, from a living person! there's also a creepy monster living in… Internet Archive The Bill Sprague Collection-The Mad Doctor-1933 public domain Walt Disney Cartoon 1933 · Cartoon Here is "The Mad Doctor" This cartoon is included in The Bill Sprague Collection, because of it's inclusion on many public domain VHS tapes DVDs and digital… Internet Archive Murder by Invitation 1941 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Murders in an old dark house. Internet Archive Star Wars: The Han Solo Affair 2002 · Cartoon · 2 min Official Star Wars parody from Spite Your Face Productions, produced for The Lego Group. The stop-motion animated short presents an 'alternative' version of… Internet Archive Im Bade AKA In the Bath 1908 · Feature