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Featured Collection
Watch video of the 1901 Pan-American Exhibition at the Library of Congress YouTube Channel. Part of their America at Work/America at Leisure playlist collection.
Feature Films, Documentaries & More
Free video collections online. Documentaries, educational films, films of historical interest, music videos, video art and more. Some free sites may include ads.
- American Memory - Digital Moving Image CollectionEarly motion pictures can be viewed online in the Library of Congress's American Memory collection. Click on a specific film collection and browse the Title or Subject list.
- Annenberg LearnerFree educational streaming video on the site. Premium content also offered. Includes topics on world history, art history, world literature and more.
- BFI - British Film Institute - YouTube ChannelCheck out hundreds of free films on the YouTube Channel for the British Film Institute's National Archive - a large and diverse film and TV archive.
- British PathéArchive of 90,000 British videos covering newsreel, sports footage, social history documentaries, entertainment and music stories from 1896 to 1976. U.S. history, British history, world history.
- CrackleFree streaming feature films, TV shows, and original content.
- Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library - HIDVLAn online archive of rare video documenting social performance in the Americas, including a browsable collection of video art and extensive artist profiles in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Includes films from El Teatro Campesino, Guillermo Gómez Peña & La Pocha Nostra, Fortaleza de la Mujer Maya, and others.
- Library of Congress - YouTube ChannelHistorical treasures and contemporary presentations from the Library of Congress on their YouTube Channel.
- Moving Image ArchiveFree movies, films, commercials and videos. Thousands of films from the Prelinger Archives. Of historical interest. From the Internet Archive.
- NFB - National Film Board of CanadaHundreds of streaming documentaries, animations, alternative dramas and interactive productions. Some French feature films.
- NFB: Capturing Reality - The Art of DocumentarySome of the world's top directors discuss the art of documentary film making.
- NZOnscreenOnline showcase of New Zealand television, documentaries, film and music video with over 3,000 titles from the beginning of the screen industry to present day. Many shows are complete and free online supplemented with interviews and excerpts.
- Open Culture: Free Movies OnlineWatch select movies free online. Includes classics, indies, film noir, documentaries and other films, created by some of the greatest actors, actresses and directors.
- The Open Video ProjectDigitized film clips, many of historical interest from various sources.
- Pluto TVFree streaming service for movies and TV shows.
- PBS Independent LensA rotating selection of independent documentary films from PBS.
- TED: Technology, Entertainment, DesignTEDTalks are distributed under a Creative Commons (CC) license. This doesn't replace copyright, which remains undivided with TED Conferences LLC, but it makes the terms more flexible.
- Thanhouser Films OnlineFree access to a diverse cross-section of 50 films from the Silent Era produced by Thanhouser Films between 1910-1917. Includes comedy, melodrama, morality tales and more.
- TubiFree streaming movies and TV shows.
- UbuWeb - Film & VIdeoAvant-garde film and video.
- United States Government FilmsIncludes footage of historical newsreels, Congressional proceedings, training films from the collections: Fedflix, Metavid, and Report to the Congress: Congressional Hearings Online.
- VimeoVideos shared by the people who created them. Music videos, experimental film, shorts, animation, educational content... you name it.
Search Engines
- Just WatchAggregator website that monitors which shows are playing on the different online platforms. Useful when you are trying to find a film online.
- Access BollywoodLists films from India, Pakistan and other South Asian countries in a variety of languages currently streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu. Also lists coming films and films leaving the platforms.