Public Domain Movies

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Henry, a writer, is dying from an infection on Mount Kilimanjaro. Will anyone save Henry? (1952).

Director: Casey Robinson

Stars: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner

The Little Princess

"The Little Princess" is a heartwarming film that captures the imagination with its tale of resilience and hope. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón and based on the classic novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the story follows Sara Crewe, a young girl sent to a New York boarding school by her doting father during World War I. Sara's vivid imagination and kind heart shine through despite the hardships she faces when tragedy strikes and she is left destitute. The film beautifully contrasts the opulence of Sara's earlier life with the stark realities of her new circumstances, showcasing her courage and strength as she navigates loss and adversity. With its poignant storytelling and enchanting visuals, "The Little Princess" remains a timeless reminder of the power of optimism and the strength found in the bonds of friendship(1939).

Directors: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter

Stars: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise

The Kid

"The Kid" is a heartwarming family film that follows the unlikely friendship between a young boy named Charlie and a charming tramp known only as the Kid. Directed by the legendary Charlie Chaplin himself, the film is a timeless masterpiece of silent cinema, blending slapstick comedy with poignant storytelling. As Charlie navigates the challenges of life on the streets, he discovers a kindred spirit in the Kid, portrayed with warmth and humanity by Chaplin.

Set against the backdrop of bustling city streets and dilapidated tenements, "The Kid" captures the essence of urban life in the early 20th century. Through their adventures together, Charlie and the Kid form a bond that transcends their circumstances, offering each other companionship and support in a world marked by poverty and hardship. With its endearing characters, clever humor, and touching moments of tenderness, "The Kid" remains a beloved classic that continues to delight audiences of all ages (1921).

Director: Charles Chaplin

Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan

Public Domain Movies | Color

The White Orchid

An archaeological expedition in Southern Mexico has troubles, after a bizarre love triangle (1954).

Directors: Reginald Le Borg

Stars: William Lundigan, Pegie Castle, Almando Silvestre

Mohawk

A Boston artist working in New York falls for two women. He gets entangled in the Mohawk-Iroquois-American war(1956).

Director: Kurt Nuemann

Stars: Scott Brady, Rita Gam, Neville Brand

McLintock!

A wealthy rancher uses his power to keep peace between farmers and ranchers. He also protects the town from looters, Indians, and government officials (1963).

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Henry, a writer, is dying from an infection on Mount Kilimanjaro. Will anyone save Henry? (1952).

Director: Casey Robinson

Stars: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner

The Little Princess

A girl gets left at an exclusive seminary for girls. While her father fights in the Second Boer War. The father dies, and they force her to be a servant (1939).

Directors: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter

Stars: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise

A Star Is Born

A young woman in Hollywood seeks to become a starlet. She finds a mentor to help her. Her mentor has an alcohol problem and is past his prime. They make a good team anyway (1937).

Director: William A. Wellman, Jack Conway

Stars: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou

Carnival Story

An American carnival in Germany is full of sin, sex and drama (1954).

Director: Kurt Neumann

Stars: Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Charles Wills returns to Paris to reminisce. He remembers the life he led in Paris after liberation. He worked on the "Stars and Stripes," when he met Marion Ellswirth (1954).

Director: Richard Brooks

Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon

Bonnie's Kids

Two young ladies steal $400,000 in cash from a mobster. They run into some shady characters. They run from some mob enforcers (1972).

Director: Arthur Marks

Stars: Tiffany Bolling, Steve Sandor, Robin Mattson

Bruce Lee: The Man, the Myth

A bio-pic of the life of the great legend Bruce Lee. Bruce trains under the great master IP man. Having to leave his beloved life in China to come to America. Bruce Lee manages to find great success with Kung-Fu and movies (1976).

Director: See-Yuen Ng

Stars: David Chow, Kuei Chang, Chi-Min Chin

Border Cop

A border patrol is doing his duty with little remorse (1979).

Director: Christopher Leitch

Stars: Telly Savalas, Danny De La Paz, Eddie Albert

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

A boy with a strange sickness can't breath normal air without consequences. His family makes modification so he may live a normal life (1976).

Director: Randal Kleiser

Stars: John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Robert Reed

Public Domain Movies | Black & White

They Made Me a Criminal

A boxer thinks he has might have committed a murder while he was drunk. The boxer goes on the run (1939).

