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Anyone Else Use the Internet Archive to Find Old Movies to Watch?

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I like many older cheesy movies or often unpopular movies that have got forgotten in time, and I often end up at the Internet Archive looking for an old movie to download and watch. Anyone else do this?

archive.org/details/moviesandfilms

Lots of stuff there, some a bit iffy, lots of classic scifi movies, films that are now out of copyright etc. Early b/w and silent movies. A quick rummage through normally finds something interesting to watch. Some classic Japanese movies there like Zatoichi movies although perhaps 'classic' is a bit too much but still an interesting bit of Japanese cinema. It can make an interesting distraction from modern movies which often omit a proper story. I've downloaded Grapes of Wrath to watch, not seen it for years.

A lot of colourised movies there as well which are fairly recent using AI colouring software. Results can be pretty good although it does feel wrong for some movies though where the b/w image added to the atmosphere of the movie.

Obviously everything is free and you can do whatever you want with the files and place them on phones, tablets etc when bored and out and about etc.

BonzoBanana
3 days ago
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PhilipMarc

I tend to go on torrent websites and if it's not there, then use a search engine.

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Emerge11

Yes I do. I got It stored on my computer In a separate window. I just click It when I want to browse. Some good stuff on there too.

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jam45

My TV Mag has Talking Pictures channel 82 Freeview, Freesat channel 306, Sky channel 328, Virgin channel 445 showing old movies.

I will give your suggestion a try tomorrow.

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MelissaLee1

I love old movies as well.Plenty on Roku.I have used the archive before and you have now inspired me to revisit.Thanks.

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jam45

I had a look at archive.org/ and I was put off with the login in and borrow details. I think I can find all of those movies on YouTube without signing in.

I tried a Torrent website and quickly closed it. Apparently, you are advised to use a VPN for safety. I will stick to YouTube.

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BonzoBanana

I don't log in, I just download the movies I want. I tend to not bother with the high resolution versions, I'm happy with the DVD resolution movies which are only about 400-700 Megabytes each typically under the H.264 format and just use save link to download the file. Saves space on my nas drives. Obviously if its worth having high resolution I will but the film has to merit it. Also lots of interesting magazines and books there to. Probably audio books and music too but not really looked at those.

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jam45

I will have another look later.

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