Science Fiction and Horror films: monsters and aliens, space and time travel, experiments gone wrong, unimagined disasters.
"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl." - Charlie Chaplin
A collection of feature or short silent films uploaded by archive users.
Topic: silent films
Expressionistic crime dramas of the 40s and 50s: tough cops and private eyes, femme fatales, mean city streets and deserted backroads, bags of loot and dirty double-crossers.
The Video Cellar is an eclectic collection of feature films, shorts, animations and TV shows. The collection contains all kinds of narrative, educational, documentary, advertising, instructional and government films and videos from all over the world. Many of the videos have been preserved digitally and are available for free here at the Internet Archive. The Video Cellar's mission is to collect and preserve forgotten and lost films, to make them freely available to the public and to promote...
Topics: educational, documentary
COMEDY, DRAMA, ADVENTURE, MYSTERY, ROMANCE, SCI-FI, HORROR, WESTERNS, DOCUMENTARIES, EXPLOITATION. NOSTALGIC DOUBLE-FEATURE THEATER PROGRAMS You will find them all in this free movie loft!
Topics: feature films, picfixer
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This is a typical sex exploitation film from the early 1930s - complete with wild parties, sex out of wedlock, lesbianism, etc. A chorus girl's exposure to the "casting couch" also exposes her to syphilis. Exploitation filmmakers hoped to capitalize on the taboo subjects of venereal disease, sex before marriage, lesbianism, etc. while skirting the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 which forbade a film from containing such content. Films like this would tour the United States for...
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Topics: exploitation, melodrama
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1968
1968
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Karl Hardman, Russell Streiner
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In this classic yet still creepy horror film, strangers hold up in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse and battle constant attacks from dead locals who have been brought back to life by mysterious radiation. Note: This item contains a user-contributed srt subtitle file. To use this file you must download an srt compatible player and point it at the correct video and srt files (google for srt subtitles). We include this file for advanced users who may wish to use it, however the Archive does not...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 104 reviews )
Topic: horror
BREAKING NEWS We have launched a kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the preproduction of a new documentary. We offer eight levels of generous rewards for donations of every budget. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2028711795/feature-documentary-about-overlooked-silent-movie If you support the cause of bringing belated recognition to many overlooked silent movie stars, please make a tax deductible donation and spread the word about this campaign. Silent Hall of Fame is the only place...
Topics: silent film, silent movie stars, free classic film, old movies, silent film streaming, silent era,...
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1955
1955
by
Roger Corman
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http://imdb.com/title/tt0046969/ A man wrongly imprisoned for murder (John Ireland) breaks out of jail. He wants to clear his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a beautiful young woman, driving a fast sports car, hostage and slip into a cross-border sports car race to try to make it to Mexico before the police get him
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: drag Racing, action
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Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Adventurer, The Cure, Easy Street and The Immigrant, presented with music and sound effects. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 17 reviews )
Topic: comedy
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The complicated story involves the military conquest of a peaceful island-nation by an evil despot and his sorcerer ally. His victory leaves the island's three heroic protectors dead, but, their young children are hidden away to grow to adulthood with different identities, unaware of their heritage, in hope that, in time, they might challenge and defeat the evil ruler. The charming Polly Kuan stars as one of these children who has been adopted by the conquerer himself, initially as an insult to...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: Action, Drama, Fighting, Martial Arts
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Hilarious romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. Russell is rough and tumble reporter looking to get out of the news racket by marrying and becoming a house wife after her divorce from newspaper publisher Grant. Just when she is about to leave town with her husband-to-be the still lovesick Grant drafts her to cover one final breaking news sensation. Along with plenty of laughs and fast paced dialog this film provides a witty and cynical look at news business. There is a...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 27 reviews )
Topics: romance, comedy
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[1964] Three sex researchers discuss their wildest cases, as told to them by their patients. A "Nudie Cutie" exploitation movie . The story is just a reason to look at nude women.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 11 reviews )
Topics: full movie, nudie cutie, sexploition, stripping, peeping tom, nudity
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Stars Van Johnson, Claude Rains, Jim Backus Tagline: "Now! a giant color spectacle! from the pages of the immortal classics comes this famous story" Information regarding this film on its IMDb page . More information on Wikipedia .
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: fantasy, musical, fairy tale
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915K
1967
1967
by
Norman D. Wells
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A team of astronauts crashes on the surface of Venus. Accompanied by their robot, they explore the surface and end up destroying the Venusian God. This film is also known as "The Gill Women" and "The Gill Women of Venus". This film began life as a Soviet-produced work. An American producer then added some new footage and changed the credits to hide the film's Soviet origin. The original film, "Planeta Bur", is also known as "Cosmonauts on Venus",...
