Directory of Public Domain Movies

[TJ Wells]

The last couple days i've just been watching old classic after old classic movie that is available online because its copyright expired. Here's a list of the best available for anyone who wants to expand their old film knowledge:

Battleship Potemkin (http://www.archive.org/details/BattleshipPotemkin)
The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (http://www.archive.org/details/DasKabinettdesDoktorCaligariTheCabi netofDrCaligari)
Scarlet Street (http://www.archive.org/details/ScarletStreet)
M (http://www.archive.org/details/M_)
His Girl Friday (http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=feature_films&collectionid=his_girl_friday)
Reefer Madness (http://www.archive.org/details/reefer_madness1938)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 Version) (http://www.archive.org/details/AHTheManWhoKnewTooMuch1934)
The 39 Steps (http://www.archive.org/details/The39Steps)
Carnival Of Souls (http://www.archive.org/details/CarnivalofSouls)
Man With A Movie Camera (http://www.archive.org/details/ChelovekskinoapparatomManWithAMovie Camera)
The Gold Rush (http://www.archive.org/details/TheGoldRush)
My Man Godfrey (http://www.archive.org/details/my_man_godfrey)
Night Of The Living Dead (http://www.archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead)
Nosferatu (http://www.archive.org/details/nosferatu)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0zW-du23Ok)
Rashomon (http://www.archive.org/details/Rashomon)

[buysoap]

Plan 9 From Outer Space!!!

I know what I'm watching later today.

[IAmNietzche]

Plan 9 and Nosferatu are in my top 25 favorite films.

[aminorthreat55]

Hey TJ do they have any of the old Hitchcock ones that I haven't seen?

[IAmNietzche]

Hey TJ do they have any of the old Hitchcock ones that I haven't seen?
I would be surprised if any of Hitchcock's films were public domain.

[FstFtsVsFences]

I've seen Battleship Potemkin.

[TJ Wells]

I would be surprised if any of Hitchcock's films were public domain.
? there are two in that list.

sabotage is too but i cant find it

[aminorthreat55]

I would be surprised if any of Hitchcock's films were public domain.
Really? I need the old British ones from the 1920s, so I figured if any, those would be.

[TJ Wells]

wow nothing really to do with this, but check out this site...sounds cool:

www.twofifty.org

[IAmNietzche]

Not to step on TJ's toes cause he picked some good films, but here are a few others I think are definitely worth watching.

D.O.A. (http://www.archive.org/details/doa_1949) - Rudolph Maté
Dementia 13 (http://www.archive.org/details/Dementia_13.avi) - Francis Ford Coppola
The Stranger (http://www.archive.org/details/TheStranger_0) - Orson Welles
Suddenly (http://www.archive.org/details/TheStranger_0) - Lewis Allen

[ThexQuietxCull]

oh man, cabinet of dr. caligari is absolutely amazing. probably my favorite film to come out of the avant-garde movement, that and metropolis

[preppyak]

Battleship Potemkin (http://www.archive.org/details/BattleshipPotemkin)
The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (http://www.archive.org/details/DasKabinettdesDoktorCaligariTheCabi netofDrCaligari)
M (http://www.archive.org/details/M_)
The 39 Steps (http://www.archive.org/details/The39Steps)
Man With A Movie Camera (http://www.archive.org/details/ChelovekskinoapparatomManWithAMovie Camera)
[/URL][URL="http://www.archive.org/details/nosferatu"]Nosferatu (http://www.archive.org/details/TheGoldRush)
Rashomon (http://www.archive.org/details/Rashomon)
All neccessary films in my mind

[slickwataris]

ooo a Fritz Lang movie. He was a character in the Fullmetal Alchemist movie.


where can I find this "directory"

[Adeniz19]

i need an external HD and a faster connection damnit

[PaulsRightNut]

I've seen rashomon, i had to read it for a class and we watched the film. it was cool haha

[TJ Wells]

ooo a Fritz Lang movie. He was a character in the Fullmetal Alchemist movie.


where can I find this "directory"
there's links, but the majority are @ www.archive.org

[AShannon04]

Really? I need the old British ones from the 1920s, so I figured if any, those would be.

Copyrights expire 70 years after the death of the artist. Since Hitchcock died in 1980, his films will be in the public domain in 2050. Even so, if his estate was passed down to his family, they can pretty much renew the copyright protection forever.

[aminorthreat55]

Copyrights expire 70 years after the death of the artist. Since Hitchcock died in 1980, his films will be in the public domain in 2050. Even so, if his estate was passed down to his family, they can pretty much renew the copyright protection forever.
I'm not certain on this, but aren't film copyrights maintained by the production company?

Hitchcock would technically be listed as the author, but the production company would be the claimant and owner.

[AShannon04]

I'm not certain on this, but aren't film copyrights maintained by the production company?

hmmm, you're probably right. I was just spouting off what I learned from one of my society & law classes, haha. However, I would think that production companies would keep copyrights for a longer period of time so that they could collect the maximum amount of royalties and whatnot.