https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-green-promise-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-green-promise-1949.webpThe Green Promise (1949)A stubborn farmer starts over on unfamiliar land with his four children. When illness leaves the family dependent on outside help, his eldest daughter must reconcile loyalty to her father with a different approach to farming. The younger children's ambitions bring another question into the home: how much room should tradition leave for change?https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/qYZnrZWlg8M56102024-04-27T14:00:23-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tulsa-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/tulsa-1949.webpTulsa (1949)After an oil-field disaster kills her father, Cherokee Lansing sets out to challenge the company responsible. Her own wells bring success, but revenge begins to turn into a hunger for power. A geologist and a childhood friend push her to consider what the boom is doing to the land and to the people around her.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LQ6HRlZR8oo52622021-07-23T11:00:19-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-stranger-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-stranger-1946.webpThe Stranger (1946)In a quiet Connecticut town, a respected teacher is preparing for marriage and restoring an old clock. A visiting war-crimes investigator suspects that this comfortable new life conceals a fugitive's past. As the search closes in, a new bride must decide whether to trust her husband or the evidence gathering around him.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JsKuJpg23DE54622022-03-18T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/heartbeat-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/heartbeat-1946.webpHeartbeat (1946)Arlette hopes that learning to pick pockets will help her escape the restrictions of reform school. Instead, a failed theft draws her into a diplomat's private scheme and an elegant reception where she must borrow a new identity. What begins as an assignment to steal a watch becomes a romance that her invented past could ruin.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/k_SHyCr9opk60412024-05-12T18:00:17-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-chase-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-chase-1946.webpThe Chase (1946)Returning a stranger's wallet earns a penniless veteran a job driving for a Miami gangster. The man's frightened wife asks the new chauffeur to help her flee to Havana, turning a simple act of honesty into a dangerous entanglement. Escape offers little certainty in a story where fear, memory and reality keep shifting.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tXVMQ_gBVd450952023-07-04T17:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/blood-on-the-sun-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/blood-on-the-sun-1945.webpBlood on the Sun (1945)An American newspaper editor in Tokyo obtains a document that powerful officials are determined to suppress. As people connected to the story come under attack, getting the information out becomes a matter of survival. A mysterious woman's loyalties complicate this wartime spy thriller, whose political conspiracy is a fictional construction rather than a historical account.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Kr1xa02HKM056342015-07-11T12:26:28-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/waterfront-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/waterfront-1944.webpWaterfront (1944)A stolen codebook threatens to expose a Nazi spy network operating behind an ordinary waterfront business in San Francisco. Competing agents and local criminals scramble to recover it while bodies begin to appear. This compact wartime thriller turns a petty theft into a contest over secrets that several people would kill to control.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kaBYNsKiDYY38232022-04-09T17:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-son-of-monte-cristo-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-son-of-monte-cristo-1940.webpThe Son of Monte Cristo (1940)A young count arrives in a small European duchy where a military strongman is tightening his grip on the ruler and her people. Concealing his abilities behind an ineffectual public persona, the visitor joins the resistance. Secret passages, masked interventions and a developing romance turn political rescue into a swashbuckling adventure.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/W0oNhabMSfw57342018-11-26T06:58:24-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/captain-scarlett-1953https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/captain-scarlett-1953.webpCaptain Scarlett (1953)Returning to France after Napoleon's downfall, Captain Scarlett discovers that a powerful nobleman has taken his property. A fugitive princess and another dispossessed man become his companions in a campaign against the new local order. The adventure combines a fight to reclaim a home with the wider struggle against an authority built on intimidation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/PNyPEnJPSW046842022-12-04T16:00:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-snows-of-kilimanjaro-1952https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-snows-of-kilimanjaro-1952.webpThe Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)Stranded on an African safari with a dangerous infection, a writer revisits the choices that shaped his life. Memories of love, travel and abandoned possibilities interrupt the uncertainty of the present. His wife waits beside him as the distance between the person he became and the writer he hoped to be grows harder to ignore.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/qV33K2-Y2os68292023-03-10T16:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sundown-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sundown-1941.webpSundown (1941)At an isolated British outpost in East Africa, evidence of arms smuggling deepens a conflict between local administrators and military command. A woman who controls a trading caravan may be the key to understanding what is happening. The wartime adventure places uneasy alliances and colonial assumptions at the centre of its struggle for control.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mWR9W1Ssp4Y52822022-11-20T16:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/little-men-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/little-men-1940.webpLittle Men (1940)A travelling trickster sends the boy he has raised to Plumfield, a country school run by Jo and her husband. The youngster's unruly arrival challenges the community, while the adults who brought him there struggle with their own habits. Louisa May Alcott's school becomes the meeting point for a family story and the schemes of two unlikely guardians.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GbdgjpZE46U49862023-09-19T09:35:22-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/too-late-for-tears-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/too-late-for-tears-1949.webpToo Late for Tears (1949)A bag of cash lands in a married couple's car through a stranger's mistake. The husband wants to return it; his wife sees the life she believes she deserves. When the money's intended recipient turns up, her determination to keep it transforms a chance encounter into a chain of bargains, suspicion and violence.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/M7rc3-ZWpDw60192022-10-02T09:00:48-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/three-steps-north-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/three-steps-north-1951.webpThree Steps North (1951)A disgraced American veteran returns to Italy to recover money he hid before going to prison. The country has moved on, and the people watching him have reasons of their own to care about his journey. An apparently simple retrieval becomes a tense negotiation with the consequences of his wartime choices.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZxhSZe6jZCA48952019-08-18T17:58:22-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cause-for-alarm-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/cause-for-alarm-1951.webpCause for Alarm! (1951)Caring for her seriously ill husband, Ellen discovers that his growing suspicions have produced a letter accusing her of a murder plot. The accusation is already on its way through the postal system when a sudden crisis leaves her desperate to retrieve it. Ordinary neighbours, doorsteps and delivery routines become obstacles in a domestic race against time.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JcgUVXuoC7o44172017-09-06T13:15:27-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/royal-wedding-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/royal-wedding-1951.webpRoyal Wedding (1951)An American brother-and-sister dance act takes its show to London during preparations for the royal wedding. Each performer finds a possible new partner offstage, putting romance alongside the demands of their shared career. The musical uses rehearsal rooms, ocean travel and an unusually mobile dance floor to give falling in love a physical expression.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/78fqPanXqaY55602020-10-11T06:15:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/three-guys-named-mike-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/three-guys-named-mike-1951.webpThree Guys Named Mike (1951)Marcy earns her place as an airline stewardess and starts building an independent life between flights. Three men catch her attention: a pilot, a scientist and an advertising executive, all called Mike. Their overlapping courtships create comic complications, but the real decision concerns the kind of future she wants for herself.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VJYzcc7jysI53822022-12-30T16:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-courageous-dr-christian-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-courageous-dr-christian-1940.webpThe Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)Dr. Christian sees how poor housing is damaging the health of his town's most vulnerable residents. He tries to secure land for better homes, only to discover that a proposed donation comes with a very personal condition. Medical care and local politics become inseparable when practical help depends on overcoming pride and self-interest.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Z-Wu0RRbnK439842022-12-26T14:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/at-war-with-the-army-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/at-war-with-the-army-1950.webpAt War with the Army (1950)Two former entertainers enter Army life with very different temperaments and ambitions. One longs to escape a routine posting, while the other struggles for a pass to visit his family. Orders, rehearsals and romantic misunderstandings repeatedly collide, making the training base a stage for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis's contrasting comic styles.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AAriCP1Q10w53562022-09-05T22:56:58-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/abraham-lincoln-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/abraham-lincoln-1930.webpAbraham Lincoln (1930)D. W. Griffith follows Abraham Lincoln from his early work and relationships to the presidency and the Civil War. Personal disappointments lead into the responsibilities of national leadership, with Walter Huston playing the central role. This early sound biography is a dramatized portrait of a public figure, reflecting the storytelling and historical outlook of its own era.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/q3P0Vq8-toE52012022-09-08T20:42:19-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/father-s-little-dividend-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/father-s-little-dividend-1951.webpFather's Little Dividend (1951)Stanley Banks has barely adjusted to his daughter's marriage when he learns that she is expecting a baby. The prospect delights the extended family but unsettles a father reluctant to become a grandfather. Competing plans for the new household turn a happy announcement into a comic struggle over affection, responsibility and knowing when to step back.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/BcHp-wWpvcI46652022-10-11T17:00:03-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/love-affair-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/love-affair-1939.webpLove Affair (1939)A celebrated French charmer and an American singer meet during an Atlantic crossing, although both have commitments waiting ashore. They promise to reunite in New York after giving themselves time to build a different future. The question of whether that meeting will happen turns a shipboard attraction into a story about patience, pride and missed connections.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/u43grctXU6E52402021-05-18T09:00:34-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/calendar-girl-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/calendar-girl-1947.webpCalendar Girl (1947)Two ambitious friends leave Boston for Greenwich Village at the turn of the twentieth century, hoping to make their names in art and music. A woman living nearby becomes entangled in both their dreams. When artistic work and romantic expectations overlap, the roommates find that friendship offers little protection from jealousy.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/bsqhmOKQNoc52822021-01-24T12:10:58-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/half-a-sinner-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/half-a-sinner-1940.webpHalf a Sinner (1940)A reserved schoolteacher decides to spend one day living more boldly. Escaping an unwelcome stranger, she takes a car without knowing that a body is hidden inside. A stranded motorist joins her, and a private adventure suddenly attracts criminals and police. Romance develops in the gaps between misunderstandings that keep making her situation worse.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Bd4I4Z0lUT435692017-09-05T13:58:24-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/eternally-yours-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/eternally-yours-1939.webpEternally Yours (1939)Anita trades a conventional engagement for marriage to a charismatic magician and joins his travelling act. His increasingly dangerous stunts draw audiences but make their shared life harder to sustain. As he pursues the next sensation, she begins to question whether a dazzling partnership onstage can provide the home she wants.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/TF5FY9C8UaE52502020-05-27T21:34:43-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-fabulous-dorseys-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-fabulous-dorseys-1947.webpThe Fabulous Dorseys (1947)Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey play themselves in a dramatization of their rise from a Pennsylvania childhood to celebrated bandleaders. The film follows the discipline, shared ambition and disagreements behind their musical partnership. Family memories and performances sit alongside the tensions that split the brothers professionally and complicate the bond they continue to share.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_XCcR1sSOPM52932020-12-24T01:47:03-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/up-in-the-air-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/up-in-the-air-1940.webpUp in the Air (1940)Two radio-station employees dream of becoming an on-air comedy team. A murder during a broadcast rehearsal gives them an unexpected chance to demonstrate their initiative, though their efforts risk making the investigation more confusing. Performers, staff and frustrated ambitions turn the station into a closed circle of possible suspects.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZsmULBs640s36622020-12-25T02:56:19-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/baby-face-morgan-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/baby-face-morgan-1942.webpBaby Face Morgan (1942)A small-town delivery worker inherits what appears to be a respectable insurance business. The men who welcome him believe he has his father's criminal instincts, while he has no idea that they are running a protection racket. His innocence repeatedly disrupts the gang's plans in a comedy built around a reputation he never earned.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/qjh1fPPucig35532020-12-27T08:55:01-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-pied-piper-of-hamelin-1957https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-pied-piper-of-hamelin-1957.webpThe Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)Hamelin's leaders want a magnificent clock tower to impress a royal visitor, even at the expense of the town's children. When rats invade, a mysterious musician offers a solution and asks to be paid. Music and verse carry this television adaptation of the folktale toward the consequences of a promise that officials do not intend to keep.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/qITUAqTjRuk52202020-12-24T07:19:21-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/that-s-my-baby-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/that-s-my-baby-1944.webpThat's My Baby! (1944)Concerned about her father's failing health, the daughter of a comics publisher learns that he has not laughed in years. She and her fiancé recruit entertainers to bring humour back into the house. Their increasingly elaborate attempts lead beyond the performers to a family separation that a succession of jokes alone cannot repair.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ltnk5WV3Hw840512020-12-04T07:00:17-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/they-meet-again-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/they-meet-again-1941.webpThey Meet Again (1941)Dr. Christian prepares a celebration for a young girl with a promising singing voice, but her father's arrest abruptly changes her future. Missing money at the bank has made him a suspect and left his daughter vulnerable. The doctor brings his concern for his patients into an effort to uncover the truth behind the accusation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GWiJiM5Vyek40062017-07-05T08:04:28-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/guest-in-the-house-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/guest-in-the-house-1944.webpGuest in the House (1944)A doctor's fragile fiancée is welcomed into his relatives' comfortable home. Beneath her apparent dependence, she begins manipulating the relationships around her, especially the marriage of the doctor's brother. Small insinuations gradually change the household's loyalties, creating a psychological drama in which hospitality gives an outsider unusual power.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MSamWVKwu7E57982020-11-21T15:17:33-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/oliver-twist-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/oliver-twist-1933.webpOliver Twist (1933)An orphan escapes the cruelty of the workhouse only to enter a London underworld that sees children as useful tools. A chance encounter with a kindly gentleman suggests another life, but the people exploiting him want him back. This early sound version of Dickens follows Oliver's search for security through a city divided by poverty and privilege.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GLYQ1IOTIKc42552015-08-31T13:24:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/breakfast-in-hollywood-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/breakfast-in-hollywood-1946.webpBreakfast in Hollywood (1946)A young woman arrives in Hollywood to meet her fiancé and instead finds herself in the audience of a lively radio show. A sailor with news about the missing man complicates her visit. Around them, other audience members bring their own hopes and disappointments to a morning of entertainment that becomes unexpectedly personal.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QwUtzITiYp852492020-11-14T23:45:00-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/go-for-broke-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/go-for-broke-1951.webpGo for Broke! (1951)Assigned to train Japanese American soldiers, a young lieutenant must confront prejudices he brings into command. Service in Europe gradually tests his assumptions against the conduct of the men beside him. The film dramatizes the experience of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and includes veterans among its cast.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VJhtt7X2hMY54202016-09-21T21:15:42-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/please-murder-me-1956https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/please-murder-me-1956.webpPlease Murder Me (1956)A lawyer successfully defends the woman he loves against the charge of killing her husband, who was also his friend. What he discovers after the acquittal forces him to reconsider both the case and his own part in it. He begins recording an account of events while preparing a plan with a chilling personal cost.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/550AIkd_nmA44822016-09-02T17:19:35-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/second-chorus-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/second-chorus-1940.webpSecond Chorus (1940)Two college trumpeters have made an art of avoiding graduation so that their band can keep working. A resourceful new manager improves their prospects, but both musicians pursue her while competing for professional recognition. Their rivalry follows them toward Artie Shaw's orchestra, where talent alone may not overcome their habit of sabotaging one another.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yoK9mcQs5FE50152019-01-08T22:20:54-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dressed-to-kill-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dressed-to-kill-1946.webpDressed to Kill (1946)Three inexpensive music boxes attract a criminal gang willing to kill for objects that appear almost worthless. Sherlock Holmes suspects their slightly different tunes contain a concealed message. With Watson at his side, he must trace the scattered purchases and understand the code before a persuasive adversary completes the collection.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/N8ayRUIB7y041432020-11-07T14:00:16-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/blonde-ice-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/blonde-ice-1948.webpBlonde Ice (1948)A society columnist marries into wealth without abandoning the lover she has left behind. When her husband threatens the arrangement, she starts reshaping events to preserve both comfort and desire. A series of suspicious deaths makes romance inseparable from ambition in this compact noir about someone who treats other lives as expendable.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-yGqctCOcNQ44432013-07-21T16:04:40-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cyrano-de-bergerac-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/cyrano-de-bergerac-1950.webpCyrano de Bergerac (1950)Cyrano can defeat an opponent with either a sword or a perfectly chosen phrase, yet he cannot tell Roxane that he loves her. When she becomes interested in a handsome soldier who struggles to express himself, Cyrano supplies the words. The arrangement brings him close to her while making his own voice harder for her to recognize.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uwW5k0l2eR867732020-10-30T22:24:01-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/man-in-the-attic-1953https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/man-in-the-attic-1953.webpMan in the Attic (1953)As the Jack the Ripper murders terrify London, a family rents rooms to a secretive man who works late in the attic. His unusual behaviour begins to trouble his landlady, particularly when he takes an interest in her actress niece. The story turns the intimacy of a shared house into a source of escalating suspicion.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cIO1XrRcnow49172020-10-21T15:36:26-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-man-on-the-eiffel-tower-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-man-on-the-eiffel-tower-1950.webpThe Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950)An overheard complaint about an inheritance becomes the opening for a murder scheme in Paris. When evidence points toward the wrong man, Inspector Maigret follows a more elusive adversary through the city. The investigation is also a battle of nerve, moving from crowded streets toward the exposed heights of the Eiffel Tower.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/wJRo_d2gbzo52582014-04-17T11:42:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-sun-sets-at-dawn-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-sun-sets-at-dawn-1950.webpThe Sun Sets at Dawn (1950)A condemned young man waits through the final night before his scheduled execution while his girlfriend remains nearby. Journalists covering the event begin to question whether the case has been properly understood. Their search for an overlooked connection runs against prison procedure and a clock that allows very little time for doubt.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/RUKpEznW21Q42962013-07-15T20:50:45-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-strange-woman-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-strange-woman-1946.webpThe Strange Woman (1946)In nineteenth-century Maine, Jenny sees marriage to a wealthy older man as a way out of a violent childhood. The security she gains does not quiet her desire to control the people around her. Relationships with her husband's son and another man expose the distance between her public generosity and her private ambitions.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/EueX9HoBZbM59532012-07-21T19:14:19-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hollow-triumph-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hollow-triumph-1948.webpHollow Triumph (1948)A criminal fleeing the consequences of a failed robbery discovers a doctor who looks almost exactly like him. One facial scar appears to be the only obstacle to taking over the man's life. The plan promises escape, but another person's identity brings responsibilities and dangers that the fugitive has not anticipated.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-mxp8Eac4QY49352018-11-09T07:02:32-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hi-diddle-diddle-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hi-diddle-diddle-1943.webpHi Diddle Diddle (1943)A sailor's wedding is threatened when his future mother-in-law loses her money. His father, a practiced swindler, decides that another elaborate scheme can put everything right. Diamonds, an opera singer and competing romantic interests turn a family celebration into a rapidly expanding set of deceptions.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WNCdKSdHfKs43792020-08-23T17:35:27-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mr-imperium-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/mr-imperium-1951.webpMr. Imperium (1951)A European prince and an American singer begin a romance in Italy, only for royal obligations and a withheld message to separate them. Years later, she has become a film star and he returns under different circumstances. Their reunion forces them to reconsider a relationship shaped as much by public roles as by private feeling.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/aqNs5ll0-ss51912018-11-15T06:11:35-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/eyes-in-the-night-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/eyes-in-the-night-1942.webpEyes in the Night (1942)A retired actress asks a blind private detective for help with a troubling family relationship. A murder soon reveals that the problem extends beyond jealousy to a wartime espionage plot. Working with his assistant and guide dog, the investigator must read a dangerous household through clues that other people overlook.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Vi2IAdmz6V047752013-08-15T14:34:56-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/three-husbands-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/three-husbands-1950.webpThree Husbands (1950)After his death, a mischievous man leaves three friends letters claiming that he was involved with each of their wives. Granted a view of the next day's events, he watches the husbands reinterpret their marriages through suspicion. The comedy follows the damage that a carefully planted story can do before anyone establishes whether it is true.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3Y0CAZ5RTL446322013-04-08T12:36:53-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/love-laughs-at-andy-hardy-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/love-laughs-at-andy-hardy-1946.webpLove Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)Andy Hardy returns from military service eager to resume college and the romance he left behind. His family welcomes him home, but familiar surroundings do not mean that everyone has stood still. A series of courtship complications challenges the future he has already planned and gives his father another opportunity to offer guidance.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/s6tDL97Bn0o53672020-04-08T06:13:58-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/happy-go-lovely-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/happy-go-lovely-1951.webpHappy Go Lovely (1951)A chorus dancer accepts a lift in a millionaire's car and is suddenly rumoured to be his fiancée. Her financially desperate producer sees the misunderstanding as a way to save his show. When the actual millionaire arrives, a second mistaken identity lets the deception grow into an unexpected romance.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SWMUUXFTFfk51512018-04-01T21:44:44-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/that-brennan-girl-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/that-brennan-girl-1946.webpThat Brennan Girl (1946)Raised to help her mother deceive men, Ziggy Brennan struggles to imagine a life beyond small-time schemes. Marriage briefly offers a new beginning, but war leaves her alone with a child and few reliable models of care. The drama follows her effort to separate inherited habits from the responsibilities of becoming a parent.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kjGwrxBPsv456352013-07-11T16:29:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-bigamist-1953https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-bigamist-1953.webpThe Bigamist (1953)A couple applying to adopt a child invite an official investigation into their lives. The husband's frequent business trips soon reveal a second household in another city. Rather than treat the discovery as a simple trick, Ida Lupino's drama looks at the loneliness, evasions and decisions that have brought three people into an impossible arrangement.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/YLRRd_CHuQI47662018-12-27T07:50:12-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/beneath-the-12-mile-reef-1953https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/beneath-the-12-mile-reef-1953.webpBeneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)A Greek American father and son make their living diving for sponges off Florida, where a rival fishing family contests their access to the water. The younger man's attraction to the rival's daughter intensifies an already dangerous dispute. Underwater work and a forbidden romance place family loyalty against the possibility of cooperation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Mpmj6CB26zQ59252020-06-09T14:14:02-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/not-wanted-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/not-wanted-1949.webpNot Wanted (1949)A young woman leaves a restrictive home to follow a travelling pianist, hoping for affection and independence. When he moves on, she faces pregnancy without the support she expected. The film follows her decisions and their emotional aftermath, approaching a subject often kept at the margins of studio-era stories.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/qmlMWqRKokk54582019-08-09T09:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-perils-of-pauline-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-perils-of-pauline-1947.webpThe Perils of Pauline (1947)A factory worker dreams of serious acting but keeps finding that audiences respond to her energy and comic instincts. Work with a touring company eventually leads her toward the chaotic world of silent-film serials. Betty Hutton plays Pearl White in a freely fictionalized career story that mixes theatrical ambition, romance and physical adventure.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1Zl7ywgVD3052972014-06-03T10:14:39-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/impact-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/impact-1949.webpImpact (1949)A prosperous businessman survives an attempt on his life and realizes that his wife helped arrange it. Believed dead, he takes refuge in a small town and begins to imagine a different existence. The decision to return turns a story of personal reinvention into a struggle to establish what happened and who can be believed.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/03_b2RvdCmo66572017-09-09T02:34:34-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-strange-love-of-martha-ivers-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-strange-love-of-martha-ivers-1946.webpThe Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)A breakdown brings a returning drifter back to the industrial town where he grew up. Two childhood companions now occupy positions of wealth and authority, but their success rests on a secret from the past. His arrival unsettles their marriage and draws a woman with troubles of her own into a network of guilt and fear.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-YVgCiu00P468772018-11-30T08:00:00-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-great-dan-patch-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-great-dan-patch-1949.webpThe Great Dan Patch (1949)A chemist returns to Indiana to marry and finds himself drawn back into his father's world of horse breeding. The promise of an exceptional pacing horse begins to compete with his wife's expectations of their future. The drama connects a celebrated animal's career with the family ambitions and divided loyalties surrounding it.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AO3dXYnv6V857392018-05-19T06:30:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/this-is-the-army-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/this-is-the-army-1943.webpThis Is the Army (1943)An entertainer organizes a soldiers' show during the First World War, establishing a tradition that his son is later asked to continue. A new conflict brings a new cast of servicemen to the stage, while the younger man's reluctance to marry creates a private dilemma. Irving Berlin's songs frame this musical made to support wartime morale.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pVoQGDhLlaE75192018-06-19T00:22:28-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/jigsaw-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/jigsaw-1949.webpJigsaw (1949)A prosecutor begins questioning a death that has been dismissed as suicide, then follows the murder of a journalist toward an extremist organization. Offers of help from influential figures make the inquiry more dangerous rather than easier. The noir connects a criminal investigation with the manufacture of political influence and public fear.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4jmzQ6KE83Y42872017-09-19T21:43:15-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/whistle-stop-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/whistle-stop-1946.webpWhistle Stop (1946)Mary returns to the small town she left two years earlier and reopens a rivalry between two men from her past. One is embittered by her absence; the other offers attention backed by local influence. Plans for revenge develop around the railway station, turning a homecoming into a struggle against jealousy and criminal temptation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1Y8TDGc4eFk48752013-10-20T23:16:55-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/time-table-1956https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/time-table-1956.webpTime Table (1956)A carefully staged medical emergency allows thieves to steal a large payroll from a moving train. An insurance investigator and a railway detective are assigned to reconstruct a crime designed to leave very little time for witnesses to react. Their search exposes pressures that extend beyond the mechanics of the robbery.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4Vj_lMvczow48212013-03-12T15:12:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-green-glove-1952https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-green-glove-1952.webpThe Green Glove (1952)An American veteran returns to France in search of a jewelled religious relic he encountered during the war. A guide becomes involved in his journey, while another man pursues the same object for his own reasons. The chase moves through a landscape where wartime secrets, material value and spiritual meaning remain difficult to separate.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AAfml8lKMec53292013-07-24T18:03:19-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mutiny-1952https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/mutiny-1952.webpMutiny (1952)During the War of 1812, an American captain undertakes a secret voyage to collect gold from France. He recruits a former British officer whose old crew is less interested in the mission than in the cargo. Once the purpose of the voyage becomes known, divided loyalties threaten the ship from within.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UTVLWs9EzvU46022015-04-10T09:10:03-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-star-is-born-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/a-star-is-born-1937.webpA Star Is Born (1937)Esther leaves her rural home for Hollywood, where determination alone cannot secure even a small part. A well-known actor notices her and helps open the doors of the industry. As her career accelerates and his declines, their relationship must survive a profession that makes private disappointment into public entertainment.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/TLKwa2qxf3866592019-02-22T09:00:03-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/captain-kidd-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/captain-kidd-1945.webpCaptain Kidd (1945)Captain Kidd presents himself at court as a trustworthy sailor and obtains a royal commission that conceals his own designs on stolen treasure. Among the men he recruits are people whose histories threaten his carefully constructed reputation. The adventure follows a contest of disguises and shifting alliances aboard a ship whose captain has much to hide.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tEQjqAEXHOQ52522018-03-31T08:38:28-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-white-orchid-1954https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-white-orchid-1954.webpThe White Orchid (1954)An archaeologist and a photographer travel into Mexico searching for a remote city. They persuade a reluctant local man to guide them, despite his concerns about intruding on the community they hope to find. The expedition's practical dangers become entangled with attraction and mistrust among its three principal travellers.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nRhlYyt-BL046522013-08-11T10:57:58-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-farewell-to-arms-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/a-farewell-to-arms-1932.webpA Farewell to Arms (1932)An American ambulance driver and an English nurse meet on the Italian front during the First World War. Their tentative attraction becomes a relationship that military duty repeatedly interrupts. Frank Borzage's adaptation concentrates on the couple's effort to create a private refuge while the wider conflict keeps dictating the terms of their lives.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/G_4rHTJfEwM53352018-04-08T08:41:41-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dishonored-lady-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dishonored-lady-1947.webpDishonored Lady (1947)A successful fashion editor reaches a crisis and tries to leave her exhausting social and professional life behind. With a psychiatrist's encouragement, she starts again under another name and develops a new relationship. A killing connected to her former circle threatens the fragile independence she is trying to establish.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/svSUy1z4acI50412015-08-25T08:51:57-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-little-princess-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-little-princess-1939.webpThe Little Princess (1939)Sara is left at a London boarding school while her father goes to war. News from the front abruptly changes the way the school's headmistress treats her, but Sara refuses to surrender the belief that her father may return. Friendship and imagination sustain a child whose security has depended on adults' assumptions about her fortune.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/u-ZGEm-lSuI55662016-01-29T04:59:54-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/road-to-bali-1952https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/road-to-bali-1952.webpRoad to Bali (1952)Two entertainers fleeing romantic complications in Australia accept work as divers for a prince. A princess and a submerged treasure quickly make the job more complicated than either expected. The partners compete for affection while trying to stay ahead of danger in a colourful entry in the Crosby–Hope series.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yJc23Iz9BDQ54532016-03-07T08:20:37-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/penny-serenade-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/penny-serenade-1941.webpPenny Serenade (1941)As a marriage approaches breaking point, a collection of records brings back the couple's shared past. Courtship, travel and the effort to raise a child emerge through the memories attached to particular songs. Irene Dunne and Cary Grant play two people trying to understand how tenderness and accumulated losses have brought them to this moment.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/muSKveUgAuI71842018-12-25T09:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/angel-on-my-shoulder-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/angel-on-my-shoulder-1946.webpAngel on My Shoulder (1946)A murdered gangster accepts the Devil's offer to return to Earth in the body of a judge who looks like him. The bargain should destroy an honest man's reputation while giving the criminal a chance at revenge. Instead, occupying a life built on trust exposes him to loyalties that make the arrangement increasingly unpredictable.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/42HDFy1h6Cs60622017-09-19T13:50:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/home-town-story-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/home-town-story-1951.webpHome Town Story (1951)After losing an election, a politician takes over a local newspaper and uses its pages to campaign against the industrial interests he blames for his defeat. A crisis involving his younger sister tests the assumptions behind that campaign. The drama examines community, business and persuasion from a distinctly mid-century viewpoint.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/EXEYhW7tyl036602017-10-18T11:15:46-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-last-time-i-saw-paris-1954https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-last-time-i-saw-paris-1954.webpThe Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)A journalist meets an exuberant young woman in Paris during the celebrations at the end of the war. Their romance grows within a family accustomed to pursuing pleasure despite uncertain finances. Marriage, frustrated literary ambition and changing fortunes gradually alter the life they expected to share in the city.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/CUM49M_bRnA66672016-12-03T11:00:00-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/jack-and-the-beanstalk-1952https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/jack-and-the-beanstalk-1952.webpJack and the Beanstalk (1952)A babysitting assignment sends Jack into a dream in which he becomes the hero of the familiar fairy tale. Magic beans lead to a castle above the clouds, where a giant has taken the kingdom's food and treasures. Abbott and Costello turn the rescue mission into a musical adventure shaped by their contrasting confidence and confusion.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GDNrEtf9rlQ48752012-09-25T20:41:56-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/smash-up-the-story-of-a-woman-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/smash-up-the-story-of-a-woman-1947.webpSmash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947)A nightclub singer sets aside her own career as her husband's success grows. Left increasingly isolated, she begins drinking while trying to meet the expectations of his new social world. Susan Hayward plays a woman whose fear of being displaced becomes intertwined with an addiction that threatens both her family and her sense of self.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SosQdd2eb1E61892012-09-25T22:01:30-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/nothing-sacred-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/nothing-sacred-1937.webpNothing Sacred (1937)A reporter seeking a career-saving story brings a woman believed to be dying to New York. She knows the diagnosis was mistaken but accepts a chance to leave her small town and enjoy the attention. Their arrangement becomes harder to maintain as the city turns her supposed tragedy into a public spectacle.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tCAo24Zo31044152012-09-26T07:06:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-southerner-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-southerner-1945.webpThe Southerner (1945)A cotton worker moves his family onto a neglected tenant farm, determined to grow a crop of his own. Poor shelter, scarce water and a hostile neighbour make independence a daily struggle rather than a simple promise. Jean Renoir's drama follows the practical labour and family bonds on which their hopes depend.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/rIdRB8kEfhc55102012-09-26T07:06:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/trapped-by-television-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/trapped-by-television-1936.webpTrapped by Television (1936)An inventor needs financing to finish a television system, but unpaid bills and rival interests keep blocking his progress. A businesswoman and a persistent debt collector become involved as criminals see an opportunity of their own. The story combines romance and comic intrigue with an early screen vision of television's possibilities.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4sCka2NfUEw38182012-09-26T07:06:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/made-for-each-other-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/made-for-each-other-1939.webpMade for Each Other (1939)A young lawyer marries a woman he has only just met, upsetting both his mother's expectations and the plans surrounding his career. The couple's affection must then survive money worries, office politics and the pressures of parenthood. A family emergency eventually turns their everyday struggle into a test of trust and determination.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LcYKLVbBMyg55582012-09-26T07:06:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/great-guy-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/great-guy-1936.webpGreat Guy (1936)An honest former boxer takes a job enforcing fair weights and measures in New York. Routine inspections uncover more than dishonest shopkeepers: influential figures are profiting from a system designed to cheat the public. His refusal to look away makes an unglamorous municipal post the front line of a fight against corruption.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/aHR1uSQw1gs39702012-09-26T07:06:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lady-of-burlesque-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/lady-of-burlesque-1943.webpLady of Burlesque (1943)A burlesque performer is becoming a favourite with audiences while navigating feuds and unwanted attention backstage. Murders inside the theatre draw her and a persistent comic into an investigation among their fellow performers. The film alternates stage routines with a mystery rooted in the close, quarrelsome world behind the curtain.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/38SEsZCYP0454172012-09-26T07:06:16-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-kennel-murder-case-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-kennel-murder-case-1933.webpThe Kennel Murder Case (1933)After a dog-show rival is found dead in a locked bedroom, Philo Vance refuses to accept the obvious explanation. A pistol, a wound and the victim's many enemies suggest an arrangement more complicated than suicide. The detective must reconstruct how the crime could have happened before sorting out which resentment supplied its motive.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-XkBiUQ96jw43822012-09-26T07:06:20-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/outpost-in-morocco-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/outpost-in-morocco-1949.webpOutpost in Morocco (1949)An officer escorts an emir's daughter home from France and falls in love with her during the journey. His military assignment requires him to investigate activity that may involve her father. As conflict grows around a Foreign Legion outpost, personal attachment becomes inseparable from the demands and divisions of colonial service.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3WJTgfwnUSs54472012-09-26T07:06:23-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/british-intelligence-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/british-intelligence-1940.webpBritish Intelligence (1940)During the First World War, a woman enters a British official's household under a cover story, intending to pass military information to Germany. A servant in the house appears to share her mission, but appearances offer little protection in this chain of concealed allegiances. The spy story depends on who recognizes which deception first.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NTKvH2Z5Rgw36222012-09-28T13:01:23-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-stork-club-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-stork-club-1945.webpThe Stork Club (1945)A nightclub employee rescues an elderly man from the water without realizing that he is extremely wealthy. His anonymous efforts to reward her transform her circumstances and create awkward questions for the people closest to her. Music and romantic misunderstandings surround an act of kindness whose consequences are far larger than she expected.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tl8EM3p0Wq858992012-09-28T13:01:25-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/algiers-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/algiers-1938.webpAlgiers (1938)A wanted jewel thief has found protection in the winding streets of the Casbah, but the refuge is also a prison. A visitor from France awakens his longing for another life and draws the attention of a patient inspector. Desire becomes the opening through which the outside world can finally reach him.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QXC5rSf9FG859472012-09-28T13:01:26-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/drums-in-the-deep-south-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/drums-in-the-deep-south-1951.webpDrums in the Deep South (1951)Two former military-school friends find themselves on opposing sides of the American Civil War. A dangerous artillery position brings their duties into conflict, while a woman connected to both men complicates the personal stakes. The film stages its military action around loyalties that existed before the uniforms divided them.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5nf69HER5W451682012-09-28T13:20:55-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/my-favorite-brunette-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/my-favorite-brunette-1947.webpMy Favorite Brunette (1947)A baby photographer dreams of the adventures enjoyed by the private detective next door. When a distressed woman mistakes him for that detective, he accepts a case well beyond his abilities. Bob Hope's account of the resulting trouble turns the conventions of noir into a comedy of misplaced confidence and increasingly unhelpful evidence.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/dgIZZfG22wQ52512012-09-28T13:20:56-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/africa-screams-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/africa-screams-1949.webpAfrica Screams (1949)A department-store employee's knowledge of an explorer's book persuades a wealthy woman to take him and his colleague on an African expedition. They imagine a profitable adventure but have little practical preparation for what awaits. Abbott and Costello parody the safari picture through mistaken expertise, hidden motives and a series of comic encounters.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/rZkzsdAF5YU45582012-09-28T13:20:56-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-flying-deuces-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-flying-deuces-1939.webpThe Flying Deuces (1939)A romantic disappointment in Paris sends Laurel and Hardy into the Foreign Legion, where they expect to find distraction and instead encounter discipline. Their resistance to ordinary duties soon becomes a much larger problem. The partnership moves from barracks mishaps toward an escape attempt that gives their incompetence an entirely new altitude.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/D5ZmKAO596Q39052012-09-28T13:20:58-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/behave-yourself-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/behave-yourself-1951.webpBehave Yourself! (1951)An accountant accidentally brings home a dog that his wife assumes is an anniversary present. Several criminal groups want the animal, and every attempt to resolve the misunderstanding makes him look more suspicious. A domestic oversight expands into a farce involving police, gangsters and relatives who already doubt his judgment.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4dILQ-QypDE47972012-09-28T13:39:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/meet-john-doe-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/meet-john-doe-1941.webpMeet John Doe (1941)A dismissed newspaper columnist invents a desperate man's letter and creates a public sensation. The paper hires an unemployed stranger to become the fictional writer, whose message begins to inspire a real movement. As powerful interests discover its value, the participants must confront the difference between a publicity story and the people who believe in it.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/flmdGgUtkCU73432012-10-25T09:50:54-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-big-trees-1952https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-big-trees-1952.webpThe Big Trees (1952)A timber entrepreneur arrives in northern California intending to profit from its immense redwoods. The community living among the trees regards the forest very differently and resists his plans. Attraction to one resident and conflict with his own allies complicate a western in which the land's value means more than the price of its lumber.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/oiz92ieVxRk53702013-06-16T10:43:32-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-amazing-adventure-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-amazing-adventure-1936.webpThe Amazing Adventure (1936)A wealthy Londoner accepts a doctor's challenge to live for a year on his own earnings without drawing on his inheritance. Ordinary work introduces him to financial insecurity and relationships that his previous life kept at a distance. The wager becomes more complicated when affection creates reasons to reveal the resources he has promised not to use.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/dUCrl8ShNkg37142013-06-16T10:43:33-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/black-dragons-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/black-dragons-1942.webpBlack Dragons (1942)A mysterious visitor becomes connected to the deaths of influential men whose identities conceal a wartime conspiracy. A detective tries to understand the link between the victims and the stranger's unusual expertise. This low-budget thriller mixes espionage with horror devices and reflects the openly propagandistic stereotypes of its wartime production.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GCKhfc6tCFI37052013-06-18T22:12:02-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/one-body-too-many-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/one-body-too-many-1944.webpOne Body Too Many (1944)An insurance salesman arrives at a millionaire's mansion too late to sell a policy: his prospective client has died. An unusual will requires the relatives to remain in the house, and the visitor is persuaded to guard the body. Disappearances and shifting suspicions turn the unexpected assignment into a comic mystery.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ytGTL3w5uH445332013-06-20T16:53:32-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-gorilla-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-gorilla-1939.webpThe Gorilla (1939)A wealthy man receives a threat from a killer calling himself the Gorilla and hires three detectives for protection. Their confidence rapidly evaporates as the mansion fills with suspicious behaviour and an actual escaped gorilla. Stormy-night atmosphere and the Ritz Brothers' detective work keep unsettling one another in this comedy mystery.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VK21yPb_T9E39652013-08-18T21:24:36-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/our-town-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/our-town-1940.webpOur Town (1940)Two neighbouring families share the daily rhythms of a New Hampshire town. As George and Emily grow up and marry, apparently ordinary moments acquire a different weight through the passage of time. Their story asks what people notice, and what they overlook, while living their lives.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/rALB9DSLnhA53742022-12-23T09:53:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-time-of-your-life-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-time-of-your-life-1948.webpThe Time of Your Life (1948)A San Francisco saloon gathers workers, dreamers and people looking for a place to belong. From his table, the enigmatic Joe observes their arrivals and offers money or advice. Their intersecting stories gradually turn the bar into a small portrait of a city.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QdwoD1gsZUY63242020-12-25T07:30:04-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-flame-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-flame-1947.webpThe Flame (1947)A man persuades his lover, a nurse, to marry his wealthy and gravely ill brother. What appears to be a calculated route to an inheritance becomes unstable when her feelings for the patient change. Money and affection begin pulling the conspirators in opposite directions.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-89gDgAed7k58022019-10-06T03:16:02-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sleep-my-love-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sleep-my-love-1948.webpSleep, My Love (1948)Alison wakes on a train without knowing how she boarded it. Back in New York, her husband's explanation and a proposed psychiatric treatment deepen her uncertainty. A chance acquaintance offers a possible ally as she struggles to distinguish unreliable memory from deliberate deception.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lno00Jd6PPw58632020-04-29T08:49:46-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/no-no-nanette-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/no-no-nanette-1940.webpNo, No, Nanette (1940)Nanette tries to untangle the embarrassing promises her wealthy uncle has made to several women. Her efforts bring her into the orbit of a theatrical producer and a young artist. Helping someone else's romantic life soon complicates her own.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/vRlzT75QyLg51762020-12-17T07:15:02-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/pitfall-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/pitfall-1948.webpPitfall (1948)An insurance employee weary of his comfortable routine becomes personally involved in recovering an embezzler's gifts. His encounter with the recipient draws him away from his family and into a dangerous rivalry. The excitement he wanted carries obligations he did not anticipate.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Kd3-rpK1BQg51302020-12-04T10:30:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ladies-in-love-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/ladies-in-love-1930.webpLadies in Love (1930)An aspiring songwriter leaves Vermont and his fiancée for New York, hoping to interest a radio star in his music. An initial refusal seems to close the door, until a sympathetic announcer helps him reach a party where a new audience might change his prospects.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/l4NWikgm83Q56002013-07-27T02:46:38-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/scared-stiff-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scared-stiff-1945.webpScared Stiff (1945)A reporter better at covering chess than breaking news receives an assignment that may be his last chance to keep his job. Sent to a harvest celebration, he gets off at the wrong stop. A routine trip begins to turn into an alarming series of mistakes.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sjyfJUeQnYE38692015-11-29T15:44:55-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-big-bluff-1955https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-big-bluff-1955.webpThe Big Bluff (1955)Rick wants a future with his married lover but lacks the money to secure it. A wealthy woman with a grave diagnosis appears to offer a solution. He courts and marries her, while people around the new bride question the speed and sincerity of his devotion.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/7rwFzGfQG9442702017-02-11T09:37:20-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/under-the-big-top-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/under-the-big-top-1938.webpUnder the Big Top (1938)A young trapeze performer faces relentless pressure to excel. Love within her aerial act promises a different kind of happiness, but family ambition and a rival's feelings threaten the relationship. Private conflicts follow the performers into a workplace built around trust and physical risk.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xs_TRCgttSc35052015-10-24T09:28:49-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/roses-are-red-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/roses-are-red-1947.webpRoses Are Red (1947)A crime boss tries to extend his influence into public office by installing a man who will serve his interests. The struggle over political power becomes a crime drama in which official respectability offers another instrument for the underworld.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JfPuJc4Z0KI40182020-01-15T22:24:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-great-st-louis-bank-robbery-1959https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-great-st-louis-bank-robbery-1959.webpThe Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)Veteran criminals recruit a young man to drive their getaway car. As they study a St. Louis bank and rehearse the job, conflicting fears and private relationships undermine the plan's apparent precision. The newcomer discovers that joining a robbery means entering an unstable group.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1kepBaEz8DM53302020-06-06T13:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/career-girl-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/career-girl-1944.webpCareer Girl (1944)Joan arrives in New York determined to reach Broadway, but an expensive hotel soon exhausts her resources. A cheaper boarding house introduces her to other performers still waiting for success. Their shared ambitions create a new stage for her singing and for the friendships behind a career.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/bHgVWoIFYOw39972013-11-28T09:21:21-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/timber-queen-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/timber-queen-1944.webpTimber Queen (1944)After leaving military service, Russ visits the widow of a former comrade. Her inherited timber land attracts competing interests, and he helps her defend her rights. A personal obligation develops into a struggle over property and the future it could provide.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/y1RAlCbEHSE39152012-09-25T22:49:56-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/texas-brooklyn-heaven-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/texas-brooklyn-heaven-1948.webpTexas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)A small inheritance lets a bored Texas reporter pursue his dream of writing plays in New York. The journey opens the way to unexpected encounters and a new life in Brooklyn. A bartender's account frames the hopeful traveller's mixture of ambition, romance and misadventure.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/oak-S8qVl-445792012-11-03T00:34:40-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/captain-scarface-1953https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/captain-scarface-1953.webpCaptain Scarface (1953)A merchant vessel becomes part of a conspiracy aimed at the Panama Canal. An impostor ship and a concealed atomic weapon place passengers and crew inside a plot much larger than their voyage. Discovering who controls the vessel becomes a matter of survival.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Gm5durVHxIw42042013-01-14T21:29:50-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-quiet-one-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-quiet-one-1948.webpThe Quiet One (1948)A troubled Black boy struggles with isolation and an unhappy home life. The film follows an effort to help him form relationships and find emotional security, using documentary methods and staged passages to bring the child's experience into view.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1cuXOIN3afc38372013-01-14T21:29:50-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mr-robinson-crusoe-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/mr-robinson-crusoe-1932.webpMr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)A wager sends Steve and his dog ashore on an island, where he tries to rebuild the comforts of city life with improvised devices. His experiment becomes more complicated when a woman fleeing an unwanted marriage reaches the island. Self-sufficiency gives way to an unfamiliar partnership.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/46_raw2OsDg42052013-01-14T21:31:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-greeks-had-a-word-for-them-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-greeks-had-a-word-for-them-1932.webpThe Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)Three former showgirls pool their money for an apartment that suggests greater wealth than they possess. From this carefully arranged base, they pursue advantageous relationships. Rivalry and friendship repeatedly interfere with the businesslike logic of their romantic plans.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KM6QpXDSdOk47182013-01-14T21:31:07-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/winterset-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/winterset-1936.webpWinterset (1936)Years after his father's execution, Mio searches for evidence that could clear his name. The pursuit draws him into a world of witnesses, intimidation and an unexpected romance. His loyalty to the dead places the possibilities of his own life at risk.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lkMIbcT6XJQ46212013-01-14T21:31:07-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/beggars-in-ermine-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/beggars-in-ermine-1934.webpBeggars in Ermine (1934)A steel magnate loses his legs and control of his business after a rival engineers an accident. Living under another name, he finds an ally in a blind street trader. Together they organise people surviving at society's margins, creating a different route back to influence.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pfged60-Sk042212013-01-18T20:07:22-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/little-lord-fauntleroy-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/little-lord-fauntleroy-1936.webpLittle Lord Fauntleroy (1936)A boy living modestly with his widowed mother in Brooklyn learns that he is heir to an English title. Summoned by the grandfather who rejected his parents' marriage, he enters an unfamiliar aristocratic household. His openness challenges the old man's settled prejudices.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/iHLhgxVW_9860432013-06-20T16:53:32-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/klondike-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/klondike-1932.webpKlondike (1932)After a patient dies during an experimental operation, a doctor faces a murder accusation. A flight with a friend offers escape, but a storm forces them into Alaska. Far from the life he left behind, his medical knowledge again becomes impossible to avoid.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NL07eCo-9bA39842013-06-20T16:53:32-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/that-uncertain-feeling-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/that-uncertain-feeling-1941.webpThat Uncertain Feeling (1941)A woman's recurring hiccups lead her to a psychoanalyst and then to doubts about her marriage. What begins as a search for relief becomes a romantic complication for both spouses. Domestic security is tested through conversation, jealousy and increasingly elaborate misunderstandings.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/hl2N-nMqcdw49982013-06-20T18:42:58-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-stranger-in-town-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/a-stranger-in-town-1943.webpA Stranger in Town (1943)A Supreme Court justice hoping for a quiet hunting trip encounters a local official demanding an improper payment. Concealing his position, he discovers a town governed through similar abuses. An honest lawyer's campaign for mayor gives the unexpected visitor a reason to stay.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/B_n-Z5fiXvo40122013-06-22T10:11:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/never-wave-at-a-wac-1953https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/never-wave-at-a-wac-1953.webpNever Wave at a WAC (1953)A senator's daughter joins the Women's Army Corps hoping that family influence will send her to Paris and her boyfriend. Military training proves less accommodating than her social life. Her plans collide with a system that expects her to earn the advantages she assumed were guaranteed.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/RvY2Ivz048051982013-06-25T16:30:43-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/adventure-island-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/adventure-island-1947.webpAdventure Island (1947)Three sailors and a woman reach an island whose apparent remoteness offers little safety. A ruthless ruler controls the place and the choices available to its visitors. The journey becomes a struggle to escape a human threat within a tropical landscape.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/wuDyOahf-qI39842013-06-29T18:16:48-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-shriek-in-the-night-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/a-shriek-in-the-night-1933.webpA Shriek in the Night (1933)Two rival reporters pursue the death of a wealthy man who fell from his penthouse. Evidence of murder turns the building's residents into suspects. As further deaths follow, professional competition becomes an increasingly dangerous investigation conducted at close quarters.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Z4ne2cZHuG039972013-06-30T15:18:24-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-painted-hills-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-painted-hills-1951.webpThe Painted Hills (1951)A prospector finally discovers gold, but his partner sees a chance to claim it alone. The man's loyal collie and the family he intended to help become obstacles to the scheme. The dog carries the emotional centre of a western shaped by greed and attachment.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/k1QhFejUiJY40752013-08-09T21:11:50-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/delightfully-dangerous-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/delightfully-dangerous-1945.webpDelightfully Dangerous (1945)A music student eagerly awaits a visit from the sister she believes has a glamorous theatrical career. A Broadway producer's arrival introduces another set of expectations. The gap between the sister's public image and her working life complicates a young performer's hopes.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/PFlDD21KCBQ53532013-10-10T12:58:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hearts-of-humanity-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hearts-of-humanity-1932.webpHearts of Humanity (1932)After losing his parents, a boy finds a home with a widowed neighbour. The surrounding community helps the new household take shape. The drama follows care and belonging across a neighbourhood whose residents come from different backgrounds.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/L11njAjgYfg39092013-10-10T13:02:42-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/his-double-life-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/his-double-life-1933.webpHis Double Life (1933)A celebrated painter avoids publicity so successfully that his own agent has never met him. When a doctor mistakes his dead valet for the artist, he sees an opportunity to disappear. Living under the servant's identity promises freedom, until other people's expectations intrude.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MZ6d3P7Mqfs40612013-10-10T13:03:38-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/melody-for-three-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/melody-for-three-1941.webpMelody for Three (1941)Dr. Christian takes an interest in a gifted young violinist whose parents have separated. Supporting the boy's musical future soon involves the family's emotional life. The doctor tries to bring the adults together while considering what their child needs.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sWRghE5mtwI39012013-10-10T14:04:01-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/peck-s-bad-boy-with-the-circus-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/peck-s-bad-boy-with-the-circus-1938.webpPeck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938)Bill's plans for summer camp unravel when his money goes on circus tickets. A retaliatory prank pulls him further into life around the ring, where he becomes attached to a young rider. Mischief and loyalty begin demanding very different things from him.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WjxG_lClmME39092013-10-10T14:07:38-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/remedy-for-riches-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/remedy-for-riches-1940.webpRemedy for Riches (1940)A visitor buys land for a supposed resort and announces an unexpected oil discovery. His offer to sell shares excites the town, but Dr. Christian suspects that the opportunity has been carefully manufactured. He investigates before his neighbours invest their savings.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/EOtBln-b5xo39372013-10-10T14:21:28-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-rage-of-paris-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-rage-of-paris-1938.webpThe Rage of Paris (1938)A Frenchwoman seeking modelling work in New York borrows information from an agency and reaches the wrong office. Financial trouble and romantic misunderstandings follow the encounter. Determined to improve her position, she finds that appearances can open doors and create further complications.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LNNaB9FoTSk46402013-10-10T14:24:35-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-emperor-jones-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-emperor-jones-1933.webpThe Emperor Jones (1933)A railway porter drawn into gambling and violence begins a journey away from his former life. His appetite for power leads toward a precarious new authority. The drama traces the ambitions and fears surrounding Brutus Jones, played by Paul Robeson.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/iu730xtn_nM43772013-10-10T15:02:18-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/topper-returns-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/topper-returns-1941.webpTopper Returns (1941)A murdered woman's ghost recruits the reluctant Cosmo Topper to identify her killer and protect a friend. His ability to communicate with the dead again causes trouble among the living. Secret passages and suspicious residents turn a mansion into the centre of an unusual investigation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LP4v_p-atoU53012013-10-20T20:09:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/one-rainy-afternoon-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/one-rainy-afternoon-1936.webpOne Rainy Afternoon (1936)An actor enters a darkened Paris cinema for a secret meeting and kisses the wrong woman. She is the daughter of a powerful publisher, and the mistake becomes a public scandal. His private romantic confusion develops into a dispute involving reputation and social influence.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AVVjO7np6Fc47282013-10-24T20:44:01-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dr-christian-meets-the-women-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dr-christian-meets-the-women-1940.webpDr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)A self-styled health expert arrives in River's End promising dramatic weight loss. His confidence wins influential supporters, but Dr. Christian questions his methods and credentials. The physician must challenge a persuasive visitor whose promises are more attractive than his warnings.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9B2adNuSHWs39512013-10-27T18:38:04-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/gangster-s-boy-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/gangster-s-boy-1938.webpGangster's Boy (1938)Larry's father's criminal past makes the teenager a target of suspicion at school and in town. He stands by his family even as friendships become difficult. When a car accident tests his loyalty to a friend, he accepts blame that threatens his own future.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nByjtwb13Ds47192013-11-03T00:21:37-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hats-off-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hats-off-1936.webpHats Off (1936)Two Texas communities compete to stage the more successful fair. Their entertainment organisers become rivals, and one adopts a false identity to learn the other's plans. Each new attraction prompts a counter-move, entangling publicity, deception and romance.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/t_QVmDsCpS836352013-11-13T08:21:53-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/something-to-sing-about-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/something-to-sing-about-1937.webpSomething to Sing About (1937)A New York bandleader accepts a Hollywood offer and leaves his singer fiancée behind. Studio specialists set about remaking him into a movie star. His own habits and loyalties prove less manageable than the image the publicity machine wants to sell.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/O2Ch873WxUc52772013-11-15T20:25:58-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lost-honeymoon-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/lost-honeymoon-1947.webpLost Honeymoon (1947)An Englishwoman travels to America with the twins of a friend who died before finding her wartime husband. Using the friend's documents, she seeks the man she believes should care for the children. Her arrival disrupts a life built on a very different understanding of the past.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/o5yk1itN9Yg41812013-11-15T20:25:58-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/meet-dr-christian-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/meet-dr-christian-1939.webpMeet Dr. Christian (1939)A small-town doctor argues that his community needs a hospital. The mayor favours a highway and resists the proposal. Dr. Christian must persuade his neighbours that public health deserves a place among the town's ambitions for growth.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/W7X5mbbpYFw40722013-11-15T20:25:58-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dancing-pirate-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dancing-pirate-1936.webpDancing Pirate (1936)A Boston dance teacher is forced aboard a pirate ship and escapes when it reaches the California coast. Carrying little beyond the tools of his profession, he enters a community ready to misunderstand his arrival. His unlikely background becomes the basis of a musical adventure.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/K_aNoJCC04A51832013-11-17T15:29:58-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/beyond-tomorrow-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/beyond-tomorrow-1940.webpBeyond Tomorrow (1940)Three older businessmen bring two lonely young people together at Christmas. After the men die in a plane crash, their concern for the couple continues beyond death. The romance develops under the guidance of benefactors whose ability to intervene has changed.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OVXSJGWsMqc50362013-11-18T07:51:00-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/palooka-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/palooka-1934.webpPalooka (1934)Raised away from boxing after his father's troubled career, Joe attracts a manager who recognises his natural talent. Success takes him to the city and into a world of parties and temptations. His progress in the ring begins to repeat the family history his mother hoped to escape.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9P5vULDRyjo51462013-11-18T07:53:40-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/city-without-men-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/city-without-men-1943.webpCity Without Men (1943)Shortly before Pearl Harbor, a man who believes he has intercepted suspicious activity at sea is instead convicted of helping it. His imprisonment leaves the people close to him confronting both official disbelief and the consequences of his absence. The drama unfolds under the shadow of approaching war.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ls3TCKrzDU044882013-11-18T23:13:30-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sunny-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sunny-1941.webpSunny (1941)During Mardi Gras in New Orleans, a wealthy young man encounters a circus performer and dancer. Their attraction crosses the boundary between his family circle and her itinerant working world. Festival freedom gives way to the more difficult demands of a lasting relationship.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_lbl7WmTd8457162013-11-24T06:54:08-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/i-cover-the-waterfront-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/i-cover-the-waterfront-1933.webpI Cover the Waterfront (1933)A reporter tired of the San Diego waterfront investigates a fisherman suspected of smuggling people into the country. The assignment promises a way out of his stalled career, but personal involvement complicates his pursuit. Professional ambition collides with the lives behind the story.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/oeWdw1ZTaxU43412013-11-27T17:21:21-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-duke-is-tops-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-duke-is-tops-1938.webpThe Duke Is Tops (1938)A small-time stage promoter sees that the singer he loves could succeed beyond his company. She refuses to leave him, so he devises a deception meant to free her ambition. The sacrifice threatens both their partnership and his own place in entertainment.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/2SgN8J_v2cw45132013-11-28T09:21:21-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/speak-easily-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/speak-easily-1932.webpSpeak Easily (1932)A sheltered classics professor is tricked into believing he has inherited a fortune. Encouraged to experience the world, he ventures beyond the university with resources that exist only in the story told to him. His confidence creates opportunities for theatrical chaos and unfamiliar relationships.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1HyGFAgKwI448582013-11-30T17:48:51-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-villain-still-pursued-her-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-villain-still-pursued-her-1940.webpThe Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)A young woman and her mother cannot meet the mortgage on their cottage. A conspicuously sinister visitor sees an opportunity, while a kindly young man enters their lives. Financial danger and romantic innocence become the ingredients of an exaggerated battle between virtue and villainy.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KWKSCjFoisk39882013-11-30T17:48:51-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/boy-of-the-streets-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/boy-of-the-streets-1937.webpBoy of the Streets (1937)A New York teenager tries to find his way with little reliable guidance from his father. Street loyalties offer alternatives that carry dangers of their own. Growing up means deciding which examples to follow in a neighbourhood where authority and affection do not always coincide.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/P68V1fC5E0Q45772014-02-18T18:54:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/pot-o-gold-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/pot-o-gold-1941.webpPot o' Gold (1941)When his music shop fails, Jimmy reluctantly joins the business of an uncle who dislikes music. A boarding house full of musicians restores his enthusiasm and introduces a romance. His new friendships soon conflict with the employer on whom his livelihood depends.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/duy1k7lCvjA49292016-10-27T18:35:53-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/road-to-happiness-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/road-to-happiness-1941.webpRoad to Happiness (1941)A singer returns from studying in Europe to learn that his wife has divorced him and married a wealthy man. Their son has been sent to boarding school. Rebuilding a relationship with the boy becomes as important as establishing the musical career for which he left.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ah6BtEQfiMc44422015-01-18T14:51:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cheers-for-miss-bishop-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/cheers-for-miss-bishop-1941.webpCheers for Miss Bishop (1941)A retired teacher looks back on the hopes that took her to university and the offer that began her career. Professional fulfilment and personal disappointment unfold across decades. Her memories reveal how a life can reach far beyond the milestones its owner once expected.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sp3Nso-imsE49432013-07-21T16:13:04-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/seven-were-saved-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/seven-were-saved-1947.webpSeven Were Saved (1947)An army nurse accompanies a former prisoner suffering from amnesia on a postwar flight. Other passengers carry very different wartime histories. When the aircraft's journey becomes a struggle for survival at sea, rescuers and survivors face the consequences together.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/dLXsF2CEydM43172010-09-19T06:56:18-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dangerous-passage-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dangerous-passage-1944.webpDangerous Passage (1944)An oil employee in Honduras learns that he has inherited a substantial sum in Texas. Soon afterwards, someone attacks him and tries to steal his papers. The journey to claim his money becomes a dangerous contest over identity and the people who control his passage home.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5A7udgTU6q433752012-12-14T23:53:36-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-bashful-bachelor-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-bashful-bachelor-1942.webpThe Bashful Bachelor (1942)Lum's business partner has traded their delivery vehicle for a racehorse, adding another problem to life at the general store. Too shy to propose to Geraldine, Lum devises a staged rescue to impress her. The plan invites complications that courage alone cannot solve.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ANsf_axGe6g45762013-06-12T15:51:03-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/salome-where-she-danced-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/salome-where-she-danced-1945.webpSalome, Where She Danced (1945)A correspondent's encounters with a Prussian officer and a celebrated dancer lead from the aftermath of the American Civil War to Europe. The dancer's adventures eventually connect those worlds to the American West. Romance and spectacle accompany a journey across conflicting loyalties.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/TZZIjja7Esk51662013-06-18T18:55:19-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/kansas-city-confidential-1952https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/kansas-city-confidential-1952.webpKansas City Confidential (1952)A masked organiser recruits men for a robbery that uses a duplicate delivery truck. The real driver becomes entangled in the consequences of a plan designed to keep its participants anonymous. Clearing his name requires entering the thieves' guarded world.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/CtyDud8LaQo59562013-11-13T15:06:33-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-inside-story-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-inside-story-1948.webpThe Inside Story (1948)During the 1933 banking shutdown, a Vermont town struggles with debts and stalled business. Money left in an inn's safe is mistaken for a payment and begins circulating. One misunderstanding sets off a chain of transactions that changes several residents' prospects.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GD4UiENGC2U52922026-07-12T06:00:16-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-bucket-of-blood-1959https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/a-bucket-of-blood-1959.webpA Bucket of Blood (1959)A café worker longs for acceptance among the artists and poets he serves. His attempt at sculpture takes an appalling turn, yet the result wins the admiration he wanted. Maintaining his new reputation demands increasingly terrible choices.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Ca1bnZbAg4Y39222026-04-25T13:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-general-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-general-1926.webpThe General (1926)A railway engineer values his locomotive and the woman he hopes to marry. War disrupts both attachments, sending him into a pursuit in which railway machinery becomes a succession of obstacles and opportunities. His practical ingenuity matters more than the military status he lacks.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/bZPpvB8SJI052462026-03-11T11:00:39-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/underworld-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/underworld-1927.webpUnderworld (1927)A powerful gangster helps a ruined former lawyer regain his footing. The man's intelligence makes him a valuable confidant, but affection for the boss's girlfriend threatens their alliance. Loyalty and desire begin pulling a criminal partnership apart.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WbKDr7fVjtI59142025-11-27T10:00:41-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/street-scene-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/street-scene-1931.webpStreet Scene (1931)On a hot evening outside a New York tenement, neighbours exchange gossip and watch one another's lives. Suspicions about an affair coexist with a young woman's efforts to escape unwanted attention. Across a single day, the shared street becomes a place of intimacy and danger.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0oG336ah9hI47382024-06-26T09:00:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bulldog-drummond-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/servers/q598245-server-7b6921684e.webpBulldog Drummond (1929)A former officer bored by civilian life advertises for excitement. A young woman's claim that she is in danger catches his attention and sends him to a country inn. What began as a remedy for boredom becomes an urgent investigation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Bulldog_Drummond.webm/Bulldog_Drummond.webm.240p.vp9.webm53532025-01-02T18:29:56Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bird-of-paradise-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/bird-of-paradise-1932.webpBird of Paradise (1932)A visiting sailor becomes involved with a woman from a Pacific island community. Their attraction grows across differences neither fully controls. An imagined tropical paradise becomes the setting for a romance threatened by the demands of the surrounding world.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gaxb159hRsY49252024-01-27T16:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/intolerance-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/servers/q192206-server-0da5871f62.webpIntolerance (1916)Four stories unfold across ancient Babylon, biblical Judea, sixteenth-century France and modern America. Their characters face persecution, conflict and the consequences of others' certainty. Parallel editing invites the viewer to compare distant lives through recurring forms of intolerance.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/Intolerance_%28D._W._Griffith%2C_1916%29.webm/Intolerance_%28D._W._Griffith%2C_1916%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm100032024-07-16T07:52:13Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/rain-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/rain-1932.webpRain (1932)A health alert strands a ship's passengers in Pago Pago. Sadie Thompson's convivial life among American servicemen provokes a missionary determined to change her. Their conflict turns a temporary stop into an increasingly coercive struggle over morality and freedom.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4tYVgQ3KUeU56492024-01-16T23:00:02-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-scarlet-letter-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-scarlet-letter-1934.webpThe Scarlet Letter (1934)Hester Prynne bears a child outside marriage and refuses to identify the father. Forced to display a public mark of shame, she faces the judgments of a Puritan community. Her missing husband's return adds a private campaign of revenge to the punishment already imposed.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/v8r6-2UrFEQ43242023-11-06T16:00:25-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-big-combo-1955https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-big-combo-1955.webpThe Big Combo (1955)A police lieutenant pursues a ruthless gangster while becoming absorbed in the life of the man's unhappy girlfriend. A name from the gangster's past offers a possible opening. The investigation tests the boundary between professional duty and personal obsession.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OITrTnAqWI852482023-11-04T17:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/night-of-the-living-dead-1968https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/night-of-the-living-dead-1968.webpNight of the Living Dead (1968)After a cemetery attack, a woman reaches a farmhouse where strangers gather for shelter. The dead surround the building, while those inside disagree over how to survive. The danger beyond the walls grows alongside the group's inability to act together.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/l-FGlw6jWgQ57132023-10-15T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-ape-man-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-ape-man-1943.webpThe Ape Man (1943)An experiment leaves a scientist with an ape-like body and a desperate need for a cure. His proposed remedy requires fresh human spinal fluid. Meanwhile, a reporter and photographer investigate his disappearance, approaching a secret whose discovery puts them at risk.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ONkGcI0pODU38412023-10-01T17:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/white-zombie-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/white-zombie-1932.webpWhite Zombie (1932)A couple's arrival in Haiti draws them into a plantation owner's scheme and the power of a sinister intermediary. The bride becomes the object of a struggle that threatens her will and identity. Love encounters a form of control presented as supernatural enslavement.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LN6bPy5JDhI40322023-09-14T22:44:32-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/steamboat-bill-jr-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/steamboat-bill-jr-1928.webpSteamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)A struggling steamboat captain reunites with a son whose appearance disappoints his expectations. Rivalry with a newer vessel complicates the family encounter. The young man's ingenuity is tested when events overwhelm the river town and its carefully maintained divisions.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eu0MxIWwIjc42242023-07-10T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/becky-sharp-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/becky-sharp-1935.webpBecky Sharp (1935)An ambitious young woman uses charm and useful acquaintances to enter British high society around the Napoleonic wars. Each advancement creates new dependencies and rivalries. Her pursuit of security reveals a social world in which reputation can matter more than loyalty.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/B0rY25U-zMU50412023-06-25T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/spider-baby-1967https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/spider-baby-1967.webpSpider Baby (1967)A chauffeur cares for three orphaned siblings in an isolated, deteriorating house. Their peculiar innocence coexists with dangerous behaviour attributed to a fictional hereditary condition. Outside interference threatens the fragile arrangement that has kept the household apart from the world.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/RxnXaaAUx3A50672023-06-13T01:30:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-phantom-planet-1961https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-phantom-planet-1961.webpThe Phantom Planet (1961)An astronaut investigating missing spacecraft reaches a world whose atmosphere reduces him to the size of its tiny inhabitants. His mission becomes an encounter with an unfamiliar society and its dangers. Returning home requires understanding more than the mechanics of his ship.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/wnP0N02HOhc49552023-06-01T12:00:24-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-most-dangerous-game-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-most-dangerous-game-1932.webpThe Most Dangerous Game (1932)A shipwrecked hunter reaches an island and accepts a count's hospitality. Other guests hint that the refuge is a trap. The host's preferred quarry forces the visitor to experience the terror of being pursued rather than the pleasure of the hunt.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cAiYfc8W35Q36632023-05-23T12:00:21-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/santa-fe-trail-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/santa-fe-trail-1940.webpSanta Fe Trail (1940)Young officers enter a Kansas territory divided by slavery and approaching civil conflict. Jeb Stuart and George Custer encounter John Brown's campaign while pursuing their own ambitions and a shared romantic interest. Personal adventure unfolds within a highly selective version of American history.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NCU2dtlOvtE64832023-05-08T12:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/vengeance-valley-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/vengeance-valley-1951.webpVengeance Valley (1951)A ranch foreman's concern for a new mother draws him into a dispute about her child's father. His foster brother and the family around the ranch have reasons to conceal the truth. Silence turns an act of help into a source of accusation and violence.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/78G2oSJkhnI49462023-04-28T10:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/in-old-santa-fe-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/in-old-santa-fe-1934.webpIn Old Santa Fe (1934)A cowboy and his companion arrive at a guest ranch to enter a demanding horse race. An encounter with the owner's daughter connects them to the household, while other arrivals bring concealed plans. Competition on the trail becomes entangled with threats beyond the finish line.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/V3SIzeDpCcw37962023-04-16T10:00:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-deadly-companions-1961https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-deadly-companions-1961.webpThe Deadly Companions (1961)A woman insists on carrying her dead son across dangerous territory to bury him beside his father. The former soldier who accidentally killed the boy joins the journey despite her resistance. Companions with conflicting motives turn a mission of grief into a precarious crossing.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/poh6A8fDtHI56142023-04-14T16:00:17-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dementia-13-1963https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dementia-13-1963.webpDementia 13 (1963)A woman's husband dies during an argument over his mother's will. Afraid of losing her place in the inheritance, she conceals his death and enters a household dominated by an earlier family tragedy. Her scheme brings her close to a danger she has not understood.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KlFUi8UX8Ro45002023-04-13T06:45:01-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/nightmare-1956https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/nightmare-1956.webpNightmare (1956)A New Orleans musician dreams that he has killed a man in a room of mirrors. Blood, bruises and an unfamiliar key remain when he wakes. His policeman brother-in-law dismisses the account, but the boundary between nightmare and evidence becomes harder to maintain.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/oibc_okQWBM62762023-04-04T07:08:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/angel-and-the-badman-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/angel-and-the-badman-1947.webpAngel and the Badman (1947)A wounded gunman receives care from a Quaker family whose beliefs challenge his reliance on violence. Attraction to their daughter offers another possible life. The habits and enemies of his past make accepting that possibility more difficult than recovering from his wounds.