— Films —
Check any film's US copyright status
Our films tool lives at film.publicdomain.fyi. Enter any motion picture title and receive a detailed AI-generated analysis of its US copyright status — including publication year, the statutory rule applied, renewal records, and orphan-work detection.
Who uses it
- • Filmmakers researching footage and archival clips
- • Film archivists cataloging collections and preservation rights
- • Educators selecting films for classroom screenings
- • Streaming platforms evaluating titles for public-domain catalogs
- • Researchers and journalists verifying copyright status