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Billy and Maria Dannreuther are among a number of travelers stranded in Italy en route to Africa. While the Dannreuthers seem like an average couple, they have the same goal as Mrs. Gwendolen Chelm and some of their other shifty companions -- to lay claim to property that is supposedly rich with uranium. "Beat the Devil" is actually in the public domain in the United States due to a failure to renew the copyright after its initial registration. This means that the film can be freely distributed, copied, and used for any purpose in the United States without permission from the copyright owner.

When a UFO lands in Washington, D.C., bearing a message for Earth's leaders, all of humanity stands still. Klaatu (Michael Rennie) has come on behalf of alien life who have been watching Cold War-era nuclear proliferation on Earth. But it is Klaatu's soft-spoken robot Gort that presents a more immediate threat to onlookers. A single mother (Patricia Neal) and her son teach the world about peace and tolerance in this moral fable, ousting the tanks and soldiers that greet the alien's arrival.

This outer space adventure marked the debut of Rocky Jones and his Space Rangers. Two of Rocky's allies are captured by aliens and brain washed.

In advance of a presidential visit to the small town of Suddenly, California, a trio of FBI agents enters the Benson family's home to assess potential security risks. Once inside, leader John Baron (Frank Sinatra) reveals himself as a psychopathic assassin, and he kidnaps the family in order to use their house as his vantage point in his plot to kill the president. Sheriff Tod Shaw (Sterling Hayden) matches wits with the assassin and his gang in an attempt to save the day. The film "Suddenly" (1954) entered the public domain in the United States because its copyright was not renewed in 1982. As a result, the film's copyright protection expired, and it became part of the public domain. This information has been verified through various reliable sources, including the United States Copyright Office.

An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.

The film "Destination Moon" is a 1950 science fiction film directed by Irving Pichel and produced by George Pal. As of 2021, the film is in the public domain in the United States, meaning that it is not protected by copyright and can be freely distributed, copied, and shared without permission or payment of royalties. However, the copyright status of the film may differ in other countries, so it's important to check the laws in your specific location before using or distributing the film. . The copyright for "Destination Moon" was not renewed, which means it fell into the public domain. Additionally, the film was released by a company that is no longer in business, which further supports its public domain status. However, it's important to note that copyright laws can be complex, and the public domain status of a work can vary depending on factors such as country of origin and the specific circumstances of its creation and publication. A team composed of an aerospace scientist (Warner Anderson), an ex-Air Force general (Tom Powers) and an industrialist (John Archer) conceive an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.

A commander in the Foreign Legion leads his troops into an ambush, where he is rendered unconscious when he is hit by a stray bullet. As luck would have it, a beautiful desert princess comes to his rescue.

Capt. Thorne Sherman lands his ship on an isolated island to make a delivery, only to find that mad doctor Marlowe Craigis is experimenting on shrews in an attempt to shrink them. The opposite happens, and the shrews become enormous and hungry for human flesh, leaving everyone on the island in peril, including the doctor's pretty daughter, Ann, and her unappealing fiancé, Jerry. Then, Thorne tries to organize an escape plan. "The Killer Shrews" is in the public domain. The film was released in 1959, and the copyright was not renewed, which means that it is now in the public domain and can be used or distributed freely without the need for permission from the copyright holder.

Rich oddball Frederick Loren has a proposal for five guests at a possibly haunted mansion: show up, survive a night filled with scares and receive $10,000 each. The guest of honor is Loren's estranged wife, Annabelle, who, with her secret lover, Dr. Trent, has concocted her own scheme to scare Loren's associate, Nora Manning, into shooting the potentially crazy millionaire. However, more spooks and shocks throw a wrench into the plan.

When Dr. Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant Marshall continue his experiments. The two fall in love and attempt to transplant Marshall's brain in to the muscular body of a retarded servant Stephen, in order to prolong the aging Marshall's life. Meanwhile, the first monster seeks revenge on the grave robbers who sold the body parts used in its creation to Dr. Frankenstein. Soon it comes after Marshall and the doctor's daughter. According to the United States Copyright Office, the film's copyright registration was not renewed, and as such, it fell into the public domain in the US. This means that the movie can be freely distributed, copied, and exhibited in the United States without permission from the copyright owner.

After Allan Gray (Julian West) rents a room near Courtempierre in France, strange events unfold: An elderly man leaves a packet on Gray's table, and shadows that are seemingly alive lead him toward a castle. At a nearby manor, he witnesses the same man being murdered and gradually learns about the curse of the Vampyr. As Gray faces the horrors of the castle, he attempts to save the victim's daughters -- one of whom, Léone (Jan Hieronimko), has fallen ill after mysteriously being bitten. "Vampyr" (also known as "The Strange Adventure of David Gray") is in the public domain. The film was released in 1932 and its copyright expired, so it is now freely available for anyone to use or distribute without permission or payment of royalties.

It's Christmas 1940, and Everytown resident John Cabal (Raymond Massey) fears that war is imminent. When it breaks out, the war lasts 30 years, destroying the city and ushering in a new dark age of plagues and petty despots. But there is hope in the form of Wings Over the World, a group of pacifist scientists and thinkers lead by Cabal. Their dream is to build a utopian society on the ruins of the old. But first they'll have to unseat the latest ruling tyrant (Ralph Richardson). "Things to Come" is a 1936 science fiction film directed by William Cameron Menzies and produced by Alexander Korda. As per copyright law, films released before 1978 in the United States have a copyright term of 95 years from the date of publication. Therefore, "Things to Come" is now in the public domain and can be freely accessed and distributed without infringing on any copyright laws.

"Carnival of Souls" is in the public domain, meaning that its copyright has expired and it can be freely used, distributed, and copied without permission from the original copyright holder. The film was released in 1962 and its copyright was not renewed, which led to it entering the public domain. Mary Henry (Candace Hilligoss) ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man (Herk Harvey). As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

The 1947 comedy film "My Favorite Brunette" starring Bob Hope is in the public domain in the United States. This means that the film's copyright has expired and it is no longer protected by intellectual property laws, allowing it to be freely distributed, copied, and shared without permission or payment of royalties. Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness (Dorothy Lamour) actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay (Frank Puglia), Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.

After John Haloran (Peter Read) dies, his wife, Louise (Luana Anders), fears that she will be denied his inheritance. Fabricating a story about John traveling to the United States, she joins the rest of the Haloran family at their Irish estate as they hold a memorial for John's sister, who died in a lake eight years ago. Louise schemes to convince Lady Haloran (Eithne Dunne) that she can speak with the dead child. However, this plan is interrupted by an axe murderer loose on the estate. "Dementia 13" is a public domain film. The movie was released in 1963 and its copyright was not renewed, which means it has fallen into the public domain. This means that the film can be freely used and distributed without the need for permission or payment of royalties to the original copyright owner.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1928 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. Dr. Bill Cortner (Jason Evers) and his fiancée, Jan Compton (Virginia Leith), are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. Keeping Compton's head alive in his lab, Cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. First, however, he needs a body. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1928 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice.

A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben (Duane Jones) does his best to control the situation, but when the reanimated bodies surround the house, the other survivors begin to panic. As any semblance of order within the group begins to dissipate, the zombies start to find ways inside -- and one by one, the living humans become the prey of the deceased ones. "Night of the Living Dead" is in the public domain. The film was released in 1968 and the copyright notice on the prints and advertising materials failed to properly display the copyright symbol, which made the film ineligible for copyright protection under the laws in effect at the time. As a result, the film is considered to be in the public domain, meaning that anyone can distribute, exhibit, or remake the film without obtaining permission or paying royalties.