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These are all the noteworthy films I've seen (FOREVER IN PROGRESS). Black backgrounds are features (40+ minutes) and gray backgrounds are shorts.
Key:
☆☆☆☆☆ - ESSENTIAL: Highest level of recommendation. A very special work to me.
☆☆☆☆ - EXCELLENT: Superb. A very accomplished work that I love.
☆☆☆ - RECOMMENDED: Good. Not one of my all-time favorites, but certainly worth checking out.
☆☆ - HAS MERITS: Has some redeeming features that make it interesting, but generally I would reserve this for specialists.
☆ - NOT RECOMMENDED: Skip this. Not worth it.
These are all completely subjective ratings, of course.
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| Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894) | William K.L. Dickson | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| Caicedo (With Pole) (1894) | William K.L. Dickson | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894) | William K.L. Dickson | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| Luis Martinetti, Contortionist (1894) | William K.L. Dickson | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| Rough Sea at Dover (1895) | Birt Acres & Robert W. Paul | UK | ☆☆☆ | |
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Sortie d'usine (1895)
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory |
Louis Lumière & Auguste Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆ |
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L'Arroseur arrosé (1895)
The Waterer Watered |
Louis Lumière & Auguste Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆ |
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Repas de bébé (1895)
Baby's Meal |
Louis Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆ |
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Neuville-sur-Saône: Débarquement du congrès des photographes à Lyon (1895)
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon |
Louis Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆ |
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Démolition d'un mur, II (1896)
Demolition of a Wall |
Louis Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆ |
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Pompiers à Lyon (1896)
A Fire Run (Lyons) |
Louis Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆ |
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Le partie de cartes (1896)
Card Game |
Louis Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆ |
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Barque sortant du port (1896)
Boat Leaving the Port |
Louis Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆ |
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Le Cauchemar (1896)
A Nightmare |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Escamotage d'une dame chez Robert Houdin (1896)
The Vanishing Lady |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Une nuit terrible (1896)
A Terrible Night |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Une partie de cartes (1896)
Playing Cards |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
| The Derby (1896) | Robert W. Paul | UK | ☆☆ | |
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Les Chutes (1897)
Niagara Falls |
Louis Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆ |
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Danse serpentine (1897)
The Serpentine Dance |
Louis Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆ |
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Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer (1897)
Leaving Jerusalem by Railway |
Louis Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆☆ |
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Bataille de boules de neige (1897)
Snowball Fight |
Louis Lumière | France | Lumière |
☆☆☆☆
Very fun :D |
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L'Auberge ensorcelée (1897)
The Bewitched Inn |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Château hanté (1897)
The Devil's Castle |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Entre Calais et Douvres (1897)
Between Calais and Dover |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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Faust et Marguerite (1897)
Faust and Marguerite |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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La Prise de Tournavos (1897)
The Surrender of Tournavos |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
| The Miller and the Sweep (1897) | G.A. Smith | UK | George Albert Smith Films | ☆☆ |
| Dewar's - It's Scotch (1897) | USA | International Film Mfg. Company |
☆
Apparently this is the first film advertisement. AKA, the moment filmmaking got corrupted by consumerism. It was all downhill from here folks! xD |
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Guillaume Tell et le clown (1898)
