2019 update: this list has not yet been updated with most of the 1923 films that just became public domain. See the comments below for a list of those films. Let me know if you find them!

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Free movies, y'all! These are in the public domain because:
- the copyright expired
- the copyright owner failed to renew
- the copyright owner intentionally released it under the public domain, just to be awesome

This list is a work in progress. I am occasionally adding links to Archive.org and other sites. Anything without a link is from publicdomainmovie.net, and you can find it by googling "[movie title] site:publicdomainmovie.net". I'm still working on adding all the animated films from that site.

Please note that I did not check each film individually to make sure it is actually in the public domain. Some may have been illegally uploaded or may be under a different license.

Let me know in the comments if you have of a link to a film that's not on here!

Not on letterboxd:
Charlie Shanghaied (1915)
Fatty's Spooning Days (1915)
Backstage (1919)
Cinderella (1922) (not Aschenputtel)
The Light of Faith (1922)
Felix the Cat - The Stone Age (1922)
Felix the Ghost Breaker (1923)
The Secret of Doctor Kildare (1939)
Zeppelin vs. Pterodactyls: The Lost Cartoon (1942)
Popeye: Cooking With Gags (1954)
Gold Rush Gumby (1957)
Sister Streetfighter (1974)
any of the Mel-o-toons

At Midnight I Will Take Your Soul (1964)
archive.org/details/Holy_Terror_Podcast_Halloween
Betty Boop S.O.S. (1932)
archive.org/details/BettyBoopS.o.s
Calvary (1936)
archive.org/details/calvary
Crossroads Blues (2010)
archive.org/details/Crossroads_french_documentary_on_Robert_Johnson
Dawn of the Great Divide (1942)
archive.org/details/dawn_of_the_great_divide
Desert Escape (1940) also titled Marked Man
archive.org/details/desert_escape
Die Nuernberger Reichsparteitage der NSDAP aus den Jahren 1927, 1929 und 1933
archive.org/details/1933-DieNuernbergerReichsparteitageDerNsdapAusDenJahren19271929Und
Ein Lebensbild aus unseren Tagen
archive.org/details/1933-SA-Mann-Brand
El Periodo Especial (1993)
archive.org/details/PERIODICO
Frankenstein (1974)
archive.org/details/Frankenstein1974-BorisLugosi
Fresh from Paris (1955)
archive.org/details/freshFromParis
It Came for Friendship but Found Food (2014)
archive.org/details/ItCameForFriendship.mpg2
Jane Eyre (1970 tv movie)
archive.org/details/JaneEyre70
Marvelous Melbourne archive.org/details/MarvellousMelbourne
Trapeze Stripper
archive.org/details/TrapezeStripper
The Adventures of Ellery Queen
archive.org/details/Ellery_Queen_DuMont
The Night Before Christmas (1908)
archive.org/details/TheNightBeforeChristmas_235
Wake Me Up When the War is Over
archive.org/details/WakeMeUpWhentheWarisOverKenBarryJimBackus1969goofyrip