Free movies to download
Looking for some movies for your portable device? I found a link to some really great movies you can download for free. You can view the entire library here:
http://www.archive.org/details/feature_films
There are currently 1,232 movies online.
The 39 Steps
Year: 1935
Duration: 81 minutes
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll
Rating: Excellent
A man is suspected of murdering a spy. As police pursue him across Scotland, the real murderers become apparent.
While there have been two other movie versions of this story (based on a novel by John Buchan), Hitchcock’s version stands as the most acclaimed.
His Girl Friday
Year: 1940
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 92 minute
Directed by Howard Hawks, starring Carry Grant (pictured) and Rosalind Russell.
Rating: Excellent
Russell plays a reporter who is planning on getting out of the newspaper game after divorcing her publisher husband played by Grant. Just about as she is about to make her exit, Grant asks her to cover breaking news.
Described by one reviewer as one of the “fastest of all movies, from line to line, and from gag to gag”.
Night of the Living Dead
Year: 1968
Genre: Horror
Duration: 98 minutes
Directed by George A Romero, starring Judith O’Dea and Duane Jones.
Rating: Very good
One of the most influential horror films of all time. The heroine finds herself trapped in a farmhouse with an assortment of characters as flesh eating zombies attack.
A lot of old horror movies haven’t really stood the test of time. This one does, and many argue that it’s better than the 1990 remake.
Interestingly, this movie was made on a budget of $114,000, but had managed to make $30 million within ten years.
By the way, the opening scene gets my nomination for “just deserts for a real jerk” award — you’ll know what I mean when you see it.
D.O.A. (Dead on arrival)
Year: 1950
Genre: Film noir drama
Duration: 83 minutes
Directed by Rudolph Mate, starring Edmond O’Brien
Rating: Good
A man tries to find out who has poisoned him, and why, with slow acting Radium.
D.O.A is considered by many to be a classic film noir movie.
Panic In The Streets
Year: 1950
Genre: Action
Duration: 96 minutes
Directed by Elia Kazan, starring Richard Widmark, Jack Palance
Rating: Very Good
In this semidocumentary film, Heath officials attempt to find a carrier of Bubonic plague on the New Orleans waterfront.
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