Adventures of William Tell |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Un homme de têtes (1898)
The Four Troublesome Heads |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Illusions fantasmagoriques (1898)
The Famous Box Trick |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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La Lune à un mètre (1898)
The Astronomer's Dream |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Magicien (1898)
The Magician |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Panorama pris d'un train en marche (1898)
Panorama From Top of Moving Train |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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La Tentation de Saint Antoine (1898)
The Temptation of St. Anthony |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
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Visite sous-marine du Maine (1898)
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the Maine |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
| Come Along Do! (1898) | Robert W. Paul | UK | ☆☆ | |
| Panorama From the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge (1899) | G.W. Bitzer | USA | American Mutoscope Company | ☆☆ |
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La Case de Dreyfus à l'île du Diable (1899)
Devil's Island - Within the Palisade |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Cendrillon (1899)
Cinderella |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Chevalier mystère (1899)
The Mysterious Knight |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Danse du feu (1899)
Haggard's She: The Pillar of Fire |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Débarquement de Dreyfus à Quiberon (1899)
Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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Le Diable au couvent (1899)
The Devil in a Convent |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
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Dictée du bordereau (1899)
Dreyfus Court-Martial - Arrest of Dreyfus |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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Dreyfus mis aux fers (1899)
Dreyfus Put in Irons |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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Entrevue de Dreyfus et de sa femme (1899)
Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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L'Impressioniste fin de siècle (1899)
An Up-to-Date Conjurer |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
| The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899) | G.A. Smith | UK | George Albert Smith Films | ☆☆ |
| The Biter Bit (1899) | UK | Bamforth Films | ☆☆ | |
| Ladies' Skirts Nailed to a Fence (1899) | UK | Bamforth Films |
☆☆☆☆
LMAO OWNED |
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| Davy Jones' Locker (1900) | Frederick S. Armitage | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Neptune's Daughters (1900) | Frederick S. Armitage | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆☆☆ |
| A Nymph of the Waves (1900) | Frederick S. Armitage | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Explosion of a Motor Car (1900) | Cecil M. Hepworth | UK | Hepworth | ☆☆ |
| How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900) | Cecil M. Hepworth | UK | Hepworth | ☆☆☆ |
| Spanish Bullfight (1900) | Louis Lumière | France | Lumière | ☆☆ |
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Le Déshabillage impossible (1900)
Going to Bed Under Difficulties |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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L'Homme orchestre (1900)
The One Man Band |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆ |
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L'Illusionniste double et la tête vivante (1900)
The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Les Infortunes d'un explorateur ou Les momies récalcitrantes (1900)
The Misfortunes of an Explorer |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Jeanne d'Arc (1900)
Joan of Arc |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆☆ |
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Le Livre magique (1900)
The Magic Book |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Nouvelles luttes extravagantes (1900)
Fat and Lean Wrestling Match |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Repas fantastique (1900)
A Fantastical Meal |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Rêve de Noël (1900)
The Christmas Dream |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Rêve du radjah ou La Forêt enchantée (1900)
The Rajah's Dream |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Réveil d'un monsieur pressé (1900)
How He Missed His Train |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Savant et le Chimpanzé (1900)
The Doctor and the Monkey |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Sorcier, le Prince et le Bon Génie (1900)
