Most Viewed Year 1896

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Eugen Sandow

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

A newlywed couple in front of their wedding-bed after their wedding. The woman undresses in front of her husband. A French erotic short film...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Louise Willy

Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alphonse Winckler

The first travelling shot.

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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A trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.

Genre: Documentary

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Suzanne Lumière

Lyon, Men rescue rabbits from flood.

Genre: Documentary

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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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Porters bring goods into a warehouse.

Genre: Documentary

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While the crowd slowly moves forward, a company of guards and the Imperial dais enter the church.

Genre: Documentary

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