Director: Busby Berkeley

Stars: Alexander Rei Lo, Fei Meng

The Southerner

The Tucker family can't seem to catch a break. The Tuckers have worked hard as cotton pickers to try to get on their feet. However, they just cannot seem to deal with their poverty issues (1945).

Director: Jean Renoir

Stars: Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish

The Kid

A Tramp takes care of an abandoned child. He must rescue his adopted son from the government. After they discover the Tramp has no adoption papers (1921).

Director: Charles Chaplin

Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan

The Nut Farm

Bob and Helen move to California. Helen tries to pursue a career in acting and Bob becomes a nut farmer (1935).

Director: Director: Melville W. Brown

Stars: Wallace Ford, Betty Alden, Florenece Roberts

Charade

A man and his wife discuss some incidents which occurred in different places (1954).

Director: Roy Kellino

Stars: James Mason, Pamela Mason, Scott Forbes

Ladies Crave Excitement

Bored rich girl hooks up with a news photographer getting involved in his adventurous life (1935).

Director: Nick Grinde

Stars: Norman Foster, Evalyn Knapp, Eric Linden

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

A young woman falls in love and decides to flee her job at a gas station (1948).

Director: William Castle

Stars: Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, James Dunn

My Man Godfrey

A rich man hires a vagabond to become his butler. Godfrey the butler turns out to be quite the guy (1936).

Director: Gregory La Cava

Stars: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady

Behave Yourself!

Bill takes in a cute terrier. He comes to find out that all the gangs in town are looking for the dog (1951).

Director: George Beck

Stars: Farley Granger, Shelley Winters, William Demarest

A Fool There Was

A married man falls prey to the tricks of a ruthless women (1915).

Director: Frank Powell

Stars: Runa Hodges, Mabel Frenyear, Edward José

A Mormon Maid

A women traveling with a family is saved by a group of Mormons in the 1840's (1917).

Director: Robert Z. Leonard

Stars: Mae Murray, Frank Borzage, Hobart Bosworth

Secret Agent

Three British agents are sent to kill a German spy. Two of the agents have difficulty. This is because killing conflicts with their consciences (1936).

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Stars: John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young

A Page of Madness

A man gets a job at an insane asylum. He attempts to free his imprisoned wife (1926).

Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa

Stars: Masuo Inoue, Ayako Iijima, Yoshie Nakagawa

And Then There Were None

A woman uncovers a murder plot; trying to find her missing friend (1945).

Director: René Clair

Stars: Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward

Black Dragons

A group that is standing out against the war. Is murdered one by one by a rich man (1942).

Director: William Nigh

Stars: Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, George Pembroke

Blonde Ice

A gangster operates a sleazy dance hall using a sadistic bodyguard. The body guard keep his girls and his customers in check (1948).

Directors: Jack Bernhardr

Stars: Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks, Russ Vincent

The Ten Commandments

The sons of a Christian mother go their separate ways One living the atheist life and the other a devoted christian (1923).

Directors: Cecil B. DeMille

Stars: Theodore Roberts, Charles De Rochefort, Estelle Taylor

British Intelligence

The home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is inhabited by spies. They attempt trying to reveal the true identity of a German spy (1940).

Directors: Terry O. Morser

Stars: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester

Bowery at Midnight

A criminal gang commits bad deeds such as murder. They uses a soup kitchen as a front (1942).

Director: Wallace Fox

Stars: Bela Lugosi, John Archer, Wanda McKay

Cyrano DE Bergerac

A talented swordsman helps a man charm the woman he loves (1950).

Director: Michael Gordon

Stars: José Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince

The Red House

An old man and his sister reveal a secret. They hide it from their adopted daughter (1947).

Director: Delmer Daves

Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson

The Stranger

A war crimes commissioner travels to Connecticut to find a famous Nazi (1946).

Director: Orson Welles

Stars: Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young

Broken Blossoms

A Chinese man and a British woman building a relationship. There are consequences due to the era this occurred during (1919).

Director: D.W. Griffith

Stars: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp

Jigsaw

A district attorney in New York unravels a secret extremist group while investigating a series of murders (1949).

Director: Fletcher Markle

Stars: Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace, Myron McCormick

Submarine Base

An ex-gangster is hiding on a tiny island during World War 2. He proves his worth by helping defeat the Nazis as free agent, but he is also helping the Nazis. When the Nazis find out he is working with both sides they decide to execute him (1943).

Director: Albert H Kelly

Stars: John Litel, Alan Baxter, Eric Blore

Kid Monk Baroni

A street gang leader becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in little Italy (1952).