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Spiritisme abracadabrant (1900)
The Up-to-Date Spiritualism |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Tom Whisky ou L'Illusionniste toqué (1900)
Addition and Subtraction |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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Le tonneau des Danaïdes (1900)
Eight Girls in a Barrel |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
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La Vengeance du gâte-sauce (1900)
The Cook's Revenge |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Films | ☆☆☆ |
| As Seen Through a Telescope (1900) | G.A. Smith | UK | George Albert Smith Films | ☆☆ |
| Grandma's Reading Glass (1900) | G.A. Smith | UK | George Albert Smith Films | ☆☆ |
| Let Me Dream Again (1900) | G.A. Smith | UK | George Albert Smith Films | ☆☆ |
| Champs de Mars (1900) | James H. White | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| Eiffel Tower From Trocadero Palace (1900) | James H. White | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| Palace of Electricity (1900) | James H. White | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆☆ |
| Panorama of Eiffel Tower (1900) | James H. White | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| Scene From the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower (1900) | James H. White | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| Attack on a China Mission (1900) | James Williamson | UK | Williamson Kinematograph Company | ☆☆☆ |
| Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1901) | Frederick S. Armitage | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆ |
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L'Antre des esprits (1901)
The Magician's Cavern |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Barbe-Bleue (1901)
Bluebeard |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
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Le Chapeau à surprises (1901)
A Hat With Many Surprises |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Chez la sorcière (1901)
The Bachelor's Paradise |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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La Chrysalide et le papillon d'or (1901)
The Brahmin and the Butterfly |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
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Le Diable géant ou Le Miracle de la madonne (1901)
The Devil and the Statue |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
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Dislocation Mystérieuse (1901)
Dislocation Extraordinary |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Excelsior! (1901)
The Prince of Magicians |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc (1901)
The Man With the Rubber Head |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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La Maison tranquille (1901)
What Is Home Without the Boarder? |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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Nain et géant (1901)
The Dwarf and the Giant |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
| The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901) | Robert W. Paul | UK | ☆☆☆ | |
| The Big Swallow (1901) | James Williamson | UK | Williamson Kinematograph Company | ☆☆☆ |
| Fire! (1901) | James Williamson | UK | Williamson Kinematograph Company | ☆☆ |
| Stop Thief! (1901) | James Williamson | UK | Williamson Kinematograph Company | ☆☆ |
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Histoire d'un crime (1901)
History of a Crime |
Ferdinand Zecca | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆ |
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Par le trou de la serrure (1901)
Peeping Tom |
Ferdinand Zecca | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆ |
| Rêve et réalité (1901) | Ferdinand Zecca | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆ |
| Captain Nissen Going Through Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls (1901) | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆☆ | |
| Seeing New York by Yacht (1902) | Frederick S. Armitage & A.E. Weed | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆ |
| Starting a Skyscraper (1902) | Robert K. Bonine | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆ |
| Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) | George S. Fleming & Edwin S. Porter | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆☆ |
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La Clownesse fantôme (1902)
The Shadow-Girl |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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La Danseuse microscopique (1902)
The Dancing Midget |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Douche du colonel (1902)
