Streaming has made it far too easy to fire up an app, pick something to watch, and let your internet do the rest. But even in 2023, sometimes you want to download movies to your smartphone, tablet, and computer.

Maybe you’re traveling somewhere without an internet connection; maybe you want to keep all your movies on one device; or maybe you just don’t want to deal with buffering and quality loss due to slow wifi. Whatever the case, there are plenty of options where you can download movies, some even for free.

If you want to download movies (some even in high quality) without any strings attached, check out the sites below that are dedicated to hosting royalty-free public domain movies.

But first, a quick refresher on what “public domain” means: Films, like other artistic endeavors, are copyrighted material. While copyright lasts much longer than it used to, it does eventually expire. When that happens, that work enters the public domain, meaning it no longer belongs to the creator or their estate — it belongs to everyone.