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/XsA4bmvRSU059102023-03-22T13:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/life-with-father-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/life-with-father-1947.webpLife with Father (1947)A forceful New York father tries to run his nineteenth-century household as efficiently as his office. His wife and four sons repeatedly frustrate that ambition. Family routines reveal the limits of authority and the affectionate negotiations beneath it.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jc3Vrz4OnY470652023-03-05T16:00:07-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/his-girl-friday-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/his-girl-friday-1940.webpHis Girl Friday (1940)A newspaper editor learns that his former wife and best reporter intends to remarry and leave journalism. He persuades her to cover one final execution story. Professional instinct, romantic manipulation and a developing news crisis combine to make departure increasingly difficult.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JcvX3ENewSo54712022-09-30T16:00:15-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-young-in-heart-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-young-in-heart-1938.webpThe Young in Heart (1938)A family of confidence tricksters searches the Riviera for wealthy partners for its children. Their performance of respectability depends on discovering who has money and who can be deceived. New acquaintances begin to test whether the family can sustain its schemes without changing itself.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9hjvuCwrHvk54642022-08-17T16:00:02-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/rage-at-dawn-1955https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/rage-at-dawn-1955.webpRage at Dawn (1955)A gang of brothers uses corrupt local officials to shelter its robberies in post-Civil War Indiana. An investigator poses as an outlaw to penetrate their circle. Gaining trust becomes a dangerous exercise in a family already suspicious of betrayal.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/f-G3JkCvsUE49522022-05-14T06:00:15-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-monster-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-monster-1925.webpThe Monster (1925)A wealthy man's car is lured off the road, and his disappearance brings a small-town search party into action. An aspiring detective sees a chance to use his newly acquired training. The investigation leads toward a sinister medical establishment where confidence is no guarantee of competence.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/rh14eYq91iE61212022-03-06T08:24:26-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/fear-and-desire-1953https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/fear-and-desire-1953.webpFear and Desire (1953)Four soldiers survive a crash behind enemy lines and plan to escape by river. Their uncertain journey exposes fear, aggression and unstable ideas about the enemy. The unnamed war becomes a setting for psychological conflict rather than a reconstruction of a particular campaign.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pYdjix7StNY36482021-12-23T04:00:24-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sin-takes-a-holiday-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sin-takes-a-holiday-1930.webpSin Takes a Holiday (1930)A secretary accepts a marriage of convenience that will protect her employer from another woman's expectations. The arrangement gives her money and travel, while he anticipates freedom from commitment. A stay in Paris changes her confidence and makes their bargain less predictable.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ICFWrZul-dY47912021-12-15T04:00:07-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/swing-high-swing-low-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/swing-high-swing-low-1937.webpSwing High, Swing Low (1937)A hairdresser working aboard a liner meets a persistent young soldier in the Panama Canal Zone. Their initial friction opens into an association shaped by music and performance. Ambition and affection must find room within lives that are already in motion.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8gfWheuyVj457662021-12-02T05:00:04-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/suddenly-1954https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/suddenly-1954.webpSuddenly (1954)A presidential train is due to stop in a small California town. Men claiming to be federal agents enter a family's hilltop home, whose view gives it strategic importance. The household discovers that the supposed security detail has a very different purpose.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/IiCbaTkdEGM46032021-07-23T17:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/paradise-in-harlem-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/paradise-in-harlem-1939.webpParadise in Harlem (1939)A comedian's chance to become a dramatic actor disappears after he witnesses a gang killing. Forced to leave, he loses his footing and his career. An opportunity to play Othello draws him back toward Harlem, where both artistic hopes and old threats remain.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/HZB2_2sJpNY50932021-07-22T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sunrise-a-song-of-two-humans-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sunrise-a-song-of-two-humans-1927.webpSunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)A farmer's affair with a visitor from the city endangers his marriage and family. The possibility of escape becomes a darker temptation, while his wife remembers the tenderness they once shared. A journey away from home forces the couple to confront what remains between them.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1CVLz1_MrCk56622021-07-15T10:48:40-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/crimson-romance-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/crimson-romance-1934.webpCrimson Romance (1934)Two American test pilots face different consequences from the European war. Prejudice drives the German-born Fred home to enlist, and his close friend Bob follows him. Friendship must survive divided national loyalties and the demands of combat aviation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FegcYaM90f434912021-07-14T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/rudyard-kipling-s-jungle-book-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/rudyard-kipling-s-jungle-book-1942.webpRudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942)A storyteller recalls the child lost during a tiger attack and raised by wolves. Returning to human society as Mowgli, the boy carries knowledge the villagers neither share nor always respect. The jungle and the village offer different forms of danger and belonging.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-8EJ9uhsfQQ63382021-06-12T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hook-line-and-sinker-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hook-line-and-sinker-1930.webpHook, Line and Sinker (1930)Two insurance salesmen help an impoverished heiress revive her neglected hotel. Their success brings unwelcome attention from rival criminals interested in its safe. Family pressure over the owner's marriage adds another complication to a business already attracting the wrong guests.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LiDQPn_LziA44932021-05-17T11:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/millie-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/millie-1931.webpMillie (1931)A young woman's marriage to a wealthy New Yorker collapses under his repeated infidelity. Determined to live independently, she refuses his money while facing painful choices about their daughter. The freedom she seeks comes with pressures that wealth alone would not resolve.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_oo6zXjriI450492021-05-10T17:00:15-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-blood-of-jesus-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-blood-of-jesus-1941.webpThe Blood of Jesus (1941)After her baptism, Martha is accidentally shot by her husband. While neighbours pray at her bedside, her spirit reaches a crossroads between salvation and temptation. A rural community's religious life becomes the frame for a journey beyond the everyday world.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mTN9h9-e7NE33882021-01-15T23:44:29-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/servers/q288425-server-3d5a775400.webpThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)In fifteenth-century Paris, the bell-ringer Quasimodo becomes involved in a plot against the dancer Esmeralda. Her kindness unsettles the loyalties imposed on him by his master. Around Notre Dame, unequal power and public cruelty threaten people judged by their appearance or status.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_%28Wallace_Worsley%2C_1923%29.webm/The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_%28Wallace_Worsley%2C_1923%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm60142024-08-13T23:04:42Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-inspector-general-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-inspector-general-1949.webpThe Inspector General (1949)An honest admission gets a travelling salesman expelled from a dishonest troupe. Hungry and alone, he reaches a town where corrupt officials mistake him for an important inspector. Their fear turns a powerless stranger into the centre of an elaborate attempt at self-protection.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/18WSTwGwIZ865112020-12-11T09:17:29-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/our-hospitality-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/our-hospitality-1923.webpOur Hospitality (1923)Raised away from a deadly family feud, Willie returns to claim an inheritance and befriends a young woman on the train. Her family's rules of hospitality offer protection with strict limits. A visit to their home becomes a comic struggle to remain a guest.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JaqMhG3KFtU45492020-11-30T13:32:04-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-front-page-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-front-page-1931.webpThe Front Page (1931)A star reporter preparing to leave his newspaper becomes absorbed in a condemned man's escape. His editor sees a story too valuable to lose, whatever the reporter's personal plans. The newsroom's pursuit of an exclusive threatens to consume every other obligation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SS2Kezl0EZ460252020-11-02T15:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-terror-of-tiny-town-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-terror-of-tiny-town-1938.webpThe Terror of Tiny Town (1938)Missing calves alert a rancher's son to cattle thieves operating nearby. The gang uses deception to turn neighbouring ranches against one another. Songs and comic interruptions accompany a conventional Western struggle over property, suspicion and justice.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NTcHza--nVs36742020-08-22T16:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/gulliver-s-travels-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/gulliver-s-travels-1939.webpGulliver's Travels (1939)A shipwrecked traveller awakens among the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. His enormous size gives him unexpected importance in a quarrel between neighbouring kingdoms. A royal wedding and a dispute over songs become matters in which the outsider may help restore peace.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/rehNT9wIjUg45202020-08-08T16:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-last-of-the-mohicans-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-last-of-the-mohicans-1920.webpThe Last of the Mohicans (1920)During the French and Indian War, an approaching attack places a British fort and the people travelling toward it in danger. Uncas carries a warning through contested territory. Alliances, personal loyalties and attraction complicate a journey shaped by imperial conflict.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/s_WvTBP7G7Y42532020-07-20T16:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-1920.webpDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)A respected doctor divides his days between scientific research and treating the poor. An argument about human goodness encourages him to test the boundary between virtue and desire. His experiment gives forbidden impulses a separate identity with an increasingly powerful claim on his life.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ullJoBolcqE47282020-07-06T19:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bluebeard-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/bluebeard-1944.webpBluebeard (1944)With Paris frightened by a series of killings, a dressmaker meets a painter who also runs a puppet theatre. Their attraction leads her to design costumes for his show. Questions about missing models bring a darker meaning to his artistic world.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yyV2UtHoDWs42042020-07-04T13:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-phantom-of-the-opera-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-phantom-of-the-opera-1925.webpThe Phantom of the Opera (1925)A young singer's opportunities at the Paris Opera seem to depend on an unseen patron. His demands intrude on both the theatre's management and her romantic life. The promise of artistic success draws her toward a hidden world beneath the stage.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xZeMB8rbDAs53442020-06-29T19:00:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-wasp-woman-1959https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-wasp-woman-1959.webpThe Wasp Woman (1959)A cosmetics executive fears that her ageing appearance is damaging her company. A scientist's rejuvenating extract seems to promise a solution, and she agrees to become part of the experiment. The commercial desire to reverse time produces an unforeseen transformation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JpPAN6frZmU43782020-06-19T19:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-screaming-skull-1958https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-screaming-skull-1958.webpThe Screaming Skull (1958)A newlywed arrives at the country home where her husband's first wife died. Disturbing incidents suggest that the past has not left the house. Her own history of emotional distress makes it difficult to know whom, or what, she can trust.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mVVf6Zdxifw40862020-06-13T19:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-bat-1959https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-bat-1959.webpThe Bat (1959)A mystery novelist rents a country house connected to a banker with a concealed fortune. The property attracts people with incompatible interests and knowledge. As danger closes in, the writer finds herself inside a puzzle more immediate than those she invents.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/td3OM8jbBJQ48042020-05-13T19:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/scarlet-street-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scarlet-street-1945.webpScarlet Street (1945)A lonely cashier who paints in his spare time lets a young woman believe he is a successful artist. Her apparent affection opens a possibility he has long wanted. She and her partner instead discover opportunities in his trust and in the pictures he creates.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MNRSxu22NxU61012020-04-24T15:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hell-s-house-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hell-s-house-1932.webpHell's House (1932)An orphaned teenager admires a boastful lodger whose supposed connections conceal a bootlegging business. Loyalty to the man leads him to remain silent during a police raid. The resulting punishment places the boy inside an institution very different from the future he imagined.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FvRbFnPQDpI42422020-04-22T15:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/carnival-of-souls-1962https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/carnival-of-souls-1962.webpCarnival of Souls (1962)Mary emerges from a river after a car crash but cannot explain her survival. Trying to resume her life, she experiences a growing separation from the people around her. An abandoned pavilion and an unsettling stranger seem connected to the change.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/vNYg4YWkp0k46632020-04-16T15:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-great-gabbo-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-great-gabbo-1929.webpThe Great Gabbo (1929)A brilliant but difficult ventriloquist can express tenderness most easily through his dummy. His treatment of his assistant drives her away, while success deepens his dependence on the act. The stage partnership begins to expose the fractures in the man behind the voice.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Wy1EdvObQb856692020-04-13T20:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/teenagers-from-outer-space-1959https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/teenagers-from-outer-space-1959.webpTeenagers from Outer Space (1959)Alien visitors plan to use Earth to breed creatures for food. One crew member recognises evidence of intelligent life and objects, placing him against his companions. His attempt to protect the planet brings an interstellar conflict into an ordinary American town.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/fMlGHGK62mw51172020-03-25T20:45:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-red-house-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-red-house-1947.webpThe Red House (1947)A teenager persuades her adoptive father to hire a school friend on their isolated farm. The boy's proposed shortcut through the woods provokes an unexpected warning. Curiosity about a forbidden place threatens the household's carefully maintained privacy.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/rJW_C5YO7aU60242020-03-23T20:30:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/blue-steel-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/blue-steel-1934.webpBlue Steel (1934)An undercover marshal pursuing a bandit arrives too late to prevent a theft and becomes a suspect himself. The local sheriff's mistake complicates the search. To restore his position, the stranger must connect a series of robberies to the people who benefit from them.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/y-5ZHTzd1hQ30332020-01-29T16:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-royal-bed-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-royal-bed-1931.webpThe Royal Bed (1931)A princess plans to escape with her father's secretary while the queen is abroad. News of an arranged political marriage threatens the plan. The king must navigate family demands and affairs of state, neither of which responds obediently to royal authority.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uxOmYaPAdbE43212019-04-12T09:00:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dixiana-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dixiana-1930.webpDixiana (1930)A circus performer falls in love with a wealthy young Southerner and accompanies him to his family's plantation. Their welcome depends on what the household believes about her background. Romance and theatrical friendship confront the social boundaries of the antebellum setting.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AeDFAkCzwKI59502018-11-02T08:00:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-milky-way-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-milky-way-1936.webpThe Milky Way (1936)A timid milkman ducks during a street fight and accidentally gains credit for knocking out a boxing champion. The mistake creates an unexpected sporting career. Publicity and opportunistic management turn an ordinary man into a fighter whose reputation exceeds his experience.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZNApFyTeSKg52622018-09-26T06:51:25-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-silver-horde-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-silver-horde-1930.webpThe Silver Horde (1930)Two travellers reach an Alaskan settlement and meet an unexpectedly hostile welcome. A woman explains that the town is divided by competing fishing interests. The newcomers must decide where to stand in a struggle that controls both work and local loyalties.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/N_dnqe4U3P845172018-09-21T08:00:03-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/parlor-bedroom-and-bath-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/parlor-bedroom-and-bath-1931.webpParlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)A man cannot marry until his prospective sister-in-law finds an exciting suitor of her own. An accident introduces a painfully timid stranger who might be made to fit that description. Recasting his personality creates a chain of romantic and domestic misunderstandings.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/YG85RGawkDY43552018-06-13T07:16:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/navy-blues-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/navy-blues-1937.webpNavy Blues (1937)A sailor wagers that he can win a date with any woman his friends choose. Their choice is a librarian reputed to resist attention. As he pursues the challenge, a competing suitor introduces intentions more serious and dangerous than the original bet.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OeijnOSedPs40322018-03-20T07:59:20-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-hitch-hiker-1953https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-hitch-hiker-1953.webpThe Hitch-Hiker (1953)Two friends on a fishing trip offer a stranger a ride across the Mexican borderlands. He draws a gun and takes control of the journey. Their shared holiday becomes a tense effort to survive a captor who has already killed other motorists.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VcKZ636kvxg42582017-12-11T11:00:08-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-middleton-family-at-the-new-york-world-s-fair-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-middleton-family-at-the-new-york-world-s-fair-1939.webpThe Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939)An Indiana family visits the New York World's Fair while its younger members consider work, romance and the future. The exhibits offer answers framed through new technology. Family disagreements become a tour of the possibilities the fair's sponsors want visitors to imagine.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Q6TQEoDS-fQ32792017-12-11T10:57:45-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/detour-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/detour-1945.webpDetour (1945)An unemployed pianist hitchhikes toward Hollywood to rejoin his girlfriend. An encounter on the road pulls him into decisions that grow harder to explain or reverse. Looking back from a roadside diner, he presents a journey in which each escape seems to create another trap.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/b7948xMbylU40582016-11-28T01:38:33-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/forgotten-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/forgotten-1933.webpForgotten (1933)A retired widower moves between his married sons' homes, where he is increasingly treated as an inconvenience. Placement in a nursing home seems to settle the family's problem. His daughter's affection challenges the assumption that his remaining life can simply be put aside.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DZbWlqDTq8848062015-09-25T02:35:58-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-true-glory-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-true-glory-1945.webpThe True Glory (1945)Combat footage and personal accounts trace the Western Allied advance from Normandy to Germany's defeat. The campaign appears through the many people whose work made it possible. The documentary assembles individual experiences into an official account of the war's final phase.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9ifDqlRZh7048712014-06-06T08:49:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/they-made-me-a-criminal-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/they-made-me-a-criminal-1939.webpThey Made Me a Criminal (1939)A boxing champion is accused of a killing committed by his manager. Advised to disappear, he loses both his public identity and the people he trusted. The fugitive must build a life beyond the image that once made him valuable.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/qLCtGDvkT_I54732013-06-17T19:31:21-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/indestructible-man-1956https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/indestructible-man-1956.webpIndestructible Man (1956)An executed criminal's body reaches a scientist conducting secret experiments. His return creates a new threat for those involved in his conviction and betrayal. A police detective recounts the short period in which revenge turns into an extraordinary emergency for Los Angeles.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Wt7eedQCDQY42622013-03-22T13:57:33-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/borderline-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/borderline-1950.webpBorderline (1950)Authorities cannot penetrate a carefully protected drug-smuggling operation between Mexico and the United States. A policewoman with wartime intelligence experience is sent undercover. The assignment requires navigating criminals whose identities and allegiances remain difficult to establish.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/i12seZ6KlhE52982012-09-28T13:01:51-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-woman-in-green-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-woman-in-green-1945.webpThe Woman in Green (1945)A series of murders with a disturbing common detail brings Holmes and Watson into a baffling investigation. Elsewhere, a wealthy widower's evening with a glamorous woman takes an unsettling turn. The detective must find the connection between public crimes and private vulnerability.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/fypOpzikhDA40652012-09-25T20:41:03-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/riders-of-destiny-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/riders-of-destiny-1933.webpRiders of Destiny (1933)A newcomer helps a wounded sheriff in a drought-stricken town and then encounters an apparent stagecoach robbery. The supposed thief is trying to protect her family's money. Following the deception leads him toward the interests exploiting a community already short of water.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0H28FrgPSfc31652024-09-07T09:46:35-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-wizard-of-oz-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-wizard-of-oz-1925.webpThe Wizard of Oz (1925)A toy-maker's story opens onto an Oz ruled by scheming officials while its people await a missing princess. Political intrigue and slapstick reshape the journey from an ordinary world into fantasy. The familiar destination hosts a markedly unfamiliar adventure.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/w--WgVQ4pi849852022-04-12T06:45:02-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-merry-widow-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-merry-widow-1925.webpThe Merry Widow (1925)A prince falls in love with a dancer, but his family rejects marriage to a commoner. When she becomes a wealthy widow, the same household changes its position. Renewed courtship now carries the weight of money, wounded pride and rival claims.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/m-JwxPuBerA82352022-04-09T21:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/little-annie-rooney-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/little-annie-rooney-1925.webpLittle Annie Rooney (1925)An energetic girl joins neighbourhood battles among children while her policeman father tries to maintain order. Her older brother belongs to a more serious gang, drawing the family toward different risks. Everyday mischief becomes entangled with loyalties that the children cannot easily control.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/E98iaxU9ttc55992022-04-01T00:45:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cheat-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-cheat-1915.webpThe Cheat (1915)A society woman's spending exceeds the money her husband can provide. Responsible for a charitable fund, she faces temptation as her private debts grow. Her effort to protect status and appearance leads toward an agreement with consequences she cannot comfortably accept.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/thaIRiIibkc35342022-03-28T07:15:01-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hell-s-hinges-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hell-s-hinges-1916.webpHell's Hinges (1916)A minister and his sister enter a frontier town whose saloon interests oppose their mission. Local men set out to undermine the newcomer, while a dangerous gunman responds differently to his sister's conviction. Faith, weakness and violence pull the settlement toward confrontation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OgLf3OUQ9l838162022-03-27T00:45:01-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-navigator-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-navigator-1924.webpThe Navigator (1924)Rejected after an impulsive marriage proposal, a wealthy man decides to take the planned honeymoon voyage alone. He boards the wrong ship and finds himself in an unexpected situation aboard a large vessel. Practical tasks become monumental problems for someone accustomed to having every need met by servants.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/IVfsgzallTQ38892022-03-26T07:15:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-toll-of-the-sea-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-toll-of-the-sea-1922.webpThe Toll of the Sea (1922)A young Chinese woman helps rescue an American from the sea and falls in love with him. He promises to take her home, despite warnings from women who have seen similar promises broken. Their relationship is tested by the distance between romantic assurances and social expectation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/YDbgQ5vCUr831892022-03-22T08:30:05-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.webpThe Thief of Bagdad (1924)A thief enters a palace intending to steal and instead becomes captivated by its princess. Desire draws him beyond the opportunism that has governed his life. His pursuit opens into an adventure of deception, fantastic obstacles and the need to prove himself.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/O2m4RQ0lSnU88812022-03-21T08:15:02-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-eagle-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-eagle-1925.webpThe Eagle (1925)An officer gains the empress's attention after rescuing a young woman from a runaway carriage. What seems a professional opportunity becomes a threat when he rejects the ruler's advances. Forced to flee, he enters a life in which honour and survival demand new identities.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-xMrmGWuci043552022-02-24T06:15:00-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/under-western-stars-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/under-western-stars-1938.webpUnder Western Stars (1938)A water company withholds a resource that ranchers and farmers urgently need. After helping release water from its dam, Roy is encouraged to take the dispute into politics. His campaign turns a local emergency into a question of who should represent the community.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Gy99r2yuMCU38972026-08-17T17:00:16-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/affairs-of-cappy-ricks-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/affairs-of-cappy-ricks-1937.webpAffairs of Cappy Ricks (1937)A sea captain returns from a long voyage to discover that his daughter and business have acquired futures he never approved. An unwanted engagement accompanies plans to merge the company and replace his ship. Restoring his influence requires confronting a household that has moved ahead without him.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1xNXo6H_XrQ33512022-01-19T08:15:01-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-three-musketeers-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-three-musketeers-1921.webpThe Three Musketeers (1921)A young Gascon leaves home to seek his fortune while rival powers manoeuvre around the French crown. The queen's position and a valuable gift become vulnerable to intrigue. D'Artagnan's ambitions draw him toward friendships whose loyalty will be tested in action.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/v8W3WUyskfg71322022-01-08T08:11:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/west-of-the-divide-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/west-of-the-divide-1934.webpWest of the Divide (1934)A man seeking his father's killer and his missing younger brother assumes the identity of a dead outlaw. The disguise offers access to people who would otherwise conceal what they know. Each encounter risks exposing him before the search produces an answer.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gmoTahoJI1A32122022-01-04T10:02:40-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/my-dear-secretary-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/my-dear-secretary-1948.webpMy Dear Secretary (1948)An aspiring author accepts a secretarial job with the novelist she admires. Working beside him reveals debts, vanity and an inability to complete his next book. Her dream apprenticeship becomes a negotiation with a man whose daily conduct differs sharply from his literary reputation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/h3PpgbKl5wM56622021-10-05T07:30:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/misbehaving-husbands-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/misbehaving-husbands-1940.webpMisbehaving Husbands (1940)A distracted shop owner misses his anniversary party while dealing with a damaged mannequin. Seen carrying it through the street, he is mistaken for a man with another woman and then for someone carrying a body. Domestic suspicion and police interest converge on an innocent errand.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/X3BKtJPX8Ho35192021-08-12T09:00:29-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/borrowed-wives-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/borrowed-wives-1930.webpBorrowed Wives (1930)An indebted beneficiary can claim a large inheritance only if he is married. He expects his intended bride to arrive in time for a crucial visit to his uncle. The deadline turns a romantic arrangement into an increasingly difficult performance of respectability.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cDhjpYhrz-c36952021-06-19T02:15:03-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-four-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-four-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse-1921.webpThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)An Argentine patriarch openly favours one side of his divided European family. The younger generation inherits both affection and resentment before war places national loyalties in opposition. Private relationships become vulnerable to a catastrophe much larger than the household that shaped them.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/khT2mp4d_E479232021-06-08T12:30:03-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tormented-1960https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/tormented-1960.webpTormented (1960)A jazz pianist preparing to marry receives an unwelcome visit from a former lover. She threatens to destroy his new relationship and refuses to disappear from his life. The confrontation opens a path from romantic concealment toward fear and supernatural disturbance.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DPqSXRkhSvA45712021-05-31T06:15:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/night-of-the-blood-beast-1958https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/night-of-the-blood-beast-1958.webpNight of the Blood Beast (1958)An astronaut dies when his spacecraft crashes after striking an unknown object. The recovery team encounters evidence that the mission has brought something unexpected back to Earth. Examining the body becomes the beginning of a danger the launch was never designed to anticipate.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/irDIfb9Jg3s37802021-05-23T11:30:36-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-black-raven-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-black-raven-1943.webpThe Black Raven (1943)A storm strands travellers at a border motel whose owner has secrets of his own. An escaped prisoner, an embezzler and a runaway couple have different reasons to avoid scrutiny. When a guest is killed, the temporary refuge becomes a closed circle of suspects.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/s81HfTv1wXY36692021-05-12T12:45:03-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-rogues-tavern-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-rogues-tavern-1936.webpThe Rogues' Tavern (1936)A couple hoping for a quick marriage waits at a crowded tavern for the justice of the peace. A violent death interrupts their plans and terrifies the other guests. What should have been a brief stop becomes an investigation inside an increasingly threatening refuge.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/BQYw7ikxwLw41582021-05-09T22:30:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-memphis-belle-a-story-of-a-flying-fortress-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-memphis-belle-a-story-of-a-flying-fortress-1944.webpThe Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)A bomber crew approaches the end of its combat tour over Europe. Preparations, airborne danger and the return to base place the men inside a wider military effort. The documentary follows their work through footage assembled to communicate the experience to audiences at home.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DW4F_ZMrS3A24112017-12-11T11:40:31-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-lost-world-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-lost-world-1925.webpThe Lost World (1925)An explorer's daughter brings a journal containing drawings of living dinosaurs to Professor Challenger. Ridiculed for accepting its claims, he seeks proof on a remote South American plateau. The expedition travels toward a world that contemporary science believes has vanished.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gBPihqqObrU55632021-04-16T14:00:31-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-last-woman-on-earth-1960https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-last-woman-on-earth-1960.webpThe Last Woman on Earth (1960)A businessman, his wife and his lawyer interrupt their Puerto Rican holiday with a diving trip. Returning to the surface, they confront an apparent catastrophe that has left them isolated. The end of ordinary society intensifies tensions that already existed within the trio.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/I7fzf4r81Xw43212021-04-14T14:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/killers-from-space-1954https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/killers-from-space-1954.webpKillers from Space (1954)A scientist studying an atomic test survives an aircraft crash without remembering how. A new scar and unexplained behaviour trouble his colleagues. Recovering the missing hours leads toward a threat connected to the secrets of the nuclear programme.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kyrlWjnzFvM42552021-04-12T09:15:01-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/wives-under-suspicion-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/wives-under-suspicion-1938.webpWives Under Suspicion (1938)A prosecutor handling a jealous husband's murder case begins to suspect his own wife's fidelity. The case he thought he could judge from a distance becomes uncomfortably personal. Certainty about another man's guilt collides with fear about his own marriage.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Z_6cQ61pSjU41292021-03-27T19:15:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/high-school-big-shot-1959https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/high-school-big-shot-1959.webpHigh School Big Shot (1959)A talented student sees education as a possible escape from an unhappy home. Writing a girlfriend's assignment costs him the teacher's support on which his college plans depend. Emotional manipulation and lost prospects push him toward a more dangerous way of proving his worth.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ncU3xLlFsR436742021-03-17T08:30:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-mandarin-mystery-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-mandarin-mystery-1936.webpThe Mandarin Mystery (1936)A valuable Chinese stamp disappears amid two murders. As it changes hands, collectors and counterfeiters become part of the same puzzle. Ellery Queen must discover how the coveted object connects the crimes and the people concealing its route.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1IeogvKqDQU31612021-03-06T15:00:00-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/five-minutes-to-live-1961https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/five-minutes-to-live-1961.webpFive Minutes to Live (1961)Two criminals plan to use a bank executive's wife as leverage for a robbery. One holds her at home while the other seeks payment, depending on a telephone call to coordinate the threat. Their scheme exposes a family to an increasingly unstable intruder.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ADO5Rkqf2Dw44652020-03-31T06:30:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-big-cat-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-big-cat-1949.webpThe Big Cat (1949)Drought drives a cougar down from the Utah mountains to prey on livestock. A young man's arrival at his mother's former home places him among ranchers already under pressure. The hunt for the animal develops alongside a bitter dispute between neighbours.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xjHfuv5KSKM46222020-03-16T02:34:18-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sherlock-holmes-and-the-secret-weapon-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sherlock-holmes-and-the-secret-weapon-1942.webpSherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)Holmes helps a scientist and his bombsight escape a Gestapo trap in Switzerland. In London, protecting the inventor proves harder than transporting him. A secret romantic meeting creates an opening that threatens both the man and his strategically important work.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LN5zInEndgE41162020-03-02T08:15:01-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-terror-1963https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-terror-1963.webpThe Terror (1963)A lost French soldier encounters a young woman who resembles a baron's long-dead wife. His search for her identity leads toward the household's concealed history. Attraction and curiosity draw him into a mystery in which the past appears capable of returning.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/CHuTnJEMKK047572020-02-25T04:39:30-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/of-human-bondage-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/of-human-bondage-1934.webpOf Human Bondage (1934)After abandoning painting, Philip returns to London to study medicine. Persistent self-doubt makes the new career difficult, and an intense attachment to a dismissive waitress creates another obstacle. His desire for affection becomes a dependence that threatens the life he is trying to build.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4PXo8QFG5F049662020-02-19T16:30:00-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-lucky-texan-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-lucky-texan-1934.webpThe Lucky Texan (1934)A young graduate joins an older rancher and discovers gold through an unexpected clue. Their new prosperity attracts men who handle the valuable metal and see an opportunity to steal it. Good fortune quickly creates a need to defend both their claim and their reputation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JAQefJ16JiY32752020-02-12T08:30:02-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-devil-bat-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-devil-bat-1940.webpThe Devil Bat (1940)A scientist believes the businessmen enriched by his work have rewarded him unfairly. Resentment leads him to devise an unusual means of revenge. His trusted professional position becomes cover for a threat that the intended victims have little reason to anticipate.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Y7jL_eMVRqg40272020-02-08T15:00:04-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/half-shot-at-sunrise-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/half-shot-at-sunrise-1930.webpHalf Shot at Sunrise (1930)Two American soldiers in wartime Paris would rather pursue women than military duties. They go absent without leave and impersonate officers to improve their chances. Their schemes make avoiding the military police increasingly difficult and draw their commander into the confusion.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/2ZWgSJGpjkk46832020-02-03T04:28:36-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/till-the-clouds-roll-by-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/till-the-clouds-roll-by-1946.webpTill the Clouds Roll By (1946)Jerome Kern looks back from the opening of Show Boat to the experiences behind his rise as a songwriter. Friendships, travel and stage work organise the recollection. Elaborate performances interrupt the life story to place the music itself before the audience.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OOCoRWtBFfY81082020-01-23T07:45:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/behind-office-doors-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/behind-office-doors-1931.webpBehind Office Doors (1931)A receptionist's command of the paper business far exceeds her job title. In love with a salesman, she uses that knowledge to advance his career as the company president prepares to retire. Her influence raises questions about who receives credit, authority and affection.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5HJNZh4o_Js49202020-01-21T13:30:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/beau-ideal-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/beau-ideal-1931.webpBeau Ideal (1931)Two Foreign Legion soldiers await death in a desert grain pit. Conversation gradually reveals that the men, known by assumed names, were childhood friends. Their shared past gives the desperate present a different meaning and opens the story of how they reached it.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jzrO7AiEGOE47292020-01-18T07:00:12-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bowery-at-midnight-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/bowery-at-midnight-1942.webpBowery at Midnight (1942)A psychology professor leads a second life running a charitable mission under another name. The refuge supplies recruits for the criminal organisation he secretly controls. As the gang's activities grow, a doctor's interest in the dead introduces another threat beneath the disguise of benevolence.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NZfN-DxDfCk36962020-01-16T07:15:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-amazing-mr-x-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-amazing-mr-x-1948.webpThe Amazing Mr. X (1948)A widow hears her late husband's voice near her seaside home and encounters a spiritualist who seems to know her history. His apparent insight complicates a new romantic relationship. Grief makes his claims compelling just when she most needs to judge them clearly.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-6rR_RcSzto46832020-01-14T04:20:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-brain-that-wouldn-t-die-1962https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-brain-that-wouldn-t-die-1962.webpThe Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)A surgeon's unorthodox transplant ideas are rejected by his father. After a car crash kills his fiancée, he takes her severed head to a private laboratory. His refusal to accept death turns a personal catastrophe into an experiment that ignores other people's autonomy.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pVwLeYXP0fw49172020-01-11T08:56:45-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lonely-wives-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/lonely-wives-1931.webpLonely Wives (1931)A lawyer maintains a respectable public image while seeking romantic freedom after office hours. His absent wife's mother watches him closely, making concealment essential. A lookalike offers a possible solution whose success depends on everyone accepting the wrong man.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mdvnsDGAjvE51212020-01-10T08:41:47-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/d-o-a-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/d-o-a-1950.webpD.O.A. (1950)A man enters a police station to report his own murder. His account returns to a holiday in San Francisco that should have offered a break from routine. Discovering what happened to him becomes a race against a consequence he may be unable to stop.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/C83regOjSOU49902020-01-10T08:19:22-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/broken-blossoms-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/broken-blossoms-1919.webpBroken Blossoms (1919)A Chinese idealist arrives in London hoping to share a message of peace but becomes disillusioned. His care for a girl abused by her father gives that hope a fragile new purpose. Their refuge exists within a neighbourhood where cruelty can quickly reach them.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VHw65crzhRk42472026-09-07T17:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/kept-husbands-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/kept-husbands-1931.webpKept Husbands (1931)A factory supervisor's rescue of two workers brings him to the attention of the owner's wealthy family. Refusing a cash reward makes him more intriguing to the magnate's daughter. Attraction across the class divide raises questions about independence, work and the terms of belonging.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/l-0Ql27w_8U45252026-03-09T17:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/salt-of-the-earth-1954https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/salt-of-the-earth-1954.webpSalt of the Earth (1954)A New Mexico mining community demands safer and equal working conditions. As a strike lengthens, the miners' wives challenge their own subordinate roles and take an increasingly active part. Esperanza's struggle for a voice unfolds inside both her home and the labour dispute.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0lZX6FqAiP855342025-11-22T05:01:46-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-racketeer-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-racketeer-1929.webpThe Racketeer (1929)A powerful man intervenes to help an intoxicated violinist and becomes involved with the musician's lover. His apparent generosity offers recovery and opportunity, but personal desire complicates the arrangement. Crime, patronage and affection share an uneasy social world.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/qMIfm_pVxEw39362025-05-06T17:00:46-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/woman-on-the-run-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/woman-on-the-run-1950.webpWoman on the Run (1950)An artist witnesses a killing in San Francisco and flees rather than accept police protection. His wife begins looking for him through a city she must read for traces of their shared life. The search places her between investigators and a killer seeking the same man.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LKY3bhGcIrA46152025-03-07T16:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/my-man-godfrey-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/my-man-godfrey-1936.webpMy Man Godfrey (1936)A society scavenger hunt brings a young woman to a homeless man living beside the East River. Her family's thoughtless game becomes an offer of employment. Entering their household, he discovers that wealth has provided little protection from disorder or unhappiness.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/25tTCL8Z8h855952024-09-27T18:30:02-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-return-of-draw-egan-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-return-of-draw-egan-1916.webpThe Return of Draw Egan (1916)An outlaw escapes a posse and reaches another town under a false name. His ability to handle a violent local impresses residents desperate for order. Offered the marshal's job, he must confront the contradiction between a wanted past and a new public responsibility.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tGuv5Oi0kHU30862024-08-13T17:00:28-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/randy-rides-alone-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/randy-rides-alone-1934.webpRandy Rides Alone (1934)A rider enters a saloon where music still plays but the occupants are dead. A warning note and an unseen observer offer clues, yet the sheriff arrests the newcomer. Escaping suspicion requires finding the surviving witness and the people behind the massacre.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/L6e_HCmOGfw31422024-05-22T18:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-taming-of-the-shrew-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-taming-of-the-shrew-1929.webpThe Taming of the Shrew (1929)A determined suitor meets a woman equally unwilling to yield. Courtship becomes a contest of language, performance and control within a household arranging marriages. Shakespeare's comedy asks its players to negotiate a union through an aggressively theatrical battle of wills.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/boABdwFFyy439042024-05-20T18:00:30-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-great-flamarion-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-great-flamarion-1945.webpThe Great Flamarion (1945)After a cabaret killing, a wounded marksman recounts the events behind it. His disciplined stage act had depended on an assistant and her husband. Attraction to the woman changed that balance, turning professional precision into an instrument of deception.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UaywM8HS1n444892024-03-25T17:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sagebrush-trail-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sagebrush-trail-1933.webpSagebrush Trail (1933)An escaped prisoner seeking the murderer who caused his conviction is helped into an outlaw gang. Living among its members offers a chance to find the truth, but he also tries to disrupt their robberies. His search threatens the trust that keeps his disguise intact.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Dh8bAR__FNU32102023-05-17T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-little-american-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-little-american-1917.webpThe Little American (1917)A young American woman receives attention from men whose German and French ties will soon place them on opposing sides of war. A birthday celebration gives way to military summons and separation. Affection is tested as national conflict reaches beyond Europe into private life.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SyvZUXr4h7I38152022-11-01T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/big-news-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/big-news-1929.webpBig News (1929)A reporter's drinking threatens both his job and his marriage to a journalist at a rival paper. Fired while investigating drug dealers, he continues pursuing the story. His editor's murder changes the assignment into a fight against an accusation directed at himself.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yP-ZEzr8FI439682022-01-14T06:00:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/his-first-flame-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/his-first-flame-1927.webpHis First Flame (1927)A recent graduate hopes to marry his sweetheart despite his fire-chief uncle's hostility to marriage. Discovering the woman's interest in money seems to confirm the older man's warning. A different attachment forces him to reconsider both the disappointment and the lesson drawn from it.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/I3VANSwECvs27782020-09-07T16:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-avenging-conscience-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-avenging-conscience-1914.webpThe Avenging Conscience (1914)A young reader of Poe is forbidden by his uncle to pursue the woman he loves. Thoughts of suffering and death lead him toward a terrible solution. Concealing an act of violence proves less difficult than escaping the images and fears it produces.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/avB4bs4Q6DU50622020-08-24T16:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-fast-and-the-furious-1954https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-fast-and-the-furious-1954.webpThe Fast and the Furious (1954)An escaped prisoner commandeers a racing driver's Jaguar and takes its owner along as a hostage. A road race heading toward Mexico offers him a possible route to freedom, but his passenger refuses to surrender control of her life. Speed, suspicion and an uneasy attraction complicate a getaway built on increasingly desperate decisions.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lq49P3C2fmQ43482023-12-16T04:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/quicksand-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/quicksand-1950.webpQuicksand (1950)A young mechanic takes twenty dollars from his employer's till, expecting to replace it before anyone notices. Paying the money back proves harder than taking it. One hurried solution creates another debt, and a date with a glamorous waitress draws him into blackmail, theft and a narrowing circle of bad choices.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UepbwNjmSJY47502020-05-09T13:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-beast-of-yucca-flats-1961https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-beast-of-yucca-flats-1961.webpThe Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)A Soviet scientist escapes an attack in the Nevada desert and wanders into the effects of a nuclear test. Transformed into a violent figure, he becomes the target of a police hunt. Nearby, two children stray from their family's car, bringing several confused pursuits together across the barren landscape.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Z1X72gIHEDc32472025-05-30T17:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/jesse-james-women-1954https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/jesse-james-women-1954.webpJesse James' Women (1954)While his gang lies low, Jesse James adopts a rancher's identity and uses romance to support his criminal plans. Several women become entangled in his manoeuvres, turning concealment into a source of jealousy and danger. The outlaw's confidence is tested as his private deceptions begin to interfere with the gang's work.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DlyNYeShPf049352025-03-13T05:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/judge-priest-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/judge-priest-1934.webpJudge Priest (1934)In a Kentucky town, a widowed judge tempers courtroom procedure with humour and sympathy. A young lawyer's romance and a townsman's concealed past bring social standing, family pressure and public judgment into conflict. Judge Priest tries to keep human understanding alive in a community that can be quick to condemn.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Rsvi-AeIcF048312025-03-05T04:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/danger-flight-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/danger-flight-1939.webpDanger Flight (1939)Pilot Tailspin Tommy encourages local boys to build model aircraft while helping protect a payroll delivery from robbers. When a storm brings down his plane during a medical mission, a young club member's ingenuity becomes crucial. The boy's success also attracts criminals who see another use for his growing reputation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WXXJfHZImw435962025-01-02T16:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/he-walked-by-night-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/he-walked-by-night-1948.webpHe Walked by Night (1948)The shooting of a patrolman begins a difficult search for a technically skilled burglar with no obvious criminal record. He monitors police radio traffic and adapts whenever investigators gain ground. Detectives must assemble small pieces of evidence to find a man who understands their methods and seems able to disappear into the city.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/hN7Og-EATyU47402024-12-30T04:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/king-of-the-zombies-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/king-of-the-zombies-1941.webpKing of the Zombies (1941)A storm forces an aircraft down near a Caribbean island, where the survivors accept shelter in an imposing house. One visitor quickly becomes convinced that its servants are zombies. While his companions hesitate to believe him, the household's strange behaviour reveals a scheme involving hypnosis, espionage and a missing military officer.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_kwoHgEiceM40252024-10-13T18:00:30-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/nosferatu-a-symphony-of-horror-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/nosferatu-a-symphony-of-horror-1922.webpNosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)An estate agent travels to a remote castle to arrange a property purchase for Count Orlok. His client's unsettling habits soon become impossible to explain away. As the count's journey brings death toward the agent's hometown, his wife recognizes that stopping the visitor may demand something more than escape.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Ydxl9Gi2jIM54272024-09-30T17:00:31-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/she-gods-of-shark-reef-1958https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/she-gods-of-shark-reef-1958.webpShe Gods of Shark Reef (1958)Two brothers survive a storm and reach an island inhabited by women who dive for pearls. One brother finds romance, while the other fears that rescue will expose the crimes he is fleeing. Their arrival disrupts the community, and the temptation of its pearls gives escape an increasingly dangerous purpose.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/epLpO7NWL4037512024-08-25T17:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/young-bill-hickok-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/young-bill-hickok-1940.webpYoung Bill Hickok (1940)During the Civil War, raiders attack the horses and relay stations that connect California with the East. Bill Hickok is assigned to protect the route as a foreign agent exploits the disruption for his own plans. A gold shipment and an old romance complicate a mission whose success depends on keeping communication open.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-KVlufKEuWg32042024-06-05T18:00:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/prehistoric-women-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/prehistoric-women-1950.webpPrehistoric Women (1950)A community of women captures men from a neighbouring Stone Age group. One captive escapes and discovers a means of controlling fire, changing the balance between them. As dangerous creatures threaten both groups, practical ingenuity becomes entangled with rivalry, courtship and the possibility of a different kind of community.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KXfFpwyPNqY43802024-05-31T14:00:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sinners-in-paradise-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sinners-in-paradise-1938.webpSinners in Paradise (1938)A plane crash leaves a mixed group of passengers on a Pacific island occupied by a man determined to remain alone. He has the means to help them but reasons to avoid civilization. Forced to organize their own survival, the newcomers gradually reveal the fears, ambitions and secrets they brought aboard the aircraft.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Q6rUC5ISwL438012024-05-14T18:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/reign-of-terror-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/reign-of-terror-1949.webpReign of Terror (1949)An opponent of Robespierre assumes another man's identity to enter the revolutionary leader's circle. He is ordered to recover a missing book listing future victims of the regime. Finding it could protect Robespierre or unite his enemies, making every alliance in a tense, rapidly changing Paris potentially fatal.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0X3VTCosonA50772024-05-04T17:00:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-man-from-utah-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-man-from-utah-1934.webpThe Man from Utah (1934)A jobless rider impresses a town marshal by intervening in a bank robbery. The marshal recruits him to investigate a rodeo where promising competitors have died under suspicious circumstances. Entering the events gives the stranger a chance to expose the organizers, but winning may also make him their next target.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/D5-XzcsOij430802024-04-24T17:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-violent-years-1956https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-violent-years-1956.webpThe Violent Years (1956)An affluent teenager leads her friends into a series of increasingly serious crimes. A job offered by an older criminal appears to promise easy money but leaves the girls exposed when the plan goes wrong. The film follows their escalation through a strongly moralizing account of delinquency and parental neglect.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/fN0dYEa6lWk34022024-04-14T17:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-amazing-transparent-man-1960https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-amazing-transparent-man-1960.webpThe Amazing Transparent Man (1960)An escaped safecracker is delivered to a secluded operation run by a former military officer. A captive scientist can make him invisible, allowing thefts of tightly guarded nuclear materials. The arrangement promises power to his captor and freedom to the thief, but the experiment has consequences neither man can comfortably control.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Mg3T7xva0TY34532024-03-29T18:00:16-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-devil-s-hand-1961https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-devil-s-hand-1961.webpThe Devil's Hand (1961)Nightly visions draw a man to a doll shop containing a likeness of the woman he keeps seeing. The proprietor appears to know him, and another doll resembles his girlfriend. Following these clues introduces him to a secretive cult whose promises of desire and influence carry increasingly disturbing obligations.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yRCQoHwbNWY42802024-03-23T18:30:23-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hands-of-a-stranger-1962https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hands-of-a-stranger-1962.webpHands of a Stranger (1962)A concert pianist survives a road accident but loses the hands on which his identity depends. An experimental transplant offers physical recovery without restoring his confidence or musical ability. As he struggles to accept the replacement hands, resentment and fear turn his encounters with doctors, loved ones and strangers toward violence.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DwDtYririX451292024-03-01T17:00:04-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-incredible-petrified-world-1959https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-incredible-petrified-world-1959.webpThe Incredible Petrified World (1959)A diving bell breaks free during an expedition into deep water, cutting four explorers off from the surface. Leaving the vessel brings them to an underground cavern instead of safety. A long-stranded inhabitant offers a bleak account of their prospects as the team above prepares a rescue and the caverns become increasingly unstable.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JEw3loQDZQY38132024-02-26T16:00:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-hoodlum-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-hoodlum-1951.webpThe Hoodlum (1951)Released on parole through his mother's efforts, a habitual criminal takes a job at his brother's service station. He treats the opportunity as a source of new victims rather than a fresh start. An armoured-car route across the street draws his attention, while his manipulation of the women around him undermines the family's fragile hopes.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/PPlKZODiLfI36012024-02-04T17:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-star-packer-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-star-packer-1934.webpThe Star Packer (1934)A marshal takes over a town's sheriff's office to uncover the hidden leader behind a wave of violence. Following stagecoach robbers reveals secret passages and a network reaching into a nearby ranch. With help from a trusted companion, he must identify the man giving orders before the gang carries out a much larger attack.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jWuSafp8b9w32802024-01-17T16:00:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/maniac-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/maniac-1934.webpManiac (1934)A former stage impersonator working for an eccentric scientist kills his employer and assumes the dead man's identity. Continuing the experiments only deepens his instability. Patients, relatives and neighbours enter a laboratory where disguise and delusion have erased the boundary between performing a role and believing it.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FUL2-B2h-uE30582024-01-01T16:00:12-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/blonde-savage-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/blonde-savage-1947.webpBlonde Savage (1947)Two bush pilots accept a mining company's assignment to locate a remote village. Their employer's private interests and his wife's connection to one pilot complicate the expedition. In the jungle they encounter a woman raised by the local community, whose past may explain why the search matters so much to the people financing it.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/igyVO77IpVs35602023-11-28T16:00:08-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/kansas-pacific-1953https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/kansas-pacific-1953.webpKansas Pacific (1953)As the country approaches civil war, sabotage repeatedly interrupts a railroad under construction in Kansas. An army engineer arrives under cover to help keep the work moving. Winning the crew's confidence and dealing with the foreman's daughter become part of a mission to protect a route with growing strategic importance.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/o30iGGpNG_M43742023-11-15T16:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-corpse-vanishes-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-corpse-vanishes-1942.webpThe Corpse Vanishes (1942)Brides collapse during their weddings and their bodies disappear before reaching a mortuary. A reporter notices an unusual flower linking the cases and follows it to a specialist living in an isolated house. Her investigation uncovers a household whose attempts to preserve one woman's youth depend on the disappearance of others.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/dSBchGJzCJY37792023-10-09T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/revolt-of-the-zombies-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/revolt-of-the-zombies-1936.webpRevolt of the Zombies (1936)An expedition travels to Cambodia to find and destroy a formula said to give absolute control over human beings. Rivalries within the group turn the search into a contest for possession. A disappointed lover sees the secret as a way to obtain the obedience and affection that ordinary life has denied him.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kRFIfCABJjA37322023-10-05T17:00:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/paradise-canyon-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/paradise-canyon-1935.webpParadise Canyon (1935)A government investigator joins a travelling medicine show to trace counterfeit money near the Mexican border. The showman has a grievance of his own against a local operator, and their interests begin to converge. Performing as a sharpshooter gives the agent cover while he looks for the source of the forged notes.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/6yxN47XYQSI31902023-09-13T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/anatomy-of-a-psycho-1961https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/anatomy-of-a-psycho-1961.webpAnatomy of a Psycho (1961)A young man refuses to accept his older brother's execution and turns his anger toward everyone he believes helped cause it. A street fight intensifies his sense of persecution, drawing his sister and her circle into his campaign. Revenge gradually overwhelms the relationships that might have offered him a way forward.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jb-_n_N7M7A44282023-08-26T17:00:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dead-men-walk-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dead-men-walk-1943.webpDead Men Walk (1943)A respected doctor secretly kills his twin brother, convinced that the man's occult activities endanger everyone around him. The brother returns as a blood-drinking supernatural presence and turns his revenge against the doctor's household. Protecting a young niece forces the physician to confront an evil that now shares his own face.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5LIu2MCk79s37872021-04-30T11:00:16-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/shock-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/shock-1946.webpShock (1946)Waiting in a hotel to reunite with her husband, a woman witnesses a killing through a window and becomes unable to explain what she saw. The psychiatrist summoned to help is the very man she must identify. Once she enters his care, the difference between treatment and concealment becomes a matter of survival.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/q1LpMXjAL9Q41962022-05-28T17:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/trapped-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/trapped-1949.webpTrapped (1949)Federal investigators arrange the release of a convicted counterfeiter to trace a new supply of forged banknotes. He intends to turn the opportunity into his own escape, while an undercover agent works closer to him than he realizes. The chase for the printing plates becomes a contest of surveillance, bluff and divided loyalties.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/rMAj6eyVa2o46852026-08-16T23:00:37-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/port-of-new-york-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/port-of-new-york-1949.webpPort of New York (1949)Two federal agents investigate narcotics stolen from a ship in New York harbour. A potential informant's death sends them through railway lockers, nightclubs and waterfront businesses toward the organisation's leader. Surveillance and undercover work become increasingly hazardous as the smugglers discover how closely the authorities are following their cargo.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UIoxLlX4dmw48582020-04-17T03:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/american-empire-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/american-empire-1942.webpAmerican Empire (1942)After the Civil War, former soldiers try to turn a Texas cattle venture into a lasting fortune. Rustlers and harsh conditions are only part of the danger. As their holdings expand, disagreements over loyalty and control threaten to destroy the partnership that made the enterprise possible.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sD8Db41AI2848422026-08-21T17:00:04-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-sphinx-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-sphinx-1933.webpThe Sphinx (1933)A witness identifies a businessman as the man he heard speaking near a murder scene. Medical testimony insists that the suspect cannot hear or speak, leaving the case suspended between apparently incompatible facts. Two newspaper reporters pursue the puzzle while further deaths make their investigation increasingly dangerous.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/hgzPQKkT4PU37432026-05-05T05:01:28-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-north-star-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-north-star-1943.webpThe North Star (1943)A summer outing by young Ukrainian villagers ends under German aerial attack. As their community falls under occupation, families separate and resistance fighters organize in the surrounding countryside. A doctor's discovery of what the invaders are doing to local children turns the fight for survival into a desperate rescue effort.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mlQK6RIRyV863602026-04-30T17:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tanks-a-million-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/tanks-a-million-1941.webpTanks a Million (1941)A railway clerk with a remarkable memory enters the army after absorbing its regulations in advance. His instant command of the rulebook wins promotion and infuriates a veteran sergeant. Put in charge of a disorderly company, the inexperienced recruit must discover whether knowing every instruction is enough to lead real soldiers.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Qp73bE483EY30122026-04-23T05:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/rainbow-valley-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/rainbow-valley-1935.webpRainbow Valley (1935)A travelling horseman helps a mail carrier survive an ambush and finds a community being strangled by intimidation. Building a proper road could change the valley's future, but a landowner's gang is determined to prevent it. The stranger offers his engineering skills while concealing another reason for taking an interest in the town.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OaVaLkCAbBo28382026-04-15T05:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/killer-diller-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/killer-diller-1948.webpKiller Diller (1948)A magician's disappearing act causes backstage panic when a woman and her valuable necklace seem to vanish for real. The resulting chase provides a loose thread through a variety programme of music, dancing and comedy. Dusty Fletcher's misadventures share the screen with an unusually concentrated gathering of Black entertainers.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tRRVQuigbPk43732026-04-13T17:00:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hay-foot-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hay-foot-1942.webpHay Foot (1942)Sergeant Doubleday knows military regulations by heart but becomes a hazard when handed a gun. A misunderstanding convinces his commanding officer that he is an exceptional marksman. With a shooting contest approaching and his rivals eager to expose him, the regiment's intellectual prodigy faces a test that cannot be passed by memory alone.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/p3kkzkbce6A27052026-03-12T05:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lady-from-chungking-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/lady-from-chungking-1942.webpLady from Chungking (1942)In occupied China, a village woman secretly organizes resistance to Japanese troops. The capture of two American pilots gives her guerrillas a dangerous rescue mission, while the arrival of a general suggests a larger offensive is imminent. Maintaining her disguise becomes essential to protecting both the airmen and the villagers.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/F0llWbiBZpw41052026-02-19T04:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/teenage-zombies-1959https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/teenage-zombies-1959.webpTeenage Zombies (1959)A water-skiing outing leaves a group of teenagers on an island controlled by a scientist with a secret laboratory. Her experiments aim to turn people into obedient subjects, and the visitors become convenient new specimens. Escaping the island means learning who can be trusted when even outside help may be part of the scheme.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Op0B5eN5YFY42362026-02-14T04:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/niagara-falls-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/niagara-falls-1941.webpNiagara Falls (1941)Two strangers arrive at the same honeymoon hotel after a string of roadside arguments and damaged cars. Another guest assumes they are a quarrelling married couple and appoints himself their peacemaker. His increasingly forceful attempts at reconciliation turn an accidental meeting into an exhausting comedy of mistaken relationships.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-ZDeTNmGI_Y25852026-02-13T04:00:00-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tumbleweeds-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/tumbleweeds-1925.webpTumbleweeds (1925)A cowboy watches the open range give way to settlers preparing for an Oklahoma land rush. The prospect of a home and a new relationship draws him into the competition, but rivals threaten to keep him from reaching his claim. Personal hopes unfold against the end of the wandering cattleman's way of life.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mkXPIn0Pa_w53012026-01-28T04:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/shoot-to-kill-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/shoot-to-kill-1947.webpShoot to Kill (1947)A police pursuit ends with a wrecked car, two dead men and one woman able to explain how a prosecutor and a gangster came to share the same escape route. Her account leads a reporter into a network of false testimony, political ambition and double-crosses hidden behind the district attorney's respectable office.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/CMxu0dorto838422026-01-05T04:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/eegah-1962https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/eegah-1962.webpEegah (1962)A young woman nearly drives into a giant figure on a desert road. Her father's attempt to document the discovery leads to a search through the dunes, where a surviving prehistoric man lives in a cave. A rescue mission becomes more complicated when the lonely giant develops an attachment to his unexpected visitor.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nMLrygdEqIw55212025-12-25T16:00:07-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-second-woman-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-second-woman-1950.webpThe Second Woman (1950)An architect withdraws into the coastal home he designed for the woman who died before their wedding. A succession of disturbing losses makes him fear that catastrophe will follow whatever he touches. A new acquaintance begins to suspect that the pattern has a human explanation, and that sympathy alone will not keep him safe.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3DoemRrcA6s54472025-11-28T04:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-dawn-rider-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-dawn-rider-1935.webpThe Dawn Rider (1935)John Mason returns home in time to witness a robbery that kills his father. Wounded while pursuing the gang, he recovers under the care of a woman whose family is linked to the crime. Friendship, jealousy and a small clue about the gunman complicate his determination to bring the killer to justice.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/XyT9YIUru4k30892025-11-12T04:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/jail-bait-1954https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/jail-bait-1954.webpJail Bait (1954)The son of a respected plastic surgeon falls under a criminal's influence and joins a robbery that turns fatal. As the police close in, his partner sees the father's profession as a possible escape route. A demand for a new face draws the whole family into a scheme built on coercion and concealed identities.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FCdUssXwuKM42752025-09-27T05:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-killer-shrews-1959https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-killer-shrews-1959.webpThe Killer Shrews (1959)A supply boat reaches an isolated research station just as a hurricane cuts off escape. The scientists are concealing an experiment that has produced oversized, ravenous shrews. With the animals hunting outside and resentments growing inside the compound, the visitors must improvise a way to survive until they can reach the water.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/YpokSAC_RIs41212025-06-30T18:00:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/attack-of-the-giant-leeches-1959https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/attack-of-the-giant-leeches-1959.webpAttack of the Giant Leeches (1959)Disappearances in the Florida swamps are first attributed to familiar dangers and local grudges. A game warden becomes dissatisfied with those explanations as more people vanish without trace. His search leads below the water, where unusual predators have found a way to keep their victims alive while feeding on them.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xUwgHSFvMrY37612025-06-23T05:00:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-giant-gila-monster-1959https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-giant-gila-monster-1959.webpThe Giant Gila Monster (1959)When a young couple disappears near a Texas town, their friends join the sheriff's search. Wrecked vehicles and damaged infrastructure gradually suggest something larger than an ordinary accident. A resourceful mechanic and hot-rod enthusiast must help protect the community when an enormous lizard approaches the places where its teenagers gather.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/apwWuNIsKwI44782025-06-16T05:00:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/creature-from-the-haunted-sea-1961https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/creature-from-the-haunted-sea-1961.webpCreature from the Haunted Sea (1961)A racketeer offers passage to fleeing Cuban loyalists and the government treasure they carry. He plans to steal the fortune and blame their deaths on a legendary sea monster. An inept undercover agent watches the scheme unfold, while something in the water threatens to make the invented explanation unexpectedly plausible.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ddc2TYzA38w36022025-05-25T05:00:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/all-american-co-ed-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/all-american-co-ed-1941.webpAll-American Co-ed (1941)A struggling women's college launches a publicity contest and insults a neighbouring fraternity along the way. The students retaliate by sending one of their members into the competition disguised as a woman. His assignment grows awkward when he falls for the organizer of the college show and must decide how far to carry the deception.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4gCEn0ywtYI29152025-03-18T05:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/daniel-boone-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/daniel-boone-1936.webpDaniel Boone (1936)Daniel Boone guides a group of families toward a new settlement in Kentucky. Their hopes are threatened by attacks and by a rival seeking control of the land they have reached. Boone must protect the community while navigating personal loyalties and a struggle over who will determine its future.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/YXEp0AJYiGA45462025-01-15T16:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/strange-illusion-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/strange-illusion-1945.webpStrange Illusion (1945)A student's recurring dream links his father's death to the man now courting his widowed mother. Unable to dismiss the image, he begins watching the suitor and questioning the reassuring explanations around him. His search turns a family romance into a psychological mystery in which suspicion may be both a warning and a danger.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/is9izUA6was51132024-11-12T17:30:25-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/winds-of-the-wasteland-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/winds-of-the-wasteland-1936.webpWinds of the Wasteland (1936)The telegraph puts two Pony Express riders out of work, so they invest in a stagecoach route. Their supposed opportunity leads to a nearly deserted town and a seller who has deliberately misled them. A race for a valuable mail contract offers a way to revive the settlement, provided their rival does not stop them first.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/45ANp9nFBQI32692021-05-26T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-trail-beyond-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-trail-beyond-1934.webpThe Trail Beyond (1934)Searching for a missing miner and his daughter, Rod Drew rescues an old friend from a murder accusation. Their flight leads to a deserted cabin, two skeletons and a map pointing toward gold. The discovery attracts a new set of enemies, turning the original search into a struggle over the map and its destination.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/N_MVuinVf5032852024-07-02T05:00:21-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-monster-maker-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-monster-maker-1944.webpThe Monster Maker (1944)A scientist becomes obsessed with a concert pianist's daughter and uses a fabricated medical crisis to gain power over the family. He deliberately makes the musician ill, then offers treatment on his own terms. The pianist's changing appearance conceals a crime whose purpose reaches beyond the doctor's laboratory.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/569jEJ18rVk38012023-04-21T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/heldorado-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/heldorado-1946.webpHeldorado (1946)A Nevada Ranger's visit to Las Vegas for its frontier celebrations is interrupted by an investigation into money laundering. A socialite serving as festival queen and honorary deputy begins investigating the same circle after a killing. Their overlapping efforts bring organised crime into a programme of rodeos, music and public festivities.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UJyM1XMu6rc41872023-04-19T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/night-tide-1961https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/night-tide-1961.webpNight Tide (1961)A sailor on shore leave becomes fascinated by a woman who performs as a mermaid at a seaside attraction. Their growing intimacy is shadowed by the unexplained deaths of her previous lovers and her belief that she belongs to the sea. The sailor must decide whether he has encountered a legend or someone trapped inside one.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/l-0ov1-Wd2k50972023-03-23T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/jungle-bride-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/jungle-bride-1933.webpJungle Bride (1933)A woman and her fiancé board a ship while following a man they suspect of murder. A storm wrecks the vessel and strands them together with other survivors on a tropical island. Survival requires cooperation, but the unresolved accusation and shifting personal loyalties make their improvised community difficult to sustain.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VmZwmEkJm5w37742023-03-21T17:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-great-rupert-1950https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-great-rupert-1950.webpThe Great Rupert (1950)An impoverished family of acrobats moves into rooms where a squirrel has made its nest. Their miserly landlord hides money inside the walls, and the animal's housekeeping sends cash tumbling into the family's home. The apparent miracle transforms their prospects while creating complications for the landlord and a romance between the two households.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KrfW-JoY-Iw50502022-12-15T16:00:08-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/riders-of-the-whistling-pines-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/riders-of-the-whistling-pines-1949.webpRiders of the Whistling Pines (1949)Gene Autry believes that a shot he fired at a mountain lion accidentally killed a forest ranger. An insect infestation then reveals a scheme to profit from the destruction of protected timber. As he helps organise aerial spraying, the men behind the scheme try to discredit him with a new accusation of poisoning cattle.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/O3W64sLicTM41572022-09-28T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-big-chance-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-big-chance-1933.webpThe Big Chance (1933)A promising boxer discovers that his rise through the ranks has been arranged to make a fixed championship bout profitable. When he refuses to follow his manager's instructions, the gang threatens someone close to his girlfriend. Reaching the ring becomes inseparable from rescuing the hostage and deciding who will control his career.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-T-Kc-QQtRY36012022-09-15T17:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-medicine-man-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-medicine-man-1930.webpThe Medicine Man (1930)Two siblings slip away from their domineering father's shop to watch a travelling medicine show. Its charismatic proprietor offers the daughter a possible escape when her father decides to marry her off against her wishes. The encounter turns a passing entertainment into a challenge to the authority controlling their home.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1SAOxg9BWQg39072022-09-01T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dynamite-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dynamite-1949.webpDynamite (1949)A young war veteran joins a struggling blasting crew and challenges its most experienced dynamiter. Their disagreement over working methods becomes a romantic rivalry when both pursue the boss's daughter. With a highway tunnel contract at stake, the consequences of pride and unsafe decisions can no longer be confined to personal arguments.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KA9q5CQiS_g40622022-08-11T17:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/rough-riders-round-up-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/rough-riders-round-up-1939.webpRough Riders' Round-up (1939)Returning from the Spanish–American War, Roy Rogers and two comrades join a border patrol in Arizona. Their new assignment brings them into conflict with thieves moving stolen gold through the region. A raid and a kidnapping test whether their military partnership can help them protect civilians along an increasingly dangerous border.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/34N82HDaGxM31882022-08-10T17:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/springtime-in-the-rockies-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/springtime-in-the-rockies-1937.webpSpringtime in the Rockies (1937)Fresh from agricultural college, a new ranch owner arrives with ambitious ideas and a flock of sheep. Her cattle-raising neighbours regard the animals as a threat to their grazing land. Ranch foreman Gene Autry must negotiate between her confidence, local hostility and men ready to exploit the dispute for their own benefit.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sMKUmXo4mR433202021-11-10T16:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-carson-city-kid-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-carson-city-kid-1940.webpThe Carson City Kid (1940)A stagecoach robber searches the mail for clues to the whereabouts of the man who killed his brother. His private pursuit leads into a gold town, where a saloon singer and a sympathetic sheriff complicate the life he has built around revenge. Discovering his quarry also means facing the consequences of his own outlaw methods.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Vt4fqbKWQd832072020-11-10T16:00:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dark-mountain-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dark-mountain-1944.webpDark Mountain (1944)A forest ranger learns that the woman he loves has married someone else. When she discovers that her husband runs a criminal operation, she seeks refuge in the ranger's mountain district. The husband follows, bringing the violence of his business into an isolated landscape where offering shelter makes the ranger a target too.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/HAO8XO8gDPM33832022-07-23T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-vampire-bat-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-vampire-bat-1933.webpThe Vampire Bat (1933)Deaths marked by severe blood loss persuade a frightened town that vampires have returned. A police inspector remains sceptical while suspicion gathers around an eccentric resident who keeps bats. As panic spreads, the search for a supernatural culprit threatens to conceal a danger much closer to the people offering reassurance.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5ZwKV-ST7NE37542023-03-17T17:00:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/submarine-alert-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/submarine-alert-1943.webpSubmarine Alert (1943)A radio engineer loses his job while federal investigators search for spies passing shipping information to enemy submarines. Desperate for work, he accepts an assignment involving a stolen transmitter. An apparent new acquaintance is also watching him, leaving the engineer caught between a criminal recruitment effort and an operation he does not understand.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nJO5Ns07Cpk40162025-01-31T16:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bride-of-the-gorilla-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/bride-of-the-gorilla-1951.webpBride of the Gorilla (1951)A plantation manager murders his employer and hopes to take his place beside the dead man's wife. A witness places a curse on him, and strange killings begin in the surrounding jungle. As his new wife notices his increasing withdrawal, an investigator must decide what connects the original crime to reports of a roaming beast.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8Ki4Ju4gETQ39242020-05-10T19:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/yellowneck-1955https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/yellowneck-1955.webpYellowneck (1955)Five Confederate deserters attempt to cross the Florida Everglades and escape by sea to Cuba. Their journey brings heat, thirst and danger, but also exposes the rivalries and concealed motives within the group. With no dependable leader and little reason to trust one another, survival becomes a test of the men they have become.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-DXkpQXDZT847852025-04-09T17:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mr-wise-guy-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/mr-wise-guy-1942.webpMr. Wise Guy (1942)The East Side Kids are sent to reform school after being found in a stolen truck. While they contend with harsh treatment and rival inmates, an escaped criminal causes an older friend to be convicted of murder. Proving his innocence gives the boys a purpose beyond surviving the institution's daily battles.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jFsEE1q2GCg41822023-03-04T00:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-wild-ride-1960https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-wild-ride-1960.webpThe Wild Ride (1960)A young racing enthusiast dominates his friends through reckless driving and demands for loyalty. When his closest companion begins a relationship and questions the gang's behaviour, he treats the change as a personal challenge. Parties and road contests become tests of obedience, pushing the group toward consequences that bravado cannot undo.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9lAHvK4EoZE36002021-05-18T11:00:15-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/house-on-haunted-hill-1958https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/house-on-haunted-hill-1958.webpHouse on Haunted Hill (1958)A wealthy man offers five strangers a substantial reward for spending one night in a supposedly haunted house. The doors will be locked, weapons are handed out and the host's marriage is already a battlefield. Frightening apparitions soon make it difficult to distinguish a supernatural threat from a carefully arranged human trap.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/09w7isSx65044952020-07-05T13:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-sin-of-harold-diddlebock-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-sin-of-harold-diddlebock-1947.webpThe Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)A former college football hero spends two decades in an uninspiring office job before being dismissed. With his savings in his pocket, he meets a gambler and takes an unfamiliar drink. The resulting departure from routine carries him into an extraordinary business venture that demands the daring his working life has suppressed.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xg48xPmyShU53772020-08-28T16:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mesa-of-lost-women-1953https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/mesa-of-lost-women-1953.webpMesa of Lost Women (1953)Two exhausted survivors emerge from the desert with a story of a secret laboratory on an isolated mesa. A scientist there has crossed human and spider characteristics in an attempt to create a new form of life. Their account retraces the encounters that brought a group of travellers within reach of his experiments.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/qs3OIggg33441462020-06-28T19:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/american-aristocracy-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/american-aristocracy-1916.webpAmerican Aristocracy (1916)An adventurous young man pursues the daughter of a wealthy businessman and discovers a rival involved in arms smuggling. Winning her attention becomes entangled with exposing the illicit operation. Romance and physical daring carry him through a world where social prestige provides an unreliable guide to character.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GsaS0_dZT0I31072020-06-08T19:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/moon-over-harlem-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/moon-over-harlem-1939.webpMoon Over Harlem (1939)A gangster pursues a prosperous widow with more interest in her savings than her affection. His calculated courtship places private family life within reach of the criminal world around it. Music and nightclub entertainment accompany a melodrama in which apparent romance conceals an attempt to gain financial control.