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84
8.1
/59850/
77
/2399/
79
/1912/
4.0
/250986/
100
/14/
90
/650/

A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
67
7.4
/4331/
69
/131/
72
/195/
3.7
/9008/
91
/328/

The Impossible Voyage (1904)
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
poster
72
66
7.4
/5231/
71
/239/
69
/219/
3.7
/21775/

The Astronomer's Dream (1898)
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
poster
HBO Max
73
62
7.5
/4432/
72
/140/
71
/176/
3.8
/16141/

The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.
poster
70
57
7.1
/3475/
68
/122/
71
/162/
3.6
/10636/

The Man with the Rubber Head (1901)
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
poster
66
57
6.7
/4473/
66
/174/
64
/199/
3.4
/15110/

Le manoir du diable (1896)
In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.
poster
68
53
6.8
/2059/
61
/56/
62
/66/
3.4
/2687/
85
/79/

Bluebeard (1901)
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.
poster
72
52
7.3
/2044/
71
/88/
69
/86/
3.9
/7214/

The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)
At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry when a witch suddenly appears. Though driven off, the witch soon returns, summons some of her servants, and carries off the princess. A rescue party is quickly organized, but the unfortunate captive has been taken to a strange, forbidding realm, from where it will be impossible to rescue her without some special help.
poster
68
50
7.0
/2698/
65
/73/
67
/111/
3.5
/4361/

The One-Man Band (1900)
A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymbal player sits down, a drummer appears in the second chair, and then likewise moves on to the third chair. In this way, an entire band is soon formed, and is then ready to perform.
poster
HBO Max
65
50
6.6
/2675/
63
/122/
63
/95/
3.5
/15160/

The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.
poster
68
48
7.2
/2116/
63
/56/
67
/67/
3.6
/2950/

The Diabolic Tenant (1909)
A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.
poster
71
47
6.7
/938/
63
/34/
65
/50/
3.5
/1548/
91
/328/

Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900)
A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.
poster
65
46
6.7
/2044/
59
/68/
65
/88/
3.5
/2543/

The Melomaniac (1903)
The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.
poster
65
46
6.5
/2012/
67
/90/
62
/120/
3.5
/5297/

Cinderella (1899)
A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out? Méliès based the art direction on engravings by Gustave Doré. First known example of a fairy-tale adapted to film, and the first film to use dissolves to go from one scene to another.
poster
63
45
6.3
/2206/
62
/84/
62
/127/
3.3
/6300/

The Vanishing Lady (1896)
Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.
poster
67
45
6.8
/1538/
64
/59/
65
/64/
3.7
/4365/

The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)
Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he takes one of them down to Hell and roasts him on a spit.
poster
67
45
6.6
/1670/
65
/58/
69
/63/
3.5
/5145/

Joan of Arc (1900)
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
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61
43
6.4
/2259/
62
/64/
60
/109/
3.1
/7947/

A Nightmare (1896)
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
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42
6.4
/1490/
63
/52/
62
/72/
3.5
/4626/

The Devil in a Convent (1899)
A priest is officiating at a convent, when suddenly he is transformed into the devil, who frightens away the nuns and turns the place into pandemonium.
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64
42
6.5
/1674/
60
/46/
63
/51/
3.4
/1963/

The Living Playing Cards (1905)
A bearded magician holds up a large playing card and makes it larger. He tears up a card of a queen, burns the torn bits, and a life-size Queen of Hearts card appears; then, it becomes alive. The magician puts her back into the card. The same thing happens with the King of Clubs: the card becomes alive. The king removes his costume, and there's something very familiar about him. (IMDb)
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61
41
6.4
/1558/
52
/40/
59
/51/
3.4
/2400/

The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)
In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of young men, all armed with telescopes, about the art of scrutinising an imminent eclipse. When a mechanical clock strikes twelve, all the young men rush to the windows and fix their telescopes on the heavens.
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68
40
6.9
/2444/
63
/59/
65
/78/
3.5
/3972/
74
/4/

The Black Imp (1905)
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
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65
39
6.8
/1340/
62
/33/
61
/50/
3.5
/1754/

The Conquest of the Pole (1912)
A science fantasy film that deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists. Based on the novel "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras" by Jules Verne.
poster
57
39
6.3
/1438/
55
/39/
60
/57/
3.2
/2611/
45
/75/

The Monster (1903)
An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.
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39
6.2
/1647/
57
/54/
57
/73/
3.1
/3543/

Le château hanté (1897)
A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.
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39
6.8
/1266/
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/28/
66
/48/
3.5
/1585/

The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900)
A series of fantastical wrestling matches.
poster
63
39
6.4
/1343/
62
/40/
63
/67/
3.2
/2357/

The Bewitched Inn (1897)
A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his room--beds vanishing and re-appearing, candles exploding, pants flying through the air and his shoes walking away by themselves.
poster
59
39
6.2
/1436/
55
/45/
56
/63/
3.3
/5350/

The Mermaid (1904)
A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.
poster
HBO Max
64
38
6.4
/956/
62
/41/
62
/40/
3.4
/4917/

The Witch (1906)
A penniless troubadour consults witch Carabosse about his future, but offends her by paying with a bag of sand. He evades the witch's revenge, and saves the beautiful princess.
poster
HBO Max
61
38
6.2
/1366/
59
/41/
60
/39/
3.3
/3137/

The Hilarious Posters (1906)
A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.
poster
62
38
6.2
/1139/
60
/47/
59
/56/
3.3
/4074/