The Colonel's Shower Bath |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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L'Équilibre impossible (1902)
An Impossible Balancing Feat |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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L'Homme-mouche (1902)
The Human Fly |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Sacre d'Édouard VII (1902)
The Coronation of Edward VII |
Georges Méliès |
France
UK |
Star Film
Warwick Trading Company |
☆☆ |
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Les Trésors de Satan (1902)
The Treasures of Satan |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902)
A Trip to the Moon |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film |
☆☆☆☆
One of the most important films for me in my history. I saw this probably around 13 and was completely bewitched. |
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Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les géants (1902)
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Down the Hudson (1903) | Frederick S. Armitaage & A.E. Weed | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆ |
| The Ghost Train (1903) | Frederick S. Armitage | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph |
☆☆☆☆
Simple idea, but very cool and even a bit legitimately eerie. |
| Scene on Lower Broadway (1903) | Robert K. Bonine | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆ |
| A Desperate Poaching Affray (1903) | William Haggar | UK | Haggar & Sons | ☆☆ |
| Alice in Wonderland (1903) | Cecil M. Hepworth & Percy Stow | UK | Hepworth | ☆☆☆ |
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L'Auberge du bon repas (1903)
The Inn Where No Man Rests |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Bob Kick, l'enfant terrible (1903)
Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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La Boîte à malice (1903)
The Mysterious Box |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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Le Cake-walk infernal (1903)
The Cake Walk Infernal |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Chaudron infernal (1903)
The Infernal Cauldron |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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L'Enchanteur Alcofribas (1903)
Alcofribas, the Master Magician |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Faust aux enfers (1903)
The Damnation of Faust |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
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La Guirlande merveilleuse (1903)
The Marvellous Wreath |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Illusions funambulesques (1903)
Extraordinary Illusions |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Jack et Jim (1903)
Jack and Jim |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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La Lanterne magique (1903)
The Magic Lantern |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Mélomane (1903)
The Melomaniac |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Monstre (1903)
The Monster |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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L'Oracle de Delphes (1903)
The Oracle of Delphi |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
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Le Parapluie fantastique (1903)
Ten Ladies in One Umbrella |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Portrait spirite (1903)
A Spiritualist Photographer |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Puits fantastique (1903)
The Enchanted Well |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Rêve du maître de ballet (1903)
The Ballet Master's Dream |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Revenant (1903)
The Apparition or Mr. Jones' Comical Experience With a Ghost |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Royaume des fées (1903)
The Kingdom of the Fairies |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
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Le Sorcier (1903)
The Witch's Revenge |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Tom Tight et Dum Dum (1903)
Jack Haggs and Dum Dum |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Tonnerre de Jupiter (1903)
Jupiter's Thunderbolts or The Home of the Muses |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
| A Daring Daylight Burglary (1903) | Frank S. Mottershaw | UK | Sheffield Films | ☆☆ |
| A Chess Dispute (1903) | Robert W. Paul | UK | Robert W. Paul | ☆☆ |
| An Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903) | Robert W. Paul & Walter R. Booth | UK | Robert W. Paul | ☆☆ |
| The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903) | Edwin S. Porter | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| The Great Train Robbery (1903) | Edwin S. Porter | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| Mary Jane's Mishap (1903) | G.A. Smith | UK | George Albert Smith Films | ☆☆ |