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yAKCWeCSdZE41212020-05-29T13:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-snow-creature-1954https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-snow-creature-1954.webpThe Snow Creature (1954)A botanical expedition changes course when its guides insist that a missing woman has been taken by a yeti. The scientists find and capture the creature, transporting it to the United States for study. Questions about its status delay its confinement, and an escape shifts the hunt from the mountains to the city's drainage system.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/T9heyciY21Y42472020-05-19T19:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-black-pirate-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-black-pirate-1926.webpThe Black Pirate (1926)After pirates destroy his ship and his father dies, a young survivor joins their company to seek revenge. Exceptional swordsmanship and daring win him a place among the crew, but rescuing a captive woman puts his disguise at risk. He must turn the pirates' own expectations against them without abandoning the people in their power.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9vkqZSzJiZc55752020-04-19T15:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tarzan-and-the-golden-lion-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/tarzan-and-the-golden-lion-1927.webpTarzan and the Golden Lion (1927)News of a hidden city and its diamonds attracts a band of thieves to Tarzan's estate. While he is away, the intruders capture a guide and a young woman, whose journey ends at a temple preparing a human sacrifice. Tarzan follows with his lion, Jad-bal-ja, to attempt a rescue.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sT6Vl3Af4xM34372021-09-17T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/pollyanna-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/pollyanna-1920.webpPollyanna (1920)After her father's death, an optimistic child is sent to live with a wealthy aunt whose strict household offers little warmth. Her determination to find something good in every situation gradually affects the people around her. Helping another orphan tests the limits of that welcome and the aunt's carefully maintained rules.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KkqtoyF9-Kc34602020-05-14T19:00:27-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-poor-little-rich-girl-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-poor-little-rich-girl-1917.webpThe Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)An eleven-year-old girl lives in a mansion with busy parents and servants who treat her wishes as inconveniences. Brief encounters with life outside its rules offer the companionship she lacks at home. After a careless dose of sleeping medicine makes her dangerously ill, familiar people and phrases take unsettling forms in a delirious dream world.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cjBkhez_FKg38272020-07-31T16:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/blind-husbands-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/blind-husbands-1919.webpBlind Husbands (1919)An American couple's Alpine holiday exposes a distance that the husband has failed to notice. An Austrian officer offers the wife the attention she misses, turning hospitality into calculated seduction. When the two men climb a mountain together, a letter and an accusation bring the marriage's uncertainties into a physically dangerous confrontation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/CIDaxMGydG455332020-05-08T13:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/within-our-gates-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/within-our-gates-1920.webpWithin Our Gates (1920)After a broken engagement, a young Black woman returns to the South and helps a school facing closure. A fundraising journey north brings new relationships and exposes contrasting attitudes toward education and racial equality. Her efforts gradually reveal a past shaped by violence whose consequences reach far beyond her own family.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/h1E0NrcnwAE46242011-12-18T23:15:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/children-of-divorce-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/children-of-divorce-1927.webpChildren of Divorce (1927)Three children abandoned to boarding-school life promise that their own marriages will be different. As adults, affection and financial insecurity pull them into a triangle that undermines that promise. A calculated marriage after a night of drinking binds the wrong pair together, leaving all three to confront the childhood fears guiding their choices.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cCx4yGDoKNI42372025-07-28T08:25:44-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/go-west-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/go-west-1925.webpGo West (1925)An unemployed wanderer leaves the city and finds work on a cattle ranch despite having no relevant skills. His closest companion becomes a cow whose injured hoof he tends. When the herd is sent to market, saving his friend leads him from awkward ranch chores into the far greater challenge of guiding cattle through Los Angeles.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/EShi296FZaY40832025-08-04T07:13:59-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/spite-marriage-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/spite-marriage-1929.webpSpite Marriage (1929)A dry-cleaning worker borrows the appearance of wealth to attend every performance by his favourite actress. After another man rejects her, she impulsively marries her devoted admirer to provoke jealousy. The deception leaves him humiliated, but an unlikely journey at sea puts the pair together again under circumstances neither can control.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MH9pqUhVVo845322025-08-04T07:16:32-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/outside-the-law-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/outside-the-law-1920.webpOutside the Law (1920)A former criminal and his daughter attempt to live honestly under the influence of a Chinatown philosopher. When a gangster frames the father for murder, the daughter loses faith in reform and joins a jewel robbery. Betrayal within the scheme and affection for a fellow fugitive make returning to crime less straightforward than revenge first appears.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nHOhPcKH4K045112022-03-27T16:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/so-this-is-paris-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/so-this-is-paris-1926.webpSo This Is Paris (1926)A respectable wife sends her husband to complain about the dancers who have moved across the street. He recognises an old flame, while she becomes interested in the other neighbour. A brief prison sentence provides cover for an illicit evening at a ball, turning mutual disapproval into a network of convenient lies.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yn3POzhyDPo40282022-01-05T09:34:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/way-down-east-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/way-down-east-1920.webpWay Down East (1920)A young woman is deceived into a false marriage and abandoned after becoming pregnant. Following the loss of her child, she finds work with a rural family and attracts the son's affection. The return of the man who betrayed her threatens that fragile refuge, exposing a community quicker to condemn her than to question his respectability.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MgYA4jUr4o087012012-05-07T20:03:19-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/it-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/it-1927.webpIt (1927)A department-store assistant sets out to attract the wealthy young owner despite the difference in their social positions. A lively date suggests that the interest is mutual, but her attempt to protect a friend's baby creates a damaging misunderstanding. She must confront his assumptions about her while deciding what kind of attention she actually wants.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/S4MOQSRC_bM46142014-07-28T14:01:39-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/judith-of-bethulia-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/judith-of-bethulia-1914.webpJudith of Bethulia (1914)A besieged city approaches surrender as its population runs short of food and hope. A widow decides to enter the enemy camp and use the commander's attraction to her as an opportunity to act. Her private encounter with him becomes the decisive risk on which the community's survival may depend.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Yiqixomp-wc35802020-09-21T16:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-scarlet-car-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-scarlet-car-1917.webpThe Scarlet Car (1917)A bank teller discovers embezzlement and is attacked before he can expose it. A car sent to dispose of him later appears wrecked with a different body, leaving his daughter dependent on the family behind the crime. A young man's effort to repair his own father's finances brings him into the same network of concealed wrongdoing.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LP7EV972gB030392020-09-14T16:00:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-patsy-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-patsy-1928.webpThe Patsy (1928)Patricia is the overlooked younger daughter in a household dominated by her mother and selfish sister. Her place in the family seems fixed by other people's expectations. The comedy follows her efforts to assert a personality of her own, giving Marion Davies room to turn an apparently unassuming character into the centre of attention.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8408K_Jrrfo46292023-05-25T12:05:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sumurun-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sumurun-1920.webpSumurun (1920)Travelling performers arrive in a city where a sheik's household conceals forbidden attachments. A dancer attracts the ruler while a lovesick clown tries to keep her near him. Hidden visitors, a feigned death and competing desires bring the troupe and the palace into a chain of deceptions that threatens to end violently.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4KrLflLhQPE62382023-12-09T22:30:01-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-yankee-clipper-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-yankee-clipper-1927.webpThe Yankee Clipper (1927)American and British shipbuilders compete to control the speed and prestige of the tea trade. A young captain takes a new American vessel toward China, carrying both commercial expectations and an unexpected stowaway. Meeting the daughter of his British rival adds romance to a contest whose outcome depends on ships, crews and the hazards of the voyage.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/fw3pnkH2YbQ52002023-01-19T13:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-three-must-get-theres-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-three-must-get-theres-1922.webpThe Three Must-Get-Theres (1922)An ambitious young swordsman arrives in Paris and turns three intended opponents into loyal companions. The queen's missing jewels send him across the Channel to frustrate a cardinal's scheme. Familiar heroic exploits take increasingly ridiculous forms as duels, romance and royal honour are subjected to deliberate comic distortion.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8RPQjR8bf9s31212020-06-14T06:48:26-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bare-knees-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/bare-knees-1928.webpBare Knees (1928)A young woman returns to her small hometown with short skirts, cigarettes and the habits of a modern flapper. Her appearance causes a sensation among people who remember a different version of her. The visit turns everyday family and community expectations into a test of how much change the town is prepared to accept.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/COrDoISNuPo36722019-06-26T10:26:05-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-viking-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-viking-1928.webpThe Viking (1928)An English nobleman captured in a raid is sold into a Viking household, where his courage attracts a woman's protection and a rival's hostility. He joins Leif Ericsson's westward expedition as competing loyalties divide the travellers. Romance, religion and the search for land beyond Greenland become part of the same uncertain voyage.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/PCwpA7NxK7A53792017-11-14T02:39:58-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hoosier-schoolboy-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hoosier-schoolboy-1937.webpHoosier Schoolboy (1937)A new teacher in an Indiana town refuses to accept the school's verdict on a troublesome pupil. Shockey Carter's fights conceal a fierce loyalty to his father, a decorated veteran struggling with alcohol. As she learns about their home life, classroom prejudice becomes a test of the community's willingness to help a family in difficulty.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/POslFaIPxdY36332013-11-12T17:12:54-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-general-line-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-general-line-1929.webpThe General Line (1929)A struggling peasant woman sees little hope in working a tiny farm alone. She joins other villagers to organize a cooperative, confronting distrust, scarcity and entrenched rural hierarchies. Machinery and shared resources become the centre of a visually exuberant argument about agricultural change in the early Soviet countryside.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UEDed0o7FYs72522016-12-18T05:26:21-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/storm-over-asia-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/storm-over-asia-1928.webpStorm over Asia (1928)A Mongolian trapper's quarrel with a dishonest trader draws him into a much larger struggle for power. After his capture, foreign occupiers decide that his supposed ancestry could make him a useful figurehead. Their plan depends on a man they have underestimated accepting the role chosen for him.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sCE5447sjQY72142016-12-12T12:59:40-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-big-wheel-1949https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-big-wheel-1949.webpThe Big Wheel (1949)The son of a famous racing driver arrives at a California garage determined to earn his own place on the track. His father's former mechanic gives him a chance, but ambition and impatience make a dangerous combination. Racing success brings Billy Coy closer to the family history he has spent his life trying to outdistance.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4FHmexsZeSc53302020-03-10T08:53:24-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-little-shop-of-horrors-1960https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-little-shop-of-horrors-1960.webpThe Little Shop of Horrors (1960)An awkward florist's assistant discovers that his unusual plant thrives on blood. Its spectacular growth attracts customers to a failing shop and gives Seymour the attention he has always wanted. The improvement comes with a terrible condition: his demanding creation is getting hungrier, and keeping it fed becomes a full-time nightmare.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SaWzFyXbeus42892020-01-13T01:58:47-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-extra-girl-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-extra-girl-1923.webpThe Extra Girl (1923)Sue Graham escapes an unwanted marriage by chasing a Hollywood contract secured with somebody else's photograph. When the studio discovers the mistake, she finds work among costumes instead of stars. Her screen ambitions collide with backstage mishaps and a swindler who threatens to take her parents' savings.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MPWKNZ2LBR441162026-08-30T17:00:14-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-mad-monster-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-mad-monster-1942.webpThe Mad Monster (1942)A scientist expelled from respectable circles tests a wolf-blood serum on his trusting gardener. He describes the experiment as a possible military breakthrough, but revenge drives his next steps. As a transformed creature stalks the countryside, a reporter investigates the connection between the attacks and the doctor's secluded laboratory.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/p6kFinV2wxo45372026-04-02T05:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/my-pal-trigger-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/my-pal-trigger-1946.webpMy Pal Trigger (1946)Horse dealer Roy Rogers wants to breed his mare with a prized stallion, but the stallion's owner refuses. An escape and a shooting leave Roy carrying the blame. The birth of Trigger gives the dispute a new chapter, linking his attempt to clear his name with the future of an exceptional horse.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-v-M3xAVomY47222026-02-18T04:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sheriff-of-tombstone-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sheriff-of-tombstone-1941.webpSheriff of Tombstone (1941)A lawman reaches Tombstone and is mistaken for the crooked gunfighter its officials have hired as sheriff. He accepts the identity to investigate their plans for a local family's silver mine. The deception gives him access to the conspiracy, but the arrival of the real appointee threatens to close his advantage.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FdCWTzptZfg31712023-03-11T00:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-montana-kid-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-montana-kid-1931.webpThe Montana Kid (1931)A gambler tricks a rancher into signing away his property shortly before the man's young son arrives. When the confrontation ends in death, a loyal friend takes responsibility for the orphan. Forced off the ranch, the pair face the men who have profited from the crime and try to reclaim what the boy has lost.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ijJNb2r38Ho34572023-03-01T06:00:08-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/vengeance-of-rannah-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/vengeance-of-rannah-1936.webpVengeance of Rannah (1936)An insurance investigator arrives to examine a robbery and killing, unaware that the apparent deputy assisting him belongs to the gang responsible. Stolen money planted in his room turns the investigator into a convenient suspect. Escaping the frame-up requires him to expose the false lawman before the criminals can silence him.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/fjIOP2GMHeg33752023-02-28T16:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/shadows-of-death-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/shadows-of-death-1945.webpShadows of Death (1945)The prospect of a railroad reaching Red Rock brings new business and new danger to a town run by the resourceful Fuzzy Jones. Billy Carson arrives to help, only to find his contact murdered and a route map missing. Small clues must lead him to the people trying to control the town's future.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0_jILFZSc0w35092023-02-22T16:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/man-of-the-forest-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/man-of-the-forest-1933.webpMan of the Forest (1933)A woodsman learns that a land grabber plans to abduct a rancher's daughter and intervenes before the gang can act. His unconventional rescue makes him look like the kidnapper. When the rancher is killed, the same man must clear himself of murder while protecting the woman whose inheritance has made her a target.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QnEK9AOKo2M34292023-01-24T16:00:06-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/trouble-in-texas-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/trouble-in-texas-1937.webpTrouble in Texas (1937)A cowboy enters the rodeo circuit to investigate the death of his brother. Other leading competitors have also become victims, suggesting that the contests conceal an organised racket. An undercover government agent joins his inquiry as the next competition brings both the prize money and the danger within reach.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8l3jAiS8vzo37982023-01-11T16:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/song-of-the-gringo-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/song-of-the-gringo-1936.webpSong of the Gringo (1936)A lawman poses as an outlaw to enter a gang operating from a border hacienda. Its members kill miners to seize valuable claims, and their new recruit must appear willing to join the violence. When the assignment turns into a murder accusation against him, keeping his cover becomes a dangerous liability.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sNWbcTLZfaM36972023-01-11T15:00:08-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/seven-doors-to-death-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/seven-doors-to-death-1944.webpSeven Doors to Death (1944)After hearing a shot, an architect encounters a fleeing woman who forces him to drive her away. He later returns to the scene, only to find that the corpse has changed. A courtyard of shops, a valuable Egyptian chest and the woman's own business draw him into a mystery in which appearances keep shifting.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OLYGhVAlbgY36212023-01-08T16:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/st-benny-the-dip-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/st-benny-the-dip-1951.webpSt. Benny the Dip (1951)Three petty criminals escape the police by dressing as clergymen and taking shelter in an abandoned Bowery mission. Their disguise works so well that neighbours expect them to reopen its charitable services. Collecting donations creates a fresh opportunity for theft, but sustaining the deception begins to change their relationship with the people they intend to exploit.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3M6Tj4-lFkc48542023-01-05T16:00:08-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tomorrow-at-seven-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/tomorrow-at-seven-1933.webpTomorrow at Seven (1933)A mystery writer investigates a killer who announces each victim's appointment with death through a playing card. A threatened businessman tries to escape by flying his household to a Louisiana plantation, but another killing occurs during the journey. Two blundering detectives provide little reassurance as the writer studies the increasingly small circle of suspects.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QeLK3C7fbhc36962023-01-01T16:00:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/i-accuse-my-parents-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/i-accuse-my-parents-1944.webpI Accuse My Parents (1944)Facing a manslaughter charge, a young man traces his troubles to a home where money substitutes for attention. He invents a happier family life, takes a job and falls for a nightclub singer. Her connection to a gangster leads him into courier work whose true purpose he does not understand until escape becomes difficult.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/G3wxx2NJ5wI40722022-12-20T16:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/song-of-nevada-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/song-of-nevada-1944.webpSong of Nevada (1944)A ranch owner discovers that his daughter intends to sell the family property while pursuing a nightclub career and a questionable fiancé. After an interrupted flight, he joins a cattle drive led by Roy Rogers. News that his plane has crashed gives him an unexpected chance to investigate the proposed sale without revealing that he is alive.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UTDpkj7ABRo43102022-11-02T17:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/submarine-base-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/submarine-base-1943.webpSubmarine Base (1943)A ship's engineer survives a torpedo attack and reaches an island controlled by an American gangster living abroad. The man's fishing business conceals dealings with German submarines, while other residents find themselves unable to leave. As the engineer tries to understand his rescuer's loyalties, a remote harbour becomes a hidden front in the war.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_ibrJzjWb0s38552022-10-14T17:00:14-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-dark-hour-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-dark-hour-1936.webpThe Dark Hour (1936)A wealthy man's murder brings a young detective and a retired investigator into the same troubled household. The victim's niece, who is engaged to the younger detective, becomes a suspect when evidence appears in her room. Their search must disentangle family interests, suspicious servants and clues that seem designed to point toward a convenient culprit.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/T8BVG8p9xo841122022-09-30T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/broadway-limited-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/broadway-limited-1941.webpBroadway Limited (1941)A film director arranges a publicity stunt for an actress travelling aboard a prestigious passenger train. An unexpected baby makes the scheme look less like promotion and more like a kidnapping. The actress, a railway engineer and their fellow travellers are caught in the escalating confusion as the train carries the story toward its next complication.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LHKwDd9mRlU44692022-09-09T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/flying-blind-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/flying-blind-1941.webpFlying Blind (1941)Dismissed from an airline, a pilot starts a small service catering to couples travelling for weddings and divorces. His partnership with a stewardess is already complicated by jealousy when spies board one of their flights. A stolen military device turns a routine passenger trip into a hijacking and a dangerous struggle for survival.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cUHzBPSk0cs38602022-09-02T18:00:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/two-dollar-bettor-1951https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/two-dollar-bettor-1951.webpTwo-Dollar Bettor (1951)A widowed father wins a small horse-racing bet and begins to imagine gambling as a dependable source of income. Losses soon consume his savings and lead him to take money from work. With an audit approaching, an apparently sympathetic woman introduces another supposedly certain opportunity, drawing his desperation into a confidence scheme.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/syHpB_-7jRA42852022-04-28T17:00:14-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sex-madness-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sex-madness-1938.webpSex Madness (1938)A young woman's hopes for a stage career take her to New York, where exploitation and illness alter the life she imagined. Her story intersects with other characters navigating nightlife and sexual relationships. A framing concern about venereal disease turns these episodes into a warning shaped by the moral assumptions of the period.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/80MhEEE_vG831182022-02-13T16:00:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/trocadero-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/trocadero-1944.webpTrocadero (1944)Two siblings raised by a generous Hollywood restaurateur decide to honour him by creating a nightclub. Their plans make room for romance, backstage complications and a succession of visiting entertainers. As the venue takes shape, the story gives way to the musical and comedy acts that establish its reputation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/acFxMO4wfsU41032021-12-30T16:00:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/midnight-manhunt-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/midnight-manhunt-1945.webpMidnight Manhunt (1945)A wounded criminal dies outside a wax museum, where an ambitious reporter hides his body among the exhibits to secure an exclusive story. A rival journalist, an anxious caretaker and the killer all want to find the corpse for different reasons. Moving it only multiplies the misunderstandings as the night's search grows more dangerous.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0ubZ7eTeBs837472021-12-25T16:00:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/jesse-james-at-bay-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/jesse-james-at-bay-1941.webpJesse James at Bay (1941)Jesse James robs trains to help settlers buy land from a corrupt banker. The banker retaliates by hiring a man who resembles Jesse to attack the very people the outlaw supports. To expose the arrangement, Jesse must confront the double whose crimes are turning his reputation into a weapon against him.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MMod7NIqxL831962021-11-05T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/spirit-of-youth-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/spirit-of-youth-1938.webpSpirit of Youth (1938)Joe Thomas leaves Alabama hoping to support his family and discovers that his strength can earn him a future in boxing. Success brings a manager, publicity and a nightclub romance. When a gambler's interests begin to influence his private life, the young fighter risks losing the discipline that made his rise possible.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uY1zZgYgUG439452021-10-21T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/million-dollar-kid-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/million-dollar-kid-1944.webpMillion Dollar Kid (1944)The East Side Kids rescue a wealthy man from an attack and return his missing wallet. He rewards their honesty by inviting them to use his family's gymnasium. Their new connection soon complicates the distinction between respectable wealth and street crime, as the gang becomes involved with the household behind its generous public face.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AZRBljrCJuw38692021-10-01T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-mysterious-mr-wong-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-mysterious-mr-wong-1934.webpThe Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)A reporter investigates a series of Chinatown killings linked to a collection of twelve ancient coins. Behind the appearance of an ordinary shopkeeper, Mr. Wong believes that completing the set will secure extraordinary political power. The reporter and his companion follow the clues into a headquarters where their curiosity may prevent them from leaving.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-6EHYCp7huE37062021-09-16T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bowery-blitzkrieg-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/bowery-blitzkrieg-1941.webpBowery Blitzkrieg (1941)Two young men from the same neighbourhood seem headed toward opposite futures: one has sporting promise, while the other is already familiar to the police. A sympathetic officer tries to guide their fighting instincts toward boxing. Gangsters and personal resentments complicate his efforts as the apparently clear distinction between the boys begins to break down.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5ziTOl_nZ5w37682021-09-09T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hollywood-and-vine-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hollywood-and-vine-1945.webpHollywood and Vine (1945)A hopeful actress heads for Hollywood and crosses paths with a stray dog and a newly arrived playwright. He assumes the animal belongs to her and tries to return it while struggling to write about a movie industry he barely knows. The dog's unexpected talent begins opening doors that remain firmly closed to the human newcomers.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Q3WTrGexX1E34412021-09-01T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/rogue-of-the-range-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/rogue-of-the-range-1936.webpRogue of the Range (1936)A stagecoach robber intervenes in a troubled woman's journey, then finds himself sentenced to a long prison term. Escaping with another inmate allows him to join a local gang. His apparent criminal career conceals a lawman's purpose, but maintaining that disguise puts him among people who will punish betrayal without hesitation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/2z0S0VC9qzc33592021-08-26T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/east-side-kids-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/east-side-kids-1940.webpEast Side Kids (1940)A policeman who grew up in the tenements organises a club to give neighbourhood boys a better chance. When one boy's brother faces execution, the officer promises to investigate. Counterfeiters then use the club to circulate forged money, placing both the young members and their mentor under suspicion at the moment they most need public trust.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WCPqSOVwaqI35942021-08-09T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bells-of-san-angelo-1947https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/bells-of-san-angelo-1947.webpBells of San Angelo (1947)A border inspector suspects that an American silver mine conceals a smuggling operation. The death of an informant deepens the mystery just as a Western novelist arrives in the district under an assumed identity. Their overlapping investigations expose a business whose apparent prosperity depends on keeping the border's movements secret.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/A1zO4Ea3UnU45172021-08-05T17:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/smart-alecks-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/smart-alecks-1942.webpSmart Alecks (1942)The East Side Kids reject a member who earns money helping bank robbers. Soon afterward, another boy receives a reward for helping capture the same criminals, but his friends mistake his plans for the money as selfishness. Their quarrel leaves them divided when the gangsters return with revenge in mind.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4BJ-L1Rvmk839222021-07-19T17:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/coyote-trails-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/coyote-trails-1935.webpCoyote Trails (1935)Horses keep disappearing from a ranch, and a mysterious white stallion receives the blame. A visiting cowboy captures and rides the animal, discovering that its movements serve human thieves. Clearing the stallion's reputation requires exposing an arrangement that reaches inside the ranch's own management.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_GYtfPRA3Ns32572021-07-05T11:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/under-california-stars-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/under-california-stars-1948.webpUnder California Stars (1948)Returning to his ranch for a broadcast celebrating ten years in films, Roy Rogers learns that men are capturing range horses nearby. His intervention prompts the gang to kidnap Trigger and demand a large ransom. A runaway boy and an unexpected collection of ranch employees become involved in the effort to recover the famous horse.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/EHVNgfErXT841522021-07-04T11:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lights-of-old-santa-fe-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/lights-of-old-santa-fe-1944.webpLights of Old Santa Fe (1944)A struggling rodeo owner tries to keep her show on the road while a rival competes for the same bookings. Sabotage destroys equipment and makes an already precarious business harder to sustain. Roy Rogers helps investigate the attacks and protect the performers as commercial rivalry turns into a criminal campaign.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/niHV6DfPwdY46282021-06-28T11:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-dawn-express-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-dawn-express-1942.webpThe Dawn Express (1942)Enemy agents seek a chemical formula designed to increase the effectiveness of aviation fuel. After intimidation fails to obtain it, they target two scientists whose work holds different parts of the secret. A seemingly casual encounter in a bar opens the way to blackmail, forcing professional responsibility into conflict with threats against loved ones.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SPRWRa3YKpc37252021-05-31T17:00:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/texas-terror-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/texas-terror-1935.webpTexas Terror (1935)Believing he killed his closest friend during a gunfight, a sheriff abandons his badge and withdraws into prospecting. He later agrees to help the dead man's daughter manage her ranch without telling her why he feels responsible. Renewed attacks by outlaws bring the unresolved shooting back into their lives and threaten their growing trust.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VpMb8kk9wQA29922021-05-25T17:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/wagon-wheels-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/wagon-wheels-1934.webpWagon Wheels (1934)Three scouts guide a wagon train toward Oregon, where a widow hopes to build a new life with her young son. A fur trader fears that incoming settlers will destroy his livelihood and works to turn the caravan back. The guides must keep the travellers together through a journey shaped by concealed opposition and divided loyalties.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/rI4hDAAxWbc35462021-05-24T11:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/blonde-comet-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/blonde-comet-1941.webpBlonde Comet (1941)After proving herself on European racing circuits, a woman driver returns to compete in the United States. Her father's tyre business gives her a close connection to the sport, but racing brings her into rivalry with a man she also finds attractive. Their developing romance must contend with the ambition that draws them both to the track.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jxHL-ccnzqU38892021-05-11T11:00:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/high-school-caesar-1960https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/high-school-caesar-1960.webpHigh School Caesar (1960)A wealthy student runs his school like a protection racket, collecting fees, selling exam answers and manipulating the election for class president. His influence depends on fear and a small circle of loyal followers. When other students begin resisting him, a drag race threatens the authority he has built through intimidation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/RYVu6_-skL442042021-05-07T17:00:15-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-courageous-avenger-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-courageous-avenger-1935.webpThe Courageous Avenger (1935)Repeated attacks on gold shipments send a lawman into the desert to locate an elusive gang. The kidnapping of a woman close to him makes the inquiry personal. Infiltrating the outlaws' hideout reveals that robbery is only part of an operation sustained by prisoners forced to work in a hidden mine.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/oA-2yljOUd835192021-04-26T11:00:15-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/prison-break-1938https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/prison-break-1938.webpPrison Break (1938)A fisherman accepts responsibility for a killing to protect a relative, expecting good behaviour to bring an early release. Inside prison, conflict with another inmate repeatedly undermines that hope. Even freedom offers little security when his record closes ordinary employment to him and former prisoners draw him toward another dangerous arrangement.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tocyWMiODNs43482021-04-20T17:00:15-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-test-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-test-1935.webpThe Test (1935)A trapper leaves his dog guarding a valuable supply of furs. Rival traders lure the animal away and steal the goods, making its apparent failure part of their plan. The dog follows the thieves' trail, turning the recovery of the furs into a test of the trust between an owner and his companion.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nOm8gz7xZAo33292021-04-19T11:00:16-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/boys-reformatory-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/boys-reformatory-1939.webpBoys' Reformatory (1939)A streetwise boy accepts blame for a burglary committed by his foster family's son and is sent to a reformatory. The institution offers punishment instead of guidance, with corrupt guards and a harsh doctor controlling the inmates. Surviving its routines forces him to reconsider the sacrifice that placed him behind its walls.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/oMAQxUIqQBw35932021-04-14T17:00:14-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-headless-horseman-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-headless-horseman-1922.webpThe Headless Horseman (1922)A new schoolmaster arrives in Sleepy Hollow already aware of its terrifying local legend. His interest in a wealthy young woman antagonises a rival, while his severe teaching wins few friends among the villagers. As rumours and practical hostility gather around him, a night journey brings the feared horseman into his path.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ldiv3AemVX045712021-04-11T11:00:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/swamp-fire-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/swamp-fire-1946.webpSwamp Fire (1946)A Coast Guard veteran returns to the Louisiana bayous haunted by the wartime loss of a ship under his command. Recovering confidence as a pilot is complicated by romance, a local rival and wealthy newcomers restricting access to fishing and hunting grounds. Personal recovery becomes entangled with the community's struggle over its livelihood.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/HmpPL_vozX840912021-04-09T17:00:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/man-with-two-lives-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/man-with-two-lives-1942.webpMan with Two Lives (1942)A young man dies in a road accident shortly after celebrating his engagement. A doctor's attempt to revive him succeeds at the moment a gangster is executed, but the restored body houses a different personality. His family welcomes the apparent miracle while the criminal uses his new identity to resume old business.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/i9WrldoX1tQ37592021-04-04T17:00:14-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/law-of-the-jungle-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/law-of-the-jungle-1942.webpLaw of the Jungle (1942)Stranded in a West African colony without her passport, an American singer discovers that enemy agents want to use her for their plans. She escapes into the interior and finds shelter with a scientist and his assistant. Their expedition becomes involved in the pursuit, while help arrives from a local leader who overturns their expectations.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UqiCKeNHYss36452021-04-01T17:00:14-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/zis-boom-bah-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/zis-boom-bah-1941.webpZis Boom Bah (1941)A vaudeville performer visits the college she has worked to finance for her son and discovers an institution short of both money and purpose. Keeping her identity quiet, she takes over a nearby diner and encourages the students to stage a show. Their preparation becomes a practical lesson in the responsibility her son has avoided.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8SptClcFD2U36932021-03-22T17:00:16-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/son-of-the-navy-1940https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/son-of-the-navy-1940.webpSon of the Navy (1940)A runaway boy and his dog meet a sailor hurrying back to his ship. The boy's ingenuity helps them obtain a lift, but his search for a family soon creates the impression that the sailor is an irresponsible father. A woman at the naval base spreads the story, leaving the bewildered serviceman to untangle a reputation he never earned.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KNAfsbvlL5Q42642021-03-16T17:00:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/corregidor-1943https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/corregidor-1943.webpCorregidor (1943)A doctor's arrival in the Philippines to marry her fiancé coincides with the outbreak of war. Retreat and injury bring them to Corregidor, where medical staff work with dwindling supplies under attack. An encounter with a former love complicates the personal strain, but survival depends on cooperation among the island's exhausted defenders.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/2U8NzEEDKYA42152021-03-15T17:00:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/paradise-island-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/paradise-island-1930.webpParadise Island (1930)A woman travels to a South Seas island expecting to marry her fiancé and finds that he has become an unreliable drunk. A powerful local trader and an independent adventurer both take an interest in her. With property, pearls and personal freedom at stake, she must judge whom to trust in a community governed by coercion.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ljDf6lzoriA41432021-03-14T17:00:16-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sitting-on-the-moon-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sitting-on-the-moon-1936.webpSitting on the Moon (1936)A songwriter encounters an actress whose career has stalled after a dispute with a studio executive. Remembering the help she once gave him, he writes a new number for her and falls in love. Studio politics, lost employment and misunderstandings from his own nightlife then threaten both the professional comeback and their engagement.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Po_2O2jTYhs31732021-03-11T16:00:14-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ghost-patrol-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/ghost-patrol-1936.webpGhost Patrol (1936)Mail planes carrying valuables are brought down by a device that interferes with their electrical systems. The inventor has fallen under the control of criminals who force him to use it for robbery. A lawman's investigation brings a futuristic weapon into the familiar Western contest between isolated outlaws and the people trying to reach them.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/YFQHoz1N1pA34232021-02-22T16:00:15-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/so-s-your-aunt-emma-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/so-s-your-aunt-emma-1942.webpSo's Your Aunt Emma (1942)An unmarried woman leaves her quiet home to watch the son of a former sweetheart box in New York. A reporter helps her obtain a ticket, inadvertently placing her beside an investigation into a kidnapped lawyer. Gangsters misread her connection with him, and the visitor discovers that her apparent innocence can become an unexpected advantage.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gsFBavCaYFg37382021-02-12T16:00:16-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sing-cowboy-sing-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sing-cowboy-sing-1937.webpSing, Cowboy, Sing (1937)Two drifters discover the aftermath of an attack on a freight convoy and help the owner's surviving daughter. Taking over her deliveries puts them in the path of men seeking a transport monopoly. Jobs as entertainers in a saloon and courtroom give them another way to investigate the gang behind the killings.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VHilQhIJ3JU35022021-01-13T16:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/skull-and-crown-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/skull-and-crown-1935.webpSkull and Crown (1935)A border patrolman's reunion with his sister ends in murder when an elusive bandit reaches the cabin before he does. The officer's dog follows clues that connect the killing to the criminal he has been pursuing. Their investigation moves toward a confrontation in which the animal's loyalty may be the patrolman's only means of escape.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/hq2GJqnxPro33272021-01-07T16:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/city-of-missing-girls-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/city-of-missing-girls-1941.webpCity of Missing Girls (1941)A reporter links a series of disappearances to an arts school promising young women a start in entertainment. Behind its respectable lessons, a gangster recruits performers for his nightclub operation. The investigation becomes personal when her father is implicated and a compromising photograph places her boyfriend near another death.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/K3BlKp3S4TM44202020-12-27T16:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/wild-guitar-1962https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/wild-guitar-1962.webpWild Guitar (1962)A young singer reaches Hollywood by motorcycle and gains sudden attention after filling an empty television slot. A talent manager offers equipment, clothes and a record deal, but each favour adds to the newcomer's dependence. As success grows, he must decide whether the man building his career is also preventing him from controlling it.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gIN8niq3UHg53502020-12-11T16:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/aces-and-eights-1936https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/aces-and-eights-1936.webpAces and Eights (1936)A gambler becomes a murder suspect after exposing cheating at a card game. Taking refuge with a ranching family draws him into a second scheme aimed at their land. He must use the skills that made him suspect to challenge the conspirators, protect the ranch and establish what happened after the fatal game.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KbRH9GoL35I36782020-12-05T16:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/white-pongo-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/white-pongo-1945.webpWhite Pongo (1945)An exhausted survivor brings back a diary describing a mysterious white gorilla. An expedition enters the Congo to search for the animal, but its members do not share the same motives. Rival ambitions and concealed identities threaten the party before the creature itself becomes an immediate danger.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1R6jSub-f8g43062020-11-07T16:00:08-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-monster-walks-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-monster-walks-1932.webpThe Monster Walks (1932)A woman returns to her late father's mansion for the reading of his will. The inheritance favours her, leaving other residents with reasons for resentment, and an experimental ape remains confined in the house. When a hairy hand reaches for her during the night, the apparent animal threat obscures a more deliberate struggle over the estate.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LmibeULXANo35852020-09-25T16:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/high-gear-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/high-gear-1933.webpHigh Gear (1933)A leading racing driver survives a crash that kills his co-driver and leaves a boy without a father. He takes responsibility for the child but finds that memories of the accident prevent him from returning to competition. Taxi work and a reporter's friendship offer a different life while he struggles to recover his nerve.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/zQmmCVl-ujk37012020-09-08T16:00:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dangerous-curves-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dangerous-curves-1929.webpDangerous Curves (1929)A circus rider loves the company's celebrated high-wire performer, who is absorbed in another relationship. After betrayal and an accident undermine his confidence, she persuades him to teach her his act. Helping him recover becomes a difficult balance between professional ambition, loyalty and the hope that he will finally recognise her feelings.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/BUqqgkP6MyE46042025-09-30T15:00:24-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cleopatra-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/cleopatra-1912.webpCleopatra (1912)The Egyptian queen's attraction to a fisherman gives way to a far-reaching romance with Mark Antony. Personal desire and royal ambition unfold through a sequence of carefully staged encounters. As political pressure gathers around the lovers, their splendour becomes inseparable from the danger threatening their rule.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/T2w-l52g9F852312024-12-22T09:00:33-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cameraman-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-cameraman-1928.webpThe Cameraman (1928)A street photographer falls for a newsreel company's secretary and spends his savings on a second-hand movie camera. His first attempts at reporting produce technical disasters, but she encourages him to continue. A tip about events in Chinatown offers a chance to prove himself, while a more experienced cameraman competes for both the assignment and her attention.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Zf5zqLwB5kw41722024-01-06T15:23:00-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/college-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/college-1927.webpCollege (1927)A brilliant student publicly dismisses athletics and loses the admiration of the young woman he hopes to impress. At college he reverses course, trying sport after sport despite an almost complete lack of aptitude. A place with the rowing team gives him another opportunity as academic expectations, paid work and romantic rivalry pull him in different directions.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/S8EYxvcXiT439092023-07-07T10:00:11-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-ace-of-hearts-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-ace-of-hearts-1921.webpThe Ace of Hearts (1921)A secret society decides that a wealthy man must die and assigns the killing through a draw of cards. The chosen assassin loves a woman devoted to the organisation, who offers marriage to strengthen his resolve. Their new attachment changes how they view the mission, while a jealous fellow member watches their loyalty begin to falter.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1OSqiFG1qPs44712012-03-24T17:48:21-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-unholy-three-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-unholy-three-1925.webpThe Unholy Three (1925)Three sideshow performers open a pet shop as cover for burglaries targeting their customers. A ventriloquist poses as an elderly woman, while his accomplices supply other parts of the invented household. When a robbery becomes murder, the conspirators' shared business unravels through jealousy, suspicion and the danger facing an innocent employee.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/IzDQgfbbRQw51412021-01-04T13:19:02-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-conquering-power-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-conquering-power-1921.webpThe Conquering Power (1921)After his father's death, a fashionable young man moves into the household of a wealthy but miserly uncle. He falls in love with his cousin, whose daily life is controlled by the older man's obsession with money. Their attachment exposes the deceptions through which the uncle protects his fortune and keeps his family dependent.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-N5sb0LyKS044792012-12-30T20:40:54-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/douglas-fairbanks-in-robin-hood-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/douglas-fairbanks-in-robin-hood-1922.webpDouglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922)The Earl of Huntingdon follows King Richard on crusade while Prince John takes control of England. Reports of oppression lead him to risk disgrace by returning home. Finding his friends outlawed and his beloved apparently lost, he adopts a new identity and organises resistance from the forest against the prince's rule.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/x73nPX-06X879762011-10-30T17:20:48-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-flapper-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-flapper-1920.webpThe Flapper (1920)A restless teenager is sent from a restrictive Florida home to a girls' boarding school in New York. The change of setting offers new opportunities for flirtation and invention rather than the obedience her father expects. Pretending to be older draws her toward a sophisticated man and a tangle of appearances she struggles to control.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/K4N7kxtjaf451282013-12-07T14:59:51-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cat-and-the-canary-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-cat-and-the-canary-1927.webpThe Cat and the Canary (1927)Relatives gather in an old mansion to hear a will held unread for twenty years. A young woman inherits the estate under conditions that make her state of mind crucial. Strange events, a second document and reports of an escaped killer turn the gathering into a night in which fear itself may serve someone's financial interest.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VwyJi4GKjOA50392011-04-20T01:41:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-iron-mask-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/servers/q738056-server-554dd3ff92.webpThe Iron Mask (1929)The birth of royal twins creates a dangerous secret for the French court. D'Artagnan and his fellow musketeers are drawn into efforts to protect the throne from men who would exploit the brothers' identical appearance. Old loyalties meet a final test as confinement, substitution and political ambition threaten the king's identity.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/The_Iron_Mask_%281929%29.webm/The_Iron_Mask_%281929%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm61862025-01-01T19:36:59Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/home-sweet-home-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/home-sweet-home-1914.webpHome, Sweet Home (1914)A young man leaves his family for a theatrical career and gradually loses the stability of his earlier life. Memories of home inspire a song that outlives his difficulties. Its melody then connects separate stories of people facing their own crises, offering a recurring appeal to affection, belonging and return.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eLDoYOJ0nXs33002014-06-28T15:54:01-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/waxworks-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/waxworks-1924.webpWaxworks (1924)A writer hired by a wax museum invents stories for three of its figures: a caliph, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. He imagines himself and the proprietor's daughter inside their adventures. Comic jealousy gives way to tyranny and nightmare as the boundary between the exhibits and the storyteller's imagination begins to dissolve.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/avt8q0S0-aM50222024-11-22T13:00:02-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/don-juan-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/don-juan-1926.webpDon Juan (1926)Raised to distrust women after his father's destructive marriage, Don Juan becomes a celebrated seducer. A sincere attachment to a duke's daughter brings him into conflict with the powerful Borgia family. Their effort to control her marriage transforms romantic rivalry into a dangerous contest involving influence, imprisonment and armed resistance.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3PemuvL_fUs67292024-06-26T14:00:01-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/7th-heaven-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/7th-heaven-1927.webp7th Heaven (1927)A Paris sewer worker intervenes when a young woman is attacked by her abusive sister. To protect her from the police, he claims that they are married and offers shelter in his high attic room. Their improvised arrangement becomes a profound attachment just as war threatens to separate them.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NY9v_PMZSyo71352023-08-22T15:30:05-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/20-000-leagues-under-the-sea-1916.webp20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)An expedition sent to investigate a destructive sea creature encounters Captain Nemo's extraordinary submarine. Survivors brought aboard discover an underwater world while remaining subject to their mysterious host's rules. Nemo's hidden history links the voyage to events on a distant island, where captivity and revenge take a different form.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QsrXuyjci7U59222013-07-15T13:41:57-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/salome-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/salome-1922.webpSalomé (1922)During a royal banquet, Salomé becomes fascinated by the imprisoned prophet whom her mother resents and her stepfather fears. His refusal to respond to her desire turns attraction into an unforgiving demand. When Herod offers a reward for her dance, the palace's private obsessions acquire fatal political force.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/BkMq_Cs3OUs43332012-08-27T18:26:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-love-parade-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-love-parade-1929.webpThe Love Parade (1929)A scandal-prone diplomat returns home expecting a reprimand from his queen and instead becomes her suitor. Their marriage gives him the title of prince consort but little authority. Love becomes entangled with wounded pride as royal duties and traditional expectations about husbands and wives prove difficult to reconcile.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/rF29AkLjYio64712025-02-10T16:00:29-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/haldane-of-the-secret-service-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/haldane-of-the-secret-service-1923.webpHaldane of the Secret Service (1923)The son of a murdered detective follows the counterfeiting gang responsible for his father's death. Rescuing a young woman draws him further into its network, where capture and attempted killing repeatedly interrupt his pursuit. His growing affection becomes another complication when the investigation approaches people connected to her.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SgytY83LDG050202013-11-09T04:51:54-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-man-from-beyond-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-man-from-beyond-1922.webpThe Man from Beyond (1922)Arctic explorers revive a man preserved in ice for a century. Brought back without knowing how much time has passed, he recognises a young bride as the woman he once loved. His insistence disrupts the wedding and draws him into a mystery involving a missing scientist, mistaken identity and the possibility of a connection across generations.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mm-njiAhwXg45542014-05-11T02:14:43-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/snow-white-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/snow-white-1916.webpSnow White (1916)A young princess becomes the target of a jealous queen who cannot tolerate a rival to her beauty. Escaping into the forest brings her to the shelter of seven dwarfs, but distance from the palace does not end the danger. Disguise and enchantment carry the queen's hostility into the refuge the princess has found.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9nJuVYexrPI37752015-09-09T10:59:54-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/he-who-gets-slapped-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/he-who-gets-slapped-1924.webpHe Who Gets Slapped (1924)A scientist's patron steals his discoveries and humiliates him before an audience that laughs at his protest. Abandoning his former identity, he becomes a circus clown whose act repeats the public humiliation. Affection for a young rider gives him a new purpose, until the man who destroyed his earlier life enters the circus's orbit.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NnHo_BsmWYo43012023-03-28T05:06:52-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-kid-brother-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-kid-brother-1927.webpThe Kid Brother (1927)The youngest son of a respected sheriff lacks the strength that gives his brothers their place in the family. Pretending to hold his father's authority, he permits a travelling medicine show to perform and befriends its young dancer. Trouble surrounding the show gives him an unexpected chance to defend both his father's reputation and his own worth.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/amsoemMsFJ048872019-03-11T04:22:46-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-red-mill-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-red-mill-1927.webpThe Red Mill (1927)An overworked servant at a Dutch tavern falls for a visiting traveller and enters an ice-skating contest to win his attention. Her employer frustrates the encounter, and the visitor later becomes interested in another woman. Secret messages, an unwanted marriage and a meeting at an old mill draw the servant into a fresh opportunity to change her fortunes.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/qmuNLGOn-Hc44042023-05-29T21:52:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/chicago-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/chicago-1927.webpChicago (1927)A married woman kills her lover and first hopes that her husband will accept responsibility. When the case reaches court, she discovers that notoriety can become a form of celebrity. Lawyers, journalists and spectators help transform a killing into a public performance, while her husband's devotion is tested by the story she tells.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Js5lYNIZ87E61992019-01-26T07:50:29-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-kiss-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-kiss-1929.webpThe Kiss (1929)A woman trapped in a jealous businessman's marriage tries to end her relationship with the lawyer she loves. Her husband's surveillance and a younger admirer's attention make restraint difficult. An apparently innocent encounter turns violent, leaving private loyalties and the truth of what happened to be weighed under public suspicion.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eFxCYGYu_lE37122026-02-09T07:29:52-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/drifting-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/drifting-1923.webpDrifting (1923)An opium dealer in Shanghai wants to leave the trade but needs money to escape and help an ailing friend. Following an expected shipment inland, she meets a man posing as a mining engineer while investigating the drug network. Their attraction develops across concealed identities, forcing her to choose between the business keeping her afloat and a possible different life.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/aAtqWgegoeM50732022-04-30T23:13:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mantrap-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/mantrap-1926.webpMantrap (1926)A divorce lawyer retreats to the Canadian wilderness for relief from disputes between men and women. A local trader offers hospitality, but the trader's restless new wife finds the visitor more interesting than backwoods life. Her determination to leave with him turns his peaceful holiday into precisely the kind of romantic entanglement he hoped to escape.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SQCs4a5-CAw42522023-08-27T14:00:19-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/desert-nights-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/desert-nights-1929.webpDesert Nights (1929)Diamond thieves posing as aristocratic visitors kidnap a mine manager and flee into the desert. Heat, desertion and a dwindling water supply gradually reverse the balance of power. Forced to rely on their prisoner's knowledge, the criminals discover that the jewels securing their escape have little value against thirst and mutual distrust.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/PKVNXtQ0OAY36902025-05-24T15:29:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-red-lantern-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-red-lantern-1919.webpThe Red Lantern (1919)A woman of mixed Chinese and European ancestry seeks belonging at a Christian mission in Beijing. Romantic rejection and the arrival of her European half-sister deepen her sense of exclusion. A rebel leader exploits that resentment by persuading her to assume a symbolic role in an uprising, linking personal humiliation to a violent political conflict.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-nRzShQL2c449232022-02-06T21:25:41-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/old-san-francisco-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/old-san-francisco-1927.webpOld San Francisco (1927)A ruthless businessman pressures a Spanish Californian family to surrender its land. The owner's daughter and a young lawyer resist, uncovering a secret that threatens the magnate's public identity. Their struggle reaches a crisis as the 1906 earthquake interrupts the city's existing structures of power and danger.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/28HnAbeoENE53292024-09-30T16:00:02-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/don-q-son-of-zorro-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/don-q-son-of-zorro-1925.webpDon Q, Son of Zorro (1925)Zorro's son travels in Spain, where his skill with a whip attracts royal attention and a guardsman's resentment. A rivalry over a young woman becomes entangled with court intrigue. Accused and forced into hiding, he must outwit an enemy determined to turn a damaged reputation into a permanent advantage.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Ji1sOSp9E8A67092023-09-16T14:30:31-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/why-change-your-wife-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/why-change-your-wife-1920.webpWhy Change Your Wife? (1920)A wife tries to improve her husband's tastes while overlooking his wish for a less regulated life. His attraction to a shop assistant ends the marriage, prompting the former wife to reinvent her appearance and habits. When the three meet again at a resort, the promises of the new marriage begin to resemble the frustrations of the old one.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/m1h3BJ2NkrQ54862024-01-01T14:00:08-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tangled-trails-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/tangled-trails-1921.webpTangled Trails (1921)A Canadian Mountie discards his uniform to pursue a fraudulent mining promoter wanted in a murder inquiry. The trail leads to New York, where the suspect threatens another woman and repeatedly escapes capture. Following him back toward Canada stretches the officer's determination across city hideouts, border crossings and a long separation from home.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5TGDAglq4K433882023-03-10T04:53:47-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ben-hur-a-tale-of-the-christ-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/ben-hur-a-tale-of-the-christ-1925.webpBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)A Jewish nobleman's reunion with a Roman childhood friend exposes their opposing loyalties. An accident gives the officer an excuse to condemn him to the galleys and imprison his family. Survival turns into a search for revenge and reunion, unfolding alongside encounters with the emerging story of Jesus.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/X1oY4M26TjE85542023-02-08T12:58:12-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sally-irene-and-mary-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sally-irene-and-mary-1925.webpSally, Irene, and Mary (1925)Three Broadway chorus performers approach romance with different expectations: financial security, ideal love and a tentative desire for experience. Wealthy admirers and dependable working men offer competing futures. Their choices bring pleasures and disappointments that force the youngest to reconsider what success under the theatre's bright lights would actually mean.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uXmnsjS_iGE45722023-06-05T01:37:41-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-ten-commandments-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-ten-commandments-1923.webpThe Ten Commandments (1923)The flight from Egypt and the giving of the commandments introduce a second story set in modern America. Two brothers take different approaches to the moral rules their mother insists upon. Their choices in work, love and ambition test whether the principles presented in the biblical prologue can survive the pressures of everyday life.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Wb4mgQO-VlE81722023-08-01T03:39:27-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/battling-butler-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/battling-butler-1926.webpBattling Butler (1926)A wealthy, sheltered young man takes a camping trip intended to make him tougher and falls for a mountain girl. His valet claims that he is a famous boxer with the same name to impress her family. Maintaining the invention becomes increasingly difficult when the real fighter appears and the supposed champion is expected to enter the ring.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/i7D575W_z6Q46172023-01-11T01:11:00-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-circle-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-circle-1925.webpThe Circle (1925)A young wife considering leaving her husband invites his estranged mother to visit with the man for whom she once abandoned the family. She hopes the older couple will demonstrate that romantic escape leads to happiness. Their arrival, complicated by the unexpected presence of the deserted husband, offers a less reassuring preview of the future.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SHaz5TBQaPU42482022-09-11T09:05:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hula-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hula-1927.webpHula (1927)A planter's independent-minded daughter prefers riding, swimming and direct expression to the conventions expected of her. She falls for a British engineer supervising a dam, but he already has a wife. When that marriage stands in the way of their relationship, she devises a risky intervention involving the project on which his prospects depend.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eud1hs6nW5E38022021-02-18T05:58:32-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/wine-of-youth-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/wine-of-youth-1924.webpWine of Youth (1924)A young woman has two suitors but doubts the value of marriage after watching her parents quarrel. The freedom of her own generation seems to promise a different approach to love. Deciding between the men requires her to look beyond both youthful confidence and the troubled example that first shaped her fears.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WKsDxaI7UKo44372020-10-31T15:05:38-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/kentucky-pride-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/kentucky-pride-1925.webpKentucky Pride (1925)A horse breeder's gambling losses threaten his stable and fracture his family. A loyal trainer helps save an injured mare, but financial pressure eventually separates the man from the animals he values. The next generation's racing prospects offer a precarious chance to recover both his livelihood and the personal ties lost along the way.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/auDxHS0CHKQ42692020-12-20T17:58:15-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-sea-hawk-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-sea-hawk-1924.webpThe Sea Hawk (1924)Betrayed by his half-brother, an English nobleman is blamed for a killing and sold into captivity. Escaping the galleys, he rises to command a corsair ship under a new name. News of his former beloved's approaching marriage draws him back toward the betrayal that transformed his life and the possibility of clearing his name.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tPBgx-UCeAE73642019-08-17T11:40:57-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-chechahcos-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-chechahcos-1924.webpThe Chechahcos (1924)A shipboard fire during the Klondike rush separates a mother from her little girl. Two prospective miners rescue the child and raise her, while the mother believes she is dead. Years later, their lives cross again in Alaska, where an old lie and the relationships formed after the disaster demand to be confronted.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_4hMTHyfMZo52162019-02-02T14:06:31-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/peter-pan-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/peter-pan-1924.webpPeter Pan (1924)A boy who refuses to grow up visits the Darling nursery in search of his missing shadow. He teaches the children to fly and takes them to a world of fairies, lost boys and pirates. Wendy's arrival changes the small community, while Captain Hook waits for an opportunity to defeat Peter and capture his companions.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4bNLJG_Kkug60122016-07-19T12:26:52-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-covered-wagon-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-covered-wagon-1923.webpThe Covered Wagon (1923)Two wagon trains join for the difficult journey from Kansas to Oregon. Rival scouts compete for leadership and for a young woman's affection while hunger, weather and conflict strain the settlers. News of gold in California threatens to divide the caravan, testing the authority of a guide whose own past remains under suspicion.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/m6AROCMqOAU58702018-02-01T19:59:22-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/up-the-ladder-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/up-the-ladder-1925.webpUp the Ladder (1925)An heiress sells property to finance the communication device invented by the man she loves. Success makes their marriage possible, but prosperity leads him to neglect both the business and his wife. When his attention turns elsewhere and the company again needs her money, she insists on a different distribution of authority.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SsUrpUfiJRs41762017-11-12T00:29:59-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cradle-of-courage-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-cradle-of-courage-1920.webpThe Cradle of Courage (1920)Military service changes a former criminal's expectations of life after the war. Encouraged by a fellow veteran, he joins the police on returning home. The new uniform requires him to confront members of his old gang, making reform a difficult choice between familiar personal loyalties and the responsibilities he has newly accepted.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/PkQXsDx655c38852018-07-14T13:28:04-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/monte-cristo-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/monte-cristo-1922.webpMonte Cristo (1922)A young sailor's promising future collapses when jealous acquaintances arrange his imprisonment. Years inside an island fortress bring friendship with a prisoner who knows the location of a hidden fortune. Escape and the discovery of that wealth allow him to return under a new identity, determined to confront those who profited from his disappearance.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/13zlVvAVFi863432018-06-11T23:58:44-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/scaramouche-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scaramouche-1923.webpScaramouche (1923)A young man's demand for justice after a friend's death places him in conflict with a powerful aristocrat. Fleeing arrest, he joins travelling actors and discovers a talent for performance and rhetoric. As France approaches revolution, those abilities and his growing skill with a sword become tools for confronting the man who first drove him into hiding.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pFxclSlw5Y073692018-01-03T20:36:57-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/one-exciting-night-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/one-exciting-night-1922.webpOne Exciting Night (1922)A disputed inheritance brings a group of guests to a wealthy estate concealing a bootlegging operation and hidden money. An unknown prowler adds another danger to the gathering. As people begin to die, the guests must distinguish the criminal business already inside the house from the threats arriving around it.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VwSeKXl-o_U86202018-05-14T17:02:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-freshman-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-freshman-1925.webpThe Freshman (1925)A new college student copies the mannerisms of a movie hero, certain that they will make him popular. His classmates quietly turn him into a joke, while only a young woman outside their social circle offers honest friendship. Joining the American football squad becomes his next attempt to belong and an unexpected chance to prove himself on his own terms.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4mH6N-Tbddc45792015-02-14T10:23:50-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-idol-dancer-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-idol-dancer-1920.webpThe Idol Dancer (1920)On a tropical island, a dancer attracts a drifting drinker and a sickly visitor seeking a healthier climate. Their competing affections unfold around a missionary household and differing views of the island's life. An attack from a neighbouring community forces the drifter to act on responsibilities he has previously avoided.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/i30LuMFQKkE60592015-11-11T18:07:33-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/true-heart-susie-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/true-heart-susie-1919.webpTrue Heart Susie (1919)A country girl secretly sells family property to pay for the education of the boy she loves. He returns as a minister without knowing who made his studies possible and marries a more fashionable woman. The resulting household draws repeatedly on the overlooked girl's care, testing how long affection can endure without recognition.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NxpjXrzWW4Q51932014-06-23T14:00:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/america-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/america-1924.webpAmerica (1924)A young couple's attachment crosses the political divisions of the American Revolution. Family loyalties and military commitments pull them toward opposing sides, while violence carries the conflict from Massachusetts into New York's frontier settlements. Their efforts to remain connected unfold alongside a patriotic account of the struggle for independence.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/XZdiUVb_um883842012-09-01T23:14:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/grandma-s-boy-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/grandma-s-boy-1922.webpGrandma's Boy (1922)A timid young man cannot stand up to a rival or declare his feelings to the woman he loves. His grandmother gives him a keepsake that she says once supplied his grandfather with extraordinary courage. Belief in its power leads him to confront dangers he has always avoided, including a criminal threatening the town.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/C9EtmLcg3Mc36552012-03-07T11:14:48-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/little-old-new-york-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/little-old-new-york-1923.webpLittle Old New York (1923)An Irish family races to New York so a son can claim an inheritance before a deadline. When he dies during the voyage, his sister assumes his identity to preserve their chance. Living as the missing heir brings her into conflict and then affection with the young man who would otherwise receive the fortune.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/hmMVBNgI3lo63382012-09-21T20:02:34-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/rip-van-winkle-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/rip-van-winkle-1921.webpRip Van Winkle (1921)Driven from home after repeatedly breaking promises about drinking, Rip wanders into the Catskills and accepts a mysterious stranger's liquor. He wakes to discover that twenty years have passed. Returning to a transformed village, he must recover his identity and protect his family from a man taking advantage of his long absence.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DbZhYB0W6WQ35252012-09-26T13:57:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-forbidden-city-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-forbidden-city-1918.webpThe Forbidden City (1918)A Chinese princess's relationship with an American brings a severe punishment when the court learns she is pregnant. Years later, the daughter of that union seeks the father she has never known. Her search carries the family story beyond the palace and into the Philippines, where inherited prejudice continues to shape her prospects.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/q6pwKvO03B037242012-09-03T19:29:13-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-sheik-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/servers/q1196670-server-a558ffa3b1.webpThe Sheik (1921)An independent British traveller plans a desert journey after refusing a conventional marriage. A powerful sheik becomes fascinated by her and arranges her abduction, placing her declared freedom under his control. Captivity, resistance and threats from another chieftain shape a romance built around a deeply unequal encounter.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/The_Sheik_%281921%29_by_George_Melford.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original45372024-08-16T02:09:30Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/civilization-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/civilization-1916.webpCivilization (1916)A submarine commander refuses an order to torpedo a civilian liner suspected of carrying munitions. His resistance leads to catastrophe and an encounter with a spiritual power that sends him back as a messenger of peace. The kingdom's enthusiasm for war is then challenged through the suffering hidden behind its military ambitions.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UwU035gIGO851952012-04-22T19:17:33-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-blue-bird-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-blue-bird-1918.webpThe Blue Bird (1918)Two children are sent by a fairy to search for the bluebird of happiness. A magical hat reveals the living spirits within familiar objects and allows their pets to speak. Accompanied by these new companions, they travel through strange realms in a quest that changes their understanding of the ordinary world they left behind.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uocFB3ciGmg49162011-10-02T02:01:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/helen-s-babies-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/helen-s-babies-1924.webpHelen's Babies (1924)A bachelor who has written about raising children arrives for a restful family visit and is immediately left in charge of his nieces. His reputation as an expert conceals a complete lack of practical experience. The children's curiosity turns his stay into a succession of emergencies, with help from an attractive neighbour adding another distraction.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/vzGPeMgvOLU53922012-12-05T12:34:15-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-penalty-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-penalty-1920.webpThe Penalty (1920)A criminal leader who lost his legs through a childhood medical error plans revenge against the surgeon. He approaches the doctor's sculptor daughter while organising a broader attack on San Francisco. An undercover investigator enters his household, where personal resentment, artistic ambition and criminal power become tightly entwined.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/l2LEaTVfY9U53772013-12-17T15:47:19-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mademoiselle-midnight-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/mademoiselle-midnight-1924.webpMademoiselle Midnight (1924)A Mexican ranch heiress is kept indoors at night because her father fears she will repeat her grandmother's scandalous behaviour. Attraction to a visiting American brings her into conflict with a persistent outlaw. Family attempts to control her reputation prove little protection against the competing desires gathering around the hacienda.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jaeAg_Pt1lQ40812014-06-09T16:41:42-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-whistle-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-whistle-1921.webpThe Whistle (1921)After dangerous factory conditions kill his son, a worker kidnaps his employer's child and raises him in a life of labour. Years later, an unexpected encounter brings the two households together again. The employer's generosity and his wife's attachment to the boy force the grieving father to weigh revenge against the damage he is continuing to cause.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/I8JuL6Ab6NQ35692013-09-03T22:52:41-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-college-hero-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-college-hero-1927.webpThe College Hero (1927)A successful football recruit settles into college and begins dating a fellow student's sister. His roommate resents both his sporting ability and romantic success. Jealousy leads to deliberate interference during a game, leaving the injured player to face the contest while his teammate confronts what his rivalry has cost.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sC-P-d56iZo38822014-01-14T19:39:50-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-fool-there-was-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/a-fool-there-was-1915.webpA Fool There Was (1915)A respected lawyer leaves his wife and daughter for a diplomatic assignment and meets a captivating stranger aboard ship. The relationship gradually consumes his attention, career and family commitments. Attempts to bring him home fail as dependence on the woman replaces the identity and standing he once took for granted.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KiTRqj6YOYw40002013-03-02T04:20:32-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/so-s-your-old-man-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/so-s-your-old-man-1926.webpSo's Your Old Man (1926)A small-town inventor hopes that an unbreakable windscreen will finally make his fortune. A car mix-up ruins the demonstration and sends him home in despair. On the return journey he befriends a woman he believes needs rescuing, unaware that her royal status may transform the social position of his entire family.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KowoNly0bMU39322014-01-07T07:55:34-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/flesh-and-blood-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/flesh-and-blood-1922.webpFlesh and Blood (1922)A man imprisoned for a crime he did not commit escapes to find his family and confront the person who framed him. His wife has died, and his daughter believes him dead too. Discovering that she loves the wrongdoer's son forces him to decide whether clearing his own name will destroy the happiness he came back to recover.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eLajveycmIA43982011-11-17T21:39:32-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tess-of-the-storm-country-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/tess-of-the-storm-country-1922.webpTess of the Storm Country (1922)A young woman defends a settlement of impoverished families against the landowner determined to expel them. His son sympathises with her, while his daughter faces a private crisis she cannot safely reveal at home. Protecting others places Tess in conflict with both property rights and the judgments of a community that already treats her as an outsider.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VsMhh_KVk2070272013-12-08T22:08:45-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-sea-lion-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-sea-lion-1921.webpThe Sea Lion (1921)An embittered whaling captain takes aboard a young sailor suffering from romantic disappointment of his own. An accidental loss of drinking water provokes unrest and sends the ship toward an island. Rescuing two survivors there brings an unexpected personal connection into a command already strained by resentment and the threat of mutiny.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/dvqhUgj8Z1Y37262012-04-21T20:33:37-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cruise-of-the-jasper-b-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/cruise-of-the-jasper-b-1926.webpCruise of the Jasper B (1926)The descendant of a pirate learns that he must marry on his twenty-fifth birthday to inherit the family fortune. He quickly meets the woman he wants, but a schemer threatens her inheritance too. Their rush toward a wedding becomes a chain of pursuit, transport disasters and last-minute improvisations centred on his dilapidated ship.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/G-9JWJhlMYE36742015-03-17T11:47:33-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hoodoo-ann-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/hoodoo-ann-1916.webpHoodoo Ann (1916)An unhappy orphan believes that bad luck will follow her until she marries. A courageous rescue brings adoption and affection, seemingly ending her isolation. Fascination with a film she sees on a date then leads to an alarming misunderstanding, making her fear that the old curse has survived her change of home.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WJcm9rI6AAw38442014-04-20T16:40:51-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-iron-horse-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/servers/q477852-server-97c2ad6c81.webpThe Iron Horse (1924)A surveyor's dream of a transcontinental railway survives his murder through the son who witnesses it. Years later, the young man joins the enormous undertaking to connect the continent. Rival interests, personal revenge and a renewed childhood attachment unfold as the competing construction crews approach their meeting point.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/57/The_Iron_Horse_%281924%29.webm/The_Iron_Horse_%281924%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm89612024-08-19T21:43:36Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/victory-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/victory-1919.webpVictory (1919)A solitary man living on a remote island helps a young woman escape an abusive employer. Their refuge attracts three criminals after the employer invents a story about hidden treasure. The arrival of the intruders forces the recluse to abandon his belief that remaining detached from other people can keep him safe.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VlXAj1wiXPo37442017-07-29T14:29:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/be-my-wife-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/be-my-wife-1921.webpBe My Wife (1921)A suitor faces competition from another man and firm opposition from his sweetheart's aunt. Disguising himself as a music teacher only produces more trouble, while an imagined marriage offers little escape from the family conflict. To win approval, he eventually stages an elaborate display of courage whose opponent is largely his own invention.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ntlGbdynhx032812023-08-12T11:30:39-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/male-and-female-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/male-and-female-1919.webpMale and Female (1919)An aristocratic household is shipwrecked, leaving its members dependent on the practical abilities of their butler. On the island, inherited rank gives way to competence, and the woman who once dismissed him begins to imagine marriage. Rescue brings the group back to a society less willing to recognise the order they created for themselves.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1-jfBP9SMr469592024-04-06T14:00:00-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/city-girl-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/city-girl-1930.webpCity Girl (1930)A farmer's son meets a waitress while selling the family's wheat in Chicago and marries her before returning home. She hopes the countryside will offer peace, but his father greets her with suspicion and hostility. Harvest labour, unwanted attention and the young husband's failure to defend her threaten the new marriage.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/hX3k7-dCqI453052023-08-12T12:29:20-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/manhandled-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/manhandled-1924.webpManhandled (1924)A shop assistant's talent for impersonating a Russian aristocrat wins attention at a party and leads to work attracting wealthy customers. Entering fashionable society brings advantages but distances her from the people she knows. Her boyfriend mistakes the attention of influential men for evidence that success has changed her loyalties and principles.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/CSvisIeqEtI37622024-04-26T11:00:05-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-jazz-singer-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/servers/q465087-server-76adca97de.webpThe Jazz Singer (1927)A cantor expects his son to continue the family's religious musical tradition, but the boy dreams of popular entertainment. Years after leaving home, the singer approaches a major stage opportunity under an Americanised name. His father's illness forces him to choose between opening-night ambition and the duty that first drove them apart.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/The_Jazz_Singer_%281927%29.webm/The_Jazz_Singer_%281927%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm53362025-03-16T00:16:58Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-red-dance-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-red-dance-1928.webpThe Red Dance (1928)Violence against her family gives a Russian village schoolteacher a lasting resentment of imperial power. Escaping an unwanted marriage, she encounters a grand duke without knowing his rank. Their attraction develops as court intrigue and revolution transform the positions from which each must judge the other.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/oG5ebGnTlOg56322024-08-28T14:30:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/why-worry-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/why-worry-1923.webpWhy Worry? (1923)A wealthy hypochondriac travels to a South American island for the rest he believes his health requires. Instead, he arrives during an uprising organised by an outside profiteer. Initially too absorbed in his imagined ailments to recognise the danger, he becomes involved in restoring order with help from an unusually imposing new friend.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/CI7HUz7Esqk37622023-11-25T14:00:05-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/uncle-tom-s-cabin-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/uncle-tom-s-cabin-1927.webpUncle Tom's Cabin (1927)The sale of enslaved people to settle a household's debts separates families whose futures depend on their owners' decisions. A mother's attempt to save her child runs alongside Tom's transfer into increasingly dangerous circumstances. Their different paths expose the violence behind promises of kindness within a system built on human ownership.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Ch4fGc084iM67252024-03-20T06:00:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/charley-s-aunt-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/charley-s-aunt-1925.webpCharley's Aunt (1925)Two students invite young women to lunch expecting a wealthy visiting aunt to provide the necessary supervision. When she fails to arrive, their friend puts on a theatrical disguise and takes her place. The deception becomes harder to sustain when older men begin courting the supposed heiress and the real aunt approaches the gathering.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/V5NW5EorStg42652023-12-31T15:00:20-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/forbidden-fruit-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/forbidden-fruit-1921.webpForbidden Fruit (1921)An employer dresses her seamstress as a society guest to fill an empty place at a business dinner. A visiting man falls in love with her, unaware that she supports an abusive husband. Further invitations offer a glimpse of another life, but the husband's theft and blackmail threaten to expose and exploit the arrangement.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/dxyUBDfxe8Q51902014-12-06T21:49:58-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/going-straight-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/going-straight-1916.webpGoing Straight (1916)A prosperous married couple has successfully hidden its past as the leaders of a criminal gang. An old associate discovers them and threatens exposure unless the husband returns to safe-breaking. The supposedly final job takes him into a friend's house where his own wife and children are staying, turning blackmail into an immediate danger to the family.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0586eBxVYfU35092014-12-07T17:29:26-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-blackbird-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-blackbird-1926.webpThe Blackbird (1926)A London thief maintains a second identity as a charitable religious figure, using the supposed brother to supply alibis. The elaborate disguise protects his criminal activity while giving him access to a different kind of respect. Rivalry over a music-hall performer places growing pressure on his ability to keep the two lives separate.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/n-8WNswMlcI51492013-12-31T10:08:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-four-feathers-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-four-feathers-1929.webpThe Four Feathers (1929)An officer resigns when his regiment is ordered to Sudan, prompting friends and his fiancée to send white feathers as accusations of cowardice. Determined to answer their judgment, he travels independently to the conflict. His efforts to help the same men who rejected him become a private test of courage outside the uniform he abandoned.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JxcFtG-Oc-M48452013-07-14T06:17:28-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/through-the-back-door-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/through-the-back-door-1921.webpThrough the Back Door (1921)A woman moving to America leaves her daughter with a Belgian servant, expecting the separation to be temporary. The servant grows attached to the child and later claims that she has died. War eventually sends the girl across the Atlantic, where finding her mother requires entering a household that no longer expects her to exist.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Fj_xHdWAbrY53092014-10-15T06:57:03-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/m-liss-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/m-liss-1918.webpM'Liss (1918)A spirited girl grows up in a mining town with a father whose fortune has disappeared. A persistent schoolteacher persuades her to try the classroom, opening a new possibility in her unsettled life. Meanwhile, news of money elsewhere in the family attracts people willing to exploit the connections she scarcely understands.