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Here is a list of free and legally available movies on archive.org (this is of course only a very minor collection). All of the movies are available to watch as a stream or download in usually a variety of formats.

1. Sergei M. Eisenstein's 'Battleship Potemkin (1925)'
2. Boris Karloff's first screen appearance in 'Last of the Mohicans (1920)'
3. Michael Gordon's 'Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)'
4. Charles Laughton, John Carradine and Randolph Scott in 'Captain Kidd (1945)'
5. Ernest Hemingway's 'Farewell to Arms (1932)'
6. Douglas Fairbanks 'Iron Mask (1952)'
7. Frank Capra's 'Meet John Doe (1941)'
8. Edward G. Robinson and Orson Welles in 'The Stranger (1946)'
9. Captain Kirk's first footsteps prior to Star Trek in 'Shame (1962)'
10. James Cagney in H.C. Potter's adaptation of William Saroyan's 'The Time of Your Life (1948)'
11. Seymour Hicks in an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 'Scrooge (1935)'
12. Alfred Hitchcock's 'The 39 Steps (1935)'. This movie was not available due to technical difficulties at the time of posting.
13. Nat Levine's 'Dick Tracy (1937)' - complete 15 episodes
14. I bet you recognise the American troubadour in this: 'Five Minutes To Live (1961)'
15. Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)'
16. Lon Chaney in 'The Phantom of the Opera (1925)'
17. George Romero's 'Night of the Living Dead (1968)' - Funny story behind its availability, the producers plainly forgot to add a copyright notice to the movie, it became public domain the second it was released. Therefore, the full DVD is available for download.
18. Lloyd Bridges in 'Rocketship X-M (1950)'
19. Vincent Price starring in the first adaptation of Richard Matheson's 'I am Legend', yes precisely that one 'The Last Man on Earth (1964)'
20. This one has to be included in the list Ed Woods 'Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)', considered by many to be the worst scifi movie ever made.

Please note, this will be a bit of a 'work in progress' should it generate any interest. So, if you like the idea, let me know, these things do take time and effort, neither of which I like wasting.

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MarkBld

I started to ask where you were able to find Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" but, lo and behold, it's available on Amazon. It may be available for free elsewhere, but I'm afraid I'm a bit selfish when it comes to movies or tv shows: if I don't like it, I don't want it, even for free; if I do like it, I want it for my own - I don't want to rent it or even download it (and, to me, downloading a movie or show is not really owning it).

I'll check out some of the links you give - especially "Ptomkin." I have the Vincent Price version of "I Am Legend." I tried once to watch "Citizen Kane," but could only make through the first half hour or so; but I'm determined to try it again.

Sometimes what you see as a kid should be kept in a special little brain box labeled "Do Not Open As An Adult." Case in point, I had seen - on tv mind you! - the great French comic Jacques Tati's "Mr. Hulot's Holiday" - and absolutely roared with laughter. Years later I rented it and boy was I disappointed - I expected way too much and didn't allow for the difference between a kid's and an adult's sense of humor. I still liked the film; but the parts I found hilarious as a kid did nothing for me while some of the gags I missed then were quite wonderful. I guess I should just be grateful my taste actually did grow a bit in x-many years!