| The Sick Kitten (1903) | G.A. Smith | UK | George Albert Smith Films | ☆☆ |
| Skyscrapers of New York City, From the North River (1903) | J.B. Smith | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room (1904) | G.W. Bitzer | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Bourreau turc (1904)
The Terrible Turkish Executioner or It Served Him Right |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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La Cascade de feu (1904)
The Firefall |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Au clair de la Lune ou Pierrot malheureux (1904)
A Moonlight Serenade or The Miser Punished |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Coffre enchanté (1904)
The Bewitched Trunk |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Merveilleux éventail vivant (1904)
The Wonderful Living Fan |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Un miracle sous l'inquisition (1904)
A Miracle Under the Inquisition |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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La Planche du diable (1904)
The Devilish Plank |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Un prêté pour un rendu (1904)
Tit For Tat or A Good Joke on My Head |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
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Le Rêve de l'horloger (1904)
The Clockmaker's Dream |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Roi du maquillage (1904)
The Untamable Whiskers |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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La Sirène (1904)
The Mermaid |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Sorcellerie culinaire (1904)
The Cook in Trouble |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Thaumaturge chinois (1904)
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjuror |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Les Transmutations imperceptibles (1904)
The Imperceptible Transmutations |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Voyage à travers l'impossible (1904)
An Impossible Voyage |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Buy Your Own Cherries (1904) | Robert W. Paul | UK | Robert W. Paul | ☆☆ |
| Dog Factory (1904) | Edwin S. Porter | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆☆ |
| An Interesting Story (1904) | James Williamson | UK | Williamson Kinematograph Company | ☆☆ |
| New York Subway (1905) | G.W. Bitzer | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆ |
| The Other Side of the Hedge (1905) | Lewin Fitzhamon | UK | Hepworth | ☆☆ |
| Rescued by Rover (1905) | Cecil M. Hepworth & Lewin Fitzhamon | UK | Cecil M. Hepworth | ☆☆☆ |
| Panorama From Times Building, New York (1905) | Wallace McCutcheon | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆ |
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Les Cartes vivantes (1905)
The Living Playing Cards |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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La Chaise à porteur enchantée (1905)
The Enchanted Sedan Chair |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Compositeur toqué (1905)
A Crazy Composer |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le Diable noir (1905)
The Black Imp |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Un Feu d'artifice improvisé (1905)
Unexpected Fireworks |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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La Légende de Rip van Vinckle (1905)
Rip's Dream |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
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La Menuet lilliputien (1905)
The Lilliputian Minuet |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
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Le Palais des mille et une nuits (1905)
The Palace of the Arabian Nights |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
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Le Phénix ou Le coffret de cristal (1905)
The Crystal Casket |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
|
Le Tripot clandestin (1905)
The Scheming Gambler's Paradise |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
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Le raid Paris-Monte Carlo en deux heures (1905)
Paris to Monte Carlo |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
| Coney Island at Night (1905) | Edwin S. Porter | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company |
☆☆☆☆
One of the prettiest films from this period. Stunning! |
| The Impossible Convicts (1906) | G.W. Bitzer | USA | American Mutoscope & Biograph | ☆☆☆☆ |
| The (?) Motorist (1906) | Walter R. Booth | UK | Robert W. Paul | ☆☆☆ |
|
Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse (1906)
Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp |
Albert Capellani | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆☆ |
|
La Maison ensorcelée (1906)
The House of Ghosts |
Segundo de Chomón | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆☆ |
|
Les Affiches en goguette (1906)
The Hilarious Posters |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
Alchimiste Parafaragamus ou La cornue infernale (1906)
The Mysterious Retort |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
L'Anarchie chez guignol (1906)
Punch and Judy |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
Les Bulles de savon vivantes (1906)
Soap Bubbles |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
La Cardeuse de matelas (1906)
The Tramp and the Mattress Makers |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Une chute de cinq étages (1906)
A Mix-Up in the Gallery |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
La fée Carabosse ou Le poignard fatal (1906)
The Witch |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
L'Hôtel des voyageurs de commerce ou Les suites d'une bonne cuite (1906)
A Roadside Inn |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Les Incendiaires (1906)
A Desperate Crime |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Jack le ramoneur (1906)
Chimney Sweep |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
La Révolution en Russie (1906)
Revolution in Russia |
Lucien Nonguet | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆ |
| Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) | Edwin S. Porter & Wallace McCutcheon | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company | ☆☆☆ |
| Three American Beauties (1906) | Edwin S. Porter & Wallace McCutcheon | USA | Edison Manufacturing Company |
☆☆☆☆
Beautiful women are what cinema is all about and have been since the beginning! |
| A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.'s Biscuit Works (1906) | UK | Cricks & Martin Films | ☆☆☆ | |
| Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs (1907) | Segundo de Chomón | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆☆ |
|
Satan s'amuse (1907)
Satan at Play |
Segundo de Chomón | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆☆ |
| That Fatal Sneeze (1907) | Lewin Fitzhamon | UK | Hepworth | ☆☆ |
|
Ali Barbouyou et Ali Bouf à l'huile (1907)
Delirium in a Studio |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
La Colle universelle (1907)
Good Glue Sticks |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
La Cuisine de l'ogre (1907)
In the Bogie Man's Cave |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
La Douche d'eau bouillante (1907)
Rogues' Tricks |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
L'Éclipse du soleil en pleine lune (1907)
The Eclipse or The Courtship of the Sun and the Moon |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
|
Les Fromages automobiles (1907)
The Skipping Cheeses |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Le Tunnel sous la manche ou La Cauchemar franco-anglais (1907)
Tunneling the English Channel |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
Pauvre John ou Les Aventures d'un buveur de whisky (1907)
Sightseeing Through Whisky |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Le Cochon danseur (1907)
The Dancing Pig |
France |
Pathé
Blackhawk Films |
☆☆ | |
| The Thieving Hand (1908) | J. Stuart Blackton | USA | Vitagraph Company of America | ☆☆☆ |
| Magic Bricks (1908) | Segundo de Chomón | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆☆ |
|
Le Cheval emballé (1908)
The House That Bolted |
Louis J. Gasnier | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆ |
|
Vive la vie de garçon (1908)
Troubles of a Glasswidower |
Max Linder | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆ |
|
Amour et Mélasse (1908)
Love and Molasses |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Anaïc ou Le Balafré (1908)
Not Guilty |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
L'Avare (1908)
The Miser |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
La Bonne bergère et la mauvaise princesse (1908)
The Good Sheperdess and the Evil Princess |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Le Conseil du pipelet ou Un tour à la foire (1908)
Sidewshow Wrestlers |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
Conte de la grand-mère et rêve de l'enfant (1908)
A Grandmother's Story |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Le Fakir de Singapour (1908)
The Indian Sorcerer |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
| French Interpreter Policeman (1908) | Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
Le Génie du feu (1908)
The Genii of Fire |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou Le Truc du potard (1908)
Pharmaceutical Hallucinations |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes (1908)