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/f0AAzUUat8843752014-10-15T06:57:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-woman-god-forgot-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-woman-god-forgot-1917.webpThe Woman God Forgot (1917)An Aztec princess falls in love with a Spanish officer arriving among the forces threatening her father's rule. Her willingness to help him grants the newcomers access to the palace. Personal attachment becomes entangled with conquest, leaving her to face the consequences of a decision made across an unequal political divide.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eUAUY7h8hqk46152018-01-05T14:34:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/unheimliche-geschichten-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/unheimliche-geschichten-1919.webpUnheimliche Geschichten (1919)At midnight, three figures step out of paintings in a closed bookshop and open a collection of sinister stories. A disappearance, a vengeful hand, a concealed murder and a deadly card game turn ordinary encounters into threats. The same performers return in different roles as the tales move between horror and dark comedy.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eAaEqSwe8SU58622013-08-30T08:48:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-garden-of-eden-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-garden-of-eden-1928.webpThe Garden of Eden (1928)A baker's niece leaves Vienna convinced that a correspondence course has prepared her for operatic success. The advertised job she finds in Budapest is actually part of a nightclub operation serving wealthy clients. Her refusal to accept its expectations leads her toward new allies and another setting where appearances and social position are equally deceptive.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/aMW4VEajFXQ45862018-02-16T09:48:37-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dancing-mothers-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dancing-mothers-1926.webpDancing Mothers (1926)A neglected wife tries to stop her daughter becoming involved with a notorious man, only to find herself drawn to him. The encounter reveals how thoroughly her husband and daughter have taken her own wishes for granted. Protecting the younger woman becomes inseparable from deciding whether to remain within the life her family expects her to accept.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cREy5ZLHCdI39072018-03-18T06:52:55-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-strong-man-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-strong-man-1926.webpThe Strong Man (1926)A Belgian veteran travels to America to find the woman whose letters sustained him during the war. He knows her name and face but little about the life awaiting him. His awkward search eventually draws him into her town's conflict with criminals, giving the unlikely newcomer a chance to help far more people than he intended.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uZ8245D-NGI45242018-02-23T00:00:04-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/beau-brummel-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/beau-brummel-1924.webpBeau Brummel (1924)Denied marriage to the woman he loves because he lacks money and rank, an army officer sets out to master the society that rejected him. Friendship with the Prince of Wales turns his wit and appearance into social authority. Maintaining that influence proves more difficult than gaining it when pride endangers the patronage on which it rests.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OLEntpP_uTA76272021-01-11T16:00:08-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sex-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sex-1920.webpSex (1920)A celebrated revue performer enjoys the attention of a married millionaire while his wife hires a detective to explain his absences. The affair places theatrical glamour beside the loneliness it creates elsewhere. As relationships shift, the performer must confront the same insecurity that her power over other people's attachments once seemed to keep at a distance.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/2tcW7G6Fp0A46322022-11-08T17:00:10-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dr-jack-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dr-jack-1922.webpDr. Jack (1922)A young country doctor favours activity and cheerful company over the restrictive treatment prescribed by a fashionable specialist. Called to advise on a wealthy man's daughter, he finds a patient kept indoors and dependent on medicine. His unconventional effort to restore her confidence becomes complicated by romance and an invented night of alarming events.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/IqRzhrxtCFQ35372022-04-20T05:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-silent-man-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-silent-man-1917.webpThe Silent Man (1917)A prospector arrives in town to enjoy the proceeds of his labour, only to be injured and cheated out of his claim. Unable to recover it through ordinary means, he intercepts the stagecoach carrying the stolen wealth. Rescuing a young woman during the robbery complicates his position as townspeople prepare to punish the wrong man.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5VnZme3fjAE30572020-12-16T08:25:40-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/shadows-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/shadows-1922.webpShadows (1922)A Chinese stranger survives a shipwreck and makes a modest living washing clothes from a boat in a New England harbour. Treated as an outsider, he observes relationships the townspeople believe are private. A blackmail scheme threatening the minister and a widow gives him an opportunity to help the community that has struggled to accept him.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gWgNzX-RJxA54252023-05-30T04:32:33-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-love-light-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-love-light-1921.webpThe Love Light (1921)An Italian woman tending a lighthouse during the war shelters a man who claims to be an American deserter. Their secret marriage gives her companionship amid repeated family losses. When a signal she sends is followed by the sinking of a ship, evidence about her husband's identity forces her to reconsider the life they have built.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/E69bY8axL2g52532023-01-25T05:00:50-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/beau-geste-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/beau-geste-1926.webpBeau Geste (1926)A relief column reaches a desert fort and finds dead soldiers positioned along its walls, leaving an inexplicable scene of apparent resistance. A written confession connects the mystery to a stolen English jewel. The story then follows three devoted brothers whose decision to join the Foreign Legion conceals loyalties they will not readily explain.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/R-lupGsz2xQ60942016-10-08T09:45:17-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/where-the-north-begins-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/where-the-north-begins-1923.webpWhere the North Begins (1923)A German shepherd raised among wolves befriends a fur trapper in the Canadian wilderness. A dishonest trading-post manager schemes against the man and the woman he loves. When the dog is accused of attacking a child, the partnership is threatened just as the trapper most needs an ally against the manager's plans.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Lov9AjCrfKg43892023-12-11T17:03:07-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/west-of-zanzibar-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/west-of-zanzibar-1928.webpWest of Zanzibar (1928)A stage magician is paralysed in a confrontation with the man taking away his wife. After her death, he adopts the child left behind and moves to Africa, nursing a plan to punish the rival through the next generation. Years of calculated cruelty lead toward a revelation capable of undoing the meaning of his revenge.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3se0QMiyJ_I38882024-01-02T07:27:40-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/pavement-butterfly-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/pavement-butterfly-1929.webpPavement Butterfly (1929)A Chinese dancer working in Paris becomes involved with a Russian painter and poses as his model. Pursued by another man and accused of theft, she finds that professional dependence and personal vulnerability reinforce each other. A move to the Riviera offers a chance to establish the truth behind the accusation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mAZNJmcS09U56212024-01-07T11:17:48-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-clash-of-the-wolves-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-clash-of-the-wolves-1925.webpThe Clash of the Wolves (1925)A prospector helps a hunted wolf-dog with an injured paw and gains its loyalty. A rival then attacks the man to seize his valuable claim. The animal must carry a call for help while escaping people who still see it as a dangerous quarry, turning a chase into an attempt to lead rescuers toward the truth.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xzTpIGt1T3A40822023-06-19T16:26:03-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-last-command-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-last-command-1928.webpThe Last Command (1928)An ageing Russian émigré accepts work as a Hollywood extra and is issued the uniform of a general. The costume returns him to memories of command during the revolution and of two actors whose lives crossed his own. A director who recognises him turns the new assignment into a confrontation between past authority and present humiliation.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lSBrXSTsVGE53082023-04-27T15:11:54-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/redskin-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/redskin-1929.webpRedskin (1929)A Navajo man returns from an Eastern education to find himself excluded by white society and estranged from his own community. His relationship with a woman from another nation creates further conflict. Discovering oil gives him a new opportunity, but securing its benefits means confronting outsiders and the divisions separating the people he wants to help.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/2oUA_L_1i6M49072022-03-27T10:10:14-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dinty-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/dinty-1920.webpDinty (1920)An Irish boy in San Francisco sells newspapers to support his widowed, increasingly ill mother. Street friendships give him knowledge of the city that adults tend to overlook. When a judge's daughter is kidnapped, his familiarity with the neighbourhood becomes a way to help the police and change the prospects of his own family.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/U8voNLuOFu440732022-02-06T11:45:39-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sally-of-the-sawdust-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sally-of-the-sawdust-1925.webpSally of the Sawdust (1925)An orphan grows up among carnival performers under the care of a good-hearted confidence man. A booking brings them to the town where her wealthy grandparents live, unaware of her identity. When a romance provokes the local judge's hostility, her guardian must prove who she is before the law separates the improvised family.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Yr8P-yNQaSE68672022-01-27T18:05:31-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sherlock-holmes-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sherlock-holmes-1916.webpSherlock Holmes (1916)Letters from a prince's former romance become valuable material for blackmail after passing to the dead woman's sister. Criminals hold her captive to obtain them and bring Professor Moriarty into the scheme. Sherlock Holmes must protect the woman while matching the professor's attempts to control both the evidence and the people connected to it.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/up_krz2bqic70102020-05-06T21:55:56-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/captain-january-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/captain-january-1924.webpCaptain January (1924)A lighthouse keeper has raised a girl he rescued from a shipwreck, with only a locket to suggest her origins. As his health weakens, she takes on more of the work needed to keep the light burning. Concerned townspeople threaten to remove her, while a visitor's recognition may finally explain the family she lost.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/HXGRjuTGLz034572021-01-03T08:32:38-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-devil-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-devil-1921.webpThe Devil (1921)An apparently cultivated stranger overhears a young couple declare that good must always prevail over evil. Taking their confidence as a challenge, he begins manipulating their relationships under the guise of a helpful doctor. The couple's assumptions are tested by temptations designed to make them undermine their own happiness.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/okiNSuhLB3835932021-01-16T10:55:44-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/too-wise-wives-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/too-wise-wives-1921.webpToo Wise Wives (1921)A devoted wife tries to anticipate every need of her husband, while another woman maintains her marriage through more calculated methods. The second wife's renewed interest in her former sweetheart brings the households into conflict. An intercepted invitation exposes the difference between protecting a relationship and trying to control it.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WlMAQoGEJHQ41512022-04-27T12:31:14-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mr-wu-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/mr-wu-1927.webpMr. Wu (1927)A wealthy Chinese father raises his daughter between traditional expectations and a Western education. Her secret relationship with a young Englishman disrupts an arranged marriage and brings the families into conflict. The father's response turns his wounded authority into a plan for revenge against people who have underestimated its severity.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/A-AvRwZQIqo54132023-12-31T23:39:45-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-little-princess-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/a-little-princess-1917.webpA Little Princess (1917)A wealthy officer's daughter receives privileged treatment at a boarding school until news of his financial ruin transforms her position. Forced into domestic service, she finds companionship with another neglected girl and uses imagination to endure their surroundings. An unexpected kindness from a neighbouring household opens a path toward discovering what really happened to her family.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/hX5xiOXbbRQ37042018-08-21T19:40:32-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/back-to-god-s-country-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/back-to-god-s-country-1919.webpBack to God's Country (1919)Dolores marries a writer after violence destroys her life in the Canadian wilderness. On an Arctic voyage, she encounters the criminal responsible for her father's death, now commanding their ship. When her husband is injured, her knowledge of the landscape and bond with animals become crucial to their escape.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NZZ9BMNMor443662023-12-19T02:00:14-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mare-nostrum-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/mare-nostrum-1926.webpMare Nostrum (1926)A Spanish merchant captain postpones retirement when war creates profitable demand for shipping. During a stop in Italy, he meets a woman who seems to embody a sea legend from his childhood. His fascination draws him toward a German espionage operation, putting the ship, his family and his loyalty at risk.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/dNI_aJbGq3k61112021-09-05T09:29:20-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bill-and-coo-1948https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/bill-and-coo-1948.webpBill and Coo (1948)The birds of Chirpendale lead busy lives in their miniature town until a threatening crow disrupts the peace. Bill, a feathered taxi driver, must protect Coo and help the community confront the intruder. Trained animals perform the action in a live-action fantasy built around a very small-scale world.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pq4dYnryDWQ36452023-11-20T13:00:32-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bells-of-rosarita-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/bells-of-rosarita-1945.webpBells of Rosarita (1945)Roy Rogers becomes involved when a young woman's inheritance is threatened by a dishonest business associate. Missing ownership papers make another friend's property vulnerable to the same scheme. With a circus and a film production bringing performers together, Roy seeks a way to expose the fraud and turn a public show into an opportunity for justice.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tERTNpD8nMU40772013-11-21T16:36:48-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-choppers-1961https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-choppers-1961.webpThe Choppers (1961)A group of teenagers steals cars and dismantles them for a dishonest scrap dealer. Their quick profits depend on keeping the operation ahead of the police and an insurance investigator. As the thefts attract attention, the young thieves discover how little protection their adult buyer offers when the business is threatened.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8VWgt1KDbjk39582025-01-31T10:00:13-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/song-of-arizona-1946https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/song-of-arizona-1946.webpSong of Arizona (1946)A ranch for homeless boys faces foreclosure just as Roy Rogers returns to visit. One resident has been receiving parcels of stolen money from his outlaw father and sees the cash as a solution to the ranch's debts. His well-meant plan draws surviving gang members to the property, forcing Roy to protect both the institution and the boy.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uvwXn8UTDvE40872013-10-26T10:31:23-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/let-s-get-tough-1942https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/let-s-get-tough-1942.webpLet's Get Tough (1942)Rejected for military service because of their age, the East Side Kids look for a way to contribute to the war effort. Their reckless treatment of a shopkeeper leads them into a murder investigation and then a suspected sabotage ring. Trying to distinguish actual enemies from their own assumptions becomes part of the adventure.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Bq8XU5Rpo6w36862022-06-26T05:00:58-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/law-of-the-wolf-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/law-of-the-wolf-1939.webpLaw of the Wolf (1939)Wrongly imprisoned for his brother's murder, a man escapes to clear his name and recover valuable aircraft plans. A prospective guardian hopes to control the dead man's young heir, while the fugitive's companion has plans to sell the invention. A tracking dog becomes crucial as the police and the real criminals converge on the family.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1N6GkilM8ME33652017-03-10T18:12:11-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-yellow-rose-of-texas-1944https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-yellow-rose-of-texas-1944.webpThe Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)An insurance investigator joins a showboat's performers while searching for a fugitive and missing payroll money. Meeting the prisoner's daughter makes him question whether the right man was convicted. Together they follow the trail of the stolen cash, using the travelling entertainment as cover while the real culprit tries to remain out of sight.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/HcZWbrHl48s41292026-06-27T06:00:14-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/when-a-man-s-a-man-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/when-a-man-s-a-man-1935.webpWhen a Man's a Man (1935)A traveller stops to watch a rodeo and impulsively attempts to ride a difficult horse. The failure costs him his train and leads him to stay behind for ranch work. Entering a world he knows only from the outside, he must turn enthusiasm into the practical ability expected of the people around him.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3dAk9aahoyc40472024-10-25T16:00:04-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/laborer-s-love-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/laborer-s-love-1922.webpLaborer's Love (1922)A fruit seller falls for the daughter of the doctor across the street. Her father wants a son-in-law who can help his struggling practice, so the resourceful suitor puts his carpentry skills to an unexpected use. A staircase, a noisy gambling club and a succession of physical gags turn courtship into a mischievous business proposition.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0f2hjdLZwOw13292020-04-12T17:32:09-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-pearl-necklace-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-pearl-necklace-1926.webpThe Pearl Necklace (1926)To impress their guests, a couple borrow an expensive pearl necklace for a party. Its disappearance sends them into debt, disgrace and a struggle to rebuild their lives. Their search for security reveals the distance between the society they want to join and the people who are actually willing to help them.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/osorJ1fBdOQ60962022-10-20T12:30:15-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/poor-daddy-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/poor-daddy-1929.webpPoor Daddy (1929)A timid father and his young son live under the thumb of a domineering second wife. When her lover commits a crime and tries to make the husband take the blame, the boy must act. Domestic slapstick gives way to a rescue adventure in which the smallest member of the family proves the most resourceful.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/HHsR5zRlutA42852022-04-14T11:00:30-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/red-heroine-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/red-heroine-1929.webpRed Heroine (1929)A village girl loses her grandmother as rival armies ravage the countryside. Taken under the protection of a mysterious martial-arts master, she trains to confront the men responsible. When another family falls into the same warlord’s hands, her private grief becomes a mission to rescue those who cannot defend themselves.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Yh-DOj0B5To56842022-02-24T09:00:09-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/don-t-change-your-husband-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/don-t-change-your-husband-1929.webpDon't Change Your Husband (1929)After losing his job, a Shanghai husband discovers that his wife has become involved with a wealthy student. Relatives and lawyers turn a strained marriage into a public dispute. As the promised freedom of a new romance begins to unravel, both spouses must confront the gap between desire, money and family expectations.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mZNjKSMWq3Y36882023-03-13T06:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-peach-girl-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-peach-girl-1931.webpThe Peach Girl (1931)Childhood friendship grows into love between a landowner’s son and the daughter of a herder. His mother refuses to accept a match across the class divide, forcing the young couple to negotiate a world in which affection carries less weight than family standing. Their hopes collide with the economic dependence of the girl’s household.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mWOTy0F8QNQ53182020-09-17T18:10:23-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-spray-of-plum-blossoms-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/a-spray-of-plum-blossoms-1931.webpA Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931)Two young officers enter a general’s service, where friendship and romance quickly become entangled. One man’s attraction to the general’s daughter turns him against his closest companion. Exile, disguises and an outlaw leader bring the rivals toward a reckoning in which loyalty must be earned again.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Lv9UVTUcXoU68882025-04-04T09:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/volcanic-passions-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/volcanic-passions-1932.webpVolcanic Passions (1932)After a warlord’s relative destroys his family, a young man escapes to a tropical settlement of Chinese workers. A dancer offers him the possibility of a different life, but the arrival of his old enemy reopens the wound. Romance and revenge move toward a confrontation beneath an increasingly threatening volcano.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LSvl4jaj8ek57452022-11-09T09:00:07-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-dream-in-pink-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/a-dream-in-pink-1932.webpA Dream in Pink (1932)A writer and a schoolteacher find their marriage worn down by debt and frustration. He seeks escape in Shanghai nightlife and a new relationship, while their young daughter is caught between adult choices. The abandoned wife must build an independent life as the writer discovers the cost of confusing glamour with happiness.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jeUEjpoElLU50122022-12-10T06:00:07-08:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/wild-rose-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/wild-rose-1932.webpWild Rose (1932)A painter brings an independent village girl to Shanghai, where her behaviour clashes with his wealthy family’s expectations. Choosing each other means leaving comfort behind. As money runs out, the couple’s affection is tested by illness, separation and the wider unrest gathering beyond their small rented room.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pGrrOid67Yw48012021-07-22T13:22:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/daybreak-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/daybreak-1933.webpDaybreak (1933)Two young people leave the countryside hoping to build a life in Shanghai. Factory work and city streets expose them to exploitation rather than the opportunity they imagined. Their paths separate, but affection and political upheaval bring them together again under circumstances that demand more than a private act of loyalty.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cE4ZBIHNL3E58492020-04-11T23:02:53-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/little-toys-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/little-toys-1933.webpLittle Toys (1933)A skilled toymaker struggles to support her family as imported goods erode the market for handmade toys. Personal loss drives her toward Shanghai, where war threatens an already fragile livelihood. The small objects she creates become inseparable from larger questions about work, community and the survival of her country.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ukTQfh2hNNs61872020-06-12T13:46:27-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sports-queen-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/sports-queen-1934.webpSports Queen (1934)A naturally talented runner enters a women’s sports school in Shanghai. Success attracts attention, admiration and distractions she has never faced before. As competitive ambition begins to shape her relationships, she must decide what athletic achievement is for and whether winning alone can provide an answer.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/g5z1SqCRFww51252020-03-23T14:36:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-goddess-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-goddess-1934.webpThe Goddess (1934)A mother in Shanghai works at night to pay for her young son’s future. A violent man takes control of her earnings, while prejudice threatens the boy’s place at school. She fights to preserve the ordinary life she wants for him in a city that judges her occupation more readily than it recognizes her care.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/EWo470hfB5A47102020-05-16T01:29:08-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-great-road-1934https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-great-road-1934.webpThe Great Road (1934)Unemployed labourers leave Shanghai to build a road through the countryside. Friendship, jokes and flirtation sustain the crew until sabotage turns the work into a dangerous test of solidarity. Their everyday effort becomes part of a struggle whose stakes extend far beyond the road itself.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sMeafrNCs3o62132020-03-28T12:16:31-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-little-angel-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-little-angel-1935.webpThe Little Angel (1935)Huang Min grows up in a poor family that places great hope in his education. While his father is away, his mother, sister and grandfather support him through difficulties at school and in the neighbourhood. Inspired by a lesson about kindness, the boy secretly tries to repay their care, until rescuing another child places his own life in danger.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9_Rc2xkLthg60412024-09-21T09:00:06-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/city-scenes-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/city-scenes-1935.webpCity Scenes (1935)A peep-show view of Shanghai opens onto a family caught between modest means and glittering aspirations. Courtship becomes tangled with the promise of wealth, while bills and disappointment puncture the dream. Music, caricature and visual jokes turn the city’s appetite for money into a comic spectacle.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1GMolMhElW859482020-09-14T12:00:10-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/new-women-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/new-women-1935.webpNew Women (1935)A Shanghai teacher hopes to become a published writer and maintain control of her own life. Sexual pressure, insecure employment and sensational reporting close in around her. Her friendship with a working woman offers another model of independence, but the distance between an ideal of emancipation and daily survival remains painfully large.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9Q4zhLxCBro62242019-04-16T19:39:40-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/song-at-midnight-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/song-at-midnight-1937.webpSong at Midnight (1937)A theatre troupe encounters a mysterious voice in an old building. Behind the apparent haunting is a singer whose career and appearance were destroyed by violence. His bond with a younger performer draws the troupe into an unfinished story of love, political conviction and revenge.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/oYALFe5ipvg70942020-03-30T17:49:21-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/street-angels-1937https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/street-angels-1937.webpStreet Angels (1937)A singer and a young musician find affection among the crowded rooms and precarious jobs of Shanghai. Their neighbours form an improvised community, but poverty leaves the women vulnerable to people with money and influence. Playful courtship gradually gives way to a struggle to keep that community together.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/bepkAly1F9E53992020-03-30T10:15:26-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mulan-joins-the-army-1939https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/mulan-joins-the-army-1939.webpMulan Joins the Army (1939)When her father is summoned for military service, Mulan takes his place in disguise. Life among the soldiers demands skill, courage and constant care to protect her identity. Her success challenges the assumptions of the men around her while drawing her deeper into the defence of her homeland.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/B99xRkrwdTs53442020-06-11T16:47:27-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/princess-iron-fan-1941https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/princess-iron-fan-1941.webpPrincess Iron Fan (1941)The pilgrims of Journey to the West cannot cross the Flaming Mountains without a magical fan. The Monkey King tries persuasion, disguise and combat to obtain it from Princess Iron Fan and her allies. Each new trick complicates the journey, until overcoming the obstacle demands more than a solitary display of cleverness.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ocUp840yj2c43662020-06-29T14:32:01-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/spring-in-the-south-1932https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/spring-in-the-south-1932.webpSpring in the South (1932)The student Hong Yu and his young neighbour Xiao Hong fall in love and exchange letters with help from their friends. News of his father's serious illness calls him home, where a marriage arranged at his father's deathbed forces him to choose between love and filial duty. Distance, delayed messages and family arrangements gradually cast a shadow over their lively romance.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/MrzYjfxG6kY47172018-09-15T20:23:07-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-market-of-beauty-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-market-of-beauty-1933.webpThe Market of Beauty (1933)After her family suddenly loses its breadwinner, Li Cuifen takes a job in a department store. A transfer to the cosmetics counter exposes her to harassment from a supervisor, jealous colleagues and the attentions of a wealthy young man. She hopes her work will bring security, but finds that the exploitation of women's appearance is as pervasive in the store as the trading of goods.https://archive.org/download/Cosmeticsofmarket/cosmeticsofmarket.mp449682008-10-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/light-of-motherhood-1933https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/light-of-motherhood-1933.webpLight of Motherhood (1933)To make a living, Huiying remarries and brings her daughter with her. The daughter, Xiaomei, becomes a singer under a musician's guidance. When Huiying's former husband returns from Southeast Asia, the family's hidden past resurfaces. Xiaomei's suffering after marriage forces her mother to travel to her aid, and both women begin to reconsider the ties between marriage, money and family affection.https://archive.org/download/1933TheLightOfMaternalInstinct/1933-TheLightOfMaternalInstinct%E6%AF%8D%E6%80%A7%E4%B9%8B%E5%85%89.mp455292018-11-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/national-customs-1935https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/national-customs-1935.webpNational Customs (1935)A headmistress's two daughters take different paths after graduation. The elder travels to Shanghai to study, while the younger entangles romance, vanity and school affairs. Jealousy within the family gradually disrupts the school, forcing their mother to choose between family affection, her responsibilities as an educator and local interests.https://archive.org/download/NationalCustoms/nationalcustoms.mp456402008-09-24T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/modern-woman-1945https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/modern-woman-1945.webpModern Woman (1945)A young woman marries a promising man from a wealthy family and expects marriage to sustain a life of leisure. Her demands gradually strain their relationship, while another educated woman offers a very different model of independence. The film stages a debate about modernity through contrasting households and the compromises imposed on their wives.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8_0O48yzYR842022018-09-18T07:10:12-07:00https://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/an-orphan-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/an-orphan-1929.webpAn Orphan (1929)A young woman in difficult circumstances searches for a way out of isolation and danger. Her ordeal leads to rescue attempts and pursuit, while the people around her reveal their loyalties in a crisis. This Shanghai silent film combines a domestic story of a trapped woman with physical action and daring rescues, retaining the direct expressiveness of early genre cinema.https://archive.org/download/anorphan/anorphan.mp445412008-10-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-gold-rush-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-gold-rush-1925.webpThe Gold Rush (1925)A solitary prospector arrives in the Klondike expecting a fortune and finds hunger, snow and unpredictable companions instead. Shelter in a remote cabin becomes a contest of survival, while a dance-hall encounter gives him a different dream to pursue. Chaplin turns the distance between grand ambitions and immediate needs into a romance built from awkward gestures and ingenious physical comedy.https://archive.org/download/the-gold-rush-film-1925/The-Gold-Rush-1925.mp451952025-09-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-italian-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-italian-1915.webpThe Italian (1915)Beppo leaves his life as a Venetian gondolier to build a future in New York and bring his sweetheart across the Atlantic. Work as a shoeshiner offers a fragile beginning, but family illness, poverty and the favors demanded by a local political boss put that future at risk. The promise of arrival gives way to an intimate drama about exclusion and parental desperation.https://archive.org/download/the-italian-1915/The_Italian_%281915%29.mp447062026-02-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-immigrant-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-immigrant-1917.webpThe Immigrant (1917)During an uncomfortable Atlantic crossing, a penniless traveler befriends a woman facing the same uncertain arrival. Their paths separate, then meet again in a restaurant where paying for a modest meal becomes an elaborate crisis. Chaplin connects the instability of the ship to the insecurity of life ashore, finding romance and small acts of solidarity amid humiliations.https://archive.org/download/CC_1917_06_17_TheImmigrant/CC_1917_06_17_TheImmigrant_512kb.mp412002006-12-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/wolf-blood-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/wolf-blood-1925.webpWolf Blood (1925)Violence between rival logging companies leaves foreman Dick Bannister close to death. After an extraordinary transfusion involving a wolf, unsettling dreams and deaths in the forest fuel a rumor that he has become something inhuman. The camp's fear turns a struggle over work and loyalty into a mystery in which suspicion can be as dangerous as the wilderness.https://archive.org/download/WolfBlood1925/WolfBlood_512kb.mp440212009-12-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/easy-street-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/easy-street-1917.webpEasy Street (1917)Inspired by a mission worker, a wandering man decides to reform and takes a job with the police. His first assignment leads to a street ruled by a bully who seems immune to ordinary force. With little authority beyond a borrowed uniform, the new officer must turn the neighborhood's everyday objects into unlikely tools for survival.https://archive.org/download/easy-street-19171080p/Easy.Street.1917.1080p.BluRay.x264.AAC-%5BYTS.MX%5D.mp415832025-07-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cops-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/servers/q653917-server-f0b8398778.webpCops (1922)Determined to impress the woman he loves, a young man tries to prove that he can succeed in business. A wallet, a furniture deal and a troublesome horse draw him into a chain of misunderstandings. When his route crosses a police parade, private embarrassment expands into a citywide pursuit, with Keaton improvising escapes through streets that offer fewer and fewer exits.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/Cops_%28Edward_F._Cline_and_Buster_Keaton%2C_1922%29.webm/Cops_%28Edward_F._Cline_and_Buster_Keaton%2C_1922%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm10862024-09-07T05:40:06Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/one-week-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/one-week-1920.webpOne Week (1920)A newly married couple receives a house packed in numbered crates and sets out to assemble their new home. A jealous rival alters the numbers, leaving their confidence intact while the building grows increasingly improbable. Across seven eventful days, domestic optimism meets a storm, visitors and a problem with the very ground beneath the house.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/One_Week_%281920%29.webm/One_Week_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm14662021-08-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-boat-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-boat-1921.webpThe Boat (1921)A father finishes building a family boat and discovers that getting it out of the house is already a dangerous undertaking. Launching the vessel brings fresh disasters, and a voyage with his wife and children tests every improvised repair. The boat promises freedom but behaves like an expanding collection of mechanical problems.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/The_Boat_%281921%29.webm13932016-01-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-high-sign-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-high-sign-1921.webpThe High Sign (1921)A drifter fakes his way into a shooting-gallery job and acquires a reputation as an expert marksman. The deception attracts both a gang planning a murder and the wealthy man who needs protection from it. Trapped between incompatible employers, he must negotiate secret signals and a house whose hidden passages turn the assignment into an elaborate chase.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/The_High_Sign_%281921%29.webm12572016-01-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-playhouse-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/the-playhouse-1921.webpThe Playhouse (1921)A variety theater seems to employ the same remarkably familiar man in every possible position, from orchestra to audience. The dream gives way to backstage work, but mistaken identities and deceptive appearances continue. A stagehand's pursuit of romance among twins becomes entangled with unruly performers and a show that must somehow keep going.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/The_Playhouse_%281921%29.webm13632016-01-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/october-ten-days-that-shook-the-world-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1156836.webpOctober: Ten Days That Shook the World (1928)Petrograd moves from the overthrow of the monarchy to a new struggle over power. Crowds, soldiers, politicians and revolutionary organizers fill the streets as shortages and war undermine the provisional government. Eisenstein and Aleksandrov retell the approach to the October uprising through mass scenes and sharply contrasted images, presenting events from an explicitly Bolshevik perspective.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/1927._%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C_%28%D0%AD%D0%B9%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%29.webm/1927._%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C_%28%D0%AD%D0%B9%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm69232019-10-07T21:20:14Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/battleship-potemkin-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q152350.webpBattleship Potemkin (1925)Rotten food and brutal discipline push the sailors of a Russian battleship toward mutiny. Their revolt reaches the people of Odessa, where public mourning turns into solidarity and confrontation. The story moves between individual faces and collective action, making the ship and the city part of the same struggle against imperial authority.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/Battleship_Potemkin_%281925%29.webm/Battleship_Potemkin_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm42442024-07-23T21:49:54Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q153886.webpThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)A travelling showman brings a sleepwalker to a town fair and invites the public to hear his predictions. After one visitor receives a terrifying answer, a series of deaths draws a young man into an investigation. Crooked streets, painted shadows and uncertain memories turn the search for a murderer into a mystery about perception and authority.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/Das_Cabinet_des_Dr._Caligari.webm/Das_Cabinet_des_Dr._Caligari.webm.480p.vp9.webm45232025-01-01T02:53:16Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/man-with-a-movie-camera-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q829250.webpMan with a Movie Camera (1929)A cameraman follows a city's changing rhythms from the quiet of early morning to work, travel and recreation. Factories, streets and leisure spaces become material for a film that also reveals its own filming and editing. Instead of a conventional plot, it builds connections between everyday activity, machinery and the possibilities of the camera.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D1%81_%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC_%281929%29.webm/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D1%81_%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm40192024-08-11T04:00:20Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cabiria-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1024861.webpCabiria (1914)Separated from her family during the eruption of Mount Etna, a young girl is carried into the conflicts of the ancient Mediterranean. Captivity and the threat of sacrifice bring her into the path of a Roman traveller and his powerful companion Maciste. Their efforts to protect her unfold against the struggle between Rome and Carthage.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Cabiria_%281914%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original74072014-05-24T14:27:32Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/faust-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q672480.webpFaust (1926)Unable to stop an epidemic, an elderly scholar accepts help from the demon Mephisto. The attempt to save others develops into a supernatural pact that promises renewed youth and pleasure. Faust falls in love with Gretchen, drawing her and her community into the consequences of his agreement with the devil.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/Faust_%281926%29.webm/Faust_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm63862024-07-05T05:43:26Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-trip-to-the-moon-1902https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q244971.webpA Trip to the Moon (1902)A group of astronomers builds a capsule and fires it toward the Moon from an enormous cannon. Their expedition enters a world of theatrical stars, giant mushrooms and strange inhabitants. Scientific ambition quickly gives way to comic danger, with stage spectacle and camera tricks turning the journey into an elaborate visual fantasy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Le_Voyage_dans_la_Lune_%281902%29.webm/Le_Voyage_dans_la_Lune_%281902%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7662025-05-10T08:51:05Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-birth-of-a-nation-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q220394.webpThe Birth of a Nation (1915)The lives of a Northern family and a Southern family become entangled through the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Romance and battlefield spectacle lead into an account of postwar politics built around the film's white-supremacist viewpoint. Its depiction of Black people and its celebration of the Ku Klux Klan are part of that racist narrative, not a reliable account of Reconstruction.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/The_Birth_of_a_Nation.webm/The_Birth_of_a_Nation.webm.480p.vp9.webm113472025-07-04T08:10:40Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q272599.webpAll Quiet on the Western Front (1930)Persuaded that military service will bring honour, Paul Bäumer and his classmates enlist in the German army. Training and life at the front dismantle their expectations, while friendship becomes a way to endure fear and loss. Returning home, Paul discovers another distance: the people still praising the war do not understand what the soldiers have experienced.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_%281930%2C_sound_version%29.webm/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_%281930%2C_sound_version%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm80022025-12-31T16:26:21Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-broadway-melody-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q463620.webpThe Broadway Melody (1929)Two sisters arrive in New York hoping to turn their vaudeville partnership into Broadway success. An audition changes their prospects, but it also exposes a rivalry between talent, beauty and the attention of powerful men. When the older sister's fiancé falls for the younger one, their ambitions onstage become entangled with loyalties backstage.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/The_Broadway_Melody_%28Harry_Beaumont%2C_1929%29.webm/The_Broadway_Melody_%28Harry_Beaumont%2C_1929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm60632025-01-01T05:01:18Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-end-of-st-petersburg-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2198716.webpThe End of St. Petersburg (1927)A young peasant reaches St. Petersburg looking for work and unknowingly helps a factory suppress a strike. The consequences of that mistake, followed by military service and war, change his understanding of the people around him. His personal awakening becomes part of a larger account of hunger, labour conflict and revolution.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%82-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0_%281927%29.webm/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%82-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm44022024-03-02T15:54:15Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/morocco-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q577754.webpMorocco (1930)A cabaret singer beginning again in Morocco meets a Foreign Legion soldier whose charm offers little promise of security. A wealthy admirer presents a very different future. Attraction, jealousy and the soldier's military obligations force her to weigh comfort against a relationship that neither lover seems able to make safe.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/Morocco_%281930%29.webm/Morocco_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm54982025-12-31T16:27:33Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-big-parade-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1218520.webpThe Big Parade (1925)An idle young man from a wealthy family joins the American army and finds himself sharing daily life with men from very different backgrounds. In France, friendship and a romance with a local woman briefly make the war seem distant. The move to the front transforms those attachments into the emotional stakes of survival.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/The_Big_Parade.webm/The_Big_Parade.webm.480p.vp9.webm89982021-10-30T20:23:23Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-divorcee-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q917469.webpThe Divorcee (1930)Jerry discovers that her husband has been unfaithful and challenges his claim that the affair meant nothing. When she applies his own standard to herself, the marriage breaks apart. New relationships offer possible escapes, but they also force her to reconsider the difference between independence, retaliation and the life she actually wants.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/The_Divorcee_%281930%29.webm/The_Divorcee_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm49182026-01-03T09:24:55Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/quo-vadis-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1057825.webpQuo Vadis (1913)In ancient Rome under Emperor Nero, a military officer falls in love with a young Christian woman held as a hostage. Their relationship is threatened by the imperial court and by persecution after a fire devastates the city. The lovers face a society in which political power can turn imprisonment and the arena into instruments of punishment.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/Quo_vadis_%281913%29.webm/Quo_vadis_%281913%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm61092022-05-29T22:44:13Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/frankenstein-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1135816.webpFrankenstein (1910)A young researcher believes he has discovered how to create life, but his experiment produces a being he cannot accept. The creature follows him beyond the laboratory and threatens his plans for marriage. This brief adaptation uses visual transformations and a mirror to give Mary Shelley's story a different ending.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/Frankenstein_%281910%29_-_Full_Movie.ogv/Frankenstein_%281910%29_-_Full_Movie.ogv.240p.vp9.webm7622010-05-09T09:38:37Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-man-who-laughs-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1809883.webpThe Man Who Laughs (1928)Gwynplaine earns his living as a travelling performer, his face fixed in a smile imposed on him during childhood. His love for Dea, who is blind, offers a life beyond the curiosity of spectators. When his origins attract the attention of the aristocracy, he must confront a different kind of performance and exploitation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f8/The_Man_Who_Laughs_%281928%29.webm/The_Man_Who_Laughs_%281928%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm66092025-02-25T17:57:04Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/orphans-of-the-storm-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q232133.webpOrphans of the Storm (1921)Henriette brings her blind sister Louise to Paris in search of treatment, only for the two to be separated and placed at the mercy of strangers. Their struggle to reunite crosses the divisions between poverty and privilege. As revolution transforms the city, personal rescue becomes entangled with arrest, accusation and political violence.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/Orphans_of_the_Storm_%281921%29.webm/Orphans_of_the_Storm_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm89972019-02-16T09:17:17Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/l-inferno-1911https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1755660.webpL'Inferno (1911)Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante descends through a succession of infernal landscapes. Each encounter reveals a different punishment and a story of how its sufferer arrived there. Elaborate tableaux, transformations and visual effects turn the journey into an early feature-length attempt to put a vast imagined world on the screen.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/L%27Inferno_%281911%29.webm/L%27Inferno_%281911%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm39082025-04-21T19:40:36Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/strike-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q151177.webpStrike (1925)Suspicion and anger spread through a factory after a worker is falsely accused of theft. A walkout briefly gives the workforce a sense of collective strength, but hunger, surveillance and pressure from management test their unity. Eisenstein presents the conflict through the group rather than a single hero, building toward a violent confrontation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/Strike_%281925%29_by_Sergei_Eisenstein.webm/Strike_%281925%29_by_Sergei_Eisenstein.webm.480p.vp9.webm53262024-07-02T00:13:16Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-girl-with-the-hat-box-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1771333.webpThe Girl with the Hat Box (1927)A hat maker travels between her grandfather's home and a Moscow shop whose owner is pretending to rent her a room. To help a homeless student, she agrees to a marriage that gives him a claim to the space. A lottery ticket accepted as wages unexpectedly becomes valuable, pulling money, housing and courtship into the same comic predicament.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/The_Girl_with_a_Hatbox_%281927%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original40842016-03-13T11:32:20Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-son-of-the-sheik-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1196933.webpThe Son of the Sheik (1926)Ahmed falls in love with Yasmin, a travelling performer, but a kidnapping makes him suspect that she helped arrange his capture. Bandits, family loyalties and wounded pride stand between the lovers. The adventure returns to the desert world of The Sheik, with Rudolph Valentino appearing both as the young hero and as his father.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/The_Son_of_the_Sheik_%28George_Fitzmaurice%2C_1926%29.webm/The_Son_of_the_Sheik_%28George_Fitzmaurice%2C_1926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm41262024-08-19T21:01:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/prostitute-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q13032032.webpProstitute (1927)Several women in Moscow are pushed toward sexual exploitation by poverty, bereavement and abuse. Lyuba loses the protection of her family, while Vera struggles to support herself after her husband's death. Their experiences, and those of a former servant, bring attention to the people who profit from women with few safe ways to earn a living.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0._%28%D0%A3%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8E%29._%281926%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original46142015-11-22T23:58:07Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-wild-cat-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q152447.webpThe Wild Cat (1921)A lieutenant with a reputation for romantic mischief is posted to a remote mountain fortress. On the way, a bandit leader steals his uniform and takes an interest in him. At the fort, the commander's daughter is also a prospective bride, while the soldiers' exaggerated accounts of victory make an already tangled courtship even more absurd.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/Die_Bergkatze_%28Ernst_Lubitsch%2C_1921%29.webm/Die_Bergkatze_%28Ernst_Lubitsch%2C_1921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm50562024-08-10T05:29:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/chang-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1061895.webpChang (1927)Kru and his family work to keep a small farm alive at the edge of the forest in northern Thailand. Crops, livestock and their home are vulnerable to the animals around them. The film follows their struggle for shelter and food, building toward an encounter with elephants that threatens the fragile boundary between the settlement and the jungle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/Chang_A_Drama_of_the_Wilderness_%281927%29.webm/Chang_A_Drama_of_the_Wilderness_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm40212023-09-24T07:49:24Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/steamboat-willie-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q816038.webpSteamboat Willie (1928)Mickey enjoys pretending to command a steamboat until Captain Pete sends him back to work. Loading animals and welcoming Minnie give him fresh opportunities for trouble. Ordinary objects and the creatures on board become part of an improvised musical performance, with movements, gags and sound effects repeatedly answering one another.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Steamboat_Willie_%281928%29_by_Walt_Disney.webm/Steamboat_Willie_%281928%29_by_Walt_Disney.webm.480p.vp9.webm4612025-04-19T13:32:22Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/pauvre-pierrot-1892https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q979022.webpPauvre Pierrot (1892)Pierrot comes to serenade Columbine, unaware that Harlequin is interfering with his romantic visit. In the courtyard, teasing, stolen possessions and hidden tricks turn the performance into a contest between the two suitors. The short relies on gestures and the familiar figures of comic theatre to tell its story without spoken dialogue.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Pauvre_Pierrot_%28Emile_Reynaud%2C_1892%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original2982014-11-19T16:09:36Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-big-trail-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1198850.webpThe Big Trail (1930)Breck Coleman agrees to guide a wagon train west while watching men he suspects of killing a trapper who was his friend. The settlers must cross rivers, deserts and steep terrain, depending on one another for survival. Coleman's growing attachment to Ruth Cameron complicates a journey already divided between responsibility to the group and a private search for justice.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/The_Big_Trail_%281930%29.webm/The_Big_Trail_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm70022025-12-31T17:38:39Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-sixth-part-of-the-world-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3212859.webpA Sixth Part of the World (1926)People, landscapes and industries from across the Soviet Union are assembled into a portrait of work and exchange. Farming, trade and the movement of goods connect distant regions. Vertov uses the travelogue material to argue that these different communities belong to one economic project, with exports helping to finance machinery and industrial growth.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/A_Sixth_Part_of_the_World_%281926%29.webm/A_Sixth_Part_of_the_World_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm44472016-05-07T21:39:13Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/aelita-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q380803.webpAelita (1924)In postwar Moscow, engineer Los becomes absorbed in a mysterious transmission and the possibility of travel to Mars. His fascination mixes with jealousy and the difficulties of everyday life. Visions of a distant queen and a rebellion among Martian workers turn the space adventure into an uncertain extension of his hopes and anxieties at home.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/Aelita_Queen_of_Mars.webm/Aelita_Queen_of_Mars.webm.480p.vp9.webm66922016-12-02T08:19:45Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/days-of-youth-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q965249.webpDays of Youth (1929)Two university friends are interested in the same young woman. A skiing excursion gives them opportunities to impress her, but also exposes them to awkward accidents and rivalry. Ozu builds a light comedy around competing approaches to courtship, friendship under pressure and the indignities of trying to look confident on unfamiliar ground.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%9F%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9_%E8%8B%A5%E3%81%8D%E6%97%A5_%281929%29.webm/%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%9F%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9_%E8%8B%A5%E3%81%8D%E6%97%A5_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm59122025-01-01T00:55:53Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mother-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1214957.webpMother (1926)A mother believes that cooperating with the authorities will protect her son after unrest at a factory brings violence into their home. Instead, his imprisonment forces her to reconsider whom she can trust. As she becomes involved in the workers' movement, a private effort to save her family develops into participation in a collective struggle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/Mother_%281926%29.webm/Mother_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm52212024-08-02T20:13:57Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hallelujah-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1571464.webpHallelujah! (1929)Zeke takes his family's cotton earnings into town and loses them in a rigged gambling game. A confrontation ends with his brother's death, and grief leads him to become a preacher. His desire for Chick, the dancer involved in the deception, continues to pull him away from the life of religious commitment he has promised to lead.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Hallelujah_%281929%29.webm/Hallelujah_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm59962025-01-01T10:02:04Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-corner-in-wheat-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1984935.webpA Corner in Wheat (1909)A financier gains control of the wheat market while farmers continue their exhausting work and families struggle to buy bread. His success is celebrated with luxury and abundant food. By moving between those worlds, the film follows the human consequences of speculation and the distance separating a profitable transaction from an empty household table.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Corner_in_Wheat.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original8292013-12-30T16:58:56Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/daddy-long-legs-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2379797.webpDaddy-Long-Legs (1919)Judy grows up in an orphanage where she defends younger children against a harsh routine. An anonymous benefactor eventually pays for her education, asking only for letters about her progress. At college she begins to find her own voice as a writer, while friendship and romance raise questions about the mysterious person she calls Daddy-Long-Legs.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Daddy-Long-Legs_%28film%2C_1919%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original50502014-06-11T11:48:52Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-oyster-princess-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q329559.webpThe Oyster Princess (1919)The daughter of a wealthy oyster merchant demands a titled husband after hearing of another heiress's marriage. An impoverished prince sends a friend to meet her, but a mistaken identity turns the visit into an immediate wedding. The real prince's arrival leaves the household struggling to untangle a marriage arranged with more money and speed than judgment.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/Die_Austernprinzessin_%281919%29.webm/Die_Austernprinzessin_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm34592024-03-06T07:42:51Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/den-hvide-slavehandel-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q10860196.webpDen hvide Slavehandel (1910)Anna accepts what appears to be a respectable job in London and leaves Denmark despite her fiancé's doubts. On arrival, she discovers that the offer was a trap and she is being held in a brothel. A letter smuggled out by a sympathetic worker starts a rescue effort that follows her captors through the city and toward the docks.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/Den_hvide_slavehandel_%281910%29.webm/Den_hvide_slavehandel_%281910%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm19742018-01-01T16:23:26Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-girl-and-her-trust-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q7736547.webpThe Girl and Her Trust (1912)A telegraph operator receives a large payroll shipment at an otherwise quiet station. When thieves attack, she sends a call for help and tries to stop them from taking the strongbox. Their escape on a railway handcar carries her into a moving confrontation, while a coworker organizes a pursuit by train.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4a/The_Girl_and_Her_Trust_%281912%29.webm/The_Girl_and_Her_Trust_%281912%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm9022015-07-17T15:44:15Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/regeneration-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q727334.webpRegeneration (1915)After losing his mother, Owen grows up amid poverty and street violence, eventually becoming a gang leader. Meeting social worker Marie Deering gives him a reason to imagine another life. His attempt to change brings him into conflict with old associates and with a district attorney whose approach to the neighborhood differs sharply from Marie's.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/Regeneration_%281915%29.webm/Regeneration_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm42942016-01-29T17:11:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-letter-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1579140.webpThe Letter (1929)Leslie Crosbie shoots a man at her husband's rubber plantation and claims that she was defending herself. As her lawyer prepares the case, a letter threatens to expose a very different relationship between the two. Recovering the document may protect her in court, but it cannot erase what the killing reveals about her marriage and desires.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/The_Letter_%281929%29_by_Jean_de_Limur.webm/The_Letter_%281929%29_by_Jean_de_Limur.webm.480p.vp9.webm36232025-01-01T02:20:10Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-squaw-man-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2613688.webpThe Squaw Man (1914)An English aristocrat leaves his country under suspicion of misusing a charitable fund and begins again in Wyoming. There he forms a family with Nat-U-Ritch, a Ute woman who has protected him from danger. News that could restore his former position arrives as a local investigation threatens the life they have built together.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4b/The_Squaw_Man_%281914%29_by_Cecil_B._DeMille_and_Oscar_Apfel.webm/The_Squaw_Man_%281914%29_by_Cecil_B._DeMille_and_Oscar_Apfel.webm.480p.vp9.webm43452024-01-24T01:46:25Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/wings-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q272036.webpWings (1927)Two young men competing for the same woman's affection enlist as pilots in the First World War. Training turns their rivalry into friendship, while combat exposes them to losses they could not have imagined at home. A neighbor who loves one of them joins the war effort too, but misunderstandings follow the characters from their hometown to France.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/Wings_%281927%29.webm/Wings_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm83182023-06-06T23:03:19Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/l-auberge-rouge-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3202579.webpL'Auberge rouge (1923)A disturbing story interrupts a dinner gathering: years earlier, two young doctors shared a room at an inn with a wealthy traveller. By morning the traveller was dead and one companion had vanished, leaving the other accused of murder. As the account unfolds, the past begins to disturb the apparent respectability of those listening to it.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/L%27Auberge_rouge_%281923%29_by_Jean_Epstein.webm/L%27Auberge_rouge_%281923%29_by_Jean_Epstein.webm.480p.vp9.webm43422024-01-02T20:37:07Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-victim-of-the-mormons-1911https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3574048.webpA Victim of the Mormons (1911)While on holiday with her family and fiancé, Florence becomes fascinated by an American missionary. His promise of a new life draws her away from home, but the journey becomes a kidnapping. Her brother and fiancé follow her trail in a sensational pursuit shaped by the film's openly hostile portrayal of the Mormon faith.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Mormonens_offer_%281911%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original30872019-05-26T06:33:18Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-kid-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q374172.webpThe Kid (1921)The Tramp finds an abandoned baby and, after unsuccessful efforts to pass the responsibility elsewhere, makes room for him in his tiny home. Years later the pair survive through ingenuity, affection and a questionable window-repair business. When officials try to separate them, their improvised family faces a threat that neither jokes nor quick thinking can easily resolve.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/The_Kid_%281921%29.webm/The_Kid_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm41962024-01-12T16:18:29Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/kino-eye-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4220870.webpKino-Eye (1924)Young Pioneers compare prices, organize camp life and promote cooperative shopping, while the camera explores markets, village celebrations and street performances. Everyday activities are rearranged into unexpected sequences. Work can appear to run backward, and separate observations acquire new connections as Vertov asks viewers to examine how food, labor and social life fit together.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/Kino_Eye_%281924%29_by_Dziga_Vertov.webm/Kino_Eye_%281924%29_by_Dziga_Vertov.webm.480p.vp9.webm47002024-08-08T04:18:49Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-woman-of-paris-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q470895.webpA Woman of Paris (1923)Marie leaves her village alone after a misunderstanding prevents her fiancé from joining her in Paris. A year later, she lives comfortably as a wealthy man's mistress. An unexpected reunion with her former lover revives feelings that her new circumstances cannot easily accommodate, forcing her to confront the difference between security, affection and the life she once planned.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/A_Woman_of_Paris%2C_A_Drama_of_Fate_%281923%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original48852024-11-17T16:07:53Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-circus-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q669929.webpThe Circus (1928)Mistaken for a thief, the Tramp runs into a circus performance and accidentally becomes its funniest attraction. The owner discovers that this new worker is entertaining only when he is not trying to perform. As the Tramp befriends an unhappy equestrian, his precarious job and romantic hopes lead him toward increasingly dangerous situations in the ring.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/The_Circus_%281928%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin_%28restored_version%29.webm/The_Circus_%281928%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin_%28restored_version%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm42922024-02-03T07:14:28Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/safety-last-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q778755.webpSafety Last! (1923)A department-store clerk lets his girlfriend believe that he has become an important man in the city. Her visit makes that deception difficult to sustain. Hoping to earn a promotional reward, he arranges a spectacular climb of the store building, only to find himself taking the place of the friend whose climbing skills were supposed to make it possible.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/Safety_Last%21_%281923%29_by_Fred_C._Newmeyer.webm/Safety_Last%21_%281923%29_by_Fred_C._Newmeyer.webm.480p.vp9.webm44332024-07-01T20:49:45Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/nanook-of-the-north-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q918401.webpNanook of the North (1922)An Inuk man and his family travel through the Canadian Arctic, hunting, trading and building shelter. The film concentrates on the practical demands of finding food and maintaining a home in a difficult environment. Familiar daily tasks become extended dramatic episodes through Flaherty's close attention to physical work and the surrounding landscape.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/Nanook_of_the_North_%281922%29_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_4K.webm/Nanook_of_the_North_%281922%29_by_Robert_J._Flaherty_4K.webm.480p.vp9.webm46832024-03-02T15:13:40Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/romeo-and-juliet-in-the-snow-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q974314.webpRomeo and Juliet in the Snow (1920)Two feuding village families make life difficult for a young couple who want to marry. Julia is promised to another suitor, while Romeo must find ways around the elders' hostility. Snowball battles, legal quarrels and a masquerade turn the lovers' predicament into a rural comedy, with the familiar outlines of Shakespeare's tragedy repeatedly redirected toward farce.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/Romeo_und_Julia_im_Schnee_%281920%29.webm/Romeo_und_Julia_im_Schnee_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm27642018-01-01T17:59:04Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sherlock-jr-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1569918.webpSherlock, Jr. (1924)A cinema projectionist studies detective work and hopes to impress the woman he loves. When a rival frames him for theft, his amateur investigation goes badly. Back in the projection booth, a dream lets him enter the film on screen and become the master detective he cannot yet manage to be outside it.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/Sherlock_Jr._%281924%29.webm/Sherlock_Jr._%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm26462019-12-31T16:40:35Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-knockout-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1812066.webpThe Knockout (1914)Two hungry drifters pretend that one of them is a boxing champion, hoping to earn an easy meal. A local strongman agrees to fight him, but the real champion arrives before the bout. With an unruly referee and an increasingly disorderly audience, the contest soon expands into a chase that spills beyond the boxing ring.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/The_Knockout_%281914%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original17822014-10-06T15:00:52Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/opium-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q19760820.webpOpium (1919)A European professor researching opium in China encounters a woman held under the control of a vengeful proprietor. Helping her escape draws him into a conflict that follows him home. Jealousy, addiction and imagined terrors become entangled as the proprietor seeks to make the researcher experience the drug's destructive effects himself.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Opium_%281919%29.webm/Opium_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm57622016-03-31T23:14:54Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/don-t-change-your-husband-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2060270.webpDon't Change Your Husband (1919)Leila is tired of a husband whose success in business has not made him attentive at home. His untidy habits and lack of romance make a more polished admirer seem irresistible. Divorce and a second marriage give her the change she wanted, but also a new basis for judging the man she left and the one she chose.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/Don%27t_Change_Your_Husband_%281919%29.webm/Don%27t_Change_Your_Husband_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm47922017-08-15T15:05:28Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/little-lord-fauntleroy-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2408008.webpLittle Lord Fauntleroy (1921)Cedric leaves his modest New York home when he unexpectedly becomes heir to an English earldom. His grandfather expects to shape the boy into an aristocrat, but Cedric's trust and generosity begin to change the older man instead. A rival claim to the inheritance then threatens the place he and his mother have found in this unfamiliar world.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Little_Lord_Fauntleroy_%281921%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original66262016-03-04T21:44:42Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-crowd-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1304986.webpThe Crowd (1928)John Sims arrives in New York certain that he will distinguish himself from everyone around him. An office job, marriage and children give him a life filled with ordinary responsibilities, but little of the recognition he expected. As setbacks place his family under strain, his belief in exceptional success becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile with daily survival.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/The_Crowd_%281928%29_by_King_Vidor.webm/The_Crowd_%281928%29_by_King_Vidor.webm.480p.vp9.webm53712024-01-06T15:54:06Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/applause-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q621159.webpApplause (1929)An aging burlesque performer has kept her daughter at a convent school to give her a different future. When money runs short, the young woman returns to a theatrical world her mother can no longer protect her from. A possible romance offers an escape, while loyalty to her mother and pressure from an exploitative man threaten to keep her backstage.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Applause_%281929%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original47122025-01-01T00:56:20Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/in-old-arizona-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q776337.webpIn Old Arizona (1928)Sergeant Dunn is sent to capture the Cisco Kid, a bandit whose easy manner initially hides his identity. The pursuit becomes entangled with Dunn's attraction to Tonia Maria, the woman the outlaw loves. When the Kid discovers that their relationship has changed, a written message gives him a way to turn the planned trap against his pursuers.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/80/In_Old_Arizona_%281928%29_by_Irving_Cummings_and_Raoul_Walsh.webm/In_Old_Arizona_%281928%29_by_Irving_Cummings_and_Raoul_Walsh.webm.480p.vp9.webm59352024-05-15T19:48:28Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/jeanne-d-arc-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1236304.webpJeanne d'Arc (1900)Joan hears a divine call to defend France and leaves her village despite her family's objections. A succession of large tableaux follows her approach to the military leadership, victory at Orléans, captivity and trial. Méliès presents her death and heavenly reception through the theatrical spectacle and visual transformations of his early studio cinema.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/Jeanne_d%27Arc_%281900%29.webm/Jeanne_d%27Arc_%281900%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6272019-05-04T11:23:54Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-christmas-carol-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q181221.webpA Christmas Carol (1910)Scrooge dismisses charity, family affection and Christmas celebrations as distractions from business. At home, a warning from his dead partner begins a night of supernatural visits. Images of earlier choices, present suffering and a possible future challenge his certainty that money is the only thing he needs to protect.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/A_Christmas_Carol_%281910%29.webm/A_Christmas_Carol_%281910%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7802016-12-14T11:04:38Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/suds-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1121002.webpSuds (1920)Amanda works in a London laundry where her weakness and romantic hopes make her an easy target for ridicule. She invents an aristocratic past to impress her coworkers and keeps dreaming about a customer who has not returned. Her effort to rescue an exhausted laundry horse creates another unlikely bond in a life sustained by imagination and small acts of kindness.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/Suds_%281920%29.webm/Suds_%281920%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm39332016-03-05T16:57:06Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-mark-of-zorro-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1170907.webpThe Mark of Zorro (1920)In Spanish California, Don Diego cultivates an unimpressive public manner while secretly opposing corrupt officials as the masked Zorro. His double life complicates his courtship of Lolita, who dislikes the idle gentleman but admires the daring outlaw. Swordplay, disguises and sudden escapes help him challenge an administration that treats the people as a source of personal profit.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/The_Mark_of_Zorro_%281920%29.webm/The_Mark_of_Zorro_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm64002020-02-06T08:16:26Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/merry-go-round-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1714003.webpMerry-Go-Round (1923)A count attached to the Austrian court falls in love with an organ grinder working in Vienna's amusement park. She does not know his rank, and he cannot easily escape the marriage expected of him. Their relationship is divided by class obligations and then by war, which changes the social world that kept them apart.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Merry-Go-Round_%281923%29.webm/Merry-Go-Round_%281923%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm67492022-11-05T20:03:37Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/anna-christie-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q185214.webpAnna Christie (1930)Anna arrives in New York to stay with the father she has not seen since childhood. Life aboard his coal barge offers a chance to recover from difficult experiences she initially conceals. Falling in love with a rescued sailor makes a new beginning seem possible, but marriage would require her to confront both men's judgments about her past.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/Anna_Christie_%281930%2C_English_version%29.webm/Anna_Christie_%281930%2C_English_version%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm53682025-12-31T17:23:49Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/zvenigora-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1964744.webpZvenigora (1928)An old man's account of treasure hidden in a mountain opens a journey across Ukrainian history. Legends, conflict and revolutionary change are connected through images rather than a straightforward historical chronology. The relationship between inherited beliefs and a transformed society runs through a film that moves freely between folk tale, political argument and the natural world.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/Zvenigora_%281928%29_by_Alexander_Dovzhenko.webm/Zvenigora_%281928%29_by_Alexander_Dovzhenko.webm.480p.vp9.webm55002024-01-12T15:47:19Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/spring-fever-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2116224.webpSpring Fever (1927)A shipping clerk's remarkable golf shot wins him an invitation to teach his employer at a country club. Among wealthy guests he is tempted to exaggerate his position, especially after meeting a woman he wants to impress. Sporting success gives him a place in their company, but also creates a rival determined to protect both his championship and his romantic prospects.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/Spring_Fever_%281927%29.webm/Spring_Fever_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm46752024-02-27T13:42:15Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-delicious-little-devil-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3822082.webpThe Delicious Little Devil (1919)Mary needs a better job to support her family. When she sees an advertisement seeking a nightclub hostess with an interesting past, she borrows the identity of a famous dancer caught in a scandal. The deception secures her employment and attracts a wealthy admirer, but makes it increasingly difficult to separate her real feelings from the glamorous life she has invented.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/The_Delicious_Little_Devil_%281919%29.webm/The_Delicious_Little_Devil_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm45702024-02-04T09:14:29Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/smilin-through-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3963015.webpSmilin' Through (1922)John has never recovered from the death of his bride on their wedding day. Years later, the niece he has raised falls in love with the son of the man responsible. His refusal to accept the relationship passes an old wound to a new generation, while the First World War brings fresh separation and uncertainty to the young couple.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/98/Smilin%27_Through_%281922%29.webm/Smilin%27_Through_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm51422018-04-07T15:27:21Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-gaucho-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3987191.webpThe Gaucho (1927)A bandit leader takes back an Andean village from a ruthless strongman, initially expecting to use it for his own advantage. His encounter with a priest and a revered shrine challenges that confidence. Fairbanks's adventurous outlaw is drawn into a struggle in which physical daring alone cannot settle the questions of belief, loyalty and responsibility.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/The_Gaucho_%281927%29.webm/The_Gaucho_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm57222023-01-28T06:32:25Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/when-the-clouds-roll-by-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q5534710.webpWhen the Clouds Roll By (1919)Daniel believes that broken mirrors, black cats and other bad signs are making his life collapse. He does not know that a psychiatrist is arranging his misfortunes as an experiment. Love briefly offers relief, but another scheme and a dangerous flood keep turning his efforts to regain control into an increasingly physical battle against apparent bad luck.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/When_the_Clouds_Roll_By_%281919%29.webm/When_the_Clouds_Roll_By_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm50712021-08-23T07:38:29Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/an-unseen-enemy-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q602878.webpAn Unseen Enemy (1912)After their father's death, two sisters are left in a house where money has been placed in the safe for the night. A dishonest housekeeper brings in an accomplice and locks the girls in another room. Threatened through an opening in the wall, they use the telephone to alert their brother, setting a rescue in motion while the robbery continues.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/An_Unseen_Enemy_%281912%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original9172014-07-07T10:02:45Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-divine-lady-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q952079.webpThe Divine Lady (1929)Emma rises from a modest background into the aristocratic world of Sir William Hamilton. Her later attachment to naval commander Horatio Nelson draws private desire into the affairs of states and war. Their relationship faces public disapproval and existing marriages, while the film presents its heroine as an influential companion in the admiral's life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/The_Divine_Lady_%281929%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original60462025-04-17T08:06:47Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-pilgrim-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1151401.webpThe Pilgrim (1923)An escaped prisoner steals a minister's clothes and arrives in a town expecting a new parson. With the sheriff close by, he has little choice but to accept the welcome and improvise a sermon. A former cellmate then recognizes him, threatening both his disguise and the trusting household that has offered him a place to stay.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/The_Pilgrim_%281923%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original28152019-01-05T07:57:26Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-racket-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1434610.webpThe Racket (1928)A Chicago police officer tries to arrest a powerful gangster, only to see political influence undo his work. Transferred to a quieter precinct, he receives an unexpected opportunity when the gangster's brother is brought in. 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As affection shifts among the three, changing sleeping arrangements expose the unequal expectations that remain beneath their apparently unconventional domestic life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/1927_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F.webm/1927_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F.webm.480p.vp9.webm52082016-04-12T01:26:15Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hell-bent-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2105085.webpHell Bent (1918)Bess takes a dance-hall job because her brother cannot support her. Cheyenne Harry initially misunderstands that choice, then defends her against a dangerous admirer. 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Forced to fend for himself and later to protect the other travellers, he has to discover whether his manners really say anything about his courage.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/The_Mollycoddle_%281920%29_with_original_music.webm/The_Mollycoddle_%281920%29_with_original_music.webm.480p.vp9.webm51352024-01-04T17:27:41Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/barbed-wire-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4859546.webpBarbed Wire (1927)A French farm becomes part of the wartime world of prisoners and guards. The young woman living there develops feelings for a German captive, placing personal affection against the hostility surrounding them. Their relationship asks whether two people can recognize one another beyond the national identities that the war has made into barriers.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/Barbed_Wire_%281927%29.webm/Barbed_Wire_%281927%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm47342023-05-10T14:57:58Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-johnstown-flood-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q7743426.webpThe Johnstown Flood (1926)Tom warns that commercial pressure is putting a dam above Johnstown in danger. The logging interests that depend on the stored water refuse to act, even as concern spreads through the town. 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When the dog uncovers a stolen wallet, the possibility of a better life arrives with two thieves determined to reclaim their money.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/A_Dog%27s_Life_%281918%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original20802015-12-09T20:56:53Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/street-angel-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1077902.webpStreet Angel (1928)Desperate to obtain medicine for her mother, Angela is arrested in Naples and escapes into the life of a travelling circus. She falls in love with Gino, a painter who sees her as an ideal of innocence. Returning to the city brings the threat of recognition, and a past she cannot easily explain begins to separate her from him.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/Street_Angel_%281928%29_by_Frank_Borzage.webm/Street_Angel_%281928%29_by_Frank_Borzage.webm.480p.vp9.webm60882024-08-04T11:27:38Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/father-sergius-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2011345.webpFather Sergius (1918)Prince Kasatsky abandons his military and social ambitions after discovering that his fiancée has been involved with the emperor he admires. Becoming Father Sergius, he seeks peace through religious discipline and then isolation. The reputation for holiness that gathers around him brings new visitors and temptations, making spiritual pride as difficult to escape as worldly desire.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Father_Sergius_%281917%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original47002015-07-19T07:33:30Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tillie-s-punctured-romance-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2590533.webpTillie's Punctured Romance (1914)A city swindler persuades Tillie to leave her father's farm with money he intends to steal. Once in town, he abandons her for his former girlfriend. 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When the confrontation ends in death, guilt and an apparent supernatural revelation turn his gambling ambition into an increasingly destructive obsession.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0._%281916%29.webm/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0._%281916%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm37652015-10-29T07:37:29Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-extraordinary-adventures-of-mr-west-in-the-land-of-the-bolsheviks-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2664157.webpThe Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924)An American visitor arrives in Moscow expecting to find the barbaric country described in sensational reports. Criminals recognize his fears and stage events to confirm them, planning to charge him for a rescue from their own invented danger. Meanwhile, his cowboy companion races through the city trying to find him, bringing American adventure-film behavior into a Soviet setting.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/Mr_West_%281924%29.webm/Mr_West_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm44162015-06-28T09:02:53Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/la-hantise-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3209774.webpLa hantise (1912)A fortune teller predicts that a woman will lose someone she loves. The warning becomes an obsession when her husband prepares to sail on the Titanic, and she begs him to abandon the journey. His departure leaves her waiting for news while the film follows the damage caused by treating a prediction as an unavoidable certainty.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/La_hantise_%281912%29.webm/La_hantise_%281912%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm14102024-06-05T06:08:02Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-heart-of-humanity-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3987491.webpThe Heart of Humanity (1918)Nanette's romance in a small Canadian community is interrupted by the First World War. She becomes a Red Cross nurse and travels into the conflict in Europe, where a threatening German officer puts her in danger. The story links separation, sacrifice and rescue with large battle scenes and a strongly partisan image of the enemy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/The_Heart_of_Humanity_%281918%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original62982021-03-14T13:03:49Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/kid-boots-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4279276.webpKid Boots (1926)A timid tailor's clerk flees an enraged customer and accidentally witnesses evidence important to a wealthy man's divorce. Kept nearby as a potential witness, he reaches a golf resort where the people he was escaping turn up again. Getting to the hearing becomes a frantic adventure involving romantic jealousy, horses and hazardous shortcuts.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Kid_Boots_%281926%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original36042022-06-16T23:46:08Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-girl-s-folly-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4657004.webpA Girl's Folly (1917)A country girl meets a film actor and follows him to the city, expecting to become a screen star. A failed test leaves her embarrassed to return home after the success she has described in letters. Accepting the actor's help draws her into a social world whose attractions become harder to separate from its demands on her.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/A_Girl%27s_Folly_%281917%29.webm/A_Girl%27s_Folly_%281917%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm34672018-05-06T09:43:56Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-great-train-robbery-1903https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q470329.webpThe Great Train Robbery (1903)Bandits seize a railway office, stop a train and rob the passengers before escaping with their loot. A rescued telegraph operator raises the alarm, bringing local men together in pursuit. The action moves between interiors, the railway and outdoor terrain, building a compact crime story from separate scenes of attack, escape and response.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/The_Great_Train_Robbery_%281903%29.webm/The_Great_Train_Robbery_%281903%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8082019-07-08T21:05:38Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hell-s-angels-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1068328.webpHell's Angels (1930)Two British brothers respond very differently to love and duty as the First World War approaches. Their German friend finds himself on the opposing side, while both brothers join the Royal Flying Corps. Aerial combat and a dangerous mission expose divisions that idealism and family loyalty had previously allowed them to overlook.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/Hell%27s_Angels_%281930%29.webm/Hell%27s_Angels_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm78662025-12-31T16:19:28Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-loves-of-pharaoh-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q151183.webpThe Loves of Pharaoh (1922)An Egyptian ruler is expected to secure an alliance by marrying an Ethiopian princess, but becomes obsessed with a Greek captive. Her love for a builder's son places both of them at his mercy. The pharaoh's desires upset the planned union between kingdoms and connect a private struggle for freedom with invasion and rebellion.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/The_Loves_of_Pharaoh_%281922%29_by_Ernst_Lubitsch.webm/The_Loves_of_Pharaoh_%281922%29_by_Ernst_Lubitsch.webm.480p.vp9.webm59702024-05-15T03:21:21Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-haunted-castle-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q153603.webpThe Haunted Castle (1896)A bat enters a castle and transforms into a devil who conjures an assistant, a woman and a series of apparitions. Two visitors find themselves surrounded by vanishing objects and figures that refuse to keep the same shape. Their attempts to resist turn the haunted room into a compact theatre of surprises, fright and comic confusion.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/The_Haunted_Castle_1896.ogv/The_Haunted_Castle_1896.ogv.240p.vp9.webm1982013-06-01T15:37:59Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-overcoat-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3007695.webpThe Overcoat (1926)A timid clerk is drawn into a corrupt scheme and a romantic deception that make him retreat further from other people. Years later, he saves painfully for a new overcoat, and the purchase briefly changes the way his colleagues treat him. Losing it exposes the indifference of the institutions on which he has spent his working life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/1926._%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C.webm/1926._%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C.webm.480p.vp9.webm38092024-10-07T23:08:24Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-life-for-a-life-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3824997.webpA Life for a Life (1916)A wealthy mother watches both of her daughters fall for the same indebted prince. He loves the adopted daughter but chooses the other sister for the money a marriage would bring. The resulting unions divide affection from financial advantage, leaving the family to live with decisions made under the influence of rank, desire and calculation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8C._%281916%29.webm/%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8C._%281916%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm40882015-10-28T05:18:42Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-tailor-from-torzhok-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4185026.webpThe Tailor from Torzhok (1925)A modest tailor buys a lottery ticket while considering a gift for the widow who employs him and hopes to marry him. Winning a large prize makes an independent workshop seem possible. Then the ticket disappears and changes hands, sending him through a series of misunderstandings as he tries to recover the piece of paper on which his plans depend.