Public Domain Movies

Ghosts, 1915

Ghosts is a 1915 silent film drama based on the famous play Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. It was directed by George Nichols. D. W. Griffith produced the film and Erich… Read more →

Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914

Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated short film by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur. McCay first used the… Read more →

Two Weeks to Live, 1943

Two Weeks to Live is a 1943 American Lum and Abner film directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Plot: This time around, Abner Peabody, proud owner of the Jot ‘Em Down… Read more →

Cartoon: Springtime, 1929 Walt Disney

Springtime is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released in 1929. It was the third Silly Symphonies film to be produced, just five days before the 1929… Read more →

Playboy of Paris, 1930 starring Maurice Chevalier

Playboy of Paris is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee (in her film debut), and O.P. Heggie. It was… Read more →

Alice’s Wonderland, 1923 Walt Disney short silent film

Alice’s Wonderland is a 1923 Walt Disney short silent film, produced in Kansas City, Missouri. The black-and-white short was the first in a series of Walt Disney’s famous Alice Comedies… Read more →

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, 1925 film

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a 1925 American silent epic adventure-drama film directed by Fred Niblo and written by June Mathis based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A… Read more →

The Mysterious Island, 1929 in two-color Technicolor

The Mysterious Island is a 1929 American sound part-talkie science fiction film directed by Lucien Hubbard, based on Jules Verne’s 1874 novel L’Île mystérieuse (The Mysterious Island). The film was… Read more →

Cartoon: Great Guns!, 1927 starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (also known as Oswald the Rabbit, Oswald Rabbit, and Ozzie) is an animated cartoon character created in 1927 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks for Universal… Read more →

The Arizona Kid, 1930

The Arizona Kid is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alfred Santell. It was produced by Fox Film Corporation. The original idea was for the film to be… Read more →