The Good Luck of a Souse |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
Lully ou Le Violon brisé (1908)
The Broken Violin |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
Les Mésaventures d'un photographe (1908)
The Mischances of a Photographer |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
Le Nouveau seigneur du village (1908)
No Trifling With Love |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
Photographie électrique à distance (1908)
Long Distance Wireless Photography |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Pour l'étoile S.V.P. (1908)
Buncoed Stage Johnnie |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
La Prophétesse de Thèbes (1908)
The Prophetess of Thebes |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Le Rêve d'un fumeur d'opium (1908)
The Dream of an Opium Fiend |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
|
Salon de coiffure (1908)
In the Barber Shop |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
Le Tambourin fantastique (1908)
The Knight of Black Art |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Torches humaines (1908)
Justinian's Human Torches 548 A.D. |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
| A Tricky Painter's Fate (1908) | Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
| Why That Actor Was Late (1908) | Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
| The Woes of Roller Skates (1908) | Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
| Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909) | J. Stuart Blackton | USA | Vitagraph Company of America | ☆☆☆ |
|
Les Illusions fantaisistes (1909)
Whimsical Illusions |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆ |
|
Le Locataire diabolique (1909)
The Fiendish Tenant |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
|
Afgrunden (1910)
The Abyss |
Urban Gad | Denmark | Kosmorama | ☆☆☆ |
| The House With Closed Shutters (1910) | D.W. Griffith | USA | Biography Company | ☆☆☆ |
| White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America (1910) | James Young Deer | USA | Pathé Frères |
☆☆☆
Very interesting historical artifact. It's exactly what it says it is! I like the directness of something like this. |
| A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner (1910) | UK | Kineto Films | ☆☆☆ | |
|
L'Inferno (1911)
Dante's Inferno |
Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, & Giuseppe de Liguoro | Italy | Milano Film | ☆☆☆☆ |
| The Lonedale Operator (1911) | D.W. Griffith | USA | Biograph Company | ☆☆☆ |
|
Les Hallucinations du baron de Münchausen (1911)
Baron Munchausen's Dream |
Georges Méliès | France | Star Film | ☆☆☆ |
| Her Crowning Glory (1911) | Laurence Trimble | USA | General Film Company | ☆☆☆ |
| The Confederate Ironclad (1912) | Kenean Buel | USA | Kalem Company | ☆☆ |
|
De Wigwam (1912)
The Flaming Arrow |
Joris Ivens | Netherlands | ☆☆ | |
|
À la conquête du pôle (1912)
The Conquest of the Pole |
Georges Méliès | France | Pathé Frères |
☆☆☆☆
Probably Méliès's most impressive crowning achievement, although A Trip to the Moon continues to be my favorite for very personal reasons. |
|
Cendrillon ou La Pantoufle merveilleuse (1912)
Cinderella or The Glass Slipper |
Georges Méliès | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆ |
|
Le Chevalier des neiges (1912)
The Knight of the Snow |
Georges Méliès | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆ |
| The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912) | Harold M. Shaw | USA | Thomas A. Edison, Inc. |
☆☆☆☆
Tender, lyrical, poignant little piece that is all too underappreciated. Very touching even to this day. |
|
Месть кинематографического оператора (1912)
The Cameraman's Revenge |
Владислав Старевич [Vladislav Starevich] | Russia | Ханжонков [Khanzhonkov] | ☆☆☆ |
|
Сумерки женской души (1913)
Twilight of a Woman's Soul |
Евгений Бауэр [Yevgeni Bauer] | Russia | Ханжонков [Khanzhonkov] | ☆☆☆☆ |
|
L'Agonie de Byzance (1913)
The Agony of Byzance |
Louis Feuillade | France | Gaumont | ☆☆☆ |
|
Le Voyage de la famille Bourrichon (1913)
The Voyage of the Bourrichon Family |
Georges Méliès | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆ |
|
Max fait de la photo (1913)
Max Takes a Photo |
Lucien Nonguet | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆☆ |
|
L'Enfant de Paris (1913)
Child of Paris |
Léonce Perret | France | Gaumont | ☆☆☆ |
|
Der Student von der Prag (1913)
The Student of Prague |
Stellan Rye | Germany | Deutsche Bioscop GmbH | ☆☆ |
|
Рождество у обитателей леса (1913)
The Insects' Christmas |
Владислав Старевич [Vladislav Starevich] | Russia | Ханжонков [Khanzhonkov] | ☆☆☆ |
|
Richard Wagner (1913)
The Life and Works of Richard Wagner |
William Wauer & Carl Froelich | Germany | Messter Film GmbH | ☆☆☆ |
| Suspense (1913) | Lois Weber & Phillips Smalley | USA | Universal Film Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |
| Max décoré (1914) | Max Linder | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆ |