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 24 reviews )
Topics: 1960s, Soviet, space, pdmovies
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876K
1951
1951
by
Raymond Eger
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favorite 75
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Utopia (also known as Atoll K and Robinson Crusoe Land) is last film Laurel and Hardy made together. It was filmed and produced in Europe.
favoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Laurel & Hardy, Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
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858K
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Alan Arkin and Rutger Hauer star in this award winning movie about the successful mass escape of 300 prisoners from the Sobibor Nazi death camp. Fine acting and production values make this film a worthwhile viewing experience.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 33 reviews )
Topics: Alan Arkin, Rutger Hauer, Sobibor, Nazi, pdmovies
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846K
1938
1938
by
George A. Hirliman
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Considered THE archetypal sensationalized anti-drug movie, but it's really an exploitation film made to capitalize on the hot taboo subject of marijuana use. Like many exploitation films of the time, "Reefer Madness" tried to make a quick buck off of a forbidden subject while skirting the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930. The Code forbade the portrayal of immoral acts like drug use. ( The illegal drug traffic must not be portrayed in such a way as to stimulate curiosity...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 38 reviews )
Topics: exploitation, cult, pdmovies
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838K
1959
1959
by
William Castle
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Frederick Loren has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 11 reviews )
Topics: Drama, Horror, Thriller
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1942
1942
by
Alexander Korda
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Teenaged Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, appears in a village in India and is adopted by Messua. Mowgli learns human language and some human ways quickly, though keeping jungle ideas. Influential Merchant Buldeo is bigoted against 'beasts' including Mowgli; not so Buldeo's pretty daughter, whom Mowgli takes on a jungle tour where they find a treasure, setting the evil of human greed in motion. Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Sabu Dastagir, pdmovies
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Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as "the Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told."
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 60 reviews )
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1930
1930
by
D.W. Griffith
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A biography of the beloved United States president by D. W. Griffith. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topic: pdmovies
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1971
1971
by
Umberto Borsato
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From IMDb: When Dr. Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant Marshall continue his experiments. The two fall in love and attempt to transplant Marshall's brain in to the muscular body of a retarded servant Stephen, in order to prolong the aging Marshall's life. Meanwhile, the first monster seeks revenge on the grave robbers who sold the body parts used in its creation to Dr. Frankenstein. Soon it comes after Marshall and the doctor's daughter.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 22 reviews )
Topic: Horror
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Aka 'Sherlock Holmes in Dressed To Kill' - features Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
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Topics: Mystery, Thriller, pdmovies
A pioneer of the film genre known as "other cinema," Lutz Mommartz was born in in Erkelenz in 1934 and spent most of his life in Dusseldorf. He began making movies in 1967 and eventually became Professor of Film at the Kunstakademie Munster. He still lives and works in Germany, dividing his time between Dusseldorf and Berlin. This collection of 51 films features selections from the Lutz Mommartz Film Archive.
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1965
1965
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Francesco Merli, Ralph Zucker
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A group of models and cameramen go to a castle to shoot covers for horror novels where they're captured and tortured by the castle's owner, the Crimson Executioner. Find out more about this film on it's IMDB page .
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 26 reviews )
Topic: horror
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Charlie Chaplins 53rd Film Released July 10 1916 The Vagabond was a silent film by Charlie Chaplin and his third film with Mutual Films. Released in 1916, it co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White and Lloyd Bacon. This film echoed Chaplin's work on The Tramp, with more drama mixed in with comedy. The story begins with Charlie, playing music to raise money, and instead finds the abused girl (played by Edna) living in a gypsy camp. As in The Tramp, he works on finding a way to help...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Charlie Chaplin, Silents
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4 Episodes Of The 3 Stooges. Downloads include: Disorder In The Court Brideless Groom Sing A Song Of Six Pants Malice In The Palace
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 20 reviews )
Topics: three stooges, comedy, public domain
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**This film contains extremely graphic scenes of human suffering, please exercise caution when viewing.** Compilation footage of Nazi concentration camps in the immediate aftermath of World War II. The footage was gathered by the US Department of Defense as part of the effort to conduct war crimes trials. This copy was dubbed from a video copy at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. National Archives Identifiers: ARC: 43452 NAIL: 238.2
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 117 reviews )
Topics: nazi, war, world war II, concentration camp
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"Three gunmen, who have been hired to assassinate the President, hold a family hostage while waiting for their target. Interesting B film which focuses on psychopathic killer well-portrayed against type by Frank Sinatra." - noir expert Spencer Selby | Cast: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates. 77 min.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 41 reviews )
Topics: crime, drama, Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates, Kim Charney
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Bob Hope comedy with Dorothy Lamour. | You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 22 reviews )
