Georges Méliès Movies

An impoverished fisherman, not earning enough to support his wife and daughter, prays for help before an icon of the Virgin Mary. After trying to...

A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open...

A high nobleman finds himself in the Temple of the Sun, where he meets Mascarille, who proposes himself as a juggler. After extracting from the...

A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

Another magic short of Méliès.

A young woman stumbles across a cave that is populated by the spirits and skeletons of people who died there under mysterious circumstances.

The Bogie Man's cave is one of the many triumphs of set design for Georges Méliès. More unusual for the pioneering French director is...

Lost trick film from Georges Méliès.

A drunkard has taken off his overcoat and wishes to put in on again, but as he is not able to succeed in it. He asks aid of two bystanders, who hold...

Lost short film from Georges Méliès.

An easel appears, and soon after a canvas "walks" up from the floor of its own accord and takes its place on the easel. Now an artist's portfolio is...

Silent French short film by Georges Méliès, based on the character from Alphonse Daudet's novel of the same name. The film is presumed...

A magic cabinet turns two young girls into hideous beasts.

1897, directed by Georges Melies.

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.

A sorceress conjures up a bevy of beauties for a bachelor to peruse.

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...

Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.