|
Figures de cire (1914)
The Men With Wax Faces |
Maurice Tourneur | France | Éclair | ☆☆☆ |
|
После смерти (1915)
After Death |
Евгений Бауэр [Yevgeni Bauer] | Russia | Ханжонков [Khanzhonkov] | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Le Noël du poilu (1915) | Louis Feuillade | France | Gaumont | ☆☆ |
| Les Vampires (1915) | Louis Feuillade | France | Gaumont |
☆☆☆
A little too long for its own good, but mostly very invigorating and entertaining. |
| The Birth of a Nation (1915) | D.W. Griffith | USA | Epoch Producing Corporation |
☆☆☆
Historically a very interesting work. I like watching stuff like this because it pisses so many people off, lmao. |
| Diana the Huntress (1916) | Charles W. Allen & Francis Trevelyan Miller | USA | Pluragraph |
☆☆☆
Very fun! Makes me remember playing pretend out in the woods and has that kind of atmosphere. |
| Christus (1916) | Giulio Antamoro | Italy | ☆☆☆☆ | |
| Behind the Screen (1916) | Charlie Chaplin | USA | Mutual Film Corporation | ☆☆ |
| Snow White (1916) | J. Searle Dawley | USA | Paramount Pictures | ☆ |
| Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) | D.W. Griffith | USA | Triangle Distributing Corporation | ☆☆☆ |
|
Als ich tot war (1916)
As I Was Dead |
Ernst Lubitsch | Germany | Projektions AG Union | ☆ |
| Cenere (1916) | Febo Mari & Arturo Ambrosio | Italy | Società Anonima Ambrosio | ☆☆ |
| I'm Insured (1916) | H.S. Palmer | USA | Gaumont American | ☆ |
| Homunculus (1916) | Otto Rippert | Germany | Deutsche Bioscop GmbH |
☆☆☆
76 minutes of a huge 401-minute serial survive. |
| Hell's Hinges (1916) | Charles F. Swickard, William S. Hart, & Clifford Smith | USA |
Kay-Bee Pictures
New York Motion Picture |
☆☆☆ |
|
Умирающий лебедь (1917)
The Dying Swan |
Евгений Бауэр [Yevgeni Bauer] | Russia | Ханжонков [Khanzhonkov] | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Thaïs (1917) | Anton Giulio Bragaglia | Italy | Novissima Film | ☆☆☆ |
| Mater dolorosa (1917) | Abel Gance | France | Pathé Frères | ☆☆ |
| Rapsodia satanica (1917) | Nino Oxilia | Italy | Società Italiana Cines | ☆☆☆ |
| Tih-Minh (1918) | Louis Feuillade | France | Gaumont | ☆☆ |
|
Præsidenten (1919)
The President |
Carl Theodor Dreyer | Denmark | Nordisk Films Kompagni | ☆☆☆☆ |
| Broken Blossoms, or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919) | D.W. Griffith | USA | United Artists | ☆☆ |
| True Heart Susie (1919) | D.W. Griffith | USA | United Artists |
☆☆☆
Best Griffith IMO. |
| Madame DuBarry (1919) | Ernst Lubitsch | Germany | UFA-Filmverleih GmbH | ☆☆☆ |
|
Anders als die Andern (1919)
Different From the Others |
Richard Oswald | Germany | Richard Oswald-Film GmbH |
☆☆
GAAAAAY |
|
Nerven (1919)
Nerves |
Robert Reinert | Germany | Monumental-Film-Werke Berlin | ☆☆☆ |
|
Herr Arnes pengar (1919)
Sir Arne's Treasure |
Mauritz Stiller | Sweden | AB Svenska Biografteatern | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Victory (1919) | Maurice Tourneur | USA | Paramount Pictures | ☆☆☆ |
| L'Homme du large (1920) | Marcel L'Herbier | France | Gaumont | ☆☆☆ |
|
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
Robert Wiene | Germany | Decla-Bioscop-Verleih GmbH | ☆☆ |
| The Penalty (1920) | Wallace Worsley | USA | Goldwyn Distributing Company | ☆☆☆ |
| El Dorado (1921) | Marcel L'Herbier | France | Gaumont | ☆☆☆ |
| Seven Years Bad Luck (1921) | Max Linder | France | Max Linder Productions | ☆☆☆ |
|
路上の霊魂 (1921)
Souls on the Road |
村田実 [Minoru Murata] | Japan | 松竹 [Shouchiku] | ☆☆☆ |
| The Soul of the Cypress (1921) | Dudley Murphey | USA | A Red Seal Pictures | ☆☆ |
| Film ist Rhythmus (1921) | Hans Richter | Germany | Universum-Film AG | ☆ |
| Manhatta (1921) | Paul Strand & Charles Sheeler | USA | Film Arts Guild | ☆☆☆ |
|
Häidenvietto Karjalan runomailla (1921)
Wedding in Poetic Karjala |
A.O. Väisänen | Finland | Kalevalaseura-säätiö | ☆☆☆ |
| Häxan (1922) | Benjamin Christensen | Denmark/Sweden | Universum Film | ☆☆☆ |
| Nanook of the North (1922) | Robert J. Flaherty | USA | Pathé Exchange | ☆☆☆☆ |
|
Os Faroleiros (1922)
The Lighthouse Keepers |
Maurice Mariaud | Portugal | Caldevilla Films | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
|
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror |
F.W. Murnau | Germany | Excelsior-Film | ☆☆☆ |
| Danse Macabre (1922) | Dudley Murphey | USA | Claude H. Macgowan | ☆ |
| Salomé (1922) | Alla Nazimova & Charles Bryant | USA | Nazimova Productions | ☆☆☆ |
|
Nathan der Weise (1922)
Nathan the Wise |
Manfred Noa | Germany | Bavaria Studios | ☆☆☆ |
|
სურამის ციხე (1922)
The Suram Fortress |
Иван Перестиани [Ivan Perestiani] | Soviet Union [Georgia] | Киносекция Наркомпроса Грузии [Kinosektsiya Narkomprosa Gruzii] | ☆☆ |
|
Les Grenouilles qui demandent un roi (1922)
The Frogs Who Wanted a King |
Владислав Старевич [Ladislas Starevich] | France | Polichinei-Film | ☆ |
| Foolish Wives (1922) | Erich von Stroheim | USA | Universal Film Manufacturing Company | ☆☆ |