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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

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

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

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

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

Footage of the visit of Tsar Nicholas II to Paris, shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Parade of a regiment of Turcos; their band marches at the head.

Passersby stroll through the market aisles.

A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II ride past on horseback before the cheering crowd.

A mother takes her children for a walk, lifts her baby girl out of the buggy and gently sets her down to the ground. She then moves a few steps away...

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...

A mounted Mexican president poses for the camera.

Lumiere short