Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès (December 9, 1861 - January 21, 1938), full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. One of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, tracking shots, dissolves, and hand-painted color in his work, Méliès pioneered effects that would define cinematic special effects for decades to come.  A prolific innovator in the use of special effects, Méliès accidentally discovered the substitution stop trick in 1896, a method of creating seamless disappearing and/or appearing effects used throughout both films and television for decades to come.  Because of his ability to seemingly manipulate and transform reality through cinematography, Méliès is sometimes referred to as the first "Cinemagician". Two of his best-known films are A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Impossible Voyage (1904). Both stories involve strange, surreal voyages, somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films, though their approach is closer to fantasy. Méliès was also an early pioneer of horror cinema, which can be traced back to his Le Manoir du diable (1896).   In early 1909 Méliès stopped making films to protest Thomas Edison's Motion Pictures Parents Company monopoly, and presided over the first meeting of the International Filmmakers Congress in Paris.  Further financial hardships created by his opposition to Edison and diminishing influence, Méliès disappeared from public life. By the mid-1920s he made a meager living as a candy and toy salesma in Paris, with the assistance of funds collected by other filmmakers.  Although he was recognized for his contributions in cinema, Méliès spent most of his later years in poverty before being accepted into La Maison du Retraite du Cinéma, the film industry's retirement home in Orly.  

  • Title: Georges Méliès
  • Popularity: 6.562
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1861-12-09
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • Also Known As: Жорж Мельес, 조르주 멜리에스, Marie Georges Jean Méliès, ジョルジュ・メリエス, マリー・ジョルジュ・ジャン・メリエス
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Georges Méliès Movies

  • 1902
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    A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon

    7.921 1902 HD

    Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....

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  • 1904
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    The Impossible Voyage

    The Impossible Voyage

    7.221 1904 HD

    Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...

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  • 1904
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    The Cook in Trouble

    The Cook in Trouble

    5.2 1904 HD

    A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

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  • 1979
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    Cinematógrafo 1900

    Cinematógrafo 1900

    4.5 1979 HD

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  • 2014
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    El hombre que quiso ser Segundo

    El hombre que quiso ser Segundo

    6 2014 HD

    The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

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  • 1904
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    The Untamable Whiskers

    The Untamable Whiskers

    6.3 1904 HD

    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...

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  • 1905
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    The Living Playing Cards

    The Living Playing Cards

    6.5 1905 HD

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  • 1903
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    The Infernal Cauldron

    The Infernal Cauldron

    6.3 1903 HD

    A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

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  • 1900
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    The One-Man Band

    The One-Man Band

    6.8 1900 HD

    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,...

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  • 1898
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    The Four Troublesome Heads

    The Four Troublesome Heads

    7.1 1898 HD

    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...

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  • 1899
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    A Midnight Episode

    A Midnight Episode

    3.5 1899 HD

    A sleeping apartment of a friend who retires for the night. The rays of the moon are shining upon the bed through the window. He is suddenly awakened...

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  • 1900
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    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    6.9 1900 HD

    A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

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  • 1897
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    Faust and Marguerite

    Faust and Marguerite

    3.875 1897 HD

    Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.

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  • 1896
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    A Terrible Night

    A Terrible Night

    5.081 1896 HD

    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.

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  • 1897
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    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    5.669 1897 HD

    A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

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  • 1896
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    The Vanishing Lady

    The Vanishing Lady

    6.205 1896 HD

    Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

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  • 1898
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    The Astronomer's Dream

    The Astronomer's Dream

    6.869 1898 HD

    An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

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  • 1908
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    The Indian Sorcerer

    The Indian Sorcerer

    5.35 1908 HD

    A sorcerer turns a small egg into a bigger one and keeps repeating this trick until the egg is large enough to do other things including delivering...

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  • 1899
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    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    6.2 1899 HD

    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...

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  • 1912
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    The Conquest of the Pole

    The Conquest of the Pole

    6.3 1912 HD

    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...

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  • 1904
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    The Wandering Jew

    The Wandering Jew

    4.6 1904 HD

    A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

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  • 1896
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    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    6.454 1896 HD

    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...

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  • 2012
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    The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

    The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

    1 2012 HD

    A look back at the life, style and influences of the famed filmmaker Georges Méliès and an examination of his role in the story of...

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  • 1906
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    A Desperate Crime

    A Desperate Crime

    6.5 1906 HD

    A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

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  • 1907
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    Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

    Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

    5.5 1907 HD

    The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then...

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  • 1904
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    The Wonderful Living Fan

    The Wonderful Living Fan

    5.1 1904 HD

    As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him. The conjurer...

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  • 1905
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    The Black Imp

    The Black Imp

    6.5 1905 HD

    A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

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  • 1903
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    The Monster

    The Monster

    5.9 1903 HD

    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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  • 1905
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    The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

    The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

    5.7 1905 HD

    An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

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  • 1898
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    The Temptation of St. Anthony

    The Temptation of St. Anthony

    5.833 1898 HD

    St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

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  • 1909
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    The Diabolic Tenant

    The Diabolic Tenant

    6.8 1909 HD

    A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.

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  • 1901
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    The Man with the Rubber Head

    The Man with the Rubber Head

    7.161 1901 HD

    A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

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  • 1899
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    The Devil in a Convent

    The Devil in a Convent

    6.231 1899 HD

    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...

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  • 1904
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    The Mermaid

    The Mermaid

    5.6 1904 HD

    A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

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  • 1908
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    Long Distance Wireless Photography

    Long Distance Wireless Photography

    5.2 1908 HD

    Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a...

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  • 1899
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    The Conjurer

    The Conjurer

    6.275 1899 HD

    A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

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  • 1906
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    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    6.351 1906 HD

    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...

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  • 1900
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    The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match

    The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match

    6.6 1900 HD

    A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

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  • 1906
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    The Hilarious Posters

    The Hilarious Posters

    5.9 1906 HD

    A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.

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  • 1899
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    The Dreyfus Affair

    The Dreyfus Affair

    5.725 1899 HD

    The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer...

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  • 1903
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    The Infernal Cakewalk

    The Infernal Cakewalk

    5.6 1903 HD

    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...

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  • 1904
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    The Clockmaker's Dream

    The Clockmaker's Dream

    5 1904 HD

    A weary clock-maker dozes off in a chair. While he is asleep, three women suddenly appear in the midst of his shop. They proceed to show the sleeping...

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  • 1903
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    The Melomaniac

    The Melomaniac

    6.654 1903 HD

    The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.

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  • 1899
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    Summoning the Spirits

    Summoning the Spirits

    5.212 1899 HD

    A bearded man hangs up a wreath and, like any good magician, waves his hands inside of it and under it to show us it's only a wreath…

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  • 1903
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    Extraordinary Illusions

    Extraordinary Illusions

    6.081 1903 HD

    Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

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  • 1904
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    Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer

    Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer

    4.8 1904 HD

    A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open...

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  • 1899
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    The Human Pyramid

    The Human Pyramid

    5.235 1899 HD

    Méliès appears as a court jester (a “triboulet” in French). He pulls 18th century noblemen out of a trunk and arranges them...

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  • 1901
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    Hat of Many Surprises

    Hat of Many Surprises

    5.8 1901 HD

    A magician's hat offers many surprises.

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  • 1900
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    Going to Bed Under Difficulties

    Going to Bed Under Difficulties

    6.511 1900 HD

    A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.

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  • 1900
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    Up-to-Date Spiritualism

    Up-to-Date Spiritualism

    5.661 1900 HD

    In this subject a "comique eccentric" enters the drawing room inhabited by spirits. He tries to take off his coat and hat, but these garments return...

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  • 1903
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    Jupiter's Thunderballs

    Jupiter's Thunderballs

    5.2 1903 HD

    With godly entrapments, Zeus appears on the horizon, engages Hermes as an audience, and tries to throw some thunderbolts. They fizzle. Hephaestus...

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  • 1904
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    The Terrible Turkish Executioner

    The Terrible Turkish Executioner

    6.1 1904 HD

    In a public place in Constantinople at the corner of a bazaar, the executioner is seated upon a stone and is resting from his daily labors while...

