Best Public Domain Movies List

For TV Stations and Media Distribution Services, these are some of the best public domain films we have sold over the last two decades. You'll find a full range of timeless public domain movies that still capture audiences. Horror and sci fi films are always popular. Landmark historic films like Birth of a Nation. Even Martial Arts titles with Bruce Lee are here. Romance, Comedy, Drama, Action, Adventure! We have it all. For television shows, please navigate to them from the top menu.

Horror Movies

A Bucket of Blood
(Available in HD)
Attack of the Giant Leeches
Carnival of Souls
(1962)
(Available in HD)
Dementia 13
(1963)
(Available in HD)
The House on Haunted Hill
(1959) 75 mins
(Available in HD)
Killer Shrews, The
(1959)
Little Shop of Horrors
(1961)
(Available in HD)
Night of the Living Dead
(1968) 96 mins
(Available in HD)
Night Tide
(1963)
Dennis Hopper
(Available in HD)
Nosferatu
(1922)
Phantom of the Opera
(1923)
Spider Baby!
(Available in HD)
The Terror (1963)
(Available in HD)
White Zombie
(1932) 69 mins
(Available in HD)
Haxan: Witchcraft through the Ages (1922)
See more Public Domain Horror Movies

Sci Fi Movies

Destination Moon
(1950)
Missile to the Moon
(1959)
< The Brain That Wouldn't Die
(1963)
(Available in HD)
Last Man on Earth
Vincent Price
(Available in HD)
Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
(Available in HD)
Radar Men From the Moon
(1951)
Teenagers from Outer Space
(1959)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
(1964)
(Available in HD)
See more Public Domain Sci Fi Movies

Exploitation Movies

Reefer Madness
Get Christie Love
(1974)
Jailbait
(1954)
Slave of the Cannibal God
(1978)
See more Public Domain Exploitation Movies  

Action / Adventure

The Magic Sword
(1960) Color, 80 mins
The Most Dangerous Game
(1932) 70 mins
The Son of Monte Cristo
(1940) 92 mins

Black Heritage Films

Joe Louis Story, The
The Duke Is Tops
(1938) 73 mins
Hi De Ho
(1947) 64 mins Cab Calloway
Jivin’ in Be-Bop
(1946) 58 mins
Lou Gehrig Story, The
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Comedy

At War With the Army
(Available in HD)
Beat the Devil
Humphrey Bogart
(Available in HD)
The Flying Deuces
(1939) 65 mins
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
(Available in HD)
Heartbeat
(1946) Ginger Rogers
(Available in HD)
His Girl Friday
(1940) 92 mins Cary Grant
(Available in HD)
Inspector General
(1949)
Danny Kaye
My Favorite Brunette
(Available in HD)
My Man Godfrey
(1936) 95 mins William Powell
(Available in HD)
The Road to Bali
(1952) Color, 90 mins Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour
(Available in HD)
The Smallest Show on Earth
(1957, British) 80 mins

Drama


Cyrano de Bergerac
(1950) 112 mins Oscar-winning performance by Jose Ferrer
A Farewell to Arms
(Available in HD) A Star is Born
(1937)
(Available in HD)
Our Town
(1940) 90 mins William Holden and Martha Scott
Rain
(1932) 90 mins Joan Crawford
A Walk in the Sun
Zulu
(Available in HD)

Romance

Algiers
(1938) 99 mins Hedy Lamarr
The Last Time I Saw Paris
(1954) Color, 115 mins Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson
Love Affair
(1939) 87 mins Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer Indiscretion of an American Wife
(Available in HD)

Film Noir

Borderline
Big Combo, The
(Available in HD) Charade
Carey Grant, Audrey Hepburn
(Available in HD)
Detour
(1945) 68 mins Classic Edgar G. Ulmer B-pic.
D.O.A.
(1950) 83 mins Edmond O’Brien
Gilda

Rita Hayworth (Available in HD)
Impact
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Alfred Hitchcock
(Available in HD)
M
The Naked Kiss
(1964) 92 mins
Constance Towers
(Available in HD)
The Red House
(Available in HD)
Scarlet Street
(Available in HD)
Stranger, The
Orson Welles
(Available in HD)
Suddenly
Frank Sinatra
(Available in HD)
The Third Man
(Available in HD)
Touch of Evil
Orson Welles
(Available in HD)
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Mystery!

And Then There Were None
(1945) 98 mins Agatha Christie mystery.
The Bat
(1959) 80 mins Vincent Price, Agnes Moorhead.
(Available in HD)
Cat O' Nine Tails
(1971) Color, 112 mins
(Available in HD)

Detectives

Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill
(1946) 71 mins Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
(Available in HD)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
(1947) 65 mins Ralph Byrd
The Kennel Murder Case
(1933) 73 mins William Powell With Mary Astor.

Musicals

The Fabulous Dorseys
(1947) 89 mins Janet Blair, Paul Whiteman
Penny Serenade Cary Grant (Available in HD) Royal Wedding (1951) Color, 93 mins Fred Astaire and Jane Powell Stagedoor Canteen (1943) 132 mins See more Musicals

Westerns

Angel and the Badman (1947) 100 mins John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey (Available in HD) Chino Charles Bronson Fighting Caravans (1931) 80 mins Zane Grey, Gary Cooper McClintock! John Wayne (Available in HD) One-Eyed Jacks (1961) Color, 141 mins Marlon Brando, Karl Malden Directed by Marlon Brando (Available in HD) The Outlaw Jane Russel Ride in the Whirlwind (Available in HD) The Shooting (Available in HD) Stagecoach (Available in HD) Bells of San Angelo (1947) Color, 78 mins Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans and Andy Devine The Big Show (1936) 70 mins Gene Autry See more Western Movies

Landmark Films

Birth of a Nation Nosferatu Metropolis The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Trip to the Moon

Children's

Gulliver's Travels (Available in HD) Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) Color, 78 mins Abbott and Costello  

Serials

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Martial Arts

Fists of Fury - Bruce Lee The Big Boss - Bruce Lee

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