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100 Public Domain Movies Worth Rediscovering

Silent Era Classics


  • Intolerance (1916)

  • Joan the Woman (1916)

  • A Dog’s Life (1918)

  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

  • Within Our Gates (1920)

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

  • The Sheik (1921)

  • Nosferatu (1922)

  • Robin Hood (1922)

  • Safety Last! (1923)

  • The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

  • The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

  • The Gold Rush (1925)

  • Battleship Potemkin (1925)

  • Metropolis (1927)

  • The General (1926)

  • The Lodger (1927)

  • Wings (1927)

  • The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

Early Talkies & 1930s

  • His Girl Friday (1931)

  • The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

  • White Zombie (1932)

  • The Vampire Bat (1933)

  • The Little Princess (1939)

  • The 39 Steps (1935)

  • A Star Is Born (1937)

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

  • Topper Returns (1941)

  • The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

Film Noir & Crime

  • D.O.A. (1950)

  • The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

  • Detour (1945)

  • Impact (1949)

  • Kansas City Confidential (1952)

  • The Big Lift (1950)

  • The Stranger (1946)

  • Fear in the Night (1947)

  • The Red House (1947)

  • The Chase (1946)

Comedy & Musicals

  • At War with the Army (1950)

  • My Man Godfrey (1936)

  • The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)

  • The Flying Deuces (1939)

  • Africa Screams (1949)

  • Made for Each Other (1939)

  • The Great Rupert (1950)

  • Pot o’ Gold (1941)

  • Charade (1963)

  • The Inspector General (1949)

Westerns

  • McLintock! (1963)

  • Angel and the Badman (1947)

  • The Outlaw (1943)

  • The Painted Desert (1931)

  • The Lucky Texan (1934)

  • Riders of Destiny (1933)

  • The Dawn Rider (1935)

  • Blue Steel (1934)

  • The Lawless Frontier (1934)

  • The Desert Trail (1935)

Sci‑Fi & Horror

  • Night of the Living Dead (1968)

  • Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

  • The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962)

  • The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

  • The Killer Shrews (1959)

  • Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)

  • The Giant Gila Monster (1959)

  • The Wasp Woman (1959)

  • The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

  • The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Animation

  • Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)

  • Superman (1941–1943 Fleischer shorts)

  • Gulliver’s Travels (1939)

  • Felix the Cat shorts (1920s)

  • Betty Boop shorts (various)

  • Merry Melodies early shorts

  • The Snow Man (1933)

  • The Fresh Vegetable Mystery (1939)

  • The Sunshine Makers (1935)

  • The Brave Tin Soldier (1934)

Documentaries & Educational Films

  • The Memphis Belle (1944)

  • Why We Fight series (1942–45)

  • Duck and Cover (1951)

  • San Francisco Earthquake Footage (1906)

  • Reefer Madness (1936)

  • The House I Live In (1945)

  • The Battle of Midway (1942)

  • Report from the Aleutians (1943)

  • The Fighting Lady (1944)

  • A Trip to the Moon (1902)

International Classics

  • The Golem (1920)

  • The Hands of Orlac (1924)

  • The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)

  • Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

  • The Little Match Girl (1928)

  • The Queen of Spades (1916)

  • The Student of Prague (1913)

  • The Red Balloon (1956)

  • The Three Stooges early shorts

  • The Vagabond (1916)

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