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  • 1897
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    The Bewitched Inn

    The Bewitched Inn

    6.238 1897 HD

    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...

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  • 1909
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    Whimsical Illusions

    Whimsical Illusions

    6.1 1909 HD

    In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...

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  • 1903
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    Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid

    Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid

    4.6 1903 HD

    A boy is led into the frame by two nursemaids who give him a big ball to play with. For the remainder of the film heads appear and disappear, stage...

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  • 1903
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    The Ballet Master's Dream

    The Ballet Master's Dream

    5.5 1903 HD

    It's late in the evening, and the ballet master's bed has been prepared for him. But he cannot take his mind off of his work, and instead of going to...

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  • 1903
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    Apparitions

    Apparitions

    5.4 1903 HD

    Alone in his room at an inn, a lustful old man is haunted by spirits.

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  • 1902
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    The Prolific Magical Egg

    The Prolific Magical Egg

    6 1902 HD

    A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his...

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  • 1911
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    The Diabolical Church Window

    The Diabolical Church Window

    5.5 1911 HD

    Here we have an old scholar/alchemist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by...

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  • 1907
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    Satan in Prison

    Satan in Prison

    5.5 1907 HD

    The title is vital, since the bulk of the action consists of a well-dressed man magically producing a series of items to furnish a bare room,...

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  • 2021
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    Méliès: Tales of Terror

    Méliès: Tales of Terror

    1 2021 HD

    A compilation of three short trick films by Georges Méliès: El melómano (1903) (The Melomaniac aka The Music Lover)(1903), El...

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  • 1909
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    The Doctor's Secret

    The Doctor's Secret

    5.2 1909 HD

    Doctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.

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  • 1903
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    The Oracle of Delphi

    The Oracle of Delphi

    5.4 1903 HD

    A box of valued jewels is placed inside the tomb of Delphi. A thief breaks into the tomb and steals it, but soon the ghost of Delphi appears and puts...

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  • 1901
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    The Dwarf and the Giant

    The Dwarf and the Giant

    5.7 1901 HD

    A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.

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  • 1904
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    A Moonlight Serenade

    A Moonlight Serenade

    5.2 1904 HD

    Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and...

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  • 1901
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    The Magician's Cavern

    The Magician's Cavern

    6 1901 HD

    A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

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  • 1905
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    A Mesmerian Experiment

    A Mesmerian Experiment

    5.1 1905 HD

    A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.

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  • 1906
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    The Mysterious Retort

    The Mysterious Retort

    5.4 1906 HD

    A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.

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  • 1896
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    Playing Cards

    Playing Cards

    4.852 1896 HD

    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...

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  • 1902
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    An Impossible Balancing Feat

    An Impossible Balancing Feat

    5.7 1902 HD

    A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

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  • 1904
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    Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter

    Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter

    4.6 1904 HD

    Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.

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  • 1901
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    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    6.2 1901 HD

    A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

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  • 1906
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    The Witch

    The Witch

    6.2 1906 HD

    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...

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  • 1903
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    Faust in the Underworld

    Faust in the Underworld

    5.9 1903 HD

    The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges...

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  • 1902
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    The Treasures of Satan

    The Treasures of Satan

    5.113 1902 HD

    The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth....

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  • 1901
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    The Devil and the Statue

    The Devil and the Statue

    5.2 1901 HD

    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...

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  • 1899
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    The Mysterious Knight

    The Mysterious Knight

    6.3 1899 HD

    A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.

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  • 1900
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    The Artist and the Dummy

    The Artist and the Dummy

    4.5 1900 HD

    A very simple gag film as a young lady substitutes herself for a dummy in order to play a practical joke on an artist.

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  • 1900
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    The Christmas Dream

    The Christmas Dream

    5.4 1900 HD

    The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by...

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  • 1907
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    Good Glue Sticks

    Good Glue Sticks

    4.9 1907 HD

    A peddler of "the best glue" sets up his outdoor stall. A crowd gathers for a demonstration. As he gives his pitch, two observant cops decide drive...

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  • 1903
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    The Mystical Flame

    The Mystical Flame

    4.7 1903 HD

    A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The...

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  • 1904
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    The Fugitive Apparitions

    The Fugitive Apparitions

    4.8 1904 HD

    A magician makes a woman appear and disappear.

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  • 1929
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    Gala Méliès

    Gala Méliès

    1 1929 HD

    Lost in the streets of Paris, Georges Méliès is looking everywhere for the Salle Pleyel. On the wall he sees an enormous Gala poster...

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  • 1903
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    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    6.813 1903 HD

    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...

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  • 1907
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    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    6.1 1907 HD

    In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the...

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  • 1901
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    The Brahmin and the Butterfly

    The Brahmin and the Butterfly

    5.5 1901 HD

    A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.

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  • 1901
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    A Maiden's Paradise

    A Maiden's Paradise

    1 1901 HD

    In a wizard's cavern, a series of magic tricks are performed..

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  • 1901
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    The Temple of the Sun

    The Temple of the Sun

    1 1901 HD

    A high nobleman finds himself in the Temple of the Sun, where he meets Mascarille, who proposes himself as a juggler. After extracting from the...

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  • 1906
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    A Roadside Inn

    A Roadside Inn

    5.7 1906 HD

    The staff of an inn play a cruel trick on a guest.

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  • 1912
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    The Knight of the Snow

    The Knight of the Snow

    5.8 1912 HD

    One of the last films Georges Méliès made. By now, he was under contract for his former rival Pathé, where he made a few of his...

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  • 1903
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    The Magic Lantern

    The Magic Lantern

    5.9 1903 HD

    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,...

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  • 1907
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    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    5.13 1907 HD

    The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine...

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  • 1898
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    Pygmalion and Galatea

    Pygmalion and Galatea

    4.8 1898 HD

    Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when...

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  • 1907
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    Tunneling the English Channel

    Tunneling the English Channel

    6.4 1907 HD

    The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.

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  • 1896
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    A Nightmare

    A Nightmare

    6 1896 HD

    A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

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  • 1903
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    Alcofribas, The Master Magician

    Alcofribas, The Master Magician

    5 1903 HD

    Two men in a cave perform magic.

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  • 1897
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    Naval Combat in Greece

    Naval Combat in Greece

    5.3 1897 HD

    An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the...

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  • 1939
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    Violons d'Ingres

    Violons d'Ingres

    1 1939 HD

    Shows hobbies of people who do an ordinary job in the day. Made for New York Fair.

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  • 1997
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    Méliès' Magic Show

    Méliès' Magic Show

    1 1997 HD

    Méliès' granddaughter presents an exploration of his work, showcasing 15 of his best known films.

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  • 2011
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    The Extraordinary Voyage

    The Extraordinary Voyage

    7.7 2011 HD

    An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his...

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  • 1899
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    The Mysterious Portrait

    The Mysterious Portrait

    6 1899 HD

    A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

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  • 1904
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    The Devilish Plank

    The Devilish Plank

    4.5 1904 HD

    A magic trick is performed with a long plank with two pots built into it, both with holes in the bottom. Pretty girls are part of the magic.

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  • 1904
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    Tit for Tat

    Tit for Tat

    5.7 1904 HD

    Georges Melies the magician. Melies removes his own head, puts it in a glass box on a stool, then grows another one. Melies lights up a cigarette and...

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  • 1896
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    Conjuring

    Conjuring

    5.389 1896 HD

    The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring...

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  • 1904
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    The Christmas Angel

    The Christmas Angel

    5.4 1904 HD

    A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father...

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  • 1902
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    Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants

    Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants

    6.1 1902 HD

    Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic...

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  • 1902
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    The Human Fly

    The Human Fly

    5.9 1902 HD

    This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment...

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  • 1901
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    The Prince of Magicians

    The Prince of Magicians

    6.3 1901 HD

    A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

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  • 1904
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    A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself

    A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself

    6 1904 HD

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  • 1899
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    Cleopatra's Tomb

    Cleopatra's Tomb

    1.667 1899 HD

    A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    Rip's Dream

    Rip's Dream

    5.8 1905 HD

    The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe

    5.5 1902 HD

    Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès...

