The Internet Archive has lots of films and programmes. Some of them perhaps shouldn't be there (not out of copyright) so I wouldn't normally draw much attention to them, but... it's all a bit unprecedented at the moment. I've picked things that I mostly discovered through watching with my parents.
Films are added by people and they either give useful tags or not so searching by genre isn't always that helpful, it's all very much pot luck. Also, there doesn't seem to be an obvious filter and there is random pornographic material there - search at your peril :-) https://archive.org/search.php?query=
The quality might be a bit variable and some of them can take a while to buffer (I'm on nearly 60mbps and Blazing Saddles kept stopping and starting). You can also make the film go full screen on a laptop.
I've checked the first few minutes of these to see that they seem to be what they say they are but as always watch at your own risk!
The Ten Commandments (1923)
Cecil B De Mille's epic which entered public domain (copyright free) in the US in 2019.
https://archive.org/details/ptp_the-ten-commandments_cecil-b-demille_blu-ray_x264_mkv_720p_180770
Oliver Twist (1933)
A delicious Sunday-afternoon-ish black and white film with pleasing audio hiss.
https://archive.org/details/oliver_twist
Yes Minister - complete series
Peerless. I hadn't realised that the very first episode had a different theme tune, pick the 2nd episode if you are looking for comforting familiarity. I've not been through all the episodes to check but it looks like it's the complete series.
https://archive.org/details/WishYouWereHere2/1x01+-+Open+Government.avi
(a list of all episodes is beneath the link)
https://archive.org/details/WishYouWereHere2/1x02+-+The+Official+Visit.avi <- br="" familiar="" theme="" tune="">->
In Which We Serve (1942)
https://archive.org/details/In_Which_We_Serve
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
https://archive.org/details/PassportToPimlico1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
https://archive.org/details/KindHeartsAndCoronets1949
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
https://archive.org/details/TheLavenderHillMob1951
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Charles Laughton and John Mills.
https://archive.org/details/HobsonsChoiceZo
Tom & Jerry cartoons
Quality varies
https://archive.org/search.php?query=tom%20and%20jerry
This one is good (quality of recording), and this one
Bugs Bunny - complete set of cartoons
https://archive.org/details/CompleteBugsBunny/001+-+A+Wild+Hare.mp4
The Ladykillers (1955)
Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom - wonderful
https://archive.org/details/TheLadykillers1955
https://archive.org/details/the-ladykillers_202105
School for Scoundrels (1959)
Alistair Sim, Ian Carmichael and Terry Thomas
https://archive.org/details/SchoolForScoundrels1959
I'm All Right Jack (1960)
Lovely comedy with Ian Carmichael and Peter Sellers
https://archive.org/details/ImAllRightJack1960
Summer Magic (1963)
https://archive.org/details/summer-magic-1963
The Moon Spinners (1964)
https://archive.org/details/the-moon-spinners-1964_202205
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Needs no introduction :)
https://archive.org/details/RecordedMoviesfromTV497/Blazing+Saddles.mp4 - I found it hard to get it to stop buffering, so it may need to play for a bit to 'spool' then rewind to watch it and let it carry on downloading in the background.
The Dish (2000)
Utterly delightful comedy from Australia, celebrating the role of one of their massive radiotelescopes in receiving the signals from the 1969 Moon landing. I've screened this film at an open air screening in Blackheath and it was magic.
https://archive.org/details/TheDish2000
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