Top 40 best free legal movies you can download right now
The Internet Archive works to bring together anything and everything that resides in the public domain, and that includes movies. We’ve gathered together 40 of the best ones that will keep you entertained for hours on end, all without costing you a dime outside of using some of your bandwidth. Enjoy!
A Star Is Born: This 1937 version of a story of a rising star in Hollywood was remade twice, once in 1954 with Judy Garland and again in 1976 with Barbara Streisand.
Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin): A major turning point in the production of silent movies that took the camera out of being something that didn’t move to actually being involved in the story.
Captain Kidd: Charles Laughton and John Carradine star in this film of suspense on the high seas from 1945.
Child Bride: A controversial film from 1938 about a schoolteacher trying to end the practice of older men taking child brides in the Ozark mountains.
Cyrano De Bergerac: This 1950 adaptation of the story is widely regarded as the best version by many people.
Farwell to Arms: Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, this 1932 film stars Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes.
Great Guy: James Cagney stars in this 1936 film about one mans efforts to clean up corruption in the Weights And Measures Department.
Iron Mask: A 1952 re-release of the 1929 silent film with added narration by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as his father had starred in the movie.
Last of the Mohicans: A 1920 silent film adaptation of the novel. Keep an eye out for Boris Karloff in his first role as an uncredited Native American.
Mambo: A 1954 film about the rising star of a female dancer who’s past comes back to haunt her when she returns to her home city of Venice.
Meet John Doe: A Frank Capra film starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck about a journalist who makes up a story about a John Doe, and then sees the story take on a life of its own, even launching a political movement.
Shame: Produced by Roger Corman and starring a pre-Star Trek William Shatner, this film tells the story of a man sent into a southern town to stir up race riots. Roger Corman claims this is the only film of the over 300 he’s produced to lose money.
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble: A 1976 television movie based on the real life story of a boy who could not come into contact with unfiltered air, causing him to live his life in a bubble. It was notable for starring John Travolta and Robert Reed, best known as Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch. For some odd reason this film became a pop culture phenomenon, being referenced many times on That 70′s Show, spawning the term “in the bubble” in politics and so on.
The Contender: A 1944 version of the story of a prizefighter that loses sight of what is most important in his life. Stars Buster Crabbe, best known for his role as Tarzan.
The Stranger: Starring Edward G. Robinson and Orson Welles, this 1946 film tells the story of a Nazi who hides in the United States after the war and is hunted by a member of the Allied War Crimes Commission.
The Time of Your Life: A 1948 adaptation of William Saroyan’s award-winning play, this version starred James Cagney.
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