Archive Watch

Over 1,000 documentaries just arrived, and every title on the home screen is now verified to play. A cleaner, more reliable cinematheque in your pocket.

Archive Watch turns the Internet Archive's vast public-domain moving-image collection into a cinematheque you can wander from your couch — feature films, classic television, silent cinema, animation, newsreels, and the strange, wonderful world of vintage commercials and ephemeral film.

Every title is presented with the care of a great repertory house: real posters, cast, synopses, and genres, so a 1920s silent and a 1950s sci-fi B-movie look as considered as anything on a modern streaming service.

LIVE CHANNELS — A REAL TV GUIDE

• A programmed, scrolling channel guide: see what's on now and next
• Tune in and it plays straight through, one title rolling into the next
• Vintage public-domain commercials play between programs — the 1990s-TV feel
• Build your own channel from any mix of genre, type, and era

A REPERTORY HOUSE, NOT A FEED

• Hand-curated shelves alongside the most-watched titles from the Archive
• Browse by decade, genre, and collection
• Classic TV with real series, seasons, and episodes
• Surprise Me — for when you'd rather be delighted than decide

BUILT FOR THE LIVING ROOM

• Native Apple TV experience, full-screen and focus-driven
• Resume right where you left off
• Search with the Siri Remote or your voice
• Favorites and playlists in your Library
• Cartoon Mode, Party Play, and a cover-art screensaver

FREE, AND RESPECTFUL OF YOU

• No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads
• No account required to watch
• No tracking, no analytics — nothing about you is collected
• Optional Sign in with Apple syncs your favorites and progress across your household's Apple TVs using your own iCloud

All content is sourced from the public domain via the Internet Archive. Metadata and artwork come from TMDb, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and the Library of Congress. This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.

If you'd rather wander a well-stocked repository of curated cinema than doomscroll a recommendation feed, Archive Watch is for you.