Topics: Comedy, pdmovies
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1976
1976
by
Cindy Dunne, Joel Thurm
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The film centers on the life of Tod Lubitch (John Travolta), who was born with an improperly functioning immune system. This means that contact with unfiltered air may kill him, so he must live out his life in incubator conditions. He lives with his parents, since they decided to move him from the hospital where he was being kept as a boy. He is constricted to staying in his room all his life, where he eats, learns, reads and exercises, while being protected from the outside world by various...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 16 reviews )
Topics: Drama, John Travolta
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1961
1961
by
Doris Wishman
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The Film follows a reporter (Davee Decker) as she infiltrates a nudist colony in the hopes of exposing its immoral ways. However, once there, she finds herself enjoying it a little bit more than she anticipated. This Film was extremely controversial in 1961 today, films like this are considered to be curiosity pieces.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
Topic: Romance
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1939
1939
by
Max Fleischer
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You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 24 reviews )
Topic: animation
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Ditzy socialite with a heart of gold, Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard) finds "forgotten man" Godfrey Smith (William Powell) in a scavenger hunt. Eventually Godfrey is taken in as the family butler for the Bullocks and screwball antics and romance ensue.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 46 reviews )
Topics: screwball, comedy, romance
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1959
1959
by
William Castle
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Vincent Price gives a stellar performance as the suavely malevolent host of a "haunted house party" who offers his guests $10,000 if they can survive a night in the murderous mansion. Watch for the great Elisha Cook Jr,(he played Wilmer in the "Maltese Falcon") as the groveling homeowner. The eerie looking home used for the exterior shots is the Ennis Brown house in Los Angeles, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1924. It was later used in the films "Blade...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 18 reviews )
Topics: Vincent Price, haunted house, horror, William Castle
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Set Connecticut after World War II, The Stranger is a cat and mouse game between Wilson (Edward G. Robinson), a member of the Allied War Crimes Commission and Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), a Nazi who has assumed the false identity of Dr. Charles Rankin. To complete his new intelligentsia disguise, Kindler marries Mary Longstreet, daughter of a Supreme Court justice.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 15 reviews )
Topics: Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller, pdmovies
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You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topic: adventure
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1963
1963
by
Andrew McLaglen, director
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This great comedy western stars John Wayne,Maureen O'Hara,Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers,Chill Wills, and Strother Marten. There is a hilarious mudhole fight scene at the end.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 13 reviews )
Topics: John Wayne, comedy, western, pdmovies
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1925
1925
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Carl Laemmle
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At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom threatens a famous lyric singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role (Marguerite in Faust) for unknown Christine Daae. Christine meets this phantom (a masked man) in the catacombs, where he lives.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 15 reviews )
Topics: silent, drama, horror, pdmovies
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Produced by the Highway Safety Foundation in 1964, this shocking film deals with a subject quite taboo for its time. The short serves as a dramatized warning, ending with graphic case studies. Unlike the driver's education films produced by the same company, this film was apparently issued for only a short time before being withdrawn. **CONTENT ADVISORY: Crime scene footage at end will upset some people**
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 95 reviews )
Topics: educational, social issues, criminal
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1916
1916
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Carl Laemmle, Stuart Paton
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The Universal Film Manufacturing Company was not known in the silent era as premier producer of motion pictures. Yet, in 1916 they produced a film that could not be made effectively without expensive special effects and special photography. The novel had previously been made as short films in 1907 by Georges Méliès and in 1913 by French company ÃÂclair.) Marshalling the expertise underwater experts Ernest and George Williamson, Universal financed the extensive production which would...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 11 reviews )
Topics: Silent, Drama
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1936
1936
by
Paul Czinner, Joseph M. Schenck
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In this first film version of William Shakespeare's classic pastoral comedy, Sir Laurence Olivier stars as Orlando while Elisabeth Bergner is Rosalind, his secret admirer who disguises herself as a boy in order to stay near to him. Nearly all of the actors involved had performed the work on stage previously, adding to the stellar overall performance. A particular highlight is Olivier's magnificent delivery of the famous "All the world's a stage..." monologue.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Elisabeth Bergner, Laurence Olivier
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You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 19 reviews )
Topics: Sci-Fi, pdmovies
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Charlie Chaplin's 56th Film Released Oct 02 1916. The Pawnshop was Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Mutual Film Company. Chaplin played the role of assistant to the pawnshop owner. Henry Bergman played the owner and Edna Purviance the owner's daughter. Albert Austin played an alarm clock owner who watches Charlie in dismay as he checks out the clock. This was one of Chaplin's more popular Mutual Films, mainly for the slapstick comedy he was famous for at the time....