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/The_Tailor_from_Torzhok_%281925%29.webm/The_Tailor_from_Torzhok_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm35202015-07-19T10:25:14Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-big-house-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q531332.webpThe Big House (1930)A frightened new prisoner shares a cell with two experienced inmates in an overcrowded penitentiary. An attempt to protect himself ruins another man's chance of parole and creates a dangerous enemy. Friendship, betrayal and escape plans develop under pressure from poor conditions, eventually drawing the cellblock toward a violent confrontation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/The_Big_House_%281930%29.webm/The_Big_House_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm52192025-12-31T17:09:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/when-a-man-loves-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q7992915.webpWhen a Man Loves (1927)A young man preparing for a religious life abandons that path after meeting Manon on her way to a convent. Their brief happiness in Paris is threatened by her brother and by powerful men who want to possess her. Separation and misunderstanding eventually carry the lovers from aristocratic interiors to the danger of a convict ship.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/When_a_Man_Loves_%281927%29.webm/When_a_Man_Loves_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm66872023-02-08T15:08:05Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-dumb-girl-of-portici-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q11339333.webpThe Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)Fenella, a young woman who cannot speak, falls in love with a nobleman during Spanish rule in Naples. His abandonment and the treatment she receives from those in power draw her suffering into a wider conflict. A popular uprising changes the city around her, but does not make the dangers created by class and political authority disappear.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/The_Dumb_Girl_of_Portici_%281916%29_by_Phillips_Smalley.webm/The_Dumb_Girl_of_Portici_%281916%29_by_Phillips_Smalley.webm.480p.vp9.webm68842024-08-05T16:04:56Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/making-a-living-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1141431.webpMaking a Living (1914)An opportunist first borrows money from a stranger, then competes with him for a woman's attention. When the stranger photographs a spectacular accident, the swindler steals the camera and tries to claim the news story as his own. Their rivalry becomes a scramble through the street and the newspaper business, with professional ambition following the same dishonest pattern as courtship.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Making_a_Living.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original7562014-05-23T09:30:39Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-adventurer-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1192082.webpThe Adventurer (1917)An escaped prisoner repeatedly outwits guards along a beach and cliffside. After saving people from drowning, he gains entry to a wealthy household where gratitude briefly replaces pursuit. The change of setting offers food, comfort and romantic possibilities, but his borrowed respectability is vulnerable to recognition and the persistent reach of the law.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/51/The_Adventurer_%281917%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/The_Adventurer_%281917%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm15562024-05-10T17:51:37Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hands-up-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2496902.webpHands Up! (1926)A Confederate spy tries to stop gold from reaching the Union during the American Civil War. His sabotage repeatedly works against him, while the mine owner's two daughters complicate his attempts to escape. Raymond Griffith's composed manner contrasts with the misunderstandings, divided loyalties and sudden dangers surrounding his mission.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/Hands_Up%21_%281926%29.webm/Hands_Up%21_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm41762022-11-05T05:32:30Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-impossible-voyage-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2563734.webpThe Impossible Voyage (1904)A society of enthusiastic explorers approves an engineer's plan to travel beyond ordinary geographical limits. Their collection of vehicles carries them through mountainous terrain and toward the sun, encountering disasters that no sensible itinerary could predict. Scientific confidence and elaborate machinery become the starting points for a journey governed by theatrical invention rather than physical law.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/Le_Voyage_%C3%A0_travers_l%27impossible_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1904%29.webm/Le_Voyage_%C3%A0_travers_l%27impossible_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1904%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm12592024-07-02T19:50:41Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/l-odissea-1911https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3818097.webpL'Odissea (1911)After the Trojan War, Odysseus struggles to bring his men home through a world of hostile creatures and supernatural dangers. Escaping one threat leads to another, and the long journey strips him of his companions. Reaching Ithaca will require more than navigation: he must also confront the men who have taken over his household during his absence.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/L%27Odissea_%28Milano_Films%2C_1911%29_.webm/L%27Odissea_%28Milano_Films%2C_1911%29_.webm.240p.vp9.webm26342018-04-07T08:38:16Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/jewish-luck-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4173185.webpJewish Luck (1925)Menakhem Mendl pursues one business opportunity after another, convinced that the next idea will finally bring prosperity. Insurance, trading and matchmaking each offer a fresh route to riches, but reality keeps resisting his calculations. His persistence and imaginative schemes create comedy against the background of economic insecurity and the constraints of Jewish life under the tsars.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/1925._%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D1%81%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%D0%B5.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original59002015-11-14T03:51:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-night-before-christmas-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4327838.webpThe Night Before Christmas (1913)On Christmas Eve in a Ukrainian village, a devil steals the moon and joins a witch whose visitors must be hidden from one another. Her son Vakula faces a different problem: the woman he loves demands the tsarina's shoes. Discovering the devil gives the blacksmith an unexpected way to attempt the impossible errand.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC._%281913%29.webm/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC._%281913%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm24752015-10-30T09:01:40Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-forty-first-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4429093.webpThe Forty-First (1927)A Red Army marksman is assigned to guard a captured White officer during a desperate journey across Central Asia. A storm leaves the two isolated together, away from the forces that defined them as enemies. Caring for one another creates an intimacy that cannot easily erase the military duty and political divisions waiting beyond the island.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9._1927_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4_%28%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original31652023-05-07T21:56:27Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-dying-swan-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4475492.webpThe Dying Swan (1917)After a romantic disappointment, Gizella persuades her father to help her begin a new life as a dancer. Unable to speak, she wins attention through the expressive power of her performance in The Dying Swan. A count obsessed with images of death asks to paint her, turning admiration for her art into a dangerous demand on the woman herself.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/The_Dying_Swan_%281917%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original29522014-06-04T16:12:10Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/by-the-law-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q477602.webpBy the Law (1926)A gold-mining party in the Yukon is shattered when a resentful member kills two companions. The surviving couple restrain him but disagree about what justice requires. Isolated by the weather, they must live beside their prisoner while deciding whether to wait for legal authority or take responsibility for a punishment they may not be entitled to impose.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/1926._%D0%9F%D0%BE_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83.webm/1926._%D0%9F%D0%BE_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83.webm.480p.vp9.webm47092025-05-21T05:45:01Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/min-and-bill-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1089809.webpMin and Bill (1930)Min runs a waterfront inn and raises Nancy as her own daughter, sharing arguments and affection with fisherman Bill. She wants the girl to have opportunities beyond the docks and sacrifices her savings for an education. When Nancy prepares to marry, the return of her birth mother threatens the future Min has worked to protect.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Min_and_Bill.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original39232026-01-03T10:48:09Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/one-a-m-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1152833.webpOne A.M. (1916)A wealthy man returns home after a night of drinking and finds that his own furniture has become an obstacle course. Getting through the door is only the beginning: rugs, stairs, a swinging clock and a folding bed turn simple movements into elaborate struggles. His attempt to reach a comfortable place to sleep becomes a nearly solitary battle with the house.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/One_A.M._%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/One_A.M._%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm15982024-06-19T08:44:02Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/alibi-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1618533.webpAlibi (1929)A policeman's daughter secretly marries a former criminal who claims to have changed. A theatre outing gives him the cover he needs to take part in a robbery, making her an unwitting witness for his defense. As the police place an agent inside his gang, the marriage and the apparently secure alibi begin to come apart.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Alibi_%281929%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original49812025-01-01T01:15:33Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/flight-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2032557.webpFlight (1929)After a humiliating football mistake, Lefty joins the Marines and finds an unexpected mentor in an experienced aviation sergeant. A training crash damages his confidence, but their friendship keeps him close to flying. When both men fall in love with the same nurse, a mission in Nicaragua tests a bond already complicated by gratitude and jealousy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/Flight_%281929%29.webm/Flight_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm69502025-06-26T11:06:30Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-lure-of-drink-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q23755590.webpThe Lure of Drink (1915)Ned has given up drinking and hopes to build a stable home with Peggy, a widow raising a daughter. Another woman's resentment draws him back toward alcohol, endangering his work and family. The story follows the household's decline through the streets and workplaces of London, presenting relapse as the central threat to its fragile security.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/The_lure_of_drink_%281915%29.webm/The_lure_of_drink_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm21942018-04-22T09:09:54Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/twilight-of-a-woman-s-soul-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q25394233.webpTwilight of a Woman's Soul (1913)Vera turns away from the pleasures of wealthy society and begins helping people in poverty. A man exploits her generosity to assault her, leaving a trauma she struggles to reveal to the prince who wants to marry her. When his response destroys their relationship, she seeks an independent life on the stage, beyond the identity he has imposed on her.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/1913_%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B8.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original29182016-03-02T07:25:30Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-battle-of-the-somme-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2662754.webpThe Battle of the Somme (1916)British soldiers prepare for the Somme offensive, moving supplies, waiting in trenches and serving the artillery before the attack. The camera also records wounded men, prisoners and the work behind the fighting. These views of the Western Front brought the scale and human cost of the campaign to cinema audiences while the war was still being fought.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/The_Battle_of_the_Somme_%281916%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original43722020-12-27T13:18:45Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-haunted-castle-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q320814.webpThe Haunted Castle (1921)Rain confines a hunting party to a country castle, where the arrival of Count Oetsch unsettles the guests. Suspected of killing his brother, he is an unwelcome presence for the dead man's widow and her new husband. As a priest hears the widow's account of the past, the gathering becomes a contest between public suspicion and concealed guilt.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/The_Haunted_Castle_%281921%29_by_F._W._Murnau.webm/The_Haunted_Castle_%281921%29_by_F._W._Murnau.webm.480p.vp9.webm48082024-11-29T14:41:52Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-trap-for-santa-claus-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3602807.webpA Trap for Santa Claus (1909)An unemployed father abandons his family, believing they will be better off without him. An unexpected inheritance subsequently gives his wife and children a comfortable new home. On Christmas Eve, the children devise a trap to catch Santa entering through a window, just as their estranged father approaches the house with a very different purpose.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/A_Trap_for_Santa_Claus_%281909%29_.webm/A_Trap_for_Santa_Claus_%281909%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm9132018-12-07T14:19:03Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/fanchon-the-cricket-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3739197.webpFanchon the Cricket (1915)Fanchon lives apart from the village with her grandmother, surrounded by gossip and accusations of witchcraft. Saving a young man from drowning opens the possibility of love, but prejudice and family obligations complicate their relationship. Her loyalty must survive a separation that allows others to mistake delay for rejection.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/Fanchon_the_Cricket_%281915%29.webm/Fanchon_the_Cricket_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm43532025-12-14T06:43:28Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-house-on-trubnaya-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4165536.webpThe House on Trubnaya (1928)A young woman from the countryside arrives in Moscow and finds domestic work in a crowded apartment building. Her employer expects an obedient servant with no connection to a trade union. When the residents believe she has gained political influence through the domestic workers' organization, their treatment of her changes with remarkable speed.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9._1928_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%28%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original37442023-05-07T21:02:37Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-three-million-trial-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4382272.webpThe Three Million Trial (1926)A banker leaves a fortune in his home, and news of the money reaches people with different reasons to steal it. An elegant criminal and a much less experienced thief cross paths with the banker's wife and her lover. The resulting robbery leads to a trial where another performance may prove as valuable as the original deception.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/The_Three_Million_Trial_%281926%29.webm/The_Three_Million_Trial_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm38082015-07-19T12:08:10Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/madame-dubarry-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q480109.webpMadame DuBarry (1919)Jeanne Vaubernier leaves the modest world of a seamstress for a succession of influential lovers. Becoming the favorite of Louis XV gives her access to the French court, but the position depends on social maneuvering and the king's protection. Her rise unfolds alongside the resentments and political upheaval that will threaten the world supporting her.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/Madame_DuBarry_%281919%29.webm/Madame_DuBarry_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm67952024-02-03T04:06:06Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-enchanted-drawing-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q957473.webpThe Enchanted Drawing (1900)An artist sketches a man's face and adds objects that suddenly seem available outside the paper. Drawing, performance and camera tricks allow him to handle what he has just pictured, while the face responds with changing expressions. A familiar stage demonstration becomes a brief encounter between a live performer and an apparently living illustration.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/The_Enchanted_Drawing.ogv/The_Enchanted_Drawing.ogv.240p.vp9.webm892007-09-07T20:36:43Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q981032.webpThe Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)MGM gathers its performers for a succession of songs, dances and comedy sketches presented by Jack Benny and Conrad Nagel. Stars associated with dramatic films appear alongside variety entertainers, with each act offering a different attraction. 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As he pursues money and sexual power with help from two accomplices, the people he has already deceived threaten the elegant identity on which his scheme depends.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/Foolish_Wives_%281922%29_.webm/Foolish_Wives_%281922%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm85382024-05-27T05:45:12Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-unknown-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1197672.webpThe Unknown (1927)Alonzo earns his living in a circus as an apparently armless knife thrower, concealing the hands that could identify him as a criminal. Nanon trusts him because she fears being touched by men. His love for her turns that deception into a terrible dilemma, while a rival suitor and a murder threaten to reveal what his performance hides.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/The_Unknown_%281927%29_by_Tod_Browning.webm/The_Unknown_%281927%29_by_Tod_Browning.webm.480p.vp9.webm40002024-05-25T12:18:42Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/three-ages-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1257198.webpThree Ages (1923)A slight, resourceful suitor competes with a much more imposing rival in three different eras: prehistoric times, ancient Rome and the modern city. The costumes and obstacles change, but the same struggle for love returns in each setting. Keaton moves between the parallel adventures, finding comic inventions in everything from primitive weapons to contemporary machinery.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/42/Three_Ages_%281923%29_by_Buster_Keaton_and_Edward_F._Cline.webm/Three_Ages_%281923%29_by_Buster_Keaton_and_Edward_F._Cline.webm.480p.vp9.webm38392024-05-11T08:03:52Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cinderella-1899https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2117418.webpCinderella (1899)Cinderella's household duties give way to a magical transformation that allows her to attend the ball. Splendid clothing and an extraordinary departure briefly carry her beyond the world that treats her as a servant. The approach of midnight threatens the enchantment, leaving a slipper to connect the anonymous visitor with the young woman who must return home.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/Cinderella_%281899_film%29.webm/Cinderella_%281899_film%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm3412014-11-16T12:05:56Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/after-death-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4373713.webpAfter Death (1915)A reclusive young man is persuaded to rejoin social life and briefly encounters an actress whose interest he cannot answer. Months later, the news of her death transforms that hesitation into an obsession. He searches for a connection that was never fully formed while she was alive, allowing memory, fantasy and grief to take possession of his life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/After_Death_%281915%29.webm/After_Death_%281915%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm27762014-06-04T15:01:12Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/man-from-the-restaurant-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4508565.webpMan from the Restaurant (1927)A widowed waiter, grieving the loss of his son in the war, takes in a young lodger. The new tenant and the waiter's daughter fall in love, offering the household a possible future after its losses. A wealthy restaurant customer becomes interested in the young woman, bringing the power imbalance of her father's workplace into their private lives.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/Man_from_the_Restaurant_%281927%29.webm/Man_from_the_Restaurant_%281927%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm41522015-07-19T13:58:51Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/to-happiness-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q56042315.webpTo Happiness (1917)Zoya and Dmitry have concealed their love for years because she fears the effect a new relationship would have on her daughter. A visit to a resort appears to offer a peaceful interval for the family. Instead, Zoya discovers that her daughter also loves Dmitry, turning a long postponement into a conflict in which someone's hoped-for happiness must be lost.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/%D0%97%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%BC_1917.webm/%D0%97%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%BC_1917.webm.480p.vp9.webm24772016-03-02T12:06:11Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/chess-fever-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q590908.webpChess Fever (1925)During a major chess tournament in Moscow, a young man becomes so absorbed in the game that he neglects his fiancée. Every attempt at reconciliation runs into another board, piece or chess-playing distraction. As the couple's quarrel spreads through a city seemingly infected by the same obsession, a meeting with a famous champion offers an unexpected intervention.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/Chess_Fever_%281925%29_by_Vsevolod_Pudovkin_and_Nikolai_Shpikovsky.webm/Chess_Fever_%281925%29_by_Vsevolod_Pudovkin_and_Nikolai_Shpikovsky.webm.480p.vp9.webm12002024-06-20T09:39:45Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-tramp-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q641474.webpThe Tramp (1915)A wandering man helps a farmer's daughter escape thieves and is invited to work on the farm. His awkward attempts at useful labor create trouble, but his attachment to the household grows. Protecting it from a robbery gives him a chance to prove his loyalty, even as he misunderstands what place he might occupy in the young woman's future.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/The_Tramp_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm/The_Tramp_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm15782024-08-04T08:29:58Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cigarette-girl-of-mosselprom-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q7133023.webpThe Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom (1924)A cigarette seller attracts a customer who does not smoke but keeps returning to see her. A film crew's chance encounter with her creates another opportunity, and the cameraman helps her begin acting. An American businessman adds a further romantic complication, while an office worker waits for the attention of the man still buying those unnecessary cigarettes.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/The_Cigarette_Girl_from_Mosselprom_%281924%29.webm/The_Cigarette_Girl_from_Mosselprom_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm44962015-07-19T13:46:32Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-pawnshop-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1140172.webpThe Pawnshop (1916)A pawnshop assistant turns routine work into a series of disputes, accidents and elaborate inspections. Customers find that having an object examined can be more destructive than parting with it, especially when an alarm clock receives his attention. Amid quarrels with a fellow employee and flirtation with the owner's daughter, a genuine thief enters the shop.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/The_Pawnshop_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/The_Pawnshop_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm15402024-05-11T22:00:17Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/kid-auto-races-at-venice-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1151392.webpKid Auto Races at Venice (1914)A camera crew tries to record a children's race in Venice, California, but a spectator repeatedly places himself in front of the lens. Pushing him aside only encourages another attempt to become the subject of the picture. The sporting event continues around a small battle over who deserves the camera's attention.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/The_Kid_Auto_Race_In_Venice.webm/The_Kid_Auto_Race_In_Venice.webm.480p.vp9.webm3822017-10-24T02:23:04Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/anna-boleyn-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q152427.webpAnna Boleyn (1920)Anne Boleyn returns to England and enters a court where Henry VIII's desires can overturn private loyalties and public institutions. The king's pursuit offers her a crown while separating her from the man she loves. Becoming queen does not bring security: the expectation of a male heir and Henry's changing favor leave her position increasingly vulnerable.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/Anna_Boleyn_%281920%29_by_Ernst_Lubitsch.webm/Anna_Boleyn_%281920%29_by_Ernst_Lubitsch.webm.480p.vp9.webm73372024-08-16T04:34:19Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/escamotage-d-une-dame-au-theatre-robert-houdin-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q153591.webpEscamotage d'une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin (1896)A magician places a chair on a newspaper to show that no trapdoor can be concealed beneath it. His assistant sits down and disappears when he removes a covering cloth. Further gestures produce a skeleton in her place before another transformation allows the performers to conclude their apparently impossible demonstration.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/Escamotage_d%27une_dame_chez_Robert-Houdin_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1896%29.webm/Escamotage_d%27une_dame_chez_Robert-Houdin_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1896%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm802024-07-26T17:45:33Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-end-of-the-world-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q153685.webpThe End of the World (1916)The approach of a comet raises the prospect of a catastrophe that wealth and social position cannot prevent. As the danger becomes real, fear spreads through a society already divided by private desires and material interests. Fire, destruction and unrest turn an astronomical event into a struggle over how people behave when their familiar world appears to be ending.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/The_End_of_the_World_%281916%29_.webm/The_End_of_the_World_%281916%29_.webm.240p.vp9.webm46372018-01-01T16:51:41Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-floorwalker-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q166739.webpThe Floorwalker (1916)A disruptive department-store customer resembles an employee who is helping the manager steal from the safe. A hurried exchange of identities leaves the newcomer caught with the money and pursued by people whose motives he does not understand. The store's counters, elevator and escalator become obstacles in an increasingly confused chase.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/The_Floorwalker_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/The_Floorwalker_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm17092024-05-11T00:41:09Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-doll-with-millions-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q17007229.webpThe Doll with Millions (1928)A wealthy widow in Paris leaves her estate to a granddaughter living in Moscow, with valuable shares concealed inside a doll. Two disappointed would-be heirs travel after the young woman, each hoping that marriage will recover the fortune he believes should be his. Their pursuit turns inheritance and courtship into competing routes to the same hidden money.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/1928_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D1%81_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8.webm/1928_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D1%81_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8.webm.480p.vp9.webm39342016-04-11T00:51:51Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/romance-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1724081.webpRomance (1930)When his grandson announces plans to marry an actress, an elderly bishop recalls his own love for an opera singer. As a young clergyman, he pursued Rita Cavallini despite his family's objections and rumors about her past. The memory reveals how affection, honesty and social expectations shaped a decision whose consequences have remained with him for decades.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/Romance_%281930%29.webm/Romance_%281930%29.webm.360p.mpeg4.mov45702026-01-10T13:13:55Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/plane-crazy-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1753096.webpPlane Crazy (1928)Inspired by aviation celebrity Charles Lindbergh, Mickey builds an improvised airplane and invites Minnie aboard. The flight soon escapes the rules of ordinary mechanics, with the countryside becoming part of an aerial obstacle course. His attempts to force a kiss create a second conflict in the cockpit, giving Minnie good reason to find her own way back to the ground.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Plane_Crazy_%281929%29_with_sound.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original3612025-01-01T19:02:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cure-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1923676.webpThe Cure (1917)A guest arrives at a health resort carrying enough alcohol to undermine any proposed treatment. His attempts to negotiate revolving doors, therapeutic routines and a formidable masseur create disturbances throughout the hotel. When his liquor is emptied into the supposedly restorative spring, the establishment's promise of sober, healthy living takes an unexpected turn.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/98/The_Cure_%281917%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/The_Cure_%281917%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm15252024-05-11T22:48:02Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-fireman-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2294948.webpThe Fireman (1916)A fireman struggles with drills, equipment and the demands of station life while his chief considers a dishonest bargain. A property owner wants his house to burn for the insurance money and offers his daughter's hand in return for cooperation. Real emergencies and the young woman's danger force the troublesome subordinate into a role that requires more than obedience.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/The_Fireman_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/The_Fireman_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm15262024-05-11T01:11:29Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/les-amours-de-la-reine-elisabeth-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2637138.webpLes Amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912)Queen Elizabeth's attachment to the Earl of Essex brings personal desire into conflict with royal authority. Their relationship unfolds in a court where affection cannot be separated from rank, loyalty and political consequence. Sarah Bernhardt's queen confronts the difficulty of acting as both a woman in love and the sovereign whose decisions govern the man she favors.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/Les_Amours_de_la_reine_%C3%89lisabeth_%281912%29.webm/Les_Amours_de_la_reine_%C3%89lisabeth_%281912%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm30172014-10-29T17:06:07Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/l-atlantide-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2755366.webpL'Atlantide (1921)Two French officers lose their way in the Sahara and discover a hidden kingdom ruled by Antinéa. Her beautiful court offers little freedom to the men she chooses as lovers. When one officer resists her, she turns the other's jealousy into a weapon, leaving him with a memory that continues to draw him back toward the desert.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/L%27Atlantide_%281921%29_par_Jacques_Feyder.webm/L%27Atlantide_%281921%29_par_Jacques_Feyder.webm.480p.vp9.webm97642024-06-28T12:13:43Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-frozen-north-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3087849.webpThe Frozen North (1922)A cowboy steps out of a subway station into an improbable frozen wilderness. His attempts at robbery, romance and masculine authority repeatedly expose the gap between his pose and his behavior. A succession of absurd misunderstandings turns the harsh northern setting into a parody of the stern heroes and moral certainties of popular westerns.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/The_Frozen_North_%281922%29.webm/The_Frozen_North_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm10262022-11-14T00:32:14Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/katka-s-reinette-apples-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3194178.webpKatka's Reinette Apples (1926)After her family's cow dies, Katya leaves the countryside to earn money in Leningrad. Selling apples offers a precarious living, and her relationship with a thief leaves her with a child and little security. Meeting a homeless, educated man creates another unexpected connection as she tries to build a household in the unfamiliar city.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_-_%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82_%281926%29.webm/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_-_%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm65282024-02-28T02:19:51Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/women-of-ryazan-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3228140.webpWomen of Ryazan (1927)In a Russian village on the eve of the First World War, two young women face sharply different forms of family authority. Anna enters an approved marriage, while Vasilisa openly chooses a partner against her father's wishes. War removes the young men from the village, leaving the women to confront violence, judgment and the possibility of social change.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/1927._%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%8B_%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5.webm/1927._%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%8B_%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5.webm.480p.vp9.webm52712022-09-18T15:49:16Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-bay-of-death-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4100563.webpThe Bay of Death (1926)After White forces seize a southern port, a young revolutionary's attempt to obtain ammunition drives him toward a lighthouse held by partisans. His father, a mechanic who has not shared his son's politics, comes under surveillance. Forced back into service aboard a ship approaching the guerrillas, the older man must decide what use to make of his knowledge of the vessel.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8_%281926%29.webm/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8_%281926%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm39562023-05-02T20:31:17Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/coquette-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q570506.webpCoquette (1929)Norma falls in love with a young man her father considers unsuitable. Their plan to marry is endangered by gossip after an evening spent together, and her father's determination to protect the family's standing leads to violence. The aftermath forces her to confront the competing demands of loyalty, reputation and the truth about the man she loves.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Coquette_%281929%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original45312025-01-03T10:37:56Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-hands-of-orlac-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q684471.webpThe Hands of Orlac (1924)A concert pianist survives a railway accident but learns that his replacement hands once belonged to an executed murderer. Unable to recover his musical confidence, he begins to fear that the operation has transferred another man's violent impulses. A killing, a familiar weapon and a stranger's extraordinary claim deepen the uncertainty over whether the danger lies in his body or outside it.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/Orlacs_H%C3%A4nde_%281924%29.webm/Orlacs_H%C3%A4nde_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm58592024-02-02T03:54:21Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-massacre-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q7750561.webpThe Massacre (1912)A young woman chooses marriage and a journey west over the future offered by her guardian. Traveling with her husband and child, she becomes part of a wagon train caught in a wider cycle of violence. An attack on a Native American village has prompted retaliation, and the travelers must face the consequences of a conflict they did not begin.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/The_Massacre_1911_BLANCHE_SWEET_D_W_Griffith_G_W_Bitzer.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original18052014-11-17T14:05:15Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/fantasmagorie-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q94748.webpFantasmagorie (1908)A drawn figure enters a world where objects refuse to keep their shape. A bottle, a flower and other forms become the raw material for transformations that replace ordinary cause and effect. The animator's hands occasionally enter the picture, reminding the viewer that even the character's body can be broken, repaired or reinvented by the person drawing it.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/Fantasmagorie_%281908%29.webm/Fantasmagorie_%281908%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm982026-01-26T14:20:34Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-conquest-of-the-pole-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q959124.webpThe Conquest of the Pole (1912)An international gathering of explorers chooses an extraordinary flying machine for an expedition to the North Pole. Their confidence in engineering carries them into a landscape ruled by impossible creatures and dangerous attractions. A giant and a powerful magnetic force make the journey less a triumph of science than another test of the travelers' ability to survive their own ambition.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/The_Conquest_of_the_Pole_%281912%29_.webm/The_Conquest_of_the_Pole_%281912%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm18122018-05-09T19:44:36Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-karnival-kid-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1137756.webpThe Karnival Kid (1929)Mickey sells hot dogs at a carnival where the food behaves more like a collection of troublesome pets than an ordinary meal. His interest in Minnie carries the action from the stalls to a nighttime serenade. Cats join the performance, and music turns courtship into another opportunity for noise, movement and conflict with the neighbors.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/The_Karnival_Kid_%281929%29.webm/The_Karnival_Kid_%281929%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm4612024-12-31T12:43:52Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-page-of-madness-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1165285.webpA Page of Madness (1926)A former sailor works as a custodian in the psychiatric hospital where his wife is a patient. Her inability to recognize him and their daughter's troubled visit bring the family's history into the institution's daily life. Memories, imagined escape and distorted perceptions interrupt ordinary chronology, making the boundaries between the man's hopes and his circumstances increasingly uncertain.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/A_Page_of_Madness_%281926%29_by_Teinosuke_Kinugasa.webm/A_Page_of_Madness_%281926%29_by_Teinosuke_Kinugasa.webm.480p.vp9.webm42722024-01-08T01:17:12Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-rink-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1195688.webpThe Rink (1916)A waiter who creates disorder at work becomes remarkably agile when he reaches the roller rink. Helping a young woman avoid an unwanted admirer earns him an invitation to a skating party. The restaurant's quarrels follow him there, and his skill at staying upright becomes inseparable from his ability to send everyone else falling.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/The_Rink_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/The_Rink_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm14962024-05-11T21:56:18Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/speedy-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1246225.webpSpeedy (1928)Harold Swift cannot hold a job for long, especially when baseball distracts him. Protecting his sweetheart's grandfather's horse-drawn streetcar gives him a more lasting purpose. A transport magnate wants the small line eliminated, and Harold must find a way to keep it operating through the traffic, schemes and sudden obstacles of New York.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/Speedy_%281928%29_by_Ted_Wilde.webm/Speedy_%281928%29_by_Ted_Wilde.webm.480p.vp9.webm51832024-07-01T22:35:05Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/flesh-and-the-devil-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1366555.webpFlesh and the Devil (1926)Two childhood friends become soldiers, trusting that their bond can survive separation. Leo's affair with a married woman leads to a duel and a posting abroad. When he returns, he discovers that his closest friend has married her, turning a reunion into a struggle between loyalty and a desire that has not disappeared.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/Flesh_and_the_Devil_%281926%29_by_Clarence_Brown.webm/Flesh_and_the_Devil_%281926%29_by_Clarence_Brown.webm.480p.vp9.webm69412024-08-05T15:26:42Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-doll-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q151596.webpThe Doll (1919)A timid young heir is offered a fortune if he marries, but the prospect of a real wife terrifies him. Sympathetic monks suggest a mechanical doll as a convenient substitute. When the dollmaker's daughter takes the place of the damaged creation, the reluctant bridegroom enters a marriage whose supposedly obedient partner has intentions of her own.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/Die_Puppe_%281919%29.webm/Die_Puppe_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm38322024-08-14T20:14:16Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/silent-witnesses-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q17090308.webpSilent Witnesses (1914)Nastya takes a maid's place in an upper-class household and attracts the attention of the family's son. Discovering that his fiancée has another lover makes her believe honesty might change their situation. His response reveals how little the household's private flirtations alter the social boundaries separating a servant from the people she serves.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8._%281914%29.webm/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8._%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm38682015-10-25T02:37:08Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-king-of-kings-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1795989.webpThe King of Kings (1927)Jesus's ministry brings healing and hope to those who gather around him, while attracting hostility and divided expectations. Mary Magdalene, the disciples and the people of Jerusalem become part of a drama moving toward betrayal, trial and crucifixion. DeMille's large-scale production concludes with the resurrection, presenting the Gospel narrative through devotional imagery and spectacle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/eb/The_King_of_Kings_%281927%29.webm/The_King_of_Kings_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm94302023-11-14T07:23:36Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cities-and-years-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q21638184.webpCities and Years (1930)Two men who once shared friendship and revolutionary commitment face one another across a new political divide. War and its aftermath have made earlier loyalties difficult to reconcile with demands for allegiance. Moving through their intertwined histories, the drama asks what remains of personal attachment when neutrality is treated as a form of betrayal.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/1930_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%B8_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B.webm/1930_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%B8_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B.webm.480p.vp9.webm44032016-05-02T08:31:16Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/behind-the-screen-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2345856.webpBehind the Screen (1916)An overworked stagehand carries the physical burden of a film studio while his supervisor claims the authority. A young woman rejected as an actress disguises herself as a male worker and joins him behind the sets. Labor unrest, mistaken assumptions and a pie fight turn the business of making orderly screen illusions into a threat to the studio itself.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/Behind_the_Screen_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/Behind_the_Screen_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm15272024-06-26T15:00:40Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/salt-for-svaneti-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2347617.webpSalt for Svaneti (1930)In an isolated mountain community in Svanetia, the camera follows work, animals, ceremonies and the struggle to obtain salt. The landscape shapes both daily life and access to the outside world. The arrival of road construction reframes this portrait of local practices as an argument for the transformative reach of the Soviet modernization project.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/1930._%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8.webm/1930._%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8.webm.480p.vp9.webm29502017-05-09T10:59:16Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-wind-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2426434.webpThe Wind (1928)Letty leaves Virginia for an isolated Texas ranch, hoping to find security with her cousin's family. The relentless wind and an increasingly hostile household leave her dependent on men whose offers of protection carry expectations of their own. Forced into an unwanted marriage, she struggles to retain control of her life in a landscape that seems to invade every private space.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/The_Wind_%281928%29_by_Victor_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m.webm/The_Wind_%281928%29_by_Victor_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m.webm.480p.vp9.webm45042024-05-18T08:14:15Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-paleface-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3281807.webpThe Paleface (1922)A butterfly collector wanders into a Native American community just as its people face eviction by dishonest oil interests. Mistaken for another enemy, he survives through an unlikely invention and becomes an ally. Recovering the stolen document to their land then draws him into chases and disguises that repeatedly threaten to turn that new alliance against him.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/The_Paleface_%281922%29_by_Buster_Keaton_and_Edward_F._Cline.webm/The_Paleface_%281922%29_by_Buster_Keaton_and_Edward_F._Cline.webm.480p.vp9.webm14952024-08-06T22:09:43Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-club-of-the-big-deed-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3460236.webpThe Club of the Big Deed (1927)A gambler acquires a ring bearing three initials and uses it to invent an identity suited to the people he meets. During the Decembrist rebellion, an officer mistakes that symbol for proof of commitment to a revolutionary cause. Romantic loyalties and political conspiracies become opportunities for the adventurer, whose willingness to betray others gives the changing initials a dangerous meaning.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/1927_%D0%A1%D0%92%D0%94_%28SVD%29.webm/1927_%D0%A1%D0%92%D0%94_%28SVD%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm41682020-12-19T03:04:07Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-mothering-heart-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3521931.webpThe Mothering Heart (1913)A young wife works to help support her household while her husband looks for secure employment. His new prosperity introduces him to a more fashionable social world and a woman who draws him away from the marriage. Pregnant and betrayed, the wife returns to her mother's home, where childbirth and illness make reconciliation more complicated than an apology.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/The_Mothering_Heart_%281913%29.webm/The_Mothering_Heart_%281913%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm13872022-09-24T16:57:11Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-king-of-paris-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4233810.webpThe King of Paris (1917)An experienced swindler teaches a younger man to treat society as a collection of people to manipulate. Adopting aristocratic identities gives the pair access to Parisian wealth, and a rich duchess becomes the target of a marriage scheme. Her son, who has chosen the simpler life of a sculptor, stands between their calculated ambitions and the fortune they expect to obtain.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/King_of_Paris_%281917%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original37112014-06-04T11:49:59Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-marriage-of-the-bear-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4287588.webpThe Marriage of the Bear (1925)A countess's frightening encounter with a bear becomes the explanation offered for her son's disturbing behavior. As he grows, the young aristocrat's violence and identification with the animal unsettle those around him. Marriage appears to promise a return to ordinary life, but the wedding exposes the danger concealed beneath that expectation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/1925._%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B6%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B0.webm/1925._%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B6%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B0.webm.480p.vp9.webm40782024-09-28T14:01:37Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/animal-crackers-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q547279.webpAnimal Crackers (1930)A wealthy hostess celebrates the return of explorer Captain Spaulding with a society weekend and the unveiling of a valuable painting. Several guests independently plan to substitute copies for the original. The Marx Brothers turn the resulting confusion into an occasion for verbal attacks, musical interruptions and a sustained assault on the party's carefully arranged respectability.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/Animal_Crackers_%281930%29.webm/Animal_Crackers_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm58952025-12-31T16:22:44Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/he-did-and-he-didn-t-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q5688712.webpHe Did and He Didn't (1916)A doctor becomes jealous when his wife's handsome former schoolmate joins them for dinner. Suspicion transforms ordinary hospitality into imagined betrayal, and the night's disturbances grow increasingly violent. The story keeps testing whether the husband's fears describe what is happening around him or the consequences of what he has eaten and imagined.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/He_Did_and_He_Didn%27t_-_Roscoe_%27Fatty%27_Arbuckle_-_1916%2C_Triangle_Film_-_EYE_FLM27287_-_OB_685661.webm/He_Did_and_He_Didn%27t_-_Roscoe_%27Fatty%27_Arbuckle_-_1916%2C_Triangle_Film_-_EYE_FLM27287_-_OB_685661.webm.240p.vp9.webm9382014-10-30T15:46:07Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tartuffe-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q571173.webpTartuffe (1926)A young actor suspects that his grandfather's housekeeper is manipulating the old man to obtain his inheritance. Disguising himself as a traveling film exhibitor, he arranges a screening of Tartuffe. The story of a pious fraud entering another household becomes a way to reveal the deception taking place in the room where the audience is watching.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/Tartuffe_%281926%29_by_F._W._Murnau.webm/Tartuffe_%281926%29_by_F._W._Murnau.webm.480p.vp9.webm39042024-07-27T05:48:33Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cocoanuts-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q581117.webpThe Cocoanuts (1929)A Florida hotel struggles to extract money from its guests while its manager promotes dubious real-estate opportunities. A young architect's romance competes with a socially acceptable suitor who is planning a jewel theft. Into these schemes come two disruptive visitors, turning auctions, business language and hotel service into opportunities for the Marx Brothers' disorder.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/The_Cocoanuts_%281929%29.webm/The_Cocoanuts_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm55752025-05-05T06:19:52Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-queen-of-spades-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q652102.webpThe Queen of Spades (1910)Germann watches other men gamble but fears risking his own money until he hears that an elderly countess knows a winning secret. His courtship of Liza gives him access to the countess's home. The desire to obtain the cards' mystery begins to overpower affection and judgment, drawing him toward a confrontation whose consequences follow him back to the gaming table.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0._%281910%29.webm/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0._%281910%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm9122015-10-22T07:53:56Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/carmen-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q832816.webpCarmen (1918)A soldier's attraction to Carmen draws him away from his fiancée, his military career and the life he had expected to lead. Joining the smugglers around her does not secure her lasting affection. When she turns toward a celebrated bullfighter, his refusal to accept her independence transforms devotion into a threat.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/Carmen_%281918%29_.webm/Carmen_%281918%29_.webm.240p.vp9.webm47822018-01-01T15:20:35Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/seven-chances-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1188131.webpSeven Chances (1925)A financially desperate broker learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries before seven that evening. His hurried explanation ruins a proposal to the woman he actually loves. As his associates advertise the opportunity to potential brides, a private misunderstanding grows into a public pursuit that sends him racing against both the clock and an expanding crowd.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/Seven_Chances_%281925%29.webm/Seven_Chances_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm34022022-03-26T10:21:17Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-vagabond-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1197772.webpThe Vagabond (1916)A wandering violinist rescues a young woman from people who have abducted and mistreated her. Their makeshift life together offers tenderness after the rescue, but an artist's portrait reveals her identity to the family searching for her. The discovery promises a different future for the woman and leaves her rescuer uncertain whether there is still a place for him in it.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/The_Vagabond_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/The_Vagabond_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm15592024-05-11T04:54:46Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/prem-sanyas-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1214408.webpPrem Sanyas (1925)Prince Siddhartha grows up protected by privilege and separated from ordinary suffering. Encounters beyond that sheltered existence change his understanding of age, loss and the conditions of human life. Renouncing the position prepared for him, he begins the search for enlightenment that will lead to his recognition as the Buddha.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bc/Prem_Sanyas_%281925%29.webm/Prem_Sanyas_%281925%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm57292016-02-03T22:05:15Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/laughing-gas-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1551630.webpLaughing Gas (1914)A dental assistant proves as troublesome to the waiting patients as to the dentist employing him. An anesthetic's unexpected effects send him out on an errand that produces further fights and broken teeth. Returning to the surgery does little to restore order, as medical equipment and professional authority become tools for another round of physical comedy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/Laughing_Gas_%281914%29.webm/Laughing_Gas_%281914%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm7712014-10-06T16:12:11Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-grub-stake-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q16250937.webpThe Grub-Stake (1923)Unable to afford medicine for her father, Faith accepts a man's offer to help her establish a new life in the north. His promises of work and marriage conceal an intention to exploit her. Discovering the deception sends her into a struggle for independence, where unfamiliar terrain and unexpected allies offer an alternative to the future he has arranged.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/The_Grub-Stake.webm/The_Grub-Stake.webm.480p.vp9.webm60572025-06-04T20:16:32Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/i-do-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2208852.webpI Do (1921)A young couple's married life appears comfortably manageable until they agree to look after a relative's children. The temporary responsibility turns their home into a series of small emergencies. Each attempted solution reveals another difficulty, making a brief babysitting favor an unexpectedly practical introduction to the demands of raising a family.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/I_Do_%281921%29.webm/I_Do_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm14862022-06-06T17:42:46Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-barn-dance-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2275783.webpThe Barn Dance (1929)Mickey and Pete compete to take Minnie to a barn dance, but arriving with her is only the beginning of the contest. Mickey's clumsy feet make him a painful partner, while Pete proves unexpectedly graceful. A concealed balloon offers Mickey a temporary improvement that depends on keeping his rival from discovering the trick.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/The_Barn_Dance_%281929%29.webm/The_Barn_Dance_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm4172025-01-01T00:12:24Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-bank-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2291409.webpThe Bank (1915)A bank janitor mistakes a secretary's affectionate gift to another Charles for a declaration intended for him. His own gesture meets a very different response. Humiliated, he imagines a bank robbery in which bravery might reverse his position, allowing him to become both the institution's rescuer and the man the secretary finally notices.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/The_Bank_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm/The_Bank_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm14962024-08-13T22:12:31Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/his-new-job-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2294264.webpHis New Job (1915)An aspiring performer enters a film studio and soon disrupts its auditions, carpentry work and production routines. Being offered a uniformed role gives him access to the set but little understanding of what the scene requires. Gambling, props and misplaced confidence help turn his first acting opportunity into a threat to the picture being made.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/His_New_Job_%281915%29.webm/His_New_Job_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm17132024-08-04T03:32:15Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-masquerader-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2345559.webpThe Masquerader (1914)An actor's disruptive behavior gets him thrown out of the studio. He returns disguised as an elegant woman, wins the director's attention and obtains the access previously denied to him. The successful impersonation creates a new problem when he resumes his old appearance inside the dressing room and the studio discovers how completely it has been deceived.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/The_Masquerader_%281914%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original7242014-10-23T15:32:09Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mabel-s-strange-predicament-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2346553.webpMabel's Strange Predicament (1914)Locked out of her hotel room in pajamas, Mabel tries to avoid a drunken guest and hides in another couple's room. Her boyfriend arrives at precisely the wrong moment, and the hiding place becomes evidence for suspicions no one has time to clarify. Doors, beds and adjoining rooms turn a minor accident into a chain of jealous confrontations.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/Mabel%27s_Strange_Predicament_%28Mabel_Normand%2C_1914%29.webm/Mabel%27s_Strange_Predicament_%28Mabel_Normand%2C_1914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7062024-06-12T17:05:19Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-palace-and-the-fortress-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q24041172.webpThe Palace and the Fortress (1924)A young officer's private hopes are overtaken by the power of the imperial state when he is imprisoned without trial. Years pass inside the Peter and Paul Fortress while life continues across the river and beyond its walls. The separation gradually destroys the future he imagined, exposing the human cost concealed behind the grandeur of the palace.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/1923._%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86_%D0%B8_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C.webm/1923._%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86_%D0%B8_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C.webm.240p.vp9.webm45272022-11-03T14:14:36Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/blood-and-sand-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2452327.webpBlood and Sand (1922)Juan Gallardo rises from poverty to become a celebrated bullfighter and marries his childhood sweetheart. Fame brings him into the orbit of a wealthy woman whose attention unsettles the marriage and his concentration in the arena. As desire and guilt undermine his confidence, the public success that seemed to secure his future becomes inseparable from physical danger.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Blood_and_Sand_%281922%29.webm/Blood_and_Sand_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm62022024-02-24T09:21:38Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/i-don-t-want-to-be-a-man-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q329561.webpI Don't Want to Be a Man (1918)Ossi resents the restrictions imposed by her elders and obtains a man's evening clothes to experience the freedom they deny her. At a ball she meets her strict guardian, who does not recognize her. Their rivalry gives way to drunken companionship, and the disguise reveals a side of his behavior that complicates the authority he exercises at home.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/I_Don%27t_Want_to_Be_a_Man_%281918%29_by_Ernst_Lubitsch.webm/I_Don%27t_Want_to_Be_a_Man_%281918%29_by_Ernst_Lubitsch.webm.480p.vp9.webm26752024-08-15T11:20:03Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bumping-into-broadway-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3614565.webpBumping into Broadway (1919)A struggling playwright gives his remaining money to an actress who shares his boarding house, leaving himself unable to pay the rent. His attempts to sell a play and help her lead from theatrical rejection to an illegal gambling club. Accidental success at roulette briefly improves his prospects, just before a police raid turns the evening into another escape.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/Bumping_into_Broadway_%281919%29.webm/Bumping_into_Broadway_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm14782024-06-29T20:17:09Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-lady-of-the-camellias-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3824196.webpThe Lady of the Camellias (1915)Armand falls in love with Marguerite, a celebrated courtesan whose illness makes their possible future fragile. Leaving Paris together offers a brief escape from social expectations. When his father asks her to sacrifice the relationship for the family's reputation, she accepts a separation that Armand interprets as betrayal rather than an act of love.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/La_signora_delle_camelie_%281915%29.webm/La_signora_delle_camelie_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm31832018-05-17T21:55:20Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/satanic-rhapsody-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3930287.webpSatanic Rhapsody (1917)An aging countess accepts renewed youth from Mephistopheles on the condition that she never fall in love. Two brothers become her admirers, and affection soon threatens the rule on which her restored beauty depends. Retreating into her castle cannot separate her from desire or from the figure waiting to enforce the agreement.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/Rapsodia_Satanica_%28Nino_Oxilia%2C_1917%29.webm/Rapsodia_Satanica_%28Nino_Oxilia%2C_1917%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm26722018-05-07T10:05:35Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-white-eagle-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4083145.webpThe White Eagle (1928)A governor who considers himself liberal tries to end a workers' strike in 1905. When persuasion fails, he authorizes gunfire that kills people in the crowd, including children. The state rewards his action with a decoration, but official approval cannot remove his knowledge of what the order has done.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/1928_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%91%D0%BB.webm/1928_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%91%D0%BB.webm.480p.vp9.webm40482016-04-10T15:27:22Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/turksib-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4466186.webpTurksib (1929)Surveyors, laborers and machines work toward a railway joining the economic regions of Turkestan and Siberia. The film contrasts the difficulty of moving water, cotton and grain across immense distances with the promise of a new transport system. Trains gradually enter landscapes previously crossed by animals, turning construction into an argument about economic interdependence and change.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/Turksib_%281929%29_by_Viktor_Alexandrovich_Turin.webm/Turksib_%281929%29_by_Viktor_Alexandrovich_Turin.webm.480p.vp9.webm46682024-07-27T03:55:46Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-trip-to-mars-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4993450.webpA Trip to Mars (1918)An expedition aboard the airship Excelsior reaches Mars and encounters a society organized around peace. The visitors must reconsider earthly assumptions about violence and conduct, while their captain falls in love with a Martian woman. Returning home becomes more than a technical goal: it may provide a way to carry the planet's ideals back to Earth.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/81/Himmelskibet_%281918%29_by_Holger-Madsen.webm/Himmelskibet_%281918%29_by_Holger-Madsen.webm.480p.vp9.webm48152024-02-23T17:10:01Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/gertie-the-dinosaur-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q556464.webpGertie the Dinosaur (1914)A cartoonist promises to bring a dinosaur to life through drawings, and Gertie emerges as more than a demonstration of movement. She follows instructions, resists them, eats, plays and reacts with a personality of her own. The encounter between artist and creature turns the technical feat of animation into a performance built around temperament and apparent companionship.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Winsor_McCay_%281914%29Gertie_the_Dinosaur.webm/Winsor_McCay_%281914%29Gertie_the_Dinosaur.webm.480p.vp9.webm10622013-07-31T05:55:03Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-yellow-ticket-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q7267252.webpThe Yellow Ticket (1928)A soldier returns to a village where his family cannot survive on the poor land available to them. His wife takes work as a wet nurse in a wealthy city household, believing her wages will protect those left behind. Employers exploit her inability to read, separating her from news of home and leaving her vulnerable to abuse, dismissal and police suspicion.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/1927._%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%B2_%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%83.webm/1927._%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%B2_%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%83.webm.480p.vp9.webm41782024-10-18T20:54:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-last-days-of-pompeii-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1056393.webpThe Last Days of Pompeii (1913)In Pompeii, a priest's desire for Jone places Glaucus in the path of a conspiracy involving poison and a false murder accusation. Nydia, a blind enslaved woman who loves Glaucus, knows enough to challenge the scheme. As public judgment moves toward punishment in the arena, the eruption of Vesuvius overturns the city's conflicts and makes escape the immediate question.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Last_Days_of_Pompei_%281913%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original52842014-06-02T12:39:49Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-idle-class-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1148649.webpThe Idle Class (1921)A wanderer arrives at a resort with ambitions to enjoy golf and the comforts surrounding it. Elsewhere, a wealthy man's drinking has driven his wife away. Their resemblance brings the outsider into a masquerade ball and an established marriage, where mistaken identity gives him temporary access to a social position that was never meant for him.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/The_Idle_Class_%281921%29.webm/The_Idle_Class_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm18022015-12-02T12:13:33Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/3-bad-men-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1257244.webp3 Bad Men (1926)Three outlaws rescue a young woman after bandits kill her father and decide to become her protectors. Joining the rush toward newly opened land, they try to arrange a secure future for her while confronting a corrupt sheriff. Their growing attachment to her changes what they are willing to risk as settlers and criminals converge on the same opportunity.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/Three_Bad_Men_%281926%29_by_John_Ford.webm/Three_Bad_Men_%281926%29_by_John_Ford.webm.480p.vp9.webm55352024-01-17T22:43:21Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-infernal-cauldron-1903https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1319849.webpThe Infernal Cauldron (1903)A demon feeds victims into a blazing cauldron in a chamber arranged for supernatural spectacle. The figures rise again as ghostly forms and turn into multiplying balls of fire. His apparent command of the scene soon fails, and the forces he has released begin pursuing the tormentor around his own infernal workshop.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/Le_Chaudron_infernal_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1903%29.webm/Le_Chaudron_infernal_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1903%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm1012024-06-30T23:25:41Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-docks-of-new-york-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1586983.webpThe Docks of New York (1928)During a night's shore leave in New York, a ship's stoker pulls a woman from the water after her suicide attempt. Taking her to a waterfront room leads to an impulsive connection formed among sailors, saloon regulars and other temporary companions. The approach of the ship's departure tests whether the night's promises have any meaning beyond the hours that produced them.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/The_Docks_of_New_York_%281928%29.webm/The_Docks_of_New_York_%281928%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm45142024-01-04T18:34:16Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-royal-family-of-broadway-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1790093.webpThe Royal Family of Broadway (1930)A young woman from a celebrated theatrical family considers leaving the stage for marriage. Her decision tests a household whose relationships, ambitions and daily routines are inseparable from performance. The possibility of an ordinary private life exposes both the attractions and the demands of belonging to a dynasty that regards acting as its natural inheritance.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/The_Royal_Family_of_Broadway_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original48142026-01-01T06:23:07Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mazepa-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1986925.webpMazepa (1909)Hetman Mazepa falls in love with Maria, the daughter of Kochubey, and asks for permission to marry her. Her father's refusal turns the proposed union into an open conflict between affection and family authority. The lovers choose to leave together, setting personal desire against the obligations and loyalties surrounding them.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Mazeppa_%281909%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original9242014-07-19T12:36:13Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/our-dancing-daughters-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2041732.webpOur Dancing Daughters (1928)Diana's lively public behavior conceals a sincere approach to love, while her more calculating friend Ann presents a respectable image. Both are attracted to the same wealthy young man, whose judgment favors appearances. Their competing performances of modern womanhood lead to marriages, jealousy and a party where the difference between reputation and conduct becomes difficult to hide.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/Our_Dancing_Daughters_%281928%29.webm/Our_Dancing_Daughters_%281928%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm50242025-01-04T01:29:13Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/oliver-twist-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2265019.webpOliver Twist (1922)An orphan escapes harsh treatment in the countryside and reaches London, where apparent friendship introduces him to a group of young thieves. While Fagin prepares him for criminal work, other people pursue secrets about his birth and inheritance. Oliver's search for safety becomes entangled with adults whose kindness, greed and fear determine the paths open to him.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/Oliver_Twist_%281922%29.webm/Oliver_Twist_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm44422020-04-22T06:08:49Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-night-out-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2294295.webpA Night Out (1915)Two intoxicated companions carry their quarrels from public entertainment into a hotel, where attempts to reach their rooms create further disturbances. An encounter with a woman and her dog becomes compromising when her husband returns. Corridors, beds and an ill-timed search for refuge turn the end of the evening into another series of escapes.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/A_Night_Out_%281915%29.webm/A_Night_Out_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm16232024-08-04T05:34:42Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-champion-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2346516.webpThe Champion (1915)A man looking for money accepts work as a boxing sparring partner and secretly weights his glove with a horseshoe. The unexpected victory persuades a trainer that he has discovered a promising fighter. Preparing for a larger contest brings romantic interest, a gambler's offer and the problem of sustaining a sporting reputation built on an improvised advantage.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/The_Champion_%281915%29.webm/The_Champion_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm18482024-08-04T03:32:41Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/don-diego-and-pelagia-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q24041152.webpDon Diego and Pelagia (1928)A stationmaster absorbed in heroic adventure stories becomes the object of local women's laughter. Embarrassed, he asserts his authority by enforcing a railway rule against an elderly peasant who cannot get away quickly enough. A minor crossing of the tracks becomes a criminal case, exposing the distance between his imagined nobility and the harm caused by his official power.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/1927._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%8F.webm/1927._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%8F.webm.240p.vp9.webm34892024-09-27T15:03:31Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cross-and-mauser-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q24041153.webpCross and Mauser (1925)A priest secretly involved with foreign spies tries to use a woman's former relationship with a police official to obtain information. She knows a crime from his own past that connects him to a child's death and a manufactured accusation against the Jewish community. Her refusal to cooperate forces him toward a confession that threatens the conspiracy sheltering behind his position.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/81/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%B8_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80._1925_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4.webm/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%B8_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80._1925_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4.webm.240p.vp9.webm44962023-05-06T20:01:25Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/work-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2445896.webpWork (1915)A decorator's assistant hauls his employer and their equipment to a house already full of tensions. Hanging wallpaper becomes difficult enough before romantic distractions, suspicious residents and an unreliable stove enter the job. Paste and tools spread the disorder until the workers' assignment to improve the interior threatens to destroy it instead.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/Work_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm/Work_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm16862024-08-04T21:27:37Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-loves-of-casanova-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2940804.webpThe Loves of Casanova (1927)Casanova moves through Venice with debts, lovers and offended husbands close behind him. Escape carries him toward Russia, where a new disguise gains access to the imperial court without curing the habits that endangered him at home. Returning to Venice brings further adventures, a duel and imprisonment, with romance repeatedly interrupting the practical business of getting away.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/Casanova_1927.webm/Casanova_1927.webm.480p.vp9.webm95522026-07-16T09:32:57Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/that-night-s-wife-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3205375.webpThat Night's Wife (1930)A desperate father commits a robbery to obtain money while his daughter lies critically ill. A detective follows him to the family's apartment, where his wife takes control of the weapon and refuses to let anyone leave before the child survives the night. The cramped room becomes a temporary suspension of pursuit, forcing duty and compassion into immediate contact.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/%E3%81%9D%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%9C%E3%81%AE%E5%A6%BB_%281930%29.webm/%E3%81%9D%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%9C%E3%81%AE%E5%A6%BB_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm39072025-12-31T16:56:25Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/an-hour-with-chekhov-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3233011.webpAn Hour with Chekhov (1929)Three stories reveal people adjusting their behavior to rank and authority. A young wife's social success separates her from her struggling family; a clerk cannot stop apologizing for a small accident; and an official's judgment changes with the status of the person involved. Together, the episodes turn deference and ambition into sources of both comedy and humiliation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/1929._%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%B8_%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B8.webm/1929._%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%B8_%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B8.webm.480p.vp9.webm42052024-10-18T19:00:37Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/girl-shy-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4000773.webpGirl Shy (1924)A tailor's apprentice who can barely speak to women writes a confident guide to romantic conquest. Meeting a wealthy young woman gives him a relationship very different from the fantasies in his manuscript. Misunderstanding and a rival's plans eventually force him out of hesitation and into a frantic effort to reach her before an unwanted wedding takes place.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/Girl_Shy_%281924%29.webm/Girl_Shy_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm53402020-04-05T13:53:36Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-wings-of-a-serf-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q48953610.webpThe Wings of a Serf (1926)A gifted serf dreams of building wings during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. His ability to repair machines brings him under the control of powerful masters who value his usefulness while fearing his invention. An opportunity to demonstrate flight at court places his private ambition before an authority capable of turning wonder into punishment.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0._1926_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4.webm/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0._1926_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4.webm.480p.vp9.webm43952023-06-11T18:19:01Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mechanics-of-the-brain-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q6804599.webpMechanics of the Brain (1926)Experiments with animals and observations of human behavior introduce the viewer to reflexes and learned responses. Pudovkin organizes scientific demonstrations into a visual explanation of ideas associated with Ivan Pavlov. The film seeks to make laboratory work intelligible to a general audience, turning processes that unfold through repetition into a subject for cinema.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/1926._%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B3%D0%B0_%28%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%B8_%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%29.webm/1926._%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B3%D0%B0_%28%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%B8_%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm37592024-09-27T20:57:35Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/thunderbolt-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q742569.webpThunderbolt (1929)A criminal facing execution learns that his former partner in romance loves a bank clerk. From prison he arranges for the younger man to be framed and brought within reach. Confined near the rival he wants to kill, he must confront a relationship that his schemes can punish but cannot restore.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/Thunderbolt_%281929%29_by_Josef_von_Sternberg.webm/Thunderbolt_%281929%29_by_Josef_von_Sternberg.webm.480p.vp9.webm54762025-01-01T01:30:53Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/la-revolucion-de-mayo-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q964041.webpLa Revolución de Mayo (1910)Staged historical scenes return to the events of the May Revolution, presenting the political break with Spanish authority as a subject for Argentine cinema. Performers recreate the public moment rather than documenting a contemporary gathering. The brief production belongs to an effort to make national history visible on screen during the independence centennial.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/La_revoluci%C3%B3n_de_mayo_%28Mario_Gallo%2C_1909%29.ogv/La_revoluci%C3%B3n_de_mayo_%28Mario_Gallo%2C_1909%29.ogv.240p.vp9.webm2842009-07-25T03:22:44Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-night-in-the-show-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q976849.webpA Night in the Show (1915)Two disruptive spectators make themselves increasingly difficult to ignore during a variety performance. Arguments over seats and reactions to the acts draw the audience into the disturbance, while the entertainment onstage loses control of the evening. A fire-eater's appearance finally gives one spectator an excuse to treat the entire theater as an emergency.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/A_Night_in_the_Show_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm/A_Night_in_the_Show_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm14492024-08-13T22:40:48Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/playing-cards-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1139262.webpPlaying Cards (1896)Three men gather at a garden table, with cards and a newspaper providing the afternoon's occupations. Drinks arrive, attention shifts from the game to a story being read aloud, and the group responds together. The camera records a small social performance whose interest lies in gestures and shared amusement rather than a dramatic complication.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/1896-melies-une-partie-de-cartes.webm/1896-melies-une-partie-de-cartes.webm.480p.vp9.webm692019-03-09T14:15:52Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hamlet-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q120231.webpHamlet (1921)Raised as a prince to preserve the royal succession, Hamlet lives with an identity arranged before birth. Returning from study to find a dead father and a newly allied mother and uncle, the heir begins investigating the crime. Feigned madness protects that search while affection for Horatio and the demands of revenge deepen the conflict between private feeling and public role.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Hamlet_%281921%29_by_Svend_Gade_and_Heinz_Schall.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original78442024-01-05T05:29:07Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lady-windermere-s-fan-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q126135.webpLady Windermere's Fan (1925)Lady Windermere suspects her husband's financial help to an unfamiliar woman conceals an affair. The woman is actually her mother, whose existence and reputation have been kept from her. A ball, a departure and a forgotten fan bring the hidden relationship close to exposure, forcing the older woman to decide whose reputation she is willing to protect.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Lady_Windermere%27s_Fan_%281925%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original51872016-01-28T18:21:35Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-terrible-night-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q166385.webpA Terrible Night (1896)A man preparing for sleep discovers an enormous insect moving across his bed and wall. Rest becomes impossible as he reaches for a broom and attempts to defeat the intruder. A single bedroom provides the setting for a brief struggle that enlarges an ordinary nighttime irritation into a visible comic menace.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/Une_nuit_terrible_%281896%29.webm/Une_nuit_terrible_%281896%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm682019-03-09T14:39:58Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tarzan-of-the-apes-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q171415.webpTarzan of the Apes (1918)The infant son of a stranded English couple survives his parents' deaths and grows up among apes. Years later, news of his existence draws an expedition to the African coast. Meeting Jane creates a connection beyond the world in which he was raised, while danger around the visitors gives his strength and familiarity with the landscape a new purpose.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/Tarzan_of_the_Apes_%281918%29.webm/Tarzan_of_the_Apes_%281918%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm36112014-05-29T12:10:56Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/filibus-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q21000922.webpFilibus (1915)A baroness secretly commands an airship and commits daring thefts under the name Filibus. When a detective takes the case, she plants evidence to make him appear responsible for her crimes. Moving between male and female disguises also allows her to court his sister, turning the investigation into an elaborate game over identity, attraction and who controls the available proof.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/Filibus_1915.webm/Filibus_1915.webm.480p.vp9.webm41792024-02-22T18:46:52Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/macintyre-s-x-ray-film-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q21418834.webpMacintyre's X-Ray Film (1896)X-ray images reveal bodily structures normally hidden from view, including a frog's joint and movements inside an adult body. A sequence of exposures turns the medical image into an observation of change over time. The short demonstration places cinema beside a new diagnostic technology, extending the camera's subject beyond the visible surface of everyday life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/Dr._MacIntyre%27s_X-Ray_film.webm/Dr._MacIntyre%27s_X-Ray_film.webm.240p.vp9.webm612014-05-31T07:51:53Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-adventures-of-dollie-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2174031.webpThe Adventures of Dollie (1908)A family outing by the river becomes a search when a rejected peddler abducts the young daughter. Hidden inside a barrel, the child is carried away in a wagon before an accident drops her into the water. The current takes the barrel toward further danger, leaving her rescue dependent on someone noticing what appears to be an ordinary floating object.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/The_adventures_of_Dollie.webm/The_adventures_of_Dollie.webm.480p.vp9.webm7702019-03-09T11:35:09Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/shoe-palace-pinkus-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2250714.webpShoe Palace Pinkus (1916)Expelled from school and unsuccessful in his first job, Sally Pinkus treats every setback as a reason to try another approach. Work in a shoe shop introduces opportunities to charm customers and advance beyond the role of an apprentice. His confidence and willingness to manipulate appearances help him turn retail service into the beginning of a business career.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/Schuhpalast_Pinkus_%281916%29.webm/Schuhpalast_Pinkus_%281916%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm35822025-03-13T22:33:16Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/faces-of-children-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2318429.webpFaces of Children (1925)After his mother's death, Jean struggles to accept his father's new marriage and the rearrangement of their Swiss mountain home. Objects, rooms and everyday decisions seem to erase the life he remembers. His resentment focuses on his stepsister, and an attempt to hurt her exposes both children to consequences far beyond the domestic rivalry.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/Faces_of_Children_%281925%29_by_Jacques_Feyder.webm/Faces_of_Children_%281925%29_by_Jacques_Feyder.webm.480p.vp9.webm70052024-08-12T08:03:21Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/his-musical-career-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2345349.webpHis Musical Career (1914)Two piano movers receive paired instructions: deliver one instrument and repossess another. Similar house numbers make the assignment easier to confuse than to carry out. Their mistake leaves the wrong customers facing opposite surprises, while the sheer weight of the piano ensures that correcting an error is never a small physical matter.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/His_Musical_Career_1914_CHARLIE_CHAPLIN_Mack_Sennett.webm/His_Musical_Career_1914_CHARLIE_CHAPLIN_Mack_Sennett.webm.480p.vp9.webm7632014-11-17T16:04:01Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/caught-in-the-rain-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2345539.webpCaught in the Rain (1914)An encounter in a park puts Charlie at odds with a married couple before all three return to the same hotel. Drinking, wrong rooms and a woman's sleepwalking turn the earlier flirtation into a more compromising situation. Attempts to explain or escape only draw further attention to a guest whose evening has become impossible to manage.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/Caught_in_the_Rain_%281914%29.webm/Caught_in_the_Rain_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6542014-10-06T12:31:17Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/between-showers-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2446402.webpBetween Showers (1914)Two men compete to help a woman cross a muddy street, each expecting gratitude before providing much assistance. A borrowed-looking umbrella is actually stolen, and another passerby solves the practical problem while the rivals are absent. Their return turns a supposed act of courtesy into a dispute over credit, possession and the woman's refusal to play the part they expect.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/Between_Showers_%281914%29.webm/Between_Showers_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8172014-09-30T13:54:24Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-face-on-the-bar-room-floor-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2446414.webpThe Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914)A distressed drinker tells a barroom crowd how he loved a woman who left him for another man. Trying to preserve her image in chalk on the floor repeatedly brings him into conflict with the people around him. His account of romantic ruin keeps colliding with the physical disorder of the room in which he tells it.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/The_Face_on_the_Bar_Room_Floor_%281914%29.webm/The_Face_on_the_Bar_Room_Floor_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6972014-10-20T15:36:50Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-count-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2482645.webpThe Count (1916)A tailor discovers that an aristocrat cannot attend a party and decides to take his place. His recently dismissed assistant reaches the same gathering, where both men compete for a wealthy young woman's attention. Their uncertain manners strain the disguise until the real count arrives, making the evening's social ambition a much more immediate problem of escape.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/The_Count_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/The_Count_%281916%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm15142024-06-26T05:39:18Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/three-friends-and-an-invention-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q28666649.webpThree Friends and an Invention (1927)Two soap-factory workers invent a machine to improve packaging, but their employer shows little interest and a private supplier sees it as a threat. Sabotage turns the demonstration into a failure. Accompanied by a fellow worker, the inventors take their model on a difficult journey to find someone willing to judge it fairly.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/1927._%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0.webm/1927._%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0.webm.480p.vp9.webm38132025-05-16T15:33:19Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/crainquebille-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3002085.webpCrainquebille (1922)An elderly vegetable seller is arrested after a dispute with a policeman over moving his cart. The court's version of the encounter matters more than his attempt to explain it. Although prison briefly provides food and shelter, release brings the loss of customers and standing, leaving a lifetime of modest work vulnerable to the reputation created by one conviction.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/Crainquebille_%281922%29.webm/Crainquebille_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm45222019-02-10T16:25:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/la-souriante-madame-beudet-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3212943.webpLa Souriante Madame Beudet (1923)Madame Beudet finds little companionship in a marriage dominated by her husband's crude habits and repeated joke about an unloaded revolver. Alone one evening, she places a bullet in the weapon. Regret follows, but removing it proves difficult, turning a private act of desperation into suspense inside the same household that produced it.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/The_Smiling_Madame_Beudet_%281923%29_by_Germaine_Dulac.webm/The_Smiling_Madame_Beudet_%281923%29_by_Germaine_Dulac.webm.480p.vp9.webm25142024-11-27T18:22:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mickey-s-follies-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3311826.webpMickey's Follies (1929)Barnyard animals assemble for a variety show in which music organizes both performance and misbehavior. Ducks dance, singers compete for attention and the audience makes its preferences unmistakable. Mickey concludes the program with a song for Minnie, using the gathering to turn his romantic enthusiasm into the evening's principal attraction.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Mickey%27s_Follies_%281929%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original3852025-01-01T01:17:42Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/departure-of-a-grand-old-man-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3573937.webpDeparture of a Grand Old Man (1912)An elderly Tolstoy receives peasants seeking help while conflict within his own household deepens his distress. The dramatization presents his final days as a struggle between the demands of conscience, family and material possessions. His departure and approaching death are framed as the conclusion of a moral crisis rather than a neutral biographical account.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/1912_%D0%A3%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B0%2C_%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original19142016-03-02T07:05:17Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/two-buldi-two-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4155553.webpTwo-Buldi-Two (1929)A circus clown dreams of performing a joint act with his son, whose commitment to the revolutionary cause draws him into the Russian Civil War. When White forces capture the town, the younger performer faces execution. The father's appeal for mercy and the son's acrobatic resourcefulness bring the conflict into the circus ring itself.