Preserved Film Movies

  • 1942
    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    5.8211942HD

    The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox...

    The Battle of Midway
  • 1964
    Zorba the Greek

    Zorba the Greek

    Zorba the Greek

    7.51964HD

    An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

    Zorba the Greek
  • 1928
    The Circus

    The Circus

    The Circus

    81928HD

    Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

    The Circus
  • 1950
    Where the Sidewalk Ends

    Where the Sidewalk Ends

    Where the Sidewalk Ends

    7.11950HD

    A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

    Where the Sidewalk Ends
  • 1972
    Sleuth

    Sleuth

    Sleuth

    7.6751972HD

    A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife's lover – but things aren't exactly as they seem. Preserved by the Academy Film...

    Sleuth
  • 1953
    Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street

    7.41953HD

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her...

    Pickup on South Street
  • 1949
    All the King's Men

    All the King's Men

    All the King's Men

    6.9511949HD

    A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore...

    All the King's Men
  • 1953
    The Big Heat

    The Big Heat

    The Big Heat

    7.61953HD

    After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a...

    The Big Heat
  • 1927
    Wings

    Wings

    Wings

    7.2211927HD

    Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces...

    Wings
  • 1950
    Night and the City

    Night and the City

    Night and the City

    7.51950HD

    Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes...

    Night and the City
  • 1956
    Aparajito

    Aparajito

    Aparajito

    7.91956HD

    Aparajito picks up where the first film leaves off, with Apu and his family having moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of...

    Aparajito
  • 1940
    The Return of Frank James

    The Return of Frank James

    The Return of Frank James

    6.251940HD

    Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

    The Return of Frank James
  • 1941
    How Green Was My Valley

    How Green Was My Valley

    How Green Was My Valley

    7.2761941HD

    A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.

    How Green Was My Valley
  • 1963
    Hud

    Hud

    Hud

    7.21963HD

    Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out...

    Hud
  • 1964
    The Masque of the Red Death

    The Masque of the Red Death

    The Masque of the Red Death

    6.5921964HD

    A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.

    The Masque of the Red Death
  • 1967
    Spider Baby

    Spider Baby

    Spider Baby

    6.91967HD

    In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes...

    Spider Baby
  • 1945
    Leave Her to Heaven

    Leave Her to Heaven

    Leave Her to Heaven

    7.3711945HD

    A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

    Leave Her to Heaven
  • 1964
    Becket

    Becket

    Becket

    7.11964HD

    King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another...

    Becket
  • 1954
    Human Desire

    Human Desire

    Human Desire

    6.71954HD

    A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder. Preserved by...

    Human Desire
  • 1933
    Cavalcade

    Cavalcade

    Cavalcade

    5.51933HD

    A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst...

    Cavalcade