Preserved Film Movies

  • 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
  • 1927
    Wings

    Wings

    Wings

    7.21927HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1958
    The Music Room

    The Music Room

    The Music Room

    7.51958HD

    An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the...

    The Music Room
  • 1982
    Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

    7.61982HD

    The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems...

    Burden of Dreams
  • 1977
    Harlan County U.S.A.

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    7.41977HD

    This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973....

    Harlan County U.S.A.
  • 1977
    The Chess Players

    The Chess Players

    The Chess Players

    7.11977HD

    In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich...

    The Chess Players
  • 1949
    All the King's Men

    All the King's Men

    All the King's Men

    71949HD

    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
  • 1962
    Advise & Consent

    Advise & Consent

    Advise & Consent

    7.2161962HD

    Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired...

    Advise & Consent
  • 1941
    Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

    71941HD

    Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten,...

    Man Hunt
  • 1964
    Lilith

    Lilith

    Lilith

    6.51964HD

    Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private psychiatric facility for wealthy people where he...

    Lilith
  • 1950
    Where the Sidewalk Ends

    Where the Sidewalk Ends

    Where the Sidewalk Ends

    7.1481950HD

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

    Where the Sidewalk Ends
  • 1964
    The Masque of the Red Death

    The Masque of the Red Death

    The Masque of the Red Death

    6.5891964HD

    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
  • 1942
    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    5.81942HD

    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
  • 1994
    Hoop Dreams

    Hoop Dreams

    Hoop Dreams

    7.5991994HD

    Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High...

    Hoop Dreams
  • 1974
    Hearts and Minds

    Hearts and Minds

    Hearts and Minds

    7.6931974HD

    Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts...

    Hearts and Minds
  • 1955
    Tight Spot

    Tight Spot

    Tight Spot

    6.31955HD

    A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the...

    Tight Spot