Most Viewed Year 1896

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Georges Méliès

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

Genre: Horror

Cast: Georges Méliès

Probably filmed in 1895, a group of people stand along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. The train pulls up and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mrs. Auguste Lumière

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.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Georges Méliès

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gaston Méliès

A butcher puts a full-grown live pig into his large box-like machine. Moments later, he draws out a full range of pork products, many already...

Genre: Comedy

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They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

Genre: Drama

Cast: May Irwin

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...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Georges Méliès

A brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. This film is lost or never existed. Copies...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Alice Guy-Blaché

The facade and the traffic in front of the Cinematographe in London, close to the large ensign of the historical Empire Theatre, in London.

Genre: Documentary

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Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Auguste Lumière

Several competitors take part in a friendly sack race, with widely varying degrees of success.

Genre: Documentary

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In front of a building, five carpenters are working on woodworking machines.

Genre: Documentary

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A short film from the Lumière brothers, filmed in a Dresden street.

Genre: Documentary

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A boat returns to port, where passengers are helped ashore.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Suzanne Lumière

Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.

Genre: Documentary

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The surf pounds against a breakwater on which are visible several people standing. The wall looks to be about 20 feet above sea level and extend at...

Genre: Documentary

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The first travelling shot.

Genre: Documentary

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Genre: Documentary

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Based on a real event that occurred between two deputies, in Chapultepec Park.

Genre: Drama

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