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Palace of the Arabian Nights

    The Palace of the Arabian Nights

    5.6 1905 HD

    A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Mysterious Box

    The Mysterious Box

    5.471 1903 HD

    As scene as pleasing as incomprehensible. A juggler summons two chairs, which come to the stage jumping and twirling around. Across the back of these...

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

    The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

    5.1 1900 HD

    A prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler

    Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler

    5.5 1908 HD

    The Merchant, the Farrier, and the Roman accompany a mysterious woman into a magical cave full of terrors and wonders.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Triple Headed Lady

    The Triple Headed Lady

    5.2 1901 HD

    A conjuror appears to demonstrate a lady with three heads.

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Pillar of Fire

    The Pillar of Fire

    5.84 1899 HD

    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...

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  • 2021
    imgMovies

    The Méliès Mystery

    The Méliès Mystery

    6.8 2021 HD

    A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    Misfortune Never Comes Alone

    Misfortune Never Comes Alone

    5.5 1903 HD

    The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    Between Calais and Dover

    Between Calais and Dover

    5.4 1897 HD

    A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    A Fantastical Meal

    A Fantastical Meal

    6.3 1900 HD

    A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head

    The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head

    5.8 1900 HD

    A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Magic Book

    The Magic Book

    6.2 1900 HD

    Characters from a large magic book come to life.

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Marvellous Wreath

    The Marvellous Wreath

    4.7 1903 HD

    A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    The Magician

    The Magician

    6.184 1898 HD

    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...

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    The Famous Box Trick

    The Famous Box Trick

    6.1 1898 HD

    A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Firefall

    The Firefall

    4.5 1904 HD

    A magic show.

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Fortune Favors the Brave

    Fortune Favors the Brave

    1 1970 HD

    A young boy's adventure takes him to the domain of the Genie of the Cathedral Bell, where he finds a fortune to enrich his family. The film is...

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon

    7.921 1902 HD

    Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon

    7.921 1902 HD

    Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon

    7.921 1902 HD

    Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon

    7.921 1902 HD

    Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    6.2 1899 HD

    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...

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

    The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

    5.1 1900 HD

    A prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    6.2 1899 HD

    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...

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    6.2 1901 HD

    A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    6.2 1901 HD

    A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

    The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

    5.1 1900 HD

    A prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.

    img
  • 1901
    imgMovies

    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    6.2 1901 HD

    A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Impossible Voyage

    The Impossible Voyage

    7.221 1904 HD

    Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Impossible Voyage

    The Impossible Voyage

    7.221 1904 HD

    Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Impossible Voyage

    The Impossible Voyage

    7.221 1904 HD

    Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    Crying and Laughing

    Crying and Laughing

    1 1900 HD

    A short film screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020 and believed to have been directed by Georges Méliès.

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Degradation of Dreyfus

    The Degradation of Dreyfus

    1 1899 HD

    The Jewish ex-officer Alfred Dreyfus's degradation. He stands in a military quadrant and the Adjutant proceeds to tear off his medals; Dreyfus is...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Dreyfus Leaving the Lycée for Jail

    Dreyfus Leaving the Lycée for Jail

    5 1899 HD

    One of eleven installments of The Dreyfus Affair (L'affaire Dreyfus), a docudrama reconstructing the historical Dreyfus Affair, which was still...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    6.813 1903 HD

    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...

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler

    Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler

    5.5 1908 HD

    The Merchant, the Farrier, and the Roman accompany a mysterious woman into a magical cave full of terrors and wonders.

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Living Playing Cards

    The Living Playing Cards

    6.5 1905 HD

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Black Imp

    The Black Imp

    6.5 1905 HD

    A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Cook in Trouble

    The Cook in Trouble

    5.2 1904 HD

    A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Untamable Whiskers

    The Untamable Whiskers

    6.3 1904 HD

    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...

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Scheming Gambler's Paradise

    The Scheming Gambler's Paradise

    5.6 1905 HD

    A combination gambling den and bawdy house is set up so that croupiers, patrons, prostitutes, and the owner can quickly change it all into a...

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Mermaid

    The Mermaid

    5.6 1904 HD

    A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Enchanted Sedan Chair

    The Enchanted Sedan Chair

    4.9 1905 HD

    A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Monster

    The Monster

    5.9 1903 HD

    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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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    Rip's Dream

    Rip's Dream

    5.8 1905 HD

    The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    6.9 1900 HD

    A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Infernal Cauldron

    The Infernal Cauldron

    6.3 1903 HD

    A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    6.9 1900 HD

    A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

    img
  • 1902
    imgMovies

    Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe

    5.5 1902 HD

    Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès...

    img
  • 1905
    imgMovies

    Rip's Dream

    Rip's Dream

    5.8 1905 HD

    The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

    img
  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Pillar of Fire

    The Pillar of Fire

    5.84 1899 HD

    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...

    img
  • 1905
    imgMovies

    Rip's Dream

    Rip's Dream

    5.8 1905 HD

    The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

    img
  • 1902
    imgMovies

    Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe

    5.5 1902 HD

    Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès...

    img
  • 1902
    imgMovies

    Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe

    5.5 1902 HD

    Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès...

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

    The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

    5.7 1905 HD

    An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    6.813 1903 HD

    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...

    img
  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

    The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

    5.7 1905 HD

    An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

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  • 1906
    imgMovies

    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    6.351 1906 HD

    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...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Infernal Cauldron

    The Infernal Cauldron

    6.3 1903 HD

    A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

    img
  • 1900
    imgMovies

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    6.9 1900 HD

    A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

    img
  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

    The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

    5.7 1905 HD

    An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

    img
  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Pillar of Fire

    The Pillar of Fire

    5.84 1899 HD

    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...

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  • 1906
    imgMovies

    The Witch

    The Witch

    6.2 1906 HD

    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...

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  • 1909
    imgMovies

    The Diabolic Tenant

    The Diabolic Tenant

    6.8 1909 HD

    A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.

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  • 1909
    imgMovies

    The Diabolic Tenant

    The Diabolic Tenant

    6.8 1909 HD

    A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.

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  • 1909
    imgMovies

    The Diabolic Tenant

    The Diabolic Tenant

    6.8 1909 HD

    A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.

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  • 1909
    imgMovies

    Whimsical Illusions

    Whimsical Illusions

    6.1 1909 HD

    In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...

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  • 1909
    imgMovies

    Whimsical Illusions

    Whimsical Illusions

    6.1 1909 HD

    In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...

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  • 1909
    imgMovies

    Whimsical Illusions

    Whimsical Illusions

    6.1 1909 HD

    In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Pillar of Fire

    The Pillar of Fire

    5.84 1899 HD

    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...

    img
  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Infernal Cauldron

    The Infernal Cauldron

    6.3 1903 HD

    A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

    img
  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Infernal Cauldron

    The Infernal Cauldron

    6.3 1903 HD

    A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    The Four Troublesome Heads

    The Four Troublesome Heads

    7.1 1898 HD

    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...

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    6.2 1901 HD

    A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

    img
  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Conjurer

    The Conjurer

    6.275 1899 HD

    A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

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  • 1906
    imgMovies

    The Hilarious Posters

    The Hilarious Posters

    5.9 1906 HD

    A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The One-Man Band

    The One-Man Band

    6.8 1900 HD

    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,...

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  • 1909
    imgMovies

    The Diabolic Tenant

    The Diabolic Tenant

    6.8 1909 HD

    A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.

    img
  • 1907
    imgMovies

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    6.1 1907 HD

    In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Melomaniac

    The Melomaniac

    6.654 1903 HD

    The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Man with the Rubber Head

    The Man with the Rubber Head

    7.161 1901 HD

    A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

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  • 1907
    imgMovies

    Good Glue Sticks

    Good Glue Sticks

    4.9 1907 HD

    A peddler of "the best glue" sets up his outdoor stall. A crowd gathers for a demonstration. As he gives his pitch, two observant cops decide drive...