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/1929_%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0.webm/1929_%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0.webm.480p.vp9.webm38452016-04-10T13:41:53Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-dawn-patrol-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q460138.webpThe Dawn Patrol (1930)Veteran pilots resent a commander who repeatedly sends inexperienced replacements into lethal missions. Their anger changes meaning when one of them takes his place and encounters the same orders from above. Friendship, exhaustion and the need to keep flying reveal the burden of command inside a squadron whose losses never allow enough time to prepare the next arrivals.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/The_Dawn_Patrol_%281930%29.webm/The_Dawn_Patrol_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm64692025-12-31T17:10:26Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/madame-x-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q825079.webpMadame X (1929)Driven away by her husband and separated from her young son, Jacqueline spends years beyond the family's knowledge. A later companion discovers her connection to an influential official and plans blackmail. Her attempt to prevent that scheme brings her to trial, where the young lawyer assigned to defend her does not know that his silent client is his mother.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Madame_X.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original56992025-01-20T00:50:50Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/shanghaied-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q921678.webpShanghaied (1915)Charlie helps recruit a ship's crew by force, only to be knocked unconscious and taken aboard himself. The vessel is intended to be destroyed for insurance money, and the woman he loves has secretly joined the voyage. His difficulties with shipboard work and rough weather become a more urgent struggle when the plan to sink the ship begins.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Shanghaied_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm/Shanghaied_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm16402024-08-16T02:17:11Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-jitney-elopement-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1191049.webpA Jitney Elopement (1915)A young woman's father has arranged for her to marry a wealthy count, but she asks Charlie to rescue her from the plan. Impersonating the suitor gets him into the house before the genuine visitor arrives. What begins as a strained formal dinner turns into a park confrontation and a motor chase as the lovers try to leave together.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/A_Jitney_Elopement_%281915%29.webm/A_Jitney_Elopement_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm14802024-08-04T05:31:33Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-bond-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1211063.webpThe Bond (1918)A series of comic sketches illustrates different kinds of bonds, from friendship and marriage to the financial support of a country at war. Familiar Chaplin gestures lead toward an explicit appeal to buy Liberty Bonds. The final confrontation turns the fundraising message into a physical attack on a caricature of the German emperor.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/The_Bond_%281918%29.ogv/The_Bond_%281918%29.ogv.240p.vp9.webm6122024-03-15T10:58:13Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-assassination-of-the-duke-of-guise-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1212230.webpThe Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908)The Duke of Guise receives a royal summons to the Château de Blois, where Henry III has prepared to eliminate a powerful rival. Movement through the court's rooms gradually narrows the duke's possibilities of escape. The historical reconstruction concentrates on the arranged meeting and the assassination concealed behind the authority of the invitation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/L%27Assassinat_du_duc_de_Guise_%281908%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original8272014-07-02T08:58:40Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-woman-of-affairs-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1306853.webpA Woman of Affairs (1928)Prevented from marrying her childhood love, Diana eventually chooses another man, whose suicide on their honeymoon leaves her surrounded by suspicion. She refuses to explain what happened and acquires a scandalous public reputation. Years later, renewed contact with the man she first loved forces private loyalty and the damage of long-kept secrets into the same relationship.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/A_Woman_of_Affairs_%281928%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original54532024-11-19T01:51:11Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/show-people-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1366541.webpShow People (1928)Peggy arrives in Hollywood expecting dramatic stardom and finds her first success in low-budget slapstick. A prestigious contract then persuades her to adopt a grander name and distance herself from the comedian who helped her begin. Her rise becomes a comic test of whether professional advancement requires forgetting both her talent and the people who recognized it.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/Show_People_%281928%29.webm/Show_People_%281928%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm47152024-08-11T01:06:05Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hintertreppe-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1619843.webpHintertreppe (1921)A maid waits for visits and letters from her lover while a lonely postman watches from across the courtyard. When the expected messages stop, a reassuring letter seems to restore her hopes. Discovering who actually wrote it exposes an attempt to control her feelings, bringing compassion, deception and jealousy into the narrow spaces behind the building.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/Backstairs_%281921%29.webm/Backstairs_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm29832018-06-11T20:59:55Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/nathan-the-wise-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1966666.webpNathan the Wise (1922)In Jerusalem during the Crusades, Nathan's dealings with people of different faiths place religious divisions beside the obligations of family and everyday life. The Jewish merchant and Sultan Saladin inhabit a world where inherited judgments can obscure shared humanity. The historical drama turns encounters across those divisions into an argument for tolerance.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Nathan_the_Wise_%281922%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original73752018-06-11T15:45:38Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tango-tangles-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2445490.webpTango Tangles (1914)A dance hall becomes a contest between men whose attention is fixed on the same young woman. Their attempts to approach her create rivalries that interrupt both the music and the people enjoying it. The crowded social setting supplies partners, obstacles and witnesses for an increasingly physical struggle over who gets noticed.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/Tango_Tangles_%281914%29.webm/Tango_Tangles_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6802022-06-18T13:46:26Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mabel-s-married-life-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2447133.webpMabel's Married Life (1914)After a large stranger's attentions cause trouble in the park, Mabel buys a human-shaped punching bag. Her drunken husband returns home and mistakes the object for another visitor who refuses to leave. Every blow makes it swing back at him, transforming jealousy into a fight against an opponent whose persistence has a purely mechanical explanation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/Mabel%27s_Married_Life_%281914%29.webm/Mabel%27s_Married_Life_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8612014-10-06T16:06:51Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-woman-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2449461.webpA Woman (1915)Charlie quarrels with a flirtatious father in the park, then wins an invitation home from the man's wife and daughter. Recognition leads to another fight and a hurried change into women's clothes. With the daughter's help, he sustains the disguise long enough to expose how quickly the father's hostility changes when he believes a new woman has entered the room.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/61/A_Woman_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm/A_Woman_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm13752024-08-17T22:11:52Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mabel-s-busy-day-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2590524.webpMabel's Busy Day (1914)Mabel tries to sell hot dogs to spectators at a motor race, negotiating access and struggling to find customers. Leaving her stock unattended gives Charlie an opportunity to distribute it without payment. Her attempt to recover the goods brings police into the dispute, turning a working day at the races into a chase through the crowd.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Mabel%27s_Busy_Day_%281914%29.webm/Mabel%27s_Busy_Day_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7422014-10-06T15:36:32Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-propos-de-nice-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q261817.webpÀ propos de Nice (1930)Nice appears through work, leisure, street activity and carnival spectacle. Wealthy visitors relaxing along the promenade are set beside the labor and poverty that support the resort city. As celebrations give way to more pointed visual associations, the film turns the pleasures of watching a fashionable destination into a critical view of its social divisions.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/%C3%80_propos_de_Nice_%281930%29_par_Jean_Vigo.webm/%C3%80_propos_de_Nice_%281930%29_par_Jean_Vigo.webm.480p.vp9.webm13712024-09-07T22:19:31Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/carmen-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2939575.webpCarmen (1926)Ordered to arrest Carmen after a fight at the tobacco factory, Don José allows himself to be persuaded into helping her escape. Punishment for that decision fails to end his attachment. Her ties to smugglers and her refusal to accept the limits he places on love draw the soldier away from duty and toward an increasingly destructive relationship.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Carmen_%281926%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original96102024-02-12T05:22:13Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-lion-of-the-moguls-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3223941.webpThe Lion of the Moguls (1924)A prince fleeing an imagined Asian kingdom reaches France and meets a film star who brings him into the studio world. Playing a story resembling his own makes performance difficult to separate from experience. Romance with his screen partner provokes a jealous financier, whose schemes turn the refugee's unfamiliarity with Parisian life into a practical danger.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/The_Lion_of_the_Moguls_-_Le_Lion_des_Mogols_%281924%29_dir._Jean_Epstein.webm/The_Lion_of_the_Moguls_-_Le_Lion_des_Mogols_%281924%29_dir._Jean_Epstein.webm.480p.vp9.webm62722024-12-24T10:57:52Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/julius-caesar-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3649980.webpJulius Caesar (1914)The expansion of Julius Caesar's power unfolds within a Roman world of political ambition, public ceremony and growing rivalry. His position brings influence on a scale that also gives opponents reasons to conspire against him. The historical epic moves toward the assassination, using large ensembles and reconstructed spaces to present the crisis as a public spectacle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/Caius_Julius_Caesar_%281914%29.webm/Caius_Julius_Caesar_%281914%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm66742018-04-22T08:21:41Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/il-padrone-delle-ferriere-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3794994.webpIl padrone delle ferriere (1919)After her family's financial collapse ends an expected aristocratic marriage, Clara accepts the proposal of a prosperous ironworks owner. She regards his humble origins with contempt, making their new household a continuation of the humiliation she hoped to escape. His conduct gradually challenges her judgment and the social values that made the rejected match seem superior.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/Il_padrone_delle_ferriere_%28I1919%29.webm/Il_padrone_delle_ferriere_%28I1919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm45132018-04-06T23:11:50Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ma-l-amor-mio-non-muore-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3841855.webpMa l'amor mio non muore (1913)A spy's courtship of Elsa gives him access to military secrets and leaves her family ruined by the resulting scandal. Exiled after her father's death, she rebuilds her life as a celebrated performer under another name. Love for a young aristocrat promises happiness until his identity reconnects her with the political world that first drove her away.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/Love_Everlasting_%281913%29.webm/Love_Everlasting_%281913%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm42972024-05-16T03:48:41Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-lady-and-the-hooligan-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4078889.webpThe Lady and the Hooligan (1918)A young teacher arrives to give literacy lessons to the boys and men of a small community. A local troublemaker falls in love with her and begins attending the class. His impulse to defend her through violence brings retaliation, placing his hope of changing his life in conflict with the habits that made him feared.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/The_Lady_and_the_Hooligan_%281918%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original25762014-07-18T17:30:55Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-little-house-in-kolomna-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4165833.webpThe Little House in Kolomna (1913)Asked by her widowed mother to find an inexpensive cook, Parasha brings home the officer she loves, disguised as a woman. The household gains a servant whose real purpose is to remain near the daughter. Keeping up the performance turns ordinary domestic routines into opportunities for discovery, especially when the supposed cook needs to shave.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B5._%281913%29.webm/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B5._%281913%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm17902015-10-31T04:44:49Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/uncle-s-apartment-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4172453.webpUncle's Apartment (1913)Koko sees an opportunity in his uncle's apartment and begins renting out its rooms. The tenants bring different expectations and habits into a shared space that was never arranged to accommodate them together. His scheme gradually turns a private home into a crowded source of confusion, with the young man's improvised management helping to multiply the problems.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/%D0%94%D1%8F%D0%B4%D1%8E%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0._%281913%29.webm/%D0%94%D1%8F%D0%B4%D1%8E%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0._%281913%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm15142015-10-28T20:44:42Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-16th-century-russian-wedding-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q4400544.webpA 16th Century Russian Wedding (1909)A young nobleman overturns a cart during a chance encounter on the road, meeting a woman who escapes the accident unharmed. At home, his family arranges a marriage to a bride he is not allowed to see beforehand. The wedding ceremony brings the stranger back into his life through a revelation concealed beneath her veil.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B0_XVI_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F._%281909%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original9262015-10-23T08:30:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/love-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q561162.webpLove (1927)An encounter during a snowstorm introduces Count Vronsky to a woman who resists his advances. When he meets her again, she is Anna, the wife of a respected official and mother of a young son. Their growing attachment places her marriage, social standing and access to her child at risk in a world that gives the lovers unequal freedom.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/Love_%281927_US%29.webm/Love_%281927_US%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm48622023-01-01T10:04:21Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-rounders-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q687780.webpThe Rounders (1914)Two drunken neighbors find themselves in trouble with their wives. When a quarrel brings the women together, the men take the opportunity to steal money and escape to a café. Their attempt to continue the evening undisturbed produces more disorder, until a leaking boat seems to offer the only refuge beyond the reach of their pursuers.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/The_Rounders_%281914%29_-_CHARLIE_CHAPLIN_%26_FATTY_ARBUCKLE_-_Mack_Sennett.webm/The_Rounders_%281914%29_-_CHARLIE_CHAPLIN_%26_FATTY_ARBUCKLE_-_Mack_Sennett.webm.480p.vp9.webm7672014-11-19T00:14:54Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/kohlhiesels-tochter-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q826335.webpKohlhiesels Töchter (1920)An innkeeper refuses to let his cheerful younger daughter marry until her difficult older sister has found a husband. The suitor who wants the younger woman searches for a way around that condition. His friend's advice leads toward a scheme in which courtship, marriage and deliberately provoked hostility become instruments for changing the sisters' prospects.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/Kohlhiesels_T%C3%B6chter_%281920%29.webm/Kohlhiesels_T%C3%B6chter_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm36192024-02-12T23:22:20Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/police-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q930154.webpPolice (1916)Released from prison, Charlie loses his small allowance to a thief posing as a helpful clergyman. Attempts to find a place in ordinary life leave him vulnerable to another criminal, who draws him into a burglary. The young woman in the house responds to the intrusion in a way that complicates the usual division between criminals, victims and police.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/Police_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1916%29.webm/Police_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1916%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm15382024-08-14T22:23:39Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/by-the-sea-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q947297.webpBy the Sea (1915)A seaside outing becomes a chain of arguments when the Tramp's hat is confused with another man's in the wind. Fighting, flirtation and attempts to appear innocent keep drawing strangers into the dispute. The beach and pier provide an open setting where a minor misunderstanding spreads through the people who have come to enjoy the day.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/By_the_Sea_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm/By_the_Sea_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8382024-08-04T08:28:20Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hearts-of-the-world-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q969250.webpHearts of the World (1918)Two young people in a French village prepare to marry as war approaches. Shelling and military occupation separate them, destroy their families and turn familiar streets into dangerous territory. Their effort to reunite unfolds amid the fighting, with the girl's former romantic rival becoming an ally in a struggle that reaches beyond the original courtship.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Hearts_of_the_World_%281918%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original68292014-12-29T15:09:10Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dynamite-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1269007.webpDynamite (1929)A wealthy young woman must marry to receive her inheritance. She chooses a condemned miner whose execution appears certain, paying him enough to provide for his younger sister. When another man's confession sets the prisoner free, the arrangement becomes an actual marriage, bringing her fashionable social circle into contact with a husband it was never supposed to meet.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Dynamite_%28version_A%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original76072025-01-01T14:15:39Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/nerves-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q12881696.webpNerves (1919)An industrialist, his sister and a reform-minded teacher respond differently to a society shaken by war. Private desire becomes entangled with public demands for change, while accusation and guilt push the characters toward increasingly destructive decisions. Their intersecting crises present social upheaval through minds that can no longer separate immediate experience from fear and obsession.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/Nerven_%281919%29.webm/Nerven_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm65902016-04-02T15:46:19Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/from-morn-to-midnight-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1418179.webpFrom Morn to Midnight (1920)A bank cashier imagines a more exciting life after seeing an elegant foreign customer. He steals money and abandons his family, hoping wealth will buy the intensity he has been missing. Moving through fashionable entertainments and public gatherings, he repeatedly discovers that the experiences he purchases do not answer the need that drove him away.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/Von_morgens_bis_mitternachts_%281920%29.webm/Von_morgens_bis_mitternachts_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm43452024-02-03T04:32:28Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/joan-the-woman-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1516837.webpJoan the Woman (1916)A British officer in the trenches discovers an old sword and is drawn into the story of Joan of Arc. Her military mission, capture and trial unfold as an extended vision of sacrifice. When the film returns to the modern battlefield, the soldier interprets her example through the dangerous decision now facing him.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/Joan_the_Woman_%281916%29.webm/Joan_the_Woman_%281916%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm82492025-02-11T06:56:30Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-throw-of-dice-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1603098.webpA Throw of Dice (1929)Two kings desire Sunita, the daughter of a hermit, and bring their rivalry into a game of dice. She favors Ranjit, but his appetite for gambling gives his opponent a way to control the outcome. A contest presented as a matter of chance becomes a struggle over freedom, deception and the woman's choice of whom to marry.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/A_Throw_of_Dice%2C_1929.webm/A_Throw_of_Dice%2C_1929.webm.480p.vp9.webm45762022-01-12T10:18:47Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/from-the-manger-to-the-cross-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1758092.webpFrom the Manger to the Cross (1912)The life of Jesus is presented through a succession of episodes, from his birth and teaching to the events leading to the Crucifixion. Biblical passages connect the scenes and provide the framework through which they are understood. The film stages familiar religious images in landscapes associated with the story, making location a central part of its presentation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/From_the_Manger_to_the_Cross_%281912%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original42352014-06-25T09:20:31Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/moana-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q1941360.webpMoana (1926)A young Samoan man and the people around him gather food, fish, prepare materials and take part in the routines of village life. These activities lead toward courtship and an extended tattooing ceremony associated with adulthood. The film organizes real skills and customs into a shaped account of a family and its place within the community.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/Moana_%281926%29.webm/Moana_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm53862022-03-05T11:23:08Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/pierrot-the-prodigal-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q22078195.webpPierrot the Prodigal (1914)Pierrot courts Louisette and begins a family with her, but his attachment gives way to a new infatuation. He leaves her and their child to follow the other woman. The consequences unfold over years, turning the familiar figure of the wandering lover into a story about abandonment, regret and the possibility of returning to those left behind.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/51/Histoire_d%27un_Pierrot_%281913%29.webm/Histoire_d%27un_Pierrot_%281913%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm34792016-04-18T21:21:38Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/caught-in-a-cabaret-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2299920.webpCaught in a Cabaret (1914)A waiter presents himself as an important foreign official to impress a young woman. The deception wins him an invitation into her social circle, where a jealous rival has reasons to question his claims. His invented status becomes harder to maintain as the world of the party and the cabaret where he actually works move toward an encounter.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/Caught_in_a_Cabaret_%281914%29_by_Mabel_Normand.webm/Caught_in_a_Cabaret_%281914%29_by_Mabel_Normand.webm.480p.vp9.webm14252024-05-09T03:24:19Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-property-man-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2446950.webpThe Property Man (1914)A theater property man must keep a program of dancers, a strongman and dramatic performers supplied with the things they need. Rival claims to a dressing room and arguments over heavy luggage soon interfere with the show. His attempts to avoid work and pursue his own interests repeatedly send the disorder backstage into view of the audience.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/The_Property_Man_%281914%29.webm/The_Property_Man_%281914%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm13932014-10-20T15:41:39Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/chronicles-of-the-gray-house-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q2605006.webpChronicles of the Gray House (1925)The elder son of a powerful landowner falls in love with a young woman whose family serves the estate. Their unequal social positions threaten the expected course of inheritance and marriage. His younger brother recognizes an opportunity in the conflict, turning a private attachment into a struggle over authority, property and the future of the household.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/Zur_Chronik_von_Grieshuus_%281925%29.webm/Zur_Chronik_von_Grieshuus_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm57262025-10-05T01:15:39Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/burlesque-on-carmen-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q268879.webpBurlesque on Carmen (1915)Carmen tries to persuade the officer Darn Hosiery to let smugglers pass through the city gate. His attraction to her draws him into arguments, criminal company and jealousy over a bullfighter. The familiar tragic path becomes a comic performance in which military dignity, romantic passion and even the apparent final catastrophe are repeatedly exposed as theatrical poses.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/A_Burlesque_on_Carmen_%281915%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/A_Burlesque_on_Carmen_%281915%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm18612024-08-13T22:28:19Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/fluttering-hearts-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3018339.webpFluttering Hearts (1927)A young woman's hurried trip to a shop brings her into contact with a policeman and a helpful millionaire. Meanwhile, her father is threatened with a compromising letter and needs it recovered. 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His attempts to take part in the action interrupt the filmmakers, turning the production process into the subject of its own escalating comedy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/A_Film_Johnnie_%281914%29.webm/A_Film_Johnnie_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6812014-09-30T15:23:43Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-beauty-from-nivernais-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3206574.webpThe Beauty from Nivernais (1924)A barge captain takes in an abandoned boy, who grows up working on the boat and loving the captain's daughter. A rival resents the young man's place in the household. When his biological father is found, the new connection threatens to separate the couple and forces him to reconsider where he belongs.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/La_Belle_Nivernaise_%281924%29_by_Jean_Epstein.webm/La_Belle_Nivernaise_%281924%29_by_Jean_Epstein.webm.480p.vp9.webm46042024-01-01T22:17:57Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/le-brasier-ardent-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3220618.webpLe Brasier ardent (1923)A woman dreams of a mysterious man appearing in several disturbing guises. Her wealthy husband, worried about her diminishing affection and a set of missing documents, hires a detective who has the same face. The investigation reveals that her resistance to leaving Paris is only one part of a situation in which the investigator himself becomes emotionally involved.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Le_Brasier_ardent_%281923%29.webm/Le_Brasier_ardent_%281923%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm63602024-07-26T22:58:09Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/robinson-crusoe-1902https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3230819.webpRobinson Crusoe (1902)Shipwrecked far from home, Robinson Crusoe gathers supplies and builds a life on an island. His rescue of a captive brings a companion, Friday, into the adventure. Storms, conflict and the arrival of mutinous sailors become successive obstacles on the path toward returning to England, presented through a series of elaborate theatrical scenes.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/Les_Aventures_de_Robinson_Cruso%C3%A9_%281902%29.webm/Les_Aventures_de_Robinson_Cruso%C3%A9_%281902%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7022024-07-01T08:29:18Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/moscow-clad-in-snow-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3324719.webpMoscow Clad in Snow (1909)Snow changes the appearance and movement of Moscow as the camera visits streets, markets, riverside views and a public park. Workers, shoppers and prosperous visitors share the winter city in different ways. Horse-drawn traffic and broad panoramas connect these encounters, making the season a framework for observing both urban activity and social contrasts.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/Moscow_clad_in_snow_-_Moscou_sur_la_neige_-_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5_-_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%83_%281908%29%2C_noaudio.ogv/Moscow_clad_in_snow_-_Moscou_sur_la_neige_-_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5_-_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%83_%281908%29%2C_noaudio.ogv.240p.vp9.webm4492010-01-16T08:39:50Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/stella-maris-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q335660.webpStella Maris (1918)Stella grows up protected from unhappiness by wealthy guardians, while the orphan Unity experiences neglect and violence. Their lives become connected through a journalist trapped in a troubled marriage. As Stella begins to discover the world beyond her room, Unity's gratitude and longing reveal how differently the two young women understand the same man's attention.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/Stella_Maris_%281918%29_by_Marshall_Neilan.webm/Stella_Maris_%281918%29_by_Marshall_Neilan.webm.480p.vp9.webm49852024-05-07T02:29:10Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/vanina-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3554601.webpVanina (1922)After an uprising in Turin is crushed, its leader Octavio faces execution at the governor's order. Vanina, the governor's daughter, loves the prisoner and tries to save him. Her father's apparent willingness to negotiate conceals another purpose, turning the palace into a place where affection, political betrayal and authority lead toward the same trap.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/Vanina_%281922%29.webm/Vanina_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm42442025-10-04T03:35:51Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/souls-on-the-road-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3577075.webpSouls on the Road (1921)A musician whose career has collapsed travels through the winter countryside with his wife and child, hoping his father will receive them. Two former prisoners cross their path while seeking a place in society themselves. The different welcomes offered to these travelers expose the consequences of family resentment and the practical importance of compassion toward strangers.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/Rojo_no_Reikon_%281921%29.webm/Rojo_no_Reikon_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm48182016-02-27T17:07:29Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/king-lear-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300/q3930878.webpKing Lear (1910)An aging king divides his realm according to the declarations of love made by his daughters. He rejects the one who will not flatter him, then discovers how little security his remaining authority provides. Betrayal within the family turns the transfer of power into a movement toward exile, suffering and the recognition of an irreversible mistake.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/Re_Lear_%281910%29_.webm/Re_Lear_%281910%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm8562018-04-28T11:46:47Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/his-prehistoric-past-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2457915.webpHis Prehistoric Past (1914)A nap on a park bench carries Charlie into a prehistoric kingdom, where his hat, cane and romantic ambitions survive the change of era. His interest in King Low-Brow's favorite wife leads to jealous rivals, rough friendships and a struggle for the throne. The dream turns royal power into another arena for Chaplin's physical comedy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/His_Prehistoric_Past_%281914%29.webm/His_Prehistoric_Past_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm12882014-10-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cameraman-s-revenge-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4291433.webpThe Cameraman's Revenge (1912)A married beetle leaves home to visit a dancer, unaware that a jealous cameraman is recording their meeting. His wife has a secret romance of her own, but the beetle reacts with outrage when he discovers it. A subsequent trip to the cinema brings his double standard into public view, because the projectionist has chosen a particularly personal film to show.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Mest%27_Kinomatograficheskogo_Operatora_%281912%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original7112013-12-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/white-shadows-in-the-south-seas-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q535195.webpWhite Shadows in the South Seas (1928)An alcoholic doctor protests against traders who exploit Polynesian pearl divers and disregard their injuries. The traders arrange to send him away aboard an unmanned vessel, but he survives and reaches another island. His arrival opens a possibility of renewal while also bringing the destructive influence of the outside commercial world closer to the community that receives him.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/White_Shadows_in_the_South_Seas_%281928%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original51042024-03-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/la-femme-de-nulle-part-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q945679.webpLa Femme de nulle part (1922)An older woman returns to a villa where she once lived and meets a young mother considering departure with her lover. The visitor recognizes a version of her own past in the decision. As memories and present encounters overlap, her advice changes, leaving the younger woman to weigh passion against the ties that would remain behind.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/La_Femme_de_nulle_part_%281921%29.webm/La_Femme_de_nulle_part_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm39782024-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/triple-trouble-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q971940.webpTriple Trouble (1918)Charlie finds work in the home of an inventor whose explosive device attracts outside attention. Trouble with the servants mixes with a scheme to steal the invention, while a night in a lodging house brings another set of encounters. Domestic disorder and criminal plotting gradually converge around the house and its dangerous experiment.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/Triple_Trouble_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1918%29.webm/Triple_Trouble_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1918%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm14212024-08-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tepeyac-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1163818.webpTepeyac (1917)Lupita fears that her fiancé has died when news arrives of a ship sunk by a German submarine. Turning to the Virgin of Guadalupe for comfort, she reads the story of Juan Diego and the apparitions at Tepeyac. The religious account becomes an extended narrative within her own, eventually reconnecting private hope with a public act of devotion.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/Tepeyac_%28versi%C3%B3n_restaurada%29.webm/Tepeyac_%28versi%C3%B3n_restaurada%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm38102024-03-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/amazon-longest-river-in-the-world-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q123136789.webpAmazon: Longest River in the World (1922)A journey through the Amazon presents river transport, forest life, Indigenous communities and the extraction of regional resources. Work with rubber, timber, food crops and animal products receives sustained attention alongside landscapes and wildlife. The film offers an extensive historical record while also reflecting the commercial ambitions and unequal relationships of those who commissioned it.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/51/Amazonas_o_maior_rio_do_mundo.webm/Amazonas_o_maior_rio_do_mundo.webm.480p.vp9.webm40102025-03-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-extraordinary-adventures-of-saturnino-farandola-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q152438.webpThe Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola (1913)Raised among apes after a shipwreck, Saturnino leaves the island of his childhood and becomes a sailor. His adventures lead from battles with pirates to a desperate search for his wife after a whale swallows her. Extraordinary rescues and outlandish journeys turn the world into a playground of impossible machines and improbable dangers.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Extraordinary_Adventures_of_Saturnino_Farandola_%281913%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original36982014-10-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/apres-le-bal-1897https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1571076.webpAprès le bal (1897)After returning from a ball, a woman lets her maid help her undress and prepare for a bath. The brief scene follows the familiar gestures of washing and drying, presented as a staged private moment for the camera. A body stocking supplies the illusion of nudity.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/Apr%C3%A8s_le_bal_%281897%29.webm/Apr%C3%A8s_le_bal_%281897%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm722019-03-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-wedding-march-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1713338.webpThe Wedding March (1928)In Vienna before the First World War, an aristocratic cavalry officer falls in love with an innkeeper's daughter. His family's financial troubles make a marriage to a wealthy industrialist's daughter increasingly attractive. The lovers' hopes collide with class expectations, family bargaining and the jealousy of the woman's violent fiancé.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/The_Wedding_March_%281928%29_Restored_Synchronized_Sound.ia.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original70132024-01-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/daydreams-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q17492300.webpDaydreams (1915)Unable to accept his wife's death, Sergei becomes absorbed in memories and visions of her. An actress who resembles the dead woman offers the possibility of recovering what he has lost. As he pursues the resemblance, affection turns into an obsession that threatens his grasp on the present.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/Daydreams_%281915%29.webm/Daydreams_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm22522020-02-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-prisoner-of-zenda-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q179554.webpThe Prisoner of Zenda (1922)An English visitor to Ruritania discovers that he is the king's double. When a plot leaves the ruler unable to attend his own coronation, the stranger takes his place to keep a rival from seizing the throne. The deception draws him into court intrigue, a dangerous rescue and a romance that his borrowed identity cannot easily sustain.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/The_Prisoner_of_Zenda_%281922%29.webm/The_Prisoner_of_Zenda_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm67892018-10-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/pay-day-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q199039.webpPay Day (1922)A construction worker struggles through a day's labor and receives his wages, only to find that his wife expects to take charge of the money. He keeps enough for a night out drinking. The challenge then becomes getting home and appearing ready for another working day before his escapade is discovered.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/Pay_Day_%281922%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm/Pay_Day_%281922%29_by_Charlie_Chaplin.webm.480p.vp9.webm13472024-06-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-dull-sword-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2054133.webpThe Dull Sword (1917)A would-be samurai buys a sword and discovers that it cannot cut as he expects. Convinced that testing it on passersby will solve the problem, he attacks townspeople who prove much more capable of defending themselves than he anticipated. His attempts at intimidation repeatedly end in humiliation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/Kouichi_Jun%27ichi_-_Namakura_Gatana_%281917%29_-_4-minute_restored_version.webm/Kouichi_Jun%27ichi_-_Namakura_Gatana_%281917%29_-_4-minute_restored_version.webm.480p.vp9.webm2592021-04-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/barbe-bleue-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2071862.webpBarbe-bleue (1901)A young woman marries the wealthy Blue Beard despite the mysterious disappearance of his earlier wives. Before leaving the castle, he gives her a set of keys and forbids her to enter one room. Curiosity overcomes the warning, revealing a secret that turns her marriage into a struggle to survive.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Barbe_bleue_%281901%29.webm/Barbe_bleue_%281901%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6642019-03-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bucking-broadway-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2315068.webpBucking Broadway (1917)Cheyenne Harry loves the daughter of his Wyoming ranch employer, but a wealthy visitor persuades her to leave for New York. Harry follows her into a world of hotels and fashionable parties. When she discovers the character of the man she has chosen, the cowboy and his friends find themselves bringing a frontier-style rescue to the city.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/Bucking_Broadway.webm/Bucking_Broadway.webm.480p.vp9.webm32572024-12-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lights-of-new-york-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2342185.webpLights of New York (1928)Two men leave their small town hoping to open a New York barbershop. The business turns out to conceal a speakeasy, trapping them in the affairs of a bootlegging gang. A nightclub singer, a possessive crime boss and a plan to frame an innocent man pull their dream of independence toward violence.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/Lights_of_New_York_%281928%29_by_Bryan_Foy.webm/Lights_of_New_York_%281928%29_by_Bryan_Foy.webm.480p.vp9.webm34082024-06-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-star-boarder-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2446360.webpThe Star Boarder (1914)Charlie enjoys being his landlady's favorite, much to the irritation of the other men at the boarding house. Their attempt to frighten him produces unexpected trouble with the police. Meanwhile, the landlord's son photographs the adults' secret flirtations and prepares a lantern show that threatens everyone's respectable appearance.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/The_Star_Boarder_%281914%29.webm/The_Star_Boarder_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6802014-10-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/his-favorite-pastime-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2446960.webpHis Favorite Pastime (1914)A drunken Charlie alternates between drinking, quarreling and trying to attract a woman's attention. An encounter outside the bar sends him back for another drink, but he soon resumes his pursuit. Following the woman home turns his unwanted flirtation into a disruptive visit that the household is determined to end.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e7/His_Favorite_Pastime_%281914%29.webm/His_Favorite_Pastime_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8092014-09-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/autour-d-une-cabine-1894https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2535572.webpAutour d'une cabine (1894)Swimmers, a couple and an intrusive onlooker cross paths beside seaside bathing cabins. A hesitant dive and an attempt to peek into a changing hut lead to small comic reversals. The beach scene closes with a boat whose sail announces that the show is over.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/1894_-_Autour_D%27une_Cabine.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original1132021-10-26T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mabel-at-the-wheel-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2576383.webpMabel at the Wheel (1914)After an unsuccessful motorcycle ride, Mabel favors a racing driver over Charlie. The jealous rival responds with sabotage and arranges for the driver to be abducted before a race. Mabel takes the wheel herself, forcing Charlie and his accomplices to pursue increasingly desperate ways of stopping her on the track.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Mabel_at_the_Wheel_%281914%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original13492014-10-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mirages-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q30887905.webpMirages (1915)Marianna finds work reading to a wealthy older man and becomes attracted to the luxurious life around her. His son encourages her to abandon her family and fiancé for a relationship with him. The promise of wealth gradually loses its shine when she realizes that the future she imagined is not the one he intends to offer.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B8._%281915%29.webm/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B8._%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm22332015-12-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-girl-from-the-street-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q30887906.webpThe Girl from the Street (1914)The daughter of a poor laundress enters a relationship with a wealthy young man. Their romance offers an escape from her circumstances, but affection and ambition do not remain in balance. Her eventual rejection of him brings the difference between their expectations to a tragic conclusion.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/1914_%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.webm/1914_%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.webm.480p.vp9.webm22652016-03-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/gribiche-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3116584.webpGribiche (1926)A working-class Parisian boy returns a lost handbag to a wealthy woman who decides to give him a better life. Believing that his departure will help his widowed mother remarry, he accepts the offer. His new home supplies luxury, private lessons and a rigid timetable, but belonging proves harder to provide than an elaborate education.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/Gribiche_%281926%29.webm/Gribiche_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm77312024-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/le-cauchemar-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3220881.webpLe cauchemar (1896)A sleeping man's bedroom fills with unsettling visitors who change form before his eyes. A girl, comic stage figures and a threatening Man in the Moon interrupt his rest. He finally struggles awake, finding himself tangled in the bedclothes after the succession of impossible encounters.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/Le_Cauchemar_%281896%29.webm/Le_Cauchemar_%281896%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm682019-03-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/glumov-s-diary-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3223723.webpGlumov's Diary (1923)Glumov's secret diary becomes the center of a rapid series of appearances, escapes and comic transformations. A theft sends a performer from a building to an airplane and back toward the theater. The diary's contents then emerge through visual tricks that turn social maneuvering into physical spectacle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/Glumov%27s_Diary_%281923%29.webm/Glumov%27s_Diary_%281923%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm2552024-07-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-mysterious-lady-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q384044.webpThe Mysterious Lady (1928)An Austrian officer falls for a woman he meets at the opera, then learns that she is a Russian spy. When secret plans disappear during his journey to Berlin, suspicion costs him his rank and freedom. An undercover assignment offers a chance to clear his name, but also brings him back into contact with the woman he cannot easily trust.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/The_Mysterious_Lady_%281928%29.webm/The_Mysterious_Lady_%281928%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm53382024-02-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/i-flunked-but-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3964878.webpI Flunked, But... (1930)Takahashi and his friends plan to pass their college examination with notes hidden on his shirt. A trip to the laundry ruins the scheme. While the unsuccessful students return to their familiar routine, their graduating roommates discover that a diploma does not guarantee a job. Ozu turns an examination mishap into a comedy about the uncertain rewards of growing up.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/%E8%90%BD%E7%AC%AC%E3%81%AF%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%81%91%E3%82%8C%E3%81%A9_%281930%29.webm/%E8%90%BD%E7%AC%AC%E3%81%AF%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%81%91%E3%82%8C%E3%81%A9_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm36942025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-valley-of-the-giants-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3989816.webpThe Valley of the Giants (1919)Returning from college, Bryce Cardigan finds his father's timber business threatened by a rival who controls the local railway. The dispute also endangers the redwood grove where Bryce's mother is buried. A dangerous logging train, a plan for a competing railway and Bryce's attraction to his adversary's niece turn the business struggle into a personal battle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/The_Valley_of_the_Giants_%281919%29_by_James_Cruze.webm/The_Valley_of_the_Giants_%281919%29_by_James_Cruze.webm.480p.vp9.webm30592024-05-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/boyarin-orsha-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4095474.webpBoyarin Orsha (1909)Back at his estate after serving Ivan the Terrible, a boyar discovers that his daughter has been meeting Arseny, his adopted son. His anger transforms a private romance into a conflict over paternal authority and the young couple's freedom. Pyotr Chardynin both directs the short drama and plays the furious father.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B0._%281909%29.webm/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B0._%281909%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm5662015-10-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/chrysanthemums-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4501367.webpChrysanthemums (1914)Ballerina Vera Nevolina offers her jewels to help Vladimir, the man she loves, escape his debts. He looks for another solution: marriage to a wealthy widow. Vera's generosity and Vladimir's calculation pull their relationship apart in a drama built around the collision of affection, money and betrayal.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8B._%281914%29.webm/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8B._%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm17762015-10-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bestia-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4897071.webpBestia (1917)Pola leaves her parents' home and takes money from her boyfriend to start again. Work as a model leads her to the cabaret stage, where she becomes involved with a man whose marriage she knows nothing about. Her growing independence is threatened when the relationships she has left behind return to confront her.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/Bestia_%281917%29_by_Aleksander_Hertz.webm/Bestia_%281917%29_by_Aleksander_Hertz.webm.480p.vp9.webm38152024-06-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/torrent-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q638165.webpTorrent (1926)Prevented from marrying Rafael by his domineering mother, Leonora leaves her Spanish town and becomes an opera singer in Paris. When she returns, a flood brings them together again, but Rafael is engaged to someone else. Professional success has changed Leonora's circumstances without resolving the attachments and class barriers she left behind.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/Torrent_%281926%29.webm/Torrent_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm52672023-02-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/morozko-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q6913306.webpMorozko (1924)A stepmother sends a young woman into the winter forest, expecting the cold to dispose of her. Instead, the girl's encounter with Father Frost rewards her kindness. When she returns with unexpected riches, the stepmother tries to secure the same fortune for her own daughter, whose very different behavior changes the outcome.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/1924._%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%BE.webm/1924._%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%BE.webm.480p.vp9.webm21172024-09-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-great-white-silence-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7737994.webpThe Great White Silence (1924)Herbert Ponting's camera follows the Terra Nova expedition from its departure in New Zealand to life at the Antarctic base. Seals, penguins, ice formations and preparations for travel share the screen with the explorers. The film then uses intertitles to relate the fate of Robert Falcon Scott and the men who continued toward the South Pole.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/The_Great_White_Silence_%281924%29_by_Herbert_Ponting.webm/The_Great_White_Silence_%281924%29_by_Herbert_Ponting.webm.480p.vp9.webm64522024-05-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-temptress-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1269669.webpThe Temptress (1926)An engineer visiting Paris falls for Elena, the wife of an old friend. Their relationship follows them to Argentina, where a dam project becomes entangled with jealousy, rivalry and violence. Elena's presence unsettles the men around her, and a private romantic crisis grows into a catastrophe that threatens an entire community.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/The_Temptress_%281926%29.webm/The_Temptress_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm63182022-03-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/between-calais-and-dover-1897https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1570692.webpBetween Calais and Dover (1897)A crowded steamboat makes an exceptionally rough crossing of the English Channel. Seasick passengers try to keep their balance and their dignity while a clergyman attempts conversation and the captain watches the commotion. The ship's relentless rocking provides the rhythm for Méliès's brief ensemble comedy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/Entre_Calais_et_Douvres_%281897%29.webm/Entre_Calais_et_Douvres_%281897%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm692019-03-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-four-troublesome-heads-1898https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1571073.webpThe Four Troublesome Heads (1898)A magician removes his head, sets it on a table and immediately grows another. Soon several copies of his head are performing alongside him, turning a banjo recital into an unruly argument with himself. The impossible multiplication is played as a precise, mischievous stage routine.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/Un_homme_de_t%C3%AAte_%281898%29.webm/Un_homme_de_t%C3%AAte_%281898%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm652019-03-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-astronomer-s-dream-1898https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1605201.webpThe Astronomer's Dream (1898)An astronomer's study becomes a place of unruly fantasy when the Moon approaches close enough to swallow his telescope. Clowns, celestial figures and disappearing objects frustrate his attempts to understand or control the spectacle. Scientific observation gives way to a dream governed by theatrical magic.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/La_Lune_%C3%A0_un_m%C3%A8tre_%281898%29.webm/La_Lune_%C3%A0_un_m%C3%A8tre_%281898%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm1932019-03-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tom-sawyer-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1752025.webpTom Sawyer (1917)Tom Sawyer treats his aunt's rules as invitations to invent another escape. He persuades other boys to whitewash a fence for him, trades his way toward a Sunday-school prize and tries to impress Becky Thatcher. His friendship with Huckleberry Finn offers still more opportunities to exchange respectable behavior for adventure.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Tom_Sawyer_%281917%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original35162014-06-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/anna-christie-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1759166.webpAnna Christie (1923)Anna reunites with the barge-captain father she has barely known and joins him on a voyage. A romance with sailor Matt Burke offers a possible new beginning, but her father's protective ambitions and the men's judgments threaten it when she reveals her past. Blanche Sweet plays a woman trying to decide how much of her life others are entitled to condemn.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Anna_Christie_%281923%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original52322019-01-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-man-with-the-rubber-head-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1851504.webpThe Man with the Rubber Head (1901)An experimenter places a living copy of his own head on a laboratory table and inflates it with a pair of bellows. The demonstration works until his assistant takes over and pushes the experiment too far. Méliès turns a scientific-looking procedure into a visual joke about vanity and overconfidence.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/L%27Homme_%C3%A0_la_t%C3%AAte_en_caoutchouc_%281901%29_par_Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s.webm/L%27Homme_%C3%A0_la_t%C3%AAte_en_caoutchouc_%281901%29_par_Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s.webm.480p.vp9.webm1502024-01-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/finis-terr-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q185750.webpFinis Terræ (1929)On an isolated Breton island, four men harvest and burn seaweed for its valuable ash. A quarrel leaves Ambroise with a cut thumb, and his worsening infection is mistaken for laziness. With medical help separated from the camp by wind, currents and mistrust, a minor injury becomes an urgent struggle to reach the mainland community.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/Finis_Terrae_%281929%29_by_Jean_Epstein.webm/Finis_Terrae_%281929%29_by_Jean_Epstein.webm.480p.vp9.webm48982025-01-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/souls-for-sale-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1970114.webpSouls for Sale (1923)Mem abandons her new husband during a train journey and finds herself stranded in the desert. Her unexpected rescuers are a film company shooting on location. The encounter opens a path toward Hollywood, where romance and professional opportunity compete with the danger posed by the husband she left behind.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Souls_For_Sale_%281923%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original53662023-05-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tide-of-empire-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1972986.webpTide of Empire (1929)Dermod wins a ranch but returns its deed after falling in love with the owner's daughter, Josephita. His departure to seek gold separates them, while family loss and an outlaw attack draw her into further danger. Their romance becomes a story of land, loyalty and a desperate effort to save her brother from execution.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Tide_of_Empire_%281929%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original43322025-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-hoodlum-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q245894.webpThe Hoodlum (1919)Amy exchanges her grandfather's Fifth Avenue mansion for the poor neighborhood where her father is researching urban life. Initially contemptuous of her new neighbors, she gradually becomes involved in their friendships, quarrels and problems. Learning to live among them brings her into conflict with the wealth and power she once took for granted.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/The_Hoodlum_%281919%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original49582015-12-24T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/his-regeneration-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2518742.webpHis Regeneration (1915)A criminal becomes involved in an argument over a woman at a dance hall. The encounter provides the starting point for a short underworld drama directed by Gilbert M. Anderson, who also takes a leading role alongside Marguerite Clayton.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/His_Regeneration_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm/His_Regeneration_%28Charlie_Chaplin%2C_1915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8862024-08-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-saphead-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3012576.webpThe Saphead (1920)Bertie pretends to be a reckless man of the world because he thinks it will impress the woman he loves. Instead, he loses his father's approval and takes the blame for a relative's scandal. When the family fortune is endangered on the stock exchange, the apparently useless son finds himself unexpectedly able to help.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/The_Saphead_%281920%29.webm/The_Saphead_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm46152024-02-26T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/parisian-pleasures-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3212283.webpParisian Pleasures (1927)A seamstress hoping to become a dancer wins a nightclub talent contest and enters the world of Parisian revue. Her rising career complicates a romance with another performer. Around that story, the film presents an extended tour of stage acts, costumes, dancers and spectacles from the city's nightlife.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/La_Revue_des_revues_%281927%29.webm/La_Revue_des_revues_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm61452024-03-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mickey-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3311843.webpMickey (1918)Raised in a struggling California mining household, Mickey goes to live with wealthy relatives near New York. Expecting an heiress, her aunt is disappointed and makes her work as a servant. A mining discovery reverses the family's attitude, while Mickey's growing attachment to a young mining executive exposes how quickly affection can follow money.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/Mickey_%281918%29.ogv/Mickey_%281918%29.ogv.240p.vp9.webm42492014-06-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/up-the-river-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3391742.webpUp the River (1930)After leaving prison, Steve hopes to rebuild his life and wait for Judy's release. A swindler threatens to expose his record unless he helps defraud the people of his hometown. Two former fellow prisoners decide to intervene, treating escape, blackmail and a penitentiary baseball game as parts of the same comic adventure.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/Up_the_River_%281930%29.webm/Up_the_River_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm50792025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/jews-on-land-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4173122.webpJews on Land (1927)Jewish settlers cultivate land, establish communities and carry out everyday work in the Black Sea region and Crimea. The film presents their agricultural lives as a collective project, emphasizing cooperation and the possibilities of a new social arrangement.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/1927_%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B5.webm/1927_%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B5.webm.480p.vp9.webm10752016-04-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/straight-shooting-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q528198.webpStraight Shooting (1917)A conflict between farmers and cattle ranchers escalates when access to water becomes a weapon. Families trying to cultivate the land face pressure from men determined to drive them away. Harry Carey leads the cast in a Western that builds its confrontation around livelihood, territory and violence.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/Straight_Shooting_%281917%29_by_John_Ford.webm/Straight_Shooting_%281917%29_by_John_Ford.webm.480p.vp9.webm37372024-05-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/glory-to-us-death-to-the-enemy-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q54819554.webpGlory to Us, Death to the Enemy (1914)Olga's engagement is interrupted by the outbreak of war. She becomes a nurse and encounters her wounded fiancé in the hospital, where his death turns grief into a determination to act. Her work then carries her into enemy territory on an intelligence mission.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Glory_to_Us%2C_Death_to_the_Enemy_1914.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original12572018-08-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/independenta-romaniei-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q6017613.webpIndependenţa României (1912)Historical reenactments present the Russo-Turkish War through Romania's struggle for independence. Looking back from 1912 at the events of 1877–1878, the film arranges military episodes into a patriotic account rather than an eyewitness record of the conflict.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Independence_of_Romania.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original49662014-05-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sappho-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7421074.webpSappho (1921)Richard falls in love with Sappho without knowing that his brother's breakdown followed a relationship with her. She hopes to abandon her earlier affairs, but a rejected lover reveals the family connection. Richard's divided loyalties and his brother's continuing obsession turn the romance into a destructive triangle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/Sappho_%281921%29_.webm/Sappho_%281921%29_.webm.360p.mpeg4.mov49112018-06-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/yankee-doodle-in-berlin-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q8048749.webpYankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)American pilot Bob White enters the Kaiser's palace on a mission to transmit military secrets. Disguised as a woman, he encourages rivalry among the German leaders while a Belgian accomplice helps him carry out the plan. Espionage becomes an excuse for broad impersonation, flirtation and military ridicule.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/Yankee_Doodle_In_Berlin_1919.ogv/Yankee_Doodle_In_Berlin_1919.ogv.240p.vp9.webm39062020-01-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-last-days-of-pompeii-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1056775.webpThe Last Days of Pompeii (1908)In Pompeii, the priest Arbaces uses deception and poison to separate Glaucus from the woman he loves. The blind Nydia becomes caught in the scheme, which leads to a murder accusation and a public sentence. As the eruption begins, the city's sudden darkness changes who can offer a route to safety.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/The_Last_Days_of_Pompeii_%281908%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original10042018-04-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/untamed-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1251713.webpUntamed (1929)After inheriting her father's oil fortune, Bingo leaves South America with guardians who hope to introduce her to New York society. She falls for Andy during the voyage, but their unequal wealth makes marriage difficult. Her determination to ignore social expectations collides with his fear of appearing dependent on her money.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/Untamed_%281929%29.webm/Untamed_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm51422025-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/fairy-of-solbakken-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q14240007.webpFairy of Solbakken (1919)Thorbjörn and Synnöve's youthful love is obstructed when a rival convinces her parents that he is a bully. Years of separation follow, during which she refuses other suitors. A violent injury eventually forces the family to reconsider the judgment that has kept the couple apart.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Synn%C3%B6ve_Solbakken_%281919%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original57312016-03-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-bewitched-inn-1897https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1455089.webpThe Bewitched Inn (1897)A traveler enters an inn hoping to settle down for the night, but every object seems determined to resist him. Luggage vanishes, boots move by themselves and even the bed refuses to remain in place. His increasingly irritated attempts to rest become a chain of magical practical jokes.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/L%27auberge_ensorcel%C3%A9e_%281897%29_-_yt.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original1242013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/grass-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1543504.webpGrass (1925)Bakhtiari families and their herds undertake the seasonal journey to new grazing grounds in Persia. Crossing a river and negotiating the snowy Zagros mountains, the travelers must move animals and possessions through demanding terrain. The migration gives the documentary its structure and its practical stakes: reaching the pasture on which the herds depend.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/Grass_%281925%29.webm/Grass_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm42002023-10-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/for-heaven-s-sake-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1628480.webpFor Heaven's Sake (1926)A millionaire accidentally finances a neighborhood mission and then arrives to distance himself from it. Meeting the founder's daughter changes his plans. His unconventional effort to attract a congregation wins friends among local toughs, while his wealthy companions decide that his approaching wedding requires their unwanted intervention.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/For_Heaven%27s_Sake_1926.webm/For_Heaven%27s_Sake_1926.webm.480p.vp9.webm34262024-02-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/their-own-desire-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1688579.webpTheir Own Desire (1929)Lally resents her father's decision to leave her mother for another woman. Her certainty becomes harder to maintain when she falls in love with that woman's son. The younger couple's relationship forces her to confront desires resembling the ones she has condemned in her parents.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/Their_Own_Desire_%281929%29.webm/Their_Own_Desire_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm38652025-01-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tess-of-the-storm-country-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1752682.webpTess of the Storm Country (1914)Tess lives with her fisherman father in a settlement threatened by a wealthy landowner. A fishing ban destroys livelihoods, and a violent confrontation leaves her father accused of murder. Her romance with the landowner's son becomes more difficult when she protects his sister's secret at the cost of her own reputation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/92/Tess_of_the_Storm_Country_%281914%29.webm/Tess_of_the_Storm_Country_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm47842022-06-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/growth-of-the-soil-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1765862.webpGrowth of the Soil (1921)Isak clears land and builds a life with Inger beneath the mountains of rural Norway. As their household takes shape, other lives and conflicts enter the story, and a changing society grows around the farm. Work, family and the consequences of private choices connect the smaller dramas to the transformation of the landscape.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/Markens_Gr%C3%B8de_%281921%29_.webm/Markens_Gr%C3%B8de_%281921%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm57742018-05-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ladies-of-leisure-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1799948.webpLadies of Leisure (1930)An artist from a wealthy family hires Kay, a woman he meets after a party, to model for a painting of hope. Their working relationship becomes a romance, but his family investigates her past and demands that he abandon her. Kay must decide whether leaving him would protect the future they have begun to imagine.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/Ladies_of_Leisure_%281930%29.webm/Ladies_of_Leisure_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm59882025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-message-from-mars-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q18507654.webpA Message from Mars (1913)Wealthy Horace Parker expects everyone to arrange life around his convenience, leaving his fiancée close to breaking their engagement. On Christmas Eve, a visitor from Mars makes him invisible and lets him hear what those around him really think. The extraordinary journey turns other people's criticism into a lesson in ordinary human consideration.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/A_Message_From_Mars_%281913%29.webm/A_Message_From_Mars_%281913%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm35992023-07-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-sailor-made-man-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2434554.webpA Sailor-Made Man (1921)An idle heir joins the navy to prove himself worthy of the woman he wants to marry. Enlistment proves harder to escape than he expected, and shipboard life begins with a formidable enemy who becomes a friend. A meeting ashore then turns his effort to impress a future father-in-law into a rescue adventure.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/A_Sailor-Made_Man_%281921%29.webm/A_Sailor-Made_Man_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm27652022-06-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/whoopee-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2567265.webpWhoopee! (1930)Sally is expected to marry a sheriff, although she loves Wanenis, a man her father rejects because he is Native American. She escapes with the unwitting help of ranch hand Henry Williams. The pursuit turns Henry into the confused center of a musical Western filled with romantic misunderstandings and stage-style comedy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/Whoopee%21_%281930%29.webm/Whoopee%21_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm55512025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bosko-the-talk-ink-kid-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2911471.webpBosko, the Talk-Ink Kid (1929)An animator draws Bosko, who immediately comes to life and introduces himself. The new character dances, sings and experiments with a piano while his creator supplies whatever the act requires. Their exchange turns the drawing process into a miniature stage audition before Bosko is returned to the ink bottle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Bosko%2C_the_Talk-Ink_Kid_190613_LTPC.webm/Bosko%2C_the_Talk-Ink_Kid_190613_LTPC.webm.480p.vp9.webm2852019-06-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-abyss-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q320483.webpThe Abyss (1910)Piano teacher Magda becomes engaged to Knud but is drawn to a circus performer whose way of life promises another kind of freedom. She leaves with Rudolf, only to find his wandering attention impossible to reconcile with her attachment to him. Knud's attempts to intervene cannot easily break the relationship's hold on her.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/The_Abyss_%281910%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original22252014-09-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/savur-mohyla-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4404249.webpSavur-Mohyla (1926)The young scouts from Red Devils receive another mission after Nestor Makhno escapes from captivity with help from his supporters. Misha, Dunyasha, Tom Jackson and Oksana follow him toward Savur-Mohyla, where they must pursue their adversary in hostile surroundings.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/1926._%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%83%D1%80-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original42752017-05-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/feline-follies-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q5858054.webpFeline Follies (1919)Master Tom devotes himself to courting a white cat, leaving his household duties unattended. While he serenades his sweetheart, mice take advantage of his absence. The resulting trouble at home and the unexpected demands of his new relationship turn a romantic cartoon into a surprisingly dark comedy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/FelixTheCat-1919-FelineFollies_silent.ogv/FelixTheCat-1919-FelineFollies_silent.ogv.240p.vp9.webm2552009-12-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-fatal-mallet-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q763858.webpThe Fatal Mallet (1914)Three suitors compete for a woman's attention and quickly abandon fair play. Bricks, a mallet and temporary alliances turn courtship into a chaotic contest. One man's attempt to betray his partner threatens both the partnership and the romantic prize they have been fighting over.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/The_Fatal_Mallet_%281914%29.webm/The_Fatal_Mallet_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8172014-10-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-informer-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7742016.webpThe Informer (1929)A man betrays his friend, a member of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, to the authorities. Once the betrayal has been made, he becomes a target for the organization himself. Suspicion and pursuit turn the story into a drama about the personal cost of informing.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/The_Informer_%281929%29_by_Arthur_Robison.webm/The_Informer_%281929%29_by_Arthur_Robison.webm.480p.vp9.webm59822024-12-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/our-modern-maidens-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q910013.webpOur Modern Maidens (1929)Billie tries to secure a diplomatic appointment for her fiancé Gil and finds herself attracted to the man whose influence she needs. Meanwhile, Gil's relationship with Billie's houseguest becomes much more serious than flirtation. Their planned marriage begins to conceal attachments that neither social ambition nor a wedding ceremony can resolve.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/Our_Modern_Maidens_%281929%29.webm/Our_Modern_Maidens_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm45272025-01-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/labios-sem-beijos-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q10321898.webpLábios sem Beijos (1930)Lelita is courted by her cousin Paulo but begins to suspect that he is also involved with her sister. Jealousy disturbs the comfortable world of her wealthy family, and misunderstandings must be untangled before the romance can recover. Humberto Mauro treats the complications with the lightness of a society comedy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/L%C3%A1bios_Sem_Beijos_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original43492018-05-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-criminal-code-1931https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1129567.webpThe Criminal Code (1931)Years of prison labor have nearly broken Robert Graham when the new warden gives him work inside his household. The change brings hope and a relationship with the warden's daughter. After a killing, Graham knows who is responsible but faces a choice between the promise of parole and the prisoners' code against informing.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/The_Criminal_Code_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original57852026-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/towards-the-light-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1193228.webpTowards the Light (1919)Countess Ysabel treats the people attracted to her as diversions, while a preacher works among those facing poverty and despair. The consequences of her romantic games gradually bring these contrasting worlds together. Asta Nielsen plays an aristocrat confronted with the damage that charm and indifference can leave behind.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/Holger_Madsen_-_Towards_The_Light_%28Mod_Lyset%29_1919_4K_Vintage_Movie_ENG_DANSK.webm/Holger_Madsen_-_Towards_The_Light_%28Mod_Lyset%29_1919_4K_Vintage_Movie_ENG_DANSK.webm.360p.mpeg4.mov33312024-11-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-marriage-circle-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1212066.webpThe Marriage Circle (1924)Mizzi flirts with her friend's husband while her own husband quietly hopes to find grounds for divorce. The innocent and the calculating alike become caught in a network of jealousy, private detection and misleading appearances. In Lubitsch's Vienna, a taxi ride or a misplaced suspicion can disturb several marriages at once.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/The_Marriage_Circle_%281924%29.webm/The_Marriage_Circle_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm51022020-03-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/just-imagine-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1523560.webpJust Imagine (1930)Revived in an imagined 1980, a man from 1930 discovers a New York of aircraft, numbered citizens and tightly regulated relationships. He joins two younger men whose romantic plans are obstructed by official rules. 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The journey tests a competitor whose innocence often protects him from recognizing the danger around him, even when the race approaches a spectacularly chaotic finish.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Tramp%2C_Tramp%2C_Tramp_%281926%2C_Harry_Edwards%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original36942026-06-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/across-to-singapore-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1540341.webpAcross to Singapore (1928)Joel loves Priscilla but discovers that she has been promised to his older brother Mark, a ship's captain. The brothers sail for Singapore carrying the unresolved rivalry with them. Mark's drinking and a treacherous crew deepen the conflict, leaving Joel to confront accusations about his brother's fate.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4a/Across_to_Singapore_%281928%29_by_William_Nigh.webm/Across_to_Singapore_%281928%29_by_William_Nigh.webm.480p.vp9.webm51102024-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-plastic-age-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1547717.webpThe Plastic Age (1925)Freshman athlete Hugh Carver enters a college world of parties, drinking and romance through Cynthia Day. His new social life threatens his studies, his sporting promise and his friendship with a roommate who also loves her. As the costs become clear, Cynthia must consider whether staying together is helping either of them.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/The_Plastic_Age_%281925%29.webm/The_Plastic_Age_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm43962022-05-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-big-pond-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1579747.webpThe Big Pond (1930)Barbara falls for a French guide while visiting Venice, but her American industrialist father sees him as a fortune hunter. Pierre is sent to do punishing work in the family's chewing-gum factory. His charm and ingenuity help him succeed there, although learning the demands of business risks damaging the romance that brought him across the Atlantic.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/The_Big_Pond.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original46602026-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/laughter-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1631212.webpLaughter (1930)Former dancer Peggy has achieved her ambition of marrying a millionaire and discovered how dull that success can be. The return of an old lover brings humor and companionship into her regulated life, while her stepdaughter's romance creates a parallel disturbance. Money provides comfort without settling what any of them actually wants.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Laughter_%281930_film%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original45622026-01-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/adventures-of-william-tell-1898https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1747075.webpAdventures of William Tell (1898)A clown prepares a William Tell mannequin for target practice, setting fruit on its head. Before he can take aim, the supposed prop comes alive and fights back. Replacing its limbs only makes the performance more unruly, until the demonstration becomes a chase between the frustrated archer and his rebellious target.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/Guillaume_Tell_et_le_clown_%281898%29.webm/Guillaume_Tell_et_le_clown_%281898%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm612019-03-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-one-man-band-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1748635.webpThe One-Man Band (1900)A performer steps onto an empty stage and multiplies himself into an entire band. Each copy occupies a chair and plays an instrument while another conducts. When the performance ends, the musicians merge back into their creator, who closes the act with another disappearance.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/L%27Homme_orchestre_%281900%29_par_Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s.webm/L%27Homme_orchestre_%281900%29_par_Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s.webm.480p.vp9.webm812024-01-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/iron-wills-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q18242747.webpIron Wills (1923)Telegraph operator Rolandsen has invented a glue better than the product made by his town's powerful factory owner. His ambitions become entangled with a succession of romantic schemes and public embarrassments. Needing money, he falsely admits to a burglary to collect a reward, a maneuver that costs him far more than he expects.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/H%C3%A5rda_viljor_%281923%29.webm/H%C3%A5rda_viljor_%281923%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm51572016-03-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/four-sons-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2102724.webpFour Sons (1928)Mother Bernle watches one son leave Bavaria for America while three remain at home. War then places the brothers on opposing sides, turning family separation into an ordeal of competing national loyalties. The familiar routines of village life give way to departures, uncertainty and the mother's effort to endure what the conflict takes from her.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Four_Sons_%281928%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original57692024-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/what-price-glory-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2249178.webpWhat Price Glory? (1926)Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt resume an old rivalry when they serve together in France during the First World War. Both pursue Charmaine, an innkeeper's daughter, but her own expectations complicate their competition. The dangers of the front eventually demand a solidarity that their personal quarrels cannot erase.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/What_Price_Glory_%281926%29.webm/What_Price_Glory_%281926%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm72472022-03-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-mysterious-island-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2249686.webpThe Mysterious Island (1929)Count Dakkar's scientific community is attacked by a ruler who wants control of its discoveries. Escape and pursuit carry two submarines into the depths, where the struggle encounters an unfamiliar undersea world. Machines designed for exploration become the means of confronting both political violence and extraordinary creatures.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/The_Mysterious_Island.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original56092025-01-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-skeleton-dance-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2531855.webpThe Skeleton Dance (1929)At midnight, skeletons rise from a graveyard and turn their own bones into musical instruments. Dancing, rearranging themselves and teasing the other nocturnal creatures, they perform until the approach of dawn sends them scrambling back underground. The spooky setting becomes a playground for rhythm and impossible anatomy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/The_Skeleton_Dance_%281929%29.webm/The_Skeleton_Dance_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm3312024-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-singing-fool-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q285618.webpThe Singing Fool (1928)Waiter and aspiring entertainer Al Stone finally finds success when a theater manager hears him sing. Stardom brings marriage and a child, but his wife's departure destroys the stability he hoped success would provide. Returning to the stage becomes inseparable from his effort to survive a series of private losses.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/The_Singing_Fool_%281928%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original61312024-01-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/an-adventurous-automobile-trip-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3226228.webpAn Adventurous Automobile Trip (1904)A car maker promises to take the visiting Belgian king from Paris to Monte Carlo in only two hours. The journey tears through towns and mountains, flattening obstacles and producing impossible accidents along the way. Méliès turns a royal motoring adventure into a race governed by trick effects rather than the limits of a real automobile.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/Le_Raid_Paris%E2%80%93Monte_Carlo_en_deux_heures_%281905%29.webm/Le_Raid_Paris%E2%80%93Monte_Carlo_en_deux_heures_%281905%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6122024-06-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/monsieur-beaucaire-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3321355.webpMonsieur Beaucaire (1924)Escaping an unwanted royal marriage, the Duke of Chartres goes to England disguised as a barber. His new freedom leads him into card-table intrigue and a romance complicated by questions of rank. When a woman who admired him as a nobleman rejects him as a tradesman, the disguise exposes the conditions attached to her affection.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/Monsieur_Beaucaire_%281924%29.webm/Monsieur_Beaucaire_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm63142020-04-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-round-up-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3522551.webpThe Round-Up (1920)Jack allows Echo to believe that her former lover, a prospector, has died. When the missing man returns, the deception becomes entangled with a murder accusation and an outlaw's attempts to conceal his own crime. Sheriff Slim Hoover follows the tangled evidence into a dangerous confrontation on the frontier.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/The_Round-Up_%281920%29.webm/The_Round-Up_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm41442024-08-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-florida-enchantment-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3602476.webpA Florida Enchantment (1914)Visiting Florida before her marriage, Lillian buys mysterious seeds said to reverse a person's sex. A quarrel with her fiancé prompts her to try one, unsettling the courtship and the expectations around her. Further transformations turn the holiday into a fantasy of shifting identities and attractions.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/A_Florida_Enchantment_%281914%29.webm/A_Florida_Enchantment_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm38112024-02-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-tale-of-two-worlds-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3602781.webpA Tale of Two Worlds (1921)Rescued as a child during the Boxer Rebellion, Sui Sen is raised in an American Chinese community. Her guardian makes a bargain he expects never to fulfill, promising her in marriage in exchange for a rare scepter. When the object is produced, the arrangement threatens to place her in the power of a man she does not love.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/Tale_of_Two_Worlds_%281921%29.webm/Tale_of_Two_Worlds_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm43972018-04-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hot-water-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3795464.webpHot Water (1924)A newly married man discovers that household life can generate its own hazards. Bringing home a live turkey on a streetcar, taking the family for a drive and dealing with a sleepwalking mother-in-law each produce a new disaster. His attempt to be a competent husband becomes a sequence of increasingly elaborate misunderstandings.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/Hot_Water_%281924%29.webm/Hot_Water_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm36062020-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/scarlet-days-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3951626.webpScarlet Days (1919)Accused of murder, dance-hall performer Rosie Nell is allowed a brief reunion with the daughter who knows little of her life. Their refuge becomes dangerous when the hall's manager pursues the younger woman. An outlaw and another admirer join their defense as the accusation and the siege converge.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/Scarlet_Days_%281919%29.webm/Scarlet_Days_%281919%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm45832016-04-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-romance-of-the-redwoods-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q403176.webpA Romance of the Redwoods (1917)Jenny travels from New England to the California goldfields to live with her uncle, unaware that he has died. The man using his name is an outlaw who took his papers to escape pursuit. Her arrival forces the impostor to maintain a domestic role that is increasingly difficult to separate from his concealed criminal life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/A_Romance_of_the_Redwoods_%281917%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original54602014-07-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-modern-musketeer-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4658315.webpA Modern Musketeer (1917)Raised on stories of D'Artagnan, Ned carries his chivalric ambitions from Kansas into the modern world. A journey west brings him together with a young woman, her mother and an unwelcome wealthy suitor. His desire to rescue and impress her gives Douglas Fairbanks opportunities to turn old-fashioned heroics into modern athletic comedy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/A_Modern_Musketeer_1917.webm/A_Modern_Musketeer_1917.webm.480p.vp9.webm41092024-04-14T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/nobleza-gaucha-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q6044091.webpNobleza gaucha (1915)Gaucho Juan follows a wealthy landowner to Buenos Aires after the man abducts María. Reaching the city requires an awkward journey through unfamiliar transport and streets, but rescuing her demands a direct confrontation. Rural loyalty is tested against a powerful adversary who expects wealth to protect his behavior.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/Nobleza_Gaucha_%281915%29_.webm/Nobleza_Gaucha_%281915%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm38302018-05-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-island-of-the-lost-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q60738038.webpThe Island of the Lost (1921)A party led by Dr. Marston reaches an isolated island and discovers a hidden research establishment. Professor McClelland's experiments seek to cross the boundaries between humans and animals. 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One deception creates the need for another as the husband tries to understand the commotion around him.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/1915_%D0%A2%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%87%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%85%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C.webm/1915_%D0%A2%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%87%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%85%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C.webm.480p.vp9.webm10572016-03-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/isn-t-life-wonderful-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q6085139.webpIsn't Life Wonderful (1924)A Polish professor's family struggles to survive as refugees in Germany after the First World War. Paul and Inga hope to build a life together, putting their faith in a small home and a crop of potatoes. When other hungry people take their food, the couple must find a reason to continue beyond the promise of material security.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Isn%27t_Life_Wonderful_%281924%29.webm/Isn%27t_Life_Wonderful_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm69022020-12-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-monster-1903https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q617230.webpThe Monster (1903)An Egyptian prince asks a priest to bring his dead wife back to life. The ritual animates a skeleton, which acquires a shroud and begins an increasingly unsettling dance. The prince's hope of a reunion becomes a spectacle in which the body changes shape and the promised restoration remains uncertain.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/Le_Monstre_%281903%29.webm/Le_Monstre_%281903%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm1502019-05-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/wild-orchids-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q728555.webpWild Orchids (1929)Lillie accompanies her older husband to Java, where his business interests leave her increasingly isolated. Prince De Gace cultivates the husband's friendship while pursuing her. Attraction, coercion and jealousy become entangled as the prince's access to the couple turns a commercial journey into a dangerous personal triangle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Wild_Orchids.