There are a myriad of streaming platforms these days, but most of them feature current film and TV, and require subscriptions to view.

WikiFlix is a great resource that offers hundreds of public domain classic films, all available to stream for free.

Screenshot of the WikiFlix homepage displaying movie thumbnails with titles and years. The layout includes sections for recently edited and highly ranked films.

Foreign, documentary, science fiction, animated and many many more are represented on the site.

It feels like stepping into a film lover’s treasure trove. They offer well over 4,000 titles and growing.

Here are just a few of the best films we’ve seen in a range of categories:

Science fiction (10)

FilmYear
A Trip to the Moon1902
Frankenstein1910
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1916
The Lost World1925
Just Imagine1930
Things to Come1936
Teenagers from Outer Space1959
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die1962
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians1964
Tears of Steel2012

Source: WikiFlix “Science fiction films” list.  

Fantasy (10)

FilmYear
Cinderella1899
Jack and the Beanstalk1902
Alice in Wonderland1903
Waxworks1924
The Hands of Orlac1924
The Thief of Bagdad1924
Peter Pan1924
The Wizard of Oz1925
Faust1926
The Sorrows of Satan1926

Source: WikiFlix “Fantasy films” list.  

Documentary (10)

FilmYear
Nanook of the North1922
Moana1926
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty1927
Chang1927
Man with a Movie Camera1929
Turksib1929
Salt for Svanetia1930
With Byrd at the South Pole1930
À propos de Nice1930
Close-Up1990

Source: WikiFlix “Documentary films” list.  

H/T to SwissMiss for the link.


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