Director: Harold D. Schuster

Stars: Richard Rober, Bruce Cabot, Allene Roberts

Algiers!

A beautiful woman falls in love with a handsome man who happens to be a jewel thief (1938).

Director: Director: John Cromwell

Stars: Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie

Freaks

A beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry a freak show leader. The deformed circus freaks find out that she is only marrying him for his money (1932).

Director: Tod Browning

Stars: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova

Angel on my Shoulder

The devil sends a man to earth to be a judge to make up for his previous life as a gangster (1946).

Director: Archie Mayo

Stars: Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claudia Rains

Battleship Potemkin

Sailors revolt against a leader who sets poor working conditions. They kill the captain and many of his officers. The Sailors are praised by the revolution as heroes (1925).

Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein

Stars: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Grigoriy Aleksandrov

Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp is the story of a lower class woman. Becky manages to ruin her life through a series of events (1935).

Director: Rouben Mamoullian, Lowell Sherman

Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke

Dance Hall Racket

A gangster operates a sleazy dance hall using a sadistic bodyguard. That keep his girls and his customers in check (1953).

Directors: Phil Tucker

Stars: Timothy Farrell, Lenny Bruce, Bernie Jones

Go Down, Death

A jute joint owner to frame an innocent preacher, but his plan back fires (1945).

Director: Spencer Williams

Stars: Myra D. Hemmings, Samuel H. James, Eddye L. Houston

Cause for Alarm!

A husband believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him. He writes that suspicion in a letter. The husband is wrong he ends up dying anyway. The letter gets discovered and now people are getting suspicious (1951).

Directors: Tay Garnett

Stars: Loretta Young, Barry Sulivan, Bruce Cowling

Cheers for Ms. Bishop

A girl is left in an exclusive seminary for girls. while her father fights in the Second Boer War (1939).

Directors: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter

Stars: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise

Meet John Doe

A man needing money impersonates a person who would commit suicide for a protest. A political movement begins in his honor (1941).

Director: Frank Capra

Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbaran Stanwyck, Edward Arnold

Guest in the House

A manipulative young woman moves in with her fiance's family. She later drives apart (1944).

Director: John Brahm, John Cromwell

Stars: Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon

The Blood of Jesus

A woman is accidentally shot by her husband. The devil attempts to lead her off the path of righteousness (1941).

Director: Spencer Williams

Stars: Cathryn Caviness, Spencer Williams, Juanita Riley

Rain

Charles Wills returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he had. When he lived there prior to it's liberation. While he worked on the "Stars and Stripes" (1932).

Director: Lewis Milestone

Stars: Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, Fred Howard

Souls of Sin

An unsuccessful gambler finds himself doing crimes for gangsters (1949).

Director: Powell Lindsay

Stars: Savannah Churchill, Jimmy Wright, Billie Allen

The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner

The events that lead to the creation of the Star Spangled Banner (1914).

Director: George Lessey

Stars: Augustus Phillips, Ben F. Wilson, Charles Sutton

The Man with the Golden Arm

A Junkie with a crippled wife struggles with addiction (1955).

Director: Otto Preminger

Stars: Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker

Abraham Lincoln

The life of Lincoln and his exploits which lead to the civil war (1930).

Director: D.W. Griffith

Stars: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne

Tulsa

A rancher dies during confrontation with a major oil company. His daughter is driven by revenge; starts digging for oil (1949).

Director: Stuart Heisler

Stars: Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz

The Scarlet Letter

A woman has a child out of wedlock; she is mistreated and pressured to reveal who the lover is (1929).

Director: Victor Sjöström

Stars: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall

Jack London

A biography film about the life of book writer Jack London (1945).

Director: Alfred Santa

Stars: Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen

Birth of a Nation

A drama about the birth of Ku Klux Klan (1915).

Director: D.W. Griffith

Stars: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall

Heartbeat

A young lady runs away from a reform school to become a pickpocket. She gets blackmailed into stealing from a man she falls in love with (1939).

Director: Sam Wood

Stars: Ginger Rogers, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Adolphe Menjou

The Great Gabbo

A ventriloquist is possessed by his wooden dummy. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist on love (1921).

Directors: James Cruze, Erich von Stroheim

Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Donald Douglas, Betty Compson

Eternally Yours

A young woman is swept off her feet by a magician (1939).

Director: Tay Garnett

Stars: Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert