Georges Méliès Movies

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...

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...

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

Lost short comedy film by Georges Méliès

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

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

The scene represents the shop that rents garments for masquerades, A young student presents himself for the purpose of selecting a costume for a...

A respectable fellow has quietly taken a seat upon a bench in a park, and worn out from the excessive heat of the day, has fallen asleep. Two...

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

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...

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...

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...

Silent film from Georges Méliès, presumed to be lost.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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