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List of lost films; List of lost silent films (1910–1914) List of lost silent films (1915–1919) List of lost silent films (1920–1924) List of lost silent films (1925–1929) List of incomplete or partially lost films; List of lost or unfinished animated films; List of rediscovered films; List of rediscovered film footage
Note: This list is not comprehensive; the vast majority of public domain films are not listed here. This list includes a selection of notable films where a reliable secondary source is available that discusses public domain status. Others are on the list of animated films in the public domain in the United States.
The Registry contains newsreels, silent films, student films, experimental films, short films, music videos, films out of copyright protection or in the public domain, film serials, home movies, documentaries, animation and independent films. As of the 2024 listing, there are 900 films in the Registry.
Note that restored, subtitled, and dubbed versions of films can themselves be subject to copyright, even if other elements of the film are in the public domain. Thus even if a film dates from 1915 and as such is ineligible for copyright in the United States of America, a 2004 version with new visual or audio elements (including the addition of ...
Unpublished works whose authors died in 1954 entered the public domain in 2025. The Broadway Melody, MGM's first musical film and the winner of the second Academy Award for Best Picture, entered the public domain in 2025. Among the films that entered public domain in 2025 are the following: The Cocoanuts, the first film of the Marx Brothers
Surviving American silent films (1,066 P) T. Silent American thriller films (30 P) W. Silent American Western (genre) films (3 C, 1,152 P)
Many films of the silent era have been lost. [1] The Library of Congress estimates 75% of all silent films are lost forever. About 10,919 American silent films were produced, but only 2,749 of them still exist in some complete form, either as an original American 35mm version, a foreign release, or as a lower-quality copy.
The following is a list of animated films in the public domain in the United States for which there is a source to verify its status as public domain under the terms of U.S. copyright law. For more information, see List of films in the public domain in the United States. Films published before 1930 are not included because all such films are in ...