Stream 4,000+ Public Domain Movies on WikiFlix: Silent Classics, Academy Award-Winners, Hitchcock Films & More

"Even casu­al film-lovers will know those impor­tant titles, even if they have yet to watch the pic­tures them­selves. Reg­u­lar Open Cul­ture read­ers may also spot more than a few movies pre­vi­ous­ly fea­tured here: Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon; Lotte Reiniger's The Adven­tures of Prince Achmed; William Cameron Men­zies' (H. G. Wells-script­ed) ; Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hik­er. There's also Stan­ley Donen's , the best film Alfred Hitch­cock nev­er made -"

"Young peo­ple in the twen­ty-twen­ties may be unable to fath­om how pre­vi­ous gen­er­a­tions got by with­out Net­flix and the like, but all of us, what­ev­er our age, may be curi­ous about what such plat­forms would have offered in the nine­teen-twen­ties. Now we can see for our­selves on Wik­i­Flix, a free stream­ing site that offers more than 4,000 pub­lic-domain films for our enjoy­ment."

"Cur­rent­ly hot on its front page: Fritz Lang's Metrop­o­lis, Sergei Eisen­stein's Bat­tle­ship Potemkin, and F. W. Mur­nau's Nos­fer­atu. Even casu­al film-lovers will know those impor­tant titles, even if they have yet to watch the pic­tures them­selves. Reg­u­lar Open Cul­ture read­ers may also spot more than a few movies pre­vi­ous­ly fea­tured here: Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon; Lotte Reiniger's The Adven­tures of Prince Achmed; William Cameron Men­zies' (H. G. Wells-script­ed) ; Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hik­er."

Motion pictures were being enjoyed a century ago, though home viewing and on-demand streaming emerged decades later. Young people today may struggle to imagine life without modern streaming platforms, yet many early films remain available online. WikiFlix offers a free streaming service with more than 4,000 public-domain films for public access. The site highlights landmark titles such as Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, and F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu. Recent Public Domain Day additions include Hitchcock's Murder!, the Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers, and All Quiet on the Western Front.

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