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original59852025-01-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-temptation-of-saint-anthony-1898https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q731963.webpThe Temptation of Saint Anthony (1898)Saint Anthony's prayers are interrupted by visions that make the objects in his cave unstable. Women appear where devotional images and a skull had stood, drawing his attention away from worship. An angel's arrival finally challenges the succession of temptations.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/Tentation_de_Saint_Antoine_%281898%29.webm/Tentation_de_Saint_Antoine_%281898%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm702019-03-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-vagabond-king-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1143603.webpThe Vagabond King (1930)In a romanticized medieval France, Louis XI gives poet François Villon a day of royal authority to rally the people against the Burgundians. Military success does not erase Villon's earlier insults to the king. His attraction to the noble Katherine and the devotion of tavern woman Huguette complicate the bargain on which his survival depends.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/The_Vagabond_King.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original63932026-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/new-york-nights-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q11884285.webpNew York Nights (1929)Chorus girl Jill tries to advance her composer husband's career through influential producer Joe Prividi. Her husband's drinking strains the marriage, while the producer's assistance becomes a claim on her affections. An attempt at reconciliation exposes how dangerous Prividi's possessiveness has become.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/New_York_Nights.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original38112025-01-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/post-no-bills-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1270472.webpPost No Bills (1896)A wall marked with a prohibition on posting bills attracts two competing billposters. Each tries to cover the other's work, and the dispute escalates until the return of a guard sends them running. Authority arrives too late to stop the quarrel and finds someone else to blame.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s_-_D%C3%A9fense_d%27afficher.webm/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s_-_D%C3%A9fense_d%27afficher.webm.480p.vp9.webm742019-12-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/our-blushing-brides-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1532950.webpOur Blushing Brides (1930)Three department-store employees share a home and hopes of a more comfortable life. Gerry resists a wealthy suitor's expectations, while Connie and Franky make choices that leave them vulnerable to men with concealed intentions. Their friendships are tested as romance brings unequal power, disappointment and danger.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Our_Blushing_Brides_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original59622025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/holiday-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1580597.webpHoliday (1930)A young man's engagement brings him into a wealthy family whose expectations clash with his independent way of life. Choosing a future with his fiancée also means deciding how much freedom he is willing to surrender. The courtship becomes a contest between personal conviction and inherited ideas about success.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/Holiday_%281930%29.webm/Holiday_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm54602025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/raffles-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1671105.webpRaffles (1930)Gentleman thief and cricketer A. J. Raffles intends to retire from crime after becoming engaged. A friend's gambling debt draws him toward one more jewel theft at a country house. Rival burglars, a watchful inspector and the unexpected arrival of his fiancée make this final undertaking difficult to control.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Raffles_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original42432025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/paid-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1813757.webpPaid (1930)After serving a sentence for a crime she did not commit, Mary Turner joins former prisoners in a scheme exploiting broken promises of marriage. She hopes to use the law against the society that punished her. Revenge gradually collides with the possibility of a different future.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/Paid_%281930%29.webm/Paid_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm51402025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/where-are-my-children-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1948270.webpWhere Are My Children? (1916)A district attorney prosecutes cases involving contraception and abortion without realizing how closely they touch his own household. His wife's secret dealings with a doctor intersect with a young servant's pregnancy and a disastrous operation. Public judgments about morality become inseparable from private decisions and unequal social power.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/Where_Are_My_Children%3F_%281916%29.webm/Where_Are_My_Children%3F_%281916%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm38592024-06-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ivanhoe-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1987496.webpIvanhoe (1913)Returning from the Crusades, Ivanhoe finds loyalty and love threatened by conflicts among England's nobles. The capture of Rebecca, her father and members of his own household draws him into an alliance with Robin Hood and the mysterious Black Knight. Rescue gives way to a further struggle when Rebecca is accused of sorcery.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/Ivanhoe_%281913%29.webm/Ivanhoe_%281913%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm31622017-08-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sparrows-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2074337.webpSparrows (1926)Molly, the oldest child at a cruel rural baby farm, tries to protect the younger children from neglect and exploitation. The arrival of a kidnapped infant puts them in even greater danger. She leads an escape through the surrounding swamp, where freedom requires keeping the frightened group together.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Sparrows_%281926%29.webm/Sparrows_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm55472022-05-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/long-pants-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2288578.webpLong Pants (1927)Harry's first pair of long trousers seems to promise adult freedom, but his family expects him to marry his childhood sweetheart. He instead becomes infatuated with a woman involved in crime. His attempts to escape the wedding and rescue his imagined lover reveal a dangerous gap between fantasy and experience.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Long_Pants_%281927%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original34742023-07-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tom-sawyer-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2405363.webpTom Sawyer (1930)Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn witness a murder during a midnight visit to a cemetery and promise to remain silent. Tom's ordinary mischief continues, from avoiding chores to running away, while an innocent man faces blame. Telling the truth may save him but also expose Tom to the real killer.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Tom_Sawyer_%281930_film%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original51032026-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/le-cochon-danseur-1907https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2409224.webpLe Cochon danseur (1907)An elaborately dressed, human-sized pig tries to court a young woman and receives a humiliating rebuff. Their confrontation turns into a dance, followed by a close display of the creature's animated face. The short combines a comic stage routine with the disquieting detail of its animal costume.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/Le_cochon_danseur_%281907%29_-_yt.webm/Le_cochon_danseur_%281907%29_-_yt.webm.480p.vp9.webm2612024-01-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-bat-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2485195.webpThe Bat (1926)A costumed thief known as the Bat brings a trail of robbery and murder to an isolated mansion. Its summer tenant, her frightened maid and a group of visitors become entangled in the search for missing money and a concealed room. Clues and disguises make almost everyone in the house suspect.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/The_Bat_1926.webm/The_Bat_1926.webm.480p.vp9.webm52332025-04-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-girl-in-every-port-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2567698.webpA Girl in Every Port (1928)Sailor Spike discovers that an unseen rival has visited his sweethearts before him. When he finally meets Salami, hostility develops into friendship after a rescue. Their bond faces a new test in Marseille, where a carnival diver encourages Spike's hopes while pursuing his savings.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/A_Girl_in_Every_Port_%281928%29_by_Howard_Hawks.webm/A_Girl_in_Every_Port_%281928%29_by_Howard_Hawks.webm.480p.vp9.webm46882024-11-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ludzie-bez-jutra-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q30590845.webpLudzie bez jutra (1921)An actress and a cavalry officer enter a love affair that moves toward a fatal pact. Desire, despair and the social world around them turn the relationship into a tragedy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/Ludzie_bez_jutra_%281919%29.webm/Ludzie_bez_jutra_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm49832024-02-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/baron-munchausen-s-dream-1911https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3230864.webpBaron Munchausen's Dream (1911)After an extravagant dinner, Baron Munchausen falls asleep beneath a large mirror. Dancers turn into monsters, his bed wanders through strange settings, and apparent awakenings lead into fresh attacks. The boundary between his room and his nightmares becomes increasingly unreliable.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/Les_Hallucinations_du_baron_de_Munchausen_%281911%29.webm/Les_Hallucinations_du_baron_de_Munchausen_%281911%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6262018-05-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/war-be-damned-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3300146.webpWar Be Damned (1914)A visiting student pilot befriends a fellow aviator and falls in love with his sister. War between their countries sends the two men into opposing air forces, where combat conceals the identities of those they attack. The woman they both care about is left to discover how private loyalties were destroyed by national conflict.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/96/Maudite_soit_la_guerre_%281914%29.webm/Maudite_soit_la_guerre_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm30012016-04-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cenere-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3664385.webpCenere (1916)Unable to provide for her son, Rosalia leaves him with his father and gives him an amulet as a keepsake. Anania grows up with the object and a persistent need to find his mother. His search draws him away from the career and marriage expected of him toward a reunion neither can easily bear.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/Cenere_%281916%29.webm/Cenere_%281916%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm18852016-04-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-wicked-darling-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3821450.webpThe Wicked Darling (1919)Pickpocket Mary steals a pearl necklace and takes refuge in the home of its ruined owner, Kent Mortimer. As their lives cross again, she tries to leave crime behind and quietly help him. A jealous associate and the remaining pearls make her past difficult to escape.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/The_Wicked_Darling_%281919%29_.webm/The_Wicked_Darling_%281919%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm35232018-02-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-bat-whispers-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3985804.webpThe Bat Whispers (1930)A bank robbery and the movements of a mysterious criminal disturb a rented country house. Its occupants suspect that stolen money lies in a hidden room, while threats and a shooting make the search increasingly dangerous. Detectives and visitors offer explanations that are difficult to trust.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/The_Bat_Whispers_%281930%2C_fullscreen_version%29.webm/The_Bat_Whispers_%281930%2C_fullscreen_version%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm51192025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-grasshopper-and-the-ant-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4443593.webpThe Grasshopper and the Ant (1913)While an ant gathers provisions, a grasshopper spends the warm months playing music and drinking with a beetle. Winter exposes the consequences of their different choices. The grasshopper turns to the ant for shelter, but the request meets a harsh response.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Strekosa_i_muravei_%281913%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original2882013-12-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ashes-of-vengeance-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4804886.webpAshes of Vengeance (1923)During the violence against France's Huguenots, Rupert accepts years of servitude to save himself and his fiancée. He enters the household of a rival Catholic nobleman, where old hostilities shape every encounter. Courage in protecting the family gradually complicates the contempt with which he is treated.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Ashes_of_Vengeance_%281923%29.webm/Ashes_of_Vengeance_%281923%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm63162019-01-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/when-knighthood-was-in-flower-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q581317.webpWhen Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)Mary Tudor loves Charles Brandon, but her brother Henry VIII wants her marriage to secure an alliance with France. An attempted escape and an accusation against Brandon narrow her choices. She agrees to marry Louis XII to protect the man she loves, then searches for a way to regain control of her future.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/When_Knighthood_Was_in_Flower_%281922%29.webm/When_Knighthood_Was_in_Flower_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm68192023-11-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/feet-first-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q629674.webpFeet First (1930)Shoe salesman Harold pretends to be a wealthy industrialist to impress a woman he mistakes for his employer's daughter. Keeping the deception alive carries him from Honolulu onto a ship as an accidental stowaway. A mailbag and a window-cleaning platform then place him high above the streets of Los Angeles.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/29/Feet_First_%281930%29.webm/Feet_First_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm54792026-01-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-single-standard-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q643374.webpThe Single Standard (1929)Arden Stuart wants women and men to enjoy the same freedom in love. Her relationship with adventurer and painter Packy Cannon seems to offer that possibility, until he sends her home. Marriage and motherhood bring a different life, but his return forces her to reconsider what freedom now means.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/The_Single_Standard_%281929%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original42472025-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-magician-1898https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q742305.webpThe Magician (1898)A magician produces a box from which a hungry Pierrot emerges. A meal appears and vanishes before he can eat, and another transformation makes him a sculptor. The bust he tries to carve refuses to remain an obedient object.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/Le_magicien_%281898%29.webm/Le_magicien_%281898%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm712019-03-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-girl-who-stayed-at-home-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7736541.webpThe Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)Two American brothers approach the war differently: Ralph enlists, while James hopes to avoid separation from his cabaret-performer sweetheart. Military service eventually brings them together in France. Their romantic attachments and a French family's old political loyalties become part of a story about the war's demands on private life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a7/The_Girl_Who_Stayed_at_Home_%281919%29_by_D._W._Griffith.webm/The_Girl_Who_Stayed_at_Home_%281919%29_by_D._W._Griffith.webm.480p.vp9.webm41492024-02-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-shanghai-document-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7763646.webpThe Shanghai Document (1928)Images of Shanghai's port, factories and streets are set against the leisure of wealthy foreign residents. The contrast makes labor and privilege the film's organizing subjects. Strikes and political conflict give the city portrait a direction beyond the observation of daily life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%281928%29.webm/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%281928%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm30912024-02-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ben-hur-1907https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q816522.webpBen Hur (1907)Judah Ben-Hur's conflict with Roman power is presented through a succession of brief tableaux, from imprisonment to the challenge against Messala. The chariot contest becomes the climax, with spectators and passing teams supplying much of the impression of a larger race.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/BEN_HUR-1907-silent-_A_Kalem_Film.ogv/BEN_HUR-1907-silent-_A_Kalem_Film.ogv.240p.vp9.webm6012024-05-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lonesome-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q939497.webpLonesome (1928)Lonely New Yorkers Mary and Jim escape their separate routines for a day at Coney Island. A chance meeting grows into intimacy among the beach crowds and amusement rides. When a disturbance separates them, knowing so little about each other becomes an urgent obstacle to reunion.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/Lonesome_%281928%29.webm/Lonesome_%281928%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm41142023-12-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sally-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1091977.webpSally (1929)Sally works as a waitress while hoping to become a dancer. A sympathetic customer encourages her, but she does not know that his family has arranged his engagement elsewhere. 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The professor's astonishment eventually sends him tumbling from his observation point.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/L%27%C3%A9clipse_du_soleil_en_pleine_lune_%281907%29.webm/L%27%C3%A9clipse_du_soleil_en_pleine_lune_%281907%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm5532024-06-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/rain-or-shine-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1157168.webpRain or Shine (1930)Mary inherits a traveling circus whose finances deteriorate under bad weather and internal scheming. Resourceful manager Smiley tries to keep the show alive while hiding his feelings for her. 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Aladdin must recover more than his fortune to undo the theft.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/Aladin_ou_la_lampe_merveilleuse%281906%29.ogv/Aladin_ou_la_lampe_merveilleuse%281906%29.ogv.240p.vp9.webm6982012-12-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-show-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1524084.webpThe Show (1927)Budapest sideshow barker Cock Robin performs a fake beheading while pursuing a young woman for her money. His former lover Salome sees through him, and her jealous companion brings real violence into their theatrical world. A performance built on harmless deception becomes entangled with theft, murder and divided loyalties.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/The_Show_%281927%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original45692024-02-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/with-byrd-at-the-south-pole-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1722396.webpWith Byrd at the South Pole (1930)Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition is followed from its Little America base toward the South Pole. 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Jealousy and differing ideas about where to live test the attraction that first united them.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/Montana_Moon_%281930%29.webm/Montana_Moon_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm53652025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/just-pals-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2001169.webpJust Pals (1920)Bim, dismissed by his neighbors as the town idler, befriends a boy thrown off a train. Each tries to improve the other's prospects, but an injury, missing money and a bank robbery draw them into suspicion. Their loyalty challenges the town's quick judgments about respectability.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/Just_Pals_%281920%29.webm/Just_Pals_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm29822023-08-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/seven-years-bad-luck-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2045161.webpSeven Years Bad Luck (1921)After a bachelor party, Max mistakes a servant's impersonation for his reflection, then breaks the newly repaired mirror. Convinced that bad luck is following him, he turns small anxieties into larger disasters. His attempts to protect his engagement instead threaten to destroy it.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Seven_Years_of_Bad_Luck_%281921%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original37052014-06-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-doorway-to-hell-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2410942.webpThe Doorway to Hell (1930)Young gangster Louie Ricarno brings Chicago's rival groups under a profitable arrangement enforced by violence. Hoping to protect his younger brother and enjoy married life, he then tries to leave the organization behind. His associates, rivals and personal loyalties make retirement harder than taking power.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/The_Doorway_to_Hell_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original46592026-02-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/down-to-the-sea-in-ships-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2504322.webpDown to the Sea in Ships (1922)A New Bedford shipowner insists that his daughter marry within the Quaker whaling community. Her love for a returning childhood friend conflicts with that demand, while an impostor seeks control of the family's ships. The captain's adventurous granddaughter adds another challenge to the roles he expects everyone to accept.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Down_to_the_sea_in_ships_%281922%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original56292018-05-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-black-watch-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2576462.webpThe Black Watch (1929)At the outbreak of the First World War, a British officer receives a secret mission in India while his regiment heads for France. His unexplained absence damages his reputation. The assignment brings him into conflict with Yasmani, a leader preparing resistance to British rule, and attraction complicates his duty.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/The_Black_Watch_%281929%29.webm/The_Black_Watch_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm54922025-05-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-sky-pilot-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q282666.webpThe Sky Pilot (1921)A young preacher arrives in a rough Canadian cattle town whose residents distrust his intentions. Earning their respect requires practical courage as well as conviction. A cattle-theft scheme and a stampede place the community, and a young woman he comes to care about, in danger.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/The_Sky_Pilot_%281921%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original44822022-06-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-shock-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3010071.webpThe Shock (1923)Gangster Wilse Dilling is sent to a small town to watch a banker whom his employer intends to ruin. Friendship with the banker's daughter gives him an unexpected reason to change his life. 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War separates the people around her, leaving the possibility of reunion to depend on more than survival.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/The_Devil%27s_Circus_%281926%29_by_Benjamin_Christensen.webm/The_Devil%27s_Circus_%281926%29_by_Benjamin_Christensen.webm.480p.vp9.webm44102025-12-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-dragon-painter-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q331102.webpThe Dragon Painter (1919)Painter Tatsu believes that his lost beloved has been transformed into a dragon. An older artist introduces his daughter as the recovered princess, hoping to gain a gifted pupil and heir. 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Her flirtations provoke the jealousy she wants, but his attempt to find grounds for divorce leads toward an unexpected confrontation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/The_Unchastened_Woman_%281925%29.webm/The_Unchastened_Woman_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm30852022-03-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/all-wet-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3612206.webpAll Wet (1927)Oswald abandons his beach hot-dog stand to impress Fanny by posing as a lifeguard. When she takes a boat offshore to test him, a large fish turns the performance into a real emergency. Oswald has to attempt the rescue for which he claimed to be qualified.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/Oswald_the_Lucky_Rabbit_-_All_Wet_%281927%29.webm/Oswald_the_Lucky_Rabbit_-_All_Wet_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm4002024-06-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cinderella-or-the-glass-slipper-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3664380.webpCinderella or the Glass Slipper (1913)Cinderella's mistreatment by her stepsisters gives way to magical assistance and a transformed appearance. The glass slipper eventually becomes the clue through which the court searches for her. Méliès stages the familiar tale through fairy figures, elaborate settings and visible transformations.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Cendrillon_%281913%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original14192024-06-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-salvation-hunters-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3989125.webpThe Salvation Hunters (1925)A hesitant young man, a hardened young woman and an orphan escape violence on a desolate waterfront. In the city, a stranger offers shelter while intending to exploit their hunger. Protecting the child forces the young man to confront the fear that has kept him passive.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/The_Salvation_Hunters_%281925%29.webm/The_Salvation_Hunters_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm41772025-07-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-white-rose-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3990003.webpThe White Rose (1923)Before taking charge of a parish, wealthy seminary graduate Joseph travels to experience life beyond his sheltered upbringing. In New Orleans he becomes involved with Bessie, a poor orphan he meets at a dance hall. Her pregnancy exposes the distance between his religious position and his personal responsibilities.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/The_White_Rose_%281923%29.webm/The_White_Rose_%281923%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm59132019-01-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/three-women-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3998107.webpThree Women (1924)Deeply indebted Edmund courts wealthy Mabel while secretly pursuing her daughter Jeanne. Marriage to the younger woman does not end his opportunism, and a third relationship draws more people into the deception. Romantic rivalry escalates toward a killing and a trial.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/Three_Women_%281924%29.webm/Three_Women_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm41702023-07-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/what-happened-to-jones-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4019261.webpWhat Happened to Jones (1926)On the eve of his wedding, Tom joins a poker game that is raided by police. Escaping through a women's bathhouse leads to borrowed clothes and a succession of mistaken identities. Disguised as a bishop, he eventually faces the prospect of conducting his own fiancée's wedding to someone else.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/What_Happened_to_Jones_%281926%29.webm/What_Happened_to_Jones_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm42312024-06-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/little-nemo-1911https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4020439.webpLittle Nemo (1911)Cartoonist Winsor McCay bets his colleagues that he can make thousands of drawings move. A live-action account of his work leads to a demonstration in which Little Nemo and companions stretch, transform and interact. Drawing becomes both the source of the characters and an action they can perform themselves.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Winsor_McCay%2C_the_Famous_Cartoonist_of_the_N.Y._Herald_and_His_Moving_Comics_-_Little_Nemo_%281911%29.webm/Winsor_McCay%2C_the_Famous_Cartoonist_of_the_N.Y._Herald_and_His_Moving_Comics_-_Little_Nemo_%281911%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6932013-07-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/post-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4375349.webpPost (1929)A letter sets out to reach the traveling writer Boris Zhitkov. Each stop brings it to a place he has already left, sending it onward across national borders. The journey finally leads back to Leningrad, where its recipient has returned.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B0_%281929%2C_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B9%29.webm/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B0_%281929%2C_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B9%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8982016-02-24T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/gus-visser-and-his-singing-duck-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4567138.webpGus Visser and His Singing Duck (1925)Vaudeville performer Gus Visser presents a musical routine with a duck as his comic partner. The brief act gives a sound-film experiment a recognizable stage attraction, allowing voice, music and the animal's response to be recorded together.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Gus_Visser_and_His_Singing_Duck.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original1162022-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-romance-of-happy-valley-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4659264.webpA Romance of Happy Valley (1919)John leaves his Southern hometown for New York despite his parents' objections and his sweetheart's wish that he stay. Years later he returns with the success he had sought. A nearby fugitive and his father's mistaken assumptions make the homecoming unexpectedly dangerous.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/A_Romance_of_Happy_Valley_%281919%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original45632015-01-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-taming-of-the-shrew-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q526246.webpThe Taming of the Shrew (1908)Petruchio pursues the combative Katherina despite her determined resistance. After carrying her away from the wedding, he turns meals, clothing and household authority into instruments of control. Their contest makes the treatment of servants as well as the marriage itself part of the film's physical action.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew_%281908%29.webm/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew_%281908%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm10722019-03-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/excuse-my-dust-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q5419735.webpExcuse My Dust (1920)Former racing driver Toodles promises his wife that he will stop speeding, but temptation costs him the right to drive. Domestic trouble is joined by a rival company's plot against the motor business he manages. A race between Los Angeles and San Francisco brings his old skills back into play at a critical moment.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/Excuse_My_Dust_%281920%29.webm/Excuse_My_Dust_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm28812018-02-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-boob-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q581770.webpThe Boob (1926)Idealistic Peter tries to impress Amy, who prefers a polished newcomer. Suspecting his rival of bootlegging, he follows him to a roadhouse where books conceal alcohol and an undercover agent is at work. What begins as romantic jealousy places the awkward young man inside a criminal investigation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/The_Boob_%281926%29_by_William_A._Wellman.webm/The_Boob_%281926%29_by_William_A._Wellman.webm.480p.vp9.webm36162024-05-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-gallopin-gaucho-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q615812.webpThe Gallopin' Gaucho (1928)Mickey rides a rhea to an Argentine tavern, where Minnie attracts both him and outlaw Pete. When Pete carries her away, Mickey pursues them and the rivalry becomes a sword fight. The cartoon turns an adventurous rescuer's role into a succession of elastic visual gags.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/The_Gallopin%27_Gaucho_%281928%2C_With_Sound%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original3892025-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/nomads-of-the-north-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7048446.webpNomads of the North (1920)Raoul returns from the wilderness just as Nanette is being persuaded to marry another man. A confrontation leaves him accused of murder, and the couple flee together. Years later, the pursuit reaches the home they have built in the North Woods, where danger also comes from the landscape around them.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/Nomads_of_the_North_%281920%29.webm/Nomads_of_the_North_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm61952021-05-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-good-bad-man-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7737180.webpThe Good Bad-Man (1916)An outlaw called Passin' Through steals to help fatherless children while knowing little about his own family history. A pursuing marshal knows more than he does, and affection for Amy brings him into rivalry with another bandit. His search for belonging sits uneasily beside his life outside the law.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/The_Good_Bad_Man_%281916%29.webm/The_Good_Bad_Man_%281916%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm29512024-02-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-love-flower-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7748914.webpThe Love Flower (1920)After an accidental killing, Thomas Bevan and his daughter Stella take refuge on a remote island. A wealthy traveler awakens Stella's interest but unwittingly leads a pursuing agent to them. Believing herself betrayed, she strands the group together, forcing everyone to reveal where their loyalties lie.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/The_Love_Flower_%281920%29_.webm/The_Love_Flower_%281920%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm62522017-01-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-pillar-of-fire-1899https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7757123.webpThe Pillar of Fire (1899)A devil kindles a fire, and a woman rises from a giant pan in flowing white robes. Her dance makes the fabric resemble moving flames before she disappears in a burst of fire. The brief attraction turns a theatrical dance into a supernatural apparition.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/La_Danse_du_feu_%281899%29.webm/La_Danse_du_feu_%281899%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm652019-05-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-sinking-of-the-lusitania-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7764491.webpThe Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)After a live-action introduction to Winsor McCay's work, animation follows the Lusitania leaving New York and being attacked at sea. Lifeboats, passengers and the listing ship fill a reconstruction of the disaster. The film closes by turning civilian deaths into an explicit appeal for wartime anger.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/The_Sinking_of_the_Lusitania_%281918%29.webm/The_Sinking_of_the_Lusitania_%281918%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6492024-08-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/monte-carlo-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1369580.webpMonte Carlo (1930)Countess Helene abandons her wedding and escapes to Monte Carlo, where a gambling loss leaves her short of money. Count Rudolph approaches her disguised as a hairdresser and gradually becomes indispensable. Attraction develops across an apparent class barrier that only one of them knows is imaginary.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Monte_Carlo_%281930%29.webm/Monte_Carlo_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm53822026-03-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/billy-the-kid-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1521248.webpBilly the Kid (1930)Billy retaliates against the men responsible for his employer's death and becomes a fugitive. His friend Pat Garrett must pursue him as sheriff, placing personal loyalty against official duty. Capture and escape lead to a final decision about whether the lawman will deliver him to justice.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/Billy_the_Kid_%281930%29.webm/Billy_the_Kid_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm56952025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-famous-box-trick-1898https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1570698.webpThe Famous Box Trick (1898)A stage magician produces a boy from a box, divides him into two and then struggles with the results. Bodies become paper, flags and empty space as the act proceeds. Each apparent destruction prepares another reappearance.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/Illusions_fantasmagoriques_%281898%29.webm/Illusions_fantasmagoriques_%281898%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm742019-03-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/deliverance-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1658457.webpDeliverance (1919)Helen Keller's life and her relationship with teacher Anne Sullivan are presented through dramatized episodes and appearances by the people themselves. The film brings a biographical account together with the presence of Keller, Sullivan and members of Keller's family.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Deliverance.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original51442022-07-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/my-boy-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q16909683.webpMy Boy (1921)Orphaned during the voyage from France, Jackie slips past immigration officials and follows an old sailor home. He tries to make himself useful enough to stay. When the captain becomes ill, the boy's efforts to earn money bring him into a larger search for his own family.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/My_Boy_%281921%29.webm/My_Boy_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm32932019-09-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/my-best-girl-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1974425.webpMy Best Girl (1927)Stockroom worker Maggie takes an inept new employee under her wing, unaware that he is the department-store owner's son. Working under an assumed name, Joe discovers a life beyond his family's expectations. Their affection grows while his concealed identity threatens the trust on which it depends.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/My_Best_Girl_%281927%29.webm/My_Best_Girl_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm47052023-05-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sky-high-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1982924.webpSky High (1922)Immigration inspector Grant infiltrates a gang moving Chinese workers across the border and discovers that its leader is the guardian of a young woman he meets. The pursuit carries them into the Grand Canyon. 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Cardboard repairs no longer protect her feet. As her father avoids work, the pressure of a basic necessity pushes her toward an exchange she would otherwise refuse.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/Shoes_%281916%29.webm/Shoes_%281916%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm28682019-10-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-blot-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2010048.webpThe Blot (1921)A poorly paid professor struggles to support his family while teaching students insulated by wealth. One student's interest in the professor's daughter brings him into their home and exposes what appearances have concealed. Neighbors, competing admirers and the effort to remain respectable complicate the family's need for help.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1d/The_Blot_%281921%29_by_Lois_Weber.webm/The_Blot_%281921%29_by_Lois_Weber.webm.480p.vp9.webm56522024-05-14T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/street-of-chance-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2355348.webpStreet of Chance (1930)To his younger brother, John Marsden is a successful broker; in New York's gambling world he is the influential Natural Davis. His wife wants him to leave that dangerous life. When the younger man arrives hoping to multiply a wedding gift at the tables, John's promise to quit becomes entangled with protecting him.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/Street_of_Chance_%281930_film%29.webm/Street_of_Chance_%281930_film%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm45282026-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-show-of-shows-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2382728.webpThe Show of Shows (1929)Master of ceremonies Frank Fay introduces a parade of musical numbers, comic sketches and specialty performances. Warner Bros. and First National players appear in changing ensembles, from period comedy to theatrical spectacle. The revue offers a sequence of attractions rather than a continuous dramatic story.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Show_of_Shows.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original74052025-01-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/abrek-zaur-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q24041160.webpAbrek Zaur (1926)Zaur intervenes when an officer mistreats a fellow villager and becomes an outlaw after the officer's accidental death. Taking refuge in the Caucasian mountains, he joins resistance to imperial authority. Reprisals against the village and a commander's personal vendetta bind the rebellion to his family's fate.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/1926._%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80.webm/1926._%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80.webm.240p.vp9.webm40792025-05-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-musketeers-of-pig-alley-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2453955.webpThe Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)A musician is robbed on returning home, while his wife later receives protection from the same gangster. A rivalry between criminals draws the couple into a gunfight and its aftermath. Recovering their money does not free them from the obligations created by the unexpected act of help.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/The_Musketeers_of_Pig_Alley.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original10002025-11-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-cure-for-pokeritis-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2635969.webpA Cure for Pokeritis (1912)George promises to stop gambling but disguises his weekly poker game as a meeting of a fraternal lodge. His wife grows suspicious and has a cousin investigate. A staged police raid gives the players' wives a way to expose the deception together.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/A_Cure_for_Pokeritis.ogv/A_Cure_for_Pokeritis.ogv.240p.vp9.webm7732013-10-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-virgin-of-stamboul-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3023214.webpThe Virgin of Stamboul (1920)Sari, a young beggar in Stamboul, witnesses a killing and becomes the target of the powerful man responsible. A soldier of fortune offers a possible ally, but both are carried to a fortified camp. Escaping captivity gives Sari the chance to organize a rescue herself.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/The_virgin_of_Stamboul_%281920%29.webm/The_virgin_of_Stamboul_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm41892023-02-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/not-so-dumb-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3041112.webpNot So Dumb (1930)Dulcinea invites a prospective investor and his family for a weekend intended to help her fiancé's jewelry business. Her matchmaking and enthusiastic misunderstandings upset the arrangements instead. An apparently generous new backer offers relief until his own identity becomes a problem.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Not_So_Dumb_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original45642026-01-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-girl-of-the-golden-west-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3208893.webpThe Girl of the Golden West (1915)A saloon woman falls in love with an outlaw and tries to protect him from the local sheriff. Her attachment places her between the man being hunted and the authority determined to capture him.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/The_Girl_of_the_Golden_West_%281915%29_by_Cecil_B._DeMille.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original26742024-01-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-witch-1906https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3209303.webpThe Witch (1906)A penniless troubadour obtains a magical charm from the witch Carabosse by paying with a bag of sand. He hopes to rescue a captive woman, but the cheated witch pursues him with powers of her own. The journey becomes a succession of supernatural obstacles and interventions.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/La_F%C3%A9e_Carabosse_ou_le_Poignard_fatal_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1906%29.webm/La_F%C3%A9e_Carabosse_ou_le_Poignard_fatal_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1906%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7432024-07-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-unholy-three-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3221520.webpThe Unholy Three (1930)A ventriloquist, a strongman and a fellow sideshow performer disguise themselves as a family running a pet shop. Information gathered from customers supports their robberies. When two members commit a murder, their attempt to blame an innocent clerk threatens both the gang and the ventriloquist's romantic loyalties.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/The_Unholy_Three_%281930%29.webm/The_Unholy_Three_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm43212026-01-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/journey-s-end-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3422261.webpJourney's End (1930)Young officer Raleigh joins the company of Captain Stanhope, the school hero he still admires. Years in the trenches have changed Stanhope, who fears what Raleigh might report to the sister he hopes to marry. A dangerous raid and the expectation of another attack bring the officers' strained relationships into sharp relief.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Journey%27s_End_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original69712026-05-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-winning-of-barbara-worth-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3523392.webpThe Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)Raised by a man who dreams of irrigating the desert, Barbara becomes involved with an engineer working to divert the Colorado River. His employer's refusal to strengthen the project threatens the settlement. Romantic rivalry gives way to a struggle against a flood produced by human decisions as much as nature.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/The_Winning_of_Barbara_Worth_%281926%29_by_Henry_King.webm/The_Winning_of_Barbara_Worth_%281926%29_by_Henry_King.webm.480p.vp9.webm53512024-07-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-kiss-for-cinderella-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3602529.webpA Kiss for Cinderella (1925)Jane cleans an artist's studio while imagining that a wonderful future awaits her. Her dreams earn her the nickname Cinderella. A policeman's suspicion gradually becomes affection, offering a more ordinary form of happiness than the prince she has pictured.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/A_Kiss_for_Cinderella_%281925%29.webm/A_Kiss_for_Cinderella_%281925%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm61752021-06-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/east-lynne-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3717695.webpEast Lynne (1916)Persuaded that her husband has betrayed her, Lady Isabel leaves him and their children. A train crash leads everyone to believe she is dead. Surviving in secret, she returns disguised as a governess and must live close to her family without being recognized.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/East_Lynne_%281916%29.webm/East_Lynne_%281916%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm44762022-06-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/welcome-danger-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3735747.webpWelcome Danger (1929)Botany student Harold is summoned to San Francisco in the hope that he has inherited his police-captain father's investigative skills. His enthusiasm for fingerprints unsettles the station before he is sent after a mysterious Chinatown crime leader. A young woman and her brother connect his accidental adventures to the case.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/Welcome_Danger.webm/Welcome_Danger.webm.480p.vp9.webm67762025-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/my-old-kentucky-home-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3868888.webpMy Old Kentucky Home (1926)Animated performers introduce a sing-along presentation of Stephen Foster's song, with on-screen words guiding the audience. The bouncing-ball format makes reading and singing part of the viewing experience. A cartoon dog also addresses the spectators through synchronized speech.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/My_Old_Kentucky_Home_%281926%29.ogv/My_Old_Kentucky_Home_%281926%29.ogv.240p.vp9.webm4162018-05-14T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-lady-to-love-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3878850.webpA Lady to Love (1930)Vineyard owner Tony advertises for a wife using a photograph of his younger employee Buck. Lena arrives expecting the man in the picture but agrees to marry Tony for the chance of a home. Attraction to Buck and the work of caring for her injured husband gradually change what the marriage means to her.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/A_Lady_To_Love_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original54932023-09-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-saturday-night-kid-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q388172.webpThe Saturday Night Kid (1929)Department-store employee Mayme struggles with a romance and the demands of her manipulative younger sister Janie. When Janie loses money collected for a charity pageant, Mayme tries to repair the damage. Her willingness to help makes her vulnerable to another betrayal.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/The_Saturday_Night_Kid.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original38292025-01-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-big-swallow-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3985963.webpThe Big Swallow (1901)An irritated man objects to being photographed and advances toward the camera. His expanding mouth appears to swallow both the apparatus and its operator. The objection to being filmed becomes the film's impossible visual solution.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/The_Big_Swallow_%281901%29.ogv/The_Big_Swallow_%281901%29.ogv.240p.vp9.webm672013-04-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-lonedale-operator-1911https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3988072.webpThe Lonedale Operator (1911)A young woman takes over a telegraph station when her father falls ill. Two intruders arrive after a mine payroll is delivered, leaving her to protect the money alone. A message for help begins a race between the approaching rescue and the men outside.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/The_Lonedale_Operator.webm/The_Lonedale_Operator.webm.480p.vp9.webm10082019-03-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-world-and-its-woman-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3990108.webpThe World and Its Woman (1919)American singer Marcia and a Russian prince fall in love, but his marriage and social position keep them apart. Revolution removes some of those barriers while creating new dangers. A political leader's pursuit of Marcia threatens the couple as they try to escape the upheaval.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/The_World_and_Its_Women_%281919%29.webm/The_World_and_Its_Women_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm55642019-02-14T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-merry-frolics-of-satan-1906https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4515148.webpThe Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)An inventor accepts magical pills that promise to make a rapid journey around the world possible. He signs the contract without reading it and unknowingly sells his soul. The wonders that follow are directed by a devil who has disguised himself as a helpful alchemist.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/Les_Quat%27Cents_Farces_du_diable_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1906%29.webm/Les_Quat%27Cents_Farces_du_diable_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1906%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm12932024-07-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ella-cinders-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q5364479.webpElla Cinders (1926)Ella works for an unkind stepmother and dreams of escape through a movie competition. A photograph that seems disastrous wins the judges' attention for its comic possibilities. 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Rhythm, drinking and bodily gags carry the animals through an increasingly unruly routine.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/The_Booze_Hangs_High_190611_LTGC.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original3682019-06-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-lighthouse-by-the-sea-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7747315.webpThe Lighthouse by the Sea (1924)A shipwrecked young man and his dog find refuge with a lighthouse keeper and his daughter. Bootleggers plan to extinguish the light so they can land a cargo unseen. Captivity and sabotage leave the dog central to restoring the beacon and rescuing the people around it.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/The_Lighthouse_by_the_Sea_%281924%29.webm/The_Lighthouse_by_the_Sea_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm35892024-02-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-primitive-lover-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7758223.webpThe Primitive Lover (1922)Phyllis finds her practical husband dull beside a romantic author believed to have died abroad. The writer's return prompts her to seek a divorce. Her husband then tests the adventurous ideals of the books by taking Phyllis and the writer into a mountain setting where imagined heroism is of little help.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/The_Primitive_Lover_%281922%29.webm/The_Primitive_Lover_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm41752018-02-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-scar-of-shame-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7762389.webpThe Scar of Shame (1929)Pianist Alvin protects Louise from violence at home and helps her find refuge in his boarding house. Marriage seems to promise safety, but an associate of her abusive guardian continues trying to control her future. Affection and protection become entangled with social status and unequal expectations.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/The_Scar_of_Shame_%281929%29_by_Frank_Peregini.webm/The_Scar_of_Shame_%281929%29_by_Frank_Peregini.webm.480p.vp9.webm51952025-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-lonely-villa-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q966923.webpThe Lonely Villa (1909)Burglars lure a homeowner away, leaving his wife and daughters inside with an unloaded pistol. A telephone call reveals the attack while he is stranded elsewhere. The family retreats behind successive doors as he races back with help.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/Lonely_Villa_%281909%29.webm/Lonely_Villa_%281909%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7022019-03-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-hen-that-laid-the-golden-eggs-1905https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q107751065.webpThe Hen That Laid the Golden Eggs (1905)A farmer wins a hen at a fair and discovers that it lays enormous golden eggs. Behind the apparent good fortune lies a fairy capable of transforming the henhouse into a palace. The sudden abundance draws the household into a world where ordinary farm life and magical wealth overlap.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/La_poule_aux_oeufs_d%27or_%28French_intertitles%2C_1905%29.ogv/La_poule_aux_oeufs_d%27or_%28French_intertitles%2C_1905%29.ogv.240p.vp9.webm7992013-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1111637.webpDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)Dr. Jekyll experiments with a formula that releases a violent second identity. At first the transformation appears subject to his control, but repeated use allows Hyde to emerge at will. When violence reaches the people closest to him, the doctor discovers that returning to himself is no longer assured.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Hyde_%281912%29_by_Lucius_J._Henderson.webm/Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Hyde_%281912%29_by_Lucius_J._Henderson.webm.480p.vp9.webm6632025-04-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/those-awful-hats-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1136736.webpThose Awful Hats (1909)An audience struggles to watch a film as extravagant hats block the screen. Complaints and attempts to improve the view turn the auditorium into its own comic spectacle. The short ends by making its practical request to spectators explicit.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Those_Awful_Hats.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original1622014-05-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-knight-of-the-snows-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q16028332.webpThe Knight of the Snows (1913)A rejected baron sells his soul to arrange the abduction of Princess Azurine. Her betrothed, the Knight of the Snows, seeks supernatural assistance of his own. A protective rose and a voyage to a distant prison turn the rivalry into a contest between opposing magical forces.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/The_Knight_of_the_Snows_%281912%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original9602018-05-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-daughter-of-dawn-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q16155725.webpThe Daughter of Dawn (1920)Dawn, the daughter of a Kiowa chief, wants to marry White Eagle, while her father also favors the influential Black Wolf. Another woman's love for Black Wolf further complicates the rivalry. Courtship unfolds amid communal activities, hunting and conflict on the plains.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/The_Daughter_of_Dawn_%281920%29_by_Norbert_A._Myles.webm/The_Daughter_of_Dawn_%281920%29_by_Norbert_A._Myles.webm.480p.vp9.webm45712024-11-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-mormon-maid-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q18709020.webpA Mormon Maid (1917)Dora's family joins a Mormon wagon train traveling toward Utah. She is pursued by a young convert and an elder determined to make her another of his wives. The family's growing distress and the elder's coercion force her to resist the future he has chosen for her.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/A_Mormon_Maid_%281917%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original41042016-02-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-whispering-chorus-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1968908.webpThe Whispering Chorus (1918)After stealing from his employer, John Tremble flees and uses a dead stranger's body to make his family believe he has been murdered. The attempt to erase himself creates a new danger when the police seek a killer. His wife's changed life makes revealing the truth increasingly costly.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/The_Whispering_Chorus_%281918%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original48682014-12-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-hessian-renegades-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1985551.webpThe Hessian Renegades (1909)A young messenger carrying vital information to General Washington is pursued by Hessian soldiers. A household gives him shelter, but the enemy follows. The family and its neighbors must find a way to protect the message when its original courier can no longer travel freely.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/The_Hessian_Renegades_%281909%29.webm/The_Hessian_Renegades_%281909%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm6272015-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/gulliver-s-travels-among-the-lilliputians-and-the-giants-1902https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2069080.webpGulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)Gulliver encounters worlds in which his own size becomes extraordinary. Among tiny people he towers over his surroundings; among giants the relationship reverses. The short turns the traveler's changing scale into a sequence of visual encounters.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/Le_Voyage_de_Gulliver_%281902%29.webm/Le_Voyage_de_Gulliver_%281902%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm2562019-05-24T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/hangman-s-house-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2352876.webpHangman's House (1928)A dying Irish judge arranges his daughter's marriage to a man she does not love. The return of a wanted officer with a private mission unsettles the household. A local horse race exposes the bridegroom's cruelty and brings the tangled loyalties into open conflict.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/Hangman%27s_House_%281928%29.webm/Hangman%27s_House_%281928%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm42582024-05-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/on-the-roofs-1897https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2368334.webpOn the Roofs (1897)Two burglars climb across a building's rooftops and attack a woman at her window. A policeman follows her cries, only to become caught in the thieves' trap. The roof becomes a compact arena for pursuit and an incompetent rescue.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/Sur_les_toits_%281897%29_par_Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s.webm/Sur_les_toits_%281897%29_par_Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s.webm.480p.vp9.webm692024-01-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/janice-meredith-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2594316.webpJanice Meredith (1924)Janice falls in love with a young man living under an assumed identity in her father's household. The American Revolution separates them and repeatedly changes their allegiances and circumstances. Warnings, escapes and disrupted wedding plans make her romance part of the larger military struggle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/The_Beautiful_Rebel_Janice_Meredith_1924.webm/The_Beautiful_Rebel_Janice_Meredith_1924.webm.480p.vp9.webm84232025-12-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-thief-catcher-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2624114.webpA Thief Catcher (1914)A man with a camera accidentally photographs burglars dividing their loot. The discovery sends the thieves after him, and his flight ends inside their own hideout. A message carried by his dog brings a police rescue whose competence is far from assured.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/A_Thief_Catcher_%281914%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original6182019-06-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/born-reckless-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2707270.webpBorn Reckless (1930)Caught after a robbery, Louis accepts military service as an alternative to prison. Returning from the war, he builds a nightclub business while retaining ties to his old associates. A kidnapped child forces him to choose between those loyalties and the promise he made to a fallen comrade's sister.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/Born_Reckless_%281930%29.webm/Born_Reckless_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm46002025-12-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/an-awful-moment-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2844877.webpAn Awful Moment (1908)After a judge sentences a man, a woman seeking revenge follows the conflict into his home. She binds his wife and arranges a gun to fire when the door opens. Their daughter's warning gives the judge a chance to prevent the trap from taking its victim.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/An_Awful_Moment_%281908%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original4832014-10-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-great-k-a-train-robbery-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q2904413.webpThe Great K & A Train Robbery (1926)Detective Tom Gordon poses as a bandit to investigate repeated railroad robberies. The company president's daughter suspects that he is more trustworthy than he appears, while her father's secretary conceals an alliance with the thieves. Tom and his horse become central to exposing the inside connection.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/The_Great_K_%26_A_Train_Robbery_%281926%29.webm/The_Great_K_%26_A_Train_Robbery_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm37922022-05-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/his-majesty-the-scarecrow-of-oz-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3007082.webpHis Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914)A ruler who wants Princess Gloria to marry an unwelcome courtier employs a witch to freeze her heart. Dorothy helps the princess escape, gathering companions including the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman. Pursuit and transformations complicate the effort to restore both affection and freedom.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/80/His_Majesty%2C_the_Scarecrow_of_Oz_%281914%29_by_J._Farrell_MacDonald.webm/His_Majesty%2C_the_Scarecrow_of_Oz_%281914%29_by_J._Farrell_MacDonald.webm.480p.vp9.webm35262024-01-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/figures-de-cire-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3071711.webpFigures de cire (1914)After claiming that he does not know fear, Pierre accepts a wager to spend the night in a wax museum. The still figures gradually unsettle him, and the locked doors make departure impossible. A friend's arrival in the darkness turns the test of courage toward a disastrous misunderstanding.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Figures_de_cire_%281914%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original6372014-01-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mockery-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3317752.webpMockery (1927)During the Russian Civil War, a hungry peasant agrees to protect a countess traveling with secret dispatches. Her kindness gives him an attachment he has never known, but her own future lies elsewhere. Class difference and revolutionary violence make their promises of friendship increasingly difficult to sustain.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/85/Mockery_%281927%29.webm/Mockery_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm40042023-06-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/on-with-the-show-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3352343.webpOn with the Show! (1929)A struggling theatrical company reaches an opening night that may decide whether it can continue. Unpaid performers, demanding creditors and backstage rivalries threaten the show. Among them, a young hat-check attendant hopes the stage might offer a way out of poverty.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/On_With_The_Show_%281929%29.webm/On_With_The_Show_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm64262025-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-virginian-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3523233.webpThe Virginian (1929)A Wyoming ranch foreman courts a new schoolteacher while trying to keep a childhood friend away from cattle thieves. When the friend joins a raid, duty forces a decision that unsettles the romance. The leader who escaped responsibility remains a threat to the foreman's future.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/The_Virginian_%28UCLA_film_restoration%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original55102025-01-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/an-arcadian-maid-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3614792.webpAn Arcadian Maid (1910)A newly hired farm maid falls for a traveling salesman who gives her a ring and promises marriage. After losing money at gambling, he persuades her to steal from her employer. Waiting for the promised escape brings her to the realization that she has been deceived.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/An_Arcadian_Maid_1910_MARY_PICKFORD_MACK_SENNETT_D_W_Griffith_G_W_Bitzer.webm/An_Arcadian_Maid_1910_MARY_PICKFORD_MACK_SENNETT_D_W_Griffith_G_W_Bitzer.webm.480p.vp9.webm7512014-11-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lilac-time-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3829070.webpLilac Time (1928)Jeannine and her mother share their French farm with aviators stationed near the front. The arrival of a new pilot begins with a misunderstanding and develops into affection. An accident, family expectations and the uncertainty of wartime service threaten the young couple's hopes.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/Lilac_Time_%281928%29.webm/Lilac_Time_%281928%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm55162024-01-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lights-of-old-broadway-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3832290.webpLights of Old Broadway (1925)Twin girls separated after their mother's death grow up in very different New York households. The son of the wealthy family falls in love with the sister raised in poverty. Family opposition places their romance within a city changing under the arrival of electric light.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/Lights_of_Old_Broadway_%281925%29_by_Monta_Bell.webm/Lights_of_Old_Broadway_%281925%29_by_Monta_Bell.webm.480p.vp9.webm43032024-08-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-man-from-home-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3988201.webpThe Man from Home (1922)An Indiana heiress traveling in Italy is dazzled by a prince whose family needs her money. Her guardian crosses the Atlantic when a request for a large dowry reveals the danger. His unfashionable directness clashes with her ambitions while the prince's private life threatens to expose the scheme.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/The_Man_from_Home_%281922%29.webm/The_Man_from_Home_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm54092018-04-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-wrath-of-the-gods-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3990117.webpThe Wrath of the Gods (1914)A Japanese fisherman's daughter is believed to carry a curse that will bring a volcanic eruption if she marries. A shipwrecked American sailor falls in love with her and encourages conversion to Christianity. Their decision to wed provokes hostility as the feared natural disaster approaches.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/The_Wrath_of_the_Gods_%281914%29.webm/The_Wrath_of_the_Gods_%281914%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm33862024-09-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ali-baba-and-the-forty-thieves-1902https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4062213.webpAli Baba and the Forty Thieves (1902)Ali Baba overhears the words that open a thieves' treasure cave and takes home part of the hoard. His brother's attempt to repeat the discovery exposes the secret. When the gang comes after Ali Baba, a servant recognizes the danger hidden inside a delivery of oil jars.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/Ali_Baba_et_les_40_voleurs_%281902%29.webm/Ali_Baba_et_les_40_voleurs_%281902%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm5582019-03-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/betsy-ross-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4898320.webpBetsy Ross (1917)Betsy Griscom's early romance with a British officer gives way to family disputes, marriage and widowhood. Running a small shop, she shelters her sister and becomes involved in suspicions of espionage. A commission to make an American flag links the domestic story to the Revolution.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Betsy_Ross_%281917%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original35892016-01-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/body-and-soul-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4936871.webpBody and Soul (1925)An escaped convict passes himself off as a minister and exploits the trust of a Black congregation. His interest in Isabelle threatens her relationship with his very different twin brother. Her mother's confidence in religious authority makes it especially difficult for the young woman to reveal the abuse behind the public image.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/Body_and_Soul_%281925%29.webm/Body_and_Soul_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm55392024-06-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dynamite-smith-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q5319089.webpDynamite Smith (1924)A reserved literary editor is sent to report on a violent incident and helps a threatened woman escape to Alaska. Her death leaves him responsible for her infant, while life in a frontier town gives him unexpected authority. The arrival of the man they fled forces him to confront the fear that still governs him.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/Dynamite_Smith.webm/Dynamite_Smith.webm.480p.vp9.webm40182025-07-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/eternal-love-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q5402664.webpEternal Love (1929)In a Swiss mountain village, Marcus and Ciglia love one another but marry other people after a series of jealous interventions. Their attachment survives the new arrangements. Suspicion and danger in the snowy landscape make returning to one another increasingly difficult.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/Eternal_Love_%281929%29.webm/Eternal_Love_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm42202025-01-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-silent-command-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7764209.webpThe Silent Command (1923)Foreign conspirators seek naval information needed to attack the Panama Canal. Captain Decatur is secretly ordered to gain their confidence, even at the cost of his rank and his family's trust. Apparent disgrace becomes the means by which he moves closer to the sabotage plan.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/The_Silent_Command_%281923%29.ogv/The_Silent_Command_%281923%29.ogv.240p.vp9.webm47642019-01-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-woman-in-the-suitcase-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7775554.webpThe Woman in the Suitcase (1920)Finding another woman's photograph in her father's suitcase, Mary decides to investigate without telling her mother. She advertises for a companion to help her search and meets an interested young man. Following the woman in the photograph brings the daughter face to face with the secret she hopes to end.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0f/The_Woman_in_the_suitcase_%281920%29.webm/The_Woman_in_the_suitcase_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm39442019-01-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/big-business-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q858657.webpBig Business (1929)Two Christmas-tree salesmen refuse to leave an unwilling customer alone. The destruction of a tree prompts retaliation against his house, and each side patiently enlarges the damage. A policeman's attempt to restore peace arrives after the disagreement has consumed far more than a failed sale.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Big_Business_%281929%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original10702025-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-butcher-boy-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q8907251.webpThe Butcher Boy (1917)A country-store worker and a rival clerk compete for the manager's daughter, turning groceries and household tools into weapons. When she leaves for a girls' school, both men follow in disguise. 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A jealous suitor then recruits the robber for another confrontation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/The_Lucky_Dog_%28Jess_Robbins%2C_1921%29.webm/The_Lucky_Dog_%28Jess_Robbins%2C_1921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm13692024-08-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mabel-s-blunder-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q1882365.webpMabel's Blunder (1914)Mabel is secretly engaged to her employer's son and becomes jealous when another woman visits him at the office. Disguising herself as a chauffeur, she follows the pair to discover what is happening. 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Méliès appears both as the ruler of this underworld and as a grotesque dancing figure.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Le_Cakewalk_infernal_%281903%29.webm/Le_Cakewalk_infernal_%281903%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm3212019-05-25T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-black-imp-1905https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3222282.webpThe Black Imp (1905)A mischievous imp occupies a hotel room before a respectable guest arrives. Furniture changes position, appears and disappears, making the room impossible to settle into. 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Her return threatens a relationship built on secrets the daughter does not know.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Where_East_Is_East.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original39932025-01-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/love-never-dies-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3264194.webpLove Never Dies (1921)Engineer John builds a successful life, but his mother’s drinking gives his father-in-law an excuse to separate him from his wife. After a train wreck, he allows himself to be reported dead. 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The effort brings theatrical ambition into the practical world of a river-town restaurant.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/Stage_Struck_%281925%29_by_Allan_Dwan.webm/Stage_Struck_%281925%29_by_Allan_Dwan.webm.480p.vp9.webm50702024-08-25T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3794530.webpThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)A cyclone carries Dorothy, her animal companions and a living scarecrow into Oz. They meet new allies and face a witch who imprisons the group. Water, repairs and acts of rescue carry them toward the Emerald City and a change of ruler.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz_%281910%29.ogv/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz_%281910%29.ogv.240p.vp9.webm7942011-01-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/nero-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3874819.webpNero (1909)Nero's desire for Poppea leads him to reject Octavia and arrange her death. The outrage spreads into revolt, while the emperor responds with further destruction. Visions of his victims make the collapse of his rule a confrontation with his own cruelty.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/Nerone_%281909%29_.webm/Nerone_%281909%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm7512018-04-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/outward-bound-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3887593.webpOutward Bound (1930)A group of strangers find themselves aboard a fogbound ship without a clear destination. Their conversations gradually reveal lives marked by concealed relationships, pride and regret. As the nature of the voyage becomes apparent, each must face a judgment that ordinary social standing cannot settle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Outward_Bound_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original49482026-01-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-soul-of-youth-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3989391.webpThe Soul of Youth (1920)Unhappy at an orphanage, Ed follows his expelled dog onto the streets and joins another boy in finding ways to survive. Their discoveries expose a dishonest politician. The resulting changes offer a chance for a home that the institution had failed to provide.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/The_Soul_of_Youth_%281920%29_.webm/The_Soul_of_Youth_%281920%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm48192018-04-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-trap-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q3989683.webpThe Trap (1922)Trapper Gaspard loses both his sweetheart and his mine to another man and patiently plans revenge. Taking charge of his rival's child begins to soften him, but the old obsession remains. A trap prepared for the father threatens to destroy the affection that could have changed Gaspard's life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/The_Trap_%281922%29.webm/The_Trap_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm36932016-02-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-younger-generation-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4332239.webpThe Younger Generation (1929)Successful art dealer Morris Goldfish moves his immigrant family to Fifth Avenue and adopts a more fashionable name. The social position he wants makes him increasingly embarrassed by the people who raised him. Material success becomes a test of what he is prepared to abandon.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/The_Younger_Generation_%281929%29.webm/The_Younger_Generation_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm50192025-01-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/fire-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4368589.webpFire! (1901)A house fire brings the local brigade to rescue the people trapped inside. The emergency becomes a compact staged account of an organized response to danger, with the threatened household and its rescuers sharing the action.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/James_Williamson_Fire%21_%281901%29.webm/James_Williamson_Fire%21_%281901%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm2882015-09-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ukhar-kupets-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q4479159.webpUkhar Kupets (1909)At a village fair, Masha's father accepts drinks from a merchant and allows him to court his daughter. The bargain leaves the young woman exposed to the man's intentions. Her family's expectations of the outing give way to the consequences of that careless permission.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/%D0%A3%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C-%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86_%281909%29.webm/%D0%A3%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C-%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86_%281909%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm4752026-03-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/christopher-columbus-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q50809784.webpChristopher Columbus (1904)A series of tableaux follows Columbus from danger at sea to an American landing and a triumphant return to Spain. Courtly favor gives way to disgrace and imprisonment before a final celebratory image. The compressed biography is organized as a succession of public moments.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/Christopher_Columbus_%281904%29.webm/Christopher_Columbus_%281904%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8512024-10-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-magic-sword-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q6663547.webpThe Magic Sword (1901)A knight's meeting with his beloved is interrupted by a witch and supernatural attackers. After one carries the woman away, a fairy provides a sword with which he can attempt a rescue. The weapon brings magical assistance into a struggle already governed by impossible appearances.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/The_Magic_Sword_%281901%29_-_yt.webm/The_Magic_Sword_%281901%29_-_yt.webm.480p.vp9.webm1712013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-false-faces-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7733259.webpThe False Faces (1919)During the First World War, professional thief Michael Lanyard undertakes a mission for Allied intelligence. A transatlantic crossing puts him in the path of German agents and a submarine attack. His attempt to deliver vital information becomes entangled with the rescue of a woman and revenge for his family's murder.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/The_False_Faces_%281919%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original59132015-01-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/wagon-tracks-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q7959648.webpWagon Tracks (1919)Desert guide Buckskin Hamilton arrives to meet a wagon party and discovers that his younger brother has been killed. The group he must lead west includes the woman who claims responsibility and the gambler whose actions caused the shooting. The journey gradually exposes the story behind the death.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/92/Wagon_Tracks_%281919%29_by_Lambert_Hillyer.webm/Wagon_Tracks_%281919%29_by_Lambert_Hillyer.webm.480p.vp9.webm41292024-08-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/convict-13-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-15/q874613.webpConvict 13 (1920)A disastrous round of golf leaves Buster unconscious and gives an escaped convict the chance to exchange clothes with him. Mistaken for a condemned prisoner, he enters a jail where uniforms repeatedly change their meaning. 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Her investigation of a factory exposes child labour and dangerous conditions, while her relationship with its wealthy owner is tied to a family history neither fully understands.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/57/Children_of_Eve_%281915%29.webm/Children_of_Eve_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm43982024-08-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-texan-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q21515058.webpThe Texan (1920)Cowboy Tex Benton reaches a border town, befriends a man he rescues and enters a rodeo. 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The camera moves closer to the animal, turning a small gesture of care into the centre of the film.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/The_Sick_Kitten_%281903%29.webm/The_Sick_Kitten_%281903%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm652024-01-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/it-s-the-old-army-game-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q2316158.webpIt's the Old Army Game (1926)Small-town shopkeeper Elmer Prettywillie struggles with demanding customers, disrupted sleep and a disastrous family picnic. When a property salesman sets up business in his store, the promise of easy money brings him a fresh set of angry neighbours.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/It%27s_the_Old_Army_Game_%281926%29.webm/It%27s_the_Old_Army_Game_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm45232024-02-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tell-it-to-the-marines-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q2397961.webpTell It to the Marines (1926)An opportunistic young recruit joins the Marines and clashes with the veteran sergeant responsible for training him. 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Photographic apparitions are presented as opportunities for visual trickery rather than evidence of contact with another world.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/Le_Portrait_spirite_%281903%29.webm/Le_Portrait_spirite_%281903%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm1412019-05-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-fantastical-meal-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3226354.webpA Fantastical Meal (1900)Three diners cannot get through a meal without their furniture and food rebelling. Moving chairs, an expanding tureen and a dancing apparition turn the dining room into an unpredictable stage for magical mishaps.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/Le_Repas_fantastique.webm/Le_Repas_fantastique.webm.480p.vp9.webm862024-06-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-christmas-dream-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3226806.webpThe Christmas Dream (1900)Two children fall asleep, and Christmas unfolds through a procession of toys, dancing figures, snowy rooftops and celebrations. The imagined festivities mingle magical spectacle with scenes of worship and generosity before the children wake to their presents.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/Le_R%C3%AAve_de_No%C3%ABl.webm/Le_R%C3%AAve_de_No%C3%ABl.webm.480p.vp9.webm2482022-02-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lorna-doone-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3259600.webpLorna Doone (1922)Young John Ridd meets Lorna shortly before an outlaw clan abducts her. Years later, the childhood bond survives amid rival loyalties, concealed identity and the violence surrounding the Doone family.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/Lorna_Doone_%281922%29_.webm/Lorna_Doone_%281922%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm51432018-05-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-salvation-army-lass-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3522593.webpThe Salvation Army Lass (1909)Mary loses her home and work after becoming associated with a fatal saloon fight. The Salvation Army offers her a new direction, but her former companion's release from prison tests her determination to help him change.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/The_Salvation_Army_Lass_%281909%29.webm/The_Salvation_Army_Lass_%281909%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8072025-07-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-mysterious-knight-1899https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3828603.webpThe Mysterious Knight (1899)Medieval imagery becomes the setting for a comic display of impossible transformations, including a living head in a vase. 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After his release, an accident involving his son forces him to decide whether pride matters more than the child's recovery.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Say_It_with_Songs.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original51552025-01-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/scarlet-pages-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q7430442.webpScarlet Pages (1930)A successful lawyer agrees to defend a nightclub performer accused of killing her adoptive father. The case exposes abuse and a coercive arrangement, while drawing the lawyer toward a painful connection with her own past.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/Scarlet_Pages_%281930%29.webm/Scarlet_Pages_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm37752026-03-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sinners-holiday-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q7524692.webpSinners' Holiday (1930)A family's Coney Island arcade conceals dangerous connections to a bootlegging business. 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Sewn inside without being noticed, he wakes and turns an ordinary delivery into a frighteningly animated object moving through the street.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/La_Cardeuse_de_matelas_%281906%29.webm/La_Cardeuse_de_matelas_%281906%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm2492024-06-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-bewitched-trunk-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q101245070.webpThe Bewitched Trunk (1904)A magician produces rabbits and assistants from a large trunk, then uses it to exchange people and identities. The container repeatedly changes what it seems able to hold, eventually threatening to overwhelm its owner.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/Le_Coffre_enchant%C3%A9_%281904%29.webm/Le_Coffre_enchant%C3%A9_%281904%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm1762024-06-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-terrible-turkish-executioner-1903https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q101245229.webpThe Terrible Turkish Executioner (1903)An executioner's display becomes a trick-film spectacle in which severed heads remain disturbingly active. Méliès plays the central role, combining a macabre premise with visual transformations.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/Le_Bourreau_turc_%281903%29.webm/Le_Bourreau_turc_%281903%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm1372024-06-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/49-17-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q101245461.webp'49–'17 (1917)A judge hires his secretary to recreate the gold-rush town of his youth. A struggling theatrical troupe supplies the residents, but the project also carries a search for a missing heir and allows old grievances to enter the staged frontier.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/%2749-%2717_%281917%29_by_Ruth_Ann_Baldwin.webm/%2749-%2717_%281917%29_by_Ruth_Ann_Baldwin.webm.480p.vp9.webm41882024-05-14T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dancing-sweeties-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q10263872.webpDancing Sweeties (1930)A dance-contest victory leads Bill and Molly into an impulsive marriage arranged as a dance-hall attraction. 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A dog chase leaves one of them borrowing a scarecrow's clothes, and a misunderstanding turns his escape into a pursuit involving a motorcycle and a minister.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/The_Scarecrow_%28Edward_F._Cline_and_Buster_Keaton%2C_1920%29.webm/The_Scarecrow_%28Edward_F._Cline_and_Buster_Keaton%2C_1920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm11462024-09-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/another-fine-mess-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1209866.webpAnother Fine Mess (1930)Fleeing a policeman, Stan and Ollie hide in an apparently empty mansion. The arrival of prospective tenants persuades them to impersonate the owner and servants, but the real owner's return makes their improvised household impossible to sustain.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/Another_Fine_Mess.webm/Another_Fine_Mess.webm.480p.vp9.webm16612026-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/dames-ahoy-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q16989055.webpDames Ahoy! (1930)Three sailors on leave search for a blonde woman who has taken one of their companions' money. 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The plan immediately fails when a local woman sees the visitor as a way to escape an unwanted suitor.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/Too_Many_Kisses_%281925%29_by_Paul_Sloane.webm/Too_Many_Kisses_%281925%29_by_Paul_Sloane.webm.480p.vp9.webm37832024-06-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/double-whoopee-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1754638.webpDouble Whoopee (1929)Two new hotel employees arrive as the staff prepares to welcome a prince. A mistaken reception, disastrous service and repeated trouble with an elevator bring the supposed dignity of the grand hotel rapidly undone.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/Double_Whoopee_%281929%29.webm/Double_Whoopee_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm11012025-01-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bacon-grabbers-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1756170.webpBacon Grabbers (1929)Stan and Ollie arrive to repossess a radio, but its owner refuses to surrender it. A routine collection turns into a battle involving a bulldog, a policeman, a fire hydrant and a steamroller.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Bacon_Grabbers_%281929%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original12122025-01-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/liberty-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1759277.webpLiberty (1929)Two escaped prisoners accidentally exchange trousers while changing clothes. 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Their movements build an abstract visual composition whose rhythms replace characters and a conventional story.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Symphonie_diagonale_%281924%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original4492013-12-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-renunciation-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1993201.webpThe Renunciation (1909)Two longtime friends working in a mining camp fall for the same woman. 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The prisoner tries to win mercy with a magical performance, but when the monarch remains unmoved, the sorcerer finds a way to reverse their positions.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/Le_Sorcier_%281903%29.webm/Le_Sorcier_%281903%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm2062019-05-25T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/tchin-chao-the-chinese-conjurer-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3227655.webpTchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer (1904)Méliès performs as a conjurer in a brisk series of magical transformations. The camera's cuts and dissolves make the performance move beyond the possibilities of an uninterrupted stage act.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/Le_Thaumaturge_chinois_%281904%29.webm/Le_Thaumaturge_chinois_%281904%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm2062024-06-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/soap-bubbles-1906https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3231191.webpSoap Bubbles (1906)A magician blows bubbles that become floating faces and then women with butterfly wings. After making the tableau disappear, he joins the transformations himself and rises into the air as an enormous bubble.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Les_Bulles_de_savon_anim%C3%A9es_%281906%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original2142024-06-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cuckoos-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3520474.webpThe Cuckoos (1930)Two penniless fortune-tellers at a Mexican resort become involved in romantic rivalries and a scheme against a wealthy heiress. 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(1928)A dress designer decides that boxing will change the way people see him. Training in secret, he prepares to challenge a rival and impress the shop assistant whose affection he hopes to win.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/So_This_Is_Love_%281928%29.webm/So_This_Is_Love_%281928%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm33292025-01-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-way-of-the-strong-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3822978.webpThe Way of the Strong (1928)A bootlegger shelters a woman who has fallen on hard times. 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Chomón turns the camera toward an actual city landscape rather than the transformations associated with his trick films.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/Barcelone_parc_au_cr%C3%A9puscule_%281904%29.webm/Barcelone_parc_au_cr%C3%A9puscule_%281904%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm1152019-05-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/excursion-to-the-moon-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q4530537.webpExcursion to the Moon (1908)Astronomers travel to the Moon, encounter its inhabitants and return with an unexpected companion. 