虽然它因国家而异，但一旦电影或书籍等艺术品过了一定的年龄，它就会进入公共领域。这意味着任何人都可以在未经许可的情况下观看、展示或修改和修改这些媒体。现在有成千上万的电影已经进入公共领域，其中的大量收藏保存在publicdomainmovies.net 上(publicdomainmovies.net)。
该网站非常简陋，没有内置搜索功能，因此我们使用Google 的网站搜索(Google’s site search)功能找到了任何电影爱好者都应该拥有的 10 部最佳经典公共领域电影。此外，由于某种原因，SSL证书已过期，这本身并没有什么大不了的，但不要在网站上输入任何个人信息。
恐怖小店(Little Shop of Horrors)(1960)
阅读本文的大多数人可能都熟悉 1986 年由Rick Moranis(Rick Moranis)主演的同名喜剧。然而，这部由罗杰·科尔曼(Roger Corman)执导的 1960 年原创电影同样值得称赞。
它讲述了一个倒霉的花店种植一种聪明的食人植物的故事。最初是一种令人毛骨悚然的好奇心，旨在将人们吸引到一家失败的商店中，最终成为一场需要人类牺牲的无情噩梦。奇怪的是，这对于喜剧前提来说效果出奇的好！
鬼山上的房子(House on Haunted Hill)(1959)
如果一个古怪的百万富翁给了你一笔不小的财富，那么在鬼屋里过夜，你愿意吗？在这部由传奇人物文森特·普莱斯(Vincent Price)主演的经典恐怖电影中，五个人就是这样做的。正如你可以想象的那样，事实证明这是一个坏主意。一个很快就会导致谋杀、混乱、神秘和一些真正的鬼魂的人。
白色僵尸(White Zombie)(1932)
今天，僵尸(Zombie)类型（具有讽刺意味的是）充满活力和活力，但早在 1932 年，白色僵尸(White Zombie)就成为了被广泛认为是第一部僵尸故事片。这部电影并不是现代僵尸粉丝真正能认出的。相反，它描绘了僵尸的想法，更符合电影中启发这一想法的传统巫毒实践。(Voodoo)
这部电影还以恐怖电影巨星贝拉·卢戈西（ Bela Lugosi）饰演邪恶的僵尸大师而著称，他在电影过程中系统地将受害者变成了僵尸。
地球上最后一个人(The Last Man on Earth)(1964)
这部改编自小说《我是传奇》的电影比威尔·史密斯的版本(Will Smith version)早了 43 年。这是另一部由文森特·普莱斯（ Vincent Price(Vincent Price)）主演的邪典电影，讲述了 1968 年所有人类都变成了无意识的吸血鬼生物的未来故事。也就是说，除了罗伯特摩根博士(Dr. Robert Morgan)之外的所有人。医生白天猎杀吸血鬼，当他们被阳光阻挡时，晚上躲在他的房子里。
总体情节和事件与 2007 年的翻拍非常相似，但看到两种不同的解释还是很有趣的。《地球上最后的人》本身也很值得一看，虽然它在发行时并没有得到很好的反响，但今天它是一部经典的流派。
战舰波将金号(Battleship Potemkin)(1925)
战舰波将金(Battleship Potemkin)号很可能是有史以来最具历史意义的电影之一。传奇电影制片人谢尔盖·爱森斯坦(Sergei Eisenstein)的作品，这是一部几乎每个电影专业学生都被迫观看和学习的电影。这部无声电影讲述了参与 1905 年俄国革命的战舰波将金王子号发生叛乱的故事。(Prince Potemkin)
我们今天在电影中看到的许多视觉叙事方法，尤其是蒙太奇，都是由爱森斯坦(Eisenstein)开创的，并在这部电影中得到了展示。
活死人之夜(Night of the Living Dead)(1968)
虽然《白色僵尸(White Zombie)》可能是第一部僵尸电影，但今天定义这一类型的是乔治·A·罗梅罗的《活死人之(Living Dead)夜(Night)》。这部电影现在和 1968 年一样引人入胜，一群不死僵尸围攻一群人幸存者躲在农舍里。每部现代僵尸电影和电视剧都可以追溯到这一部电影。
这部暴力(Violent)、紧张和恐怖的电影在首次上映时受到了一些批评，尽管它在经济上取得了成功。如今，它已成为广受欢迎的恐怖电影风格的(the )邪典经典参考。如果他们至少看过一次，没有人可以称自己为真正的僵尸电影迷。
丛林书(Jungle Book)(1942)
大多数人都熟悉Rudyard Kipling 的丛林之书的(Jungle Book)迪士尼改编(Disney Adaptation)动画，但有一部不太出名的 1942 年现场改编，绝对值得一看。《丛林之书》(Jungle Book)改编自 1890 年代的这本书的剧本改编，是一部由匈牙利科达(Hungarian Korda)兄弟执导和制作的大预算TechniColor电影。(TechniColor)
这个故事并没有真正与每个人都知道的故事不同，但这个电影版本有一种现代真人(live action)版所缺少的魅力和真实性。如果你喜欢一部优秀的经典冒险电影，或者是其他丛林书(Jungle Book)版本的粉丝，这是一款必备的手表。
失落的世界(The Lost World)(1925)
史前野兽动作的首选电影是侏罗纪公园(Jurassic Park)，这是正确的。然而，那部电影（以及它所依据的书）无疑欠失落的世界(Lost World)一些债务。第二部侏罗纪公园(Jurassic Park)电影毕竟名为《失落的世界：侏罗纪公园(The Lost World: Jurassic Park)》 ，其中包含受亚瑟·柯南·道尔爵士小说启发的场景。
