The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (1939) is MGM's beloved fantasy adventure you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Victor Fleming and based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, the film follows Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale — played by Judy Garland — who is swept into a magical land and sets off down the yellow brick road to find a way back home.

Along the way she picks up three companions: a Scarecrow who wants a brain, a Tin Man hunting for a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who has never once felt brave. Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch of the West remains one of cinema's defining screen villains. The film took two Academy Awards — one for Best Original Score and one for Best Original Song, the latter going to "Over the Rainbow," which Garland delivers in the film's opening minutes.

Now well past its eighty-fifth year, the picture has never left the rotation: it sits on the Library of Congress National Film Registry and anchors countless all-time family lists. Watch The Wizard of Oz (1939) online on iFILM.