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Their developing romance collides with a nightclub owner's attempt to blackmail her father using letters from the family's past.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/The_Average_Woman_%281924%29.webm/The_Average_Woman_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm28472024-02-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/check-and-double-check-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q5089088.webpCheck and Double Check (1930)Two taxi operators struggle to keep their open-air business running while transporting musicians to a society party. Their work draws them into a romance complicated by money, a missing property deed and a rival's interference.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/Check_and_Double_Check_%281930%29_by_Melville_W._Brown.webm/Check_and_Double_Check_%281930%29_by_Melville_W._Brown.webm.480p.vp9.webm45852023-12-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/conspiracy-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q5163419.webpConspiracy (1930)A woman infiltrates the drug gang responsible for her father's death, while her brother pursues it through the law. 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When an escaped arsonist sets the school on fire, the man they ridicule has an opportunity to show unexpected courage.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/The_New_School_Teacher_%281924%29.webm/The_New_School_Teacher_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm35662024-05-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/do-detectives-think-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1083347.webpDo Detectives Think? (1927)A judge hires two detectives after a condemned killer escapes and promises revenge. 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The accelerated treatment produces a startling result that turns a technological sales pitch into a comic warning.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/The_Over-Incubated_Baby_%281901%29_-_yt.webm/The_Over-Incubated_Baby_%281901%29_-_yt.webm.480p.vp9.webm742013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/rescued-from-an-eagle-s-nest-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q2006986.webpRescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)An eagle carries a baby from outside a woodland home to its nest on a cliff. 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(1920)Two rivals compete to obtain permission for a young woman's balloon ride. One runs to her mother's house while the other battles crowded telephone booths, distracted operators and further confusion at the amusement park.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Number%2C_Please_%281920%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original14192015-12-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-land-beyond-the-sunset-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q2697766.webpThe Land Beyond the Sunset (1912)A newsboy escapes his abusive home for a charity outing in the countryside. 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His new uniform impresses his girlfriend, but street fights and mischievous children quickly expose the gap between his position and his confidence.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/Fatty_Joins_the_Force_%281913%29.webm/Fatty_Joins_the_Force_%281913%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7532019-06-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/extraordinary-illusions-1903https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3148756.webpExtraordinary Illusions (1903)A magician dresses and transforms a mannequin, shifting between an inert figure and the appearance of life. 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The performance becomes an illusion in which the body's relationship to the surrounding surface is transformed by the camera's viewpoint.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/L%27Homme_mouche_%281902%29.webm/L%27Homme_mouche_%281902%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm1092019-05-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-mysterious-island-1905https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3205699.webpThe Mysterious Island (1905)Odysseus enters a fantastic island world where Calypso's setting meets the threat of the giant Polyphemus. 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Their flirtations and quarrels spill out of the billboard, until passing policemen become targets for the very products being advertised.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/Les_Affiches_en_goguette_%281906%29.webm/Les_Affiches_en_goguette_%281906%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm2052024-06-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-living-playing-cards-1905https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3231298.webpThe Living Playing Cards (1905)A magician enlarges playing cards and places them on a screen. Their royal figures step out into the room, and one of the apparent characters turns out to conceal another identity.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/Les_Cartes_vivantes_%281904%29.webm/Les_Cartes_vivantes_%281904%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm1722020-12-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-imperceptible-transmutations-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3235792.webpThe Imperceptible Transmutations (1904)A magician produces a dancing boy from an empty paper cylinder. 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Bodies that should be broken repeatedly reassemble, turning a physical contest into an impossible succession of tricks.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/Nouvelles_Luttes_extravagantes.webm/Nouvelles_Luttes_extravagantes.webm.480p.vp9.webm1232024-06-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-airship-destroyer-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3449470.webpThe Airship Destroyer (1909)Airships attack England while an inventor prepares a defensive missile. When a bomb strikes his sweetheart's home, he must interrupt the experiment to rescue her before returning to confront the aerial threat.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/The_Airship_Destroyer_%281909%29.webm/The_Airship_Destroyer_%281909%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm4032016-04-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/jack-jaggs-and-dum-dum-1903https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3530902.webpJack Jaggs and Dum Dum (1903)Two music-hall clowns compete for control of the same stage. 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A woman seeking revenge offers the fugitive help, then discovers too late how her scheme will affect both men.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Woman_Trap_%281929%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original39182025-01-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-child-of-the-ghetto-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3602385.webpA Child of the Ghetto (1910)An orphaned seamstress is falsely accused of theft and escapes from the city into the countryside. 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Their intended victims prove harder to outwit than expected, turning the scheme into a test of the crooks' own resourcefulness.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Are_Crooks_Dishonest_%281918%29.webm/Are_Crooks_Dishonest_%281918%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8092019-06-14T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ask-father-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3625155.webpAsk Father (1919)A young man wants to ask his sweetheart's father for permission to marry. Guards, trapdoors and office machinery repeatedly throw him out, forcing him to try increasingly unlikely disguises to reach the businessman.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bc/Ask_Father_%281919%29.webm/Ask_Father_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7622021-09-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/bliss-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3640957.webpBliss (1917)A modest young man falls for a wealthy woman whose father insists on a noble husband. A visiting card left inside rented evening clothes persuades the family that their unwelcome caller may be a count.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/Bliss_1917_HAROLD_LLOYD_BEBE_DANIELS_SNUB_POLLARD_Alfred_J_Goulding.webm/Bliss_1917_HAROLD_LLOYD_BEBE_DANIELS_SNUB_POLLARD_Alfred_J_Goulding.webm.480p.vp9.webm6692014-11-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/haunted-spooks-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3793364.webpHaunted Spooks (1920)A woman must live with a husband on an inherited plantation to secure the property. After a hurried marriage, the couple arrives to find ghostly disturbances arranged by an uncle who wants them to leave.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/Haunted_Spooks_%281920%29.webm/Haunted_Spooks_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm14822021-08-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/back-stage-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3933794.webpBack Stage (1919)Stagehands struggle with temperamental performers while preparing a theatre show. When the entertainers refuse to appear, the backstage workers must become the act, improvising a performance for an audience already in its seats.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/Back_Stage_%281919%29.webm/Back_Stage_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm12662024-08-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/swords-and-hearts-1911https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3978981.webpSwords and Hearts (1911)A Confederate officer's visit to his sweetheart attracts pursuing Union soldiers. A poorer young woman, secretly in love with him, puts on his coat and rides his horse away to divert the chase.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ab/Swords_and_Hearts_1911_D_W_Griffith_G_W_Bitzer.webm/Swords_and_Hearts_1911_D_W_Griffith_G_W_Bitzer.webm.480p.vp9.webm9812014-11-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-red-man-s-view-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3988955.webpThe Red Man's View (1909)An Indigenous community is forced to retreat as white settlers advance. The film presents displacement through the people losing their home, turning a familiar western situation toward the experience of those being driven away.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/The_Red_Man%27s_View.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original8762014-05-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-motorist-1906https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q4183379.webpThe '?' Motorist (1906)A couple fleeing a policeman drives up a building and into the sky. Their car circles celestial bodies before returning to earth, where one more transformation helps them evade the consequences of the chase.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/The_%27%3F%27_Motorist_%281906%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original1412014-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/revolution-in-russia-1905https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q47498374.webpRevolution in Russia (1905)A dispute over food aboard the battleship Potemkin becomes a mutiny after a sailor is killed. Public mourning in Odessa is followed by bombardment and repression on shore.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/La_r%C3%A9volution_en_Russie.webm/La_r%C3%A9volution_en_Russie.webm.480p.vp9.webm2152024-10-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/now-or-never-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q601039.webpNow or Never (1921)A nanny takes a neglected child on a holiday trip to meet her childhood sweetheart. Finding her employer on the same train, she leaves the little girl with the young man, who must care for her while travelling without a ticket.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/Now_or_Never_%281921%29.webm/Now_or_Never_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm21122021-09-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/among-those-present-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q645302.webpAmong Those Present (1921)A hotel bellboy impersonates an aristocrat at a wealthy family's gathering. His boasts about riding are tested by a difficult horse, and he soon discovers that his false identity has been used to support a robbery scheme.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/Among_Those_Present_%281921%29.webm/Among_Those_Present_%281921%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm20532021-09-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/loose-ankles-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q6675927.webpLoose Ankles (1930)An heiress can receive her income only by marrying a man approved by her aunts. Furious at the restriction, she hires a stranger to create a scandal, but the planned embarrassment becomes an unexpected romance.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Loose_Ankles_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original40542026-01-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/manslaughter-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q6751776.webpManslaughter (1930)A wealthy young woman tries to avoid a speeding ticket and causes a fatal accident. The death of the pursuing policeman brings consequences that her privileged position cannot simply remove.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Manslaughter_%281930_film%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original53012026-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/oh-sailor-behave-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q7080531.webpOh, Sailor, Behave! (1930)An American reporter in Venice falls for an heiress whose sister is being blackmailed. While she tries to recover compromising letters, kidnapping and mistaken assumptions threaten to separate the couple.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/Oh%2C_Sailor_Behave%21_%281930%29.webm/Oh%2C_Sailor_Behave%21_%281930%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm40662026-01-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-haunted-curiosity-shop-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q7739002.webpThe Haunted Curiosity Shop (1901)An elderly dealer's curiosity shop becomes a place of disturbing apparitions. Objects and figures no longer behave as expected, leaving the shopkeeper surrounded by surprises within his own familiar premises.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/The_Haunted_Curiosity_Shop_%281901%29.ogv/The_Haunted_Curiosity_Shop_%281901%29.ogv.240p.vp9.webm1162013-04-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-idle-rich-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q7741366.webpThe Idle Rich (1929)A wealthy businessman marries his secretary and tries to fit into her family's modest home. His offers of money and opportunities meet resistance, exposing how pride and class assumptions complicate his good intentions.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/The_Idle_Rich.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original47952025-01-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-phantom-in-the-house-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q7756851.webpThe Phantom in the House (1929)An inventor accepts blame after his wife kills a man while resisting his advances. Returning from a long prison sentence, he finds that his daughter does not recognize him and must confront the family life built during his absence.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/The_Phantom_In_The_House_%281929%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original34842025-01-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/two-a-m-or-the-husband-s-return-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q7858817.webpTwo A.M.; or, the Husband's Return (1896)A drunken husband comes home late and faces his irritated wife. She tries to reprimand him while getting him undressed and into bed, turning a domestic dispute into a physical performance.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Two_AM%3B_or%2C_The_Husband%27s_Return.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original762016-11-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-second-hundred-years-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q950833.webpThe Second Hundred Years (1927)Two prisoners tunnel into the wrong room, then try escaping as painters. A stolen limousine and borrowed formal clothes lead to their being welcomed as visiting prison officials, forcing them to maintain the disguise at a banquet.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dc/The_Second_Hundred_Years.ogg/The_Second_Hundred_Years.ogg.240p.vp9.webm13552023-01-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-hayseed-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q957591.webpThe Hayseed (1919)A village mail carrier competes with a constable for his sweetheart's attention. A valuable letter, rival gifts and entertainment at the local store turn courtship into a struggle against suspicion and practical mishaps.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/The_Hayseed_%281919%29.webm/The_Hayseed_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm12932024-08-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/duck-soup-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q969265.webpDuck Soup (1927)Two homeless men evade a forced firefighting detail and hide in an empty mansion. Posing as the owner and a maid, they try to rent out the house until the real proprietor unexpectedly returns.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c8/Duck_Soup_%281927%29.webm/Duck_Soup_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm12742023-02-26T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-strike-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q105043860.webpThe Strike (1904)Factory workers strike after their demands for arbitration are rejected. A violent confrontation kills a worker, prompting his wife to attack the employer and leaving her fate to a court.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/La_gr%C3%A8ve_%28Ferdinand_Zecca_-_1904%29.webm/La_gr%C3%A8ve_%28Ferdinand_Zecca_-_1904%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm3182022-05-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sideshow-wrestlers-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q16028354.webpSideshow Wrestlers (1908)Encouraged by a friend, a man challenges professional wrestlers at a fair. The bouts become increasingly exaggerated, until his encounter with a much taller opponent produces an unlikely reversal.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/Le_Conseil_du_pipelet_ou_Un_tour_%C3%A0_la_foire_%281908%29.webm/Le_Conseil_du_pipelet_ou_Un_tour_%C3%A0_la_foire_%281908%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm4492024-06-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-genii-of-fire-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q16028469.webpThe Genii of Fire (1908)A young couple ignores a warning and enters a ruined temple. Priests trap them inside while a spirit fills the space with fire, leaving them to seek help from the man they dismissed at the entrance.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/Le_G%C3%A9nie_du_feu_%281908%29.webm/Le_G%C3%A9nie_du_feu_%281908%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm2662024-06-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/whimsical-illusions-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q16028565.webpWhimsical Illusions (1909)A magician presents oversized playing cards and a troublesome head that emerges from a crate. The demonstration turns into a chase when an object meant to obey the performer takes control of the stage.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/Les_Illusions_fantaisistes_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1909%29.webm/Les_Illusions_fantaisistes_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1909%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm3002024-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-dream-of-an-opium-fiend-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q16028879.webpThe Dream of an Opium Fiend (1908)A man's opium dream sends a glass of beer toward the Moon and brings a moon goddess into his room. His attempts to drink and embrace her repeatedly fail as figures and objects move beyond his control.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/Le_R%C3%AAve_d%27un_fumeur_d%27opium_%281908%29.webm/Le_R%C3%AAve_d%27un_fumeur_d%27opium_%281908%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm3022024-06-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/his-royal-slyness-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1620634.webpHis Royal Slyness (1920)An American book salesman resembles a prince who wishes to avoid an arranged royal marriage. Taking the prince's place brings him into courtship and political unrest, before the real man's arrival threatens the impersonation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/His_Royal_Slyness_%281920%29.webm/His_Royal_Slyness_%281920%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm14822020-10-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mabel-and-fatty-s-wash-day-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q16252838.webpMabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)Two neighbours struggle through wash day while their spouses refuse to help. A meeting over the laundry leads to mutual sympathy, refreshments in the park and suspicions that turn a shared complaint into domestic trouble.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/Mabel_and_Fatty%27s_Wash_Day_%281915%29.webm/Mabel_and_Fatty%27s_Wash_Day_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7622024-06-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/maniac-chase-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1679195.webpManiac Chase (1904)A patient dressed as Napoleon escapes from a cell and leads his attendants across a series of obstacles. The pursuit circles back toward the institution from which he began.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Maniac_Chase_%281904%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original5162021-04-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-talk-of-hollywood-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q17479256.webpThe Talk of Hollywood (1929)A film tycoon responds to the arrival of sound by investing everything in a lavish musical. Importing a French star seems the ideal way to secure success, but the production becomes a target for the film's industry satire.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/The_Talk_of_Hollywood.webm/The_Talk_of_Hollywood.webm.480p.vp9.webm43062025-01-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/artistic-creation-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1765398.webpArtistic Creation (1901)An artist draws a woman whose image begins coming to life in separate parts. The act of creation moves beyond a flat drawing and confronts the performer with a presence he must manage.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/Artistic_Creation_%281901%29_-_yt.webm/Artistic_Creation_%281901%29_-_yt.webm.480p.vp9.webm1222021-06-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-charlatan-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q18558751.webpThe Charlatan (1929)A wealthy hostess hires a carnival performer called Count Merlin to entertain at a party. A murder interrupts the gathering and brings a secret from the supposed magician's past into view.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/The_Charlatan.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original37372025-01-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/men-of-the-north-1930https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q18609930.webpMen of the North (1930)A French-Canadian man is accused of stealing gold after his jealous girlfriend alerts a Mountie. In love with the mine owner's daughter, he must prove his innocence while danger places other lives in his hands.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Men_of_the_North_%281930%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original36642026-01-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/burglars-at-work-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q18708907.webpBurglars at Work (1904)Two thieves enter a house through its roof while the owner leaves to summon the police. Rats, ladders and windows complicate the burglary, but the intruders still find another use for their victim's bicycle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Les_devaliseurs_nocturnes_%281904%29_-_yt.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original1652013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-misadventure-of-a-french-gentleman-without-pants-at-the-zandvoort-beach-1905https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1899476.webpThe Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach (1905)A visitor removes his trousers to keep them dry at the beach and attracts a policeman's attention. His attempt to escape in disguise draws an expanding crowd through Zandvoort.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/De_M%C3%A9saventure_van_een_Fransch_heertje_zonder_pantalon_aan_het_strand_te_Zandvoort.webm/De_M%C3%A9saventure_van_een_Fransch_heertje_zonder_pantalon_aan_het_strand_te_Zandvoort.webm.480p.vp9.webm3302022-10-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-night-before-christmas-1905https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1904503.webpThe Night Before Christmas (1905)Children hang their stockings and struggle to settle down while Santa finishes his preparations. A sleigh journey brings him to the family's roof, where he enters through the chimney and leaves the presents.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/The_Night_Before_Christmas_%281905%29.webm/The_Night_Before_Christmas_%281905%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm5242015-10-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/that-s-my-wife-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1994289.webpThat's My Wife (1929)Ollie's wife leaves just before a wealthy uncle arrives. To protect a hoped-for inheritance, Stan impersonates the missing spouse, but a supper-club outing turns the deception into a series of public embarrassments.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/That%27s_My_Wife_%281929%29.webm/That%27s_My_Wife_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm10572025-01-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-waif-and-the-wizard-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q2036344.webpThe Waif and the Wizard (1901)A boy asks a magician to help his sick sister. The performer takes his abilities beyond the stage, bringing a moment of extraordinary assistance into the children's difficult home life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/The_Waif_and_the_Wizard_%281901%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original1072014-01-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cowboy-millionaire-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q2082264.webpThe Cowboy Millionaire (1909)A ranch foreman inherits a fortune and moves to Chicago, only to grow weary of wealthy society. Missing the energy of western life, he invites his entire former outfit to bring excitement to the city.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/The_Cowboy_Millionaire_%281909%29.webm/The_Cowboy_Millionaire_%281909%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm11962018-04-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/danse-des-ouled-naid-1902https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q20977958.webpDanse des Ouléd-Naïd (1902)An Algerian dancer performs directly for the camera. 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An employee's secret mirror signals reveal an inside connection, while his rejected advances toward the superintendent's daughter create another threat.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/By_The_Suns_Rays_%281914%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original6872023-08-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-little-train-robbery-1905https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3006368.webpThe Little Train Robbery (1905)A gang of children stages a train robbery on a miniature railway. 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After she is strangled, Philo Vance must separate the suspects' movements and motives from the apparent evidence.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/The_Canary_Murder_Case_%281929%29.webm/The_Canary_Murder_Case_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm47822025-01-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/fate-s-turning-1911https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3740066.webpFate's Turning (1911)A young businessman proposes to a waitress while recovering at a hotel, then withdraws after returning to his wealthy family. Her visit on the day of his planned society wedding forces him to face the consequences of the abandoned promise.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/96/Fate%27s_turning_%281911%29.webm/Fate%27s_turning_%281911%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm10212019-03-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/look-pleasant-please-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3836697.webpLook Pleasant, Please (1918)A photographer facing an angry husband leaves his studio to a fugitive greengrocer. The newcomer attempts to serve the customers without realizing that his new position also makes him the target of someone else's revenge.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/Look_Pleasant%2C_Please_%281918%29.webm/Look_Pleasant%2C_Please_%281918%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm5922024-05-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-day-after-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3986534.webpThe Day After (1909)A married couple promises to control its drinking at a New Year's Eve party. Both fail, and the husband's fear of facing his wife the next morning depends on not yet knowing that she shares his embarrassment.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/The_Day_after_%281909%29.webm/The_Day_after_%281909%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm4812019-03-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-hobo-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3987575.webpThe Hobo (1917)A tramp's pursuit of food and a young woman creates disorder around a railway station. Moving between its ticket office and lunch counter, he becomes entangled with jealous customers, hurried travellers and an increasingly chaotic meal service.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/The_Hobo_1917_OLIVER_BABE_HARDY_BILLY_WEST_Arvid_E_Gillstrom.webm/The_Hobo_1917_OLIVER_BABE_HARDY_BILLY_WEST_Arvid_E_Gillstrom.webm.480p.vp9.webm12142014-11-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-miser-s-heart-1911https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3988339.webpThe Miser's Heart (1911)A child befriends a miser and a petty thief while her mother lies ill. When other criminals threaten the girl to obtain the old man's savings, the friendships force both adults to act beyond their usual concerns.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/The_Misers_Heart_DW_Griffith_-_1911.ogv/The_Misers_Heart_DW_Griffith_-_1911.ogv.240p.vp9.webm9762019-05-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-sentimental-bloke-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3989208.webpThe Sentimental Bloke (1919)After a spell in jail, Bill hopes to leave gambling and drinking behind. His love for Doreen tests that resolve through jealousy and temptation before offering the possibility of a different family life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/The_Sentimental_Bloke_%281919%29.webm/The_Sentimental_Bloke_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm63102022-11-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-cancao-da-primavera-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q4655715.webpA Canção da Primavera (1923)A powerful landowner plans a marriage between his son and a neighbouring family's daughter to strengthen their economic ties. The son's love for another woman challenges the arrangement in nineteenth-century Minas Gerais.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/A_Can%C3%A7%C3%A3o_da_primavera_%281923%29.webm/A_Can%C3%A7%C3%A3o_da_primavera_%281923%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm64532019-03-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/ten-nights-in-a-barroom-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q65013160.webpTen Nights in a Barroom (1926)After losing his mill through fraud, a man turns increasingly to drink. A fatal incident involving his daughter forces a reckoning that takes his life from private collapse toward public reform.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/Ten_Nights_in_a_Barroom_%281926%29.webm/Ten_Nights_in_a_Barroom_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm37862024-06-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cheese-mites-1903https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q7722292.webpThe Cheese Mites (1903)A man examines his cheese and discovers a microscopic world that spoils his appetite. The camera brings the movements of mites into view, changing an ordinary lunch into an unsettling spectacle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/29/The_Cheese_Mites_%281903%29.ogv/The_Cheese_Mites_%281903%29.ogv.480p.vp9.webm1512021-12-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-unfortunate-policeman-1905https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q7771473.webpThe Unfortunate Policeman (1905)A young painter tips paint over a policeman and runs. The pursuit moves through real outdoor locations, turning a practical mishap into a prolonged contest with authority.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/The_Unfortunate_Policeman_%281905%29_-_yt.webm/The_Unfortunate_Policeman_%281905%29_-_yt.webm.480p.vp9.webm2242013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/love-em-and-weep-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q778272.webpLove 'em and Weep (1927)A businessman's former lover threatens to disrupt his marriage and a dinner party. His assistant tries to keep her away, but a series of impersonations only makes the household's suspicions harder to control.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/Love_Em_and_Weep_%281927%29.webm/Love_Em_and_Weep_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm12332023-02-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sugar-daddies-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q925843.webpSugar Daddies (1927)An oil millionaire wakes to discover that he has acquired a wife and relatives demanding money. His lawyer and butler help him flee, using a precarious disguise while the pursuit carries them through a hotel and amusement attractions.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Sugar_Daddies_%281927%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original10912023-02-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-other-woman-s-story-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q111737143.webpThe Other Woman's Story (1925)A divorce case becomes a murder investigation when the wife's attorney is killed. The husband's female business partner, already accused of being his lover, searches for evidence that can clear him of the murder suspicion.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/The_Other_Woman%27s_Story_%281925%29.webm/The_Other_Woman%27s_Story_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm38922024-08-05T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-opry-house-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1137749.webpThe Opry House (1929)Mickey operates a small theatre and supplies its varied entertainment himself. Dance, impersonation and a piano recital lead to a struggle with the instruments and furniture that are supposed to support the show.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/005_-_The_Opry_House.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original4472025-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-rapids-rider-s-brides-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q11872744.webpThe Rapids-Rider's Brides (1923)A drowning in the rapids leaves one household blaming a neighbour. The accused man's son hopes to restore peace through marriage, but the dead man's sister loves someone else, complicating both reconciliation and romance.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/Koskenlaskijan_morsian_%281923%29.webm/Koskenlaskijan_morsian_%281923%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm57502025-12-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-red-spectre-1907https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q16654396.webpThe Red Spectre (1907)A demonic magician performs inside a strange grotto, but a benevolent spirit interrupts his control. The opposing figures turn the display of tricks into a contest between supernatural powers.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/Le_Spectre_rouge_%281907%29.webm/Le_Spectre_rouge_%281907%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm5032019-03-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/is-spiritualism-a-fraud-1906https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q16995107.webpIs Spiritualism a Fraud? (1906)A séance promises supernatural contact until the medium's methods are exposed. The apparent marvels give way to the human arrangements that produced them.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Is_Spiritualism_a_Fraud%3F_%281906%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original4232014-01-04T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/all-on-account-of-the-milk-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q1995761.webpAll on Account of the Milk (1910)A contractor in work clothes meets a young woman temporarily dressed as a maid. Each mistakes the other's social position and sustains the disguise, turning repeated purchases of milk into a courtship complicated by servants and family.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/All_on_account_of_the_milk_%281910%29.webm/All_on_account_of_the_milk_%281910%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm9962019-03-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/what-happened-in-the-tunnel-1903https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q21029293.webpWhat Happened in the Tunnel (1903)A man flirts with a woman on a train and expects darkness in a tunnel to favour him. The passengers change places, and daylight exposes a kiss that leaves him embarrassed while the women enjoy their trick.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/What_Happened_in_the_Tunnel_%281903%29_-_yt.webm/What_Happened_in_the_Tunnel_%281903%29_-_yt.webm.240p.vp9.webm622013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/cinderella-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q2640346.webpCinderella (1914)Mistreated by her stepfamily, Cinderella offers kindness to a stranger who proves to be a fairy. Magical assistance brings her to a royal ball, but the transformation can last only until midnight.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Cinderella_%281914%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original30752016-01-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/max-takes-a-bath-1910https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3302406.webpMax Takes a Bath (1910)Ordered by a doctor to take cold baths, Max buys a tub and struggles to bring it home. Filling it in the hallway creates a new problem: neighbours and police turn his private treatment into a public procession.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/Max_prend_un_bain_%281910%29.webm/Max_prend_un_bain_%281910%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm5792020-04-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-show-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3522699.webpThe Show (1922)A stagehand's efforts to impress a chorus girl and manage a theatre show cause disasters with flowers and a wind machine. An attempt to protect stolen jewels sends the comedy into a fantastic pursuit.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/85/The_Show_%281922%29.webm/The_Show_%281922%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm15982024-07-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/west-of-hot-dog-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3548668.webpWest of Hot Dog (1924)A tenderfoot travelling to claim an inheritance is robbed before reaching the town. Learning that two outlaws will inherit if he dies gives his new fortune a dangerous condition, and a saloon visit draws him into another robbery.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/West_Of_Hot_Dog.webm/West_Of_Hot_Dog.webm.480p.vp9.webm18352017-10-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/one-too-many-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3882643.webpOne Too Many (1916)A hotel resident learns that his uncle expects to meet a wife and baby who do not exist. He pays for hurried substitutes, but the helpers produce more family members than the scheme can accommodate.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/One_Too_Many_1916_OLIVER_BABE_HARDY_Willard_Louis.webm/One_Too_Many_1916_OLIVER_BABE_HARDY_Willard_Louis.webm.480p.vp9.webm8992014-11-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-gibson-goddess-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q3987223.webpThe Gibson Goddess (1909)A woman seeking a quiet seaside holiday attracts an unwanted crowd of admirers. Her maid devises an unflattering disguise to drive them away, revealing a difference between fashionable attention and more lasting affection.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a6/The_Gibson_Goddess_%281909%29.webm/The_Gibson_Goddess_%281909%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6042019-03-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-european-rest-cure-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q4173335.webpThe European Rest Cure (1904)An American traveller seeks rest abroad and finds a succession of exhausting mishaps. Seasickness, falls, unwelcome adventures and an energetic treatment leave him returning home in worse condition than he departed.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/The_European_Rest_Cure_%281904%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original7862014-09-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/falling-leaves-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/global-300-2026-09-16/q5432328.webpFalling Leaves (1912)A child hears that her sick sister will die when the last leaf falls and takes the warning literally. Her attempt to tie leaves back onto the trees attracts a doctor who may be able to help the family.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/Falling_Leaves_%281912%29.webm/Falling_Leaves_%281912%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7972024-06-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/metropolis-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/classics-10-2026-09-18/metropolis-1927.webpMetropolis (1927)Above a city of factories, towers and underground workers, Freder lives in comfort until a visit to the machine rooms changes his understanding of the world. His encounter with Maria draws him into a struggle between his father's authority, a desperate workforce and an inventor whose mechanical imitation of Maria threatens to turn hope into violence.https://archive.org/download/metropolis-1927-english-titles/Metropolis-1927-EnglishTitles.ia.mp489372025-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-passion-of-joan-of-arc-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/classics-10-2026-09-18/the-passion-of-joan-of-arc-1928.webpThe Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)Imprisoned and questioned by a court that demands she abandon her convictions, Joan of Arc faces a struggle fought through glances, pauses and carefully chosen answers. Carl Theodor Dreyer concentrates the trial around her isolation, with Renée Falconetti's face carrying the conflict between institutional power, physical fear and religious faith.https://archive.org/download/the-passion-of-joan-of-arc-1928-by-carl-theodor-dreyer/The.Passion.Of.Joan.Of.Arc.1928.1080p.BluRay.x264-%5BYTS.AM%5D.mp448932024-08-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-last-laugh-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/classics-10-2026-09-18/the-last-laugh-1924.webpThe Last Laugh (1924)An aging hotel doorman takes pride in the uniform that earns him respect in his neighborhood. When his employer moves him to a less prestigious job, he tries to conceal the humiliation from his family and neighbors. Emil Jannings turns a change of clothing into a crisis of dignity, identity and belonging.https://archive.org/download/BillSpragueCollection-THELASTLAUGH-F.W.MURNAU-1924PUBLICDOMAIN/The%20Last%20Laugh%20%28F.W.%20Murnau%2C%201924%29.mp452592017-08-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/pandora-s-box-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/classics-10-2026-09-18/pandora-s-box-1929.webpPandora's Box (1929)Lulu moves through a world of theater, money and desire, attracting people who want to possess her or profit from her. A relationship with a powerful newspaper owner exposes the jealousy behind their apparent sophistication. As her circumstances unravel, Louise Brooks makes Lulu both a vivid presence and a target for society's judgments.https://archive.org/download/pandoras.-box-1929/Pandoras.Box%20%281929%29.mp480012025-06-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/haxan-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/classics-10-2026-09-18/haxan-1922.webpHäxan (1922)Illustrations, miniature models and staged episodes lead into a disturbing journey through beliefs about witchcraft. An accusation against an elderly woman spreads through interrogation, fear and coercion, while the filmmaker compares earlier persecutions with the medical ideas of his own era. The result moves between historical essay, dark comedy and horror.https://archive.org/download/haxan.-1922.-fantasy-horror-multisubs.-720p.x-264-classics/Haxan.1922.%28Fantasy-Horror-Multisubs%29.720p.x264-Classics/Haxan.1922.%28Fantasy-Horror-Multisubs%29.720p.x264-Classics.mp463152023-09-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/greed-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/classics-10-2026-09-18/greed-1924.webpGreed (1924)In San Francisco, the unlicensed dentist McTeague marries Trina after she wins a lottery prize. The money that seems to promise security instead deepens suspicion, resentment and obsession. A friendship with Marcus turns poisonous as the household's shrinking prospects drive the characters toward increasingly destructive choices.https://archive.org/download/Greed1924VHS/Greed%20%281924%29%20-%20VHS%20Source.mp478162017-06-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-golem-how-he-came-into-the-world-1920https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/classics-10-2026-09-18/the-golem-how-he-came-into-the-world-1920.webpThe Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)Facing an order that threatens Prague's Jewish community, Rabbi Loew creates a powerful figure from clay and brings it to life. The Golem appears to offer protection, but the force that animates it cannot easily be controlled. Rival desires and a dangerous display at the imperial court turn a promise of safety into a crisis.https://archive.org/download/the-golem-1920/The%20Golem%20%281920%29.mp445722020-06-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/destiny-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/classics-10-2026-09-18/destiny-1921.webpDestiny (1921)When a mysterious stranger takes her lover, a young woman confronts Death and asks for his return. She is offered a test involving three endangered lives. Stories set in a Middle Eastern city, Venice and an imagined China turn her appeal into a series of struggles between love, authority and mortality.https://archive.org/download/destiny-1921-fritz-lang-1080-p-brrip.-x-264-classics/Destiny%201921%20%28Fritz%20Lang%29%201080P%20Brrip.X264-Classics.mp458962024-08-31T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/spies-1928https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/classics-10-2026-09-18/spies-1928.webpSpies (1928)A criminal intelligence network steals secrets while hiding behind respectable public identities. A government agent known as Number 326 pursues its elusive leader, Haghi, but his attachment to the Russian agent Sonya complicates the mission. Disguises, surveillance and divided loyalties make every encounter a possible trap.https://archive.org/download/spies.-1928engsub/Spies.1928.1080.ia.mp490282026-04-26T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/woman-in-the-moon-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/classics-10-2026-09-18/woman-in-the-moon-1929.webpWoman in the Moon (1929)A professor's belief that the Moon contains gold draws an engineer into an ambitious space expedition. Industrial interests insist on joining the project, while personal rivalries divide the crew before launch. Once the rocket leaves Earth, scientific curiosity, greed and affection become competing reasons to risk the journey.https://archive.org/download/woman-in-the-moon-1929-by-fritz-lang/Woman.In.The.Moon.1929.1080p.BluRay.x264.AAC-%5BYTS.MX%5D.mp4101962024-12-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-phantom-carriage-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/classic-1-2026-09-19/the-phantom-carriage-1921.webpThe Phantom Carriage (1921)On New Year's Eve, the dying Salvation Army worker Edit asks to see David Holm, a man whose drinking has devastated his family. David refuses, then a fight in a graveyard brings him face to face with a spectral carriage. Its driver forces him to revisit the suffering he has caused, while the night offers a final chance to change.https://archive.org/download/the-phantom-carriage-1921-english-intertitles-720p/The%20Phantom%20Carriage%20%281921%29%20%5BEnglish%20Intertitles%3B%20720p%5D%5E.mp463852026-05-14T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-affairs-of-anatol-1921https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q931215.webpThe Affairs of Anatol (1921)Restless in his marriage to Vivian, wealthy Anatol Spencer starts meddling in other women's lives. Each attempt to become someone's rescuer brings fresh embarrassment, jealousy and disillusionment. His adventures gradually turn the question of virtue back toward his own home.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/The_Affairs_of_Anatol_%281921%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original70362014-09-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/stella-dallas-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3227437.webpStella Dallas (1925)Stella loves her daughter Laurel fiercely, but her marriage to Stephen Dallas breaks down as their social ambitions diverge. When Laurel grows up, Stella begins to fear that her own reputation will obstruct the girl's future. Maternal devotion leads her toward a painful choice.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Stella_Dallas_%281925%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original63732021-02-25T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/old-wives-for-new-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3881532.webpOld Wives for New (1918)Unhappy in his marriage, Charles Murdock falls in love with Juliet during a hunting trip. A shooting and a false report drag her into a public scandal. Charles's efforts to protect her make an already tangled situation still harder to resolve.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Old_Wives_for_New_%281918%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original42882014-12-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-flying-ace-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q7734570.webpThe Flying Ace (1926)Returning war pilot Billy Stokes resumes work as a railroad detective and investigates a missing paymaster and stolen payroll. The trail leads toward another aviator, while station master's daughter Ruth becomes caught in the danger. 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Morris's pursuit of social advancement then tests the father's faith in the son he favored.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/His_People_%281925%29.webm/His_People_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm54622022-06-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-coward-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3986436.webpThe Coward (1915)As the American Civil War begins, Frank Winslow fears enlisting but faces relentless pressure from his father. He joins the Confederate army, then flees when terror overwhelms him. His return home forces father and son to confront the cost of their ideas about honor and courage.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/The_Coward_%281915%29_by_Reginald_Barker.webm/The_Coward_%281915%29_by_Reginald_Barker.webm.480p.vp9.webm41272024-08-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-last-edition-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q16060673.webpThe Last Edition (1925)Veteran newspaper pressman Tom McDonald learns that the next edition will accuse his son of bribery. Convinced the charge is false, he tries to stop the presses. A fire and a second accusation leave a reporter and Tom's daughter racing to uncover the truth.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/The_Last_Edition_%281925%29.webm/The_Last_Edition_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm46282024-07-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/eyes-of-the-totem-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q20649941.webpEyes of the Totem (1927)After her husband is murdered and their savings stolen on arrival in Tacoma, Mariam Hardy must raise her daughter in poverty. Years pass, but she cannot forget the killer's eyes. A chance encounter brings the unresolved crime back into her carefully rebuilt life.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Eyes_of_the_Totem_%281927%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original48662023-09-14T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/three-s-a-crowd-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q60854373.webpThree's a Crowd (1927)Lonely Harry takes a pregnant woman into his attic after finding her in the snow. Caring for her and her baby gives him the family life he longs for. When her estranged husband returns, Harry's hopes collide with a reconciliation he cannot control.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/81/Three%27s_A_Crowd_%281927%29.webm/Three%27s_A_Crowd_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm37222023-02-25T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/white-gold-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q7994725.webpWhite Gold (1927)Dolores marries a rancher's son and moves to an Arizona sheep ranch gripped by drought. Her father-in-law resents her and encourages his son's jealousy. When a hired worker pursues her, suspicion and hostility turn an isolated household into a trap.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/White_Gold_%281927%29_by_William_K._Howard.webm/White_Gold_%281927%29_by_William_K._Howard.webm.480p.vp9.webm45022024-05-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/l-arrivee-d-un-train-en-gare-de-la-ciotat-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q761952.webpL'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (1896)A steam train enters La Ciotat station as travelers wait, step aside and move along the platform. The approaching locomotive and shifting crowd transform an ordinary arrival into one of early cinema's most recognizable images.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/L%27Arriv%C3%A9e_d%27un_train_en_gare_de_La_Ciotat%2C_Complete.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original522024-09-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/workers-leaving-the-lumiere-factory-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q8665.webpWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895)Workers stream through the gates of the Lumière factory in Lyon and disperse into the street. A fixed camera records the end of a working day, preserving gestures, clothes and movements usually absent from formal portraits.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/La_Sortie_de_l%27usine_Lumi%C3%A8re_%C3%A0_Lyon%2C_II.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original422017-10-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/l-arroseur-arrose-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1198333.webpL'Arroseur Arrosé (1895)A boy interrupts a gardener's work by stepping on his hose. When the puzzled man examines the nozzle, the water suddenly returns. The prank sets off a brief pursuit and a reversal of the boy's triumph.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/Le_Jardinier_%28l%27Arroseur_arros%C3%A9%29_%281895%29.webm/Le_Jardinier_%28l%27Arroseur_arros%C3%A9%29_%281895%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm402019-01-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/under-forvandlingens-lov-1911https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q10729020.webpUnder forvandlingens lov (1911)Camillo and Francisca discover that their spouses are having an affair. Their strange response is to confine the unfaithful pair in separate cages, hoping to exhaust the attraction. The jealousy drama also pauses for variety performances.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/Under_forvandlingens_lov_%281911%29.webm/Under_forvandlingens_lov_%281911%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm16072022-09-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-devil-s-wheel-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3212458.webpThe Devil's Wheel (1926)Sailor Ivan Shorin meets Valya during shore leave and misses his ship. What begins as a romantic diversion draws him into a criminal circle. Refusing to become a thief, he must decide whether to keep hiding or return to the authorities.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/1926._%D0%A7%D1%91%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE.webm/1926._%D0%A7%D1%91%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE.webm.480p.vp9.webm24362024-10-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-railway-collision-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q4659132.webpA Railway Collision (1900)A train stops on a narrow railway above the water and begins to reverse. An express emerges from a tunnel ahead, leaving no room to escape. Their collision sends the carriages tumbling down the embankment.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/A_Railway_Collision_%281900%29_-_yt.webm/A_Railway_Collision_%281900%29_-_yt.webm.480p.vp9.webm482013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/le-repas-de-bebe-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q797978.webpLe Repas de bébé (1895)Auguste Lumière and his wife Marguerite feed their baby daughter at a table outdoors. Between spoonfuls, tea and a biscuit, the camera observes the small exchanges of a family meal.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Repas_de_b%C3%A9b%C3%A9_%281895%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original352024-08-24T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/blacksmith-scene-1893https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q470705.webpBlacksmith Scene (1893)Three men act out a blacksmith's working routine around an anvil. Hammering gives way to a short drinking break before the work resumes, creating a miniature performance of everyday labor.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/Blacksmith_Scene.ogv/Blacksmith_Scene.ogv.480p.vp9.webm402019-02-24T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-execution-of-mary-stuart-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1789171.webpThe Execution of Mary Stuart (1895)Mary, Queen of Scots approaches the execution block with attendants beside her. A staged beheading brings the historical tableau to its abrupt conclusion.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/The_Execution_of_Mary_Stuart%2C_1895.ogv/The_Execution_of_Mary_Stuart%2C_1895.ogv.240p.vp9.webm212015-07-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-kingdom-of-the-fairies-1903https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1995323.webpThe Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)Prince Bel-Azor's fairy-tale adventure unfolds among enchanted palaces, fantastic creatures and underwater wonders. Georges Méliès creates a world of transformations in which rescue, romance and spectacle share the stage.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c8/Le_Royaume_des_f%C3%A9es_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1903%29.webm/Le_Royaume_des_f%C3%A9es_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_1903%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm10282024-07-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/lo-mas-sublime-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q15221897.webpLo más sublime (1927)After a fisherman dies in a storm, a coastal community faces another danger: a treasure map attracts rival seekers. Antonio, Rosita and Sardinilla pursue the discovery while greed and jealousy threaten to turn the search against them.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/29/Lo_m%C3%A1s_sublime_%281927%29.webm/Lo_m%C3%A1s_sublime_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm35212024-02-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/la-mer-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1518287.webpLa Mer (1895)Bathers walk along a jetty, jump into the sea and make their way back to repeat the dive. The fixed view captures bodies meeting waves in a brief scene of seaside recreation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/Baignade_en_mer_%281895%29.webm/Baignade_en_mer_%281895%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm332024-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/la-voltige-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1518781.webpLa Voltige (1895)A man makes repeated attempts to mount a horse while two companions stand nearby. His awkward approaches turn an ordinary riding exercise into a small comic performance.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/La_voltige.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original432017-10-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sherlock-holmes-baffled-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1638927.webpSherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)Sherlock Holmes confronts a burglar who keeps vanishing before he can be caught. Even the stolen bag slips beyond the detective's control. Reasoned detection proves useless against a thief governed by camera tricks.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/Sherlock_Holmes_Baffled.ogv/Sherlock_Holmes_Baffled.ogv.240p.vp9.webm352010-08-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/les-forgerons-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1518259.webpLes Forgerons (1895)Two blacksmiths work beside an anvil, hammering metal and tending their equipment. A visitor arrives with a bottle and glass, interrupting the labor with an offer of refreshment.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Les_Forgerons_%281895%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original462017-10-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/place-des-cordeliers-a-lyon-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q607480.webpPlace des Cordeliers à Lyon (1895)Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles cross the Place des Cordeliers in Lyon. The camera stays in one position while the changing traffic supplies a continuous succession of small street encounters.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/Place_des_Cordeliers_%281895%29.webm/Place_des_Cordeliers_%281895%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm362024-09-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/la-peche-aux-poissons-rouges-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1518367.webpLa Pêche aux poissons rouges (1895)Auguste Lumière holds his daughter Andrée beside a bowl of goldfish. The child reaches into the water while her father supports her, turning a moment of curiosity into a brief family portrait.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/P%C3%AAche_aux_poissons_rouges_-_Court_m%C3%A9trage_1895.webm/P%C3%AAche_aux_poissons_rouges_-_Court_m%C3%A9trage_1895.webm.480p.vp9.webm372024-02-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/le-saut-a-la-couverture-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1518273.webpLe Saut à la couverture (1895)A man repeatedly tries to vault onto a blanket held by four companions. Missed jumps, an awkward landing and the holders' movements turn the exercise into a succession of physical mishaps.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Le_Saut_%C3%A0_la_couverture_%281895%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original352017-10-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/la-prise-de-tournavos-1897https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1570714.webpLa Prise de Tournavos (1897)Soldiers clash during a reconstruction of fighting at Tournavos. Smoke, movement and a compact battlefield set compress a contemporary military event into a short dramatic tableau.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/92/La_Prise_de_Tournavos_%281897%29.webm/La_Prise_de_Tournavos_%281897%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm572019-03-09T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/driving-with-greenland-dogs-1897https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q18325.webpDriving with Greenland Dogs (1897)A sled drawn by Greenland dogs crosses a snowy Copenhagen park. Johan Carl Joensen guides the team toward and past the camera in a brief outdoor demonstration.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/K%C3%B8rsel_med_gr%C3%B8nlandske_hunde.webm/K%C3%B8rsel_med_gr%C3%B8nlandske_hunde.webm.480p.vp9.webm452016-05-22T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-mysterious-portrait-1899https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3225823.webpA Mysterious Portrait (1899)A magician sets up an empty picture frame and conjures his own portrait inside it. The image comes to life, allowing performer and likeness to meet before the double fades away.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/Le_Portrait_myst%C3%A9rieux.webm/Le_Portrait_myst%C3%A9rieux.webm.480p.vp9.webm592024-06-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/barque-sortant-du-port-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q4863085.webpBarque sortant du port (1895)Three men row a small boat out toward rough water. Women and children watch from the jetty as the boat rises and falls, making the harbor departure a study of movement and waves.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Barque_sortant_du_port.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original462017-10-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/annabelle-serpentine-dance-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3479889.webpAnnabelle Serpentine Dance (1895)Annabelle Moore performs a serpentine dance, sweeping long folds of fabric around her body. The changing shapes turn a stage specialty into a flowing display for the motion-picture camera.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Serpentine_Dance_%281895%29_-_yt.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original442013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/divers-at-work-on-the-wreck-of-the-maine-1898https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1752451.webpDivers At Work on the Wreck of The Maine (1898)Divers approach the sunken Maine, explore the wreck and raise a recovered body toward the surface. The action presents an imagined underwater view of a disaster then filling newspaper reports.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ab/Visite_sous-marine_du_%22Maine%22_%281898%29.webm/Visite_sous-marine_du_%22Maine%22_%281898%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm522019-03-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/annie-oakley-1894https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q4532029.webpAnnie Oakley (1894)Sharpshooter Annie Oakley demonstrates her speed and precision for the camera, firing at targets with an assistant nearby. The brief performance brings part of her live-show act into Edison's studio.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Annie_Oakley_shooting_glass_balls%2C_1894.ogv/Annie_Oakley_shooting_glass_balls%2C_1894.ogv.240p.vp9.webm242005-05-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-doctor-and-the-monkey-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3226945.webpThe Doctor and the Monkey (1900)A doctor's captive monkey escapes and disrupts both floors of the house. Even its detached tail joins the mayhem, leaving the doctor and housekeeper struggling to restore order.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/Le_Savant_et_le_Chimpanz%C3%A9.webm/Le_Savant_et_le_Chimpanz%C3%A9.webm.480p.vp9.webm562024-06-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/an-up-to-date-conjuror-1899https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3819172.webpAn Up-to-Date Conjuror (1899)A conjuror and a dancer perform a rapid chain of appearances, disappearances and transformations. Bodies and costumes change as the stage act becomes an exercise in cinematic sleight of hand.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/An_Up-to-date_conjuror_%281899%29.webm/An_Up-to-date_conjuror_%281899%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm572021-01-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/carmaux-defournage-du-coke-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q5043229.webpCarmaux, défournage du coke (1896)Workers remove hot coke from a furnace, spray it with water and spread it using long tools. Carts move through the background as the camera records an industrial task in a single view.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/Carmaux%2C_d%C3%A9fournage_du_coke_-_Court_m%C3%A9trage_1896.webm/Carmaux%2C_d%C3%A9fournage_du_coke_-_Court_m%C3%A9trage_1896.webm.480p.vp9.webm412024-02-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/addition-and-subtraction-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q2370688.webpAddition and Subtraction (1900)A magician produces women from a row of chairs, combines them into one figure and changes that figure again. His arithmetic operates on bodies, turning addition and subtraction into a succession of visual tricks.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/Tom_Whisky_ou_l%27Illusionniste_toqu%C3%A9.webm/Tom_Whisky_ou_l%27Illusionniste_toqu%C3%A9.webm.480p.vp9.webm522024-06-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-cook-s-revenge-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3520391.webpThe Cook's Revenge (1900)Broken plates send a cook into hiding, but a cupboard door separates his head from his body. The lively head refuses to disappear, and the kitchen dispute turns into an impossible exchange of comic revenge.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/La_Vengeance_du_g%C3%A2te-sauce.webm/La_Vengeance_du_g%C3%A2te-sauce.webm.480p.vp9.webm492024-06-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/depart-de-jerusalem-en-chemin-de-fer-1897https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q16631237.webpDépart de Jérusalem en chemin de fer (1897)As a train leaves Jerusalem, the camera moves with it past people gathered beside the railway. Farewells and changing faces slip through the frame, preserving a departure from a passenger's perspective.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/Train_departing_Jerusalem_1897.webm/Train_departing_Jerusalem_1897.webm.480p.vp9.webm512026-06-03T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/serpentinen-tanz-1895https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q4417780.webpSerpentinen Tanz (1895)A performer swirls a flowing costume through the serpentine dance. 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(1925)After years at sea, Cyril marries the woman he has known through letters. Her unruly children and a troublesome former husband make his new household far less peaceful than he expected.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Should_Sailors_Marry%3F_%281925%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original13112021-03-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mighty-like-a-moose-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q2278509.webpMighty Like a Moose (1926)A husband and wife secretly improve their appearances and then meet without recognizing each other. 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(1925)A family man wins a sea voyage by selling fountain pens, hoping to provide a holiday he cannot afford. The prize delivers a decrepit ship, unsafe equipment and a troublesome brother-in-law, turning the promised escape into a string of disasters.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Isn%27t_Life_Terrible_%281925%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original14982021-03-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/feet-of-mud-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3068001.webpFeet of Mud (1924)An unlikely football hero tries to win a young woman's approval and satisfy her father. An apparent opportunity in city engineering turns out to be street cleaning, where his efforts produce a new succession of mishaps.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/Feet_of_Mud_%281924%29.webm/Feet_of_Mud_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm10472021-03-10T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/making-an-american-citizen-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3201944.webpMaking an American Citizen (1912)An immigrant husband arrives in America still treating his wife as a servant. Encounters with strangers, neighbors and the law challenge his behavior, making their marriage the center of a series of lessons about equality.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/Making_an_American_Citizen_%281912%29.webm/Making_an_American_Citizen_%281912%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8492024-06-12T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/detained-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3706117.webpDetained (1924)An escaped convict exchanges clothes with Stan, who is promptly mistaken for a prisoner. 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They agree to share their house without speaking, but enforcing silence creates more problems than it solves.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/A_House_Divided_%281913%29.webm/A_House_Divided_%281913%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7352024-06-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/kill-or-cure-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q635876.webpKill or Cure (1923)A salesman promotes a supposed miracle remedy with an absurdly long list of uses. His attempts to persuade customers test both the product and his ability to survive the reactions it provokes.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/Stan_Laurel_-_Kill_or_Cure_1923.webm/Stan_Laurel_-_Kill_or_Cure_1923.webm.480p.vp9.webm8182019-05-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/an-expensive-visit-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q4749989.webpAn Expensive Visit (1915)A college student's father cuts off his allowance and arrives to inspect his spending. 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A Red Army figure follows them into space and carries the struggle to Mars, where political conflict becomes a fantastic animated spectacle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/1924._%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F.ogv/1924._%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F.ogv.240p.vp9.webm4202014-12-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mr-jones-at-the-ball-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3327168.webpMr. Jones at the Ball (1908)Mr. Jones splits his trousers at a formal ball and retreats while his wife repairs them. An effort to avoid discovery sends him through a window, where a policeman draws entirely the wrong conclusion.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/Mr._Jones_at_the_Ball_%281908%29.webm/Mr._Jones_at_the_Ball_%281908%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm4452022-02-11T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/sightseeing-through-whisky-1907https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q16028786.webpSightseeing Through Whisky (1907)A tour group's footman drinks from the luggage he is carrying and falls into a classical fantasy. 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Their play with tobacco and oversized household items turns a familiar habit into a miniature fantasy.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/Princess_Nicotine.ogv/Princess_Nicotine.ogv.240p.vp9.webm3192012-01-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-gordon-sisters-boxing-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q2411678.webpThe Gordon Sisters Boxing (1901)Two women perform a boxing exhibition before a painted outdoor backdrop. The camera records their sparring as a compact display of speed, movement and theatrical sporting skill.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/Gordon_Sisters_Boxing_1901.ogv/Gordon_Sisters_Boxing_1901.ogv.240p.vp9.webm992011-06-21T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-indian-sorcerer-1908https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q16028438.webpThe Indian Sorcerer (1908)A sorcerer emerges from a painting and conjures an egg that grows to an impossible size. 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Each scene turns a national hero into a compact historical tableau.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/Los_H%C3%A9roes_del_Sitio_de_Zaragoza_%281903%29_.webm/Los_H%C3%A9roes_del_Sitio_de_Zaragoza_%281903%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm2062019-05-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-mystery-of-the-leaping-fish-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q2322476.webpThe Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)Detective Coke Ennyday investigates a wealthy man's suspicious beach business. 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Gabriel Veyre records the riders as part of the earliest motion-picture activity in Mexico.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/Carga_de_rurales_%281896%29.webm/Carga_de_rurales_%281896%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm492024-10-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/santos-dumont-explaining-his-air-ship-to-the-hon-c-s-rolls-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q61764570.webpSantos Dumont Explaining His Air Ship to the Hon. C. S. Rolls (1901)Alberto Santos-Dumont gestures while speaking with Charles Rolls during a visit to London. The silent sequence preserves a meeting between the aviation pioneer and the future co-founder of Rolls-Royce.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/Explaining_His_Air_Ship_to_the_Hon._C.S._Rolls%2C_Acervo_do_Museu_Paulista_da_USP.webm/Explaining_His_Air_Ship_to_the_Hon._C.S._Rolls%2C_Acervo_do_Museu_Paulista_da_USP.webm.480p.vp9.webm882019-02-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/knight-of-the-trail-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q17620856.webpKnight of the Trail (1915)A cowboy tries to regain the trust of the woman he hopes to marry. When a rival threatens to take her money, he has a chance to prove himself through action.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Knight_of_the_Trail_%281915%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original13982014-09-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-egg-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3986751.webpThe Egg (1922)A clumsy lumber worker accidentally acquires a letter exposing a scheme against his company's president. 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Robbery, romance and confused identities spill into a chase involving motorcycles, cars and the Keystone police.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/Love%2C_Loot%2C_And_Crash_%281915%29.webm/Love%2C_Loot%2C_And_Crash_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6322022-06-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mabel-lost-and-won-1915https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q6721472.webpMabel Lost and Won (1915)At a housewarming celebration, another woman's attention to Mabel's fiancé leads to jealousy and a quarrel. The arrival of the flirtatious visitor's family changes everyone's understanding of the situation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/Mabel_Lost_and_Won_%281915%29.webm/Mabel_Lost_and_Won_%281915%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7872024-06-15T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/all-wet-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3538437.webpAll Wet (1924)Jimmie Jump hurries to collect a visitor at the railway station, but his car becomes trapped in mud. Attempts to free it lead to deeper trouble, making an ordinary errand an increasingly wet ordeal.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/All_Wet_%281924%29.webm/All_Wet_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm5702023-02-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-sammy-in-siberia-1919https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3602722.webpA Sammy in Siberia (1919)An American soldier becomes separated from his unit in Siberia and encounters dangers he scarcely understands. His attempt to help a young Russian woman brings him into conflict with a Bolshevik band.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/A_Sammy_in_Siberia_%281919%29.webm/A_Sammy_in_Siberia_%281919%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm6042021-09-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/trolley-troubles-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3540244.webpTrolley Troubles (1927)Oswald tries to keep a crowded trolley moving despite animals on the track and troublesome passengers. A steep descent turns the journey into a runaway ride.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Trolley_Troubles_%281927%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original3452024-06-25T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/two-memories-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q4001088.webpTwo Memories (1909)Marion and Henry quarrel over a photograph and part company. Years later, his illness prompts a letter that she initially treats lightly, until a visit confronts her with the consequences of their estrangement.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/Two_Memories_%281909%29.webm/Two_Memories_%281909%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm3522019-03-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/searching-ruins-on-broadway-galveston-for-dead-bodies-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q1544152.webpSearching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies (1900)Workers search wreckage on Broadway in Galveston after the devastating 1900 hurricane. The brief actuality records the scale of the destruction and the difficult work of recovering victims.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Searching_for_bodies%2C_Galveston_1900.ogv/Searching_for_bodies%2C_Galveston_1900.ogv.240p.vp9.webm552008-09-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/kansas-saloon-smashers-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q18151305.webpKansas Saloon Smashers (1901)Women enter a saloon and attack its bottles and fittings, provoking a struggle with the bartender. A policeman intervenes in the staged confrontation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/Kansas_Saloon_Smashers_%281901%29_-_yt.webm/Kansas_Saloon_Smashers_%281901%29_-_yt.webm.480p.vp9.webm622013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-village-shoemakers-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q11884866.webpThe Village Shoemakers (1923)Esko sets out with Mikko to claim the bride his family expects him to marry. Finding her wedding to another man already under way sends him through a humiliating journey of mistaken expectations and setbacks.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f0/Nummisuutarit_%281923%29.webm/Nummisuutarit_%281923%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm42852016-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/writing-backwards-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q124649514.webpWriting Backwards (1896)Variety performer Félicien Trewey demonstrates backward writing for the camera. The fixed view concentrates attention on his hands and the unusual skill of his act.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/%C3%89criture_%C3%A0_l%E2%80%99envers_-_Film_1896.webm/%C3%89criture_%C3%A0_l%E2%80%99envers_-_Film_1896.webm.480p.vp9.webm502024-02-23T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/blood-of-minas-gerais-1929https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q17510481.webpBlood of Minas Gerais (1929)Carmem grows up in Juliano Sampaio's household alongside his daughter Neuza. When the man Carmem loves turns his attention to Neuza during a São João celebration, the apparent betrayal drives her into despair.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/Sangue_Mineiro_%281929%29.webm/Sangue_Mineiro_%281929%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm46922018-05-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-dog-s-love-1914https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q18149371.webpA Dog's Love (1914)A lonely little girl forms a close friendship with a collie. After a road accident takes her life, the dog's grief gives their bond a haunting continuation.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/A_Dog%27s_Love_%281914%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original6692015-07-18T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/oh-doctor-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3067284.webpOh Doctor! (1917)A doctor's losses at the races entangle him with a flirtatious woman and her accomplice. Their scheme puts his household at risk, leaving his resourceful son to outwit the adults.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/Oh_Doctor%21_%281917%29_by_Roscoe_Arbuckle.webm/Oh_Doctor%21_%281917%29_by_Roscoe_Arbuckle.webm.480p.vp9.webm14202024-08-06T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mabel-s-new-hero-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3223521.webpMabel's New Hero (1913)Fatty comes to Mabel's aid when a man bothers her at the beach. A ride in an observation balloon creates a more dangerous rescue when the balloon breaks free.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/Mabel%27s_New_Hero_%281913%29_.webm/Mabel%27s_New_Hero_%281913%29_.webm.480p.vp9.webm5112019-06-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-little-hero-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3602549.webpA Little Hero (1913)While Mabel is away, a cat threatens her caged parakeet. Her dog recruits help from other dogs, turning the household pets into the cast of a miniature rescue adventure.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/A_Little_Hero_-_George_Nichols_sr._-_1913%2C_Keystone_Film_-_EYE_FLM38894_-_OB_685520.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original2722014-10-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-eternal-mother-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3986840.webpThe Eternal Mother (1912)John leaves his wife for Mary, but their new life ends in tragedy when Mary dies after childbirth. His former wife raises the baby while keeping John at a distance, until illness reopens the question of forgiveness.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/61/The_Eternal_Mother_%281912%29.webm/The_Eternal_Mother_%281912%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm6692014-01-19T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/rok-1863-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q728354.webpRok 1863 (1922)During the January Uprising of 1863, Salomea shelters a wounded prince. Their growing attachment faces the danger of war and the social barriers defended by his family.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Rok_1863_%281922%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original68772018-04-07T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-vice-of-humanity-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q7772517.webpThe Vice of Humanity (1927)Opera singer Tamara's cocaine addiction leaves her dependent on a manipulative manager. When the daughter from whom she has been separated enters the same dangerous circle, Tamara struggles to protect her.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/Laster_der_Menschheit_%281927%29.webm/Laster_der_Menschheit_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm52782024-03-02T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/stick-around-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3973494.webpStick Around (1925)Two paperhangers take a job in a sanitarium and apply the wrong material to the walls. 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Her butler joins a plan to recover the letters, keeping both the blackmailer and her husband at bay.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Eve%27s_Love_Letters_%281927%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original11962023-02-24T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-natural-born-gambler-1916https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3602620.webpA Natural Born Gambler (1916)An inveterate gambler keeps trying to recover his losses at a saloon gathering. Disputes, a rival player and a police raid interrupt the games, but even jail cannot stop his imaginary card-playing.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/A_Natural_Born_Gambler_%281916%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original13662014-06-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/brothers-under-the-chin-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3645397.webpBrothers Under the Chin (1924)Twins separated in childhood grow up in very different circumstances. When a ship's captain abducts a well-dressed man to fill a vacancy in his crew, neither recognizes the family connection beneath their conflict.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/Brothers_Under_the_Chin_%281924%29.webm/Brothers_Under_the_Chin_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm14132024-07-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/twins-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q4001057.webpTwins (1925)Stan accepts an invitation to stay at his identical brother's home while the brother travels on business. A suspicious wife mistakes the visitor for her husband, setting off a quarrel that also involves Stan's fiancée.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/Twins_%281925%29.webm/Twins_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm13442024-07-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/zeb-vs-paprika-1924https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q763671.webpZeb vs. Paprika (1924)Dippy Donawho competes in a horse race against an American rival. The apparent victory becomes less clear when the riders discover a problem with the identity of their mounts.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Zeb_Vs._Paprika_%281924%29.webm/Zeb_Vs._Paprika_%281924%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm13602024-07-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/say-it-with-babies-1926https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3474698.webpSay It with Babies (1926)A department-store baby expert unexpectedly receives a child to care for and passes the responsibility to neighboring newlyweds. A picnic then brings bees, a speeding summons and a missing car key, leaving the adults increasingly helpless.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/Say_It_with_Babies_%281926%29.webm/Say_It_with_Babies_%281926%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7352024-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/pick-and-shovel-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3902676.webpPick and Shovel (1923)A miner struggles to make a donkey pull his wagon and to stay on good terms with the foreman. His interest in the foreman's animal-loving daughter adds romance to the hazards of the job.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/Pick_and_Shovel_%281923%29.webm/Pick_and_Shovel_%281923%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8162024-07-28T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/it-s-a-gift-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q6091105.webpIt's a Gift (1923)Oil executives invite an eccentric inventor to demonstrate his alternative to gasoline. He leaves a house crowded with peculiar labor-saving devices and sets out in a vehicle propelled by an enormous magnet.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/It%27s_a_gift_%281923%29.webm/It%27s_a_gift_%281923%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm8402019-06-14T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/a-man-about-town-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3602575.webpA Man About Town (1923)A traveler receives directions to follow a young woman in order to change streetcars. Taking the advice much too literally, he trails her through town and attracts unwelcome attention in the shops.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/A_Man_About_Town_%281923%29.webm/A_Man_About_Town_%281923%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7692024-07-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/fultah-fisher-s-boarding-house-1922https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q5508386.webpFultah Fisher's Boarding House (1922)At a sailors' boarding house, Anne of Austria becomes interested in a newly arrived seaman despite her relationship with Salem Hardieker. Rejection and jealousy provoke a confrontation with fatal consequences.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/Fultah_Fisher%27s_Boarding_House.webm/Fultah_Fisher%27s_Boarding_House.webm.480p.vp9.webm7132019-11-30T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/all-aboard-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3612064.webpAll Aboard (1917)A father takes his daughter to Bermuda to separate her from an unwanted suitor. The young man secretly boards the ship, where an encounter with a criminal gives him an unexpected chance to win approval.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/All_Aboard_1917_HAROLD_LLOYD_BEBE_DANIELS_SNUB_POLLARD_Alfred_J_Goulding.webm/All_Aboard_1917_HAROLD_LLOYD_BEBE_DANIELS_SNUB_POLLARD_Alfred_J_Goulding.webm.480p.vp9.webm7042014-11-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/two-gun-gussie-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q4001077.webpTwo-Gun Gussie (1918)A timid newcomer takes work playing piano in a rough Western saloon. When a criminal switches photographs in the sheriff's letters, the pianist acquires a fearsome reputation and begins to believe it himself.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/Two_Gun_Gussie_%281918%29.webm/Two_Gun_Gussie_%281918%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm5112019-06-14T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-artist-s-dilemma-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q2069070.webpThe Artist's Dilemma (1901)A sleeping artist dreams of a woman emerging from a clock to pose for a painting. A mischievous clown interferes, making the portrait and its models pass through a succession of surprising transformations.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bc/The_Artist%27s_Dilemma_%281901%29_-_yt.webm/The_Artist%27s_Dilemma_%281901%29_-_yt.webm.240p.vp9.webm1132013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-martyred-presidents-1901https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q2412740.webpThe Martyred Presidents (1901)A mourning figure sits beneath images of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield and William McKinley. A concluding tableau places an assassin before Justice, turning presidential remembrance into an allegory.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/The_Martyred_Presidents_1901_-_yt.webm/The_Martyred_Presidents_1901_-_yt.webm.240p.vp9.webm672013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/capture-of-boer-battery-by-british-1900https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q2937693.webpCapture of Boer Battery by British (1900)Soldiers exchange fire in a compact reconstruction of a Boer War engagement. Smoke and advancing figures present the conflict as a brief battlefield spectacle.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Capture_of_Boer_Battery_by_British_1900_James_H_White_Thomas_Edison.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original602014-11-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/slippery-jim-1909https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q123574429.webpSlippery Jim (1909)A captured pickpocket repeatedly slips out of police custody through impossible transformations. Vanishing acts, a flying bicycle and a change into a snake make ordinary restraints useless.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/Pickpocket_ne_craint_pas_les_entraves_%281909%29_-_yt.webm/Pickpocket_ne_craint_pas_les_entraves_%281909%29_-_yt.webm.480p.vp9.webm5012013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/nervy-nat-kisses-the-bride-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q16666335.webpNervy Nat Kisses the Bride (1904)A tramp steals a railway ticket and intrudes on a newly married couple's journey. His unwelcome attention to the bride brings the groom and train staff together to remove him.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/Nervy_Nat_Kisses_the_Bride_%281904%29_-_yt.webm/Nervy_Nat_Kisses_the_Bride_%281904%29_-_yt.webm.480p.vp9.webm1212013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-suburbanite-1904https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q18154652.webpThe Suburbanite (1904)A family moves to the suburbs in search of peace and comfort. Domestic mishaps undermine the promise, and an outburst involving broken crockery finally brings the police into their new home.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/The_Suburbanite_%281904%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original5582014-10-27T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/mckinley-at-home-canton-ohio-1896https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q283792.webpMcKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio (1896)William McKinley steps out of his house to receive news from his secretary while his wife sits on the porch. The staged visit recreates the announcement of his presidential nomination.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/William_McKinley_at_Home_Canton_Ohio_1896_1st_United_States_President_on_film.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original712014-11-16T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/peeping-pete-1913https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3374187.webpPeeping Pete (1913)Pete spies on a neighbor's wife through a hole in a fence. 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After annoying its formidable owner, a mistaken address leads him into the same man's home.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Pie-Eyed_%281925%29.webm/Pie-Eyed_%281925%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm13692024-07-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/seeing-the-world-1927https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3954222.webpSeeing the World (1927)A teacher's European holiday becomes an ordeal when his unruly pupils accompany him. Famous sights in Italy, Britain and France provide the setting for disruptions that culminate at the Eiffel Tower.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/Seeing_the_World_%281927%29.webm/Seeing_the_World_%281927%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm15672023-02-26T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-school-teacher-and-the-waif-1912https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q18464030.webpThe School Teacher and the Waif (1912)Nora leaves an unhappy home to attend school, where ridicule and humiliation deepen her loneliness. A traveling seller exploits her vulnerability until her teacher intervenes.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/The_School_Teacher_%26_the_Waif.webm/The_School_Teacher_%26_the_Waif.webm.480p.vp9.webm10632026-01-20T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-whole-truth-1923https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3990008.webpThe Whole Truth (1923)In divorce court, Stan faces his wife's complaint that a brief errand kept him away for weeks. His elaborate explanation turns to a hunting expedition, with his lawyer drawn into the tale.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/The_Whole_Truth_%281923%29.webm/The_Whole_Truth_%281923%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm7722024-07-29T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-kleptomaniac-1905https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q6144712.webpThe Kleptomaniac (1905)A wealthy woman steals goods from a department store, while a poor mother takes bread to feed her children. Both reach the same court, where social position determines how their offenses are treated.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/The_Kleptomaniac_%281905%29_-_yt.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original6432013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/opus-iv-1925https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q60791953.webpOpus IV (1925)Geometric forms move, expand and meet across the screen in an abstract visual composition. Rhythm comes from the changing shapes and their arrangement rather than characters or a conventional story.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Lichsspiel_opus_IV_%281925%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original2592015-03-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-train-wreckers-1905https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q15051522.webpThe Train Wreckers (1905)A railway worker's daughter discovers a plan to derail the train driven by the man she loves. After escaping the plotters, she warns him, only to become the target of a second attack on the tracks.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/The_Train_Wreckers_%281905%29_-_yt.webm/The_Train_Wreckers_%281905%29_-_yt.webm.480p.vp9.webm6932013-10-13T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/her-crowning-glory-1911https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q16251229.webpHer Crowning Glory (1911)A widower falls for the governess hired to manage his mischievous daughter. 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He agrees only if she rides unclothed through the town, making her concern for its people a test of courage and dignity.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/Lady_Godiva_%281911%29.webm/Lady_Godiva_%281911%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm5702018-04-08T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/the-candy-kid-1917https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3020347.webpThe Candy Kid (1917)Rival confectioners compete for customers across a street, and one recruits a tramp to sabotage the other. A bomb passed between unwilling hands turns the plan against its organizer.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/The_Candy_Kid_%281917%29.webm?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=original8142014-07-17T00:00:00Zhttps://openclassiccinema.com/en/films/broadway-love-1918https://openclassiccinema.com/images/films/scheduled-300-2026-09-22/q3645186.webpBroadway Love (1918)A country girl finds work in a Broadway chorus and enters a world of parties, precarious romances and wealthy suitors. Helping a despairing man complicates her own choices as admirers from both city and country pursue her.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/Broadway_Love_%281918%29.webm/Broadway_Love_%281918%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm35952024-06-19T00:00:00Z