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  • 1906
    imgMovies

    The Mysterious Retort

    The Mysterious Retort

    5.4 1906 HD

    A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Infernal Cakewalk

    The Infernal Cakewalk

    5.6 1903 HD

    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...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Oracle of Delphi

    The Oracle of Delphi

    5.4 1903 HD

    A box of valued jewels is placed inside the tomb of Delphi. A thief breaks into the tomb and steals it, but soon the ghost of Delphi appears and puts...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    A Terrible Night

    A Terrible Night

    5.081 1896 HD

    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.

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    The Vanishing Lady

    The Vanishing Lady

    6.205 1896 HD

    Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    After the Ball

    After the Ball

    5.1 1897 HD

    A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    5.669 1897 HD

    A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

    Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

    6 1898 HD

    Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    A Terrible Night

    A Terrible Night

    5.081 1896 HD

    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.

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    A Terrible Night

    A Terrible Night

    5.081 1896 HD

    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.

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    5.669 1897 HD

    A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

    img
  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    5.669 1897 HD

    A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

    img
  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    5.669 1897 HD

    A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

    img
  • 1897
    imgMovies

    Between Calais and Dover

    Between Calais and Dover

    5.4 1897 HD

    A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

    img
  • 1896
    imgMovies

    A Terrible Night

    A Terrible Night

    5.081 1896 HD

    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.

    img
  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    5.669 1897 HD

    A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

    img
  • 1896
    imgMovies

    Playing Cards

    Playing Cards

    4.852 1896 HD

    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...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    A Nightmare

    A Nightmare

    6 1896 HD

    A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Surrender of Tournavos

    The Surrender of Tournavos

    5 1897 HD

    Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the...

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Bewitched Inn

    The Bewitched Inn

    6.238 1897 HD

    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...

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    Adventures of William Tell

    Adventures of William Tell

    5.6 1898 HD

    The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and...

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    The Astronomer's Dream

    The Astronomer's Dream

    6.869 1898 HD

    An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    The Temptation of St. Anthony

    The Temptation of St. Anthony

    5.833 1898 HD

    St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    Panorama from Top of a Moving Train

    Panorama from Top of a Moving Train

    5.3 1898 HD

    With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    The Famous Box Trick

    The Famous Box Trick

    6.1 1898 HD

    A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Devil in a Convent

    The Devil in a Convent

    6.231 1899 HD

    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...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Pillar of Fire

    The Pillar of Fire

    5.84 1899 HD

    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...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Mysterious Portrait

    The Mysterious Portrait

    6 1899 HD

    A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Dreyfus Put in Irons

    Dreyfus Put in Irons

    5.1 1899 HD

    Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell....

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes

    Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes

    5.1 1899 HD

    Showing room at the military prison at Rennes in which Dreyfus the accused is confined. He is visited by his counsel, Maître Labori and...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon

    Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon

    5.1 1899 HD

    A section of the port Haliquen (Quiberon) Bretagne, at night where Dreyfus was landed by French marines, and officers after his transport from...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Dreyfus Court Martial - Arrest Of Dreyfus

    Dreyfus Court Martial - Arrest Of Dreyfus

    4.7 1899 HD

    Du Paty de Clam requests Captain Dreyfus to write as he dictates for the purpose of ascertaining whether his handwriting conforms to that of the...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Suicide of Colonel Henry

    Suicide of Colonel Henry

    4.9 1899 HD

    Shows the interior of the cell of the Prison Militaire du Cherche-Midi, Paris, where Colonel Henry is confined. He is seated at a table writing a...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Fight of Reporters

    The Fight of Reporters

    5.4 1899 HD

    During an interval in the proceedings of the court martial, the journalists enter into an animated discussion, resulting in a dispute between Arthur...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Court Martial at Rennes

    The Court Martial at Rennes

    4.7 1899 HD

    The infamous Dreyfus is finally brought before a court martial.

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  • 1899
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    The Attempt Against the Life of Maitre Labori

    The Attempt Against the Life of Maitre Labori

    5.5 1899 HD

    Maître Labori is seen approaching the bridge of Rennes in company with Colonel Picquart and M. Gast, Mayor of Rennes. They notice that they are...

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    The Magician

    The Magician

    6.184 1898 HD

    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...

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  • 1900
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    Addition and Subtraction

    Addition and Subtraction

    5.8 1900 HD

    A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    6.9 1900 HD

    A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood

    The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood

    5.5 1900 HD

    The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Magic Book

    The Magic Book

    6.2 1900 HD

    Characters from a large magic book come to life.

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Mysterious Knight

    The Mysterious Knight

    6.3 1899 HD

    A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Cook's Revenge

    The Cook's Revenge

    6.2 1900 HD

    A decapitated cook wreaks havoc on the restaurant proprietor.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

    The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

    5.1 1900 HD

    A prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    The Treasures of Satan

    The Treasures of Satan

    5.113 1902 HD

    The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth....

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    The Magician and the Imp

    The Magician and the Imp

    4.9 1902 HD

    The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the...

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    The Microscopic Dancer

    The Microscopic Dancer

    5.6 1902 HD

    “This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks...

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    The Colonel's Shower Bath

    The Colonel's Shower Bath

    4.5 1902 HD

    A colonel in the military receives an unorthodox shower, an unorthodox shower indeed!

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Marvellous Wreath

    The Marvellous Wreath

    4.7 1903 HD

    A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    An Impossible Balancing Feat

    An Impossible Balancing Feat

    5.7 1902 HD

    A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    The Coronation of Edward VII

    The Coronation of Edward VII

    4.6 1902 HD

    King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants

    Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants

    6.1 1902 HD

    Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic...

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    The Human Fly

    The Human Fly

    5.9 1902 HD

    This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment...

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    Up-to-Date Spiritualism

    Up-to-Date Spiritualism

    5.661 1900 HD

    In this subject a "comique eccentric" enters the drawing room inhabited by spirits. He tries to take off his coat and hat, but these garments return...

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    How He Missed His Train

    How He Missed His Train

    5.6 1900 HD

    A man misses his train due to his clothes turning into other types of clothes.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    Eight Girls in a Barrel

    Eight Girls in a Barrel

    5.3 1900 HD

    A magician stuffs eight of his lovely assistants into a barrel.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head

    The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head

    5.8 1900 HD

    A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    A Fantastical Meal

    A Fantastical Meal

    6.3 1900 HD

    A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Doctor and the Monkey

    The Doctor and the Monkey

    5.4 1900 HD

    A monkey wreaks havoc on a doctor.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    What Is Home Without the Boarder

    What Is Home Without the Boarder

    5 1900 HD

    A trio of prankish boarders wreak havoc on their landlady and an intervening policeman.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Christmas Dream

    The Christmas Dream

    5.4 1900 HD

    The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by...

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match

    The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match

    6.6 1900 HD

    A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    Going to Bed Under Difficulties

    Going to Bed Under Difficulties

    6.511 1900 HD

    A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Imperceptible Transmutations

    The Imperceptible Transmutations

    4.9 1904 HD

    This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Brahmin and the Butterfly

    The Brahmin and the Butterfly

    5.5 1901 HD

    A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    Hat of Many Surprises

    Hat of Many Surprises

    5.8 1901 HD

    A magician's hat offers many surprises.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Prince of Magicians

    The Prince of Magicians

    6.3 1901 HD

    A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Dwarf and the Giant

    The Dwarf and the Giant

    5.7 1901 HD

    A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Magician's Cavern

    The Magician's Cavern

    6 1901 HD

    A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Bachelor's Paradise

    The Bachelor's Paradise

    5.2 1901 HD

    A sorceress conjures up a bevy of beauties for a bachelor to peruse.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    An Extraordinary Dislocation

    An Extraordinary Dislocation

    6.1 1901 HD

    A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Devil and the Statue

    The Devil and the Statue

    5.2 1901 HD

    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...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Magic Lantern

    The Magic Lantern

    5.9 1903 HD

    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,...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    Apparitions

    Apparitions

    5.4 1903 HD

    Alone in his room at an inn, a lustful old man is haunted by spirits.