The Pillar of Fire (1899)
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an angelic woman emerges from the pot. The devil and the pot vanish as the woman performs a dance, waving about her diaphanous sleeves until she conjures forth another fire, then she rises amongst the smoke into the air.
poster
55
37
5.7
/1699/
57
/58/
51
/87/
2.9
/5856/

A Terrible Night (1896)
A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.
poster
64
37
6.4
/1102/
65
/29/
61
/53/
3.2
/2098/

The Magician (1898)
In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he leaps. The sides of the box fall to the ground, but instead of containing the magician a lively clown steps forth who further mystifies the audience by causing the box to disappear, and in its place is seen a fully laid table with a smoking dinner, to which the clown applies himself. The table, however, suddenly disappears much to the astonishment of the clown, who is confronted by the magician in the garb of Mephistopheles. This he suddenly changes to that of a sculptor, and in the background is seen a pedestal with the bust of a young lady, which comes to life as the sculptor applies the mallet and chisel.
poster
60
36
6.0
/1296/
58
/36/
55
/46/
3.2
/2284/

The Infernal Cake-Walk (1903)
Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk." He has brought back with him two noted well-known dancers, who start their favorite dance amidst the flames.
poster
62
36
6.4
/1172/
57
/42/
63
/53/
3.2
/1535/

An Up-to-Date Conjurer (1899)
A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.
poster
59
35
5.9
/1111/
61
/32/
58
/56/
3.1
/1994/

The Temptation of St. Anthony (1898)
St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!
poster
62
34
6.6
/1067/
55
/26/
61
/42/
3.4
/1397/

Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)
Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic story. Color was rare in 1902 (and many years after) as non-tinted color has to be hand painted on the film; this was an arduous task. Also notable is the film's short running time of approximately five minutes. Much of the original work is not covered, but viewers were expected to be familiar with the story, and enjoy the filmed highlights. There are a couple of scenes missing; according to contemporary reports, Gulliver's shipwreck was certainly included. You can do a lot in a few minutes, as Mr. Méliès includes a re-make of his own "Une partie de cartes" (1896), which already looked like something previously covered by the Lumière Brothers.
poster
HBO Max
63
34
6.3
/706/
60
/44/
62
/30/
3.4
/3714/

Whimsical Illusions (1909)
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assistant.
poster
HBO Max
61
32
6.1
/574/
59
/33/
58
/29/
3.3
/3005/

An Impossible Balancing Feat (1902)
A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.
poster
60
32
6.2
/1255/
53
/23/
62
/42/
3.2
/1236/

The Untamable Whiskers (1904)
The background of this picture represents a scene along the beautiful river Seine in Paris. A gentleman enters, and taking a blackboard from the side of the picture, he draws on it a sketch of a novelist. Then, standing in the centre, he causes the living features of his sketch to appear in the place of his own, which is utterly devoid of whiskers. The change is made so mysteriously that the eye cannot notice it until one sees quite another person in the place of the first. Again another sketch is shown on the board, this one being that of a miser; then an English cockney; a comic character; a French policeman, and last of all, the grinning visage of Mephistopheles. It is almost impossible to give this film a more definite description; suffice it to say that it is something entirely new in motion pictures and is sure to please. (Méliès Catalog)
poster
59
31
5.9
/538/
55
/32/
57
/30/
3.3
/2364/

The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1905)
An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.
poster
59
31
5.8
/871/
54
/27/
59
/45/
3.2
/1418/

The Magic Lantern (1903)
Two impish clowns construct a magic lantern. They prop it up at an angle, and use it to project pictures onto a wall. When the picture show ends, they open up the lantern to reveal a group of dancing girls inside - and this is only the first of the indications that this lantern really is magical.
poster
51
31
5.1
/1250/
52
/40/
49
/63/
2.7
/2338/

Playing Cards (1896)
Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a tray. The man serves his friends. They clink glasses and drink. Then the man asks for a newspaper. He reads a funny story in it and the three friends burst out laughing while the waitress merely smiles.
poster
57
30
5.8
/790/
54
/25/
53
/40/
3.1
/1619/

The Devil and the Statue (1901)
At the beginning of the scene Romeo in his gondola sings to Juliet a sentimental song, then goes away. Hardly has he departed when the colonnade falls to pieces, disclosing the devil. Juliet, frightened, runs to the window and calls Romeo. The latter attempts to enter and protect his fiancée, but at a gesture from the devil the window is instantly covered with a grating and Romeo makes frantic efforts to break it. The devil begins to dance a wild dance before Juliet, who is beside herself from terror. The devil gradually becomes the size of a giant (a novel effect). Juliet implores the statue of Madonna, which becomes animated, descends from its pedestal, and stretching out its arms orders the devil to disappear. (Méliès Catalog)
poster
74
30
7.4
/519/
79
/50/
78
/52/
3.7
/1159/
67
/1/

The Extraordinary Voyage (2011)
An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece A Trip to the Moon (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group of true cinema lovers.
poster
60
29
5.9
/806/
62
/14/
55
/45/
3.2
/1327/

The Dreyfus Affair (1899)
The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer was falsely convicted of treason, and it was alleged that he was framed due to anti-semitism.
poster
60
28
5.9
/673/
59
/17/
60
/36/
3.2
/1336/

The Mysterious Portrait (1899)
A magician produces a living portrait of himself.
poster
61
27
6.1
/581/
56
/23/
62
/41/
3.3
/940/

The Magic Book (1900)
Characters from a large magic book come to life.


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