如果你想在 1997 年史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格 ( Steven Spielberg ) 之前看到霸王龙横冲直撞的电影，那么这部 1925 年的电影可能是下一个最好的选择。好吧(Well)，也许不是，但是这部黑白经典无声电影以定格动画恐龙大战上映时让观众惊叹不已。今天，它既具有历史意义，又具有重要意义
歌剧魅影(The Phantom of the Opera)(1925)
歌剧魅影(Phantom)是当今最著名的舞台音乐(Opera)剧(stage musical)，由安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯 ( Andrew Lloyd Webber)等人创作。然而，如果不是经典的无声电影改编，这部音乐剧很可能永远不会出现。不是因为这部电影特别好，而是因为它让公众了解了加斯顿·勒鲁的小说(Gaston Leroux’s novel)。
虽然影片中没有对白，但配乐还是值得一听的。关于这部电影最引人注目的事实之一是明星朗·钱尼(Lon Chaney)负责他自己的面部假肢。在电影向公众发行之前，变形的名义幻影的确切外观一直保密。
这部电影以其制作问题、庞大的预算以及不下三遍的重拍而闻名，而且有多位导演弃船。虽然这部电影在发行时反响不佳，但今天它被认为是该书的第二佳改编。因此，如果您是 1986 年音乐剧的粉丝（谁不是？），那么一定要观看这个版本。
格列佛游记(Gulliver’s Travels)(1939)
虽然人们记得的 20 世纪大多数经典动画电影主要是由迪士尼(Disney)创作的，但其他工作室和公司肯定也制作了一些很棒的电影。Fleischer工作室是这些著名的动画公司之一，而《格列佛游记(Travels)》是在工作室倒闭前三年发行的电影。
《格列佛游记(Travels)》主要侧重于改编格列佛故事中涉及小人(Lilliput)国和生活在那里的小人物的部分。这是继迪士尼的《白雪公主》(Snow White)之后的第二部美国动画长片。这使它成为任何动画爱好者的必备手表，更不用说这是一部华丽的手工动画电影，本身就值得一看。
这就是我们最好的公共领域电影的名单，但有成千上万的电影，“最好”是非常主观的。那么，您会向我们其他人推荐哪些电影？请在下面的评论中告诉我们。如果您想看更多“本世纪”的内容，请查看最好的免费电影应用程序以在线观看电影(best free movie apps to watch movies online)。
10 Best Classic Public Domain Movies You Can Watch for Free
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The site is very barebones and doesn’t have a built-in search function, so we used Google’s site search powers to find 10 of the best classic public domain movies any film buff should have on their list. Also, for some reason, the SSL certificate has expired, which isn’t a big deal in an of itself, but don’t type any personal info on the site.
Most of you reading this are probably familiar with the 1986 comedy of the same name starring Rick Moranis. However this 1960 original film directed by Roger Corman deserves as much praise.
It tells the story of a hapless florist who cultivates an intelligent man-eating plant. What starts out as a creepy curiosity meant to draw people into a failing shop ends up being an unrelenting nightmare that demands human sacrifice. Strangely, that works surprisingly well for a comedy premise!
If an eccentric millionaire offered you a small fortune so spend a night in a haunted house, would you? In this classic spooky movie starring the legendary Vincent Price, five people do exactly that. As you can imagine, it turns out to be a bad idea. One that quickly leads to murder, mayhem, mystery and maybe some actual ghosts.