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Enchanted Well

    The Enchanted Well

    5.4 1903 HD

    A witch curses a town's well.

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    Extraordinary Illusions

    Extraordinary Illusions

    6.081 1903 HD

    Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    The Indian Sorcerer

    The Indian Sorcerer

    5.35 1908 HD

    A sorcerer turns a small egg into a bigger one and keeps repeating this trick until the egg is large enough to do other things including delivering...

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Wandering Jew

    The Wandering Jew

    4.6 1904 HD

    A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    6.2 1899 HD

    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...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    Post No Bills

    Post No Bills

    5.305 1896 HD

    A soldier stands guard at a sentry box and leaves it unprotected for a moment, a moment that two men take advantage of to put up posters where it is...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Inn Where No Man Rests

    The Inn Where No Man Rests

    5.8 1903 HD

    A traveller is shown to a room in an inn. After a brief dispute with the hostess and a porter, he is left to himself. But strange things begin to...

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  • 1907
    imgMovies

    Tunneling the English Channel

    Tunneling the English Channel

    6.4 1907 HD

    The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.

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  • 1899
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    The Dreyfus Affair

    The Dreyfus Affair

    5.725 1899 HD

    The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer...

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Two Blind Men

    The Two Blind Men

    1 1900 HD

    This film is presumed lost.

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  • 1907
    imgMovies

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    5.13 1907 HD

    The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine...

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  • 1912
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    The Conquest of the Pole

    The Conquest of the Pole

    6.3 1912 HD

    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...

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  • 1912
    imgMovies

    The Conquest of the Pole

    The Conquest of the Pole

    6.3 1912 HD

    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...

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  • 1909
    imgMovies

    The Spider and the Butterfly

    The Spider and the Butterfly

    5.8 1909 HD

    Surviving fragment of a longer film. A magician makes a butterfly woman appear, and a woman in a star. Exhausted, the magician falls asleep and the...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    6.454 1896 HD

    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...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    6.454 1896 HD

    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...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    6.454 1896 HD

    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...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    6.454 1896 HD

    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...

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe

    5.5 1902 HD

    Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès...

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  • 1911
    imgMovies

    The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen

    The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen

    5.9 1911 HD

    After an evening of excessive wining and dining Baron Munchausen must be helped to bed by his servants. Once asleep, he has bizarre and frightening...

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  • 1906
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    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    6.351 1906 HD

    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...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    Misfortune Never Comes Alone

    Misfortune Never Comes Alone

    5.5 1903 HD

    The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Misfortunes of an Explorer

    The Misfortunes of an Explorer

    4.3 1900 HD

    A movie fragment depicting an archaeological explorer entering a standing sarcophagus.

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  • 1909
    imgMovies

    Whimsical Illusions

    Whimsical Illusions

    6.1 1909 HD

    In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    On the Roof

    On the Roof

    5.069 1897 HD

    Two crooks throw a lady off a roof, and a hapless policeman tries to capture them.

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    Naval Combat in Greece

    Naval Combat in Greece

    5.3 1897 HD

    An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the...

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  • 1897
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    The Last Cartridges

    The Last Cartridges

    5 1897 HD

    An incident of the Franco-Prussian War. It shows the bombardment of a house at Bazeille. It is the animated reproduction of de Neuville's celebrated...

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    Off to Bedlam

    Off to Bedlam

    5.2 1901 HD

    Four black minstrels turn into white clowns and back again when they hit or kick each other.

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  • 1913
    imgMovies

    The Voyage of M. Bourrichon

    The Voyage of M. Bourrichon

    4.2 1913 HD

    An indebted French family flees its creditors in this comic picaresque, one of pioneering French director George Méliès last films.

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique

    The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique

    5.3 1902 HD

    This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    Faust in the Underworld

    Faust in the Underworld

    5.9 1903 HD

    The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    Jupiter's Thunderballs

    Jupiter's Thunderballs

    5.2 1903 HD

    With godly entrapments, Zeus appears on the horizon, engages Hermes as an audience, and tries to throw some thunderbolts. They fizzle. Hephaestus...

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    The Prolific Magical Egg

    The Prolific Magical Egg

    6 1902 HD

    A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his...

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  • 1903
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    Ten Ladies in an Umbrella

    Ten Ladies in an Umbrella

    5.9 1903 HD

    The scene is similar to that seen at Coney Island, where a number of shows are constantly going on.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    A Moonlight Serenade

    A Moonlight Serenade

    5.2 1904 HD

    Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and...

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Bewitched Trunk

    The Bewitched Trunk

    4.182 1904 HD

    A medieval magician performs a magic show involving a long ornate trunk in which he makes his assistants appear, disappear, and transform into other...

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Firefall

    The Firefall

    4.5 1904 HD

    A magic show.

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Mystical Flame

    The Mystical Flame

    4.7 1903 HD

    A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The...

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  • 1907
    imgMovies

    The Skipping Cheese

    The Skipping Cheese

    5.5 1907 HD

    The interior of a trolley car. A menagerie of passengers notices a foul odour, and pinpoint the source of the stench at a cheese saleswoman. The...

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Lilliputian Minuet

    The Lilliputian Minuet

    4.4 1905 HD

    Another short of Georges.

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    A Mesmerian Experiment

    A Mesmerian Experiment

    5.1 1905 HD

    A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Magic Dice

    The Magic Dice

    4.4 1905 HD

    Another magic short of Méliès.

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Human Pyramid

    The Human Pyramid

    5.235 1899 HD

    Méliès appears as a court jester (a “triboulet” in French). He pulls 18th century noblemen out of a trunk and arranges them...

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Palace of the Arabian Nights

    The Palace of the Arabian Nights

    5.6 1905 HD

    A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Summoning the Spirits

    Summoning the Spirits

    5.212 1899 HD

    A bearded man hangs up a wreath and, like any good magician, waves his hands inside of it and under it to show us it's only a wreath…

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    An Adventurous Automobile Trip

    An Adventurous Automobile Trip

    5.7 1905 HD

    A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special...

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    The Artist and the Dummy

    The Artist and the Dummy

    4.5 1900 HD

    A very simple gag film as a young lady substitutes herself for a dummy in order to play a practical joke on an artist.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Terrible Turkish Executioner

    The Terrible Turkish Executioner

    6.1 1904 HD

    In a public place in Constantinople at the corner of a bazaar, the executioner is seated upon a stone and is resting from his daily labors while...

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Wandering Jew

    The Wandering Jew

    4.6 1904 HD

    A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    Alcofribas, The Master Magician

    Alcofribas, The Master Magician

    5 1903 HD

    Two men in a cave perform magic.

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Witch's Revenge

    The Witch's Revenge

    5 1903 HD

    Two guards bring a sorcerer into the hall of a palace of the time of the Middle Ages. The king who follows them orders the sorcerer to be chained and...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid

    Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid

    4.6 1903 HD

    A boy is led into the frame by two nursemaids who give him a big ball to play with. For the remainder of the film heads appear and disappear, stage...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    Jack Jags and Dum Dum

    Jack Jags and Dum Dum

    4.1 1903 HD

    Two comic characters, Jack Jags and Dum Dum, perform slapstick comedy on stage.

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    Comical Conjuring

    Comical Conjuring

    4.8 1903 HD

    In a room filled with jugglers' properties of enormous size a prestidigitateur dressed in eccentric costume enters with his assistant. The servant,...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Mysterious Box

    The Mysterious Box

    5.471 1903 HD

    As scene as pleasing as incomprehensible. A juggler summons two chairs, which come to the stage jumping and twirling around. Across the back of these...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Ballet Master's Dream

    The Ballet Master's Dream

    5.5 1903 HD

    It's late in the evening, and the ballet master's bed has been prepared for him. But he cannot take his mind off of his work, and instead of going to...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    The Drawing Lesson

    The Drawing Lesson

    4.5 1903 HD

    In a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding...

