The best movies 1896

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

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

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...

Passersby stroll through the market aisles.

The first Dutch fictional film. This very short silent slapstick comedy featured famous Dutch comedians Lion Solser and Piet Hesse. Considered lost.

A fixed camera gets images of traffic and passers-by in Vienna's chic thoroughfare, popularly known as Ringstrasse (The Ring), at a junction with...

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

Asian and Near Eastern diplomats and royalty file past the camera on their way to the coronation of Czar Nicholas II of Russia.

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...

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

The Alhambra Girls perform a dance at Alhambra Theatre, London. Lost.

The veil covering the statue of William I falls away. The crowd stirs, men uncover themselves, and some of the horsemen move.

Lumiere short

Two babies, sitting next to each other in their chairs, are playing with their toys, but one of them takes a doll from the other, causing the latter...

A mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.

Heavy traffic of pedestrians, trams and cars on a street.

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

Rumored to be shot by Georges Demenÿ.

A mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.

Lumiere short