Today the Zombie genre is (ironically) alive and kicking, but back in 1932 White Zombie became what is widely considered the first zombie feature film. The film isn’t really something modern zombie fans would recognize. Instead it depicts the idea of a zombie more in line with the traditional Voodoo practices that inspired the idea in film.
This movie is also notable for starring horror film superstar Bela Lugosi as the evil zombie master, who systematically transforms his victim into a zombie over the course of the film.
Based on the novel I Am Legend, this film adaptation of the book predates the Will Smith version by a whopping 43 years. This is another cult film starring Vincent Price and tells the story of a future 1968 where all humans have been turned into mindless vampiric creatures. That is, everyone but Dr. Robert Morgan. The doctor hunts vampires by day, when they are held back by sunlight, and hides from them in his house by night.
The general plot and events are quite similar to the 2007 remake, but it’s fascinating to see the two different interpretations. The Last Man on Earth is well worth watching in its own right as well, although it didn’t get a great reception when released, today it’s a genre classic.
Battleship Potemkin is quite possibly one of the most historically significant films ever made. The product of legendary filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, it’s a movie that just about every film student is forced to watch and study at some point. This silent film tells the story of a mutiny on the Prince Potemkin, a battleship involved in the 1905 Russian revolution.
Many of the visual storytelling methods we see in film today, notably the montage, were pioneered by Eisenstein and showcased in this film.
While White Zombie might be the first zombie film, it was George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead that today defines the genre.This movie is as gripping now as it was in 1968, with a horde of undead zombies laying siege to a group of survivors holed up in a farmhouse. Every modern zombie film and TV series can trace its roots back to this one movie.
Violent, tense and horrifying the film garnered some criticism when first released, although it was financially successful. Today it’s the cult-classic reference for a massively popular style of horror film. No one can call themselves a true zombie movie fan if they haven’t watched this at least once.
Most people are familiar with the animated Disney Adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, but there’s a less famous 1942 live adaptation which is definitely worth a watch. Based on a screenplay adaptation of the book written in the 1890s, Jungle Book is a big-budget TechniColor film directed and produced by the Hungarian Korda brothers.
The story doesn’t really diverge from the one that everyone knows, but there’s a charm and authenticity to this film version that’s missing from the modern live action version. If you like a good classic adventure film, or are a fan of the other Jungle Book versions, this is an essential watch.
The go-to film for prehistoric beast action is Jurassic Park and rightly so. However, that movie (and the book it’s based on) undoubtedly owes some measure of debt to The Lost World. The second Jurassic Park film was after all titled The Lost World: Jurassic Park and contained scenes inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel.
If you wanted to see a T-Rex rampage on film before Steven Spielberg did it in 1997 then this 1925 film might have been the next best thing. Well, perhaps not, but this black and white classic silent film wowed audiences when it released with it’s stop-motion dino battles. Today it’s both historically important and also a great yarn
The Phantom of the Opera is most famous today as the superlative stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and co. However, that musical may very well never have come to be if not for the classic silent movie adaptation. Not because the film was especially good, but because it made the public aware of Gaston Leroux’s novel.
While there’s no spoken dialogue in the film, the score is still worth a listen. One of the most notable facts about this film is that the star Lon Chaney was responsible for his own facial prosthetic. The exact appearance of the deformed titular phantom was kept a secret until the film was released to the public.
This movie is famous for its production problems, massive budget and the fact that it had no fewer than three re-shoots, with multiple directors abandoning ship. While the movie was poorly received at release, today it’s considered the second best adaptation of the book. So if you’re a fan of the 1986 musical (and who isn’t?) then definitely watch this version.
While most classic animated movies anyone remembers from the 20th century were mainly created by Disney, other studios and companies definitely produced a few great films. Fleischer studios is one of these notable animation houses and Gulliver’s Travels was a film released just three years before the studio would go out of business.
Gulliver’s Travels focuses mainly on adapting the part of Gulliver’s story dealing with Lilliput and the tiny people that live there. It’s only the second every American animated feature film, following Disney’s Snow White. This makes it an essential watch for any animation buff, not to mention that this is a gorgeous handmade animated film worth seeing in its own right.
That’s it for our list of the best public domain films, but there are thousands of them and “best” is very subjective. So which films would you recommend to the rest of us? Let us know in the comments below. If you feel like watching something a little more “this century” check out the best free movie apps to watch movies online.
