Humans were already enjoying movies a century ago. But we’re still decades away from being able to do that at home, and even further away from being able to watch movies on demand through streaming services. Twenty-somethings may not understand how previous generations got by without things like Netflix, but regardless of age, we all might be curious about what such a platform had to offer in the 1920s. Now we can see with our own eyes wikiflixis a free streaming site offering over 4,000 public domain movies. Currently attracting attention on the front page is an article by Fritz Lang. big citySergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkinof FW Murnau nosferatu.
Even casual movie buffs will know these important titles, even if they’ve never actually seen the picture. If you’re a regular reader of Open Culture, you might recognize some of the films we’ve featured here before: Georges Méliès’ journey to the moon;Lotte Reinigers Adventures of Prince Achmed; William Cameron Menzies (screenplay by H.G. Wells) What to do come;Ida Lupino hitchhiker.
There’s also one by Stanley Donen. charadeThe Best Movies Alfred Hitchcock Never Made, and Some Movies He Made, of lodger, jamaica innand infamous. Hitchcock’s murder! It was one of the 1930 films just released on Public Domain Day earlier this month, along with others starring the Marx Brothers. animal crackers and won the Best Picture Award All is quiet on the Western Front.
Not all movies on WikiFlix are at least 95 years old. Some have fallen into the public domain for reasons other than pure age. Others, like Nina Paley Sita sings the bluesmade available for free by the creator at the time of release. Browse sites by yearand many other recent works. in list of sectionsyou can also organize display options by country, frequency of citations on Wikipedia (the volunteer community that created WikiFlix), and genre. What do you think? film noir tonight? a friend’s photo?in some way exploitation?probably B western? As TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling writes:“Would you like to take a look?” soviet musical Inspired by Cinderella, silent movie about brave pirates, or japanese apocalyptic movie That’s the feature man Somehow played for both the Boston Celtics and What about the Chicago Cubs? “and That’s wonderful life Here you can see that it is at least ready for next Christmas.
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