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    A Spiritualist Photographer

    A Spiritualist Photographer

    5.7 1903 HD

    A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Fugitive Apparitions

    The Fugitive Apparitions

    4.8 1904 HD

    A magician makes a woman appear and disappear.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter

    Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter

    4.6 1904 HD

    Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Devilish Plank

    The Devilish Plank

    4.5 1904 HD

    A magic trick is performed with a long plank with two pots built into it, both with holes in the bottom. Pretty girls are part of the magic.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    A Miracle Under the Inquisition

    A Miracle Under the Inquisition

    5.6 1904 HD

    An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Clockmaker's Dream

    The Clockmaker's Dream

    5 1904 HD

    A weary clock-maker dozes off in a chair. While he is asleep, three women suddenly appear in the midst of his shop. They proceed to show the sleeping...

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    Tit for Tat

    Tit for Tat

    5.7 1904 HD

    Georges Melies the magician. Melies removes his own head, puts it in a glass box on a stool, then grows another one. Melies lights up a cigarette and...

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Christmas Angel

    The Christmas Angel

    5.4 1904 HD

    A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father...

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    Faust and Marguerite

    Faust and Marguerite

    4.9 1904 HD

    Melies second attempt at telling the story of Faust. This time out Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the...

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    An Improvised Fireworks Display

    An Improvised Fireworks Display

    3.9 1905 HD

    On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    A Crazy Composer

    A Crazy Composer

    5.3 1905 HD

    A silly-looking composer attempts to compose. He then falls asleep, and dreams of all manner of bizarre nonsense.

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    Rip's Dream

    Rip's Dream

    5.8 1905 HD

    The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus

    Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus

    5.6 1905 HD

    An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.

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  • 1906
    imgMovies

    Punch and Judy

    Punch and Judy

    3.8 1906 HD

    A group of people watches a guignol (the French version of a Punch and Judy show). Outtake from a longer, now lost, film.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Wonderful Living Fan

    The Wonderful Living Fan

    5.1 1904 HD

    As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him. The conjurer...

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Long Distance Wireless Photography

    Long Distance Wireless Photography

    5.2 1908 HD

    Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a...

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  • 1906
    imgMovies

    Soap Bubbles

    Soap Bubbles

    5.2 1906 HD

    A magician blows some big bubbles and makes heads of women appear inside them.

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  • 1906
    imgMovies

    A Mix-Up in the Gallery

    A Mix-Up in the Gallery

    5.1 1906 HD

    A photographer has an accident which not only screws up his lab but dumps a great deal of debris into the street below, causing general chaos.

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  • 1906
    imgMovies

    A Roadside Inn

    A Roadside Inn

    5.7 1906 HD

    The staff of an inn play a cruel trick on a guest.

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  • 1906
    imgMovies

    A Desperate Crime

    A Desperate Crime

    6.5 1906 HD

    A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

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  • 1906
    imgMovies

    The Luny Musician

    The Luny Musician

    4.9 1906 HD

    A crazy, rude musician gets some supernatural comeuppance.

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

    The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

    5.7 1905 HD

    An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

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  • 1906
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    The Tramp and the Mattress Makers

    The Tramp and the Mattress Makers

    5 1906 HD

    A bum accidentally gets himself sewn up inside a mattress.

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  • 1906
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    Jack the Chimney Sweep

    Jack the Chimney Sweep

    4.8 1906 HD

    Jack is taken on a sea-snail to the lair of a fairy, who magically turns him into a prince. He thoroughly enjoys the dancing and fawning of the...

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  • 1906
    imgMovies

    The Witch

    The Witch

    6.2 1906 HD

    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...

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  • 1907
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    Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

    Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

    5.5 1907 HD

    The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then...

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  • 1907
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    Satan in Prison

    Satan in Prison

    5.5 1907 HD

    The title is vital, since the bulk of the action consists of a well-dressed man magically producing a series of items to furnish a bare room,...

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  • 1907
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    Sightseeing Through Whisky

    Sightseeing Through Whisky

    5.1 1907 HD

    John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the...

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  • 1907
    imgMovies

    Rogues' Tricks

    Rogues' Tricks

    5.2 1907 HD

    Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a...

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  • 1906
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    Robert Macaire and Bertrand

    Robert Macaire and Bertrand

    5 1906 HD

    Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of...

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  • 1907
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    How Bridget's Lover Escaped

    How Bridget's Lover Escaped

    4.3 1907 HD

    Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his...

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  • 1907
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    The Prophetess of Thebes

    The Prophetess of Thebes

    4.3 1907 HD

    Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly...

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  • 1908
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    The King and the Jester

    The King and the Jester

    4.9 1908 HD

    French short about King Francis I and his jester Triboulet, who form the basis for Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse (and Verdi's opera Rigoletto).

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    The Knight of Black Art

    The Knight of Black Art

    4.833 1908 HD

    Magic tricks in a medieval setting.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Buncoed Stage Johnnie

    Buncoed Stage Johnnie

    3.2 1908 HD

    This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the...

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess

    The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess

    5 1908 HD

    A good shepherdess is persecuted by an evil, tantrum-throwing princess. A good fairy decides to intervene, and dishes out quite a bit of retribution.

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  • 1908
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    The Dream of an Opium Fiend

    The Dream of an Opium Fiend

    5.385 1908 HD

    The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks...

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  • 1908
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    A Tricky Painter’s Fate

    A Tricky Painter’s Fate

    4.6 1908 HD

    A painter boards a train and puts his paintings in the windows so that they look like passengers.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Not Guilty

    Not Guilty

    4 1908 HD

    Three burglars invade a house, kill two people, and blind a third person, a woman. The police arrest the wrong man.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    The Broken Violin

    The Broken Violin

    4.4 1908 HD

    If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment....

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    French Cops Learning English

    French Cops Learning English

    4.6 1908 HD

    The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    His First Job

    His First Job

    4.9 1908 HD

    Georges Melies' film has a new guy showing up in a store on his first day and he obviously just doesn't fit in as he makes one mistake after another.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    The Mischance of a Photographer

    The Mischance of a Photographer

    4.5 1908 HD

    A family goes to a photographer. The photographer pushes the boy around, and no one seems to care. The boy gets his revenge.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    The Miser

    The Miser

    4.8 1908 HD

    This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser...

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream

    Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream

    5.6 1908 HD

    The film begins with a grandmother reading a story to a small child before tucking them into bed. No sooner has the mite fallen asleep than they...

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    In the Barber Shop

    In the Barber Shop

    4.5 1908 HD

    One fine day at a barbershop that has stupid staff and very rude customers.

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  • 1907
    imgMovies

    In the Bogie Man's Cave

    In the Bogie Man's Cave

    4.8 1907 HD

    The Bogie Man's cave is one of the many triumphs of set design for Georges Méliès. More unusual for the pioneering French director is...

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Justinian's Human Torches

    Justinian's Human Torches

    4.3 1908 HD

    During an orgy, Emperor Justinian orders three people to be torched alive.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

    The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

    4.3 1908 HD

    This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just...

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    The Genii of Fire

    The Genii of Fire

    4.9 1908 HD

    Not much of a plot. A couple is menaced by some sort of bizarre religious cult. Then they're saved.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    The New Lord of the Village

    The New Lord of the Village

    5.1 1908 HD

    There's a scene in a village, then there's a scene out in the wilderness with what appear to be gods, and a giant crab, and a giant frog... then...

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    The Woes of Roller Skaters

    The Woes of Roller Skaters

    3.5 1908 HD

    A group of people take roller skating too far.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Why That Actor Was Late

    Why That Actor Was Late

    4.2 1908 HD

    An actor tries to get to a show on time. Many mishaps along the way.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Sideshow Wrestlers

    Sideshow Wrestlers

    4.1 1908 HD

    A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Pharmaceutical Hallucinations

    Pharmaceutical Hallucinations

    5.2 1908 HD

    There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip. Then there's this wizard in...

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  • 1912
    imgMovies

    The Knight of the Snow

    The Knight of the Snow

    5.8 1912 HD

    One of the last films Georges Méliès made. By now, he was under contract for his former rival Pathé, where he made a few of his...