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Charlie Chaplin, Silents
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Attack by monsters from another planet! IMDB page
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 29 reviews )
Topic: Science Fiction
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1919
1919
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Rudolf Meinert and Erich Pommer
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is the first modern Horror Film and it influence a number of contemporary productions. A real classic! PLOT: A man named Francis relates a story about his best friend Alan and his fiancée Jane. Alan takes him to a fair where they meet Dr. Caligari, who exhibits a somnambulist, Cesare, that can predict the future. When Alan asks how long he has to live, Cesare says he has until dawn. The prophecy comes to pass, as Alan is murdered, and Cesare is a prime suspect....
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 31 reviews )
Topics: Silent, Fantasy, Horror, German Expressionism
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You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Comedy, pdmovies
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1963
1963
by
Michael Wayne
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John Wayne Comedy Western filmed in widescreeen.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: John Wayne, comedy, western
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William Smith tracks down his father, a vampire who raped his mother. The IMDB entry is here . The mpeg2 file has nav-packets, so you can load it into DVDAuthorGUI (a free program) to create a DVD to watch on your television.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: vampire, William Smith, Michael Pataki, Lyn Peters
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1949
1949
by
Leo C. Popkin
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D.O.A. (1950) is a film noir drama film directed by Rudolph Maté, considered a classic of the stylistic genre. The frantically-paced plot revolves around a doomed man's quest to find out who has poisoned him – and why – before he dies. The film begins with a scene called "perhaps one of cinema's most innovative opening sequences" by a BBC reviewer. The scene is a long, behind-the-back tracking sequence featuring Frank Bigelow (O'Brien) walking through a hallway into a police...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 57 reviews )
Topics: suspense, film noir, pdmovies
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The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
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Topics: adventure, fantasy
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favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
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1951
1951
by
Arthur Freed
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Brother and sister dancing duo Tom and Ellen Bowen (Fred Astaire and Jane Powell) travel to merry old England. There, against the backdrop of the impending wedding of royals, they go about the usual comedic pursuit of love. This film is probably most memorable for Astaire's dream sequence that has him dancing on the ceiling. The source is not of the best quality, with analog artifacts and blownout color. For more info on this film see its IMDB.com entry .
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: musical, comedy, dance
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431K
1939
1939
by
Boris Morros
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This was the first comedy that Laurel and Hardy starred in without producer Hal Roach, although they had previously been "guest stars" in four MGM movies. After they finished making "The Flying Deuces," they returned to Hal Roach Studios to make films. In order to make this movie, producer Boris Morros bought the rights to the 1931 French film "Les deux legionnaires," which had a similar plot. "The Flying Deuces" was Morros' first independent production...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Comedy, Laurel And Hardy
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You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . This film contributed courtesy of SabuCat Productions .
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
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1950
1950
by
Stanley Kramer
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From: IMDb : France, 1640: Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results. Much cut from the play, but dialogue not rewritten.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 18 reviews )
Topic: Drama
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From the makers of Reefer Madness comes Sex Madness. A film demonstrating that sex can be just as detrimental as marijuana.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: sex, exploitation
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"Wealthy businessman survives attempt by wife to have him killed, makes it look like she succeeded and starts a new life in small town as auto mechanic. Variation on idea elevated to noir importance by The Killers (1946), where victim of femme fatale tries to abandon the city and his past identity." - noir expert Spencer Selby
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 39 reviews )
Topic: pdmovies
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Based on the Sir Authur Conan Doyle story "The Dancing Men", Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are placed in WWII europe to help protect a scientist and his invention from the Nazis. Basil Rathbone .... Sherlock Holmes Nigel Bruce .... Dr. John H. Watson Lionel Atwill .... Professor Moriarty Kaaren Verne .... Charlotte Eberli William Post Jr. .... Dr. Franz Tobel Dennis Hoey .... Inspector Lestrade Holmes Herbert .... Sir Reginald Bailey Mary Gordon .... Mrs. Hudson
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 11 reviews )
Topics: Mystery, Crime, Sherlock Holmes
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1945
1945
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Fritz Lang, Walter Wanger
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German director Fritz Lang is best known for the highly influential films from relatively early in his career, especially Metropolis (1927) and M (1931). But he also had a brief Hollywood heyday during the mid 1940s, when he made some of his best films. Scarlet Street has been claimed by film noir. This attribution is understandable. The lighting is dark, with heavy use of shadows. The characters are all shady as well. Kitty is certainly a femme fatale, although hints are dropped that she is an...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 32 reviews )
Topics: Film-Noir, Drama, Black Comedy, Fritz Lang
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You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
Topic: adventure
Georges Méliès was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. (Wikipedia) A prolific innovator in the use of special effects, accidentally discovered the substitution stop trick, he was one of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted color in his work. Because of his ability to seemingly manipulate and transform reality through cinematography,...
Topics: cinema, early movies, french, filmmaker, silent films
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This amazing bank heist movie stars Johnny Cash, Vic Tayback, Ron Howard, and country music great, Merle Travis. Johnny Cash gives a surprising performance as a guitar playing, sadistic psycho-killer. Six year old Ron Howard is absolutely adorable and practically steals the whole show. A must see film.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
Topics: Johnny Cash, bank robbery, Psycho Killer, Ron Howard
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In 1906, on a train racing through Siberia, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are engulfed in nightmare when a frozen missing link comes to life. You can load the mpeg2 file into DVDAuthorGUI (a free program) and, with the push of a button, quickly create the structure of a DVD to watch on your television (after burning with ImgBurn or the like).
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 19 reviews )
Topics: horror, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Telly Savalas
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1922
1922
by
Enrico Dieckmann & Albin Grau
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comment 15
This is the most complete version available (just over 93 minutes) as this movie was demanded by Bram Stokers widow to be destroyed after winning 2 lawsuits in the mid & late 1920's. Tinted scenes and beautiful quality. I have seen the current version here at archive.org and decided to post this one as it is of much better video quality, although the music is a nit hokey. Enjoy this classic horror with the very creepy Max Schrek as the (IMHO) best vampire ever to waltz across the silver...
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Topics: bram, stoker, dracula, orlek, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Nosferatu
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This one's about strange women who love their men to death, literally! Maybe the fact that there's a research facility doing top secret experiments might have something to do with the suspicious deaths.
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Topics: horror, scifi, feature films
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375K
1962
1962
by
Roger Corman
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eye 374,946
favorite 106
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Shame also known as "I Hate Your Guts" "The Intruder" is a 1962 film directed by Roger Corman starring William Shatner as a racist mystery man sent to stir trouble in a southern town that is about to integrate its high school. Roger Corman claims this is the only film of the over 300 he's produced to lose money.
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Topics: Drama, William Shatner
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373K
1929
1929
by
Douglas Fairbanks
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A swashbuckling Alexandre Dumas adventure featuring Douglas Fairbanks. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
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Topics: adventure, romance
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368K
1925
1925
by
Jacob Bliokh
movies
eye 368,488
favorite 162
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Considered one of the most important films in the history of silent pictures, as well as possibly Eisenstein's greatest work, Battleship Potemkin brought Eisenstein's theories of cinema art to the world in a powerful showcase; his emphasis on montage, his stress of intellectual contact, and his treatment of the mass instead of the individual as the protagonist. The film tells the story of the mutiny on the Russian ship Prince Potemkin during the 1905 uprising.
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Topics: Silent, Drama, History, War
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365K
1936
1936
by
Grand National Pictures
movies
eye 365,364
favorite 88
comment 13
James Cagney plays the plucky Irish crusader, Johnny Cave, who fights against corruption at the Weights And Measures Department. James Cagney is great in this movie. It shows why he was such a huge movie star
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Topics: James Cagney, mystery, drama
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365K
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comment 11
One of Larry Buchanan's first films, so don't expect the polish and complex character interactions of his later work, like "Mars Needs Women" or "Zontar, the Thing from Venus."
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Topics: Horror, Larry Buchanan, schlock
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363K
1931
1931
by
Sergei Eisenstein
movies
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favorite 136
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Sergei Eisenstein shot ¡Que viva México! in Mexico in 1931 at the height of the Great Depression. The courageous financiers of this project were the author Upton Sinclair, his wife Mary Craig and a small group of their friends. They had great difficulties in keeping the production going; the economic crisis forced Sinclair to call a halt to it in early 1932. Shooting was stopped with most of the work completed; only one episode could not be filmed. At the same time Josef Stalin insisted on...
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Topic: Mosfilm, Eisenstien, Film, Classic
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Charlie Chaplins 51st Film Released May 15 1916 The Floorwalker was Charlie Chaplin's first Mutual Film Company made in 1916. It starred Chaplin as a customer in a department store who finds out the manager is stealing money from the store. It was noted for the first 'running staircase' used in films. Edna Purviance played a minor role as a secretary to the store manager, played by Eric Campbell. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006689/ Watch more Chaplin films
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Topics: Charlie Chaplin, Silents
