Most Viewed From PBS
Recommendation to Watch From PBS - Watch amazing movies and TV shows for free. No subscription fees, and no credit cards. Just thousands of hours of streaming video content from studios like Paramount, Lionsgate, MGM and more.
-
2018
Movies
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Betty White: First Lady of Television7.50 2018 HD
The definitive look at Betty White's life and career. As the only authorized documentary on Betty ever made, this film is packed with hilarious clips...
-
1992
Movies
Papakolea: A Story of Hawaiian Land
Papakolea: A Story of Hawaiian Land1 1992 HD
A unique story of a small urban community of Native Hawaiians and the women who championed for their rights to their land against all odds.
-
2003
Movies
The Education of Gore Vidal
The Education of Gore Vidal6.00 2003 HD
A contrarian and wickedly funny man, this PBS American Masters special explores Gore Vidal's extraordinary life and work, joining him at his...
-
2003
Movies
Prisoner of Paradise
Prisoner of Paradise6.30 2003 HD
The film tells the true story of Kurt Gerron, a German-Jewish cabaret and film actor in the 1920s and 1930s who was sent to the Theresienstadt...
-
1977
Movies
The Three Hostages
The Three Hostages1 1977 HD
Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy...
-
2024
Movies
Building Stuff
Building Stuff1 2024 HD
Humans are the most innovative species on Earth. See how engineers are supercharging our abilities, reaching beyond our horizons, and altering our...
-
2011
Movies
The Storm That Swept Mexico
The Storm That Swept Mexico8.50 2011 HD
The Storm That Swept Mexico tells the gripping story of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, the first major political and social revolution of the 20th...
-
2005
Movies
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan7.70 2005 HD
A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.
-
1997
Movies
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature1 1997 HD
Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part...
-
1990
Movies
Julie Andrews Sings Her Favorite Songs
Julie Andrews Sings Her Favorite Songs7.00 1990 HD
This lively one-woman show is an exuberant overview of the singing career of the multi-talented British stage and screen star Julie Andrews. Mixing...
-
1983
Movies
The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer1 1983 HD
Nathan Zuckerman, a budding 23 year old writer infatuated with the Great Books, discovers the contradictory claims of literature and experience while...
-
1995
Movies
Chicago 1968
Chicago 19681 1995 HD
American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Hubert Humphrey won his party's nomination for...
-
1982
Movies
Hollywood’s Children
Hollywood’s Children1 1982 HD
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
-
2025
Movies
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP10.00 2025 HD
While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had...
-
2015
Movies
Language Matters with Bob Holman
Language Matters with Bob Holman10.00 2015 HD
There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this...
-
1984
Movies
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Solomon Northup's Odyssey6.20 1984 HD
This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works...
-
1982
Movies
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston1 1982 HD
Bill Moyers interviews film director and actor John Huston who discusses his career and the process of filmmaking. Includes a documentary segment on...
-
2008
Movies
Fiesta Mexicana
Fiesta Mexicana8.00 2008 HD
-
1971
Movies
The Great Radio Comedians
The Great Radio Comedians8.00 1971 HD
Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee & Molly,...
-
1986
Movies
Follies: In Concert
Follies: In Concert7.00 1986 HD
A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical at Lincoln Center's...