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  • 1912
    imgMovies

    Cinderella or The Glass Slipper

    Cinderella or The Glass Slipper

    5.5 1912 HD

    Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance...

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  • 1911
    imgMovies

    The Diabolical Church Window

    The Diabolical Church Window

    5.5 1911 HD

    Here we have an old scholar/alchemist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by...

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer

    Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer

    4.8 1904 HD

    A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open...

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  • 1909
    imgMovies

    The Doctor's Secret

    The Doctor's Secret

    5.2 1909 HD

    Doctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.

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  • 1898
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    The Damnation of Faust

    The Damnation of Faust

    4.8 1898 HD

    A lost film. Georges Méliès also directed a film entitled Faust aux enfers in 1903 that is frequently confused with this one, but it...

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    Guerre de Cuba et l'explosion du Maine à La Havane

    Guerre de Cuba et l'explosion du Maine à La Havane

    1 1898 HD

    Reconstruction, with models, of the explosion of the battleship Maine in Havana. Samir Benhalilou contacted Méliès' granddaughter and...

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Bewitched Inn

    The Bewitched Inn

    6.238 1897 HD

    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...

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Bewitched Inn

    The Bewitched Inn

    6.238 1897 HD

    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...

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Bewitched Inn

    The Bewitched Inn

    6.238 1897 HD

    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...

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Bewitched Inn

    The Bewitched Inn

    6.238 1897 HD

    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...

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    5.958 1897 HD

    The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    Playing Cards

    Playing Cards

    4.852 1896 HD

    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...

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  • 1912
    imgMovies

    The Conquest of the Pole

    The Conquest of the Pole

    6.3 1912 HD

    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...

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  • 1912
    imgMovies

    The Conquest of the Pole

    The Conquest of the Pole

    6.3 1912 HD

    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...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Cleopatra's Tomb

    Cleopatra's Tomb

    1.667 1899 HD

    A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.

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  • 1899
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    Fantastic Dining Room

    Fantastic Dining Room

    4.2 1899 HD

    Showing the interior of a dining room of a modest cottage, whereto enter a young couple to partake in their meal, which is being served up by the...

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  • 1904
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    The Christmas Angel

    The Christmas Angel

    5.4 1904 HD

    A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father...

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Mishaps of the New York-Paris Auto Race

    Mishaps of the New York-Paris Auto Race

    5.5 1908 HD

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station

    Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station

    4.167 1896 HD

    This lost film presumably features a train arriving at Vincennes station, eastern Paris. (Until 2020, was confused with Arrival at Joinville...

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    Pygmalion and Galatea

    Pygmalion and Galatea

    4.8 1898 HD

    Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    A Midnight Episode

    A Midnight Episode

    3.5 1899 HD

    A sleeping apartment of a friend who retires for the night. The rays of the moon are shining upon the bed through the window. He is suddenly awakened...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    A Midnight Episode

    A Midnight Episode

    3.5 1899 HD

    A sleeping apartment of a friend who retires for the night. The rays of the moon are shining upon the bed through the window. He is suddenly awakened...

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  • 1903
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    Les mousquetaires de la reine

    Les mousquetaires de la reine

    1 1903 HD

    Before going to war with his neighbors, the King reviews his men. The Queen's Musketeer's, who number only young men, are proclaimed the best drilled...

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  • 1902
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    A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon

    7.921 1902 HD

    Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    L'homme aux cent trucs

    L'homme aux cent trucs

    1 1900 HD

    Short film about a magician.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    L'homme aux cent trucs

    L'homme aux cent trucs

    1 1900 HD

    Short film about a magician.

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    Sure Cure for Indigestion

    Sure Cure for Indigestion

    6 1902 HD

    In this film, we show the interior of a doctor's office. A patient enters, and judging from the expression on his face, he is in great pain. The...

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Triple Headed Lady

    The Triple Headed Lady

    5.2 1901 HD

    A conjuror appears to demonstrate a lady with three heads.

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Devil's Laboratory

    The Devil's Laboratory

    3.2 1897 HD

    "The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Lightning Change Artist

    Lightning Change Artist

    1 1899 HD

    A man makes twenty complete changes in two minutes, combining with them dances. The changes are made in full sight of the audience. Biondi, Fregoli...

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  • 1908
    imgMovies

    Humanity Through the Ages

    Humanity Through the Ages

    2 1908 HD

    An episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907.

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  • 1902
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    Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers

    Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers

    1 1902 HD

    A prestidigitator orders his assistant to bring a cabinet, which is displayed piece by piece to the audience. Two gentlemen are then introduced; they...

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax"

    The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax"

    1 1902 HD

    A reenactment of a dirigible explosion in Paris.

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  • 1907
    imgMovies

    Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

    Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

    1.75 1907 HD

    An adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy.

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    Faust and Marguerite

    Faust and Marguerite

    3.875 1897 HD

    Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself

    A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself

    6 1904 HD

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  • 2021
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    Méliès: Tales of Terror

    Méliès: Tales of Terror

    1 2021 HD

    A compilation of three short trick films by Georges Méliès: El melómano (1903) (The Melomaniac aka The Music Lover)(1903), El...

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  • 2021
    imgMovies

    Méliès: Tales of Terror

    Méliès: Tales of Terror

    1 2021 HD

    A compilation of three short trick films by Georges Méliès: El melómano (1903) (The Melomaniac aka The Music Lover)(1903), El...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Extravagant Struggles

    Extravagant Struggles

    5.7 1899 HD

    In a square room, two men and two women, in white body-hugging clothes, try on wrestling holds, each with a partner of the same sex.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    4.25 1901 HD

    In a bakery in the French countryside, Father Latourte, his wife, and their staff are busy with customers, pastries, and baked goods of all kinds....

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Impossible Voyage

    The Impossible Voyage

    7.221 1904 HD

    Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    The Four Troublesome Heads

    The Four Troublesome Heads

    7.1 1898 HD

    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...

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    The Four Troublesome Heads

    The Four Troublesome Heads

    7.1 1898 HD

    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...

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Man with the Rubber Head

    The Man with the Rubber Head

    7.161 1901 HD

    A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Man with the Rubber Head

    The Man with the Rubber Head

    7.161 1901 HD

    A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

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  • 1904
    imgMovies

    The Wonderful Rose Tree

    The Wonderful Rose Tree

    5 1904 HD

    The Brahmin, Iftikar, who enjoys a great reputation in India, has determined to create something miraculous which will place the seal upon his...

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Devil's Island - Within the Palisade

    Devil's Island - Within the Palisade

    5.1 1899 HD

    A reenactment of a scene inside Devil's Island prison.

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  • 1939
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    Violons d'Ingres

    Violons d'Ingres

    1 1939 HD

    Shows hobbies of people who do an ordinary job in the day. Made for New York Fair.

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  • 1929
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    Gala Méliès

    Gala Méliès

    1 1929 HD

    Lost in the streets of Paris, Georges Méliès is looking everywhere for the Salle Pleyel. On the wall he sees an enormous Gala poster...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    Les forgerons

    Les forgerons

    1 1896 HD

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    Visite de l'épave du Maine

    Visite de l'épave du Maine

    4 1898 HD

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  • 1979
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    ORG

    ORG

    5.3 1979 HD

    Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most...

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    Wine Cellar Burglars

    Wine Cellar Burglars

    1 1902 HD

    Lost comedy film from Georges Méliès.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    A Maiden's Paradise

    A Maiden's Paradise

    1 1901 HD

    In a wizard's cavern, a series of magic tricks are performed..

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  • 1901
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    The Temple of the Sun

    The Temple of the Sun

    1 1901 HD

    A high nobleman finds himself in the Temple of the Sun, where he meets Mascarille, who proposes himself as a juggler. After extracting from the...

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    Painless Dentistry

    Painless Dentistry

    1 1901 HD

    Comedy short film by Georges Méliès.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    Fun in Court

    Fun in Court

    1 1901 HD

    Lost short comedy film by Georges Méliès

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    The Sacred Fountain

    The Sacred Fountain

    1 1901 HD

    Lost short film from Georges Méliès.

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  • 1901
    imgMovies

    A Good Trick

    A Good Trick

    1 1901 HD

    Lost comedy short film by Georges Méliès.

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    Drunkard and Inventor

    Drunkard and Inventor

    1 1902 HD

    Lost short film by Georges Méliès.

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  • 1900
    imgMovies

    China Versus Allied Powers

    China Versus Allied Powers

    1 1900 HD

    A magician presents a circular piece of paper from which he removes the flags of the allies. Then from each flag he produces a soldier from the...

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  • 1902
    imgMovies

    Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria

    Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria

    1 1902 HD

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    STOP THIEF!

    STOP THIEF!

    1 1905 HD

    In order to photograph this film, the cameraman placed his equipment on a broad sidewalk in the business district of a large city, probably New York....

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  • 1899
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    Christ Walking on Water

    Christ Walking on Water

    1 1899 HD

    Showing the rolling sea, upon which gradually appears a cloud of mist. From this evolves the figure of Christ, who proceeds to walk on the waves. The...

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  • 1908
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    Excursion to the Moon

    Excursion to the Moon

    5.4 1908 HD

    Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    A Nightmare

    A Nightmare

    6 1896 HD

    A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

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  • 1907
    imgMovies

    Tunneling the English Channel

    Tunneling the English Channel

    6.4 1907 HD

    The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.

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  • 1903
    imgMovies

    Alcofribas, The Master Magician

    Alcofribas, The Master Magician

    5 1903 HD

    Two men in a cave perform magic.

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  • 1907
    imgMovies

    Tunneling the English Channel

    Tunneling the English Channel

    6.4 1907 HD

    The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    A Nightmare

    A Nightmare

    6 1896 HD

    A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    A Nightmare

    A Nightmare

    6 1896 HD

    A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Murder Will Out

    Murder Will Out

    1 1899 HD

    Melies short.

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    The Clown and Automobile

    The Clown and Automobile

    3 1899 HD

    The clown and his automobile enters with great puffs of smoke

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  • 1899
    imgMovies

    Le conférencier distrait

    Le conférencier distrait

    1 1899 HD

    A short French fantasy film.

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  • 1905
    imgMovies

    The Black Imp

    The Black Imp

    6.5 1905 HD

    A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    An Irritable Model

    An Irritable Model

    6 1897 HD

    An artist attempts to touch his model who is playing Venus. Later remade in 1900. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on...

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    Boxing Match

    Boxing Match

    6 1897 HD

    A kickboxing movie. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu...

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    A Woman Surprised

    A Woman Surprised

    4 1898 HD

    A man surprises a woman. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    A Serpentine Dance

    A Serpentine Dance

    5.2 1896 HD

    A Serpentine dance performance, possibly featuring Loie Fuller (though the record is unclear). While the film is lost, there is a new digital version...

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    The Bridegroom's Dilemma

    The Bridegroom's Dilemma

    4 1898 HD

    A woman slips into her bed with the help of her servant. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook...

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    Fencing at the Joinville School

    Fencing at the Joinville School

    6 1897 HD

    A fencing match. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around...

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  • 1896
    imgMovies

    Arrival of a Train (Joinville Station)

    Arrival of a Train (Joinville Station)

    5.8 1896 HD

    One of a few versions of the "arrival of the train" narrative. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a...

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  • 1898
    imgMovies

    The Cave of the Demons

    The Cave of the Demons

    2 1898 HD

    A young woman stumbles across a cave that is populated by the spirits and skeletons of people who died there under mysterious circumstances.

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  • 1897
    imgMovies

    The Grasshopper and the Ant

    The Grasshopper and the Ant

    1 1897 HD

    A lost film directed by Georges Melies

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  • 1904
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    Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion

    Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion

    1 1904 HD

    Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor to the King, is thrust into a dungeon because he has offended His Majesty by not being able for some time past to produce...

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  • 1900
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    Les miracles du Brahmine

    Les miracles du Brahmine

    5 1900 HD

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  • 1902
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    Marvelous Suspension

    Marvelous Suspension

    1 1902 HD

    After numerous exhibitions of the black art by the magician, he causes a handsome young woman to appear suspended in the air. She slowly turns until...

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  • 1904
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    The Mischances of a Drunkard

    The Mischances of a Drunkard

    1 1904 HD

    A drunkard has taken off his overcoat and wishes to put in on again, but as he is not able to succeed in it. He asks aid of two bystanders, who hold...

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  • 1897
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    A Terrible Night (Remake)

    A Terrible Night (Remake)

    4 1897 HD

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  • 1908
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    L'agent gelé

    L'agent gelé

    1 1908 HD

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  • 1896
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    Watering the Flowers

    Watering the Flowers

    5 1896 HD

    Watering the Flowers (French: L'Arroseur) was an 1896 French short comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by...

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  • 1898
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    Carrefour de l'opéra

    Carrefour de l'opéra

    1 1898 HD

    Noted for the first use of time-lapse in a motion picture.

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  • 1898
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    Panorama from Top of a Moving Train

    Panorama from Top of a Moving Train

    5.3 1898 HD

    With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

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  • 1898
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    Panorama from Top of a Moving Train

    Panorama from Top of a Moving Train

    5.3 1898 HD

    With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

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  • 1896
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    Conjuring

    Conjuring

    5.389 1896 HD

    The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring...

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  • 1896
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    Les tribulations d'un concierge

    Les tribulations d'un concierge

    3 1896 HD

    Georges Méliès lost film.

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  • 1902
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    Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants

    Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants

    6.1 1902 HD

    Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic...

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  • 1896
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    The Vanishing Lady

    The Vanishing Lady

    6.205 1896 HD

    Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

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  • 1906
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    The Witch

    The Witch

    6.2 1906 HD

    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...

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  • 1906
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    The Witch

    The Witch

    6.2 1906 HD

    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...

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  • 1896
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    The Vanishing Lady

    The Vanishing Lady

    6.205 1896 HD

    Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

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  • 1896
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    The Vanishing Lady

    The Vanishing Lady

    6.205 1896 HD

    Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

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  • 1896
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    Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds

    Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds

    5.125 1896 HD

    A man does tricks by forming hats and then putting them on. Fragment available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

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  • 1896
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    Miss de Vère - English Jig

    Miss de Vère - English Jig

    4.667 1896 HD

    A woman dances - preserved in flipbook form.

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  • 1897
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    D. Devant, Conjurer

    D. Devant, Conjurer

    4.8 1897 HD

    A man pulls a rabbit out of a hat. Available in a fragment in flipbook version only.

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  • 1896
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    A Soldier's Unlucky Salutation

    A Soldier's Unlucky Salutation

    6.2 1896 HD

    A soldier is talking to a woman while sitting on a bench, a man sits on it, and the soldier stands up, causing the bench to tip over and the man...

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  • 1905
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    The Palace of the Arabian Nights

    The Palace of the Arabian Nights

    5.6 1905 HD

    A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs...

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  • 1905
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    The Palace of the Arabian Nights

    The Palace of the Arabian Nights

    5.6 1905 HD

    A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs...

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  • 1902
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    The Human Fly

    The Human Fly

    5.9 1902 HD

    This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment...

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  • 1903
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    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    6.813 1903 HD

    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...

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  • 1903
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    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    6.813 1903 HD

    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...

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  • 1906
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    The Hilarious Posters

    The Hilarious Posters

    5.9 1906 HD

    A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.

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  • 1901
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    The Prince of Magicians

    The Prince of Magicians

    6.3 1901 HD

    A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

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  • 1905
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    The Palace of the Arabian Nights

    The Palace of the Arabian Nights

    5.6 1905 HD

    A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs...

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  • 1906
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    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    6.351 1906 HD

    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...

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  • 1906
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    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    6.351 1906 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
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    Fortune Favors the Brave

    Fortune Favors the Brave

    1 1970 HD

    A young boy's adventure takes him to the domain of the Genie of the Cathedral Bell, where he finds a fortune to enrich his family. The film is...

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  • 1978
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    Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

    Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

    1 1978 HD

    Produced for television by Claude-Jean Philippe, the « Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma », recounts the history of...

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